Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-17

Tnree oil tanks, the last of an order
OF ten to be used on engine tanks of
the Gulf lines of the Santa Fe. were
shipped out Saturday from Topeka.
1t is probable that the air brake in
struction car which has been under
preparation two months or more at
Topeka, will be ready to go out on the
line about May 1.
Duplicates of the blue prints, upon
which the records of the engines re-
paired in Topeka shops are kept, will
be sent to the master mechanic of the
division upon which these locomotives
are assigned to service.
Robert l.. McCance, the treasurer of
the Pennsylvania Development COM
pany, returned to Santa Fe from Pitts
burg and Chicago, where he has been
buying machinery for the construction
work on the Santa Fe Central railway.
l.. Peabody and Barton Phelps of the
Topeka mechanical la%bratory, who
went to La Junta several weeks ago
to take indicator tests on some of the
locomotives running between there
and Ration, N. NJ, have returned to
Topeka.
Mike Burns. the smallest conductor
on the Pecos line, is now taking Billy
Alberts' run while Billy is taking the
thirty-second degree in Masonry at
Wichita, and Bill Philbrick is punching
tickets for Warren Gossett on the run
south of Carlsbad.-Roswell Record.
The Las Vegas Record says: The
change from the white front end brake
man to colored men, who will also act
as porters, goes into effect tomorrow.
1t will let out nine brakemen, five On
Tho ortA @~I -cI fN,.u - 49, ~-,.Al
end. The brakemen will be taken care
of elsewhere in the service.
Miss Leona Patterson, formerly en-
ployed in the Harvey eating house at
Topeka left Saturday for Carbondale,
where she spent Sunday visiting ella
tives before departing for Las Vegas,
N. NJ, where she expects to remain.
She was accompanied by Miss Blanche
Shepard and Mrs. William Osborn.
G. R. Joughins, recently appointed
to the position of mechanical superin-
tendent of Santa Fe coast lines, sue
ceedlng to the duties formerly per-
formed by George w. Smith, general
master mechanic, was in town Sunday
on his way to his new post of duty.
He was due to take charge at San
Bernardino, Cal, yesterday.
Twelve of the locomotives that have
served the Santa Fee long and well,
but that have succumbed to the mod
ern rule regarding motive power that
the biggest and best must survive, are
to be consigned to the scrap pile at
Topeka. They are of a class heavy 20
years ago, but pigmies compared with
the engines now in use.
r. +. Davenport, night operator at
~ y@-A~.- y-s@ - @ao NJ nc NInUna
will leave for a two months vacation
on the Pacic coast. During his alb
sence he will capture a bride and they
will return to make Las Vegas their
future home. A MIR. Atkinson, from
Denver, will fill the position at Las
Vegas during &c absence of Mr.. Day.
export.
Agent Myers of the Santa Fe Rail
a company has received official no
tice that the California Limited will be
run twice a week instead of every day
during the summer and fall beginning
on June /. There will be no change
in the through time or in the equip
ment. 1t will leave Chicago on Tues
days and Saturdays, and Los Angeles
and San Francisco on Mondays and
Thursdays.
Shdlito u iliPPAts NV yO'h5 "o
who has had charge of the Santa Fe
reading room at Ration, and who was
brought to the Santa Fe hospital at
Las Vegas only a few days ago, suffer
ing from pneumonia, died Saturday
night. He was a brother-in-law to Con
ductor Fisher and he and his wife ac-
companied the remains to Atchison,
Kan, where the body will be inferred.
Mr.. Nipple was 2S years old, and very
popular among his friends.
The Carlsbad Argus says: W. ID.
Garwood, who has held the position of
general baggage agent and a ac-
countant of the Pecos Valley lines Tor
several years, has been appointed SUI
p~erintendent of the lines, succeeding
George A. Starkweather, who was
made trainmaster on another branch
of the Santa Fe with headquarters at
Arkansas City, Kan. Mr., Garwoods
promotion is a well merited recogni-
ton of his valuable services and he
has many friends in Carlsbad who Will
receive the above news with a great
1ooI Of nlaacura and satisfaction.