Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-05
Railroad Topics

on the I'll PHSO a southwestern rail
way, between III paso and Deming. say
that smallpox Is raging among the
workmon. The disease is very mild.
however. and IL Is said that some Of
the workmen scarcely quit work, al
though they are broken out with II.
G.. w. smith who was in the city
the other day. gave II out as solid
fact that hc is no longer connected
with the Santa Fo railway as general
master mechanic of the coast lines. He
has returned to San Bcrnardino. Cal.
and reports now say that he will here.
after devote his time to boring for oil.
Engineer W. H. Holmes. who Is the
only survivor of the train crew on
No that figured in the train wreck
at FranConia last fall has Just been
released from the hospital at Los An
gclcs. When Mr. Holmes was taken
from the tangled mass of debris he
was unconscious and remained in that
condition for eight days
vice President Warren. of the Cen
trial railroad of New Jersey is making
tour of inspection of the entire Chloe
taw systcw one report states that IL
is for the purpus, of the purchase of
the Choctaw by his company, and az.
other tina the New Jersey company is
to take the $4,000 OO0 extension bonds
recently voted by the Choctaw.
Work has begun on the new Har.
vcy house at Rincon whicn is 10 re
place the one recently burned II
will be much larger and more complete
than the old house. II will be furnish.
Cd with all the COnVouicuccs OF mod
crn eating house. furnishing first class
accommodations TO the travelling pub
lie
Charles owen. conductor on No. I.
Witnessed the lynchng OF the negro
porter at La Junta on Tuesday night.
The tragedy occurred within fifty feet
90 Mr.. owens window He says the
negro was not hanged He didn't have
"A chance to hang His body was ill
ed with lead before the rope was drawn
,aut enough for stranguatioa.
The resignation of General Supern.
tcudnpt w :. Martin and NJ. II Rogers
OF the engineering department Of the
Denver a Rio Grandc has been follow
cd by the announcement of third
change. Clifton o.. Thompson. bridge
engineer. and N charge OF bridges and
buildings of the Denver 4 Rio Grandc
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the road either April or shortly there
after.
Brakeman Joe Burke was thrown
through a cahoose window near Elota.
by the drawhar breaking in one ~ the
freight cars three cars from tho ca
hoosc The train was going about
eighteen miles an hour and MIR Burke
was skinned and bruised pretty badly,
although IL is thought not seriously
He could not finish his run and was
brought to Albuquerque for medical at
tontion
Definite assurance has been given by
those in position 10 know that the San
"a Fe Railway company will build from
Thoroau. station on the Santa Fe
Pacific In NICK inlcy county. To Duran
go. Colo. The road is To- be run through
Canon Amarillo but is To be a SCI arate
project from the proposed Durango
,..fton railroad II will. however, also
tap the fertile san Juan Animas and
La Plata wales.
Locomotive SIS, one Of the new com.
pounds turned out few months ago
by the baldwin locomotive works at
Philadelphia, has been set into the
south shop AZ Topeka for general over
hauling. There are a number OF the
same class that are reported in bad
order and will bc fixed up as soon as
the macnInists can get after them.
They have been in service ont OF La
Junta. Colo. for some time
Clarence TcnyCk has been appointeL.
superintendent OF the PcCos Valley
system of the Santa Fe. with head
quarters at Amarillo. Texas He takes
the place made vacant hy the recent
transfer OF g, G. Starkwoather to Ar.
kansas City as trainmastcr OF the Ok
lahoma division Mr. Tonyck was
formerly located at Newton KAN as
traiumastCr's clerk and assistant yard
master, and later AT La junta and then
Albuquerque.
President Carpenter. OF the Chicago
4 Eastern Illinois railroad, accom-.
panied hy his ostimablo wife and
daughter arrived IN the city from the
west Saturday night and left this
morning ia his private ear attached TO
80 . Mr. Carptcncr and family have
been visiting points Ct interest in Call.
fOruia and are ON their way home.
They spent the afternoon in driving
about the city. and spoke of Albuquer.
que and its climate in very Compli.
mcntary terms
The Topeka state journal says Al.
huqucrquc papers have contained &c.
counts within the last lCw weeks OF the
Victories which the Santa Re Pacific
has" ball team at that pace are win
ming Among the line up are names OF
George Thompson. who was formerly
employed in the boiler shops here and
who is holding down first hnso and his
brother Ash. who wears the mask
and protector. Chas Sheets. who used
to be In the machine shop at this place,
is twiring for the nine
The Las Vegas Record SAYS Seven
young fellows were arrested last night
a. the instance Of the Santa Fe watch.
man for breaking a seal, aud slept in
Jail over night This morning they
We're up before Judge Wooster anu.
after hearing their story he discharged
them. They said they did not break
seal but got in through an open door
nj 4 lhuuusruus aud Wprp later lpFkau