Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-24

The total dividends declared by Am
erican railroads last year amounted to
s1S5.421,2 39.
The Santa Fe Pacific is having a
coat of paint put on the roo of their
freight house at Winslow.
The length of steam railroad tracks
in the United States Is 1852 miles
and of e,e-t..c la.iw~. tracks 25.5S9
miles.
Arthur Baily, a Santa Fe painter, is
In Winslow off the Rio Grande division
and will work there, having been trans
ferred.
Engineer Reardon of the night
switch engine at winslow. accident.
ally fell off the engine and was bruis-
ed up somewhat.
Brakeman Berry of Winslow left for
Mexico. He will join his wife and
family at Nevada. Mo, after spending
a few months in Mexico.
The report that the main shops of
the Santa Fe Central railway will be
located at Estancia is without official
authority n is but a rumor.
The amount of railway capital out
standing on June 80. 1902, was s12,-
134, 1872, 1874. This amount, on a mile
, age basis, represents a capitalization
of $62. SO3 per mile of line.
Tom Seegar has returned to Wins
low, says the Mail, and he looks pref
ty well after his months of suffering
His numerous friends were pleased to
see him, and all unite in hoping that
he will soon he entirely well.
Papers are being prepared in Den.
yer to be filed in Wyoming for the in
corporation of the Sonora. Chihuahua
& Monterey railroad. The capital stock
is to be $780, 200. 900. The promoters
are mostly residents of Denver.
Contracts were let for the construc-
ton of the Missouri. Oklahoma &
Western, chartered from Vinita, |. T.
to Denver, Colo, which is to run
through the Cherokee and Usage In.
dian reservation and through northern
Oklahoma within an average distance
. of twenty miles of the Kansas state
line.
The number OF railways in the hands
of receivers on June 80. 1902, it ap-
pears, was twenty-seven, showing q
net decrease of eighteen, as compared
Der of railways placed in the charge OF
receivers during 1902 was four, and
the number of railways taken from the
management of receivers was twenty
two.
The Kingman Miner says C. w
Brown, general manager of the Mo
have & Midtown railroad, is advertis
ing for 500 men to work on the grade
of that road between the Leland mine
and the mill. Teams and teamsters
are also wanted besides rockmen and
carpenters. Good wages are paid and
board only rs cents per day. Applica
ton should be made to the genera
manager at Needles.
The Winslow Mail says Dave Robin
y son, an old time and experienced
blacksmith, is in town from neal Be
len, where the Santa Fe cutoff is be
ing made to the Rock Island. He says
that remarkable activity is displayed
in this work. At camp No. about 200
$50 men, and camp No. 8 has 300 men
Men are wanted. as it is the intention
of the company to spare no expense
in completing the cutoff.
Contracts for the building of the lie
land narrow gauge railroad have beer
let and work will be commenced jusf
as soon as teams for grading worl
can be obtained. The contractors arr
looking for thirty teams 10 put to worl
on the grade. The road will run from
the Leland and Mitchell mines to the
mill, a distance of eight miles, anC
later on will be continued to the Col
orado river, opposite Needles. The
Mohave Gold Mining company is a
the head of the enterprise and viii
push it through to completion.
If they are not disappointed in theil
expectations, the Baldwin locomotive
\ works will by July l have turned GU.
the greatest number of finished en-
gines in any six months in history
The mark fixed by the officials as tn,
production for the six months is 1,00t