Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-18

cheering corps, are nere today from
Las Vegas.
j. e. Saint has gone to Santa Fe.
he is the hustling secretary of the
Albuquerque Eastern n Santa Fe
Central railways.
Seven smokestacks. with hood and
telescope complete. have been finished
at Topeka n sent to the round house
at Ell Paso, Texas.
U. I. Clatfelter, of Los Angeles, and
assistant attorney of the Santa Fe
lines west of Albuquerque, spent sew
eral days at Flagstaff on legal bust
ness.
G. w. Smith, ex-railroad official, is
expected here tonight from the west.
The local railroad employees of the
shops will give MIR. Smith a reception
tomorrow night.
The San Bernardino Sun has again
started the report that Division Master
Mechanic G. F. Lundholm of that city
will retire from the service of the
Santa Fe before long.
j. A. Sheets, formerly boss mill
wright a. the local shops, will leave in
a few days for Topeka, where he will
go to work in the shops of hat city.
l.. NJ. Sanderson is now boss mill
wright at the local shops.
The store house which the Harvey
system has used here since the ark
landed, is now on rollers and journey
ing down the yards, where it will be
used as a tool house. The eating
house will be taken apart and shipped
to Syracuse, Kan.
The Santa Fe Pacific railroad has
served an injunction on Collector Nc
Medley, of Mohave county, Arizona,
e~njoining him from selling the proper
ty of the company under the a levy.
District Attorney Dickson has filed an
answer in the case.
The Santa Fee is taking an active
part in the railroad building now in
progress in Oklahoma. The latest
move by this company Is to survey a
line from Woodward, Okla, through
Gage, Sayre and Mangum, to Quanah,
Texas, a distance of 300 miles. This
is in Rock Island, Orient and Frisco
territory.
President F. NJ. Murphy, of the San
ia Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad will
arrive in Phoenix from the south on
April 20. He will leave New York to-
day n will leave chicago on Satur-
day night on the Rock Island for Ell
Paso. Before coming to Phoenix he
will visit Bisbee where he will remain
a couple of days.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
recently opened five oil wells at Fuller
ton, Texas, with a view of using the
product for fuel for locomotives. 1t was
discovered that the oil was too valua-
BILE for that purpose, n would bring
S1.40 per barrel from h Standard OIL
company, while fuel oil could be
bought for 20 cents per barrel.-Rail-
way Age.
Fruit business over the Santa Fe
continues light, in accordance with
what has beer at ell times predicted,
there having been q shortage OF the
California crop owing to a severe and
storm early in the season in which
much of the product was blown down.
Just now traffic generally is light, but
the roads are preparing for the annual
spring stock rush which will begin a
little tardily. in about two weeks.
The Burlington road, after confirm
ing the record, Wednesday made pub
lie details of a record breaking run OF
IA $40 miles from Eckley TO Wray,
Colo. made March "a. The distance
was covered at a rate of 9S.6 miles an
hour. An official investigation will be
made by the Burlington officials, who
have received a personal report from
Conductor j. H. Burns, who was In
charge of the train. The run is said
to beat any former record for that dis
lance.
The San Bernardino Transcript says:
A subscription list vas started in the
shops the other day to raise money TO
buy a present for G.. w. Smith, h re-
firing general master mechanic. Super
intendent Lape circulated the list but
for some un~accountable reason the list
was torn up after three names had
been placed upon it. 1t is said that the
men were troubled with the shorts.
A similar list was started in the Need
les shops last week, but 1t was like
wise abandoned.
1t was announced at the Offices OF
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at
Pueblo that it had been decided to
abandon the third rail on that road be-
tween Denver and Pueblo. Hereafter
all narrow gauge freight from the west
will be transferred to broad gauge
cars at Salida. Narrow gauge freight
offered at Denver will be transferred
from the broad gauge cars at that
DOlul. Inc lnllu ran 10 W bp tohNh
up Immediately. This is said to be the
first step toward the actual broad
gauging of the entire Rio Grande sys-
tenn
officials of the Santa Fe Railway
company are establishing a primitive
Indian village at Canyon Diablo, ATlz.,
where about 200 members OF the Nav
aio and Moqui tribes will take up resi-
dence. The Indians Will follow h GUS
toms of their ~forefathers. They are
expert blanket weavers n makers OF
baskets and pottery. They also are
workers of silver for jewelry. The
unique village will be completed dur
ing the coming month and overland
passenger trains viii; stop at the sta
ton thirty minutes. allowing passen-
gers TO see Indian life as it was in
early days.
A dispatch from Seattle, Wash"
SAYS: II is expected that work on a