Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-09-05
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting information Regarding
Railroad Officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

William Daze, travelling engineer,
arrived from Winslow on No. 2 today,
George II. Brown, division auditor
Fred Harvey eating houses, was here
yesterday.
The round trip from Las Vegas to
Albuquerque during the fair, October
Is to 10, will be an even 81.
Hugh Hogan, engineer, secured a
leave OF absence and Is on his way to
visit Kansas and Missouri friends.
There are thirteen patients, two OF
whom are down with typhoid fever,
at the Las Vegas railroad hospital.
J. II. %Billingster of Denver, auditor
of the Denver 4 Rio Grande. is at
Santa Fe checking up the books at
that station.
Mrs. Thomas Johnston, wife of the
night car inspector. left this morning
for Kansas City on a visit to her
brother, Samuel Powers.
j. l.. Hubbard arrived here this
morning in his business car, the No.
SO. The division superintendent ~
here on a tour of inspection.
Ford Harvey. his wife and V. Viz.
zitti, left Tuesday night for Kansas
City, and last evening j. +. Huckel
and his wife departed for the east.
Until the electric motive power is
installed in the shops, a boiler and
engine have been placed in the boiler
shop temporarily to run the machin-
cry.
II is learned that Brakeman Wilson
Is fast recovering and he will soon
hn npt auafp IIa u.ua haII,, gaalIaI
a few days < by escaping steam
from an engine.
General Master Mechanic G.. w.
Smith came in from San Bernardino
this morning and during the day
looked after business in the various
departments at the shops.
Mrs. George IL. Frost, wife of the
"Red-Hot" conductor on the Santa Fe
Pacific. has returned to the city from
Chicago, where she visited relatives
n friends the past week.
Among those who attended the corn
dance by Pueblo Indians at Isleta yes
terday was II. III. Ward, the depot
master, and his wife. DIR. Raymond
Russ. OF the local railway hospital
also attended the dance.
Charles f. W~hittlesey left Tuesday
night for southern California on bus.
mess connected with the new railroad
buildings which are soon to be con
structed. He will stop in Seligman
and select a site for a new Harvey
house.
George Il. Rowe, the recently ap
pointed general agent of the Santa Fe
at Ell Paso, has taken charge of his
new duties. +. b. Houghton, the for
mer incumbent, has been promoted 70
a position with headquarters in San
Francisco.
Among the skilled m%achinists JUS
employed at the shops are Joseph III
! Gallagher, James Condor, George Nc
Nealey and Arthur b. Smith. and the
names of the helpers are j. Clifton, 4
Spangler. Alfred Ahrens, l.. Lock
wood, Harry Patterson and Paul Mil
limbaugh.
While walking through the old boil
er shops yesterday Juan G. Gurule, ~
employe, was struck on the head by d
large timber and sustained a serious
scalp wound. Men were at work OF
the top of the building, tearing il
away, when n of the timbers fel
and struck Gurule. The injured man
was taken to the Santa Fe hospital
where DR.. Elder reduced the fracture
1t will be n few days before Gurule
will be able to resume his occupa
ton.
On its route from Denver to Chi
cago, a distance of 1,026 miles, tn,
great Burlington railroad penetratei
portions Ct the wonderfully productiv,
state of Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa an,
Illinois. 1t is a fine road to trave
on and the Denver-Chicago fast trains
make the trip in about twenty-fou
hours, gliding over the big steel rail
at lightning speed. II is a feast to tn
eyes, at this time of the year, to loo
upon the extensive fields OF corn an,
smaller grains, the well grassed pas
lures, with their myriads OF fat stock
the many orchards and huge timbe
and shade trees, and the dozen o
more running streams OF water, AM
the trip should be made to be apprC
ciated. G. w. Vallery is the genera
agent at Denver.
The longest railroad tunnel in tn,
United States and one OF the fOu
largest in the world will be bull
through the Sierra Nevada mountain
Of California, If the plans OF Il. III. Ha:
riman are carried out, says the Chror
icle. Chief Engineer Hood will sen