Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-08
Railroad Topics

New York's underground railroad is
nall completed and the first train is
promised for January 1, 1904.
Joe Klasner has beer appointed SUI
~perintendent of bridges for the Pecos
system. vice Boil Young, and went to
work last Tuesday. He and wife went
up to Umbarger, where his first job is
to be done.
w. E. Nettleton, assistant general
superintendent of machinery for the
Santa Fe. is in the city. His mission
in Albuquerque is to inspect some of
the new machinery which has recently
been installed in the local shops.
The local railway round house is to
have a new %turntable. lhe old one
was just recently equipped with cleo
trio motive power, but it was old.
rusty and unsatisfactory. The new
one will be modern n propelled by
an electric motor.
Railroad building is far from being
at a s~tandstill in the United States.
During the first six months of this
year 2,314 miles of new road have
been built, which brings the total rail-
way mileage in the country, says the
Railway Age, to POI ,839 miles. The
record of railroad building during the
current year is 500 miles ahead of that
of last year.
Mrs. George E. Hobbs, of Bridge
port, Conn, recently secured a patent
on a car truck which enables trains
to round curves without lowering the
speed, and also permits the substitu-
ton of a broken wheel without the ne
cessity OF running the car into a repair
shop. The invention was recently in
spected by two representatives OF the
Manhattan Dad of New York.
Engineer Frank G.. Boomer has re-
turned to Ration from Norfolk, Va,
where he represented Ration division.
No. PSI, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineer, at the biennial session Of
the Brotherhood. Mrs. Boomer, who
accompanied him and who is an officer
of the grand lodge, ladies' auxiliary to
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, is visiting in the east yet, but
is expected home within a week.
The Ration Reporter says: H. j..
Bennett, foreman of the Santa Fe
shops at Trinidad. was over from
Trinidad last week and removed his
family to that city, where he has
bought a handsome home. Mr.. Ben
nett and family have resided in Ration
for several years Inc have made many
friends who regret their removal from
here. They are. however, well pleased
with their new home, where they are
surrounded by all the comforts which
make living a pleasure.
Santa Re Central Wires Work.-Yes-
terday afternoon, for the first time, a
message was flashed over the santa
Fe Central telegraph line from the
general offices at Santa Fe to the ter
minal station, Torrance, on the Rock
Island-El Paso. A relay station is 10
Gated at each of the many storehouses,
that are located along the line for the
convenience of securing supplies. NOW
that the telegraph line is working, the
officers can issue their orders from
Santa Fe. Six miles of the grading
has been finished. The company is
now working 475 men and will in
crease the force, as the men can be Sc
cured until the force reaches 1000.
Switch Lamp Patent.-Frank Ben
son, a timer, left Topeka Tuesday
evening for Kent, Ohio. where he is to
look after matters in connection with
the manufacture OF his patent switch
lamp. Benson is the author of a lamp
which while burning for six days and
nights continuously, gives a better
light. it is believed, than any in this
part of the country. 1t is to be made
by the Coffman-Megeath company, OF
Franklin. Pa. with which John Player
formerly superintendent of machinery
OF the Santa Fe, is associated. More
than 1000 of these burners are in use
on the Santa Fe system and Other
roads are investing heavily in them al
the time.
New Gas Piant.-A party of survey
ors in the employ of the Pintsch Gas
mpa are at work east of the Pull
man house at the Port Richmond, Cal.
yarus stalking off the site for thu
rIntsch gas plant, soon to be installed
there. Hitherto the gas for lightins
Pullman sleeping cars and Santa FL
day coaches at that place has beer
brought from Oakland in large tanks
and the idea of the company in estab
fishing a plant there is to do ava!
with the expense of transportation.
Union is Oruanized.-The boilermak
ers at the Standard Oil works ant
Santa Fe machine shops at Point Rich
mond have organized a union. c. ID
Rogers, of Oakland, state organizer
was present and assisted in the work
There was a large number of those in
terested preselt,, all of whom signifieC
their willingness to become member
of the organization. The following
were elected officers: Nj. Williber
president, and George F. Cusdck, sec
rotary. Another meeting viii be hel'
at an early date to elect the remaining
officers and complete the organization
Rock Island Stock.-At a meeting o
the directors of the Chicago, Rock Is
and & Pacific Railroad company, il
New York, it was voted to distribute L
stockholders 1872 per cent of thei
holdings in new stock at par. Trans
fer books will open on July 7 and clos
again on July 81. The stockholders O