Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-27

Several engines, running north and
south out of Las Vegas, are taking
lay offs.
p. w. Zimmerman. the Santa Fe
claim agent for the New Mexico divis-
ion. was at Las Vegas on Saturday.
Richard Robinson is a new switch
man in the local Santa Fe yards. He
was formerly a brakeman running out
of Las Vegas.
F. r. Frost, electrical inspector for
the Santa Fe, with Office at Topeka,
was a recent visitor at the local Santa
Fe Pacific shops.
The water supply of the Santa Fe
railway has given out at Lamy and en-
eines from the main line go to Santa
Fe daily for water.
]. A. Peterson. who resigned as
~timekeeper of the local shops, has
been succeeded by w. E. Hedges, re-
Gently of the storekeeper's depart
ment.
Geo. E. Roe. district freight and pas
senger agent for the Santa Fe at Ell
Paso, was in the city between trains
Yesterday morning while en- route
north.
About forty laborers left Santa fe
Saturday for Watrous, where they VIII
work in the stone quarries for Lantry
& Sons, who have a contract for the
Santa Fe railway. i
The men, who were injured In the
steam pipe explosion accident at the
local shops the other day. are reported
getting along nicely, and they Will
soon be up and ready for work again.
The force at the local shops is be-
ing increased almost daily. Arrivals
of skilled workmen are announced
from the west, as far as Los Angeles,
and from the east as far as Fort Madi-
son.
d. w. Hitchcock, of the la Marcial
shops, who has been i~ncapacitated for
active service for several weeks, ow-
ing to an attack of rheumatism. went
to Las Vegas to test the virtues of the
mud baths.
The memorable exhibit of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad at the Chicago
exposition in 1893 Is to be repeated.
and perhaps improved upon in the
worlds fair next year, under the
charge, as before. of Major ]. G.. Pang-
born. The company has secured 60
600 square feet of space.
/ Financial agents of the railways at
Oklahoma City received a notice Of a
reduction in freight rates on car lots
into that city from Kansas City rang
ing from 10 to 25 cents. This is the
most important concession eve made
to the local jobbers and is the source
of much satisfaction to them.
At the San Marcial round louise last
Wednesday the news was being dis
cussed Of the sending by Engineer
Taft for his family to go to Mineral
Wells. Texas, from Silver City. This
summons means the unexpected earth
ly separation Of the husband from his
family, Mr.. Taft's illness having taken
a very serious turn.
The Las Vegas railway shops is be-
ing improved. The Optic says: "A
new boiler is being put in position
outside the engine room. AS soon as
IL is ready for business 1t will be CIV
en- charge of all the machinery, while
the BOILER inside is being brought out
and fixed in position adjacent. All the
room inside is needed for the new air
compressor and the engines"
The santa Fe has placed an order
with the Baldwin Locomotive works
for seventy additional locomotives of
the Mikado type. Fifteen of the same
type of engines were just delivered to
the Santa Fe a short time ago by the
Baldwin works and are now doing
freight service on the mountain divis-
ions. Some of them are being used as
helpers on the Ration mountain.
The contract for hauling federal
troops is being held up for some I'M
known reason. The Southern and
Union Pacific submitted the lowest
bids for handling the business and the
government was about to award the
contract to this company. The other
lines objected OF the ground that the
Southern Pacific was a bond-aided
line indebted to the government and
that the business would simply be
credited to the lines account.
The San Marcial Bee says: Miss
Mollie Maher came up from Deming
this week, and indirectly left the i'm
preston with the reporter that she
would return in a day or two to the
Windmill city with the prefix Miss in
its old place. Wednesday this popu-
lar young lady changed her surface
plans, for she was Joined in wedlock
by the Rev, Father Pelzer to Edmund
w. Moore, who is said to be an en-
ploye of the Albuquerque railway
shops.
B. w. Robbins, general agent at
Santa Fe, for the Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad company, returned
from a visit to Torrance. He made the
trip overland and enjoyed the scenery
along the route very much. The San
Ia Fe Central railway is pushing track
laying out at Torrance at a rapid rate.