Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-17
f. A. Becker is the new agent

tnc SANTA re AT La JOya. n. NJ.
Ration has five new dekipod engines
In service now over the Ration h.l.
i. VI Jacobson, eX-genoral foreman
OF the local shops, has gone TO Los An
geica.
T. +. Chryslcr who went IN to IA.
ton from Las Vegas to take charge of
the round house. has resigned his po-
sitlCn with the company
The large ice house in the Las We.
gas yard, which will hold 800 cars OF
ice. Is being filled rapidly. despite the
fact that ice Is bcing shipped to Ration.
ia lunta aud points south
Conductor W. c. Hurt has laid Off
and gone to El ra.o To attend the
miu-Wintcr carnival. j. ID. Burke will
handle thc way bills on his car while
he is taking in the sights OF the mid.
way.
G, y. StoyCll. formerly foreman Of
the machine shop department of the
local shops, has gone 90 san Bernar-
dino. presumably to confer with Sup
erintendent of Machinery J. II. Jou.
ghns.
The Asher.Oklahoma Central Rail.
road company, chartered to build 400
miles from Fort Smith. Ark, to Nor
non. Texas. announces 70 viii be ready
TO put surveying corps ana graders In
the field in February.
Tho Rock Island has let the entire
contract, covering the construction Of
the cXtcnslon from Wanrika. O. T.. to
Ardmore. l. T.. a distance of fifty
miles. ana work viii commence within
the next twenty days.
W. b. Thompson who used to he
general foreman 10 Ration. but has
lately had charge of the Colorado a
Southern shops at Denver. has resign.
ed his position there. II is not known
what his future intent 'uns are.
The Brotherhood Of Railway Train
men boys who arc on the committee
of arrangements for the ball to be civ.
On ON the night OF January 10 are
buEiiy engaged making their prepare
tiona ana selling tickets. The ball win
be grand success.
l.. l.. Richards head brakeman. OF
Saiila, Colo. who was among those
killed in the recent head end coils
Tor on the Colorado q Southern. was
nephew of Mrs. w. 4. Chapman, of
Ration. Mr.. Chapman went to the Sc ne
Of the disaster and took charge of the
body
Superintendent Fox and Roadmag.
ter Elliott were at Ration Tuesday
looking over the yards and the situa.
ton generally. Great improvements
are anticipated in the way OF raising
the yards from two to four feet near
the Ration electric light plant n more
accessible switch TO the wheel house
and additional siding.
II was reported the other dag that
the Santa l'c was short on freight
q oil sff no
other day on good authority that the
Santa Fe now has something like g.
000 cars OF freight on the siding be-
tween Hutchinson. kas., and Ration,
n NJ. which Is tied up on account OF
the rush. This does not look much
like thorc Is any great lack OF freight.
The boilermakers employed by the
Rock Island at Harrington, Kansas,
are ont on a strike FOR higher wages
They have been getting 81 cents an
hour. but this did not satisfy them so
they struck for "a cents an hour The
Rock Island has offered them 80 cents
TO return, but although some of them
are Statistic with this the majority OF
them are holding out for more The
strike involves about thirteen men.
Al the last meeting Of the stockhold.
crs OF the Coal Valley Mining compa.
ny. Mt Rock Island. H., whose mines
are owned by the Chicago. Rock Isl.
ana & Pacific railway. Carl Scholz was
elected president Of the company. vice
II. Il. Cable. resigned. Mr.. Scholz Is
also manager OF the mining depart.
mont OF the Choctaw. Oklahoma a
Gulf railroad. which road Is owned by
the Rock Island company. His head.
quarters are at Little Rock.
Tho stockholders OF the st. Louis
Ei Reno & Western railroad compa-
ny al Guthrie, Oklahoma. elected C. c.
Nelson. OF Fort Scott, Kas. pi esident;
Mossrs. Toon and Van Ripper. OF st.
Louis NJ ID. Libby and J. A. Masters
OF fl Reno. directors. The promoter
Of the enterprise is Manager Hender-
son of the Middle States Construction
company, Of st. Louis. He. with the
chief engineer. Is now going over the
line The road was recently chartered
10 run 900 miles across Oklahoma
from northeast to southwest