Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-06

as engineer out of that place for a few
weeks, between Ration and La Junta.
Engines No. 6SS, sos. sos and 7O1.
now in service on the Santa Fe Pacific.
have been ordered to the Oklahoma
division.
r. l.. Richmond has been appointed
agent for the company at the Bridge
street office. Las Vegas, N. NJ. taking
the place of w. H. lobe.
Harry Crawford. a conductor on the
San Marcial division, and family. STOP
ped off here between trains while en-
route to their home at San Marcial.
The Santa Fe system has dispensed
with the services of all yardmasters.
The agents hereafter will look after
the switching. says the Gallup Requb-
lican.
Eight large box cars were loaded
with ties at the santa Fe railway depot
at Santa Fe. Tie Inspector H. j. Ryan.
of Las Vegas. with about twenty-five
men, did the work.
Passenger engine No. Az, which has
been out of service for several days
for new driving boxes, was put out of
the Las Vegas shops yesterday and
given a trial trip on train No. 33.
Frank Harris. son of Mrs. H. V. Har-
ris. is here on a visit from San Ber-
nardino, Cal, where he is employed as
s"tenographer in the railway offices.
He will return west Saturday night.
The Santa Fe Central main Office in
the Catron block at Santa Fe is being
fitted up with a counter and railing. in
side of which the desks of the chief
clerk and assistant treasurer are locat-
ed.
Seven firemen were discharged at
Winslow the other day for refusing to
go out on one of the big engines with
ont a coal passer. They referred their
case to the grievance committee and a
satisfactory settlement will probably
be made.
Will Nicholson and wife left for
Newton, Kan. this morning, where Mr..
Nicholson has accepted a position in
the Santa Fe shops. He was formerly
employed in the local shops, but was
among the number that were dis
charged in the recent let out.
w. f. Hodges, general purchasing
agent for the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway system, arrived from
the west this morning in special car
No. 21S. and will spend the day in the
city. Mr.. Hodges is accompanied by
his nephew, j. S. Taylor, of Newport,
Ind.
William Tasker and Frank Israel,
former machinists in Topeka shops,
but who have been in Albuquerque, n.
M, a while, are here for an indefinite
stay. having been among the number
included in the lay off there.-Topeka
Journal.
Marcelino Baca and Santos Ortiz, of
Pena Blanca, were in Santa Fe and
closed a contract with Hon. Thomas
r. Catron for cutting 100000 ties on
the Gabaldon grant, covering the head
waters of the Tesuque. The ties are
to be delivered to the Santa Fe Rail
way company.
The Santa Fe Railway company is
having twenty-thTee large locomotives
constructed at the Baldwin Locomo-
tive works at Philadelphia, which it
will convert into oil burners as soon
as the engines are delivered. The CON
version will he made at San Bernar-
dino, Cal, shops.
Letters from Tucumcari people to
friends in Las Vegas have a very jubi-
liant tone. The chief engineer for the
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad,
with a party of surveyors has been
there. From what has leaked out it is
believed that that road is heading for
New Mexico points.
An accident happened at the Santa
Fe rock quarries at Morley, Colo,
which VIII probably result fatally for
Hugh Roberts, one of the workmen.
His injuries, sustained while blasting,
includes the loss of one eye and the
-,,IoI1a Loco of tho nthar a fraptl1pnn
skull, a fracture of both arms and bad
cuts and bruises about the face and
body.
David Patterson, whose appointment
to the position of master mechanic of
the New Mexico and Rio Grande di-
visions of the Santa Fe, with head
quarters at Ration. N. NJ, was an
nounced Monday, has already taken
charge, the circular dating from the
first of the month. He succeeds c. NJ.
Taylor. who was recently made me-
chanical superintendent of the west
ern grand division.
General Francis ]. Torrance, Sena-
tor Arthur Kennedy, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Walter Lyon, Senator w. II. An
drews, Hon. w. S. Hopewell, r. V. Nc
Canoe. Chief Engineer A. G.. Kennedy
and Chief Clerk w. A.. Bayer are to be
given a smoker at the Commercial
club building tomorrow evening. They
will arrive here tomorrow morning.
General Torrance, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Lyon, Senator Arthur Kennedy
and Senator Andrews will leave on the
California flyer, the same evening for
Chicago.
Cabinet makers have been much in
terested lately in a problem in arithe-
tic. which apparently contains a fall
lacy somewhere, so much so that the
result of the figures differ from what
would appear to be the fact at first
thought. This is the example: A ship
sails out to sea 5000 miles at the rate
of ten miles an hour, going and return
ing: another travels the same distance
but outbound its rate of speed is eight
miles and inbound twelve miles an
hour. Which trip will require the
longer time?
A committee of citizens of Santa
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