Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-18

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James B. Duffy, city passenger
agent for the Santa Fe at San Fran
cisco, spent yesterday in the city and
went norm last night.
Preparations are being made by the
Santa Fe for a big lot of passenger
business into and out of Rocky Ford,
Colo, August l and 2, the date of the
old settlers reunion.
Work on laying the new Santa Fe
track between Ration, n. M, and La
Junta, Colo. has been started. A train
load OF horses and machinery with
which the job was to be done were re-
Gently received at Ration.
The Santa Rosa, N. NJ, townsite
company have offered to give to each
engineer or conductor who will build,
a lot with a fifty foot front within four
blocks of the depot. This is done to
induce them to make their homes in
that place.
Elmer Bryan and wife, who have
been visiting Conductor A. H. West
Inc family at Las Vegas, have return
ed to this city. They have been visit
ing Mr.. BIS mother in Kirksville, Mo,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ely at Dodge
City, Kan.
On Saturday last the Southern Pa
cifc passenger department received a
50 bill with an unsigned letter, saying:
81 rode on the Southern Pacific and
didn't pay ST." The money was cred
tied to the conscience fund and the
letter will be framed.
Ira Sackett, of this city, has received
the appointment of express messenger
on the Santa Fe-Lamy branch. John
Nil .L- lo- hoo On chat f-n for
some time, has been promoted to a
messengership on the main line be-
tween Lamy and La Junta.
Conductor Dad" Griffith has resum-
ed his old place as ticket puncher on
the st. Joseph passenger out of To-
peka. Mr.. Griffith was out about three
weeks inspecting the condition of the
Santa Fe hospitals from Fort Madison,
Iowa, to Albuquerque, n. NJ.
At Alamogordo, this territory, there
is a timber preserving plant which is
rushed almost to death with orders.
Railroads recently have begun to rec
ognize the necessity of using some
sort of means which shall prolong the
life of this part of ne material.
The carpenters strike on the new
Santa Fe machine shop at Topeka was
settled Wednesday and the men went
back to work. L.. Boehen, the non
union man who caused the trouble,
Joined the union and the trouble was
consequently adjusted. One union man
who refused to quit was discharged.
The Topeka State Journa! says:
The wife of K. Hanson of the planning
mill will leave the latter part of the
week for Albuquerque, N. NJ, where
she will visit for some time. A little
later Hanson will go as far as Denver
to meet her, the two stopping there for
a short time and returning to Topeka
together.
It is said the firemen on the ROCK
Island system are looking for trouble.
The Topeka Capital says: There is
an unconfirmed rumor to the effect
that unless the firemen employed on
the Rock Island railway are given re-
lief from wiping engines while on the
run. there will be all kinds of trouble.
They want the work given to the reg
ular engine wipers."
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has agreed to refund to passengers 81
for every hour it's new t~wenty-hour
train between New York and Chicago
is late. The company feels that 1t can
easily make the run on the twenty
hour schedule and has agreed to abide
by the consequences if II doesn't. The
time limit of ~refunding is four hours.
Later than that the company does Tot
refund.
During the last week a dozen stories
have reached Topeka through the pub
lie prints that the general offices of the
Santa Fe are to be moved from Topeka
to Kansas City. This is all a mistake.
The Rock Island freight headquarters
for lines west of the Missouri are be-
ing transferred to Kansas City, but no
one so far has started a hot air dream
that the Santa Fe was to make any
such move as has been suggested.
Test Enqineers.-The successor to
H. B. Gregg, former engineer OF tests
with the Santa Fe at San Bernardlno,
will he X. S. Wickersham, OF Topeka.
He will take charge of his duties at
San Bernardino on July 20. IL also
seems that there is to be a change in
the test department of the entire sys'
tenn. the details of which VIII not be
made public until next month. by the
change the test department VIII De
given much more prominence imam II
has had heretofore.
inc pan &c"
worked out in detail, ii is to nave a
general engineer of tests located IN
topeka with assistants, such as Mr.
Wickersham will be, in San Bernar'
dino; in Cleburne, Texas, and another
in Topeka. The assistant located al
San BernardinO will have charge OF
the coast lines; the one in Cleburne, OF
the Gulf lines and the remaining mar
to have charge of all else east. F. w
{ Thomas, who was appointed engineer
of tests of the system some time ago
will have entire charge of the depart
ment. The assistant in Topeka vii
be T. f. Layden, while the third man
for C~leburne, has not yet been named
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