Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-04
RAILROAD NOTES..
Interesting Paragraphs Picked Up
Along the Big System.
ITEMS Ff0M ALL POINTS.

new men at the local shops.
George S. Good. contractor for the |
Dawson new road. is expected at Sprin-
from FL Paso to look over the work. |
New men are being added daily TO |
the shops here and those along the
road from this city clean to the coast.
l.. Woodward. late OF Indianapolis.
has accepted a position in the chief
dispatcher's Office at Las vegas. as
clerk.
W. Studer. formerly of Dodge City.
Kan. has accepted the position of stem
ographer for Master Mechanic Parks
at Winslow.
Workmen are filing up the ground
space in front of the new hotel. The
Alvarado," preparatory to walks and
small lawns.
Golf in Calnornia is The title of an
other attractive book Just issued by
the advertising department of the
Santa Fe railway.
George X. Henderson, superintend-
ent of machinery. vas here yesterday
on business at the shops. He returned
north this morning.
Z. V. Henry. of the water service of
the Santa Fe company at Las Vegas.
has taken a few days lay of and lett
for Denver on a visit.
Miss Edna Cheffer. who has been
visiting Conductor Heady's family at
Winslow, returned to her home in
Kingman, Saturday night.
Walter Clifton was In Springer the
first part OF the week from Cowden's
surveying camp in Turkey canyon. He
came to town for supplies.
Mrs. C. A. Sowl. the efficient day
operator for the Santa Fe Pacific Rail
on the sick list for a few days, but Is
recovering.
On last Monday Fireman l.. T. Clark.
of Winslow, received news of the Sc
we're illness of his mother. who resides
in Sioux CITY, Iowa, and a departed
for his home.
Engineers Allie and Dobyns. who
were transferred from Las Vegas to
the Ration division n few days ago. re-
turned to that place and will be mark
ed up there again for duty.
Marion and Lige Littrell were in
| Springer from the Vermejo for the
| purpose of settling with the El Paso &
| Northeastern Railroad company for
passing through their ranches.
Plans are being completed for a
more satisfactory heating apparatus
for the Winslow round house. Under
stand that steam pipes will be put
around all the pits in the house.
The elevated track at the Williams
| coal chute was not long enough the
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over the west end and hung. suspended
for several days.
Dewitt & Eager, Of Arizona. left for
Springer with their railroad outfit OF
nine men, four wagons and forty head
of horses. They have been employed
on the Rock Island road and will nov
be put to work on the Dawson Goa
road.
Jesus Gurule, of Tecolote, was killed
instantly on a raiiroad section OF
which he was at work g Thatcher
Colorado, on the 2sth. His legs INT
arms were broken and his skull crush
ed. He leaves a wife and four children
at Tecolote. .
The santa Fe Pacific Railroad com
pany will soon begin work in putin,
down a brick cement platform or wall
along their main track at Flagstaff.
will be 800 or 400 feet long. Eight.
sacks Of cement have already been re
ceived to be used on the work.
Equipment for the San Pedro. 10
Angeles & Salt Lake railroad, beinI
built by senator Clark. is passinI
through daily. Yesterday a train o
fourteen box cars loaded with stee
rails passed Albuquerque, being tn
, third train of that kind this week.
The grass along the Santa Fe mai
, line caught fire south of the Las Vega
depot Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'cloc
, and in response to the general alarI
, the East Las Vegas Hose compan
turned out together with about a thoui
and people. The blaze was quickly e,
tiDguished.
The Ell Paso News says: L. II. Sar
born and Harry J. Fouts have arrive
from Albuquerque and taken places |
. the service Of the Trans-continenta
Freight Inspection bureau, Arizona an
New Mexico division, Mr.. Sanborn a
chief of the force and Mr.. Fouts as II
: spector at the Southern Pacific freigh
depot.
The friends In Williams of Mr.. |
: II. bearing, formerly operator at tn
Williams depot, will be panied to lear
OF the death of his wife. from consumI
ton. in Los Angeles. last Tuesday. M
bearing, who is at present running b
tween Winslow and Seligman. ha
gone to Los Angeles. after having r.
ceived the sad news.
The survey OF the Needles-Searc
light railroad has been completed an
the surveyors are cross-sectioning III
route. Work will be commenced O
the grade from hex at once. The roa
will be pushed through "a completio
as rapidly as 1t is possible to put
through. The new company will us
the Santa Fe track into the Needles.
A si~ngle-header train was run frol
Las vegas to Albuquerque a day or S
ago, to test the difference in time l.,
tween double heading and single-hea'
ing, and IL was found that much be
ter time can be made by single-headin
trains. Train No. 33, a red ball freigh
of the same day, was also run with on
, engine. much better time being mao
than when hauled by two engines.
Z The business OF the Wells.f'argo +,
o press company Ior the month OF ID
cember was the largest ever had sine
! the establishment OF that company
4 Office in this city. II was one-ha
n greater thar II was last year. and ava
ahead OF previous years. II was han'
led with dispatch and neatness by Nh
courteous and obnging agent. Il.
Powell. who is o the route agen
Judging by the volume of bushes
done, certainly. times are good.
W. l.. Yancy, Paducah. Ky, writes
Il had a severe ease of kidney diseas
and three of the best physicians