Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-19

A womans auxiliary to the Brother
roou OF Locomotive Firemen has been
organized at Alamogordo.
The report than engine I'll blew
up near Needles the other day, killing
three men Is now denied.
Jose Garcia reported to the FL Paso
rolice that he was robbed of $50
while an ingoing passenger on the
santa Fe.
President W. H. Andrews of the
santa Fe Central, writes from Pitts
nurg that he will be In New Mexico
about the middle OF the month.
The Needles Eys iool's for large
improvements in the Santa Fe build
ngs and property at that place, as
soon as the Ole year turns into the
sew.
The directors of the FL Paso G.
/ Northeastern railroad met at Alamo
gordo and reelected all the old Of
nee -, beginning with President c. B.
| Eddy.
Three hrakemen. aid on of the Rio
! Grande division because OF slack busi-
ness were in the city yesterday ON
their way to Fort Dodge. where they
will seek employment.
The oid transfer table at the Ration
shops has been taken out to put in
an electric one. II will take about
three weeks TO complete the change
and largely suspends work In those
shops
General Manager w r. Martin OF
the El Paso h Northeastern has is
sued a bulletin in that after De
cemner 20, there will be double
daily train service on the Rock Is
land system into FL Paso.
Il is announced that the Santa Fe
railroad has just gotten out a new
map of the entire system from Chi
cago to the Pacific coast The new
map is quite an Improvement over
the old one. and gives more OF the
"details OF this great network OF rail-
road tracks,
President Stillwell of the Orient has
made the statement at Kansas City
that he has interested 200 prominent
men in Europe in his railroad pro
. .fct ana SecuItu fo,u'''V'V Ai'hh INV
Holland stockholders in addition tc
the amounts previously subscribed
by capitalists of that country
Brakeman y, II, McElwee OF tn,
Santa Fe Central, who was badly
crushed between the cab OF the en-
, glne on his train and the coaling plat
iorm at Torrance, and who had since
leen confined In the st. Vincent!
nosiptal at Santa Fe. Is sufficiently
improved to admit OF his being remoS
| ed to his home,
II IL said on good authority tba'
tho Santa Fe extra boards at botf
I Topeka and Argentine arc short n
: men. Several old hrakemen on th'
4 cast end have heen called up for ex
{ smination for cunductorships and al
OF the available experlnced brakemeI
| are being hired at these two points
= ia make up the vacancies as sooi
2 as they occur.
The Santa Fe and other railroad
are already beginning to make prer
: arations for handling The heavy holi
? day traffic that is expected this year
/. A rate of one and one-third far
: where the regular fare Is not les
!, than so cents and does not excee,
: 81 has been announced, and also
: rate OF one fare plus so cents wher
the regular fare Is not less than :
or more than So Tickets are to b
: on sale on December "a, 90 81 an
a January / The return limit will e,
!. tend until January 4.
o Busy RaiIroad.-Trainmen on tn
a Santa Fe say that the business o
a the road now Is larger than was eve
known in the history of the con
!. any for any years in the past. II
II almost impossible 10 imagine ho'
n much work is done every day an
4 every night unless a man stays at tn
II stations and counts the trains as the
n 60 by. This Is the way every da.
A It's a case of rush all the time wit
d the trainmen and many OF them al
(. over worked.