Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-15

MOTldTlty.
The Pennsylvania in 1900 handled
5,014,34S, and in 1901 exactly 5,640,S45
pieces of baggage.
The wife of H. e. Ray, clerk in the
Office of General Storekeeper Hilton,
at Topeka, has gone to Silver City, n.
NJ, Tor a brief visit.
The Chicago Great Western is said
to be planning to put on a line of pas
senger steamers between Buffalo and
Chicago next season.
How the bicycle craze has deter
iorated is shown by the fact that the
Pennsylvania last year carried 1S9,9S7
machines, as against PA, 1876 in 1900.
Vice President and General Manager
Edgar Van Etten. of the Boston &
Albany, has planted 10000 catalpa
trees neal Westfeld, Mass, to grow
timber for railroad ties.
Eugenio Romero, who was here We'd
nesday night, left yesterday morning
for his tie camps in the Manzano and
Gallinas mountains, along the line of
the Santa Fe Central railroad.
The Burlington is understood to have
no cars to spare and all it's motive
power constantly employed. 1t is get
ting the benefit of a great movement
in cattle for the northern ranges.
Santa Fe fire department inspector,
C. o. Young, has returned from a tour
of the Rio Grande division. The d.
vision points of the coast lines will
come under his eye on his next trip.
Only twenty-five American roads are
now in the hands of receivers. The
most important is the Terrier Haute &
Indianapolis. The aggregate capitali-
cation and bonded Indebtedness of the
twenty-five roads is s61,0S5. 900.
During the stay here yesterday of
Division Superintendent F. c. Fox, his
private secretary, Fred. d. Marshall,
had the pleasure to meet many old
friends. This is Fred's home, having
lived here the major part of his life.
The west end shops are imposing
on the local shops. Six of the trouble
making oil burners came in from Need
les yesterday and are being repaired in
the back shops. The boilermakers
strike is helping to push a good thing
along.
1t is now expected that about fifteen
men will be sent from the Topeka car
department for work at San Bernar-
ulno, Cal, as was first announced.
They will leave Topeka, according to
the present plans, the latter part Of
this or the early part of ext week.
AS a result of his inspection of the
$500 miles of line in the Canadian Pa
ciic, it is said that Chief Engineer
McHenry will recommend the expendi.
ture of 81, ZOO, 900 for improvements,
chiefly the reduction of grades, so as
to increase the hauling capacity of en-
gines from rs to 40 per cent.
NJ. e. Amer, who has been for the
past three years night clerk and opera
tor at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railway depot. Santa Fe, and wife
will leave on Monday for San Fran
cisco, Cal, where Mrs. Arner's parents
reside. Mr.. Arner will take a three
years course at a dental college, as it
is his ambition to become a dentist.
P. B. Ross, a veteran locomotive
painter at Topeka, was seriously in
jured Tuesday afternoon and had to be
carried to the hospital on a %stretcher.
While walking about OF top of an en-
CINE tank he fell into a manhole of the
tender, striking one side heavily
against the iron covering and hurting
himself so badly that he was helpless.
f. c. Whiting, superintendent of the
Dawson branch of the Ell Paso & Rock
Island railroad, arrived in Las Vegas
on No. l Wednesday. Mr.. Whiting
was at one time superintendent of the
Skagway railroad in Alaska and while
in Las Vegas ran across S. NJ. Dawson,
whom he met in that far off country.
They reviewed "reminiscences and en-
Joyed a few minutes greatly.
The permanent line of the Santa Fe
Central railway has been located. 1t
passes near the present depot of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
in Santa Fe, and it is more tina likely
that the two roads and the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad will build q hand
some and commodious union depot at
some point near the present Santa Fe
railway depot, in that city.
The Rock Island is about to bore an
other tunnel, this one under Wash
ington park, neal Kansas City, and an
other under the Santa Fe tracks at
that point, making in all about seven
tunnels for the Colorado line from st.
Louis to Kansas City. The Rock ISL
and officials state that they prefer tun-
nels to grades, and that they intend to
have a minimum of grade and curva-
ture in the'hew line.
j. Y. Lujan, sub-contractor under
Gross, Kelly & Co, who have a big tie
contract with the Santa Fe Railway