Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-12
Railroad Topics

+ stopped to examine a coupler on a a
and was in the act of kicking the coup
Ter when the car was moved and IA
over him. The court says that he was
engaged in graIlsying an idle curiosity
in regard to an appliance, and the COM
pany owed him no duty, as it did not
know that he was on the track.
That Cut OH.-The Carlsbad Argus,
in its comment on the Santa Fe cut
off, says: 1t now seems definitely
certain that the Santa Fe will soon
commence work on the cut off line
from Portales to a junction with the
Santa Fe Pacific at Albuquerque. This
will be a great benefit to the Pecos
Valley, for while the line of communi-
cation with the northern portion of the
territory will still be rather lengthy,
it will be a vast Improvement over the
present route of travel and decidedly
of less distance. All that is necessary
for New Mexico to be impressed with
the resources and wealth of Eddy and
Chaves counties is to be put in touch
with them. Just now these two coun
ties are virtually strangers in the par
entail household"
EOPShd VIC " W. htlt - q
well defined rumor hat A. r. Davis,
general foreman of the Santa Fe
shops at Topeka, will resign effective
July 15.-Mr. Davis came to the Santa
Fe the latter part of last December
from the American Blower company,
of Detroit, where he held an important
position. and took the ~foremanship of
the Topeka machine shop. He contin'
ued in that capacity until April l when
upon the resignation of w. S. Lawless,
he took his present place. Mr.. Davis
is known as an excellent mechanic,
having invented a number of labor
saving devices since going to Topeka.
and has held important places. He is
exceedingly popular among h men.
For a time he was IN inspector of YES
sells for the British government in the
West Indies. No names are men,
toned in connection with his sue
cessor.
Struck a Cow.-Union Pacific limit
ed train 40. II, pulled by engine No.
$50, with Engineer Hockenburg In
charge, struck a COW near LaSalle,
Colo. The body of the COW passed un-
der the engine, mail car. baggage car.
two coaches and the diner, lodging in
the rear trucks of the diner. The
train was running forty-flve miles an
hour when it struck the cow. The big
| engine seemed to rise from the tracks
HocKenburg expected that the train
would plunge into the ditch. He re-
versed the lever. applied the air
brakes and for 200 yards the train
seemed TO sail through the air. Then
it stopped. So thoroughly was the car
cass Of the COW lodged in the trucks
that it required an hour to get it ont.
1t is considered remarkable that the
train was rot ditched. 1t is said by
railroad men hat this is probably the
first time that the carcass of ID bovine
ever went under half a train without
a wheel leaving the track.
Oiled the Desert-The Santa Fe has
been experimenting for several months
past with oil as a means to lay the
dust along the track. and the results
have been most satisfactory. During
the summer months the dust has been
an obstacle that has frightened travel
ers. and this particularly applies to the
$50 miles of distance between SeliS-
man and Hesperia, practically desert
country. The track for this entire dis
lance has beer sprayed with oil, and
the operation, Whlcn began TWO WEEKS
ago, has just been finished.
The result obtained is all that was
desired. There is now an entire alb
seEce of dust, and the main objection
made by travellers to the southern
route in the summer is now removed.
Every five or six weeks the spraying
will he repeated. and besides removing
an Objectionable feature of travel the
Al I'LL ,,aA-ArxrA tho material nf the
track in such good condition that the
ties will be longer lived than when not
treated with oil.