Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-09-04
Railroad Topics

Idaho counties have decided to &C
cept the offer of the roads for a settle
ment Of taxes.
Railroad development continues a.
the highest pitch of activity through
out southeastern Arizona.
For the present at least there is
pleasing peace and quiet in labor cir
cles on the Santa Fe system.
August 81 the Kansas & Southern
lii miles long, went into the hands OF
q receiver. the first r~eceivership case
for many months.
Conductor James Connolly is a a
didate for the democratic nomination
for representative in the legislative as
sembly from Colfax county.
Gross earnings of all railroads in the
United States reporting for August
were $21, 664,413, a gain of 3.9 per cent
over last year and 10 per cent over
August. 1900.
The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe road
has just placed an order for 100 miles
of eighty-fve pound steel rails, which
will be used on the main line and the
Beaumont branch.
The local order of Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, met in Knights
of Pythias hall last night. A good at.
tendance was had and business of I'M
usual importance was discussed.
A Chicago & Northwestern train had
rear end collision with a tornado in
Minnesota Saturday night. The train
was running on its w time. but a
tornado always has the right of way.
L. U. Morris has resigned as third
trick dispatcher at San Marcial, N.
NJ, and Fred. Saxton has taken the
vacated place, Morris preferring the
more exciting life of a freight conduc-
tor.
The Santa Fe and Denver & Rio
Grande railroads have granted a rate
of one n a fifth fare to Santa Fe
during the session of the grand lodge
of Knights of Pythias, September 10
10, inclusive.
One of the transportation curios to
be exhibited at the Worlds fair is a
scrap book of annual passes, the prop
erty of E. E. Provost, general southern
agent of the international Navigation
company of New Orleans.
Track laying has begun on the Den.
yer, Enid & Gulf. The road has been
graded from Enid to Guthrie, Okla, a
distance of fifty-eight miles, and it is
announced that the road will be rush
ed forward to completion"
The acquisition of the Santa Fe
lines by the Pennsylvania would be a
thoroughly logical railroad develop
ment," said Paul Morton, second vice
president of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe company recently.
Experiments were made the other
afternoon in putting a derailed loco
motive on the main line track east of
Topeka. The experts took the 1927,
enc of the big prairie engines, out east,
and ran the trucks and one pair of dri-
,vers off the rails. Then one of the
snow ~replacers, the efficiency of which
was being tested, was used in getting
it into place.
B. F. Conway, of the Santa Fe adver-
Using department, has gone to Arizona
where he will travel for two weeks
along the Santa Fe, taking photo
graphs with which to illustrate the
new booklet 500 to be issued by the
system to advertise the attractions of
Arizona. Mr.. Conway was one of the
pilgrims to the Moki reservation to
witness the snake dance.
General Manager H. U. Nudge, d. E.
Cain, superintendent of the western
grand division, and J. +. McNally, sup
e~rintendent of the Ell Paso branch, all
Santa Fe officials, spent last night in
the city and left this morning in pri-
vate cars 1876, 2l5 and 217 on special
train bound for Ell Paso. The former
two gentlemen came in from the north
last night, accompanied by F. C. Fox,