Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-29
Railroad Topics

A. II. Hobbs, w. j. Leeamand, J. V.
Schrick are three new machinists re-
Gently employed at the local Santa Fe
shops.
J. f. McNally, superintendent of the
Rio Grande division of the Santa Fe, is
in the city from his headquarters at
San Marcial.
II. b. Hastings. a boilermaker, has
accepted a position in the boilermak-
ing department of the local Santa Fe
Pacific shops.
Geo. p. Boggs, secretary of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
company, has been elected a director
of the new Rock Island company.
A. S. Rankin. travelling train dis
patcher for the Santa Fe, is in the city
looking after matters in connection
with schedules of local trains. He is a
very popular railroad man.
John A. Ross, travelling engineer for
the Santa Fe at Las Vegas, is in the
city. Mr.. Ross is here on matters con-
corning the spur to be run from the
santa Fe main line to the site of the
American Lumber company's mills.
Will McAbee, brakeman, who work
ed for the Santa Fe railroad at Ration
and has been braking IN a Nebraska
road for the past two years, has re-
turned and accepted a position on
the Santa Fe again in the same capa-
city.
Eugenio and Jesus Baca. brothers of
Pedicandro Baca. father of h young
girl ravished at Belen, Tuesday, were
absent from their places in the brass
foundry of the local shops yesterday.
They went to Belen to learn the true
extent of the injuries done their little
niece.
The Lordsburg Liberal says: Some
freight cars got off the track on
Strauss hill, this side of Ell Paso, and
tied up traffic for about twelve hours.
The Golden State limited and the Paci-
fic express, which should have passed
through town Monday evening did not
get here until Tuesday morning.
The people of Elmsdale, Kas, are
making a determined effort to secure
the reinstatement of their agent, s.. A.
Pearsall, who was recently discharged
''for permitting the windows and Of
flee to become dirty" Mr.. Pearsall is
very efficient. accommodating and de-
serving and Elmsdale people will visit
Topeka officials with a long petition
begging his retention by the company
as their agent.
The run of the engine and freight
crews of the Rock Island has been
changed from Santa Rosa to Tecolote
instead of ~Alamogordo. That makes
Tecolote, half way between Alamogor-
do and Santa Rosa, a division point.
A round house has been built and a
boarding house for trainmen will be
erected. This makes three runs be
tween Santa Rosa and Ell Paso of
about ninety miles each.
w. J.. Black. general passenger
agent for the Santa Fe, with headquar-
tiers at Topeka, and wife, arrived from
the south this morning and will re-
main in the city until tomorrow morn
ing, when they will continue their
journey uOule at IOpthd. MI. anu
Mrs. Black are just returning from
San Antonio, Tex, where the gentle
man attended the Texas Rate Sheet
meeting, held there last week.
The Las Vegas Optic says: Hon
Eugenio Romero, collector of San Mi
guel county, returned from an extend
ed trip along the Santa Fe Central.
u-ha,a he ho, eauaro1 ito IL
reports that the work of grading is
about complete and that the rails are
on the ground at Florence, the juno
tion with the Ell Paso & Northeastern
railroad. where track laying will com
mence in a few days. He says he has
his tie contracts well up and the deliv-
cry is progressing satisfactorily.
A change in arrangement of Pullman
service of the Rio Grande division,
which will be of much benefit to Albu-
q~uerqueans wishing to go to Ell Paso.
In the past passengers wishing to go to
Ell Paso would have to sit up and wait
for the Ell Paso sleeper, which comes
in from the north on passenger train
No. Z. 1t is not unusua for No. Z to
be from n to six hours late. In such
cases passengers would have to sit up
and wait. 1t is now arranged so that
If No. Z Is late a passenger for Ell Paso
can go to bed in the Deming sleeper,
which stays here, and change cars at
Rincon, thus getting a good nights
sleep.
WESTERN SUPERIORITY.