Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-31
Railroad Topics

Machinist James Tierney returned
this morning from a three weeks jaunt
on the Pacific coast.
The Union Pacific railroad has made
an immigrant fare of $32 from Chicago
to the Pacific coast towns.
Ralph Goodman, who has been doing
carpenter work for the Santa Fe at
Needles. came in from the west this
morning.
Ben Williams, special agent for the
Santa Fe, arrived from the south this
morning and is looking after business
in the city.
General Storekeeper N. M. Rice re-
turned last night from an extended
trip inspecting storehouses on the
coast lines.
About the only railroads in the coun-
try which have not passed to the Rock
Island in the newspapers are the
Orient and Mr.. Frey's Alaskan line.
Contractor Scott, of Ell Paso, and a
gang of men passed through the city
this morning en- route to Colorado,
where they will do grade work on the
Denver G. Northwestern railroad.
George l.. Sands has resigned as vice
president and general manager of the
st. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado, but
retains his position as vice president
and manager of the Virgins Ferryr
company.
1t is announced at Baltimore & Ohio
headquarters that the Pittsburg, Oleve-
land & Toledo railroad, between New
castle Junction, Pa, and Akron, Ohio,
will be practically rebuilt, at a cost of
$4,000, 900.
The Ell Paso & Southwestern rail-
road is completed to within a few
miles of Strauss, N. M, from Deming.
Practically all that stands between
the road and Ell Paso are the tunnel
and bridge just west of Ell Paso.
Miss Mabel Kimplen, daughter of
Machinist Cassius M. Kimplen, of To-
peka, has zone to Trinidad, Colo, and
Ration, N. NJ. where she will spend the
coming thirty days the guest of rela-
tives. She has a brother at Trinidad
and a sister at Ration.
The rail tonnage for the next year
continues to pile up. Additional Or
ders have been placed during the
week, and the contracts booked for
1903 are now considerably above l.
00O. 900 tons, exclusive of the business
taken by the Colorado mill.
An item of particular interest to rail-
way mail clerks has been incorporated
in the postal appropriation bill by the
senate %postofice committee. 1t author
ICES the payment of $1,000 to the fam
lilies of railway mail clerks who are
killed in the line of duty. Provision
is made for the payment of this sum
Immediately after such casualties.
j. A. Harlan. superintendent of build
ings and bridges on the Rio Grande
division, came up from San Marcial
this morning, and is today inspecting
the work being done OF the new freight
depot. Mr.. Harlan says that the new
depot will not be ready for occupancy
as Don as was expected, because the
necessary material for the heating sys-
tenn can not be secured. Otherwise the
work is progressing nicely.
Ernest Espelin, who served his time
in the machine shop at Topeka, but
who has been away a good many
months, will be in town this week for
a brief renewal of acquaintance be-
fore going to Albuquerque, N. NJ,
where he has a job with the Santa Fe
Pacific. Since leaving this point he
has been in the employ of the st. Louis
& San Francisco at Springfield, Mo.
He will probably be in Topeka until
Friday.-Topeka State Journal.
Before the present year closes the
great Transsiberian railroad, the long
est continuous line in the world, will
be open for traffic, and Russia can well
claim possession of the most wonder.
full line of transportation in existence.
The new road will extend for a dis
lance of Owe $500 miles and connect
with the old Russian road from Mos
COW to the Ural mountains, thus form
ing a continuous line from Moscow to
Port Arthur or Vladivostock; the pas
sage will occupy about sixteen days.
In a recent issue of a leading rail-
road paper appeared the advertise
ments of the two leading locomotive
building concerns of the countryside
Baldwins, of Philadelphia, and the
American Locomotive Works-a trust
having shops in a number of eastern
cities. Each has a cut of a modern To-
connective, one being an Atlantic type
engine designed by George r. Hender-
son, superintendent of Santa Fe mo-
tive power, and the other a sample of
the Northwestern type. also gotten up
by Mr.. Henderson when he was with
the Chicago & Northwestern road. Mr..
Henderson is on the staff of special
contributors to some of the best rail-
way periodicals of the United States.
Booming Southwest Townsville
Santa Fe has spent thousands of dol
lars during the past year advertising
the industrial of the great
southwest. The campaign will be Wig
orously pushed during the coming fall
and winter. One feature Is an insert
page in one of the leading magazines
for twelve months, the July issue o n
servatively booming the thriving cities
of Ell Paso, Pueblo, Albuquerque. Las
hcker's Blood ElIxer positively cures