Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-03-15

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1.uWutIlc company
s T. SuIWcU ia expected u rh.hna
huo ,h, frs. OF April foo tabs, chars" u.
the construction work ou tho orient
road
kansas has COO moro miles of road
than New lor. hW Illinois T,Nns and
PoYust l.ara lat, each NOR. miles OF
railroad than Kansas
\ bulletin complains of ,r.ucDrs
drawing oil at Albuquerque" and SAYS
sufficient uu must tr drawn 800 Las
Vegas for 90, TDH"d trip.
David Patterson has a,,u appointed
division master mechanic OF the New
NcNico a. Rio Grand" division. of the
Santa Pc. with headquarters 90 katuu
\. VI
An eastern railroad company has
posted signs forhiddiug bridal part.r.
from throwing rice at the stations.
Doubtless old shoes viii hc thrown in
stead.
Tn, Mexican Central is sending
many cars of rails tO the Guadalalara
branch aud many Cinnamon have been
engaged 10 work ou extensions of that
branch
Railroad telephones are "a success.
TIaiumcu have communicate on the
Illinois Central railroad distance OF
400 miles over tho telegraph wt,s hN
the new system
A Southern Pacific train vii. ln
placed ON the El pasoI.ur3-nurg diyis.
ion Tor use In construction work and
the posluou. of conductor and brake.
man are open for Ming.
OWING To the ri raso 4 Southwest
orn company being unable tu secure
passenger equipment before the mia.
do 81 April a m.Aod train Is being run
daily from Douglass 20 Dcming, which
carries passengers.
Charles II Dascomh OF Fl paso. pro
sumahiy the Santa Fc passenger con.
ductor long in service. uas been grant
ed letters patent ON music leaf
turner. out OF which 1t is hoped he viii
make a snug fortune.
There are ninotytwo miles of the
Kansas city. Mexican u Orient road
in Oklahoma and Kansas ready for
rails \ large shipment of seventy five
pound rails was sent from Pittshurg
recently to bee laid on the said line.
Martin l. Riddle. of Chrtopa. Kan.
who lost two children in the wreck on
IN, Southern Pacific, effected com.
promise with the company at lei Paso,
and rolnquished all claims against
them for 100000. which was promptly
paid.
Tt ere I. talk Of an extension OF the
Denver & Rio Grandc railroad from
Fort Garland south through Taos Coun-
", striking the Rio Grandc about nine
miles north of Emhudo and connecting
at Emhudo with the present line of
that road
The Southern Pacific company i'm
migration efforts are placing 81 iaml-
lies in lcxas every week These set
tiers are from the northern part Of the
United States and are settling along
the southern part Of the state IN the
rice belt which they will cultivate IN
small tracts.
Hereafter railroads in Ohio will not
be allowed TO charge patrons fare for
fractions uf mile. Where a distance
ended IN anything shurtrr than mile
Il has always been customary for rail
ways to charge travellers for an entire
mile In a case against tn" Big four
the supreme court OF ohio says that
the raj roads have no right to charge
for fractions OF miles.
Last Thursday a train consisting OF
the private car ChiriCahua and ca
noose was backing out OF the yards AT
Bisboe and a freight train which was
coming into she yards ran into II, com
plctely demolishing the cahoose anc
inju-ing the engine on the freight. The
headlight on the freight engine exrlod
ed and in a momon; the cahooso anc
private car were on fire and complete
~ consumed before anything could h'
done,
David Smith. a l4-yearold lad from
San Francisco, fell from the top Of
Santa Fo Pacific freight car last Fri
day Just west of Scligmau, and lodge'
between the bumpers Of the cars, hay
Inc his arm badly crushed below tn
shoulder He was brought 10 the coun
" hospital on Saturday afternoon
vi ere his arm was amputatcd al tn
shoulder the boy had run away iron
his home in San Francisco and was OF
his way 20 Denver To visit an aunt
Prescott Journal Miner.