Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-17

well known railroaders, stationed at
Winslow, are in the city today.
H. H. Moore has resigned his posi-
and will seek work in San Bernardino.
GROCERY Durand, of this city, has ar
rived at San Be%rnardino, and taken a
place there In the Santa Fe blacksmith
shop.
General Manager Schlacks, of the
Colorado Midland railroad, has grant.
ed the trainmen an advance in wages
OF IL per cent.
Mrs. N. M. Rice and children left
this morning for Topeka, where Gen
eral Storekeeper Rice, of the Santa Fe,
is now located.
Benjamin p. Gruetzke, who has been
working in the local shops, has re-
signed. He will leave tonight or to-
morrow for Texas.
A. N. Brown, general agent for the
Rock Island at Ell Paso, was in Topeka
Tuesday and called on the officials at
the division Offices in that city.
The Rock Island has announced that
1t will make a rate of n fare plus so
cents for the round trip to Cloudcroft,
N. M, during the summer months.
G. o. Young, foreman of the pattern
department of the local shops, will
leave tonight for the Pacific coast cit
les. He will be absent several weeks.
Mrs. Sutton, mother of accommodate
Ing Wells-Fargo Agent Sutton, who
has been visiting her son here, left
Tuesday for Flagstaff, on her way to
Los Angeles.
H.. r. Fuller, who represented the
five railway orders during the last ses-
sion of congress, is expected to arrive
in Las Vegas tomorrow or Sunday for
a short visit.
John J. Tierney, who has been driv-
ing one of the Imperial laundry
wagons, will return to the ranks of the
brakes" next week. John tried hard,
hut he was unable to ''forsake the old
love-"
The Sells and Downs circus adver.
Using car which has been standing on
a siding in the Santa Fe yards at To-
Pthd III tic ldcI lew udsS D ia Dtth
taken from the yards and put in SER
vice for the coming season.
The Winslow Mail says: j.. G. Hutch
ison and wife passed through on No.
8 this week. He is roadmaster for the
first district, with headquarters at
Gallup. Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchinson have
been visiting Hanford, CAL, and other
California points.
Since 1896 the railroads of the coun-
try have been trying to solve the prob
lem of handling a 43 per cent increase
of freight with an increase of only s
per cen in motive power and IA per
cent in car capacity. No wonder traffic
on the lines is c%ongested.
A locomotive requires 275,0S7 foot
power of energy to lift it one foot. Ac-
cording to a new system of tests de-
vised by DR.. Sargent, of Harvard uni.
versity, a student developed strength
enough in thirty minutes to lift a To-
connective clear off the track.
The NJ. X. & T. officials of the Okla
homa lines that the line be,
tween Guthrie and Oklahoma City via
Falls, Okla, is to be completed imme-
diately, in order to give better facili.
ties for securing material for construc-
ton along the extensions now building
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
Ted sherwood, clerk in the store
keeping department, who left several
months G for Point Richmond, has
returned to Winslow. His health is
much more benefited by the climate
at Winslow. His many friends were
pleased to see him return, as Mr.. Ish-
erwood is very popular in society cir
cles of Winslow.
Petrolino Ortega died at Tesuque,
Santa Fe county, of la grippe. He had
been working for the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway at Watrous and
contracted a cold which developed into
la grippe. He returned home Tuesday
night, expiring twelve hours later. He
was married quite recently and is sur
vived by his widow.
Exodus to the east has begun by
the thousands OF visitors who have
made southern California a Mecca
during the past winter. The railroads,
especially the Santa Fe, are taxed for
capacity in returning the tourists to
their homes. For as the railroad man,
above all others. realizes, tourists
come west by spells" but when it
comes to going back, they're all off
in a bunch"
The Optic says: w. A. Powars, for
a long time Wells-Fargo route agent
in this district, passed through the city
yesterday afternoon, on No. Z. The
gentleman since r~esigning his position
with the Fargo folk has had a varied
experience. He conducted a hotel in
Ford for a time, and did some
farming on the side. Recently he has
been making an extensive tour of the
southern states. He expects to re-
enter the service of the Wells-Fargo