Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-10

+. A. Becker is the new agent Tor
the Santa Fe at La Joya. n. Nj.
Ration has five new dekipod engines
in service now over the Ration hill.
e. NJ. Jacobson, %ex-general brennan
of the local shops. has gone to Los An
geles.
f.. f. Chrysler. who went up to Ra-
ton from Las Vegas to take charge OF
the round house, has resigned his pc
sition with the company.
The large ice house in the Las We
gas yard, which will hold 325 cars OF
ice, is being filled rapidly, despite the
fact that ice is being shipped to Ration,
La Junta and points south.
Conductor w. c. Hurt has laid off
and gone TO Ell Paso to attend the
mid-winter carnival. ]. ID. Burke will
handle the way bills on his car while
he is taking in the sights of the mid
way.
c. n. Stovell. formerly foreman of
the machine shop department of the
local shops. has gone to San Bernar-
dino. presumably to confer with Sup
erintendent of Machinery J.. X. Jou-
ghins.
The Asher-Oklahoma Central Rail
road company. chartered to build 400
miles from Fort Smith. Ark. to Yer
non, Texas, announces 1t will be ready
to put surveying corps and graders in
the field in February.
The Rock Island has let the entire
contract. covering the construction OF
the extension from Wanrika, o. T., to
Ardmore, |. T., a distance of fifty
miles, and work will ommence within
the next twenty days.
w. Il. Thompson, who used to be
general foreman at Ration, but has
lately had charge Of the Colorado &
Southern shops at Denver. has resign
ed his position there. 1t is not known
what his future intentions are.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men boys. who are on the committee
of arrangements for the ball to be Civ
en- on the night of January 10. are
busily engaged making their prepare
lions and selling tickets. The ball VIII
be a grand success
l.. l.. Richards. head brakeman, of
Salida. Colo, who was among those
killed in the recent head end coils
ion on the Colorado & Southern, was a
nephew of Mrs. w. A. Chapman, of
Ration. Mr.. Chapman went to the scene
of the disaster and took charge of the
body.
super llltlNNlb IOA anu AhOdhAAoo
ter Elliott were at Ration Tuesday
looking over the yards and the situa-
ton generally. Great improvements
are anticipated in the way of raising
the yards from two to four feet near
the Ration electric light plant, a more
accessible switch to the wheel house
and additional siding.
1t was reported the other day that
the Santa Fe was short on freight.
This is not true. It was given out the
other day on good authority that the
Santa Fe now has something like s.
600 cars of freight on the siding be-
tween Hutchinson. Kas., and Ration,
n. M. which is tied up on account Of
the rush. This does not look much
like there is any great lack of freight.
The bOilermakers employed by the
Rock Island at Harrington, Kansas,
are out on a strike for higher wages.
They have been getting 81 cents an
hour. but this did not satisfy them, so
they struck for "a cents an hour. The
Rock Island has offered them 80 cents
to return. but although some of them
are satisfied with this the majority of
them are holding out for more. The
strike involves about thirteen men.
AT the last meeting of the %stockhold-
efS OF the Coal Nalley Mlnlng cOmpa-
ny, at Rock Island, H., whose mines
are owned by the Chicago. Rock Isl
and & Pacific railway, Carl Scholz was
elected president of the company, vice
r. r. Gable. resigned. Mr.. Scholz is
also manager of the mining depart
ment of the Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf railroad, which road is owned by
the Rock Island company. His head
quarters are at Little Rock.
The stockholders of the St. Louis,
Ell Reno & Western railroad compa-
ny at Guthrie, Oklahoma, elected C. c.
Nelson, of Fort Scott, Kas., president;
Messrs. Toon and Van Ripper, of st.
Louis; NJ. ID. Libby and j. A. Masters
of El Reno. directors. The promoter
of the enterprise is Manager Hender-
son of the Middle States Construction
company, of st. Louis. He. with the
chief engineer. is now going over the
line. The road was recently chartered
to run 200 miles across Oklahoma.
from northeast to southwest.