Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-13


Santa We.
y 4. Ctlchlow 0f me Santa rg ClA.
trail railway. who was here and down
aouth on huaIuoss. has returned to the
Capital city
Tho oldest worWng locomotive in
The world Is said 10 be In the Hilton
colllorY az Durham. England q was
built IN 1919
3. W Fine d. acting az passenger
agent AZ the Flagsian depot during the
absence OF George E Sullivan, the
reguiar agent
Attorney W B Clildors was at San.
ta " yoalorday on some legal mattors
iu Which the Santa DC Central railway
is Interested
The Santa DC has already stored
3.eoo tons OF tee In The ice houses In
Ration much larger amounts are De-.
Inc stored in the bis houses On I.as
Vegas.
The Santa Pc announces that on
March 2 that road will put into effect
n eolonist rate OF $50 from Topeka 90
California points. Thia rate will con.
tIhue until April 80
In 1850 tho south had but 20.500
miles OF railway In 1903 there wore
over afiy'four thousand miles. repro
scnting n new influx OF capital 10 the
amount Of 81 500. 600 900.
Two miles 81 track we're laid by the
MOnat road m Colorado Thursday.
lhis was the biggest da 20 the his.
tory ~ tho tracklaying of the road.
The railbonding and tracMaying ma
cainea are both ocinR used aud tho
work ia going ahead faster tnan con.
sirHctlon was over pushed on any road
in the west Ihc work day ls tea
hourg.
The $500 machinis,s or ire Nilsson.
r. Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads
nave demanded an Increase la the
scale rom a minimum of thirty cents
an hour % thirtynyc
W 8 Hopewell. general manager OF
the Albuquerque Eastern railway and
ibo New Mexico tuol and Iron com.
pauy. Eho was here ON official bust
ness. has returned 90 the Capital city
me Ration Range says H. "a
Gazin. chief electrician. who has been
hcre looking after the installation OF
the new electric plant Tor some time
has gone 10 La Junla 10 look after
company affairs
Tho president OF tho Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Flrcmon a. Ration has
Just returned from a conference az
Chicago ana feels hopeful OF better
conditions for the mountain nremon.
br W & McDouougn. assistant sar.
geon AZ the Santa pc hospital IN TO.
peka, has rear nod that position and
HAS been succcoDcd by DR. g. H. Cole.
a graduate ot the Kansas Meucal
college
American railway locomotives to
Che number of 81 we're purchased hy
the New Zealand government two
years aEo, and are now lu operation
throughout the colony They are xiv.
INK general satisfaction.
The Canadian pacihc railway has 7
planned irrigation works near Calgary
which will reclaim 3.uOO 900 acres Of
arid land In the neIghborhood u the .
expectations Of tho engineers are ut .
~ realized. The lana ls now worth. .
lcsa owing 90 the lack OF water.
h s. Cook the truck man al the
Ration round house who received a
hrckOn arm about ak weeks ago. un-
dor = pair Of falling trucks. had the .
plaster cast removed from the lniur.
"a member the other day. but ne viii .
be- unable 10 resume work Tor three .
or four weeks
President D. N. Murphy and super.
lntendont Drake. at the santa BE lines
In Arizona. are out on tour through
the country that viii be- tappeu by the
PhooniN 4 Eastern, and Il Is rumOred
that they are looking over some pro.
posed changes In the route For some
lime there have been rumorB that the
road would not SO 10 Benson as the
first surveys would be- made
Al q meeting OF the recently elected
hoard OF directors OF the Rock Island
company for organization. the follow.
Jag Officers we're elected: W. B Leeds
Chairman OF the board. h. n. I.Oree.
president, ID u. Weid secretary ana
treasurer; George noggs. VICE pfesi.
snni aud assistant secretary aud treas.
urer; j. j Quinlan, vice president.
The Southern Railway company has
adopted new plan for rewarding
loyal and intelligent employees. Engin,
GERS and conductors who have served
i've years Will b. given annual passes
over the division on Wnich they have
been employed Ton years service
men are 10 be granted annual passes
foS the whole system, and these who
have served afteen years are 10 Do
presented With passes over the whole
system f0r themselves ana wives.
Passenger Oh1onis a. the transmits.
sourl roads have completed arrange.
ments 10 put 1000 interchange mile
aGo books p force on March 4. II
fhia ticket Will be good on an roads
10 the territory west a the Missouri
river and east % the ROCKY noun,
tains II will be- sold on the basis Of
a rebate down 70 2h cents 10 an the
territory
The Ice Vegas Optic says ). r.
Dresser, who returned 70 town from
visit 10 his homo IN Missouri, has de-
parted for Albuquerque and Cerrllloa.