Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-20

winch was taken to Las Vegas for re-
pairs.
Fireman Julian, between here and
Las Vegas, is able to be at work again
after a few days lay off on account of
sickness.
Fireman A. H. Brown, of Las Vegas,
was sent to Lamy to relieve Fireman
Gilbride on the mountain, who is on
the sick list.
More side tracks are necessary in
the Kingman yards. Trains now have
to saw past nearly every day and much
time is necessarily lost.
Engine No. 2197 has returned north
from it's duties on the work train at
Thornton and was again assigned to
the ice run at Las Vegas.
Jerry Fitzpatrick, foreman of the
Ration blacksmith shop, returned from
Wichita, Kansas, where he visited his
family during the holidays.
]. NJ. Horn, of Hillsboro, left last
week for the scene of operations on
the Santa Fe Central railroad. He will
GO into n of the company's stores.
A. Barmann, the hydraulic engineer
of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad, was
in Williams on business connected
with the water service of the company.
1t is rumored that Engineers Pete
Linn and Sam Bushey, who were re-
leased from service some time Ago. at
Las Vegas, will be reinstated on that
division again.
A well a been sunk at Haviland,
on the Santa Fe Pacific, and the rail-
road company is preparing to put in an
air compressor and other necessary
machinery to handle the water.
1t is learned from a reliable source
that the Santa Fe Central railroad
people have received a $4,000 option
for ninety days on a lake of fine salt
nearly a mile square in the vicinity of
Pinos Wells.
The directors of the Kansas City
union depot company appointed a com
mittee of five to select a site for a new
union passenger station in Kansas
City, and to make preliminary plans
for its erection.
Conductor G. E. Smyer has gone to
Kansas City, where he has a passenger
run on the Santa Fe between Fort
Madison and Kansas City, having ex-
changed runs with a Mr.. Pritchett,
who has just reached Ration.
The railroad company should put in
a platform for heavy freight at King
man. This platform should be so re-
moved from the business part of town
as to not endanger the town with gas
oline and other infiamable materials.
Arrangements are being made t. be-
gin on the new freight depot of the
Santa Fe road in this city. The build
ing will occupy the ground between
the Wells Fargo Express company's
building and the Coal avenue viaduct.
Mark Dalglish, who has been in the
employ of the Chicago Great Western,
("The Maple Leaf Route,") railroad,
has resigned his position to accept a
position with the Santa Fe Central
railway. He arrived at Santa Fee last
week.
A through line of the Santa Fe from
Chicago to st. Louis, by way of the
Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis railway, is
said to have been arranged for Santa
Fe trains. This information comes
from Pekin, ILL.,, where the Santa Fe
at present has a terminal.
In view of the recent organization in
Topeka of the Railway Clerks union,
it is interesting to note that from Chi
cago are coming reports of dissatisfac-
ton among railway clerks because
they have not had their salaries raised
as we'll as the trainmen.
Engines Nos. 791 and 1913, of the
compound class, have been assigned to
Las Vegas division from the Ration, for
service. Engineer Crossen and Fire
man Quigley will be assigned to engine
No. 791, and Engineer j. B. Reed and
Fireman Guy Trask will be assigned to
engine No. 739.
AS prev iously stated in The Citizen,
the traffic agents of the entire Santa
Fe system are arranging to hold a
meeting at Albuquerque when the new
"Alvarado' railway hotel is completed.
They intend to christen the new struct'
ure. The meeting will be held in about
two or three months.
Joe Burnham, who has been acting
as call boy at the Lordsburg Southern
Pacific station for some time, has got
a Job in the railroad Office at FL Paso
and left the first of the week.. Joe is a
good boy and a hard worker, and he is
bound to succeed. Bramble Ownby
has taken the job he left.
Contractor A. II. Harrell is now
busily engaged in laying brick pave
ments, similar to the one at the loca
depot, for the railroad company al
different points along the line. The
company intends making extensive i'm
provements on it's property, and we I'm
derstand that fifty new depots will be
erected at various plaCes.-William!
News.
The biggest double-header in the
world ran between Emporia and New
ton Friday night. The two. engines
we're 9S9, one of the two biggest in the
world, and 1893, one not very mucf
smaller. The train weighed 1000 tons
The engineers were j. n. Smith anC
Morris Jones; the conductor, Levi p
Morton. who is a nephew of ex-Vic,
President Levi p. Morton.
The Frisco system has sent out {
card reading as follows: "Amons
other good things the new year will
bring forth, is al arrangements be
tween Fred. Harvey and this company
whereby the former will conduct IN,