Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-19
Railroad Topics

road Will soon be On the railroad fold
ers.
Engines 1852 and 1858. new prairie
types from Chicago, have arrived for
service out west.
Thomas Haddow is around on crut-
ches. He was injured at The local
shops a few days ago.
Charles Wheeler, an old time Ration
lite. is doing construction work on the
Dawson City branch of the Rock Island
railroad.
Engine 81 got tangled on the "Y" ct
Maxwell City Thursday and was derail-
ed with its tender. and is a bit the
worse for the experience.
Four new iremen have begun work
for the Santa Fe at Las Vegas, the de-
mand for labor having recently been
greater here thar the supply.
John F. Wenborne. in the employ of
the Santa Fe Central at Torrance, is
here on business. He will probably
return 10 his duties tomorrow night.
V. Vizetti informs The Citizen that
efforts are being made to get the new
Rincon eating house in order for bust
less about the middle of next month.
James Elder. who ran an engine out
of Ration eight years ago. has returned
to that town and will probably again
enter the service OF the Santa Fe rail-
road.
w. s. Hopewell. vice president Of the
Albuquerque Eastern and Santa Fe
Central railways, after a days stay in
the metropolis. returned to Santa Fe
last night.
The fireman position on the third
mountain helper No. TAG. will be adver-
tised in a few days and the oldest fire.
man applying will be given the pre-
ferred run.
Mrs. George Shade will leave tomor-
row night for Kansas City, where she
will visit relatives and friends. She
is the wife of a well known Santa Fe
Pacific engineer.
Patrick ]. Murphy, a popular m
ploye of the local shops, will take his
vacation early. leaving tomorrow night
TO- southern California. Mrs. Murphy
will accompany him.
In a recent issue of the Railroad Ca
Zette is given q complete description
of the convertible Rodger ballast and
gondola car-six of which have been
ordered by the Santa Fe.
EhSllG ftI. WHICH l0u DtCn at lilC
shops in this city for -four days, re-
turned to Las Vegas, but will make n
other freight trip before going into the
passenger service where it belongs.
The Rock Island road is making
great inroads in the Santa Fe business
in and out of Mexico and the officials
of the latter road are trying to find
some way to combat the competition.
DR.. Geo. C. Bryan, of Alamogordo,
chief surgeon of the Ell raso-Rock Is
land, vas called to Orange, CAL. by
telegram announcing the death of his
father. He also attended the medical
society meeting at Albuquerque.
Train No. 2 yesterday had a menag-
erie in the express car consisting OF
two "rubber-neck" ostriches and a
couple of small burros. to say nothing
of the messenger himself. The os-
triches were from California, bound
lor Chicago.
An exchange y A railroad man
in any capacity who is not polite wen
to an inquisitive, though gentlemanly,
reporter, trying to earn his salt. sell
dom rises to a place of responsibilities
and emoluments with the company en-
ploying him.
hdllTOduS OF chicago nave NOluu-
tarily increased the wages of freight
handlers. The advance varies in the
different departments. but the total in
crease is s25, 900 per month. and af-
fects 5000 men employed i'll freight
depots of Chicago.
Out of a total of 1000 or 1,5O0 goats
shipped into Emporia, Kansas, from
New Mexico, a day or two ago, when
Ahnr u-nrn ,n1nadnd II Wac found that
240 were dead. They were in poor con
dition for moving and that is largely
accountable for the heavy loss.
After several weeks of rustling the
citizens Oh Cleburne, Texas, raised $780,
600 to secure a railroad from that
place to Eagan. The money was
raised and now the right of way has
been secured and work on the con-
struction of the road will soon follow.
Mrs. Jeanette Turner. of Cairo. ILL.,,
first vice grand mistress to the l.. A.. to
B. of r. T., spent several days in Ration
the past week. Her mission there was
to visit the local lodge and give in
structions in the work. Mrs. Turner
is a refined cultured lady and delighted
all with whom she anne in contact
while there.
Shorty" Sanderson of the Topeka
boiler shop. put out 1000 strawberry
plants on his place east of that city a
few days ago and after making a thor
Ough search, he declares all OF them
are growing. Besides these he has III
ty young cherry trees, thirty-fve plum,
sixty apple, and twenty-five peach
trees-all thriving.
Z. j. Hartman, a resident of Springer,
has been in Taos all the week eng1g-
ing men to work on the Dawson City
branch of the Rock Island railroad, now
building in ColfaX and Guadalupe cOun-
ties. The contractors wish 10 secure
several hundred mere men. They pay
$3.50 and Sl.75 for common laborers
and board is 50 80 a week.
The rush of eastern travel is more
than present train service of the Santa
Fe can handle, and arrangements are
being made TO run h California Linn
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