Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-27

Trainmaster e. ]. Gibson, of the AL
b%rquerque division, is in the city.
r. S. Wickersham, engineer of tests
with the Santa Fe coast lines, is here
o N official business.
Passenger train No. . was more than
two hours late this morning. Every
thing in general and nothing in partic-
ular was the reason for it's ~lateness.
Charles Peterson, machinist of the
local shops, is laying off nursing a
badly bruised foot. While doing some
repair work the other day an engine
spring fell on the injured member.
Fireman Jim herr has been assigned
to the Waldo branch and left Las
Vegas for CeTrillos. He will relieve
Fireman Banning and the latter wiil
return to Las Vegas for duty on the
road.
1t will cost the Pennsylvania road
100000 900 to provide itself with six
tracks between New York and Phila-
delphia. The Pennsylvania road puts
its money where it will do itself and
the public the most good and not in
Tammany aldermen.
A special train passed through the
city last night carrying 10 men of the
Thirty-eighth battery, United States
artillery. They came from Fort Cas-
well, North Carolina, and are going to
San Francisco. They are destined for
the Philippines eventually.
1t is reported that the oregon Short
Line Railroad company has completed
a plan for a pension system. The pro-
visions are about the same as those of
the plans adopted by other railroad
corporations. The general end in view
is the retention of desirable labor. 1t is
a premium upon steadiness.
In the Bowen, Colo. railroad yard
Philip Raymond, aged 10 years, was
riding on the bumper of an empty Goa
car, when a loaded car struck it from
behind. Young Raymond fell across
the rails and the car passed owe both
legs. Amputation was performed, but
the boy died on the operating table.
The Santa Fe has bought some more
of the Mikado locomotives. Altogether
fifteen engines of this type have been
purchased. They will replace the de-
capods and will be used in hauling
heavy freight trains on mountain di-
visions. The Mikados have -four pairs
of drivers and can haul very heavy
trains with ease.
Wesley Merritt, industrial commits
sioner of the Santa Fe in Chicago, re-
ports that there is active inquiry
annnO tho oloSS n pttfa ntnrnrc of In
diana for suitable locations in the
southeastern Kansas natural gas belt.
Two large firms have already located
there, and it is expected half a dozen
more will follow during the year.
The industrial department of the
Santa Fe is planning to have some ex-
periments conducted the coming sea-
son in several of the New Mexico irri-
gated valleys, to determine whether
tobacco can be successfully raised
there. Experts declare that the south
west will not only produce the finest
tobacco in the world. but more pounds
to the acre, and two crops annually
from the same stock instead of one.
Passenger and freight traffic on the
Santa Fe has grown so heavy that the
management of that line has found it
necessary to lay a second track in sew
eral sections where trains are most
numerous. 1t is expected that during
1908 double-tracking of the Emporia
cut off will be nearly completed from
Holiday to Emporia. The main line
from Chicago to Joliet may be SINH
4 IL Nh
have all been made the Santa Fe will
have approximately 1875 miles of double
track.