Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-09

.f"'f N'Ht NNfN WAt NNihf lH On
inspection Que 60 hook over the line
this being Mr. Hendricks first visit
Co the southwest Cor the past air
months Tho company o. expondinr
considerable money IN improvements
OF buildings roadway. ana structures
and ho desires 10 oxaminu the work
completed and in progress. We will
rCmHin here during tho day. and ro.
turn east either tonight or tomorrow
morning Mr. Wells. of course. return.
ing Co., bis headquarters a. Los Anga
les"
The Beion Cutoff
About Che Roion cutou. suggest
cd the reporter
20 canrot give any Information a.
to The u'uwota determination of the
noICn cr 90 Cor the reason that this
matter has not yyt been turned over
90 tho operating department" said
Mr Cain
The strike Situation.
What about the strike with the
huIIUrma.0I- aud mhrhini4ta9' asked
the rci.Hor
1--WE scarcely know that there ls e.
strike of any Mind ON tho Atchisou
Topeka a Santa Fc proper We are
working practically o. ull iorco ln an
the shops made up uf experienced.
competent mechanics Aside from, 90.
lays ou account OF washodts. au
trains have been moro regularly on
time than during the past two
months This On about an I know OF
tho strike situation We have tho
mon. the shops are gll az work. and
work is hoinE turned COT IN a. good
condition as before the strike"
An Absurd Proposition.
How about that article cutting
down the distance between Las We.
ras and AlbuquDrquc9" remarked tho
reporter.
There Do absolutely mo- 'rsth what
ever answered Mr. Cain. "lu rr
cent article published Boy aud repro
ducod from the Denver papers. rola.
tive to the building of now line
starting from some point on The line
of the Santa Fe ln Colorado and
again touching the Santa Fo line at
either las Vegas or Santa ~. thus
according 90 the aforesaid article wip.
inr an stations between Trinidad and
las Vegas off the Santa Fo railway
map The article referred o. states
that hy way OF tho proposed line the
distance from Las Vegas 90 Alhuquor
que will be- reduced 90 miles. The
distance via present line o. l32 miles.
so that by way Of tho proposed line
the distance would be- GO miles. which
would make 10 shorter than direct
straight line. An absurd proposition.
Of course"
Cause Of Delays
How about delays 90 Nos I and T.
The regular passenger trains from the
oast7"
These delays" remarked Mr. Cain
ARE due % extremely high waters Ia
eastern Colorado an through Kansas
as far oast aH the Missouri river. aud
including Kansas city. also south
from Newton. Kansas on the Texas
line. and nt Wichita. particularly.
where an the tracks are under water
making 10 impossible 90 operate trains
on time DurinE the past four days
aE fast as one washout lB repaired
and the track made pasaahlo anoth.
Ter one would develop. thus causing
further delays 90 the traffic To cite
one instance. I received telegram
lest night from the superintendent 81
The Panhandle division advising that
within one hour after completing ro.
pairs On a bridge which had been
washed out. a house of rather large
proportions came floating down tho
stream and again knocked down
twenty feet Of the bridge
Wheat and Corn Crop.
viii the rains lniure tho wheat
and corn crop OF Kansas and Okla
hOma7"
"rho wheat and corn crop in Kan.
eas and Oklahoma" said Mr. Cain
'is IN excellent condition. A consld
cradle amount OF the wheat has al.
ready been harvested. and while the
heavy rains and high waters viii. ~
course. do some little damage. yet 90
considering the great extent of the
crops the loss will be- imporcoptiblo I
viii not assume an estimate az 90 the
output Tor both Kansas and Okla.
homa but the average will not be-
much behind previous excellent
years
That Park.