Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-23

Half a dozen new men went to work
at the local shops yesterday.
The Santa Fe Central railway re-
ceived several car loads of supplies
yesterday for its Arroyo Aondo store.
Chief Engineer A. G.. Kennedy, of
the Santa Fe Central railway, although
ill, made a trip from Santa Fe to Lamy
yesterday.
An increase of s per cent. in the
wages of trainmen and switchmen on
the Baltimore < Ohio has been made
voluntarily by the company.
Chicago is selected as headquarters
n place of meeting of the United
Brotherhood of Railway Employees at
convention in SAN Francisco.
Engineer AL. Lane returned from
Las Vegas to Lamy. where he will re-
sumo his duties on the Santa Fe
branch, after a few days lay off.
The General Electric company has
secured a contract amounting to $780,
900 for equipment for the new street
railway to be built in Toxic, Japan.
Harry Snider, a machinist appren-
tice who left Topeka last August for
Albuquerque, N. NJ, has returned to
Topeka for two weeks recuperation.
John Brooks and wife, in charge of
the culinary department of General
Superintendent Wells private car,
were here yesterday, going west last
night.
Work is being pushed as rapidly as
possible on the new hotel and depot,
and the local officials hope that every
thing will be ready for occupancy by
the LIST of April.
Engine No. O6S was sent down from
the north to Lamy to relieve engine
No. DIAL on the Santa Fe branch,
which slipped it's tires while on duty
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. T. w. Belkama, wife of the
freight inspector of the Southern Pa
cific railroad at Deming, died of pa
ralysis. The remains were taken to
Los Angeles, Cal, for interment.
Ed. o. Allen and Guy Ellis, two we'll
known ex~-Albuquerque railroaders,
are two engineers now at the East
yard, Cal. Guy Ellis and wife were
visitors to Albuquerque a short time
ago.
1t is learned today from Jimmy
Worries that his brother, Charles
Worries, is now an operator for the
Southern Pacific at Los Angeles. Char
lie has quit base ball playing alto
gether.
j. w. Fimbrook, dispatcher on the
A. T. & S. F. railroad at Newton, Kan,
stopped off this morning on his return
from an extended trip in Old Mexico to
visit with j. w. Edwards, who is an
old friend.
A. G.. Wells, general superintendent
of the Santa Fee Pacific, who was at
Chicago on business connected with
his duties, was here yesterday and Wis
tied the various departments of the big
local shops.
The Topeka State Journal says: 1t
was planned that special a No. 219,
that which belongs to President Rip
ley, should be sent out today. 1t has
been in for several months to receive
a general overhauling.
The first span of the railroad bridge
now building over the Pecos river is
finished, and the bridge will be ready
for traffic by the first of February, by
which time the road from Ell Paso will
be completed to Santa Rosa.
Trackmen in Kansas have beer busy
lately distributing salt along the
switches in order that the snow may
be melted, thus preventing any impedi-
ment to the manipulation. This is al
ways done during rigorous weather.
New issues of loans and securities
in London during 1901 have reached
G159 600 900, comparing with G165,-
499, 224 in 1900, G133, 1863, 724 in 1899,
ESQ, 173, 1865 in 1898, e157, 299 900 in
1897, and e152, SOC, 791 in 1896. OF this
years issue eco, 900 900 was in o n
soils.
Yesterday morning, engine No. 939,
another of those giant locomotives, ar
rived at the local shops, and was given
some needed attention at the round
house. These engines are called bat
tleships'' by the engineers and firemen.
No. 939 went west pulling a long train
of cars today.
The Optic says: And still cheering
news comes from the new electric line.
Santa Fe engineers have established
the grade for the spur to the power
house on the flats above town; a car
of wire is in transit to this city, the en-
gines. boilers and dynamos will be
shipped this week.
The dump track at the local shops
is pretty crowded these days with en-
gines brought in from recent wrecks
out west. Some of the engines will go
into the repair shops. but others-well
they are so badly damaged the com
pany would save money by dismant-
limo tham altnopthpr