Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-11

The Texas commission has accepted
the new Incorporation papers of the
Rock Island.
j. F. Huckle and wife, who visited
several Indian pueblos north of the
city, have returned.
Forty Pullmans we're required to
carry the Knights of Pythias from Chi
cago to San Francisco.
Old Time Telegraphers and Histori-
cal association will meet at Salt Lake
September 10, IL and IL.
I. l.. Hubbard, division superintend-
ent, out west, and his secretary, Ru-
fus Goodrich, were here yesterday.
Charles F. Whittlesey, the Santa Fe
railway architect, has returned to the
city from a business trip to Ell Paso.
Billy Hinkle left Socorro for San
Marcial, where he enters upon his du-
ties as fireman on the Santa Fe road.
c. o. Young, the fire department in
spector Of the Santa Fe road, is nov
at San Marcial, and from there will
go to Ell Paso.
T. Y. Maynard, jeweler and watch
inspector On the Rio Grande division
of the Santa Fe, is down south inspect
ing watches.
The Southern Pacific has taken a
census of employees over 65 years old,
and has found that not an engineer or
conductor is of this age.
The Southern Pacific has made ar
rangements to have moving pictures of
various scenes from Texas life exhib-
tied at the st. Louis exposition.
Engineer Lee Shellenberger expects
Mrs. S~hellenberger to join him in San
Marcial shortly, when they intend to
go to housekeeping in that town.
w. H. M~atson, Jr., a well known Of
fetal of the Santa Fe coast lines. is in
the city from California on a visit to
his parents, and brother, o. A. Mat
son.
The family of Engineer Ed. Man.
ming have moved to Albuquerque from
San Marcial to take advantage of the
splendid educational facilities Of this
city.
Canada has hired j.. A. l.. Waddell,
of Kansas City, to build her a big S.
000, 900 railway across the strait of
Canso between Cape Breton and Nova
Scotia.
Secretary of Wal Root has decided
that all army supplies shall be bid for
by the transcontinental roads. Here
tofore the bonded roads have handled
tine business.
The Kansas City-Chicago packing
house produce was was famed again
Saturday by the announcement of the
Santa Fe that it would carry live stock
for IL cents per 100 pounds.
D. A. Sulier, the Santa Fe travelling
engineer with headquarters at La
connected with his duties. He was a
south bound passenger that night.
The New England roads are com
planning about the per diem charge for
freight cars, and the western roads
have peer asked how they like the new
system. The western lines are In favor
of the new scheme.
The site for the new depot at San
Marcial was surveyed last week, and
its construction will be hastened. The
ground opposite the postoflce block is
the choice of the officials. Fifteen car
penters will complete the job in six
months.
The western railroads have decided
to meet the Santa Fe's rates on live
stock from Missouri river territory,
and the trans-Missouri lines will meet
the rates beyond the river making the
Chicago figure the local rate to the
Missouri river plus IL.
1t is said that the site of the old San
Marcial depot is to be converted into
a charming little park, where flowers
shall distribute their fragrant odors
and two or three attractive fountains
cast forth curved streamlets to further
beautify our lovely town and reflect
the generosity and friendship Of the
railway company.-Bee.
The Optic says: Porters Sims and
Clements were of duty today as wit
nesses in the Justices court in the
case of Porter Johnson, who, 1t is
claimed, knows more than he cares to
tell concerning the disposition of two
valises entrusted to him in A%lbuquer-
que to be delivered in La Junta, the
party thinking Johnson ran through to
that Colorado city.
Work on the grade of the Santa Fe
Central railway between the territorial
capital and Kennedy station and from
Kennedy station south, is being pushed
with great vigor. One hundred and
sixty more teams and an increased
force of men will be put to work on
the grade by Wednesday. The man
agement Of the road is now ready to
give contract for sections of grading
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