Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26

in the tank room at Topeka. and since
then in the employ Of the company az
Albuquerque. ~ NJ. and at san Der.
nardino. tal. in the capacity of a ma
cinlst, IL now In charge of the round
house at National City. Cal He took
the place last Friday and II Is expected
that Mrs Hayes. who has been in \ o.
pcka since his departure for the west,
will Join him soon.
At meeting Of the grand council
of the United Travellers of America.
nm organization OF commercial travel
crs of the United States, n resolution
was adopted opposing the bin OF Sen.
ator Elkns. of West Virginia to en-
large a Jurisdiction OF the interstate
commerce commission. and which is
designed To permit the pooling Of rail
roads so far as II effects the rates on
passenger and freight traffic. The res.
olution declared the bill To be uncon-
stitutional and an infringement upon
the rights of commercial men.
The Topeka State journal says Jas.
Sheets, IN the service Of the car com
pany here as a millwricht Tor twenty
years. before three years ago. when he
went To Albuquerque, n. NJ. because of
poor health. has returned to his place
and viii remain here. He began work.
Ing I'm the water service this morning
and his time will be occupied a good
many months setting M the machinery
for the new shops. tnat being the bust
ness OF tradesman of his class His
wife and two children are here and the
goods have been shipped from Albu.
q1crque
Recently John A. Muir. who was
Southern Pacific superintendent at
Los Angeles. resigned to accept a het-
ter position in the street car service
under H. T.. Huntington. II. II. Ingram
has been appointed superintendent TO
succeed Mr. Muir MIR. ingram has
been appointed superintendent to sue
coed Mr. Muir. Mr. ingram was one
of the men brought from the east by
President Hayes, and Is about the only
one left. He made an excellent i'm
preston and was able TO do good rail.
road work, He probably will remain
permanently with the Southern Pa
ciflc.
The stockholders in the Choctaw
who are Directing TO the basis upon
which the Rock Island secured the
road-$SO for the common and 500 for
the preferred are not without reason
I
year the increase in Choctaws gross
earnings was 80 per cent Since No
vcmber the increase has been at the
rate of 80 per cent. The preferred has
! been receiving its 3 per cent dividend
! for four years. The common received
| per cent In 1899. I per cent in 1900.
per cent nj 1901 and a 10 per cent
/ dividend I'm common stock. But a few
/ days ago the common was advanced
To a 4 per cent rate.
Winslow. Ari2.. has been made a sta
| tion for the icing of refrigerator cars
used in conveying fruits, vegetables
| and other perishables across the con
| tinent to its destination on the eastern
markets. Previously IL has been the
scheme to ice at Needles and run from
there to Albuquerque before replenish-
| ing the supply. According 10 the pres
ent schedule quantity will be taken
on before leaving San Bcrnardno the
second ut Winslow, the next at Las
! Vegas and then at Argentine. At
| Winslow new 5000 ton house has
been built and as soon as that is es-
| hausted more will he drawn from what
was harvested last winter at the Hot
| Springs canyon.
Charles Lantry. of the firm of Il.
Lantry & Sons who have the contract
for some hallasting on the roadbed of
the Santa Fe. has arrived at Watrous
and gone to work. II is understood
the road bed will be bailasted from
Ration to Albuquerque and beyond,
with Watrous stone. Mr. lantry has
some six or seven cars of machinery
and tools. needed in his work at Wat
rous. and already has he begun to EN-
ploy men from Las Vegas. The action
of the Santa Fe management in bal
lasting the road bed of the present line
indicates very clearly tina; they do not
apprehend any great difference Will he
made in the use of the present road
bed. even should the proposed cutoff
he made.
a deaf IL now pending To transfer
IFS more miles Of the Cnoctaw railroad
system 10 the Rock Island. This is the
extension into Guthrie from HALEY
| Vile. l. T.. AL the right of way for
which mas ben secured by the Choctaw
Active construction has been In prog
ress at Guthrie for past two months
and the Choctaw owns in Guthrie
alone over $500 900 worth of property
including terminal grounds. An offic
ial of the Rock Island stated that IL the
transfer is made the line will be ex
tended from Enid TO the main line OF
the Rock Island and that the Rock Is
land extension from Kingflsher Ia Gu
thrie will be extended on west TO Wa
tonga 10 connection with the West
ern Oklahoma branch Of the same com
pany.
The Topeka State Journal says: A
T. Parftt foreman of the boiler shop
has returned from Philadelphia. Pa.
where he has been little more than
two weeks getting the work OF Inspect
ing boilers at the Baldwin locomotive
works started. william 'Reddy. mem
her of Mr.. Parfitt's force here. was
taken there and will remain probably
five months to look over the entire or
der OF 1923 engines which those people
are constructing for the Santa Fe
Heretofore IL has been the custom e
send man to inspect the machinery
of the locomotives as they werc put to
gether, but II is understood that Tho
boilers have given considerable trouble