Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-30

Fireman Ed Armstrong is marked
among those laying off.
The new Santa Fe hotel at Trinidad
is called Cardenas. 1t is expected to
be ready to receive guests about June l.
Engine No. sos has been placed in
the back shops for repairs. Her flues
will undergo a thorough cleaning and
repairing.
William Daze, road foreman of en-
gines for the Santa Fe, who has been
in the city a couple of days, left for the
west this morning.
E. r. Paul. one of the clerks in the
Office of the Santa Fe Central railway
at Santa Fe, has returned from a few
weeks visit in Denver.
The Santa Fe is getting its bridge
crews in readiness for the extensive
improvements which are to be made
on the divisions west of this city.
j. C.. Hutchins and party are en-
route to Roswell, N. NJ. The party is
composed of chicago & Alton men and
they are travelling in a private car be
longing to that road.
Al. U. Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe, returned to Topeka from
New York, where he has been attend.
ing the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Railway association.
o. L. Merrill, of Cerillos, timber
agent at that place for the Santa Fe
Central railway, was in Santa Fe on
business with the company Tuesday.
He returned to Cerrillos yesterday
morning. E
The rush in citrus fruit still con.
tinues and an extra force is necessary
at the San Bernardino ice house to
get the cars iced and away. Tuesday
night ninety cars were iced and 100
cars were sent over the hill.
Robert Ripley, son of President f. p.
Ripley. of the Santa Fe, who passed
through this city the other day on his
way to Pasadena, will marry Miss
Adele Story of that place. She is the
Chicago merchant.
The Santa Fe Central Tuesday laid
about a mile and a half of rails north
of Torrance and is now ten miles out
of that town. The track laying machine
is working a little slow and as soon as
it gets to working better, it is expected
that two miles a day will be made.
]. H. Holman, for many years a resi-.
dent of this city, is now located at
Douglas, Ariz., and has a run as en-.
gineer on the Ell Paso & Southeastern
railroad. He is so well pleased with
Douglas that he will soon send for his
family, who remained in this city.
The Union Pacific railroad people
have raised the pay of their section
hands from $1.25 to $1.35 on the
branches, and from $1.25 to $1.4O on
the main line. Word was received to
this effect a few days ago. This looks |
like a victory for the section hands |
union.
One Kansas railroad has a total as
sessed valuation of only s19,46S. 1t is
the Kansas Southern, located in Potta-
watomie county. 1t is eight miles long,
and owns one passenger coach, two To-
comotives, two box cars n three fiat |
aapc No tolnn,anh limo e.. roolol -.
it runs only n train a day.
William A. Lacey, the Santa Fe en-
ploye at Needles who was assaulted on
Friday last by Clarence Rogers, an
other employee of the company, has
been aiken to the hospital at Los An
geles to nave his wounds treated
Rogers is in h county Jail. 1t is al
legged that he beat Lacey over the head
with a wrench. and the wounds are
said to be critical.
Engineer William Rain, who runs
out of Topeka or Nos. l and 2, and 5
and 6, and who has the reputation of
being II of the fastest runners on the
system, did something last Wednesday
which every engineer could not do.
When he pulled out of Topeka Wednes-
day afternoon she was about twenty
five minutes behind time, but Rain had
orders to pull into Kansas City on
time, and consequently nearly burnt up
"Let the GOLD DUST twins do your work."