Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-07
RRil-EokO NOTES.


There are f.um twenty % twenty.
Ave patients con stantly und n treat
ment at the Las Vegas railroad hos
pltal.
Fireman Blake. who is suffering
with rheumatism and other compiled
lions at the Las Vegas hospital. is
progressing nicely.
Toe Optic says: Travelling Engln-
eei John a. Ross. OF the Santa Fe.
went dowa to Albuquerque Saturday
afternoon with John McMurray. who
will take Mr.. Ross place on the Las
Vegas division, and Mr.. Ross will take
the north end. The trip is being made
to famlliarize the new engineer with
his territory.
The CEIcago. ROCK Island a. Pacific
Railway company and the Great West.
ern Railway company have practically
closed a deal for 100 acres of land In
Sioux CITY The deal is considered TO
mean that an extension OF these two
lines to Sioux City la assured. II is
further said that the two roads will
use the track for terminals. The price
PAID for the tract is s12S 900
A Pullman sleeper on the rear OF
train No. 8, which wGs wrecked near
Tucson. was detached by the tremen.
dous force OF the collision and ran
down the grade into Tucson. crashing
into switch engine. Both the en-
CINE and the sleeper were damaged
to a considerable extent. The arrival
of the company sleeper was the first
news OF the wreck To reach Tucson.
j, w. Coburn, OF Los Angeles. com
raitted suicide at Tucson by taking
strychnine. He was formerly In the
employ of the Southern Pacific. as con
ductor on the Los Angeles Bakersfield
run, and was a member OF No Ill, or.
der of Railroad Conductors. Coburn
left a note saying that wine and wo-
men" were the cause of his downfall.
The remains are held at Tucson await
ing Los Angeles advices.
The Chicago. Peoria q Western rail.
way company and the Glucose Sugar
Refining company are defendants In
twenty-one suits filed In the circuit
court In Chicago to recover total OF
by various railroad companies to col
lect money alleged TO be due for the
use OF their cars by the defendants
The Santa Fe claims $500 and the
Rock Island $1,000 out of the total
The Las Vegas Record says: The
switch engine had Il set-to with a Mex
leans wagon loaded with wood on the
Iankcnn afraat ,rnootnu Gaturhay ana
when the atmosphere had cleared sufii-
ciently to observe objects IL was found
that the wagon was horse de combat.
while the Mexican and the wood were
piled gracefully on the track In front
or the engine. A narrow escape FOR
the Mexican as the wheels were with
IN few inches OF his body.
Rock Island traffic officials have be-
come tired Of holding freight cars for
eastern connections. Accordingly a
notice was served by that company at
Chicago on all eastern lines that
freight consigned to them would. after
a delay OF forty-eight hours. be placed
In storage. The Rock Island has more
traffic than II can handle. Other west
ern lines, which are not In so badly
congested condition as eastern lines.
may take the same protective meas.
ures.
A. Andres, who has ben working
as foreman OF the cement factory of
Good & Co.. along the new Dawson
branch OF the El Paso a Northeastern.
Is In I'll Paso from Tucumcari Mr.. An. |
dres says. "The work along the line
has now all been finished except about |
weeks work at French, finishing up
some cement work there on n bridge |
Good & Co. have moved their entire |
outfit up TO Colorado 10 work on the |
new Moffat road. | have not decided |
yet whether | will go with them or |
not, but probably will"
The passenger department OF the |
Rock Island has published booklet !
In which some OF the history OF the |
selection OF the name for their new
California through train, the Golden
State Limited, is told. The work OF |
naming this train was left to the Pub ]