Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-04-16

witch ard has ordered 19 battalions t
concentrate there in view of possibl
eventual operations against the Alban
| ians. Great uneasiness has been arous
| ed in Turkish government circles b.
reports that Bulgarians in Macedonia
are preparing for a general uprising
April 20, the second day of the Easte
festivities of the orthodox church.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
to Camaleon station where well is be
ing sunk in an arroyo with every pros
pect of success. Camaleon is the only
station where the company has not YET
| built a depot. AT all the other sta.
| tions substantial and handsome build
ings have been erected. At Torrance
Willard, Estancia, Morlarty and Ken
Company which has the contract for
the construction of the Santa Fe Cen
trail Railway. has maintained stores
which have established a prosperous
business. The stores are today being
turned over to the Dunleavy Mercantile
Company of Trinidad, Colo.
LAYING THE TRACK.
Between Camaleon, which had been
determined upon originally as the juno
ton point of the Santa Fe Central and
the Rock Island. and Torrance, the
junction point, seven miles away, the
track laying machine is at work. This
is the spectacular part Of railroad bull
ding. The machine is pushing ahead at
the rate of two miles a day barring ac-
cidents and delays caused by the fact
that the engine water has to be hauled
a long distance until Estancia is ap-
preached. Estancia will probably be
reached by May Is and the Galisteo di-
vide by June l.. An attempt will be
made to lay rails with hand cars from
Kennedy to the Galisteo divide, the
Galisteo being the lowest point along
the entire divide. The track laying
machine will then be brought to Santa
Fe by way of Lamy and all track will
be laid on the main line before July l.
The track laying machine Is compar-
atively simple, but it picks up the 10
pound rails and the ties as If they
were feathers. 1t is miniature railway
on fiat cars on which are piled the ties,
and the 7O-pound rails. The ties or
rails are rolled on a high truck under
which a hand car is pushed. BY SIM
pie mechanical device the truck drops
and the ties or rails are thus placed on
the hand car which is showed to the
end of the train from which the ties
and rails are dropped into their places.
A force of men follows and rivets the
rails and completes the work while the
track laying machine Is being kept at
the end Of the track just laid. George
r. Hicks, patentee of the machine, was
here two days ago to give pointers to
John Harris, who has charge of the
track laying. He left tonight for Salt
Lake City, Utah, where he will install
a machine on the Short Line.
IORhANCE Id Ilbo w 1AN1'
Torrance is getting to be quite set
tlement. 1t is prettily located and
promises to be good town in a few
years. Both the Rock Island and the
Santa Fe Central have neat buildings
for their depots and section houses, In
fact the Santa Fe Central buildings are
the largest and most substantial along
the entire line. The Santa Fe Central
yards are very extensive and at pres
ent contain 100000 worth Of construc-
ton material besides three locomotives,
bunk cars, box and fiat cars and other
motive equipment. A large Y has been
graded. The Rock Island and Santa Fe
Central depots are about a quarter of a
mile apart. The track laying force Is
being increased as rapidly as men can
be secured and in consequence large
camp is maintained. AS an illustra-
ton of the vexatious little details that
must be constantly adjusted, and need
only be mentioned, that in four days
four different cooks had to be employed
at this camp, called the "bull pen"
and the chronic grumbling of the men
Of the mess, strikes Manager Hopewell
more forcibly than did the Central Am
erican revolution in which he had
liked. In few days, General Tor
rance, Senator Andrews and party
mixed. In a few days, General Tor
rance and will proceed to the Club
House at Antelope Springs. The Club
House is being made ready for their
reception. In the fine hall so feet long
and IL feet wide, Navajo rugs have
been placed on the floor, side boards,
china closets. dining table, hall rack,
mirrors and other furniture have been
placed. A room in blue facing the rail-
road and the Santa Fe range will be
General Torrance's room and a room in
red looking upon the Manzanos and the
Sandals, is Senator Andrews apart
ment.
HAGAN IS THE PLACE.
But after all, is said, and all Is seen
and all is weighed, the fact remains
that Hagan Is the place that will make
a system of the Santa Fe Central Rail-