Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-03
RAILROAD NOTES.

Carl Drnwncr LETT Las Vegas for
Lamy to resume his position as fire.
man on the mountain.
Conductor Up hays has reported for
duty punching tickets which sends
Conductor Forkner back to his freight
run
Or. Baird has resigned his position
ar Tie Las Vegas freight Office. being
succeeded by Harry Haskell. who has
been the night ticket agent there for
some time past
John Tate has resigned the master
mechanically of the Rio Grandc shops
at 81 Moro, and goes TO The Rock Isl.
and Mr.. Smith. formerly with the
Union Pacific. succeeds him.
3. e. Robson. a Rock Island fireman
at Sarta Rosa. N. NJ. accidentally
shot hnsclf with "a caliber revolver.
which .c'l out OF his hip pocket when
he was retiring for the night.
The 9th annual ball given by Hope
lodge. No. 81, International Association
of Machinists. Ration, occurred at the
opera house of that town Christmas
night and proved to he a decided sue
cess.
c. j. Boyd. who had been at Iamy
for two years and IN the service OF the
Santa Fc railway fu- fourteen years.
resigned his position with the com
pany and returned w.th his family to
Las Vegas
Mrs Charles Mcdia-d. wife of Car
Inspector Medlana, .eit yesterday for
> .ssf l..
few days Ger El Paso, where he will
accept car inspocto:ship with the III
fPaso & Southwestern railroad.
O. Il. Turner, chlc- ,ng!aocr OF the
proposed New Mcxico e Pacific rail
road from Ratcn to El3abcthtown.
having completed tho survey has re-
turned TO hin Nome ~ Ct. ouis Il Is
expected that grazing will be begun
/ early IN tao spring
! The Las Vcia 80 Record says: Rail.
4, road life seems 10 'c a continued story
+. just now, running in chapters OF TWEEN
4 ~ hours from here to Albuquerque.
and thirty and forty coming back then
big kick for rest Eight nous is all
anyone gets to rest.
The builders of the Dawson railway
were not able to complete thai line and
have IL In operation on christmas
day on account OF delays in ieceiylng
material. The passenger and Ireight
tariffs for the road are now in the
press and will be issued as soon as
formally approved. The passenger
tariff shows a rate Of cents mile.
The laying of steo is being rushed
from both directions and the two gangs
are now only a few miles apart.
w. J. Hanna, tho water service man
on the Rio Grando division, is a visitor
at the local yards.
- X. Flowers, who tired of his lob
of firing, resigned at Las Vegas. and
came on to this city
ID A. Shope, superintendent of
bridges and buildings u the Winslow
division. visited the city yesterday.
W Il, Hulso and Claude Betsen. as
sstants TO the Santa Fe resident en-.
gineer of Las Vegas. are in the city.
Theodore Thompson. yard clerk at
the Las Vegas freight Office. is carry.
Ing handsome gold watch of which
he is very proud. II being a present
from his brothers In Chicago.
j. T. Rees who was formerly transit
man with the railway surveying CORPS. |
but who is now assistant general en-.
sineer at Pueblo, left fer that place. |
after "A few days visit at Las Vegas. |
accompanied ly Mr.. Harris, his transit /
man.
The Las Vegas Record says: THE |
Santa Fe sent several men here from
Kansas City, recently TO work firing /!
out of here. but before leaving Kansas |
City they were all vaccinatcd on the /
arm, SO when they arrived here there |
was a good many things they would /
rather do than fire ar engine. Most of |
them are resigning. as they are unable
to work with sore arms"
The Portales Herald SAYS: The 4
Santa Fe Railroad company has pur-
chased strip Of land two miles wide |
and about twenty miles long. This |
strip extends from the Texas line To
the Portales stock peEs and was pur-
chased for the purpose OF givingto cat
tie shippers easy access to this point.
AT other places along the road the
country has been taken up by settlers
aud cattle men find IL very difficult to
reach the railroad. This move on the
part of the railroad people will make
Portale- the greatest shipping point
along the lines of this system"
MAY OWN A RAILROAD.