Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-24

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of the Santa Fe, is here from La Junta.
W. A. Thorpe is now the boss of the
steam pump gang at the local railway
shops.
George Zirhut, a machinist appren-
tice at the local shops, has returned to
work after a short lay off.
Adolf Larson, of the local shops, will
leave next week for San Diego. Cal,
where he will enjoy his vacation.
The trolley line at the local shops is
completed, and a test yesterday after
moo proved that it worked all right.
c. o. Young. forman of the pattern
department of the local shops, and
family were out in Coyote canyon last
Sunday.
G. II. Young, division superintendent
of Wells, Fargo Express company. af-
ter spending a day here, left last night
for Ell Paso.
A. N. Brown, the popular Ell Paso-
Rock Island official at Ell Paso, was
here a couple of days. He returned
south last night.
John A. Ross, a we'll known official
of the Santa Fe road, with headquar-
tiers at Las Vegas, is in the territorial
metropolis today.
Sydney Sanderson has gone to Den
yer, where he will secure a position in
the railway shops there. He held the
position of millwright at the local
shops.
Mrs. Charles Garrison will leave to-
night for Kansas City, where she will
visit relatives and friends. The lady
is the wife of the Santa Fe telegraph
operator at the local depot.
Division Superintendent Whettenber-
ger of the fourth division of the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad, arrived in
Santa Fe in his special car with his
family for the purpose of attending the
San Juan Indian feast at the San Juan
pueblo today.
Thursday morning at 8 o'clock an Ell
Paso-Rock Island caboose burned to
the track in the yards at AlamogorCb.
The alarm was turned in and the vol
unteer fire department responded very
promptly but not in time to save more
than the trucks of the car.
The Santa Fe Central railway will
give employment to $50 teams and
teamsters on its grade now being con-
structed from Santa Fe to Torrance on
the Ell Paso G. Rock Island railroad.
The road means business and wants
all the men and teams it can get.
A number of m~achinists. boilermak-
ers and shop men who are taking. a ten
day lay off left Alamogordo for a big
hunt in the Sacramentos. They went
loaded for bar" and all kinds of small
game and it is predicted that the boys
will get everything that hobs up in
dem hills.
The other day a Southern Pacific
bridge this side of Benson was burned.
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
bridge was over a hundred feet long.
All the spare ties and timbers handy
were rushed in there and a crib bridge
was built up, the work being complet-
ed and the first train over it the next
night.
1t is reported that some Santa Fe
property owners on the south side are
endeavoring to make the Santa Fe
Central pay exorbitant prices for the
right of way and for depot grounds de-
sired by the road. If there are any
such they should be promptly checked,
as their actions can but rebound to
the injury and detriment of the entire
city, says the New Mexican.
Inc passenger uOpdl IllSnl VI lut
Santa Fe has issued an interesting
illustrated pamphlet, descriptive of the
annual meeting of the grand lodge, B.
p. o. E., at Salt Lake City, Utah. on
August II to IA. The pamphlet gives
all the information that may be asked
about excursion rates, accommodation,
scenery, etc, by those who intend to
make the trip, which will certainly be
a delightful one. The round trip rate
from Albuquerque will be S33.10 and
from Chicago $35.
The Lordsburg & Hachita railroad
filed a plat of its line in the office of
the secretary of the territory. Besides
its terminal stations, it has plated one
station, which is located about thirty
miles from Lordsburg, and is called
Roberts, in honor of the late B. S. Rob
erts, of Lordsburg, who at one time
was in the employ of the Arizona Cop
per company, and at the time of his
death was a director in all of the New
Mexico corporations connected with
the Arizona Copper company.