Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-06
Railroad Topics

p. Walsh, general baggage agent for
the Santa Fe system, was a recent city
visitor.
Mechanical Superintendent G.. r.
Joughins of the Santa Fe coast lines,
was a visitor at the local Santa Fe
shops yesterday.
The United brotherhood of Railway
employees has organized on the Ell Paso
& Northeastern with about 100 mem
bers at Alamogordo.
DR.. s.. Vann, of 5. Vann & Son,
Santa Fe watch inspector, will go
down OF the Rio Grande division to.
night on official business.
Switchman Shepard while at work
in the Las Vegas yards, slipped and
fell off of a box car, cutting his face
and sustaining other slight injuries.
A Chicago dispatch says that
through the efforts of trainmen and
~enginemen, the practice of double
heading is being abolished on Ameri-
a railroads.
A derailed freight car caused some
little trouble between here and Berna-
lilo Saturday night. Passenger No. l
was caught behind it and delayed
about thirty minutes.
r. S. Goodrich, the popular private
secre tary to Superintendent /. l.. Hib-
bard, is in the city. Mr.. Goodrich has
a large circle of admirers in Albu-
querque who enjoy his visits here.
The Las Vegas Record says; Con-
ductcr Hubbard, 2,03S; Conductor
Hun. 1873, is the way the vote for the
mos popular conductor stands this
wee. Only two more weeks until the
close. Who is going to win it?
, Tee railway company has enlarged
the Alamogordo stock yards, finishing
the FORK last week. Seven pens have
beer added, with an extra chute. en-
ablirg shippers to load here more
easily. Water is piped to the yards.
Nj ). Charles Wincheck and daugh.
ter, Miss Marie, left Saturday night
for the City of Mexico, for a visit to
Mr.. Wincheck, who is division master
mec anic for the Mexican Central rail
way. with headquarters at the city.
The wife of: Walter Crayton, a rail
road man. is anxious to learn some
thing concerning his whereabouts. She
resides at No. 10 Rural street, En-
poria, Kan, and has been addressing
letters to her husband at San Marcial.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company has issued a neat
little folder entitled, Side Trips on
the Santa Fe in Arizona and New
Mexico" 1t is full of information as
to stage connections made at different
stations and short trips that are of
interest to tourists.
The Alamogordo & Sacramento
Mountain railway is being extended
four and a half miles, from Cox can
yon into Russian canyon, to a new
lumber camp. Laying of steel has been
commenced, but must cease to await
the building of a bridge and the ar
rival of more steel.
Engineer ]. w. Lyons, of Rincon,
brought his engine for repairs to San
Marcial, and in talking over irrigation
matters he proudly told the news of
the birth of a second son on March 26.
The new boy weighed In at II pounds
and we are sure that Jack feels JUST
fed in quoting from Milton, Child,
hood shows the man as morning shows
the day."-Bee.
The Alamogordo & Deming railway
survey passes six miles north of Las
Cruces and the latter town is not sc
pleased as she was some weeks ago
The man back of this proposition is
said TO be Mr.. C%reishaw, a millionaire
owner of the controlling interest in
the American Chemical company OF
Richmond, Va, known as the fertilizer
trust. He has mining interests on the
line of the road.
The Topeka State Journal says: The
men working under A. f. milton. who