Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-10
RAILROAD NOTES.
Interesting Paragraphs Picked Up
Along the Big System.
ITEMS or CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE.

oSO ana DIS at WlnslOW last week.
A new platform is being put down in
front of the Harvey house. Winslow.
C. A. Beck. formerly of Chicago. has
accepted a position as machinist In the
Winslow shops.
The mechanical and store depart
ments at Winslow expect to move into
their new Office buliuing next week.
Engines 36s. zoe and 6S2 have been
returned to road service. after having
been in the Winslow shops several
days for light repairs.
Engineer Christal. wife and son. re-
turned to Winslow the first OF the
week from a visit over Christmas with
friends and relatives in Las vegas,
n. NJ.
Seven more new chair cars, which
are to have their lighting apparatus
changed from ~acetylene to Pintsch
gas. were taken to Topeka. the first Of
the week. The alterations are being
made as fast as workmen raj do II.
Sim Hinckley. who recently resigned
his position with the Santa Fe CON-
pany. at Las Vegas, has secured a Job
on the Mexican Contra as fireman out
of Ell Paso. He leaves Las Vegas to-
day for FL Paso.
Machlnist Franz Sober. OF Winslow,
entertained all the apprentice boys of
,Le shop at New Years dinner at the
Harvey louise. The apprentices pres
ent were F. Burgett, r. Dice, Will
liam Grub, l. Fee and Willie o'Con-
nor.
Brakeman James Whatley. who was
killed in the FL Paso yards. was a
nephew of A. p. JacEson. Of Alamo
gordo and nved there a long time. He
had many friends at Las Vegas. and all
who knew him are saddened by his
sudden and awful death.
The Santa Fe Railroad company has
made a generous settlement with John
Higgins, a brakeman who lost both of
his legs in a wreck. He will be taught
telegraphy at the company's expense
and will then be given a life position.
The company will also give him a pair
of artificial limbs.
Walter Mack. of the Topeka shops.
is having so much trouble with one OF
| his hands that he has been obliged to
lay off. The other day a piece of steel
imbeuded itself in the member. and
though at the time no attention was
paid to il, swelling began. and Mack
is experiencing considerable pain.
Henry Heide. one Of the old timers
of the Santa Fe Pacific mechanical de-
partment, has just been appointed road
foreman of engines on n third dis
trict. William Daze being assigned to
the first and second districts. MIR.
Heide has proven his ability as an en-
| gineer out of Winslow. being third old
est mar In the service and his brother
engineers are much pleased with his
appointment.
A new bureau. with headquarters at
Kansas City. has been created by the
Santa Fe railway, for the purpose of
taking full charge of all claims for
loss or damage to live stock in transit.
W. A. Combs. assistant general live
stock agent of the road, has been
placed in charge Of the department. T.
Y. Horton, from the Office of w. j.
| Healey. has been sent to Kansas City
as chief clerk in the newly created bu-
The report of the Santa hospital as
sociation for November. which has Just
been issued, shows that the total re-
ceipts for the month were 8 1929. 50;
the operating expenses SS,514.S9, and
the cost of construction and equipment
$275.75, leaving a loss to the associa-
ton of S360.S2 for the month. II is
also shown. however, that for the five
months ending with November, the re-
ceipts exceeded the expenses by 81
2lS.02.
For some reason which has not been
proclaimed, Conductor Snyder and a
car whacker mixed at Lamy the other
night. When the smoke of battle had
cleared away the pugilists were decor
ated more gorgeously than a boxers
peacock feather, the red emblem of
piracy being the prevailing color. The
conductor returned to Las Vegas for
repairs and the car whacker escaped
to the swamp.-Las Vegas Record.
The Mohave Miner says: There is
talk of a branch railroad being built
into the Gold Road country. The rumor
has it that the old grade of the Santa
Fe will be used to below the point of
the mountain, where it formerly ran
down to the old wooden bridge, near
Powell Slough; thence northerly
around the mountain to the mesa coun-
try below Fort Mohaye. where the road
will run into the mountain on an easy
grade. With a road into the mines of
that country ores of a very low grade
can be readily worked.
The past year has been remarkable
for the almost entire cessation of rail
way bankruptcies. In no year since
the courts began to take possession OF
insolvent roads for the benefit OF their
creditors has the number Of receiver
ships been so insignificant. In fact. II
may b said that no railway of any i'm.
p~ortance in the United States became
insolvent during 1901. Only four small
roads from ten 10 thi.ty miles were
placed under receivers their tota.
length amounting to % miles and their
total bonds and capital stock to about
81 600, 1000,
The Wlnslow Mail says: The Santa
Re Paclnc railroad are building an ic,
house in Winslow, with the intention
Of icing all refrigerator cars at thi:
point. With this demand for ic6
Winslow presents a field for an ice
plant. All ice must necessarily be
shipped into Winslow from a distance
and with IIls added demand Ior ice
taken with the local trade we believ,
that an ice plant would be a payinr
proposition. An ice plant here woulC
not have to depend on Winslow alone
for its support. We are the nearesI
point along the line to Flagstaff. nol
brook and other towns where ice is il
demand and freight rates would admit
Of an extensive shipping business.
Engine. 9SS, the first OF the two larg
est in the world TO arrive here, steam
ed west Saturday evening about
o'clock, says the Topeka State Journal
In the cab We're Engineer Andrew
Ne~ugebauer and Fireman Lewis Laws
who will 90 tn ough with the machin'
10 La Junta. and +. W. Griffith. travel
% ing engineer for the American locomC
q 49, TN -.