Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-03-28
RAILROAD NOTES.


Wells Fargo 4 Co. have increased
the wages of their main line messen.
gers from $50 to 500 per month.
w A. Powers, chief chemist for the
Santa Fe with Office at Topeka Is In
I.a,Junta on business for the company.
Hugo Schaeffer. division master me.
chanlc for the Santa Fe, with Office at
Needles, Cal, was in the city yestor.
day.
3. NJ. Shattock, travelling passenger
agent for the Baltimore q Ohio. with
Office at Denver, was in the city this
morning.
AZ is stated that announcement will
he made OF the deal with notification
of the terms of the Frisco.nock Island
agreement
A. walllce. the Santa Fe contractor,
has contract for widening the
grade between Bernalillo to Las Vegas,
preparatory to II being ballasted.
II. G. Rust, engineer for the Santa
Fe, of Topeka, Is rapidly improving
from n four weeks sickness and ex-
poets to shortly resume his run on
Nos. | and and and T.
IL is reported that the Rock Island
has just completed negotiations for
the purchase OF the Mexican Central
railroad, which is causing much dis
cussion in railroad circles.
Machinist Dick Morrison. of the
Santa Fe shops at Las Vegas, was
strucN on the head with big sledge
yesterday and his skull is fractured. It
is reported that his wound is not nee
essarily fatal
The Santa Fe Railway company has
made a single fare for the round trip
from I'll Paso, Trnluad and interme-
diate points to Santa Fe and Albuquer-
cue on May 3, the occasion being the
visit OF President Roosevelt
Brakeman Lund had the misfortune
to fall from the top of moving train
while descending Gloriota mountain.
and sustained several severe injuries.
He was taken to the Santa Fe hospital
at Las Vegas for treatment.
Division Superintendent II. Il. Whit
tenberger, of the fifth division OF tho
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, which
includes the Antonito. Santa Fee branch.
and Assistant Superintendent +. b.
Degarmo were In Santa Fe Monday on
official business
Hugh MoGill of thu spring shop at
Topeka, went TO Las Vegas about a
month ago on "a vacation trip. Unless
his vacation is extended Il is now time
that he should be back at work in the
shop Some of the boys think that he
has found work out there and has de-
cided to stay.
1t is said that T. w. Masters. a fire.
man on the Southern Pacific, is about
the largest man in the railroad bust.
ness. He Is 8 feet inches tall and
weighs $50 pounds and Is built from
the ground up, OF course we will ad-
init that Mr.. Masters Is large. but II
he Is much heavier than the lion
tanner" at the Santa Fe shops OF To-
peka, he is certainly going some"
The special train carrying General
Manager II. U. Nudge of the Santa Fe
passed through Topeka en- route to
Denver from the Chicago division,
where he has been on an inspection
trip, says the Topeka State Journal
While the train was in Topeka engine
-, which has been pulling the train
over the Chicago division, was sent to
the round house and substituted with
engine No, 1l46. II Is said that the
experiment that is being made with
telephones on Mr. Mudge's train has
proved to be quite success. with a
telephone in the drawing room OF his
special car and one In the cab of the
engine, Mr.. Nudge can regulate the
speed OF the train by telephoning his
instructions to the engineer. II is said
that these phones will be installed on
the California limited