Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-13
ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY
WOrk Commenced on First Street
BslWsen Gold and Silver Avenues,
CHEF EUsINEER CaADBOOSHE IN CHARGE

This morning az o'clock laborCs
With picks and shovcls began gather
ing on First street near the junction
% silver avenue. u was the begin.
ming OF tho construction Of AlbuQuer
uuos now street railway
chief Engineer Chadbourno Of The
Albuquerque Traction company and
two assiHinnts were There. and under
Mr. Chadbournos Instructions Alder.
man pa %. Hnrsch drove the stake.
uhicn viii guide the line Of construc.
ton oft the new electric road. q was
a little steel pin eight inches Ions.
-haIpouod 40 01o end and bore no
mark OF significance Other than a blt
of rcd strug tied near tho top. Fifty
wears from now % viii Boz an interest
Ing bit of ir0n
"a iavellc. one 90 the best known
railroad graders and builders in the
southwest is experimenting the work
and al 30 o'clock this morning stuck
a bran new pick into the hard.pan
adobe surface on First street Just 100
fcos from the Silver avenue lntorsec.
tion
Chief Engineer Chadbourno placed
bis transit over the stake ia the cen.
tor of che street % the front OF Silver
svonuc and plumbcd n 90 the nail.
Hia assistants carried tho chain down
Ia front Of the vendome hotel and
made The location. A second pin was
placed n. Gold avenue. and three foe'
and n half 20 each side OF this lime
Two yellow strings we're stretched. the
ground broke hard Tho three inches
~ adobe which covered the sandy
subaoil was as tough az asphaltum
spark now bright from the steel pick
point. a, the contact u took several
rather sirei uous bows 20 make a goo3
working opening
Six mon bent 90 the work and al
lC O'Clock the FIRST tIe was laid.
The tics are pine from tho Zun
mountains and were sawed by Tho
American Lumber comphnys mills
north % the city They are seven feet
long. STA inches thick and cigh, inche.
be- breadth
As the work progressed more tioi
we're laid and 10 a. calculated that b,
evening AZ least 100 feet of track boo
slll be- made and ties laid that dis
TANGO
Chief Engineer Chadbourne wa,
present an forenoon watching IN,
progress OF the work Tie said thaN
DO received orders yesterday from Col
w. n Greer president OF the Albu
slC-qgC Traction company 90 put 3
force ~ mon az work this morning
and do as much work az he though
advisable Mr Chadbourue said tina
rhc road from silver avenue 20 Rail
road avenue oa First street would b,
The hrs stretch built The early con
siruct.Un of tho road depends entirely
upon the arrival OF tho material. hteo
aed copper wire ls hard Co get. and al
i1augh these essentials ot the Alba
lagrque electric railway have been oy
dorcd some ume. the delay caused 0'
ihoir ready arrival may ho great Tn,
line From ola Albuquerque 90 10 from
~ tie santa Pc passenger depot vii
be- the tr8t pat in operation.
The construction of the road from
Twelfth street on railroad avenue pas
the court house TO Orchestrion hal
viii be- particularly easy. After ieav
ing the paved streets the breaking o.
the soil will be- done with plows tn,
paved streets will have 10 be broker
with pick and shovel The workiul
force of che cons ,ruction gang will b,
Increased as the work progresses