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


santa Pc Central. has returned to
headquarters from business trip TO
Ienver.
President w. H. Andrews OF the
santa Fe Central, writes from Pitts.
sarg that he will be In New Mexico
n bout the middle of the month.
Brakeman James Merchant. OF the
santa Re Central. who tell on the top
81 a box car while on duty. sustain
ing a baily sprained ankle. is able to
he about again.
J. G. Balcomb, assistant to Chief
Hnginecr A. q. Kennedy OF the Santa
t'e Central. has returned to the Capt.
tai City from a trip to Estancia and
Torrance. on company business.
A new holt and threading machine
- being Installed In the mechanical
department at Las Vegas. The old
one In proving insufficient for the
large amount OF work. and has great
need of the helpmate.
The new locomotive for the Mohaye
A. Midtown railway ID expected TO
reach Needles In about ten days. Dur
ing the meantime the present locomo-
tive will make daily trips to the mine
and return the track now being com.
Ticted TO the camp.
A. w. Reeves travelling freight and
passenger agent for the Galveston.
Harrisburg a. San Antonio railway,
with headquarters In lei Paso, Texas,
was In Silver City interviewing local
merchants in the interest OF the road
which he represents
Il Is announced that the Santa Fe
railroad mas Just gotten out new
map Of the entire system from Chit
cago to the Pacific coast. The new
rap Is quite an Improvement over
the old one and gives more OF the
"details OF this great network OF rail
road tracks
President Hartman OF the southern
Pacific railroad has been Informed by
detectives In charge of the case that
William II. Vice 6efaulting passenger
agent In San Francisco OF the Union
Pacific road, has been located in don
duras. As there Is no eAsradition
treaty with that country he Is free
from arrest
brakeman J H. McElwee of the
santa PEE Central. who was badly
crushed between the cab of the en-.
gine on his train, and the coaling
platform at Torrance. and who had
since been confined In the st. Vim
cents hospital at Santa Fe. was suffi.
GENTLY improved yesterday 10 admit
~ his being removed to his home. Dr.
j L. Norris. the company surgeon.
reports be will be able 10 be about
AGAIN in a few days
Part of the material Tor the con
templated improvements TO be made
~ extending and enlarging the pas
senger platform a. Newton, Kansas.
mas arrived there and is being unload.
Cd. The extension will be OF brick
and when completed will greatly
expedite the handling of baggage and
also accommodate passengers who
alight from the rear of long passenger
trains that pull into Newton these
days.
For several nights the Colorado q
southern south bound passenger
trains have gone out heavily guarded,
says dispatch from Trinidad. This
vas because the Wells Fargo a Co.
had been advised that an attempt
would he made 10 hold mp the train
and rob the express car hut no at
tempt has been made and II Is thought
that either the report was a false one
or that the men who were to attempt
the robbery became alarmed and
we're afraid to undertake the Job.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion has decided that the defenaants
OF George J. Kindel and the Denver
Chamber of Commerce against the
Atchison. Topeka a. santa Fe ct al
are justified In maintaining lower
rates from the Pacific coast to Mis-
souri, river points than to Denver on
rice, hemp baking powder. blankets,
hooks. boot and shoe heels. chocolate
and extracts but that re rate should
not be higher on the other commo
dities Involved.
Tom Sloan has rendered his resig
nation 10 the Santa Fe road as city
ticket agent for the road at Phoenix
The same was accepted and Hy Page
formerly local manager for the Postal
Telegraph Company. named as his
successor. MIR. Sloan VINO Is nov In
salt Lake City, II is understood, has
accepted position with the Salt Lake
Route in their passenger department
tie win be under one OF his former
chiefs, Mr.. Il. w. Gillette, VINO was
formerly with the Santa Fe in Phoe
nix
The brotherhood of Railway Train
men OF Ration held their annual cleo
ton. the meeting unusually largely
attended The three presiding OH
Gers for 1903 were reelected for 1904
These were, +. T. Brown. master
j Y. Walseth, secretary; X. f. Puriy
financier r. s, Arid WAS elected jour
nal agent and II. + Purdy was Sc
lcted as chairman OF the grievance
committee, to go TO Topeka where
the meeting of the general grievance
committee takes place The Rator