Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-07-05
Railroad Topics

meet the fast time made by the direct
lines were entitled Ia n differcntial /
rate. or. in other words. that extra fare .
should D.. charged on the fast trains.
as Is now being done on the eastern .
guads Rather than do this all the .
roads went back 20 slow time. Prob .
ably the same thing will lee done this I
time after n short tight. ~ the extra .
iaIe principle Is not popular with .
western roads.
Fighting Against Time.--A telegram .
from San Bernardino says. The strik /
ms hsilcrmakcrs are waiting for or. 4
ders from Kansas lily and killing time I
hy arranging for a big dance 10 he 1
given in the pavilion \ complete rec .
ord Of al the conversation with Gen /
cral Manager Wells at the last confer F..
oncc was sent to Kansas city where /
the grand officers ot the union viii
look It over. No further movements /.
in the strike situation are expected for I,
several days.
BUYS Two Short lines.-1hc Santa
Pc has acquired the California Eastern
railroad. The line extends from COTS
To Marvel u distance of thirty miles.
II ltuNfr the GhitNd y ll4aAb INV t'i'N
miles west OF the Needles and runs IN
a northwesterly direction to important
ming camps in the neighborhood of
Good Springs
The Big Four railroad is another
line that has lately been added to the
Santa Pc system Notwithstanding its
high sounding name II is only eight
miles long, running from Poland
Junction to Poland. AriZ
Conductor in luck.-The copper dis
covery just east OF Needles, 10y
Conductor c. T.. Lindsay and others is
showing up we'll and bids fair to be-
come valuable property. he coun'
try surrounding these claims IL rich in
copper. and Mr.. Lindsay and his part
ner have undoubtedly struck fine de-
post of the red metal.
viii be a Great Feat.-lnformation
Is received from an authentic source
that the building of the Santa Fee short
cut VIII he enc of the greatest feats in
railroad construction the world has
ever known From the day the work
begins. the rails will he laid at the
rate OF ! 600 feet n day. AT the rate
of 1000 feet day. IL viii take less
than six months To build the 200 miles.
Hot Wire Work.--Ten operators and
three wire chiefs are now at work in
the local Santa Fe telegraph office,
says the Las Vegas Optic. Three thou
sand messages are daily transmitted
over the Santa Fe wires from this sta
ton. Last months pay roll for local
Santa Fe telegraphers was nearly ST.
| 500 About ten days hence eight or
,.s. 80 at.... x.sflf lao. cd
to La Junta on account of that being
| the new relay junction in the Quadru-
pick system which II. ID. Teed man
ager and wire chief of the Santa Fe
wires here. has just installed. The
new wire betweC,I La Junta and Albu-
querque Is completed and works like a
charm.
Rushed Back TO San Mareial.--J A.
Harlan, SUPERINTENDENT of bridges and
buildings for the Santa Fe. on the Rio
Grando division. who has been spend.
ing several days in the city overseeing
the work OIL the new freight house. left
hurricdly last night for San Marcial.
He received an unfinished telegram,
conveying the news that the santa re
Office buildings and freight depot at
that place we're on fire. The wires went
down before the message was com
pleted.
Hotel at Trinidad.-Tne Santa Fe
mas awarded the contract for building
1.-THE new $50 900 hotel at Trinidad.
Colo. 20 Charles A. Fellows. of To
pcka The motel will be built ON the
general plan of the Alvarado hotel at
AlbuQuerque, hut will he considerably
smaller Mr. Fellows was in Topeka
the other day. He is just closing up
his business connected with the con
struction OF the new 500 600 building
at the Topeka state Agricultural col
lege
Can Any One Raise Him?-Conduc-
tor Alexander, running on the ROCK
island believes that he lis the ban
ner for the largest number OF tickets
reported at the end of a regular trip
says the Topeka Capital, His record
was made last summer during the hie
rush into Oklahoma just before the
opening Of the Commanche ..ulan
lands by the government. ON the trir
mentioned ne collected 2.292 tickets
II TOOK Alexander and his VIE with
the assistance of their children, one
entire day 10 prepare the report which
was turned into the auditor.
Sending Out Money "A telegram
from San Bernardino, dated July /
says The striking boilermakers are
very cheerful lot OF men considering
the time they have been oui OF work
The strikers are making enthusiastic
preparations for big benefit dance
Which they will give III the pavilion
and they have already received orders
for tickets from distant points as TAI
= away as Kansas. This morning the
strikers received letter from tho
Grand council asking that list OF tho
strikers be forwarded n order that tho
allowance OF 81 a week for unmarried
men and 81 a week for married mel
might be made lhis indicates tina
he council proposes &c stand with tn
strikers.
-r,,n,.,, Fran Movind Train.--Wha