Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-14
Railroad Topics

! Several brick cottages will be erect.
ed at Ash Fork for the railroad com
pany by a Los Angeles contracting
firm.
General Manager A. G. Wells. of the
Santa Fe Pacific, visited at the Grand
Canyon on his special car the other
day.
Senator Arthur Kennedy, on. w. S.
Hopewell and r. l.. McCance left san
ia Fe yesterday for Kennedy on the
? Santa Fe Central railway.
Mrs. c. A. Sowl, day telegraph opera
tor for the Santa Fe railroad company
at Flagstaff, returned from Los Ange-
les, Cal, where she has been taking a
vacation for several weeks.
w. ]. Mcmillan and George Meth.
brakemen running between Las Vegas
and Albuquerque, have resigned and
will accept a position on the coal run
between French and Dawson on the
Rock Island.
E. B. Long, for some time past en-
ployed in the baggage department at
the Williams depot, resigned his po-
sition and left for Challender, where
he entered the employ of the DeMund
Lumber company.
Justin Thompson, who has been
braking on the santa Fe branch in
place of Chas. Holmes, who was away
with his wife in Kansas, has returned
to La Vegas and has taken his regular
run at the latter city.
Geo. Thompson, who a few months
g had a job in the boiler shops at
Topeka, is now serving the same de-
partment of the Santa Fe at Point
Richmond. Cal. ell went from Topeka
to Albuquerque. n. NJ.
Senator Arthur Kennedy, of Pitts.
burg, president of the Pennsylvania
Development company, arrived in San
ia Fe Thursday night from the east to
look over the construction work on the
Santa Fe Central railway.
George Z. Sullivan, the accommo
dating agent for the Santa Fe railroad
company at F1agstan. returned from
California. where he accompanied his
mother who went to spend the summer
for the benefit of her health.
w. H. Parsons, 81 years old, agent
for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
read at Holton, Kas., died at the home
of his parents at Lamonte, Mo, of dia.
betes. He was to have been married
to Miss Martha Drake, of Holton, on
the day following that of his death.
The Rock Island gave notice that, eff.
fective June %. it would withdraw the
jobing rates out of Wichita. of which
complaint has been made by the Kan.
sas City shippers. Under these rates
Wichita houses had an advantage in
the southwest over their Kansas City
competitors. who petitioned the road
for for relief. The action on the part
of the Rock Islanu restores conditions
to the old basis.
Latest reports regarding Third Vice
President j. w. Kendrick indicate that
he is in Paris. but will set sail for the
United States to reach New York be
tween June Is and July l. A little af
: ter the latter date he will arrive a
Chicago to assume the duties of his
office. From good authority it is learn
ed that his resignation has not YET
been formally rendered, but from
other sources the report came of his
withdrawal in the first place, and there
is no reason now to doubt that such
action is contemplated.
The Topeka State Journal says: j
ID. Thompson, who two days ago tool
the foremanship of a scrapping gang
in the blacksmith shop, is expecting
his family to arrive any day from AL
buquerque, N. NJ, where he has beer
working for several years as a black
smith. Mr.. Thompson formerly fol
lowed his trade here, but went west
several years ago and until the acct
dent in which he lost two fingers OF
his right hand a few weeks ago, was
regular employee of the company a
hat point. He has been in Topeka
most of the time since.
Here is what the Williams News
says about a Grand Canyon book re
Gently issued: The News is in receipt
of a Guide Book of the Grand can
, yon." written by our old friend p. C
Bicknell. who is acknowledged to be
an authority on the subject. 1t is, in
every sense, worthy of the name il
bears, throughout its one hundred
pages is much interesting descriptive
matter in addition to numerous half
n views of different points of in
terest. The work, while small, if care
fully persued, will give information in
unlocked for qualities and reflects
great credit upon It's author, and also
its publisher, Fred Harvey.