Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-07-19

miles an hour. covering the distance In
1903 minutes. The run to Elkhart. Ind,
1873 miles, was covered in lis minutes
The run into Chicago from Elkhart
was slower on account Of the neces-
sity II slowing down while passing
through three towns where the speed
Of trains Is limited 10y ordinance. Slow
downs were also necessary for the
fourteen grade crossings IN Chicago.
Despite these delays. the IO1 miles
was covered In III minutes and the
train. which was due in the city at
9:45 a. m. arrived at the grand cen.
trail passenger station only twenty.
eight minutes late.
The New Foreman nomas Creary,
formerly in the Kansas City Southern
railroad shops at Pittsburg Kan. who
has been visiting with friends In the
city the past few days. left last night
for San Bernardino. Cal. II is under.
stood that Mr.. Creary will succeed T.
A. McNeal. az foreman OF the Santa
FEE Pacific blacksmith shop at that
place, Mr.. McNeal having resigned.
Ed. lavelle All Right.-word comes
from Douglass. Ariz.. that Ed. ! avelle.
one Of the best foremen o. railroad
track layers In the country, is pushing
work on the FL Paso & Southwestern
railroad, hut contemplates going TO
work, in n short time on the Santa Fe
Central Lavele is one Of the best
men in the business, and has laid
most of the track in the southwestern
country. Manager Hopewell would
he getting n pusher in Ed Lavelle, aid
when track laying is inaugurated on
the Santa Fe Central. with La
velle in charge. II will he a positive
guarantee that work will he pushed as
rapidly as possible.
Boiiermskers Deny Statement.-The
striking hoilermakers of the Santa Fe
at San Bernardino entered protest
against the statement made by the
company that the seven men who have
left the shops. and especially the three
that left OIL Wednesday, were Aired
for Incompetence" The men say that
while the new men were not what
could be called first class men, they
were among the best OF the contract
men brought here. and they left of
their own accord.
The company tried to hold the
men" said the bolermaker who en-
They even went SO far as to tell the
men they dare not leave under their
contract. but they called TIE com.
pany's blum.
NO. there is absolutely nothing new
In the situation and we look for moth
ing now until the trouble on the Union
Pacific is settled. We are content to
wait. One settlement may do for all.
The company's official, who told
about the contract men being let out.
insisted yesterday that his statement
was the truth regardless of what the
strikers may say, Don't you believe
for minute. said he. that those men
left 81 per day wages, with board.
lodging and barhering thrown in. OF
their own free will Not much. They
were well satisfied Had they been
going To go. on account of sympathy
for the strikers. they wouldn't have
waited q month to leave. No. sir. the
men were replaced by better mechan
les. that Is all there is TO II.
No matter how they went or why
the mca have gone to certainty and
their places have been fllled-San Bei
nardno Sun.
Big Train on the Santa Fe.-Thurs.
day morning an east bound freight
took the siding at Sterling, Kan, says
the Bulletin. There We're eighty cars
in the train and II contained 1000 900
pounds of freight II was hauled 10y
one of the Santa Fe big engines
Counting fifty bushels of wheat as a
twohorse load. or in other words 5000
pounds to team OF two horses. this
train equaled 1888 teams This train
al. t,xalta a.. taL
the freight to Kansas City, whereas
the teams would require ten days of
ten hours each. a total time of 240
hours each. Allowing thirty feet to a
team, these teams would make pro
cession of over eight miles in length
and would require 1888 drivers and g.
o66 horses. II is necessary to make
these comparisons some times. in or
der To understand the advantages we
are enjoying.
Ultimatum to Strikers.-The Union
Pacific Railroad company gave formal
notice To its striking shopmen 10 re
turn TO work AT once or forfeit their
positions. The following notice was
posted al the shops:
Resumption of work having been
decided upon, employees OF the differ
ent shops uesirous of continuing In the
service of this company should report
AT the Office at once. All such employees
no, reporting for work at this time
will he treated as new men in the
future.
tSigned) wv. r. M'KEEN.
"Supt Motive Power and Machinery"
This is considered by the strikers
as an attempt To resume work in the
shops all along the line and was not
unexpected by them. Vice President
Wilson. of the machinists' union. said
that the notice would have no innu.
ence with his men.
Mr.. McKeen admitted that the com
pany was preparing To begin opera
tions in all it's shops and that the no
tice was preliminary To the restoration
of normal conditions. He said the
company was now in position to begin
such an undertaking and that il had
sufficient men to operate all its shops
in limited capacity and would soon