Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-16
Railroad Topics

Reese Beddow, the railroad coal in
spector, left Gallup for Huntsville, Mo-.
where his mother is seriously Ill.
W. ] Hanna, the water service man
for the Rio Grande division of the
Santa Fe, is up from his headquarters
at San Marcial.
w. r. Martin, division superintend-
ent of the Southern Pacific, has been
appointed general manager of the Ell
Paso & Northeastern railroad.
Col. r. e. Twitchell. attorney for the
Santa Fe railroad, located at Las
Vegas, passed through the city this
morning bound for the territorial CAPT.
tai.
George Wallheiser, for some time a
boilermaker helper at the local shops,
left this morning for Pueblo. He was
the unfortunate victim of a recent let
out.
George Williams, the fireman, is in
return from a trip to Kansas City,
where he went to see his wife and an
nounces that he is now the papa of a
bouncing boy baby.
G. f. Johnson. passenger agent for
the Nickle Plate road, with offices at
Denver, came in from the west last
night and went to Ell Paso. He will
return here tomorrow.
G. S. Mckenzie, from the Santa Fe
Offices at Chicago, came up from Ell
Paso this morning. He will go to
Williams, Ariz., tonight. Mr.. Mckenzie
has charge of the Santa Fe slot ma
chine gum boxes.
A gang of men from Gallup have
gone to Chaves to build a large iron
water tank for the railroad. The well
at that place is $50 feet deep, and is
reported there is a continuous flow of
an artesian nature.
Joe Clevenger, fireman for James
S%turrock on the Ration mountain, has
returned from Kansas City, where he
left Mrs. Clevenger and their newly
born daughter with Mrs. Clevenger's
mother.
A change has been made on the
Choctaw lines through Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, white men taking the
place of the negro brakemen who have
been employed on all passenger trains.
The new employees have taken their
places and attract considerable COM
ment.
The news reached San Marcial last
Saturday that Conductor c. F. Flint,
who spent many years in train service
on the Rio Grande division of the
Santa Fe, part of the time residing in
San Marcial, was killed on the morn
ing of Sunday, February /, at San Luis
Pctosi, Mexico, in a real end collision.
He leaves a wife and son to mourn the
loss of an indulgent husband and
father.
Notice has been given by the govern
ment to all mail carrying roads center
ing in Chicago to make preparations
for re-weighing of the mails. This re-
weighing takes place every four years,
the country being divided into districts
for the purpose, and must be for a
period of not less than thirty consecu-
tive days. 1t will be superintendent by
Capt. E. L. West in Chicago. by Nor
man Perkins at st. Paul and by dorado
Taft in CT ntiC
The death of Willie, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. NJ. Harrison, was reported at
San Marcial last Thursday. Mrs. Har-
rison accompanied her husband to Chi
cago, where he was attending, as a del
egate, the meeting of railway officials
and employees. When they reached
Topeka on their homeward journey,
little Willie was taken very i'll and in
nine hours was dead. We have not
been able to learn the particulars. The
afflicted parents have arrived with the
body of their only child and the inter
ment took place from their home at
San Marcial.