Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-29
Railroad Topics

he was made division superintendent
of the Kansas City-Omaha division of
the Missouri Pacific. after which he
went with the st. Louis Southwestern
railroad and then assumed the man
agement of the Kansas City Southern,
better known as the Port Arthur route.
The road runs from Kansas City al
most directly south to Port Arthur.
T. A. Grady. who has been manager
of the Santa FEES California tourist
service for the last three years. will
leave the company the first of the
year. He has been appointed general
travelling passenger agent of the
Oceanic Steamship company, with
headquarters at Sydney, Australia. His
successor with the Santa Fe has not
been appointed. .
The Santa Fe has issued some ex-
pensive and handsome pictures of the
Bright Angel of the Grand Canyon of
Arizona. The picture is in colors and
so arranged that the reflection from
colored tinsel gives the proper light
effects to the canyon. If you a in
duce w. j. Black to send you one they
| will make a handsome ornament for
any library or den.
Walter Merriield, formerly chief
train dispatcher at Dodge City, has
been appointed trainmaster with head
quarters in that city. Mr.. Merrifeld
succeeds r. d. Fowler, who has accept
ed a position in General Manager II. U.
Mudge's office as transportation clerk.
Mr.. Fowler was off on leave of absence
this summer and MIR. Merrifield per-
formed the duties of the Office as act
ing trainmaster.
The Optic says: Engineer T. G.
Evans, on his return from Sedalia, Mo-,
where he went to pay the last a
rites of respect to his aged father,
brought with him a cane which had
long been an heirloom in the family. 1t
was first presented to Mr.. Evans great
C. Evans grandfather fell heir to the
cane in 1852, and his father, recently
deceased, became its possessor in 1882,
while it descended to T. C. Evans in
1902.
The Deming Herald says: A Santa
Fe railroad bridge gang vas in town
and got gloriously drunk, apparently
having considerable money among
them. While one of them was exhibit
ing his roll in a saloon another of
them, named Hagin, snatched 1t. Con-
stable Oglesby snatched the snatcher
and jailed him, securing the money,
$214. No one appeared against the
snatcher, however, and he was re-
leased. Constable Oglesby still has the
money.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad Off
cials in Baltimore made the announce
ment that the company will undertake
the work of building a new railroad
some 200 miles long that will shorten
the distance between Baltimore and
Pittsburg by at least fifty miles and,
in connection with cut offs to be built
west of Pittsburg, will bring Chicago
eighty miles nearer Baltimore so far
as travel by the Baltimore & Ohio is
concerned. In the construction of the
new line the old south Pennsylvania
route will be utilized.
j. A. Edison, general manager of the
Kansas City Southern railroad, has re
signed and will succeed j. M. Herbert
as manager of the Denver & Rio
Grande. the Rio Grande Southern and
Rio Grande Western roads of the Gould
Rocky Mountain system. The change
becomes effective January l. The Office
which Mr.. Edison held will be abolished
and b. F. Dickson, now superintendent
of maintenance and ways. will take VI
!; the duties of general manager in con
nection with a promotion to the title
, of general superintendent.