Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-04

j. r. Farwell, who recent re-
signed as chief engineer of the Albu-
querque Eastern, left last night for
Mexico. accompanied by Mrs. Far
well. Mr.. Farwell has secured a 20
sition with a new road building near
Guadalajara.
Two new locomotives for the Santa
Re railroad passed through the city
last evening en- route to the west end
for duty, One was No. 1858. and a
monstrus Pacific type balanced com.
pound, and the other, No. 1885. an i'm.
proved decapod.
The Santa Fee railroad is installing
a $4,000 electric light plant at Shaw
nee, Okla, for lighting The round house
building and forty miles of yards. The
round house is being fitted up with
new machinery worth $100, 900, and
fifteen new 125-ton engines have been
added to this division.
II has been reported in Chicago
that the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul is buying the Kansas City South
ern in order to furnish itself with an
outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. The G.
VI. & st. p. has its own lines to Kan
a City and should without difficulty
make connection with the Kansas City
Southern.
f. r. Zimmerman. formerly night
ticket clerk at the local station, left
last night for an extended trip which
will take in important cities in Col.
orado, Kansas and Missouri. Mr.. Zim-
norman left the railroad business to
engage in the mercantile business,
which he thinks offers a better scope
for wealth and fame than the railroad
business.
Sues for Loss Of an Eye.
Suit for $4,000 damages was filed
in the district court at Ell Paso against
the Ell Paso & Southwestern Railway
company by w. ID. Foth. The plaintiff
alleges that on the 26th day of last
August, while in the employ of the
defendant company in the capacity of
a fireman, he lost an eye through the
explosion of a water glass on the en-
CINE.
Suit for Heavy Damages.
A jury was empanelled on Friday
morning in Judge Goggin's court, FL
Paso. to try the case of Charles II.
Binkley, against the G. H. & S. A.
Railway company. Binkley is suing
for $40, 900 damages for injuries re-
ceived by being brushed from the top
of a car at the smelter by an over
hanging water pipe,
SUPERINTENDENT f. J. Gibson. Train
master Kinucan, Chief Dispatcher j.
ID. McCully of the Santa Fe at Wins
low. and Conductor w. B. Plumb, of
Williams, and Engineer o. L. Kendall
of the Grand Canyon branch of the
Santa Fe, constituted a popular bevy
of railroad men who We're in the city
on Saturday TO take the t"hirty-secOnd
degree of the Ancient and Accepted
order of Masonry. They returned west
Saturday night. After the lodge work,
the class, nine in number, seated
themselves around a large table at
the Alvarado and partook of a ban
quet. Cony Y. Brown, who admins
tered the thirty-second degree to the
class, also returned to his home at So
zorro Saturday night.
Origin of Railway Whistles.
Locomotives s~eventy-fve years ago,
had no whistles. The engineer kept
by his side a tin horn, which he blew
when approaching urves and danger
Gus crossings. But the noise was
feeble.
In 1888 an English farmers cart
was run down on the way to market
and 1000 eggs. 100 pounds of butter,
two horses and a man were lumbed in
one great omelet on the rails.
The railroad had to pay the dam
ages. The president of the road sent
for George Stevenson and said TO him
angrily:
Our engineers cant blow their
horns loud enough to clear the tracks
ahead. You have made your steam do
50 much-why don't you make it blow
a good, loud horn for us?'
Stevenson pondered. An idea came
10 him. He visited a musicaf %instru-
Hlent maker and had constructed a
horn that gave a horrible screech when
blown by steam.
From This norm the locomotive wits
tie of today descends.- Minneapolis
journal.