Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-24
Railroad Topics

Nhcf" ht VIII pursue thrmlcdl studies.
The ri Paso a. southwestern rail
road has huiit large stockyards on its
.uc south of san Simon station. The
new yards are said To be larger than
any loading pen, west If Denver The
san simon cattle -ompany has been
loading 5000 head OF cattle there this
week
Engine $50 seems to he a Jonah Il
has been Boa tho shops of and on for re.
pairs to its driving boxes. as they per.
sist E running hot Il came in yes
ltcrday again hot after just being over
hauled. but was fixed mp little and is
again out today says the Las Vegas
Record.
OHic.al announcement was made Of
the appointment Of j. y Barr as gen.
cral superintendent of the Chicago
Milwaukee d St Paul railway in place
o. G. \ Gondnow. who has gone TO the
Rock Island as general manager MIR.
Barr at present Is ,.c mechanical sup.
erintondent Of the Erie railway
Tho industrial department IF the
Santa Fc has assisted In locating az
/ stockton Cal. a large window glass
factory with a capacity OF 60un0 boxes
/ oft product annually. The glass pro
3
! place of material which for years past
| nas been coming from Belgium.
! superintendent l. l.. IIibbard. OF
! Winslow; John Donair Of Needles: \.
! - SCHNEIDER. of Fresno. and w. y. Dea.
mcr of san Bcrnardino. including the
chiefs of stan 10 Superintendent Shep-
AID, of the Santa Fe railway western
/ lines. were in Los Angeles. The object
of their visit was to figure out sum.
mer schedule for the company's pas
sengcr service.
/ One of the latest moves on the part
of the Santa Pc at San Bernardino. in
order that it may protect its property
| from thieves, has been to appoint "A
Waterman "a patrol the yards during
the day. He is George Whips form
| crly an omploye in the shops. and his
| business is TO keep his eve on every.
| body In sight which includes book
agents. newspaper men. and all non
employees. who have occasion To drop
! into the yards.
Echoes of the limited smash at Ca.
ma. Mo. ten days ago are just reach.
| ing To ka shops. Wednesday morn
| ing .ugoo ears of track wreckage were
| set ia TO the coach shop and in the
same department baggage car No. 90l
and buffet 1900 made their appearance
| for accident repairs. The 901 has one
side slightly dishgured ana the 1900
evidently has been trying to slide to
| third one corner Is badly stove in. the
windows are broken and the whole out
! side is worse scratched than the bag
gage car,
The Topeka state Journal says
Word received here Friday indicates
that James Thompson, formerly
| blacksmith here bat now following his
trade for the company at Albuquerque.
y. NJ had three fingers of one hard
mashed under a steam hammer about
a week ago He was helping straight
en- son. iron when the members We're
caught under the hammer and fright
| fully mnnglod. Thompson has been
away from Topeka more than year
though he visited here about six
months ago
The Las Vegas Record says: The
| Santa re seems To feel that the news
of It's doings and happenings have
been published too exactly for its own
good and an order was sent down yes.
! terday evening from the general man
| agcr % stop giving the reporters any
news We may say FOR the benefit of
ant happenings on the Santa Fe will
he published by the Record. as usual,
but the engine news and doings of the
railroad shop employees. which were
published for their benefit alone, will
be discontinued.
&. + Fletcher, formerly in the santa
res coach shop at San Bernardno
was in that town from Los Angeles.
where he is In the employ of the Re
dOndo railway. Among other things
he reports that J.. a. Grant. carpen-
| ter who was let out of the San Ber-
nardino shop department during the
recent cut in force, has been appointed
10 the foremanship of the RedOndo
Company's coach shop. Heretofore the
road mas contained motors. and at the
present time these cars are being con
verted into troleys and il is this work
over which Mr. Grant has supervision
| he Las Vegas Optic SAYS: WhR
promised TO be an interesting little
event last sunday was carefully
guarded so as not TO get into the
papers The machinists at the round
house have for some time had a grieY.
ance against the company. They have
asked Tor redress several times but
without effect Last Sunday "A man
was selected to bear the brunt OF the
blame and was laid off. So great was
the protest that followed that he was
Teinstalcd on Monday morning and
things this week show a little improve
mont.
The Bee says; h. W Brown. Of San !
Marcia has instituted proceedings
against the Santa Re Railway compa.
ny. asking for $4,000 damages for
breach Of contract. The railroad com.
pany agreed TO deliver 300 head of
horses in Denver in good condition
From San Marcial to Denver SO much
timp was consumed in the transfer of
the stock that wnen the animals reach. |
cd their destination they were In such
bad shape that the British buyers
broke on all negotiations with Mr..
Brown for their purchase. Most of the /
shipment are being pastured near Den. |
a l.. H.