Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-10
RAILROAD .oTEs.

Superintendent J. +. McNally. OF the |
Rio Grande division. was up from San |
Marcial yesterday.
j. c. Rose, of III Paso. general agent
OF the Atcnlson, Topeka a Santa Fe
railway. at that point, is in Santa Fe.
Henry Baca. who is employed In the
store of the Santa Fe Central railway
ut Torrance, is spending few days
with relatives in Santa Fee
Harry Alexander. so the New Mexi-
can Is informed, has resigned as gener-
al manager of the Santa Re Central
railway. and left for III Paso
The boys of the -. of II. T. have is.
sued invitations announcing a grand
ball at Colombo hall, January 10. II
will be very enjoyable affair
TSc first through train from Tucum-
carl TO Dawson passed over the road
Sunday Il was mixed train and
largely loaded with native laborers.
Il. Il. Chrystler. round house foreman
at Las Vegas for many months past,
has been transferred to Ration, where
he will assume the same position In
the shops there.
The fire fighting department of the
Santa Fe, maintained at all important
points where much company property
is located, is just now being improved
all along the line,
The last rail has been laid on the
Dawson branch of the Rock Island sys-
TEN and Il is expected shat traffic over
the entire line will he inaugurated
within few days.
Harry Demarets, who formerly ran
an engine out Of Needles. Cal, on the
Santa Fe Pacific, arrived in Las Vegas
few days ago and has accepted pc.
sition as engineer out OF that city.
! G.. Il. Joughns, superintendent of
machinery on the Santa Fe coact lines,
is here from San Bernardino presume
bly, To look after matters in connection
with mstalment OF the new foremen
Of the local shops.
The largest engine In the world. or
the Santa Fe's white elephant the 9S7.
was sent out east for the first time in
five weeks ii having been laid up at
the Las Vegas shops awaiting the ar
rival OF new crosshead.
George f. Roe division passenger
and freight agent for the Santa Fe.
with headquarters at FL Paso, passed
through the city this morning en- route
to Santa Fe and Las Vegas He ex-
poets to return to Albuquerque about
Saturday.
Fireman Bunnell who fell off of an
engine while taking water at station
above Las Vegas and injured his
hands severely, will be laid up for
some time it is said. as IL has been
found necessary to place his hands in
a plaster cast.
G.. w. Patterson, night operator at
the Western Union telegraph Office,
as Vegas Is afflicted with partial par
aiysis OF the throat and his position is
being filled by w. e. Atchison. Man
ager Brooks has been on duty both day
and night, filing the delinquency.
There was wreck on the Rock ISL
and system at Santa Rosa on Saturday,
which completely demolished one en-
CINE and partly wrecked another The
passenger train ran into an open
switch on which was standing a
smaller engine. No one was injured
but several hours were required to
clear the track
, Here is the verdict returned in re-
cent sun against railroad in Pennsyl.
vania: III the train had been run az
IL should have been ran. II the bell had
been rung as IL should have been rang
If the whistle had been blowed as II
should have been blew-both OF which
they did neither--tne cow would not
have been injured when he was killed u
j. l.. Ward. telegraph operator for
the Santa Fe Pacific at Winona, Ari
zona, accidentally shot himself
through both legs Wednesday night
He was lying on the bed playing with
a i5-caliber revolver when 1t was dis
J charged, the ball going through both
legs above the knees The wounds are
not serious. Wr Ward was taken to
Flagstaff and is nc the home of G. W
Pattee.
, Thomas Bcurn, the engineer who
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