Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-11-15

again after short lay on.
Conductor w. G. Hurt has returned
from brief sojourn at Kansas City
and other eastern cities.
Mrs Thomas Stewart. wife Of the
well known engineer on the Arizona n
New Mexico road died in El Paso the
other day, where she had been In the
hospital.
Mrs. Kennedy. wife Of Chief En-
Eineer Kennedy OF the Santa Fe Cen
trail. arrived at Hillsboro. She is the
guest of Mrs. w. 8. Hopewell at the
Animas ranch.
Senator w. II. Andrews and Hon. w.
8. Hopewell, prominent officials of the
Santa Fe Central and Albuquerque
Eastern railroads, went to Santa Fe
Saturday night.
The new time cards have arrived
and will soon he distributed among the
railroad men entitled to them. There
are few changes except that the Cali
fornia limited will he in daily service
after the 10th,
r. Il. Miller, an old time Santa Fee
conductor, NnD tttt VIEW MtAito
1898 and had not been back since 1895.
when he passed through on his way to
Mexico. Is now in Las Vegas for few
days. shaking hands with old friends.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men will give "A masquerade ball on
New Years eve ut Needles. They are
making elaborate preparations for the
Q oil nd tttt AAl I,xa A
of the events of the season. A large
assortment of costumes will he on
hand for rent for several days previous
TO the ball
The Santa Fe railway reading room
Is awaited of by many outside OF EN-
ployes Of the company. or course the
room and It's appurtenances are much
restricted since the fire hut still II il a
neat and coy place. The number OF
volumes In the library is between 4oJ
and 500. This literature embraces fic
ton. history. science. arts, etc. There
are papers there received daily from
New York. Chicago. Kansas City. To
peka. Albuquerque and other impor
tant cities. These papers are not do
mated but are subscribed for regularly
pack OF cards grace the center table
showing that the boys" are educated
in the art Of the four suits and indulg,
in n social game occasionally without
the use OF chips.
The proposition to Increase the 100,
mile interchangeable mileage tickle
now In use by the Western Passenger
association roads to 5000 miles hal
been voted down by the mileage bu
reau. and the Western Passenger M
sociation struck the subject from thu
docket.
Rock Island officials announce thu
coming of the crown prince OF Siam
Maha Vajiravudh. who passed through
Topeka yesterday afternoon at 81
O'Clock on his transcontinental TRIP
He travels by special train and will b.
handled by the Rock Island from Kan
sas City to Colorado Springs, theme
over the Santa Fe to Pueblo. theme
via Albuquerque to the coast.
The following item from the Chicag
Record-Herald, describing the inc
dents OF General Manager p. s. Blod
gett's death. will interest many Carls
bad friends: Before he died, an
conscious that the end was near, p
Blodgett. general manager Of the LAX
Shore railroad. made all arrangement
for his own funeral. He selected tn
passages from the Bible to be read an
the songs for the service. The funera
was held at Calvary Presbyterian
church on Thursday afternoon at
o'clock. kilograms of condolenc
have come TO his family In large nun
bers and large gathering of prom
nent railroad men attended the obss
ques.'