Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-31
Railroad Topics

at Las Vegas. left for his home in In
diana.
The first mile OF grade on the Ration
mountain will be completed by the FIRST
OF July.
Engineer Kinney has arranged for a
lay of. and will visit Chicago and
other Dlg cities.
Mrs. Shook. wife of Conductor
Shook. Is to leave Ration for Kansas,
TO be gone for some time.
Mrs. J.. II. Whittlesey is here from
Chicago. Joining her husband, who IL
the sculptor at the Alvarado.
Barney Gilbride. fireman. and s. A.
Mcdonald, brakeman. running out of
Las Vegas, have both resigned.
+. r. Frost. the chief electrician of
the Santa Fe. is IN the city on official
business. His headquarters are at
Topeka.
A number of new coaches. intended
for service on the California division.
have passed through this city the past
few days
Mrs, Gus Patterson. wife of the well
known Santa Fe engineer, left Las We.
gas on her way to Norfolk. Va, where
she goes to visit relatives.
Engineer Fred Hammer. of Las
Vegas. carried off the honors at the
gun club shoot Saturday ne making
fourteen birds out of twenty.
Considerable complaint among rail
readers regarding the double.headers.
which have recently been put back on
this division. Several crews have been
laid on.
One OF the new wrinkles N mechan.
les is n big machine that lays com.
plete railroad track, putting the ties
down and spiking the rails to them
properly
Lantry Brothers. contractors. expect
to begin ballastlng the road from Wat
rous about June 3. Work will then
he pushed at the rate of one mile in
three days
c. r. Lapc OF San Bernardino came
In from the west this morning en-
route east. He was the former divis-
ion master mechanic with headquar.
ters at San Bernardino.
James Thompson. accompanied by
his wife. has gone to Topeka He re-
Gently had three fingers on his left
hand mashed of by the big steam ham
mer az the local shops.
Mrs j. w White. wife of the Santa
Fc division storekeeper at Ration. n
NJ. is in Topeka for a brief visit with
relatives She Is on her way to her
former rome In Illinois.
On the 9Th day of June five Pullman
palace cars. loaded with members of
the order OF the Mystic shrine. will
pass through this city en- route from
the east for San Francisco.
G.. y. Harrington. dispatcher. and
wife. have left Las Vegas for a three
fri IN xtstll
take in all places of interest in the
southern part OF the Golden state.
The Optic says Superintendent Fox
returned from Topeka. where he had
beea TO work on the new time card
While absent Mr., Fox exchanged his
private car. 2l2. for a better one 2l0.
Andrew Rodriguez. patient at the
local hospital. is reported getting along
nicely. He tumbled through bridge
on the Santa Fe Pacific near Puerco
the other day. and was hurt internally
Mrs, II. X. NiCkerson and Mrs. J. A.
Henry. of Mexico City. wen, through
In private ear the other morning
Mrs. Nickerson Is the wife of the gen
eral manager Of the Mexican Central.
Lawrence Walsh. a machinist helper,
has gone to Pittsburg. Kan. where he
Will enter the shops of the Kansas City
Southern In that city. Friends were
at the local depot to see him safely on
the train.
The new speedy Santa Fe locomo.
tives weigh about 209,0 pounds and
the tender about 1900 pounds add.
tional The tenders are constructed to
carry ten tons Of cial and 5000 gallons
Of water
From n reliable source IL is learned
that the California Eastern railroad.
from Blake to Marvel Dai.. has passed
into the hands of the Santa Fe. they
having just purchased the balance OF
the stock.
Mike Burns, one Of the popular
freight conductors who has run out of
Roswell for several years past. has
been promoted to the position of "trav.
cling conductor" and Is receiving con-
CALCULATIONS OF his friends.
freight wreck occurred on the
Santa Fe railway between Haywood
and Spaulding, in Grant county. the
other day Eight ears left the track on
account Of spreading of the rails.
Fortunately no one was injured.
Storekeeper white. OF the Santa Fe
road at Ration, will begin taking an in
ventory on the 25th inst He will have
To increase his force OF helpers during
the work. Other storekeepers on the
E1e are arranging to take inventory
OF stock.
Mrs. George Porter and two children
have arrived AT Topeka from Ration.
N. NJ. and are the guests OF Mn and
Mrs. Thomas Israel. Topeka. Mrs.
Porter IL the wife of a machinist form.
erly employed for a long time in To
peka shops.
G. w. Maier the third vice president
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire |
men, who was entertained by the local
lodge last Friday. made an official visit
To Gallup. He returned to this city
Saturday night, and with his wife con |