Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-12

over the new road To 3sbcc. Arizona.
President II X. Bickford. of the
Denver, Kansas a. Atlantic chartered
to build from Denver To New Orleans,
was 81 Guthrie, Okla. relative To the
construction OF TIE line through Okla
homa. He states construction will he.
gin very soon as the greatest portion
of the road has been routed II is pro.
posed To build through the main cities
OF Oklahoma.
The ST. Louis a. San Francisco com.
. pany has filed a map with the United
states Indian agent of the proposed
route from MinCo to MIskogCe. a dis
/ lance of forty.eight miles. rhc map
shows The line will cross the Arkansas
river near Choska. This map was
| filed dnder the act of congress. ap.
/ proved February % which provides
| Tor the location OF railways within the
| territory.
| At the annual meeting OF the stock.
! holders of the Fort Worth y Rio
| Grande Railroad company elected the
! old directors. The officers elected are:
| President. h. +. ioakum. ~ st. Louis:
| vice president. l. Is. Conner. of Fort
Worth, secretary and auditor. ]. s
| Jones, of Fort Worth, treasurer. l.. o.
Williams. of Fort Worth assistant
secretary and assistant treasurer, F.
H. Hamilton. of st Louis.
Division Superintendent Whisenand,
of the Santa Fe at Wellington. Kan.
has been rotilcd that the company
expects 10 shortly commence relaying
its lincss from FloronC" southwest to
wellington with - and SO-pound steel
building for harvey eating house
Is also TO be erected at Wellington. in
diCdtng that the company is preparing
to make this point on its new short
line 20 California by way of Amarillo
Texas. and Albuquerque, y. NJ
The Western Passenger association,
the largest organization of the kind In
the country. comprising railroads run
ming west from Chicago and many 9th.
crs II, territory east OF the Missouri
river, according To the Tribune is
doomed 90 Hiss olution Formal notice
of Withdrawal from TIE association
given 10y John Sebastian. General pas.
scngcr agent Of the Chicago Rock Isl.
and a Pacific. in the Trihunc's opinion.
will hc followed ny some of the most
important roads in the association.
The Dem,ng Headlight says: What
the t'isbee road rs doing for this point
In the way OF business will be rather
surprise to many of our readers.
Agent DeBarry reports that his re.
ceipts for tickets will run close to. IL
not quite mp 10. $50 a day. while at the
same time he is loading five or six cars
Of local freight for points south OF here
TO say nothing of fifty OF sixty cars of
commerce received from the Santa Re
daily. All this goes To show that the
Bisbee Is the right road running from
the right place
The old city council If Chicago
mark I'd its last business session Thurs.
lay nigh, Ivy urauiu ously passing 'he
Burlington track ordinance which re.
quires the raising OF $3.50 miles Of
track OF six railroads. The cost of the
work is estimated AT 81 600 600. The
roads must accept the plans within 80
days and the work must Ice completed /
10y December 81. 1908 The following
companies rrc affected ~ the ordi
nance. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy +.
p 20 miles Cf track Chicago & North .
western, 1926 niles; Pan Handle, .
1918 miles. Chicago T rminal Trans
fer. 1918 miles; Chicago Junction. ii6 .
miles Santa Pc. mile.
The Topeka State journal saws. .
Aaron B. Nuthall. formerly an engineer .
out OF Topeka surprised some of the .
older employees Wednesday ~ visit .
Ing the shops He left here about ten .
years aEC and was later division mas /
ter meet anic AZ Ration. y. NJ. for a
number Of years He has beer run
ming cut OF Salt Lake City. Titan. on .
tho Union Pacific. There is this Incl. [
dent by which those who have been .
with the Santa Fc in Kansas romem-
Der Nuthal. 1t rs related that while /
an engineer out NJ NickeTson he was
caught one day west of that point with
out sufficient supply of water To last .
him through The snow was drlttod .
high along the tracks and Nuthall .
promptly pat this to good account by .
filling the tender with white and .
then cutting OF the steam from the in
joctor and turning it into the tank.
thus melting the snow and getting
enough water to keep the locomotive
from dying
George l.. Hodges. OF Denver passed
up the road for the Colorado capital
yesterday morning He is the general
attorney of the Mexico, Cuernayaca a
Pacific railroad. and while in I'll Paso
was interviewed as follows. The
road, which Is of standard gauge. is
now completed To hlo Bolsas. in tho
state of Guerrero, 1872 miles from Mex.
leo City Much of the country Is quit,
rough and difficult TO get through
believe the road will bc the first t.
reach the Pacific coast from the capi.
tai Of the republic There will be two
branches of the road one will run to
Acapulco and the other To the port of
Sehuatanojo. over 100 miles further to
the north of Acapulco The road will
run through the capital of Guerrero
Acapulco Is already an important sea
port Notwithstanding It has no rail
road communication with the Interior.
This road is being built 10y "a Colorado
corporation Of which !, II. llampson Is
the president and general owner
Thomas W. stevens, who is connect.
ed with the literary section of ,ac ad,
vertlsing department of the Atchison.