Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-16
Railroad Topics

The rush of work at the Ration shops
still continues, and 1t is found neces-
sary to work night and day in order to
keep things In shape.
The Santa Fe will soon erect a hand
some depot at Prescott, Ariz, to take
the place of the old and inadequate
building now standing.
]. e. Barnett resigned his position
with the Santa Fe at Ration and hopes
to secure a position in Los Angeles,
where he went last week.
The 4S-inch planer, the largest in the
Santa Fe shops at Topeka, and said to
be the largest in the world, has been
started. 1t is used for planning cylin-
ders.
The Santa Fe will run three special
trains from Chicago to Los Angeles to
accommodate delegates and their
friends attending the Presbyterian gen.
eral assembly at Los Angeles, May 81
to June q.
Dow, Jones & Co, of New York,
compute the total mileage OF new
American railroads since January 1.
or now under construction and con
tracted for, as 1876 miles, as COM
pared with 6,026 miles constructed last
year.
The Ell Paso & Southwestern rail-
road, having finished all work On its
line for the big steam shovel, has just
cold and delivered the shovel to the
yr..o. q Doaiaa uuhinh nnrnnonv will
use it in the work of re~constructing
the track, which that company now
has under way.
The bureau of %neatness" is the lat
est department which has been added
to the Erie system, and 1t is expected
to play an important part in the future
appearance and conduct of conductors
and trainmen. The new bureau is the
idea of w. l.. Derr, superintendent OF
the Erie at Jersey City.
The Ration Range says: Don Quinn,
a north end fireman, was seriously
burned Tuesday morning. While clean
ing and adjusting his headlight the
lamp exploded, throwing burning oil
on his face and neck. He came in on
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treatment was able to go to the Office
and make a report of the affair.
The Santa Fe is looking for a new
design for its oil cars, especially fol
the trucks. The company has a lot OF
tanks now in use which are SO made
that when new trucks are put on the
bed has to be torn nearly to pieces. The
1uy hoe eayrara1 dro ffo n, on nj
work on new designs in order that the
repairing of these cars may be made
easier.
A London dispatch reports that
Great Britain, France and Germany
have mutually arranged to equally
control the Smyrna and Bagdad rail
way, for which Germany obtained i'm
of Turkey some years 6 A part o
the railroad has already been built
from Smyrna into the interior of Asia
Minor, with German capital.
Several lines are disputing as t.
which railroad first generally equipped
its passenger cars with electric lights
That honor really belongs to a west
-ern road-the Santa Fe. The SAINTS
Fe began experimenting with electri,
lights for it's cars more than five year,
ago in its Topeka shops. 1t now ha
upwards of 200 cars lighted by cleo
tricity, comprising day coaches, chat
cars, diners and Pullmans. AS fast a
possible it's other cars on througI
runs are being similarly lighted.
The Lordsburg Liberal says: Las
Saturday Delino Fernandez, a younI
Mexican, who was working with tn
section gang, in the yard, was serious
ly hurt. He evidently aspired to lear
the switchman's trade, and when tn
yard engine came along he thought
was a good time to practice getting OF
the running board. He missed conneC
tions, fell and his arm caught undo
the wheel. He was taken to DR.. Crock
er's Office. The doctor dressed the arm
and ser him to Hotel Dieu, the com
pany's hospital at Ell Paso. TIL
chances are that the arm will have t.
be amputated. He is about II year
old.