Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-04
Railroad Topics

The Burlington has the straighten-
ing-the-track fever in Missouri.
The Rock Island is said to be plan
ming for a direct C~hicago-St. Louis
line.
Trainmaster Gibson, of winslow,
spent Sunday in the city visiting with
his family.
General Superintendent d. E. Cain
spent Saturday night in the city and
returned to La Junta Sunday morning.
Henry c. Edgerly has resigned the
position of day clerk at the Alvarado,
and left last evening for Los Angeles,
Cal.
]. Watson has resigned his position
as night engineer at the local shops
and has been succeeded by ]. ID.
Stuntz.
Thomas sherwood, foreman of the
brass department at the local shops.
has returned from ap leasant vacation
on the Pacific coast.
Brakeman Hanna is laying off nurs-
ing a sprained ankle received by fall
ing off a box car at Ration. The acct
dent occurred Wednesday morning.
DR.. Frank Finney, surgeon at the
Santa Fe hospital at La Junta, passed
through the city last night, bound for
Long Beach, Cal. where he will enjoy
a months vacation.
The Topeka State Journal says:
William Fry, an apprentice boy in the
machine shop, has taken a lay off of
ten days and is talking of a trip to
Albuquerque, N. NJ.
The brick to be used in laying the
brick walk west side of the Alvarado,
on First street, from the viaduct to
Railroad avenue, have arrived and the
work will begin Immediately.
Frank wincheck, son of former gen.
eral foreman, Charles Wincheck. has
accepted the position of requisition
clerk at the local shops, in the vacancy
made by Lee Hutchison's resignation.
The net earnings of the Colorado &
Southern for the fiscal year ending
June 80 amounted to 81, 8 900, an in
crease of nearly 100000 over the net
earnings of the year previous. The net
increase for July was s12,4
The prospects for the construction of
a railroad between Roswell and Tor
rance, the terminus of the Santa Fe
Central railway on the Ell Paso-Rock
Island railroad. are bright. A good
deal depends upon the action of the
people of Roswell. This projected rail-
Dad connection, if constructed, in
three years from its completion, will
make Roswell a city of $4,000 inhabi-
tants.
A new office has been created on the
Santa Fe coast lines. 1t is that of as
sistant Dad foreman, who will look
after engines on the western portion
of the system. The man for this new
position is John r. Christie. of Topeka,
n he is to have his headquarters in
San Bernardino. He will be under John
Gallivan, the present road foreman.
Mr.. Christie will have especial charge
of the Valley division.
Although the scarcity of necessary
material has retarded the work on the
new freight depot, the time is drawing
near when it will be pressed into SER
vice. The construction of the new
buildings has practically stopped, but
the work of laying the tracks to it and
the putting in of the switches is being
pushed OrWar ~ a large force OF
men. 1t is safe to say that the new
depot will be ready to receive freight
by the first of September.
The contract for building the Ore
gon Railroad G. Navigation company's
line on the north bank of the Snake
river, between Riparia and Lewiston,
was awarded to Wren and Greenough,
contractors. Work on the new con
tract is to begin at once, and to be
completed by April Is of next year.
There are seventy-one miles of road
to be built, and the contract covers
grading and bridging for the whole
line, involving about $500, 900. The
Northern Pacific will use the line joint.
ly with the Oregon Railroad & Naviga-