Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-02
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RAILROAD NOTES.


Engine 636 IL doing duty again after
Siege In the local shops.
Several engines. running north and
Iouth out Of Las Vegas. are taking
10y offs.
p. w. Zimmerman, the Santa Fe
claim agent for the New Mexico divis.
lon. was at Las Vegas on Saturday.
Richard Robinson Is n new switch.
man In the local Santa Fe yards. He
was formerly brakeman running out
Of Las Vegas.
r. X. Frost, electrical inspector for
the Santa Fe. with Office at Topeka,
was recent visitor at the local Santa
Fe Pacific shops.
The water supply OF the Santa Fe
railway has given out nj Lamy and en-
glnes from the main line go to Santa
Fe daily for water.
J. A. Peterson, who resigned as
timekeeper Of the local SHOPS. has
been succeeded by w. Il. Hedges. re-
Gently Of the storekeeper's depart.
ment
Geo. E. Roe. district freight and pas
acnger agent for the Santa Fee at El
Paso. was In the city between trains
yesterday morning while en- route
north.
/ About forty laborers left Santa Ne
Saturday for Watrous. where they will
work In the stone quarries for Lantry
4 Sons. who have contract for the
Santa Fe railway.
The men. who were injured In the
steam pipe explosion accident at the
local shops the other day. are reported
getting along nicely and they will
soon be up and ready for work again.
The force at the local shops Is be-
ing increased almost daily. Arrivals
of skilled workmen are announced
lfrom the west. as far as Los Angeles.
land from the east as far as Fort Madi-
|son.
ID. w. Hitchcock. OF the San Marcial
shops. who has been incapacitated for
active service for several weeks, ow-
Hing to an attack OF rheumatism. went
Ito Las Vegas to test the virtues OF the
Imud baths.
IN The memorable exhibit OF the Balti-
more a Ohio railroad at the Chicago
Exposition in 1898 is TO be repeated
and perhaps improved upon in the
worlds fair next year. under the
tchnrge. as before. OF Major J. q. Pang
horn. The company has secured CO.
poo square feet OF space.
Financial agents Of the railways at
ItOklahoma City received a notice Of a
- al l.. alxh lot
lnto that city from Kansas City rang
ing from 10 to 25 cents. This Is the
most important concession ever made
Y TO the local jobbers and Ia the source
N bf much satisfaction 10 them.
At the San Marcial round house last
"Wednesday the news was being dis.
1 tussed Of the sending by Engineer
I raft for his family TO go to Mineral
Wells. Texas. from Silver City. This
summons means the unexpected earth
Ny separation OF the husband from his
Family, Mr.. Taft's illness having taken
"A very serious turn.
The Las Vegas railway shops Is be.
ing improved The Optic says "a
new boiler is being put In position
outside the engine room. AS soon as
Z Is ready for business II will be CIV
N charge OF all the machinery while
he boiler inside IL being brought out
md fixed In position adjacent. All the
Dom inside Is needed for the new air
compressor and the engines"
The Santa Fe has placed an order
with the baldwin Locomotive works
FOR seventy additional locomotives of
the Mikado type. Fifteen OF the same
type OF engines were Just delivered TO
the Santa Fe short time ago by the
freight service on the mountain divis.
Ions. Some ~ them are being used as
helpers on the Ration mountain.
The contract for hauling federal
troops Is being held up for some un.
known reason. The Southern and
Union Pacific submitted the lowest
bids for handling the business and the
government was about to award the
contract to this company. The other
Ines objected on the ground that the
Southern Pacific was bond.aided
Inc indebted to the government and
hat the business would simply be
,redited to the lines account.
The San Marcial Bee says: Miss
Mollie Maher came up from Deming
his week. and Indirectly left the i'm
preston with the reporter that she
would return In a day or two to the
Windmill city with the prefix Miss In
Is old place. Wednesday this popu
ar young lady changed her surface
plans. for she was Joined In wedlock
~ the Rev. Father Peizer to Edmund
w. Moore. who Ia said to be an en-
,loye OF the Albuquerque railway
ihops.
n. w. Robbins. general agent al
Santa Fe. for the Denver a Ric
Irande Railroad company. returned
rom a visit to Torrance. He made the
rip overland and enjoyed the scenery
along the route very much. The San
"A Fe Central railway Is pushing traci
aging out nj Torrance at a rapid rate
he e. DAt .