Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-06-14
Railroad Topics

OF Wellington, KAN, are nding the
day In the city.
G. l.. Gibson, a brakeman. left last
evening for Kansas CITY for a sixty
days rest and visit.
Engine 1851, recently set up In To.
peka shops arrived for service between
Las Vegas and Albuquerque.
Engine G3l will soon he ready for
the road again. having been sojourning
in the back shops the past few days.
Arthur 1aquay has returned to Ration
from Rowe. where was transferred sew
oral weeks ago for temporary services.
Fireman Il. Il. racoy. of san Mar.
cal has gone to batavia. Iowa, ana the
story is that he will return with a
bride.
J. II. Merriheld, travelling auditor for
all Santa Pc lines west of Albuquerque
spent yesterday In the city and went
west last night.
W a. Frccland. one of the efficient
clerks at the local freight depot, and
wife, left last night for months visit
with friends at Temple. Texas.
g. $. Duncan, formerly a clerk in the
Santa Fc Pacific store house at San
Bernardino Is now to he found occu-
pying a desk in the local storckeepers
office.
The bonded debt now outstanding on
the Atchison system amounts to. in
round numbers, S22S 600 900. on which
the interest charge is something over
s9.2lGo00
> W Woodruff, a former resident OF
Albuquerque. hut late OF Tucson. AriZ.
has returned to this city ard accepted
position as blacksmith in the Santa
Fe shops.
Lantry Brothers. contractors. will
begin next week the work of balastng
the Santa Fe roadbed from Ration to
Las Vegas. The material will be taken
from the quarrios at Watrous.
Conductor O. =. Coleman. of san
Marciai has been in Ration the past
week looking after his property there
Something over year ago Mr.. Cole
man was night foreman IN the Ration
yards
j. r. Henderson. superintendent of
machinery and motive power of the
entire Santa Pc system came in from
the west this morning In special car
attached to passenger No. >. He will
spend the day in the city.
Brakeman \. j. Anderson OF Ration
met with painful accident. which
will kce him of duty for some days
He stumbled and fell forward his left
arm going through the window OF
way car. badly cutting his wrist and
arm.
The Las Vegas optic SAYS: p. G.
Johnson, a machinst who recently
came here from Ration has concluded
to return there. His helper yesterday
mashed on the end of one OF Johnsons
fingers. and that determined him to re-
sign.
John Van Lew a machinist with the
Santa r. Pacific at Needles his moth.
or and sistcr spent yesterday in the
city, the guests 81 Mr.. and Mrs Jack
Records. They were bound for their
old home al Roanoke, Va, for an eN-
tended visit.
G. G. Grout. formerly saw-filcr in the
planning mill al Topeka but for several
years employed In the Albuquerque
shops of the company. has jus, closed
a visit of several days with Topeka
friends and has gone TO Chicago to
spend a 0ri2i time.
The citizen has received a copy of
the Guide Book of the Canyon of Ari-
IONA just published by Fred Harvey.
Z. c. Bicknell Is the author The pub
LEGATION is considered by competent
critics TO be the hest book yet printed
on the Grand Canyon.
The Las Vegas Albuquerque division
Is 90 get four engines. 1851, 1852 and
1854, of the Prairie type, In the place
of -four engines of the Rhode Island
type, the latter going forward To the
western division This will leave one
of the Rhode Island engines at Las We
gas for extra work.
California ostrichs have constituted
some OF the recent shipments which
the Santa Fe has made In an ordinary
stock car about twenty are crowded to-
gether and placed in charge of two
Keepers who see that they make the
trip across the country in good shape.
They are being shipped to France
Word has been received that Sen.
ator w. II. Andrews, president of a. -
Santa Re Central railroad. will leave
Washington in few days. and that he
and senator Arthur Kennedy. the lat
ter the president OF the PENNSYLVANIA
Development company, will arrive
here In the course of week or ten
days.
The Choctaw will be operated as a
separate property by the Rock Island
management. All representatives of
the trai'lc department will serve both
roads. those on the line of the Choctaw
and in territory contiguous to II re-
porting to the offices of that road nj
Little Rock and others direct To the
Rock Island officials.
II is reported that J. w. Kendrick.
third vice president of the Santa Fe
has rendered his resignation with the
company and has accepted a position
with the Westinghouse Airbrake com
pany at Birmingham. England. II II is
true, this vii, afford an opportunity
for another move up. A western man
viii probably get the job.
The San Marcial Bee says: Ben
Williams, special agent of the rail
way company. made no friends here
one day recently when he choked
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