Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-28

The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers' barbecue at C%loudcroft Sun
day was a grand success.
DR.. 70. NJ. Clayton, physician for the
Santa Fe at Gallup, was in the city
yesterday, and returned home last
night.
Passenger train No. Z came in last
was caused by a series of provoking
lay outs.
James Bonner, for some time porter
on the Santa Fe out of Albuquerque,
has been transferred to a private car
at Ell Paso.
Charles Whittlesey, architect for the
Santa Fee. returned to his headquarters
here last night from an important
business trip.
f. l.. Critchlow, of the office force of
the Santa Fe Central railway, Santa
Fe, was a visitor to Albuquerque
Saturday and Sunday.
A native named Sandoval was in
jured at the ~Alamogordo shops. He
was crushed about the thighs, being
caught between engine wheels.
The Pennington Hustler says: Late
reports from Albuquerque say the
building of the Albuquerque, Farming
ton G. Durango line is almost assured
The Choctaw grading outfits are
now at Cookies ranch, three miles east
of Tucumcari. A fill of twenty feet
will detain the graders for about two
months.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
ran an extra train to Embudo Sunday
which brought back eighteen cars of
steel rails for the Santa Fee Central
railway.
The storm of Sunday blew down the
telegraph wires of the Santa Fe Cen
trail railway between Kennedy and
Moriarity. The break was repaired
yesterday.
For the conference of the Methodist
church to be held at Alamogordo May
s, the Ell Paso & Northeastern railroad
has fixed a rate of one and a third fare
for the round trip.
Superintendent of Telegraph p. F.
Knight of the Santa Fe Central rail-
way, is in receipt of the first train dis
p~atcher's order sent out IN the line.
He values it as a souvenir.
DR.. Bryan's hospital patients at Ala
mogordo assert that he was elected
president of the New Mexico Medical
association because he is the best
natured man in the profession.
The Alamogordo News says: Assist
ant General Manager E.. ]. Dedman's
usual ~urbanity was increased last
Tuesday, on account of the safe ar
rival at his home of a pretty little
daughter.
The track laying machine of the
Santa Fe Central railway on Saturday
reached Cameleon, the first station
this side of Torrance. The lack of
good water makes track laying neces-
sarily slow, until P%rogreso is reached.
The approximate gross earnings of
the whole system of the Mexican Gen.
trail railroad during the first quarter
of the present month were $487, 779,
against S375,444 for the same period
in 1902, showing an increase of $112,-
1856.
DR.. f. w. Battles, who has been very
sick at the sanitarium the past sew
eral days, is reported a little improved.
DIR. Battles was recently appointed ply
stefan for B. Lantry Sons at Belen, but
on going to take up his duties there
suddenly become i'll.
C. C. Hull, who was in the employ
of the Santa Fe Pacific at Bellemont,
Ariz., is now manager of the telegraph
ofic at the local railway shops. Mrs.
Hull and two children came in from
Bellemont last night, and today they
are looking up a residence here.
Dun's Review gives the earnings of
Mexican railroads reporting for the
first quarter of 1903 at $40, 937 ,S14 as
compared with $S,S93, 1872 in the same
quarter of 1902, showing a gain of 3d..
044, 4S2 in 1903 over 1902, equal to %
per cent, and 81 per cent over the
same quarter in 1901.
The Alamorgordo News says: c. C.
Hartwell, a grading contractor, has
been taken from the White Oaks coun.
try t Belen on a charge that he stole
a wagon and several horses. He al.
leges that the wner owed him money
and authorized him to retain the prop
erty until payment could he made.
S. II. Brown, Ine veteran Harvey
eating house and dining car inspector
n manager, for many moons in
charge of all Harvey houses between
Ration and FL Paso and Needles, Cal,
and who in the absence of Superin,