Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-18

The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen now has a membership of 49,
376.
The Santa Fe is rapidly repairing
the damage done to its motive power
by the strike of boilermakers and ma
chinists.
Dispatcher McGinnis, formerly locat-
ed at A~lamogordo, is now reading the
tick at Ration.
Engineer C. Boyd is nursing IN in
famed eye, caused by being struck by
a steel splinter.
Texas railroads have decided not to
change the cotton rates nor the man
ner of shipments.
Engineer Fred Hammer has asked
for a lay off and will spend a month
on the Pacific coast.
Henry Englebricht has returned from
a months vacation spent at Chicago
and other eastern cities.
Machinist G. r. Craig and wife have
gone to Chicago for a motnh's visit
with friends and relatives.
The Missouri Pacific had twenty
seven rains of Elks and Pythians into
Pueblo, Colo, the other day.
John Cohan, who was chief dispatch
er at San Marcial several years age,
visited San Marcial last week.
The Santa Fe has ordered seventy
cars from the Pullman company, most
of which are for the California bust
ness.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
oil tank of the Southern Pacific at
Deming, and a short time will see it's
finish.
The Rock Island has ordered 100 To-
comotives from the Brooks works,
making 300 ordered within the last six
months.
E. L. Auer, of the superintendent
Office at San Marcial, is again at his
desk after a visit to his home in De-
catur, Ill.
Despite the use of automatic car
%couplers, 1913 persons were killed and
gone to Chicago for a months visit
ing April 1.
The cost of engines has greatly in
creased within the last few years, an
engine formerly costing 10000 now
costs $4,000.
One ticket broker has been reward
ed. William X. Powell. of Indianapolis,
has been made claim agent of the Phil
adelphia & Reading.
w. C. Abel, boilermaker apprentice
at the local shops, left this morning for
his old home at Parsons, Kan, to enjoy
a thirty days lay off.
A. f. Mitchell, superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Milwaukee, has re-
signed to take a similar position on
the Northern Pacific.
There have arrived in Vancouver
1900 bales of silk valued at 81 100000
The roads have been asked to bid on
its transportation east.
The National Beekeepers have de-
cided on the Santa Fe as their official
train to their annual convention in
Denver September 8, 4 and 5.
Andy Steel and wife, of Santa Fe,
spent Sunday in the city. Mr.. Steel is
chief chef for the Pennsylvania Devel-
opment company at the capital.
Fireman r. E. Tracy spent a few
days in the Las Vegas hospital, and
returned to his young wife and friends
at San Marcial apparently in good
health.
nraIapnon L. L. JIunnotn IF tho
Santa Fe Pacific, left last night for
Arkansas City, Kan, where he is called
by the serious illness of his grand
parents.
Cattle business on the southwest
lines of the Santa Fe is heavier than it
has ever been before. One day recent
" the road hauled 400 cars into Kan,
sas City.
Mrs. H. S. Grout is enjoying a pleas
amt visit from a party of Topeka
ladies. They are Mrs. Z. l.. Gaylor
and daughter. and w. H. Hayes and
daughter.
The Las Vegas Record says that Sam
Ingram, who had been working in the
C~astaneda lunch room, mas flown the
coop and left several merchants hold
ing a bag.
The New York Central's scheme of
hiring hundreds of special watchmen
has resulted in its being the only road
in the country that is not bothered
with tramps.
The pay checks for the Santa Fe Pa
cifc employees arrived Saturday and
the Santa Fe proper boys checks
came in last night. The merchants
expect a good trade tonight.
The Erie contemplates building four
tracks between Buffalo and New York.
If this is done it will be n of the
most important railroad moves made
in this country in many years.
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