Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-08
RAILROAD NOTES.


the Santa Fe Pacific. is in the city
from Los Angeles.
j. +. Saint. who was at Santa Fe on
business connected with the Santa Fe
Central, returneu to the city last night
crank Lemons is a new fireman on
the kio Grande division. Lemons
comes from the southern Kansas d.
vision.
James Cory tax agent OF the Den
yer - Rio Grande railroad. who spent
a day in Santa Fe settling tax suits for
his road, has returned to Denver.
F. b. DE Garmo, assistant superin.
tendent of the Denver a. Rio Grande,
was In Santa Fee on official business.
He has returned to his headquarters at
Alamosa.
The old riveting plant in the boiler
shop at Topeka was loaded for ship
ment to San Bernardino. Cal, where II
MI be used in the Santa Fe shops at
that point.
II. T.. Whittenburger, superintend-
ent of the Denver & Rio Grande, was
visitor to the capital city yesterday,
where he met the officials OF the San.
Ia Fe Central road.
Engineer Berry. who runs on local
Santa 4 freight between Topeka and
Atchison, recently broke the record
for killing cattle. II is said that he
killed four cows between Cummings
and Atchison, Kansas.
Instruction car No. 99905 will be
turned out for service on the road af
ter heihg repaired and repainted In
IN coach and paint shops at Topeka
This car was badly damaged in the
food at Kansas City, but is Ia better
conaition now than it was before.
Maurice Todd, who was formerly
employed in the general storekeeper's
Office in Topeka, has been appointed
division storekt eper for the Santa Fe
at Las Vegas, N. NJ. The appointment
was maue by II. Il. Ray, general store.
keeper for the Santa Fe, and was an
nounced on Thursday.
Business Is picking up in the pas
senger department of the Santa Fe. IL
will not be long before the members
OF the q. A. X. will start for California
to attend their annual encampment
and as the Santa Fe expects a large
proportion of this business II behooves
the passenger men to get a hustle on
themselves.
The stockholders of the Western Pa
| clfic railroad company have formally
authorized the directors of the corpor-
alton TO issue s50,0000 900 worth of 5
per cent bonds redeemable in thirty
years. II was stated that the company
, has fourteen surveying parties at work
mapping out a route from San Fran
cisco to Salt Lake.
Complaints have been received at
| Austin, Texas. of shortage OF cars
and other equipment for moving the
| wheat crop of the northwestern part
OF the state. Threshing Is now pro-
crossing in that region and the yield
| Is the greatest ever known. The rail-
roads are unable to provide cars for
the shippers. It Is estimated that the
wheat crop of Texas. Oklahoma and
Indian Territory aggregates $4,000, 900
Of bushels.
! Announcement has been made at st.
Louis that negotiations have been
made whereby the st. Louis a. San
Francisco road shall have control OF
the ozark a Cherokee Central, operat
ing between Fayetteville. Ark. and
Okmulgee, I. T., a distance OF fourteen
miles. The road will be operated az a
portion of the Frisco system, and
forms the connecting link between the
central division OF the Frisco and the
Red river district.
( Because the Santa Fe has cut oui
two stations for its fast trains between
San Bernardino and Los Angeles a LOT
OF unkind things are being said about
the company and its traffic officials
The stations affected by the new
schedule are 1onrovia and Los Robes
avenue In Pasadena. There are onl,
two trains day, however, that do no
stop at these stations. One is the frs
morning local out of Los Angeles ant
the other Is the last afternoon traii
out of San Bernardino. The comban,
founa IL necessary to shorten the tim,
to compete with the Southern Pacific
which has been making a faster SEIZED
ule OF late.
The modern locomotive is entitle,
to rank with the toy pistol as an en-
CINE OF destruction. According to tn
report OF the international commerce
commission there were 300 person
killed and 2,S34 wounded in railroa
wrecks during the three months end
: ing March 81.
Charles Powers, who a few year
ago was a popular hotel clerk OF thi
, city, is now associated WITH the Mex
can Orient road at Chihuahua. film
the important positions Of materia
agent and roadmasIer. y. II. Williams
, electrical engineer of the Mexican II
dustrial company. who has just r,
turned to Mexico after a pleasant visl
! to eastern relatives and friends. CAV
; the aoove item to The Citizen an
; says Charles is getting along nicely.
The Silver CITY Enterprise Is n
sponsible for this stale" joke. Tn
/. following story Is told OF conducto
!. on ...e Silver City branch Of the SAINT
Ee. "a travelling man hOarded th