Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-20
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees,
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

The Santa Fc company are 80 short
of power on the Ration and Vegas d.
visions that they are compelled to run
freight engines.
Louis parisoe is back from the east
and has gone to Winslow to accept a
clerkship with the railway company
San Marcial Bee.
Duncan Bell. who served al clerk
to ID. w. Hitchcock at San Marcial
n couple of months. has tone to a
| B%ernardino to take charge Of the
storekeeper's office.
Russell Howell has returned from
the Needles. Cal, where he occupied
a railroad position for a short time.
| He found the heat too terrific for NOR.
tai to endure, hence his change OF
program.
Andrew w. Arson of the firm OF
Arson 4 Holman. contractors and
builders of the Alvarado hotel and de-
pot. left this morning for Santa Fe.
where he will look after some busi-
ness interests for the firm.
Last Friday while going over the
| Glorietta mountain brakeman Fellows
who was sitting on the top OF n freight
/ car, WAS NlNlllltu ny ~ BUNNY VI iiShi'
ming. lie was taken to Las Vegas In
bad shape. all drawn up and with an
arm seriously burned.
It Is stated that dogs on all west.
crn roads shall be checked the same
as bicycles and baby carriages. Here
tufore dogs have been carried on the
two systems of the Santa Fe at the
rate Of onc-half a cent n mile, collect
ed by the baggage agent or express
messenger. when the two are one.
Work Is being rushed on the Santa
Fe & Grand Canyon railroad. Two and
one.half miles OF steel have been laid
beyond the former terminal and thu
grade has been completed to- within
about two miles Of the canyon. Al
present the indications are most ia
vorable for the completion Of THU
world.rcnowned line to the canyon be
fore the first Of october.
The Santa Fe system. so called, ant
known as the "Atchison, Topeka ant
Santa Fc railway. consists Of its owl
line, measuring 4,Sl6 miles; the Gull
and Colorado branch, 1887 miles: the
Southern California road, 4SS miles
the Santa Fe Pacific. S19 miles: Sai
Francisco and san Joaquin valley, 800
miles-making n total of 1918 miles.
The Santa Fe Railway company Ii
now sending out circulars to scieL
fists all over the country advertising
the excursion from Denver to the
Grand Canon of the Colorado which
will take place some time in Septem
Der or the first Of October. The pro
ject has already met with favor In tn,
eyes of n number of scientists anC
1t will no doubt be well ~patronzied
The eXcursionists will go over thu
line through this city and will TAXI
in all the scenery possible.
on Sunday evening the heavy raini
which fell in this section caused
considerable amount of annoyance 4
trains Nos. | and Z, which we're SEIZED
uled to arrive here after . p. IN. Abou
three miles south of Bernalillo tn
rain was unusually heavy and whel
a stream of water coursed over tn
railroad tracks II deposited about tw'
feet of soil on the roadbed. Severa
!. gection men were Immediately sen
to that point and after three hours
diligent work had the track cleare
for tranlc. on the same evening
i. short stretch OF track near Fort VIII
d. tult WuN Ntdhtlfu NY q NulI'h' "
= water which came down in an arroyo
a, but the damage was soon repaired.
Il will be remembered that Will
Campbell Bros circus was en- route I
, Silver City last August several @
, their cars were ditched ut a point o.
the Silver City branch of the SAINT
, Fe. This year, while the first advoi
Using ear was covering the sam
, route, an occurrence is recorded of
/ somewhat peculiar character. An On
I ploye of the circus who was In tn
wreck n year ago, was in the advertii
ing car this trip, and vas in the yer
act Of pointing out to the advertiser
agent the place where the former a.
cident occurred, when the advertiser
I, car jumped the track Mt the identici
y spot. II was the only car In the nike
" train that left the rails and no dan
age was done.