Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-03

bridges and building on the Albuquer-
que-Nlnslow division, was in the city
last night.
Charles Yoakum, who has been tick
ct clerk at the Needles Santa Fe Of
fees for the past few months, left for
a five weeks vacation.
r.. w. Robbins has accepted a posi-
ton with the Santa Fe Central, and
the general agency of the Denver &
Rio Grande at Santa Fe has been
abolished.
II. o. Williams, of Las Vegas, came
in from the north yesterday, and con-
tinuf1 south to Belen, where he has
large contracts with the Santa Fe Cen
trail railway.
Tonight at IL o'clock the new spring
time card will go into effect. The first
train to pass through Albuquerque af-
ter it goes into effect will be Chicago
limited No. 4.
Train No. Z of day before yesterday,
running as No. Z of yesterday, arrived
here this morning at $3.50 o'clock. A
second train arrived at 5 40 this morn
ing, running as second No. Z.
Sixteen railway mail clerks have
been killed in the United States since
July 1, 1902, and the rapid increase in
fatalities is said to be due to the popu-
lar demand for fast mail trains.
Almost all of the telegraph operat-
ors on the Santa Fe system have been
given a slight increase in salary. Most
IF tbap, uot from, co 70 eS mara money
which makes the schedules now range
from s4S to $40.
Thomas Keleher, Jr., who is employ
ed in the clerical department of B.
Lantry Sons, force now doing work on
the Santa Fe cut off, arrived from Be-
len this morning and will spend a
week in the city visiting friends.
1t is estimated that the average cost
of building a railroad is $4,000 per
mile. 1t takes 400 ties to the mile and
they are worth 80 cents each; then
you must figure the cost of land, grad
ing, building bridges, rails, telegraph
4 lines, etc.
The Santa Fe railroad is at no loss
for trackage to enter Kansas City. The
flooded portion of the line is east of
/. Emporia and Santa Fe trains can EN-
ter by way of Olathe, via the Fort
Scott & Memphis, avoiding all danger
of inundation.
A special train, running as second
No. 4, passed through the city last
! night en- route east with a party of
Pennsylvania clergyman on board re-
TURNING 4rppn sttaplin0 tho national
Presbyterian assembly which has been
in session in Los Angeles.
The Needles Eye says: Frank S.
Bowman was brought in from the
bridge gang where he had been work
ing, with a cut foot. He was working
on top of a bridge with an adj when 1t
glanced and cut an artery in the right
foot. He will be laid up for several
days and left for the hospital at Los
Angeles, accompanied by his daugh-
ter.
The San Bernardino Sun says: "Wii.
liam Essex, acting division master
mechanic with the Santa Fe in Albu-
querque, and regularly the general
foreman OF the shops there, spent Dec
Grafton day with friends in this city.
He has been in Los Angeles on Off cial
' business n left for home on last
nights overland. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Essex annd their two chill
dren."
The Silver City Independent says:
A small wreck occurred on the Silver
City branch Of the Santa Fe last Tues
day which reSuked in a caboose being
badly broken up. Conductor Waddfng-
ton, who runs the mixed rain on the
Hanover branch Of the Silver City, had
just pulled in on a siding at White
water, when the regular passenger on
the Silver City branch rounded a curve
and struck the caboose of the mixed
train. The crew was out of the ca
boose at the time and no one was hurt.
No damage was done except to the
caboose.
The railroad mems wives are great
entertainers and know how to do the
right thing at the proper time, and the
Grand International Auxiliary to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Ffremen
Thursday, at their regular meeting.
certainly did themselves proud. First
they had one of their limitations, and
MIS-. j. J. McKenna and w. L.. Morri-
son were introduced to the mysteries
OF the order. Then these good people
bestirred themselves in getting up a
spread at 6 o'clock in the evening that
would satisfy the most fastidious eat
er. The feast was given to the knights
OF the throttle and their families, and
a. uvos curelv sOmathinp that gatishaa
the inner man to the fullest extent
Winslow Mail.
FRANK DIBERT APPOINTED.