Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-07-25
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RAILROAD NOTES.
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Maurice Hartnett of the machine
shops is at the hospital suffering from
an injured knee.
The Santa Fe Central railroad is al.
most completed. II is going to much
toward developing the resources of
New Mexico
/ Before the food the railroads used
the block system In getting freight
into Kansas City. Now they use the
blockade system.
Conductor George w. Hill OF the
Denver Il Rio Grande is again on his
run after spending hts vacation at Pa.
gosa Springs. Colo.
tits said the Southern Pacific will
shortly request all of It's passenger
conductors to furnish a 81 900 bond to
protect the company from loss
The Si5. a mountain engine. has had
the misfortune TO crack her cylinders
and she will be sent to the asylum for
imbeciles at Ration for treatment.
The railroad men at the Las Vegas
shops have adopted and posted on the
hhiithih Obtlu NUltu ItdUb,
Don't knock. II you cant say any.
thing good for a chap. keep num-"
Romero a Rivera, who have con.
tiact for furnishing ties to the Atchi.
son. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway com
pany. have about 1900 ties at the San.
IA Fe depot. about 1000 In the noun.
tains and some ten men at work in
the tie camp. The work OF getting out
and delivering the ties Is being push
ed
One might suppose from the embar.
rassment that the railways are already
experiencing in making preparations
to move the western wheat crop that
this extraordinary demand for cars
came az a complete surprise. No
other construction would justify the
railway arrangements in admitting
that they are facing a serious "car fam.
inc"
One OF the fastest runs ever made ON
the Erie was reported on July s. o spe.
cial train hauling two coaches. one OF
which was President Underwood's pri.
vate car. made the distance from Hunt
ihgton to Hammond. 122 miles. in 121
minutes. not deducting a stop of FIVE
minutes FOR water. The run from
Huntington to Bass Lake. Ga miles.
was made in go minutes.
An indication of the present conIi.
ton OF business generally Is furnished
by the fact that passenger travel this
year is breaking all records. and not
merely in holiday business The Chi.
cago-st Paul lines are running practi.
cally solid train loads. with every
berth taken. The Yellowstone Park
travel Is unprecedented at this season,
the rush having begun earlier by two
weeks than usual
The first train OF the Santa Fe Cen.
trail railway destined for Santa Fe left
Kennedy at 1880 o'clock yesterday az
ternoon. and reached that city about
o'clock. II consisted OF an engine and
several construction cars and carried
the Harris track laying machine. Su.
perintendent Harris and his force of
track layers were on the train. Active
work In putting down the stee,i track
between Santa Fe and Kennedy will
commence today
The Mexican Central has in Juarez
probably the best pulling switch en-.
CINE In the city The engine is No.
l043 and for a long time the switch
crew has been anxious to be able to
try the new engine and see how II
could pull A few days ago they had
chance to give the engine a fair
trial, when they had a transfer of 81
cars to make from Eel Paso TO .Juarez.
Each car was loaded. and allowing
sixty thousand pounds to each car,
together with the weight OF the car.
the engine pulled over Ave million
pounds.
A recent Improvement In railroad
locomotive headlights is TO send a
beam Of light vertically from the 10.
connective as well as straight ahead.
The column of light rising from the
locomotive can be seen from a great
distance even though a hill should
Intervene to hide the ordinary head.
light and dull the sound OF the whIs.
tie. The searchllght effect used aboard
ships Is thus to some extent utilized.
An approaching locomotive with this
o'yice always signals It's coming with
a pillar OF fire" by light. producing
IN impressive as we'll as useful light
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