Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-21
Railroad Topics

! l.. ". Morris, the popular trainmas-
4 ter Of the loo Grande division, liz an
Albuquerque visitor
Reese Bcddow. the railroad coal in
spector. left Gallup for Huntsville. Mo.
where his mother Is seriously III.
/ w. J Hanna. the water service man
for the Rio Grande division OF the
Santa Fee is up from his headquarters
ut San Marcial
w. II Martin, division super!ntend.
ent of the Southern Pacific, has been
appointed general manager of the lei
| Paso AZ Northeastern railroad
Col. r. Il. Twitchell, attorney for the
Santa Fe railroad. located at Las
Vegas, passed through the city this
morning bound for the territorial capi.
tai.
George Wallheiser for some time a
boilermaksr helper at the local shops,
left this morning for Pueblo. He was
the unfortunate victim of a recent let
out
Trainmaster II. ! Gibson, of the Al
buquerque division of the Santa Fe Pa
cific, Is In the city. He reports trains
moving nicely on his division. consid-
ering the shortage In motive power.
George Williams. the fireman. is in
return from trip to Kansas City,
where he went to see his wife and an
nounoes that he is now the papa of a
bouncing boy baby.
c. IL. Johnson, passenger agent for
the Nickle Plate road with Offices at
Denver, came in from the west last
night and went to FL Paso. He will
return here tomorrow.
@. $. McKinzie. from the Santa Fe
offices at Chicago, came up from III
Paso this morning. he will 20 to
Williams, Ariz.. tonight Mr. McKinzie
has charge of the Santa Fe slot ma.
chine gum boxes.
gang of men from Gallup have
gone to Chaves to build large iron
water tank for the railroad. The well
at that place is 6S2 feet deep, and is
reported there is a continuous flow of
an artesian nature.
Joe Clevenger, fireman for James
SturrooK on the Ration mountain has
returned from Kansas City. where he
left Mrs, Clevenger and their newly
born daughter with Mrs. Clevengers
mother.
change has been made on the
Choctaw lines through Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. white men taking the
pl-ce of the negro brakemen who have
been employed on all passenger trains.
The new employees have taken their
places and attract considerable com
ment.
The news reached San Marcial last
Saturday that Conductor C. r. Flint.
who spent many years in train service
on the Rio Grande division of the
Santa Fe. part of the time residing in
San Marcial, was killed on the morn.
ing of Sunday, February / at San Luis
Potosi Mexico. in a rear end collision.
He leaves a wife and son to mourn the
loss of an indulgent husband and
father.
Notice has been given by the govern
ment to all mail carrying roads center
ing in Chicago to make preparations
for re.weighing Of the mails This re-
weighing takes place every four years,
the country being divided into districts
for the purpose, and must be for a
period of not less than thirty consecu.
tive days. II will be superintended by
Capt. L. l.. West in Chicago by Nor
man Perkins AT st, Paul and by dorado
Taft in St. Louis.
The death of Willie. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. NJ, Harrison, was reported at
San Marcial last Thursday Mrs Har.
rison accompanied her husband to Chi |
cago, where he was attending, as del.
egate, the meeting OF railway officials
and employees, When they reached
Topeka on their homeward Journey. /
little Willie was taken very i'll aud in
nine hours was dead We have not
been able to learn the particulars. The
afflicted parents have arrived with the |
body of their only child and the inter. |
ment took place from their home at |
San Marcial
WATER CAUSES TROUBLE.