Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-17
Railroad Topics


! 1iroct supervision OF the restaurants
in the San Francisco tfang-bay ferries
! between san Francisco and Oakland
and san Francisco and Alameda
! At camp about q mile and half
east OF DcmnR on the line OF the
/ southern Pacific railway, man who
was only known to his companions as
| Van" became unconscious from nor.
I phno poisoning. DR. Casscll had the
( man removed 20 the Dcming hospital.
whore he died the next day. There
were no papers To establish his identi-
! ty He had bat cents In his pocket.
! He was buried AZ the county's expense.
j. \ HARLAN. superintendent of build.
| ings and bridges on the Rio Grandc d.
vision of the santa Fc. and who will
snperintcnd the building of the new
! Albuquerque freight depot, informs
| The Citizen that work ON the founda-
ton OF the building was begun this
morning. Work ON the structure will
| be pressed and Mr.. ilanlan says that
he hopes To have the building and
platforms completed by the first of
| August.
Frank Painter. who is at present
| employed as a tracer clerk IN Che Office
Of Superintendent Easley. at Newton
has been promoted and will 20 TO
Dodge City as time keeper in the
| ;rainmaster's office. Bert Downey. who
M present attends to the duties of the
mailing desk. will be advanced to the
desk vacated by Mr.. Painter. Harry
Easlcy. q son Of the superintendent.
win be- given the position vacated by
ir Dcwney
The New Mexican says. r. j. Helm.
general agent OF the Denver x Rio
Grade Railroad company in this city.
has been Informed. although 1t has not
yet been officially announced. that Su.
pcriatendent L. $. Harris of the fourth
division of the road, which comprises
the line from Santa Fe to Alamosa.
Salida. lie Neta and from Antonio to
Durango, Is to b" superseded by MIR.
EGan. and Master Mechanic G. II
Shone is also to he superseded
A dispatch from Omaha, Neb.. of
May s. says: There is not word of
truth in it," said NJ. A. Low. general at
torney for the Chicago. Rock Island a
Pacific railroad. TODAY, discussing n re-
port from Chicago to the effect that
the Rock Island Is negotiating for the
purchase Of the Chicago. Peoria & St
Louis railroad Chicago dispatches
state that by the purchase of the road
mentioned, as good a line as any other
would be established between here and
Chicago.
The first spike Of the Kansas City.
Mexico a. Orient railway in the United
States was driven At Anthony, Kan.
The first rails of the track that Is to
roach from Kansas CITY tn The west
coast OF Mexico were spiked down ana
the work of construction thus begun
will 90 steadily on as fast as men can
build 4. The road bed is graded from
Anthony 100 miles southwest. Officers
of the road estimate that in eighteen
months or two years the road will be
completed to the Mexican Pacific
coast
Santa Fe employees viii have T. take
more strenuous examinations n The
future as il has been decided ny the
superintendent OF that line taat new
coue of questions will he arranged. The
questions will deal more with cduca-
tional qualifications than in the past
and other things will lie taken into
consideration. Several roads In the
United States have started similar
campaigns and it is likely that educa-
ton qualifications will play an impor-
tant part in railroad employing in the
future
Arrangem snts are being made by
the Chicago a. Alton with the Santa Fe !
whereby the former road is to get for
a few weeks one of its new Prairie |
freight engines-the 1069--for expert |
mental purposes on its line between |
Kansas City and Slater, Mo. The Al |
ton has been doing considerable test |
ing of ,his sort within the last few |
months. and the present plan seems to
be to determine the efficiency of the !
Prairie freight locomotive for all ]
around use. for passenger as well as |
freight.
II Is reported that there has not been |
a drawbar pulled out since the double
heading of the freights stopped and the |
officials feel disposed to continue sin.
gle heauing. The patent drawbars cost |
about IS to replace when the tmbers |
and all are pulled out, and as there |
were something like fifty pulled out
each month under double heading. IL |
can he seen there Is saving enough to
more than pay the extra train crew |
needed when two separate trains are 1
made. Besides. separately. the trains /
can pull about 100 tons more freight /
than when two engines are put on one |
long freight. II Is not known exactly |
what the officials will do about the /
change. but II is limited that II is quite |
as to the saving financial. |
ly as well as In trouble. worry and 1
time. The double heading Is still con
tinued In the passenger business.
The fate of the Morrison tubes, |
which portion of the Baldwin engines |
makeup has been giving the Santa Fe |
no end OF trouble of late. has been de-
cidcd. says the San Bernardino Sun. /
II will be remembered that these tubes |
became unruly several weeks ago. and |
the members of the 800" series we're |
brought TO the local round house that /
the trouble might be remedied. The |
brought experts from the |
Baldwin Locomotive works of Phila. /
delphia, from Brooklyn and from To !
peka These got their heads together /
and their decision followed. II Is that ]
two OF the tubes must he removed /
thrown into the scrap pile and re-
placed with new ones. while the re-
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