Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-09
Railroad Topics

The Burlington has the straighsen-
lne the.track fever In Missouri.
Engineer Dan Fleming has returned
20 Needles to enjoy the hot weather.
The Rock Island is said TO be plan
ming for a direct Chicago-St. Louis
line.
Trainmaster Gibson. Of Winslow,
spent sunday in the city visiting with
his family.
General Superintendent ID. r.. Cain
sneut Saturday night in the city and
returned to La Junta Sunday morning.
Henry C. Edgerly has resigned the
position OF day clerk at the Alvarado,
and left last evening for Los Angeles,
Cal
]. Watson has resigned his position
"a night engineer at the local shops
and has been succeeded by J. ID.
Stuntz.
Thomas sherwood foreman of the
brass department at the local shops.
has returned from ap leasant vacation
on the Pacific coast.
Brakeman Hanna is laying on nurs.
ing sprained ankle received by fall.
ing on a box car at Ration. ihe acct.
dent occurred Wednesday morning.
DIR. Frank Finney. surgeon at the
Santa Fe hospital at La Junta. passed
through the city last night, bound for
Long Beach, Cal. where he will enjoy
q months vacation.
The Topeka State journal says
William Fry. an apprentice 10y in the
machine shop. has taken a lay OF OF
ten days and IL talking of a trip to
Albuquerque, N. NJ.
The brick to be used In laying the
brick walk west side OF the Alvarado.
on First street, from the viaduct 20
Railroad avenue. have arrived and the
work will begin Immediately.
Frank wincheck, son of former gen.
eral foreman, Charles Wincheck, has
clerk At the local shops. In the vacancy
made by Lee Hutchison's resignation.
The net earnings OF the Colorado 4
Southern for the fiscal year ending
June 30 amounted to 81 $50. 600, an in
crease Of nearly 100000 over the net
earnings OF the year previous. The net
increase for July was $12,44O.
The prospects for the construction of
q railroad between Roswell and Tor
rance. the terminus OF the Santa Fe
Central railway on the FL Paso-Rock
Island railroad, are bright. A good
deal depends upon the action of the
people Of Roswell. This projected rail.
road connection. II constructed, in
three years from It's completion. will
make Roswell q city Of $4,000 inhabi.
tants.
A new once has been created on the
Santa &c coast lines. II IL that OF as.
sistant road foreman, who will look
after engines on the western portion
Of the system. The man for this new
position Ia John II. Christie, OF Topeka,
and he 10 t. have his Headquarters in
San Bernardino. He will he under John
0allivan. the present road foreman.
Mr.. Christie will have especial charge
Of the Valley division.
Although the scarcity OF necessary
material has retarded tho work on the
new freight depot, the time is drawing
near when II will be pressed into ser.
vice. The construction OF the new
buildings has practically stopped, but
the work OF laying the tracks to 1t and
the putting In OF the switches Is being
pushed forward by a large force OF
men. Il Ia safe to say that the new
depot Will be ready to receive freight
by the first Of September.
The contract for building the Ore
gon railroad 4 Navigation company's
line on the nor.h bank of the Snake
river. between Riparia and Lewiston.
was awsrded to Wren and Greenough,
contractors. Work on the new con-
tract 10 to begin at once, and to he
completed by April is of next year.
There are sevcnty.one miles 1T road
10 be built, and the contract covers
grading and bridging for the whole
line. involving about $500. OO0 The
Northern Pacific will use the line jolpt.
y with the Oregon Railroad & Naviga-
tion company.
A new order has been posted in the
Santa Fe round house In Topeka,
which says that after this date all en-.
gineers and fremen, dead heading.
must come to the round house to reg
lister and report by telephone. It is
Also stipulated that locomotive men
can not lay on nor report for duty by
telephone. as the practice Ia a source
Of annoyance aud often causes consid-
cradle trouble.
J. J. Dickey, division superintendent
Df the Western Union Telegraph com.
pany at Omaha. accompanied by his
Two sons and c. Il. Horton, of Denver,
7. +. Cook. general superintendent
from Chicago and others, arrived in
santa Fe yesterday. The party In
travelling b the private car Electric.
The Arizona & New Mexico road
has strengthened the bridges 40 that
4 10 safe to run its heavy engines over
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