Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-06-14

| about 20 years of age.
W. II. Simpson, chief of the advcrtis-
ing department of the Santa Fe. ar
rived in Williams last Saturday and
visited al the Canyon till Thursday.
when he returned to the city and made
the trip in company with T.. Lamb.
to the summit of Bill Williams. which
he believes VIII be a great drawing
card In the near future. Williams
News.
l.. \. Gain. the electrician who sup.
erintended the instituting of the cleo
trio plant at the local Santa Fe Pacific
shops for the Summers Electrical com
pany. of Chicago. IL expected to arrive
In the city this evening from Denver.
On his arrival the new plant. which
Is now completed. will be inspected in
behalf Of the railroad company before
IL Is accepted.
Uncommon activity In railroad con.
struction prevails in the territory dom.
mated by st. Louis. II is estimated
that not less than 1000 miles of new
railroad lines are under construction
in Missouri Arkansas. Indian Terri
tory. Oklahoma and Texas. Contracts
have been let TOR al least that many
more miles. and projected extensions
will add another 1000 miles.
The III paso. Rock Island Railway
company have made "A test of the Am
erican Placer company's well IN Jicar-
lila. The pump was i Ut going for sew.
eral days and the water. so il has been
reported, was not lowered an inch uur-
ing the time. This well Is valuable
property and II is not likely that the
placer company will sell il so long at
the big placer dredgc is operated. and
the dredge is now said To he running
successfully,
The Colorado Fuel & Iron company
viii erect a railroad to run from the
terminus of their Trinidad line to Ponil
Park ColtaX county. \ company of
fifteen surveyors has completed the
temporary sur cy which VIII run
through Ponil Park 10 Bonito Canyon
Ponil Park is a forest of pine trees for.
" 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.
Thomas Madden. who was foreman
of the boiler shop at Albuquerque. \
NJ. until a few days ago and who was
expected 90 go to San Bornardiuo. Cal,
W NNtf y NtAtlllhA l''fNiAANil iN1 Nf'A
made boiler Inspector on the Santa re
lines west OF that point. with head.
quarters at san Bornardiuo. 1t has
been suggested from good sources un-
official that James Hogan. foreman of
the hoilcrmakers at Fort Madison.
Iowa. will bc appointed TO a similar
position on the eastern grand division.
the Atchison Globe says Frank
Hun Central branch passenger en-
ginocr, who has been with the com
pany twenty-five years, has resigned
lie drew his time and turned in a
switch KEY which was issued to him
MAY l. 1850. lie made "A deposit of 81
for the key. the company agreeing to
return the same with 6 per cent inter
est upou his leaving the service. Upon
this agreement Hull received SLIGO.
the amount OF his deposit with inter
est. The company now requires a de-
posit of only $ for a switch key
To provide means for important ox.
tensions 20 the Gulf of Mexico, and
possibly toward the Pacific coast. the
stock holders of the Rock Island al
their annual meeting voted TO increase
the capital stock from $50 900 600 to
S1a 600 .Ouu This Is the largest increase
since the consolidation In 1890 The
stock was then sil 100000; in 1896 IT
was increased to SAC 500 900. In 1890
il was raised To the authorized limit Of
$50 oo0 600. Last June ii was increas-
ed 10 0,000 600. The funded debt in
the meantime has been increased from
$l7 500 .00o 10 s6S,oooo00.
In the suit at FL Paso of Valente
Mendoza vs.. the AtCmson. Topeka q
Santa Fe Railroad company the jury
returned verdict in favor of the de-
PENDANT. The case has been on trial in
Judge Goggins court for the past two
days The plaintiff claimed $4,000
for the loss of hls right .oot which
was crushed by the switch engine
when he was getting of of the foot
board in front of the cowCatcher, He
was riding in from the smelter where
he was employed Negligence on the
part OF the plaintiff and that he had no
right to ride on the engine were the
main grounds of defense.
The Topeka State Journal says:
IL has been long time since any re-
port caused such numerous inquiries
among the Topeka shopmcn 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.. kcndrick has many
friends here who would he sorry To
know of his withdrawal from Santa Fc
affairs, and by many no crodence II
placed in the rumor. II IL claimed 10y
some that Vice President Kendrick is
al 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 Fc coast
lines. with headquarters at san Ber-
nardno, Cal. is now holding the posi-
ton of general master mechanic for
the Illinois Central at Waterloo, Iowa,
and in charge of about 500 miles OF
road. His Jurisdiction IL limited to
the territory between Freeport. Ill, and
Omaha. Neb. II IL understood that he
is well pleased with the situation