Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-25
Railroad Topics

Wells-Fargo & Co. have increased
the wages of their main line messen-
gers from 500 to 800 per month.
w. A. Powers, CHIEF chemist for the
Santa Fe with Office at Topeka, is in
La Junta on business for the company.
Hugo Schaeffer, division master me-
chanic for the Santa Fe, with Office at
Needles, Cal, was in the city yester-
day.
S. NJ. Shattock. travelling passenger
agent for the Baltimore & Ohio, with
Office at Denver, was in the city this
morning.
lt is stated that announcement will
be made of the deal with a notification
oil the terms of the 'Frisco-Rock Island
agreement.
A. Wallice, the Santa Fe contractor.
has a contract for widening the
grade between Bernalillo to Las Vegas,
preparatory to it being ballasted.
II. G. Rust, engineer for the Santa
Fe, of Topeka, is rapidly improving
from a four weeks sickness and ex-
poets to shortly resume his run on
NOS. / ana z ana s ana 4.
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 a big sledge
80 a zI.,.II =. To
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 Ell Paso, Trinidad and interme-
diate points to Santa Fe and Albuquer-
que on May 5, the occasion being the
visit of President Roosevelt.
Brakeman Lund had the misfortune
to fall from the top of a moving train
while descending Glorieta mountain,
and sustained several severe injuries.
He was taken to the Santa Fe hospital
at Las Vegas for treatment.
Division Superintendent H. E. Whit
tenberger, OF the fifth division of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, which
includes the Antonito-Santa Fe branch,
and Assistant Superintendent F. B.
Degarmo were in Santa Fe Monday on
official business.
Hugh McGill of the spring shop at
Topeka, went to Las Vegas about a
month ago on a vacation trip. Unless
his vacation is extended it 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 6 feet 5 inches tall and
weighs $50 pounds and is built from
the ground up. OF course We will adj
NIT that Mr.. Masters is large, but if
he is much heavier than the Zion
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
VA, which has been pulling the train
over the Chicago division, was sent to
the round house and substituted with
engine No. 1146. 1t is said that the
experiment that is being made with
telephones on Mr.. Mudge's train has
proved to be quite a success. With a
telephone in the drawing Vol of his
special car and n in the cab of the
engine, Mr.. Nudge can regulate the
speed of the train by telephoning his
instructions to the engineer. 1t is said
that these phones will be installed on
the California limited.