Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-23
Railroad Topics

The broad lawns of the Alvarado are
being set with evergreen cedars today.
w. j. Hanna, water service man on
the Rio Grande division of the Santa
Fe. is in the city.
Col. X. E. Twitchell. attorney for the
Santa Fe, with headquarters at Las
Vegas, spent yesterday in the city and
went to the territorial capital this
morning.
A. Arson, the contractor, who went
out to the Grand Canyon a few days
ago to look over the ground with a
view to bidding on the building of the
building of the proposed new railroad
hotel at the canyon, has returned.
G.. A. Hallock, relief agent for the
Santa Fe, with headquarters at San
Marcial, is in the city assisting Ticket
Agent w C. Carpenter, of the local
station. Mr.. Carpenter has been doing
day and night work for several weeks
and needs a little rest. Mr.. HallocK
will stay here until a night ticket clerk
IA be secured.
The Chicago & Southeastern, known
in railroad circles as Harry Craw-
ford's road" is now a part of the Big
-Four system. The property was sold
at receivers sale here today and was
bid in for the Big Four at 81 ole. 900.
The big hardware house of E. J. Post
& Co. have closed a deal whereby the
Pennsylvania Development company
take a large consignment of steel rail
road spikes and give in return a check
that calls for something like $4,000.
This is one of the largest sales of hard
ware ever made by any wholesale
house OF the territory.
Maj. Ernest Meyers, senior member
of the firm of Meyers-Abel company,
and an earnest believer of railroad
building that affects Albuquerque, says
that he is in receipt of a letter from a
foreman of a railroad grading outfit
doing work on the Santa Fe Central,
stating that work had begun on the
grade of the Albuquerque Eastern.
The Pennsylvania has just made the
report on its mileage operated the last
year. 1t is shown that the lines now
total 10, 1888 miles, including both
the eastern and the western systems.
This is an increase of 1907 miles dur
ing the year. The system east of Pitts
burg and Erie has 5,S11.59 miles, and
the lines west of Pittsourg and Erie
4,744.39.
S. f. Busser, manager of the Santa
Fe library system, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Moore and daughter, and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Parkhurst and daughter, of To-
peka, Kan, are guests at the Alvarado.
The party will remain in Albuquerque
for several days, and this evening will
give an entertainment at the Santa Fee
reading rooms for the Santa Fe rail
road employees and their families and
friends.
Col F. J. Evans, representing b.. Ian
try Sons Supply company, was in the
city for a few days looking after mat
tiers concerning the work Lantry Sons
are doing on the Santa Fe cut off. Mr..
Evans said hat while he was from
sunny Kansas, the home of the festive
chlnch bug and grasshopper, and where
the farmers raise more than a million
bushels of wheat every year, he would
say that no other place affords it's resi-
dents fore comfort than Albuquerque
and the sun that shines over it uaily.
The Harvey museum containing one
of the most rare and costly collections
of curios in the country has been en-.
larged and enriched by the addition of
an Alter of the Snake Fraternity
Oraibe used in the religious cere-
monies of the Moki Indians. 1t is an
exact reproduction of the original
'Oraibe and occupies an SKA plate glass
case in the center of the museum. 1t
contains the gods, d~eities, sacred meal
and everything used in the ceremonies.
The altar was constructed by DR.. Voth
of the Field Columbian Museum. who
spent last week in Albuquerque.