Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-30
Railroad Topics

Mr.. Mitchell. superintendent of one
of the divisions of the Frisco line. rs
at Las Vegas recuperating his impair.
ed health.
Ties for the Santa Fe railroad cut on
the Gabaldon grant by Marcelino Baca
are being loaded on freight cars in
Santa Fe.
The santa Fe Central Railway com
pany has all the holes dug for its tele-
graph poles and is at present placing
the cross arms on the poles.
The big whistle at the local shops
did not sound working hour, or rather
6 o'clock. this morning. 1t is a whole
hohuay with the shop employees.
A number of shop employees, with
their wives. and others with their
s~weethearts. enjoyed the day in the
mountains, returning TO the city late
this afternoon.
The other day the Southern Pacific
railroad had a wreck in it's yards at
Deming and later in the day the plat
form of the freight house caught fire,
but was eXtinguished before much
damage was done.
The Santa Fe Central railway man
agement received the specifications
and photographs of five locomotives II
has or1ered from the American Loco
motive works. Each locomotive will
weigh 1872 900 pounds.
The force of men at work on the
Santa Fe Central construction work is
being gradually increased and work is
being pushed. The piles have been
driven for fifteen bridges between Ken
nedy and Vega Blanca.
A. Walker, station agent at Cloud
croft, Otero county, was thrown by a
bucking broncho last week. His nos
was split oper and his left leg frac-
tured. He was taken to the Alamo
gordo hospital for treatment.
Mrs. William Nelson. of Winslow,
Ariz.. has arrived and will make her
home at San Bernardino with Mr.. Mel
son, who came several days ago to ac-
cept the bill clerks desk in the me-
chanical superintendent office.
II. E. Wittenberger. the new division
superintendent for the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, with headquarters at
Alamosa, Colo. was a visitor in Santa
Fe, having arrived on his special car.
This was his first visit to Santa Fe.
The Las Vegas Record says: There
have been four of the front end colored
porter-brakemen let out on the Santa
Fe, and yesterday white men took their
runs. 1t is not known definitely wheth.
er the colored men will be replaced
entirely or not.
Official bulletin has been received
announcing the appointment of A. b.
Todd as division master mechanic at
Winslow, vice A. T. Park, transferred
to San Bernardino. II. NJ. Mutchmore,
who was acting division master me-
chanic at Winslow, will be given anoth-
er position.
T. A. McNeal. who for almost seven
years has served the Santa Fe in San
Bernardino as foreman of it's black
smith shop, has rendered his resigna-
ton. to take effect on June l, shortly
after which date he Will go to Los An
geles to accept charge of the FORCES
and anvils of the Huntington-Hellman
syndicate in the Angel city.
The Santa Fe railroad has changed
the name of its North Ontario (Cal.)
station to Upland. and has established
a new station called Yerkes, between
Patton and Del Rosa, about twenty
miles from San Bernardino. Potencia
station, about seventeen miles from
Redondo junction, is TO be changed to
Shore Acres. The names of several
other stations on the coast lines west
of Albuquerque have been changed re-
Gently.