Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-29
Railroad Topics

George w. Smith. late master me-
chanic of coast lines. visited the Tope-
ka shops Friuay last.
Frank Springer succeeds II. Adair as
requisition clerk in the timekeeper's
Office at the local r~oundhouse.
Rincon was represented in San Mar
cial by Conductor c.. Warrington and
Engineer Franz Meyers, both good fell
lows.
Six additional locomotives were put
into service last week on the Pecos
Valley line to handle the rush stock
shipments.
Judge II. L. Waldo, solicitor for the
Santa Fe railway system in New Mex
leo, has returned to Las Vegas from a
trip to Kansas City.
Traffic Manager Don A. Sweet esti-
mates that it will take at least 5000
cars to handle the cattle shipments
owe the Pecos Valley lines this spring.
The Rock Island is making a survey
between South McAllister and Chicka-
sha, a line parallel with the recent *
tension of the Choctaw through the
same country.
John Joerns, retiring chief clerk Of
the mechanical department of the New
Mexico division, was presented with a
handsomely engraved gold watch by
his many friends at Ration connected
with the Santa Fe.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas sur
veyors began Saturday their line south
west from Guthrie toward Ell Reno,
Anadarko and Quanah, Texas, running
the extension down the Cottonwood
river vailey from Guthrie.
AL Richards, one of the Santa Fe
brakeman, got pinched at Watrous this
morning while between a couple of
freight cars. One of the cars was In
bad order" the drawbar being broken
and that caused the accident. He was
sent to Ration this afternoon.
Senator w. H. Andrews assured the
New Mexican on Saturday that grad
ing on the Santa Fe Central railway
will e on next Thursday at
Kennedy from which point grading
will proceed southwark. At present
there are six carloads of grading ma
chinery at Kennedy.
Geo. S. Sage, of the San Bernardino
rip track force, has resigned his posi-
ton to accept work with Stevenson
Bros, the contractors. Mr.. Sage has
been connected with the Santa Fe for
more than a year, part of which time
he has been an assistant foreman in
his department.
George Hill, a brakeman on the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, had
the fingers of his right hand so badly
crushed while coupling cars at Chama
last week that DR.. Morrow ID. Brown
found it necessary to amputate the
middle finger. Hill is a Santa Fe boy.
the son of Conductor George Hill, OF
that city.
The Union Pacific railway is prepar-
ing for some extensive improvements
at Fort Riley. Kas. The depot is to be
remodelled. a dwelling built for the
agent and a spur run to the artillery
post. 1t is also said that in the event
of the concentration camp site being
located on the Pawnee Flats, the con
pany will run fifteen minute trains be-
tween The camp and Manhattan.
The Santa Fe has made a special
rate for baseball teams in New Mexico
for the summer season. The rate will
be one and one-fourth fare for dis
tances of 100 miies or less, over 100
miles one fare for the round trip. These
rates will be open to the public, pro-
? viding passengers go and return with
the base ball team and on the same
ticket.
Pat Donovan, foreman of the air
brake room in the Topeka machine
shops. left for Pittsburg, Pa, where lie
is to represent that part of the santa
Fe at the national gathering of West
inghouse air brake men. He expects
the meeting to consume ten days or his
time. With him was w. V. Turner,
ro,oo Of tho n ond air hraEQ de-
partments of the company at Ration,
N. M.
The Las Vegas Record says: Train
No. 2 was delayed an hour and fifteen
minutes Friday on account OF Ambro-
STA Mccoy, n of the new colored head
end porter-brakemen, throwing a
switch at Fulton before train No. 3 had
fully passed, derailing the trucks from
one of the sleepers, smashing things a
little and blocking the track. Ambro
STA will enjoy the terrors of going on
the carpet" and telling why he did -.
II has been found necessary to &C
over all of the new stock cars which
are being turned out by the American
Car and Foundry company for the
Santa Fe and split the bolt heads or
the handholds, says the Topeka state
Journal. This ruling was made some
time & by the company and was over
looked by the builders. 1t is a job thai
is short and will not take much of the
time. Safety chains are also being
placed on the brakes, that part like
wise being neglected.
The Topeka State Journal says.
Fast time was made by the Forresters
excursion train which came in Thurs
day morning about 10 and left a hall
hour later for the west. From Eudors
to Lawrence. seven and a half miles
the space was distanced in six minutes
or a little less han a mile a minute