Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-10
Railroad Topics

Engine 631 will soon be ready for
the road again, having been sojourning
in the back shops the past few days.
G.. S. Duncan, formerly a clerk in the
Santa Fe Pacific store house at San
Bernardino, is now to he found occu-
pying a desk in the local storekeeper's
Office.
California ostrichs have constituted
some of the recent shipments which
the Santa Fe has made. In an ordinary
stock car about twenty are crowded to-
gether and placed in charge of two
keepers, who see that they make the
trip across the country in good shape.
They are being shipped to France.
Work on the Santa Fe Central rail
way construction is progressing very
smoothly. More teams are being hired
and more men put on. 1t is proposed
that after the rock cut this side OF
Kennedy has been completed, to grade
at the rate of one mile a day. The
piles for sixteen bridges have been
driven and the pile driver is nearing
the Arroyo Hondo.
A man named Barton, a section hand,
was killed at Texline the other night.
His body, cut in two, was found lying
beside the tracks in the railroad yards
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accident happened, but it is the suppo,
sition that the unfortunate man fell
from the top of a box car to the rails
with the result stated. The victim was
about 2S years of age.
Uncommon activity in railroad con-
struction prevails in the territory DOM
mated by st. Louis. 1t is estimated
that not less thar 1000 miles of new
railroad lines are under construction
in Missouri, Arkansas, indian Terri
tory, Oklahoma and Texas. Contracts
have been let for at least that many
more miles, and projected extensions
will add another 1000 miles.
The FL Paso-Rock Island Railway
company have made a test of the Am
erican Placer company'S well in Jicar-
lila. The pump was kept going for sew
eral days and h water, so it has been
reported. was not lowered an inch our
ing the time. This well is a valuable
property and il is not likely that the
placer will sell it so long as
the big placer 'dredge is operated, and
the dredge is now said to be running
successfully.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron company
will erect a railroad to run from the
terminus of their Trinidad line to Ponil
Park Colfax county. a company of
fifteen surveyors has completed the
temporary survey which will run
through Ponil Park to Bonito Canyon.
Ponil Park is a forest of pine trees for
ty to fifty feet in height. with no under
brush. With the railroad will come
several large lumber mills to work up
the immense amount of good timber
found there.
The Atchison Globe says: Frank
Hull. a Central branch passenger en-
gineer, who has been with the com
papy twenty-five years. has resigned.
He drew his time and turned in d
switch key which was issued to him
May 1, 1880. He made a deposit OF 50
for the key, the company agreeing to
. return the same with 6 per cent inter
est upon his leaving the service. Upon
this agreement Hull received $11.6Oi
the amount of his deposit with inter
est. The company now requires a de.
post of only 81 for a switch key.
The Topeka State Journal says:
1t has been a long time since n re-
port caused such numerous inquiries
among the Topeka shopmen as that re
garding the resignation of j. w. Ken
drick, third vice president, and as such
the head of the operating department
OF the road. Mr.. Kendrick has many
friends here who would be sorry to
know of his withdrawal from Santa Fe
affairs, and by many no credence is
placed in the rumor 1t is claimed by
some that Vice President Kendrick is
at lis office in Chicago and has been
for some days, and that he has been
carrying on the work of his depart
ment the same as heretofore. He be
came third vice president of the road
about a year ago.
George w. Smith, formerly general
master mechanic of the Santa Fe coast
lines, with headquarters at San Der
nardino, Cal, is now holding the posi-
ton of general master mechanic fol
the Illinois Central at Waterloo, Iowa
and in charge of about $50 miles OF
road. His jurisdiction is limited to
the territory between Freeport, ILL.,, and
Omaha, Neb. 1t is understood that he
is well pleased with the situation
there, having control of a good class o.
men and the motive power of the road
being in first class shape. Mrs. Smitf
is still in Los Angels, Cal, wher ont
of the children has been attending
school, but will probably start east t.
rejoin her husband in a short time
when the school year ends.