Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21


Sons, contractors. who have uarge I
contracts on the Santa FEE cutoff. ar.
rived from the west this morning and
went to Belen on the delayed local
freight No. 80.
According to the Railway Age the
Santa Fe will lay $50 miles OF eighty
Ave pound nteel rails during 1903 In |
Californ a, Arizona, New Mexico and |
Texas.
Senator w H. Keller, OF San Miguel |
county. is at El Paso, Tex, where he |
brought a damage suit against the
Santa Fo company for injuries sus-
talned by being struch by a train at
Glorlsta. some moths ago.
II. q. Prout has resigned the editor |
ship of the Railroad Gazette to accept
the position OF vice president and gen
eral manager OF the Union Switch &
Signal company. n part OF the West
inghouse concern.
The Rock Island will shortly have a
new Chicago wire. The new wire will
be n copper quadruplex and will be
strung as soon as the factories can
turn II out II Ia probable that the
force Of operators will be increased as
soon as the new wire is up.
George Il. Roe. the popular division
freight and passenger agent for the
Santa Fe at FL Paso. was in the city
this morning between trains, while en-
route to Trinidad. Colo, whore he goes
on business for his road. He will re-
turn to Albuquerque in few days.
John Andrews. formerly an employe
of the local Santa Fe Pacific shops.
but who recently went 70 Mexico to
accert position on the MeNic"n Cen
tral. has Civar up his new iob and
gone - Los Angeles lie was disap-
po'ntei In the job on tn Mexican
Central.
The San Bernariino Transcript
states that there Is a possibility OF
conference between ]. II. Morse OF the
Rock Island and President Ripley OF
the Santa Fe In regard to a new traf-
fic agreement between the Santa Fe
and the Rock Island. Both parties are
now in California
The tariff committee OF the south
western freight committee has recon-
mended further increase in freight
rates of from IS to 20 per cent from
st. Louis to Texas points. The pres
ent rates are already abnormally high.
and are as follows First class, $l.30
per hundred pounds; second, 3l13;
third, 81 cents; fourth. 30 cents. The
proposed rates are sl.56 for first
class; 31.16, second, and sl.0s for the
other classes.
Motive powe- on the local divisions
of the Santa Fe. is still inadequate to
handle the immense volume of freight
that continues to block the yards in
many places. Although the shops are
crowded with workmen to their ut
most capacity and the men are putting
In considerable overtime. as is shown
by the fat checks they received this
last month. engines are coming out of
the shops TOO slow to equal the rush.
Engineers will remain first out on the
board for several hours at time and
yet trains remain In the yards made
up and ready to go out. No. 80. the
local south, Is held several hours al.
most every day and the trainmen
make no bones about registering the
train late on account If motive power
Santa Fe Watch Inspector s. vann
Is down on the Rio Grande division on
Official business.
Engineer Wickham. OF tho test de
partment, has returned from trip to
Los Angeles. where he went on official
business.
J. w. Barbce. stenographer in the
Office of General Storekeeper N. NJ
Rice, OF the Santa Fe coast lines, has
resigned and will go to Dallas. Tex.
improvements are still being made
at the local shops. The latest piece
of expensive machinery to be put In Ii
machinn 10 convey heavy irons from
the cars they are shipped In on &c
their proper racks.
The boys Of the ,ocal Santa Fe Paci
fo hose company are In excellent spir
It's over the success Of their dance
given on Tuesday night last. II is re
ported that they cleared over and
above expenses more than 800.
Joe Reid, a conductor on the Rocl
Island limited. was badly injured IL
attempting 20 board moving trair
at Tucumcari Sunday morning. HI
was considerably bruised and the
flesh torn from his right limb below
the knee. He was taken to Kansas
City for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Bryne. LUX,
Mears, Love Moore. James Carney
Arthur Taylor and Roy Gilbert. tbs
delegation of Needles. Cal, people.
who represented the Needles Santa II
Pacific fire company at the Albuquer
que Santa Fe Pacific fire company''
dance Tuesday night. left last nigh
for their sunny home on the banks o
the Colorado river. They were uni
versai In voting the boys OF the loca
company royal entertainers.
Al a snecial meeting OF the stockhol