Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-27

Frank COngdOn, who q few weeks
ago left for Ration, n. NJ, where he
became shop clerk. returned to To-
peka.
Senator w. II. Andrews and party of
P%ittsburg capitalists are in Santa Fe
today. They are expected here tomor-
row,
Engineer Martin has returned to Las
Vegas division from the San Marcial
division. where he has been working
for a few weeks.
Alderman Garduno has resigned his
position with the Santa Fe Pacific rail-
road at Gallup to take effect March 1.
He will probably go to the Valley road.
Engineer Lynch and Fireman Donr.
man left for the north on Engine No
200. which is en- route to the Santa Fe
shops at Ration from the Santa Fe Pc
cifc.
John Becker, who has beer on the
sick list for several months. Monday
went to work again, taking out his en-
CINE on the Lamy run of the Santa Fe
railway.
The Pecos Valley railway put on a
new time card last Sunday, the chief
change being the frightening of the
running time between Carlsbad and
Amarillo.
Fffemen Julian and Roots, who for
merly fired on the Las Vegas division,
leaving a few weeks g for Albuquer-
que. have returned to Las Vegas for a
few days.
The Las Vegas tie picker will re-
sumo operations on March 10, under
the management of George Noyes until
npi1 rhA,, Wy II D,Alyha1NA, xu;11
take charge.
H.. A. Simms leaves tonight for Win
slow, where he will assume charge of
the car department as its new foreman.
Mrs. Simms has been at Winslow for
the past few days.
Engines Nos. 252 and 253 passed
through the city from the east. en-
route to the Mexican Central. Both
are new engines and will be assigned
to mountain service.
There is a rusl of business in the
Topeka pattern shop just now. the
work in connection with the new en-
gines which the Santa Fe is building
being largely responsible for it.
The Santa Fe Railway company has
given notice at Las Vegas that the po-
sition of engine inspector has been
abolished, the engineers now being re-
quired to inspect their own engines.
w. B. Scott, division superintendent
of the southern and western divisions
of the Santa Fe has beer promoted to
the general superintendency of the Pc
cos valley division of the Santa Fe
system.
The finance committee to solicit
funds for the banquet to Senator W.
Fl. Andrews, end parry on Friday eve
ming, at Santa Fe, has secured $3.50
for that purpose and a fine banquet is
promised.
The Santa Fe engineering corps,
which has been working between Las
= Vegas and Lamy for several months,
under Assistant Engineer Grant, sur
veying preliminary lines for a new
%roadbed, will be pulled off soon.
The wife and family of II. l.. DeBer-
ry, agent for the Bisbee road at Dem
ing. arrived from FL Paso last Tuesday
and are now busy fixing up for house
keeping in the corner house of the
Shakespeare cottages on Pine and Zinc
streets.
J. a. German, a brakeman on the
Ration division, who had one of his legs
broken at Maxwell City on Friday az
ternoon, while switching some cars.
was brought to Las Vegas Saturday
evening and taken out to the hospital
for treatment.
The designated place where the Lib
erty-Dawson-Rock island extension
will cross the Santa Fe tracks is about
two miles east of Dover, and the man
ner of crossing it will be by a bridge
built over the Santa Fe in the shape of
an extended arch.
The Topeka State Journal says: Cal
Hayes, who recently quit a foreman
ship in Topeka shops, has gone from
Albuquerque. n. NJ, where he first
stopped, after leaving here, to San
Bernardino. Cal. He has been follow
ing the machinist trade.
The Santa Fe Railway company has
completed wells at Drake and Havi-
land, in Arizona, Water was found in
large quantity at a depth of over 400
feet at Haviland and about the same
depth at Drake. Air compressors will
be put in at botn places shortly
The engineers have arrived from
Denver and work on ballasting the
Santa Fe road between Las Vegas and
Ration will begin at once. 1t is the plan
of the Santa Fe TO reballast their road
bed with rock and cinders the entire
length Of the line. from Chicago out.
Vice President w. S. Hopewell, of
the Santa Fe Central railway, receiv-
ed word that Senator w. H.. Andrews
and P%ittsburg party will arrive in San
ia Fe today noon. The reception and
banquet for the visitors will take place
at the Capital city on Friday evening.
C. C.. Rees. who has been working
with the Grant engineering corps for
some months as transit man. will leave
for ChaEute, has., when the present
force IS pulled off, when he will take a
similar position. Mr.. Rees will be &C
COMMANDED east by his family, who
have been making. their home in Las
Vega.
A force Of Lantry Brothers men are
at work putting in granitoid abutments
for a new steel bridge across Sacra-
mento wash. -four miles west of Yucca,
Rock for the work is being gotten ont