Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-12

oCNOidl nCllhnOhn 6HRl0eeIS ana
firemen are planning to enjoy an out
ing of several weeks on the Upper Rio
Pecos.
The work train n force have re.
turned to the shops from the Rio Puer.
co, where they did some timely work
t prevent washouts.
C. c. Hardy. who was here person.
ally looking after work on the new
transfer table at the shops, returned
to Topeka this morning.
d. d. Amos will be off duty for a
short time. He is a boilermaker's
helper. and yesterday, while at work.
severely sprained his wrist.
Mrs. James Motley is arranging to
leave in a few days for Fort Madison.
Iowa. where she will visit relatives and
friends. She is the wife of a machinist
in the local shops.
Assistant General Manager Greig, of
Ell Paso-Rock Island. left for Dawson
and other points along the line of the
Dawson road and will be absent from
Alamogordo for several days.
Senator w. II. Andrews will prob
ably arrive at Kennedy station tonight
and Senator Arthur Kennedy tomor-
row, to look after the construction
work of the Santa Fo Central railway.
The new two-story building at the
A~lamogordo depot is receiving the
steel tile roof. Plastering and finish
ing is being rushed and the building
will be ready for occupancy in two
weeks.
Fred Swanson. who recently accept
ed a position in Division Master Me-
chanic's office at Needles, was in San
Bernardino Tuesday. Mr.. Swanson
came west from Albuquerque, where
lie was clerk i'll the "a sheds.
Two prominent railroad men had a
clash in the ~postofice at Santa Fe.
Blood flowed freely. One had several
fingers broken and the other received
several bad cuts in the head. The ag-
gressor was arrested and paid his fine.
According tc the reports coming to
this city from the east through private
letters, James Hogan, boilermaker fore
man at Fort Madison, has been ap-
pointed 10 the position of boiler inspec-
tor on the eastern grand division of
the grand division of the Santa Fe.
H. c. Van Burkirk has beer appoint
ed to the position of round house fore
man at Alamogordo under Superin-
tendent Ridgway. Mr.. Van Burkirk
for some time had the position as joint
general foreman of machinery at Santa
Rosa and resigned that position to &C.
cept the appointment above mentioned.
J. d. Thompson. who some years ago
had a fire in the blacksmith shop here,
but who recently has been in the Albu-
querque, n. NJ, shops of the company.
was given charge of the scrap iron
gang working under that department
here Monday afternoon. Mr.. Thompson
lost two fingers under a steam hammer
while on duty at Albuquerque a few
weeks ago and has not worked since
Topeka Journal.
|. Fl. Watkins. |. f. Jones and Glen
ton Wisner. of Scranton, n Mr.. a
dolph, representing the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, were visitors in Alamo
gordo and CloudcIDft. Messrs. Wat
kins, Jones and Wisner are largely in
terested in the FL Paso & Rock Island
railroad and in the several companies
connected with the enterprise. They
expressed themselves as greatly
pleased with all they saw.
T. J. Helm, general agent of the Den
yer & Rio Grande railway in Santa Fee,
has completed arrangements for an eX-
cursion from Santa re to San Juan
Pueblo on June "a. when the Pueblo
Indians of that place will have their
annual dance and feast. The San
Juan festival is the most interesting
Pueblo Indian celebration in that vi
cinity and undoubtedly a large crowd
will go to San Juan to witness it.
The San Bernardino Sur says: Slow
ly but surely the Santa Fe officials at
this place are re~instating all Of the
mon laid off some ten days ago On ac-
count of the strike, with the exception
Of tho boilermakers, and it will only
he a matter of time, n h indica-
lions are a very short time at that,
until all of the employees recently given
an Indefinite" vacation, will be re-
stored to their places. No better evil
dence of this can be had than the fact
that nearly all of the shOpmen who
were unavoidably laid off, yet were
kept on the pay roll as watchmen at
the company's yards, are being return
ed to their old places in the shops, and
men from down town hireG as watch
men in their places.