Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-31

q, biam wilkerson. machinist help
49, the local shops. left last night
b extended visit in the east
90, krles Stevenson, n popular pas
br conductor on the santa Fe. has
GO BASED a residence in Las Vegas.
~, ~ Bowen. conductor, who enjoy
~, vacation among Nebraska rela-
and friends, has returned to ais
Nh =, go.
g. ie station agent for the Santa Fe
tral at h,stancia. Frank Barbee,
81 Santa Fe yesterday on bust
and pleasure
n, oionel r. &C. Twitchell. the assist
New Mexico counsellor OF the
u Fe. has returned to his head
rters at Las Vegas.
u Taylor OF the machine shops,
zone east on q vacation. Frank
Is subbing for him as a member
~. he shops fire company.
WIS b. Field, the paymaster of the
n Fe Central. was in Santa Fe
erday on official business. lie
DOWN the line TO Torrance In the
~ moon.
'eh RI. williams, the superintendent
yue ridges and buildings on the New
ucD division OF the Santa Fe, who
here on business. has returned to
N' Vegas.
hs Talbot. Whitney Carnival com
r.. h held forth at Santa fe during
meek. and all the railroad officials
boys from of .ne Santa Fe Cen
V Intended
leorge Craig, for many years the
~ J,ular gang boss of the local shops
Resigned and gone To Alamogordo.
ere he Is foreman OF the FL Paso-
rtheastern shops at that place.
NV. Robbins. the general freight
passenger agent OF the Santa Fe
,s ntral. with headquarters Mt santa
is a most pleasant railroad OH
n. and is working up good busi'
sss for the new line.
names Higgins OF the santa re IA
AZ shops at Needles, Cal, Is in the
lipkx visiting friends Mr.. Higgins says
mstht he likes albuquerque and may
Smain here. He has made apphca'
isl IN at the local shops.
IN. j Dahlem of the yard force OF
Ae local yards. who just recently re-
I,vered from a severe siege OF w.
Hold fever, left last night Tor sum
hryllle. III. where he viii visit q
weeks and regain his strength.
& Ding's Electric Magnetic Separa-
which will separate the brass
avings from the steel and thus save
u 4 company a considerable amount oil
ee metals. which has heretofore
p a, n loss has been installed at the
ScAl shops.
Teere are "A use today 7u.000,OO
uofb,sties. Annual requirement for re
kals. ll2.0oO.0oO crossties; numSer
Amired during the next two decades
q 0oO 900 crossties. The present
zinc of A railroad tie is about sixty
oots. varying somewhat with the
nd of timber.
II THE Santa Fe is doing more busi
hess than the road has dcne for years
i1 this time OF the year. From nj
len To twenty cars of oysters in the
8hell are passing through daily toi
ftbAlifornia. The orange shipments vii
i,egln about the middle OF November
<art year they frequently amounted
10 100 cars daily.
T. J Mulhern has Deen appointed
kcxing roadmaster of the Santa re
| Ecntral. by general Manager w. ID
l-se, and will look after the road bed
Sof the system. until work Is resumed
tDn the albuquerque Eastern, wher
Ne will transfer his business relations
10 the Pennsylvania development
company.
War was declared yesterday at thu
hops against bats and all livinl
&hings that crawl and creap under tn,
eornice and ewes OF the local shops
yFor some time past large numbers o
What's have made the cornice and eve
lof the shop buildings their home dur
Ing the daylight hours, sallying fortl
Hond through the buildings al night
~ esterday the shop force armed will
steam shooting hose put to flight tn
Wright maraudering horde, killini
vmany OF them.
u Regardless OF Price THE chief en-
[Xeineer OF the Rock Island Is the maj
that built the Great Northern, John A
stevens He has for years been rec
Eognized as about the best OF the grea
railroad engineers OF the continent
Vile went to the Rock Island becaus
fthey offered n,m more money than III
4 Great Northern could pay. The Roc
yIsland people are ambitious. The
recognize that for the fulfillment o
their ambitions they must have tn
4.best there is in the country. For tina
Z reason they choose TO pay what Nigh
be considered a fancy price for tn
Engineer that built the Great North
q ern through the Rocky mountains o
n n grade that even Mr. Hin calls low
HsMr. Stevens leaves a monument I
4 himself on the line OF the Grea
IFNorthern In the shape OF Stevens
e, Pass, which he discovered and whic
81 was named for him. dis feat OF dri'
ing the great tunnel through the Cas-
cade mountains with variation
one-eighth OF an inch between IN
N sections working from both sides, ha
y never been equaled in the history G