Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-25

ant NlSlI with relatives anu lrlenuS III
Arkansas.
Orders have been given by the Santa
Fe for 200 fiat Ears of $4,000 capacity
and 200 oil tank cars of $500 gallons
capacity.
Mrs. E. c. Comstock, wife af a well
known r~ailroader, arrived at a Mar
cialy last week, greatly benefited by
her outing at Rosedale.
S. S. Mendenhall, a contractor on the
Dawson branch, is gradually recover
ing from a dangerous attack of erysip-
elias. He is at Alamogordo.
Mrs. ]. F. McNally and children,
family of the division superintendent,
have returned to San Marcial from a
lengthy visit with friends in numerous
localities.
A large well-Ooring outfit was un-
loaded at Springer last week. 1t is to
be used in drilling for water on the
Dawson railway between Springer and
Tucumcari.
A. H. Lentz, roadmaster Of the Ell
Paso-Rock Island road, has been grant
ed a thirty-day leave of absence and
Henry Riggles will fill the position of
roadmaster during such absence.
When the waters OF the turbulent
Canadian receded it was found that
the driver and engine belonging to
Good & Co., contractors on the Daw-
son railway, was buried beneath four
feet of sand.
The Optic says: There is in Super
;ntendent Fox's Office a ticket rack, OF
case, having POI pockets. 1t was made
at Las Vegas and reflects much credit
upon the maker, whose modesty will
not permit the reporter to mention his
name.
Chief Dispatcher Evans, of the FL
Paso-Rock island at A~lamogordo, was
called suddenly to his home in Penn
sylvania by the illness of a member of
his family. He will return as soon as
conditions admit and probably bring
his family with him.
+. w. Thompson has been appointed
general western agent in charge of The
Pacific coast territory for the Rock
Island, with headquarters at San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Thompson was lately the
coast agent of the Denver & Rio
Grande lines, and for many years he
was in charge of the Rock Island bust
ness in California, with headquarters
at Los Angeles.
The Deming Headlight says: Divis-
ion Superintendent McNally, of the
Santa Fe, spent Wednesday last in
Deming looking over the yards and
into the business interests of his com
pany Mr.. McNally stated to our re-
porter that never in the history of the
road had the Santa Fe done as much
business as is being transacted at pres
ent.
The Topeka State Journal says:
With twenty years service behind him,
Edward Doyle has quit the blacksmith
ing department here and left today for
San Bernardino, Cal, where in the
shops he will be given a fire. He is
only one of a large number to leave
Topeka shops for the coast, partially
owing to the reduction in the force
here, and as well as in the belief that
he is to better his condition.
d. G. Thomas, who has been operator
n assistant agent at C~loudcroft this
summer, will be married to Miss Cora
Martin, OF Carlsbad, until several
months ago ste~nographer for the Ala
nannnrlA rDnhnr annnonu Mr. an1
Mrs. Thomas will reside in Alamo
gordo, where the groom will take up
his former position as operator and as
sistant to H.. H. Major of the mechani-
cal department of the Rock Island.
A new and powerful rail-cutting ma.
chine was placed in position at San
Marcial last week, and is now ready
to cut twelve inches from either end
of the secondhand heavy steel rails
that are to take the place of the rails
now in use on the Rio Grande division.
The machine requires quite a large
number of men to serve it and is capa-
bic of one cutting every seven seconds,
when the rail is drilled and passed up
ready for use.
The Alamogordo News says: Last
Sunday afternoon about 2 o'clock, Al
bert Jones, the boss coppersmith and
timer at the Ell Paso & Northeastern
round house, happened to a very~seri'
Gus accident. 1t seems that he was
standing neal a planer while in opera
ton, with his left hand on a bar, and
not seeing the planer in motion, or not
paying any attention to it, the planer
caught his hand and mashed it nearly
off. DR.. Bryan amputated the hand at
the wrist, and last accounts state that
Mr.. Jones was getting along as well as
could be expected.
The engineers on the FL Paso-Rock
Island line have a few kicks coming.
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