Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-05
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RAILROAD NOTES.

Alex. Stevens OF the pattern. shops,

Alex. stevens OF the pattern. shops
is laying on nursing an illness
p. J. O'Connell OF the local shops.
has gone to rort Worth, Tex, TO re-
side.
Ernest Beardsley. car carpenter
who has been laying on Ill the past
few weeks, has returned to work.
Anastasio Sanchez. an employe OF
the santa Fe at Laguna, suffeied hav.
ing his foot crushed there night be.
fore last. He was brought to this city
and is a patient at the St. Joseph's
hospital.
Felipe Ortiz. a native section hand
was killed one mile east of Kramer
the other day. He tried to remove n
track-jack which he thought would be
struck by passenger train Nc. and
In doing so was struck by the engine
himself and instantly killed. his
body was brought to Barstow and the
coroner summoned.
The Santa re has begun construc-
ton of new depot at Laguna Twen.
ty-eight men are now engaged In do
ing the work. A lunch counter add
ton will be auded &c the depot for the
accommodation of tourists who stop
there to see the Laguna Indian vii
iage and also those who go to the
village of Acoma, some mites dis.
tance overland by trail.
u o. Haynes, a blacksmith helper
In the Santa Fe shops at Needles. was
utruc. kv a niana ~ ovlpu ceaaf Fs.,,,,
the steam hammer. imbedding itself in
his left leg at depth of nearly four
inches, cutting the femora artery
Drs. Clark and Booth succeeded, in
tying the artery and the patient Is
resting comfortable. suffering only
from the loss of brood
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Pecos Valley a.
Northeastern Railway company will
be held at the office OF the company
at Roswell. N. M. at 10 o'clock a. m
on Wednesday, October z, 1903, for
the purpose of electing directors for
the ensuing year and for the transac-
tion of srch other business as may
come before the meeting.
A native named Juan Ramirez who
,lhad been employed on the. section
hers wss run downeiy an Siiginvan
the local yards about 150 yards west
Of the tool house last Monday even.
ing about S:25, says the Williams
News. Both legs were cut of below
the knees and the man died later from
effects of the shock. II appears that
he was watching a train and did not
notice the engine in charge of Engi-
neer Lamb and Fireman Kincaid
coming from the other direction.
though the bell was ringing and red
lanterns out. Conductor Graves and
Fireman Beasley, who were near by,
shouted at him several times but he
failed to notice the approaching en-
gine and thereoy lost his life. The
coroner's inquest exonerated the en-.
ginemen from all blame.
The Ration Reporter says: The first
annual excursion and picnic of the
Ration employees of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe railroad, which took
place Saturday, August ~, was an un-
qualified success. Arriving at Las
Vegas the excurslonists were met by
the various committees o. the citizens
OF that town, who exerted themselves
to give all good time. TIE only
hitch in the program was the inabili-
ty OF the electric line to accommodate
all who desired 10 go to the hot
springs. All OF the sports took place
as per program and were enjoyed by
an immense crowd. At = o'clock in
the evening the excursion train left
Las Vegas. arriving home a few min
utes before midnight. 40 the ener-
getic work OF the executive commit
tee is due the credit of the magnif-
cent success of the undertaking.