Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-12

the Santa Fe branch from Las Vegas
to relieve engine 06S, which goes in
for repairs and a general overhaul
ing.
The Castaneda hotel, Las Vegas, has
a new night clerk. and his name is
Charles B. Teale. an agreeable and eff
ficient young gentleman from Colorado
Springs.
Passenger engine No. AIS. which re-
Gently returned from the Ration shops,
is running in the freight service for a
few trips. preparatory to going into the
passenger service again.
Mr.. DeBarrie is the name of the new
agent of the Bisbee railroad at Dem
ing, and he has established the local
freight Office of his line in the Clifton
Copper ~company's building.
The new engine, No. 1887, brought
the flyer down from Las Vegas this
morning a few minutes ahead of time,
and in her hurry ran INTO a herd of
cattle about five miles north of town,
killing five.
X. s.. Van Slyck the assistant trav-
cling live stock agent, with %headquar-
tiers at Eel Paso, came in on the delay
ed train from the south this morning.
He is here on business. connected with
his headquarters.
The freight business at Deming is
very heavy these days. Principally ore,
coal and coke. Last Saturday night
there were six miles of loaded freight
cars in the Santa Fe yards and Yard
master Hugh Williams had that tired
feeling.
The surveying camp of the Santa Fe
Cnnfra1 railway uroc r,nund fun nni1nc
nearer to Santa Fe, being located this
side of the Arroyo Hondo. The sur
veyors are now engaged in cross Sec
tioning between the Arroyo Hondo and
Santa Fe.
Engine No. 047, which has been in
the service of the Santa Fe company
for many years, will be sent to the
Topeka shops soon to decorate the
scrap pile. Engine No. 0141 has bee
assigned to the Hot Springs branch
regularly.
1t is understood that oil burning To-
comotives on the Santa Fe are not
quite SC satisfactory as they were ex-
pected to be, but as the use of the oil
becomes more generally understood by
engineers and firemen locomotives will
be made to steam better and give less
trouble.
L. L~eutzinger, who has been at Nee
dies looking after the ~remodeling of
the A. & u. locomotive, returned to
Kingman the first of the week. The
new engine will not be ready for use
for some time as it has been ascer-
tanned in the firebox and arch are
not properly constructed to burn the
heavy oil in use on this coas..
f. l.. Myers, local agent of the Santa
Fe route, has just received a compre-
hensive circular letter from General
Passenger Agent w. ]. Black, nnounc
ing and explaining a very low special
rate that has been made from points
in Colorado, New Mexico, Chicago,
Kansas City. etc, to Los Angeles,
Cal, on account of the convention of
the Federation of Woman's clubs at
that city on May / to 8.
The Pennsylvania Development com
pany, constructing the Santa Fe Cen
tral railroad, will be represented in
this city in about a week or ten days,
by a full membership, and this includes
Senator Andrews, Senator Kennedy
and other capitalists of Pittsburg, Pa.
! They will remain here several days
and take some action regarding the
proposed line from this city to a con.
nection with the Rock Island.
The railroad company has had a
force of surveyors at work in the King
man, Arizona, yards laying out larger
yards. Two main lines of track will be
completed through the yards and the
other tracks will be heightened and car
capacity doubled. Kingman is being
recognized as one of lne largest bust
ness points on the line of the road and
the company is now getting ready to
accommodate the rapidly increasing
business.
The Kingman Miner says: j.. A.
Lamport, a civil engineer in the EN-
ploy of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad.
came up from the Bill Williams Fork
country a few days ago. We under
stand that the proposition of damming
the Bill Williams was the errand which
took Mr.. Lamport to the south part OF
the county. Work on the dam will be
commenced within the next six
months. When completed enough
water viii be compounded to not only
irrigate thousands of acres of the rich
est lands in the world but also gen
crate power and furnish water to worl
the large extent of placer field below
the dam.
u lAGAOM Aol 81 . Whisky
has a lodge of. Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen who have proven
themselves gentlemen in the truest
sense of the word. We feel that nc
words of commentator can be toe
strong in speaking of their recent ac
ton brought about by the tragic death
of Fireman Stronach. Here was a case
where a fireman, not a member of the
order, in fact almost a stranger to the
local brotherhood boys, was killed
Our local BOYS came forward unsolicit
ed, and proffered their services. MOI
did they stop at the ordinary courte
sizes. but have made it their purpose tC
see that the family are provided for tC
the extent possible with the funds
which they command. Such is true
brotherhood.
Worse Than a Blow