Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-16
RAILROAD NOTES.
Interesting Paragraphs Picked Up
Along the Big System.
ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE.

Engineer Arthur Lowe and Fireman
Biebee deadheaded up from Albuquer-
que to Las Vegas.
The big iron spans for the new rail
road bridge at Santa Rosa have ar
rived on the ground and will soon be
placed in position.
Frances Henderson left Las Vegas
for Chicago, where she goes to get
married. She has been employed at the
Castaneda of late.
A. Barmann, of Los Angeles. a by
draulic engineer for the Santa Fe Pa
cific Railroad company, was at Flag
staff the other day.
The Santa Fe Pacific railroad put a
force Of men to work Saturday norm
ing OF the brick cement platform at
the depot at Flagstaff.
Railroad Agent Bosworth is at No
gales, A. T., OF business, and Mr.. Hol-
lingsworth Is temporary agent at Dem
ing during Mr.. Bosworth's absence.
Paul Sheenan, a man six foot, three
inches in his socks. is a new fireman
on the division. He is the largest
fireman IL not the largest nan on the
road.
Henry Lantry, of Lantry & Sons, and
Clarence Wells, general manager OF
the Southern California road, passed
through the city from Los Angeles en-
route east.
The Ell Paso & Northeastern Is re-
ported to be laying two miles Of track
a day and expects to reach Santa Rosa
with the steel rails about the 18th of
February.
J. A. Israel, of Denver, tax agent of
the Colorado q Southern Railway
company, is in Santa Fe to represent
his company before the territorial
board Of equalization.
While working around a locomotive
A.. j. Glosson. a machinist at the Santa
Fe round house, at Deming. had the
first joint of the front finger cut off
by the cylinder. DR.. Michael dressed
the wound.
Conductor A. II. West is carrying
in his pocket a nugget of pure gold
which was given him by a passenger
from the Klondyke region. 1t was
found OF the Yukon river and Is worth
in weight probably $3.50,
Judge II. l.. Waldo, solicitor for the
Santa Fe railway in New Mexico, is in
santa It oh lt6di buSih'Shs q u NV
of the members of the board of com
missioners of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition from New Mexico.
Franz Graham, night operator at the
Santa fe depot at Springer. Colfax
county, mas been promoted to the o.lce
at Morley, Colorado. where he will be
agent. He has been succeeded at Sprin-
ger by Nicho as Krannawetter, form +
n-.tAH ~ nAruax rAlfax county
Last Saturday afternoon, a pay car
of Good 4 Co, the contractors, build
ing the Ell Paso & Rock Island railway,
was held up at the end Of the line
about thirty miles from Santa Rosa
and relieved of about 81 200 in cash.
The highwaymen made their escape.
George F. Richardson. master of
transportation for the Southern Paci-
fic, was in Eel Paso. aud to a reporter
for the Herald said: IL am in a posi-
ton to state positively that the South
ern Pacific system will not increase
its limited service to daily trains this
season."
The Williams News says: Less Wat
ties, who has for so long been the
competent conductor on the Grand
Canyon railroad, resigned his position
and the same has e accepted by 7.
o. Dodge. Less says he hasn't decided
what his next move will be, but in the
meantime is taking life easy.
In the annual distribution of prizes
to agents who have made the best
record on the Santa Fe system dur
ing the year 1901. W. n. Biddle, the
general traffic manager, says that H.
S. Lutz, of Santa Fe, VINO was a win
ner of n cash prize a few years ago,
is again deserving of honorable men
ton.
The new system of accounts adopted
by the Southern Pacific requires a good
deal more work than did the old sys
ten. Ii has been found necessary to
increase the force at Lordsburg, and
Miss Mary Crocker has been added tC
the station force. The clerks were
: greatly elated last MONDAY when they
got a balance on the first trial.
| According to the newspapers of I'm
/ ion and Colfax counties, government
, land in northeastern New Mexico 1:
: being rapidly taken up and where {
J. year ago one could travel for mile
/ without seeing a homestead, there arr
[ now homesteads, every few furlongs
4 This is especially the cast along thu
Rock Island and the surveyed Dawson
I railway.
. j. NJ. Hurlburt, manager; w S. Mar
tin, general superintendent; Nj. II. Rog
ers, superintendent Of bridges an
buildings: F. +. Harris. division super
. intendent: +. ID. De Garma. trainmas
I ter. accompanied by their ladies AM
their clerks, arrived in Santa Fe owe
. the Denver & Rio Grande on a train o
three special cars and spent two hour
sight seeing.
The Winslow Mail says: W. A. En-
sign. the librarian. has just receives
notice from Manager Busser, OF Tn
publications which will he sent TO IN
tables at the local library during tn
coming year. They are as follows
Monthlies-Harper's, Scribner's, Cen
fury, Metropolitan, Cosmopolitan, Mu1
o sey. McClure's. Pearson's, h Strand
. Truth. North American Review, Sue
cess; weeklies-Harper's, Leslies
v Golfers, Puck. Judge, Scientific Amel
4 lean, Scientific American Sup, NeN
York Clipper, Railroad Gazette, Raj
a way Journal, Saturday Evening Pos
n Youth's Companion; dailies-Chieag
Record. Los Angeles Times, San FraI
A cisco Examiner. San Francisco Chror
q icle. Albuquerque Citizen, Rocky Moui
n tain News and the Topeka State Joul
nal. This is indeeu a. excellent lis
I'll ..nd shows that Mr.. Busser is lookin
out for the wants OF the railroad me
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