Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-30
Railroad Topics

! the rails between Topeka and that
point. He was on time at Hiloday,
about thirteen miles this side of Kan
sas City.
Quinn track No. 2 in the lower San.
ia Fe yards is soon to be treated to a
new roadbed and new ties. The work
includes about 1000 feet of track.
Mrs. B. F. Horner, wife of the ZEN.
eral passenger agent of the Nickle
Plate road, and her son, who have been
staying at the Las Vegas hot springs
for some time, left for home. They
think highly of New Mexico.
c. A. Schooley, a capable machinisi
in the Las Vegas railway shops. has
been appointed delegate from the Y.
M. c.. A. to the big railway convention
of that organization to be held In To
peka. April 80 to May 8. The conven-
ton will be one of the most notable / IN
the worlds history of the Y. NJ. c. A.
work.
F. r. Frost, electrical inspector for
the Santa Fe system, with h~eadquar-
ters in Topeka, spent a day at the
local shops looking over the electrical
appliances of the plant. He found
everything satisfactory and made a
few suggestions for the betterment of
the apparatus in some of the depart
ments. He left for the east.
j. H. Huckel, superintendent Of the
news department of the Harvey sys-
TEN, and Prof. George A. Dorsey, a
prominent ethnologist formerly with
the Field-C Columbian university, of Chi
cago. arrived from the east last night
and are spending the day at the Alvar-
ado. Professor Dorsey is now en-
gagged in doing some research work for
the Harvey curio department.
J. E. Gilkerson and wife, recently of
Rincon, passed through the city this
morning en- route to Lexington, Mo,
where they will visit with relatives.
Mr.. Gilkerson was at one time cashier
of the Harvey house here, but recently
has been manager of the Harvey
house at Rincon. He was relieved at
that place by C. o. Pelt, formerly re,
lief agent for the Harvey system.
w. A. Mitchell, who has been erect
ing foreman at the Santa Fe shops in
Topeka for a number of years, has
been transferred to Needles, where he
will be foreman of the company's
shops. He will assume the duties of
his position tomorrow. George Finch
has been appointed to succeed him in
Topeka. Mr.. Mitchell succeeds to the
position made vacant by the resigna.
ton of w. J. Brown,
The Aztec Index says A message,
received here last Tuesday morning,
contained the sad news that Lou p.
Wilson had been killed by falling from
a freight train as it was nearing An.
tonita about 5 o'clock in the morning.
He was not missed until the train
reached Antonita. Running back about
half a mile, they found his lifeless
body. One foot had been run over, his
back vas broken, and his body and
face were badly cut. The remains, ac-
companied by the sorrowing wife,
reached Durango Tuesday evening.
Speaking of the possible congestion
in railway traffic because of the wheat
crop, Paul Morton, second vice presi
dent of the Santa Fe, says: Il would
want to know more definitely what the
wheat and corn crop is to be, and how
regularly the grain is to move, before
entering much into this question. But
you may say that the Santa Fe spent
nearly $4,000, 900 on new equipment
last year. We are not spending so
much this year, but we are trying to
keep pace with increased business and
the outlook for successful handling of
our traffic is fine"