Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-07

last night.
Fred Nudge, resident engineer for
the ant Fe, with headquarters at
Las Vegas, is in the city.
Trainmaster Gibson, of Winslow,
spent the Fourth visiting with his
family on West Gold avenue
Road Foreman William Daze has re-
turned to his home at Winslow, after
spending a few days in his city.
S. Vann., who was down at San Mar
cial regulating railroad watches disor-
dered by the fire, has returned to the
city.
Conductor ]. B. Skinner, a jolly,
good fellow, who has been visiting in
Kansas City for the past two weeks,
has returned to Winslow.
]. E. Hurley, the newly appointed
superintendent of the eastern grand
division, arrived in Topeka last Thurs
day, n took charge of his Office the
next day.
The poles have been distributed and
the holes dug for the telephone line be-
tween Needles and Gold Road mines.
The line is completed to that point
from Kingman.
j. E. Saint, secretary for the Santa
Fe Central and Albuquerque Eastern,
came down from Santa Fe last night.
He returned to Kennedy this morning.
1t is estimated that the exclusive
use of fuel oil OF h Southern Pacific
will net a saving of 81, 800, 200 a year
over coal. The company has ordered
$50 new oil tan cars with a capacity
of 1900 gallons each.
The announcement is made that the
Santa Fe will at the end of the present
month abolish the position of superin-
tendent of bridges and building at To-
peka, which is now held by E.. Mccain.
The work will be done under the direct
control of the general superintendent,
]. E. Hurley.
General Manager Nudge, of the
Santa Fe, officially that he
has appointed A. E. Sweet, at present
train master at Las Vegas, to the posi-
ton Of assistant general manager,
which is left vacant by the promotion
of D.. E. Cain to the SUPPLEMENTARY
of the western grand division.
An official of the Santa Fe states
that the company's electric plant at
Needles will be in operation in about
a month. Arc lights will be placed,
one in front of the reading and
one in front of the hospital, wnile sew
eral others will be placed in various
points of yards and depot grounds.
The Deming Headlight says: The
Mexican who was brought to the hos
pital in this city some time g badly
mashed up from a too intimate ac-
quaintance with a railroad train on the
Bisbee, concluded last Tuesday night
lie would give up the struggle which
he uIu, and died. He was buried at
this place the next day.
A fire in the Needles round house
a few nights ago nearly ruined passen-
ger engine No. 4S0. While standing
over a pit the oil caught fire. She was
run out of the house. but before the
flames were e~Xtinguished the cab was
a total wreck, and the tank badly bis
tered and warped. 1t is said the fire
was due wholly to the carelessness of
the men who were working on the en-
CINE.
A Bisbee combination baggage and
express car is standing in the Santa
Fe yards at Deming that one might inn
agine had been spewed from the
mouth of Mt. Pelee in the recent
troubles with that crater. II was run
into at Las Vegas and now a compare
tive wreck. Formerly this car was
quite an elaborate affair and it is a
Dlly that II SUI buoltu up bClolt III
Bisbee had an opportunity of using it
at least once.
Santa Fe Museum and Freight Build
ings.-Work on the new Santa Fe
freight depot is progressing in a very
satisfactory manner, says j. A. Har-
Ian. superintendent of bridges and
buildings on the hlo Grande division,
and who is overseeing the building of
the new freight house. The Office de-
partment of the building will be ready
for occupancy by the first of August,
and the building of the platforms and
freight sheds is only a small job. The
laying of the tracks will take several
days, so We do not expect to get any
freight in to the warehouse before
September"
The office part of the building resem-
bles an old Spanish block house. The
windows are set high in the wall and
are square in form. Each of the four
corners of the building is capped with
a miniature castle.
The museum building has at last
been finished, and presents a very
striking appearance. The Harvey col
lections of Indian curios and antique
pottery will be moved in Immediately.
The carpenters had one little accident
III pacing tne ldIBe pldtS 5ldnoeo'
which .orm the east side of the build
ing and the west side of the arcade. A
th~Tee-corneTed piece was broken ont
of one of the plates. These large oval
shaped glasses give the bullulng a nice
appearance and make ideal show win
dows.
Hunting a Railroad.-M. j. Murphy.
a retired railroad contractor of Phoe-
nix, AriZ., arrived at Roswell and mas
been quartered at the Shelby, says the
I.egisteT. He helped build the South
ern raciic years age and after that
was connected with the building of the
Arizona canal in the Salt River valley.