Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-31

headquarters in Topeka
James Thompson until few years
ago blacksmith in Topeka shops. and
now in similar capacity with the
company at Albuquerque. ~ NJ. Is at
Topeka for visit Thompson recent.
" had the misfortune to lose all but
the little finger on one hand under the
steam hammer while at work here.
G.. G.. Starkweather trainmaster of
the Oklahoma division of the Santa Fee
with headquarters at Arkansas City.
Kan, was in Roswell. He came IN an
swer to a telegram stating that mis-
wife and little daughter were both III.
The Roswell Record is glad to state
that Mrs. Starkweather and little sirl
are improving.
The Santa Fe Railroad company has
just completed sprinkling the roadbed
between Selgman and Mohave with
oil. The settling OF the dust by this
process Is a great thing across the
desert and will make a trip to Cali
fornia over this line one OF pleasure.
Tho Santa Fe is always TO the fore in
all matters Of Improvement.
J. w. Reynolds. an engineer was ex.
amined at Gallup 10y G. w. Maier third
vice president Of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers. for the amount
of insurance policy. $1,000, which he
holds In the Brotherhood. The exam
inatlon. so il Is understood. was salts.
factory. and Mr.. Reynolds expects to
receive the money in short time.
The trucks on freight car breaking
near Kenna. on the Pecos road. caused
the delay of the regular passenger
train sixteen hours the other day. The
next evening the Kenna bridge burned
out which again tied up traffic for sew
eral hours. The bridge was 1928 feet
long and burned out completely. II
was probably set on fire by an engine.
According to the Deming Herald. a
truce has been proclaimed between the
Southern Pacific and the El Paso a.
Southwestern railways and the latter
will use the Southern Pacific track into
FL Paso. as IL will take the Bisbee line
over a year 10 complete its line from
Carzilillo to FL Paso on account Of
tunnel at Strauss In Dona Ana county.
President Ripley, of the Santa Fee
has offered the railroad Y. NJ. c. A. OF
Topeka 500. 00G for new building. He
stipulates that the association secure
a site and 10000 The proposition
has been accepted and the building
when will be three story modern
structure. will be started as soon as
the necessary preliminaries can be ar
ranged.
There was a man employed la the
machine shops at Las Vegas who came
with letter of recommendation from
Charley Taylor. mechanical superin
te ndent. Thursday there came an or
der from Master Mechanic Patterson
requiring his discharge on the ground
that some three or four years ago the
man. while employed at Ration, got
drunk one day.
The Pintado bridge. six miles east of
Santa Rosa. Guadalupe county was
finished last week after causing a bad
ly crippled traffic for over a week. On
the following Tuesday morning the
tIafiic was again delayed for about
twelve hours. when freight train was
ditched and badly tore up the trac..
for some distance. This ACCIDENT hap.
pened only short distance from the
bridge.
Chief Engineer Garvin, OF the Lords
burg a. Hachita road. reports that
about twenty-eieht miles of the track
Of the Lordshurg & Hachita road has
been laid. and that there liz about ten
miles yet 10 lay. The work is pro.
crossing rather slowly. The original
contract callec for the completion of
the road by the 3ist of March. but as
the company was &c supply the ties
and steel did not have them II Lords |
burg on time IL cannot with consisten-
cy complain OF the delays of the con.
tractors.
The Ration Range says: =. NJ. Daven- !
port. the civil engineer arrived In the |
city Tuesday evening. He has been |
engaged in making a survey Of the
Cimarron River a Taos Valley railroad
and was called to meet Mr.. Stinchcomb |
and party OF eastern capitalists who |
are interested in the new road. ard
who will arrive from Chicago. II is be-
lieved that the visit OF the members OF
the new railroad corporation has a fav. !
orable significance. and will result In a |
speedy commencement OF building op- |
erations.
The Topeka State Journal says:
@. p. Tillotson. formerly air brake |
inspector in the field yard who went |
TO the hospital several months ago, Is |
now at the Santa Fc sanitarium in Las
Vegas. n. M. Writing to Topeka
friends from there week ago today |
he says that the doctors. after examin- !
ing him. pronounce one lung as being |
badly affected. but that there is hope I
for his recovery. They have imposed |
upon him as part penalty for his re-
rovery that he suck dozen raw eggs !
daily. which In itself viii require a
little practice.
The weighing of all the mails car
ried on the trains Is generally dispOsed /
Of in a month, but this year II has been |
greatly extended In tine, and now Is |
In its third month. II is supposed |
among postal employees that this 10 /
done to get fair account OF the /
through mail now carried by the Rock |
Island and Southern Pacific which for
nerly went over the Santa Fe. How |
ever that may he, the weighing still |
continues on the Arizona a. New Mex |
co road The man who originally had |
the lob on the Arizona x New Mexico |