Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-16
Railroad Topics

r. d. Gibbons. division foreman at
Las Vegas. Is at Lamy holding an Ia.
vestigation.
Hugh Williams, an engineer on the
south end Of the Rio 0rande division.
IL in the city.
Howell Jones. of the Santa re land
department, II still out west ON bust.
ness connected with his duties.
The Santa re has ordered two com.
posite coaches. two dining cars and
two parlor cars Of the Pullman com.
pany.
Elwood Hayes. formerly of Santa
Fc, N. NJ. is now conductor on the
Rio Grande division OF the santa Fee
railway.
g. M. Perlewitz. who came from Dem.
ing to take the position Of day ticket
clerk at the local depot. has decided
that he does not like the Job.
Train employees OF the Northwestern
road are to receive instruction in the
science OF medicine and the art Of sur.
gerry. so that they will be able to set
broken leg and bind up the wounds of
the injured.
While digging in the debris OF the
wrecked and burned freight train
OF Ration mountain, workmen found
two skeletons. the flesh all burned
from the boaes. They are supposed to
have been tramps.
Fireman Fishburn, with Fred Kan.
mer, engine sac, was injured Saturday
at Lamy by a large lump Of coal fall.
Ing upon his head Fortunately he
was not badly hurt and went on to Las
Vegas and Is ready for the road again.
Frank Andrews. the present assist.
and postmaster at Santa Fe. has &C.
oepted a position at one of the store
houses OF the Santa Fe Central Rail
way Jmpany. He will assume the po- |
sition In the course OF few days.
The Rock Island and Santa Fe are \
rivals for Texas business and within a |
short time the two roads will have that !!
state covered with a network of rails. |
The Rock Island plans numerous lines
In the state and will attempt to reach
every important point.
A mine switch. 500 feet long, in Grip.
pie Creek. was transcontinental rail-
cad for three days last week. II was
.sed by the Rio Grande and Colorado
Midland to get around washouts. This
3 probably the first time In history
when a mine switch became part OF q
railroad.
The Ludlow & Southern railroad
has filed articles OF incorporation In
he county clerks Office at Los Ange.
es. The company proposes to build
abroad to connect with Ludlow and
he Santa Fe on the desert and to run
through big mining camps some eight
@ fifteen miles west. The work CT con-
has already begun.
The Rock Island is making its com.
nercial agents division freight agents
The Missouri Pacific has ordered If
y locomotives from the American com
ANY.
The Flo Grande has ordered $50
lump cars. 500 Of them to be for hand.
Ing coke.
Heads OF the brotherhoods are en-.
to ct all Erie emplo, es In;
o the unions.
Work will begin early In the fall. 1t is
aid. on the Omaha Northern. to be
ullt from Omaha to Sioux City.
c. H. Flaherty, the base ball player,
las accepted q position as brakeman
IN the south end out Of Las Vegas.
The roads have made for September
md October q colonist rate Of e33 I
rom Chicago to Pacific coast points.
Brakeman Shepherd has been given
regular way car with Conductor
rhodes. relieving Brakeman Mcmillan.
Plans for the Santa Fe terminus at
sittsburg will be approved In a few
lays. They include handsome ten.
tOry once Duiiuiug.
Workmen will soon begin building
! road from Grand Island to Lincoln,
100 miles. through the richest agricnl-
ural section Of Nebraska.
The New England Copper company Il
8 70 build from Clifton. Arizona. 70
. mine. The road will be called the
arizona & Southwestern.
T. p. Cullen, formerly with the
Northern Pacific In Helena, has been
appointed superintendent OF the Clark
'oad.
II Is said that the Union Pacific plans
o build many new and artistic depots.
Contracts have already been let for
stations at Fremont, Neb.. and South
Omaha.
II Is said that work will soon begin
the Burlington and Great
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