Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-23
Railroad Topics

Engine 1858, a bran new locomotive
OF the Prairie type, was sent west to
Needles today.
Il. j. Deadman. chief clerk of the
Eel Paso-Rock Island at Alamogordo. is
confined to his house with a bad case
of the mumps.
Frank Dibert. bookkeeper for the
Santa Fe Central railway, left Santa
Fe for the east on account of the i'll
ness of his wife.
Engines 694 and GA, two oil burn
ers, came in from the west today. and
will be sent north for service on the
Gulf line OF the Santa Fe system.
The News says: Mrs. Thomas Wise
arrived in Alamogordo from Albuquer-
que to join her husband, who is en-
ployed in the railroad shops here.
]. A. Harlan. superintendent of
bridges and buildings on this division,
was here yesterday overlooking some
work in progress in the local yards.
Lee Shallenberger, a well-known en-
gineer with home at San Marcial, is
enjoying a short vacation of a few
days among his Albuquerque friends.
George Hoffman, of Indiana, who
run an engine or. the Ration division
up to the time of the A. r. U. strike,
was in that town several days the past
week.
Hon. w. S. Hopewell, A. G. Kenne-
dy, w. A. Bayer and j. e. Saint of the
Santa Fe Central railway, left for FOR
rance, the terminus of the proposed
railway.
On May 1, at the Grant hall, the
santa To DoaiGa hacn ho11 tnon, xui11
give a benefit dance. The boys W a
small balance on their suits, and it
must be paid.
Work on the double track on the
south side of the mountain between
Ration and the tunnel will commence
May I. M. Keleher has the contract
from Lynn to Ration.
l.. A. Gogin left yesterday for To
peka. He expects to return in a few
days, and finish up his work testing
the electric plant which he recently in
stalled at the local shops.
Ex-Policeman Mike Martinez went
to work Monday in the boiler depart
ment of the local shops. Mike made
an excellent policeman. and many re-
greet to see him off the force.
The Ladies' auxiliary of Railway
Trainman, of Ration, are making ar
rangements to give a bazaar, apron
sale and strawberry social in that
town On the afternoon and evening of
May II.
John Joerns, chief clerk of the me-
chanical department of the New Mex
leo division, has resigned and will ac-
cept the position of head bookkeeper
for the Remsberg Mercantile company,
of Ration.
Engineer J.. w. Johnson and wife,
who formerly resided at Ration, but are
now residents of Neodasha. Kan. are
in Ration for a few days, visiting
friends and d~isposing of the remainder
of their property there.
Joe Brick, of the Ell Paso-Rock Isl
and general Office at Alamogordo, Wis.
tied the family of R. B.. Hallock, at
Santa Rosa, and was very favorably
impressed with the new town and sur
rounding country.
c. w. Partridge and family, of Alamo.
gordo, left for Los Angeles. Mr.. Par
fridge was chief clerk for Chief En-.
gineer II. A. Summer, of the Ell Paso-
Rock Island road for some time prior
to his late sickness.
B. S. Harmon, general counsel for
the Rock Island system, who had been
visiting California with his wife, oc-
cupying President Eddy's special car,
arrived in Alamogordo. They returned
on the next mornings train en- route
for Mexico.
The Ell Paso Herald, the other day
stated that George w. Smith had been
offered a position with the Mexican
Central. Mr.. Smith was until recently
the superintendent of motive power
and master mechanic of Santa Fe
coast lines. He has gone east on bust
ness, and the report that he will soon