Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-12
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Carter, and son left Winslow for Los
Angeles.
Railway earnings in April were 1874
per cen larger than in last year and
2S.7 per cent above those of 1901.
There remains but twelve miles of
the Cairo extension of the Illinois Cen.
trail to be built. and trains will be run
ming about July /.
The Randsburg railroad was taken
over by the Santa Fe last Thursday
at midnight and is now part of the
coast lines division.
N. O'Connor, a Winslow m%achinist,
was injured at the shops. He was put
ting up a wedge and a pieve few off,
striking him over the eye.
The first annual convention of the
International Railway Master Boiler
makers association will be held at Co.
lumbus, o., on May 10, 20 and 81.
c. c. Browner of Lamy has received
word that his nephew. John Sheegoa,
engineer running out of Paducah, KY.
on the Illinois Central, had been killed
in an accident.
The Pennsylvania has placed an or
der with the Westinghouse automatic
air and steam coupler company for the
entire equipment of all the cars on the
Long Island railroad.
The Oklahoma board of equalization
has made public the report of the total
number of miles of railway in opera
ton in the territory. The total main
lines amount to 2.14S miles; total side
tracks, 232 miles.
The office of general attorney of the
Choctaw will be abolished when J.. w.
McLoud ~retires, but the attorneys in
the different jurisdictions will all be
retained as at present and will report
direct to Chicago.
The engines on the Santa Fe, Pres
colt & Phoenix will soon be fitted with
oil burners, the oil tanks for the tend
ers have arrived al Prescott and the
work of installing the tanks will be
commenced at once.
The Topeka State Journal says:
The Railroad Y. M. c. A. authorities
report 966 members for the month of
May. This Is an increase of 33 over
last month. About so renewals are
reported and also So new members.
J. Stewart Christal has recovered
from his recent encounter with a dog
and resumed work at the Winslow
shops. He was severely bitten, but is
now all right and one of the valued
helpers at the Santa Fe shops.
The report of the secretary and
treasurer of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen for the fiscal year end
ed December 81. 1902, shows that the
increase in membership amounted to
5000 men, making a total of 5000 in
round numbers. The sixth biennial
convention will be held in Denver May
IS.
An opinion CT importance to rail
road compaies was handed down by
Oklahoma's attorney general, stating
that such companies must pay taxes
on those portions of railroads which
are operated through Indian reserva-
tions, when such reservations form a
portion of regularly organized coun-
ties.
Contracts were signed in Kansas
City by the Nebraska. Kansas & Gulf
railroad and the Federal Construction
company for the building of that road.
This is to be a north and south line
through Kansas, running from Belle
Vile in the north, through Concordia,
Minneapolis. Salina, Newton. Wichita,
Winfield, Pawnuska and on TO Spiro, /.
Il.
A proposition has beef presented to
the members of the Western Passen-
ger association by the Federation OF
Commercial Travellers associations of
America for the issue of a 3,000-mile
interchangeable ticket good on trains.
The advantage to be derived from this
form in preference to the one now in
use is that much time will be saved in
making the exchange of certificates at
the stations.