Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-28

main lines?" and the reporter had to
acknowledge ignorance. Discussing
tnls remarkable statement, Mr.. Roe
enumerated the branches, and they
numbered seventy-four, not including
the main line from Chicago to Ell Paso,
from Chicago to Denver, from Chicago
to Galveston n from Chicago to San
Francisco. 1t is understood part of
one main line is common to the four
main lines, but they are none of them
included in the enumerated branches.
The system probably has it's greatest
number of branches in Kansas, but its
tributaries and feeders reach out over
the entire west and southwest. From
the great lakes to the gulf and 10 the
Pacific this gigantic network extends
and draws it's business.-El Paso
Times.
Carmen Win.|George r. Henderson,
superintendent of machinery of the
SAINT Fe, met the grievance commit
tee of the Garments union Wednesday
afternoon and informed them that they
would be granted an increase in wages
at once. This is the result of a con-
ference between Mr.. Henderson and
Third Vice President Kendrick, in Chi
cago. The officials refuse to make a
statement of the extent of the increase
or on what portion of the roads it goes
into effect. 1t is understood, however,
that the wages of the men are more
equal over the entire system under the
new arrangement than before, and that
special attention has been paid to the
case of the men on the southern por-
tions of the road. BY the terms of the
new schedule, it Is known, the wages
~ ill., al l.
20 cents per day owe the entire sys-
TEN.
Limit to Size of Big Engines.-Some
of the general managers are wonder
ing if the practical limit has not been
reached in the weight of engines and
passenger equipment. During the re-
cent wet weather one western road has
wrecked two of it's new 135-ton passen-
ger engines upon track which was per-
fectly safe for ordinary speed with q
lighter engine. In certain railroad cir
cles a note of warning has been sound
ed in the matter, and it would not be
strange If a halt should be called on
the fast-increasing weight of engines.
Until some better method of tract
building is discovered it is apparent,
according to the opinion OF many, that
engines as heavy or heavier than those
now in use can not be operated with a
degree of safety desirable in all kinds
of weather.
New Men Incompetent.-The Union
Pacific railroad brought in thirty-eight
new men to take places in Omaha
shops, but the strike leaders say TWEEN
ty-one of them deserted without going
to work. The railroad officials say this
was not unexpected, and that a greater
part of those who did not go to work
were men who were found incom-
petent and were released. Mr.. Nc
Keen, superintendent of motive power,
said that piece work would soon be in
troduced itno other parts of the shops
of the system, and that it would be
used exclusively as soon as conditions
will justify. The action of the COM
pan in increasing the number of the
guards at Council Bluffs shops is con
sidered significant, and strike leaders
are preparing to send pickets to that
place.
1t was HurIey's Train.-It was the
special train bearing General Superin-
tendent Hurley and Division Superin-
tendent Mcclellan which struck Ed
ward Keefe, the Lawrence hacknan,
Monday evening. The accident occur
ed at the first wagon road crossing of
the Santa Fe tracks east of that town,
n from the best authority was GER
tainly due to the carelessness of Keefe
himselk Engineer Charles Jones re-
peatedly opened the whistle and think
ing that the man did not intend to
attempt crossing, did not come to a
stop. The injured man was picked up
by the officials and crew, who removed
him to the depot in a special car and
did what they could for his alienation.
Within Nine Months.-The Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient Railroad COM
pany announces that it will be running
trains through southwestern Oklahoma
within nine months as far as the Red
river. All through western Oklahoma
the work is being pushed rapidly and
the entire right of way in the territory
is practically assured. In Woods coun-
ty, where several valuable school LAND
claims have been condemned by the
railroad company, the governor has or
dered the attorney general to appeal
to the courts from the decision of the
condemning boards, alleging that the
appraised value allowed the territory
for the lands is too small.
Van Slyck TaIks.-Henry S. Van
Slyck, live stock agent for the Santa
Fe railway, returned to FL Paso the
other day after an absence of three
weeks, during which time he has been
almost constantly on the go, looking
into the live stock situation. He has
visited Kansas City. Topeka and Den
yer on his route and finds that the crop
condition promises to be unprecedent-
ed. He says that if the corn belt does
not get any more rain at all a fair
corn crop is assured and that with n
or two more rains it is going to be the
largest in the history of that section.