Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-03-27
ALONG THE RAILS.
Interesting Information Regarding
Railroad officials and Employees.
NEWS IN ABBREVIATED FORM.

Superintendent +. c. Fox Ia on a
visit to southern points In his private
car.
Charles Snyder, formerly brakeman,
is now a freight conductor on the
Santa Re Pacific.
Marcus j. Anderson, a boilermaker
of Ration. has been transferred to Las
Vegas temporarily.
Roman Romero, OF Las Vegas. has
accepted a position with the Santa
Fe company at this place.
The Glorieta mountain helper. No.
625. Is in the Las Vegas shops for re-
pairs and general overhauling.
William @. Mearns, fireman, passed
a successful examination at Winslow.
and Is now engineer on the Santa Fe
Pacific.
An investigation into a slight wreck
near Albuquerque. puts the blame on
Conductor Connors. and in conse-
quence he has quit the service Of the
Santa Fe.
Brakeman Evans had the misfor.
tune to injure his arm at Glorieta re.
Gently so that he Is compelled to lay
on. Ex-Brakeman Slade IL on duty
In his place.
Thomas Evans, who went to La
Junta n few days ago to take the ex.
animation for engineer. returned to
Las Vegas and Is M longer a fireman.
having successfully passed.
II is understood that the Santa Fe
company, together with the Fred.
Harvey system. is figuring on building
half a dozen new eating houses along
the lines west Of Albuquerque.
w. II. Cameron, clerk in the Office
OF superintendent Aver, at La Junta,
Colo, has resigned his position to ac-
cept another as chief clerk to Super.
intendent Hurley, of the California di.
| vision.
G. Il. Ellicot, formerly employed by
the Santa Fe railway at Las Vegas as
round house foreman, and who was
later transferred from La Junta to
Needles, Cal, stopped of In that city
the other day, as he was returning to
La Junta.
An important meeting OF railway
men was held in Cleveland, Ohio, at
which the one-cent q mile rate prom.
ised for the Grand Army of the Re-
public encampment, to be held at
Cleveland text September, was for.
mally promulgated.
Henry Hubbell, who has for the
past year been employed as chief
chief clerk at the Las Vegas round
house. store house, tie picker, etc,
accompanied by his wife, left yester.
day for Manila, p. I. Mr.. Hubbell Ia
well known to every railroad man In
New Mexico as the railroad mans
friend"
The plans have been drawn for q
new depot and hotel at Ration. to be
built by the Santa Fe Railway com.
pany. Work will begin on the new
structure about the first Of May. Ra.
ton is a division point on the railroad
and has the largest shops between
Topeka and California. excepting Al.
buquerque.
The Optic says: A gentleman In
position to find out, states, upon au.
thority that he deems competent, that
the daily delay OF passenger trains
on the Santa Fe Is due to the policy
adopted by Third Vice President ].
NJ. Barr, in his endeavor to fulfill his
agreement with the company to re.
duce the operating expenses a mil.
lion dollars a year.
Orders have been given at the To-
cal shops to begin cleaning up on the
outside for the early commencement
OF work on the big additions to the
Albuquerque shops. a description OF
which have already been published
in The Citizen. Thomas Burns, chief
engineer of the Santa Fe Pacific, and
Assistant Moore, who is also an archi.
tect. have looked over the grounds,
and everything is now in readiness.
on the telegraphic page Of the
Journal-Democra this morning, there
appears three articles under big head
lines from undisputed sources con
irming The Citizens Gould-Rockefel.
Ter combination article published last
Friday, while on the inside the news
is considered fshy and the Journal.
Democrat lis still unable to tell the
public that any degree Of credence
may be given to the story" Sour
grapes.
The new foreman OF the boiler
makers department of the local shops.
Mr.. Madden. is an enthusiastic lover
of the national sport OF base ball, and
would like to see a game every Sun.
day afternoon, whether 1t rains or
shines. II is dollars to doughnuts
that the boiler department will be
represented by a base ball club this
season, and that Colonel Madden will
put forth efforts to make the club a
good one.
The Journal-Democrat, whose critic
objects to the way that Webster's un.
abridged dictionary spells certain
words. has entered into the ~'laudable"
practice Of finding fault with every
railroad article. especially q big piece
of news, that doesn't first find pub.
LEGATION In that paper. II now picks
road scoop and will doubtless to-mor.
row call down the New York World
for its audacity in confirming The Cit.
liens article regarding the Gould.
Rockefeller combination.
Fred. b. Houghton, the general
agent OF the Santa Fe, with headquar-
ters at lei Paso, while here yesterday.
had conferences with several of Al
buquerque's big shippers, and prom
Used to do all he could to secure bet.
ter freight rates, not only on the San.
Ia Fee to southern points, but to all
western towns along the Santa Fe
Pacific. Mr.. Houghton. with his wife
and child, left last night for Santa Fee,
thence TO Las Vegas hot springs. and
thence to Denver, where he will meet
and confer with Vice President Nor
ton. Mr.. Houghton stated last night
that Mr.. Morton is expected to be In
Albuquerque in ten days or two
weeks.
Japanese labor on the Santa Fe Pa
cihc has proved unsatisfactory and
the laps have all been replaced west
OF Gallup by Mexicans and NavaJoes.
The Gallup Republican says; Gus.
Mulholland received an invitation
from the chief engineer OF the Rock
Island road at Alamogordo to come
to that place at once and make a con
tract for the sinking Of wells along
the line of the road o being built,