Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-17
Railroad Topics

DR.. Norris, the Santa Fe Central
physician and surgeon. is now located
permanently at Kennedy.
Master Mechanic ID. Patterson has
returned to headquarters at Ration,
after a trip to this city and San Mar
cial.
Louis O'Rear. who was employed by
the Santa Fe Central digging a well at
Torrance. has beer transferred to the
Kennedy camp.
l.. F. Dutton and wife. of Monet, Mo-,
are spending a few days in the city.
Mr.. Dutton is manager of the Harvey
house at that place.
Harry Chitwood has taken a position
on the Santa Fe Central. He will have
charge Of the conImissary at Clark, in
the O'Mara coal fields.
E. r. Mccarthy, travelling auditor
for the FL Paso-Rock Island. passed
through the city this morning en- route
from Ell Paso to Maxwell City, n. NJ.
Train No. s from the west was four
hours late last night and did not get
here until 11:30. The train was caught
behind some burning freight cars al
Rio Puerco.
A number of the boys of the United
States Indian school in Santa Fe will
be given employment during vacation
time on the construction of the Santa
Fe Central railway.
r. /. McCance and w. A. Bayer. of
the Santa Fe Central railway. left the
capital city on a trip over the line to
pay OF the employees of the company
for the month of April.
The Denver tramway has been sold
to the new Moffatt, Denver & North
western railroad. and will be used as
a basis of financing the new road
on its way to Salt Lake.
Engine 1922, the day switch at Las
Vegas. has come down to Waldo 10
relieve 2405, which is in the shops in
this city. The night switch is doubling
on the day run at Las Vegas.
Andy J. Steele. who is the chief cook
for the Pennsylvania Development
company, contractors on the Santa Fe
Central. was here yesterday. and ac-
companied his wife to Santa Fe this
morning.
The telegraph camp of the Santa Fe
Central has been moved to Vega Blan-
ca. From there seven miles of holes
for poles have been dug and it is OK
pected hat the line will be in Santa
re IN about ten days.
The whistle for the regular weekly
fire alarm practice at the local shops
caused quite a little excitement this
morning. The shop fire service is test
ed every Saturday to see that it is in
good working order.
A cut is being made through a ledge
of rock north of Kennedy. The grad
ing thus far is south of the Santa Fe,
good progress being made in filing up
the low places owe which a switch
from the Santa Fe railway is to he laid.
Engine 663. which was taken out of
he shops the fore part of the week,
after, having been overhauled. treated
to a new set OF flues and painted, came
in from Rio Puerco yesterday, ready
for another ~sojourn in the shops. This
time she lost a cylinder head.
Five prairie s%chooneTs, each with a
family aboard. passed through Santa
Fe on their way from Pena Blanca to
the tie cutting camp of Marcelino Baca
at the headwaters of the Tesuque on
the Gabaldon grant, where 100 900 ties
are being cut for the Santa Fe railway.
Engine 1856 seems to be q Jonah. 1t
has been in the shops off and on for re-
pairs to its driving boxes. as they per-
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terday again hot, after just being over
hauled, but was fixed up a little and is
again out today, says the Las Vegas
Record.
The industrial department IF the
Santa Fe has assisted in locating AT
Stockton. Cal, a large window glass
factory, with a capacity of $1,000 boxes
of product annually. The glass pro-
duced by this new factory will take the
place of material which for years past
has been coming from Belgium.
One of the latest nov on the part
of the Santa Fe at San Bernardino, in
order that it may protect its property
from thieves, has been to appoint a
Waterman to patrol the yards during
the day. He is George Whips, form
erly al employe in the shops, and his
business is to keep his eye on every
body in sight, which includes book
agents, newspaper men, and all non
employees, who have occasion to drop
into the yards.
b. f. Fletcher, formerly in the Santa
FEES coach shop at San Bernardino,
was in that town from Los Angeles,
where he is in the employ of the Re-
dondo railway. Among other things
he reports that l.. A. Grant, a carpen-
ter who vas let out of the San Ber-
nardino shop department during the
recent cut in force. has beer appointed
to the toremanship of the Redondo
company's coach shop. Heretofore the
road has contained motors, and at the
present time these cars are being con-
yerted into trolleys, and it is this work
over which Mr.. Grant has supervision.
Cures When Doctors Fail.
Mrs Frank InIaSSOn Patterson To