Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-07-14
Railroad Topics

Joseph Peterson, representing the
Pintsch car lighting system, returned
last night from a short business trip
to Denver.
Travelling Engineer John A. Ross, of
the New Mexico division of the Santa
Fe, arrived from the north last night
and spent the day here.
George Scott, conductor on the
Denver & Rio Grande, north of Ala
mosa, is taking a vacation of thirty
days. He is visiting Santa Fe.
Superintendent Russell, of the New
Mexico division of the Santa Fe, with
Headquarters at Las Vegas, was at
tending to official business in the city
today.
Harry Braun, a shop employe, ac-
companied by his wife, will leave Sat
urday night for St. Louis, where they
will visit relatives for a couple OF
weeks.
Brakeman Sanders has been as
signed to Conductor j. NJ. Leseney's
passenger crew in place of Brakeman
l.. Z. Trip, who goes into the freight
service.
T. ID. Carey, engine foreman on the
lead engine in the local Santa Fe
yards, at night, has returned from a
visit to FL Paso and will report for
duty tonight.
j. r. Carruth, the mail clerk on the
Denver & Rio Grande, with headquart-
ers at Santa Fe, is enjoying a visit
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land, California.
Brakeman c. H. Gaines of Conduc-
tor Germans crew, at Las Vegas, sus-
tanned a severe sprain of the back by
falling out of the cupola of the ca
bose the other night.
Mrs. William Wieneke and children,
who visited relatives and friends in
La Junta, returned to the city last
night. Mr.. Wieneke, the husband and
father, is a switch engineer in the
local yards.
President F. NJ. Murphy, of the
Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix railway,
was in the city a short time last night
on his way to Phoenix, from a trip to
New York. He was travelling in his
private car, No. IA.
". p. Clark, of Santa Fe, now hold
ing a position with the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient railroad as right of
way agent, passed through the city
last night en- route to Mexico to at
tend TO business connected with his
duties.
A new railroad is being built from
Las Vegas, New, to Goldfeld and To
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The new road is being built by a com
pany headed by Frank NJ. Smith of
Oakland, Cal, who is known through
out the country as Borax Smith.
Ralph Hibhen, of Parsons, Kan,
treasurer of the Southwestern Devel-
opment company, owning extensive
coal properties in Southeastern Kan
sas, passed through Albuquerque on
No. . this morning, on his way home
from a trip to the various California
resorts.
Reports from Blaisdell, a station on
the Southern Pacific in Yuma county, |
Arizona, are to the effect that on
Thursday of last week the thermo-
meter at that place registered 100 de-
grees in the shade and a Southern
Pacific freight crew which took lunch
there cooked coffee by allowing it to
stand in the sun.
General Manager S. b. Grimshaw,
of the Santa Fe Central railway, was
out all day yesterday on an inspection
tour of the road between Santa Fe
and Torrance and return. He went in
a special consisting of an engine and
a passenger car. The following were
on the special: Assistant to General
Manager S. B.. Grimshaw and wife;
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Kennedy and Leo
Hersch.
A dispatch from Emporia, Kan,
says: Neils Jorgenson, Santa Fe en-
gineer, n his fireman, w. ID. John
son, were taken to the Santa Fe hos
pital at Topeka in a critical condition.
They were poisoned, as they think,
from eating cocoanut pie at a luncn
counter early this morning. The men
were on their run when taken sick,
and had to stop the train near SAT-
fordville. The head brakeman found
the two men lying in their cab. DR..
Freeman stated this morning that both
men were up and around with their
clothes on, n were going home to-
day.