Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-10-14
COLORADO a SOUTHERN
MAKES LARGE EARNING


Colorado & Southern railroad for the
fiscal year. according 10 tho report
made public yesterday By Frank
Trumbull, president. we're the largest
In the history Of the c0pany. sum
mary Of the report follows.
Groas earnings, t6,22S.743; Increase,
s626 .0b0. Operating expenses, $3.50.
ait. Increase. .t293.7Si. Net earnings.
81 .0ss ,526; increase. s232,27i. The re.
port shows surplus over operating
expenses and fixed charges OF tGiO,3l5.
an Inc ease Of tt7f,f7i.
The report 10 purely routine In char.
acter and devoted exclusively TO sta.
tistics regarding the earnings and OK.
DenaeB and equipment and other sta.
tistIcai facts Of the road.
SANTA "a CANNOT DRILL
FOR OH ON RoADBEp.
Decision haa been given by the dis.
srict court NJ Sedan, Kan. making
permanent the temporary Injunction
secured against the Atchlsou. Topeka
a Santa Re railroad company BY the
pittsburg Crude OIL and Gas company,
OF Pittshurk, Kan. This decision pro
hihits the rail road company from bor-
ing for oil on its right Of way and Is
Of such importance that the road will
carry u probably 90 the highest court.
The Oh company has one OF the
best al properties In the state ana
after II had bored several wells, some
parties under the name OF Jones Bros.
besan drilling an oil well near those
OF tho local company on the Santa Fe
right Of way under tho term Of a
lease from the railroad company. The
PittBburg company took the view that
the Santa Re could not allow wells 20
be drilled on It's right OF way and i'm.
medlAtoly brought an injunction suit
90 stop the drill. This suit was first
argued last May, and resulted In the
granting % A temporary injunction.
The matter came 40 for final hear
ing at Sedan a couple Of days ago and
the court, after a full hearing had
been given, made the Injunction per
nanent and sustained the Pittsburg
company In every point Il made. The
case has proven an interesting one
Go oil men all over the state. because
the points involved were new 60 law
In Kansas and bRyo a bearing on every
OIL property IN Kansas through which
a railroad passes.
WASHINGTON WANTs A
PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN.
There il talk IN Washington that IN
view OF the cmharrassmeI4t which
President Roosevelt aud his frien6s
suffer from the necessity of their us
ing specials rendered by the railroads,
OF tbs country. whenever the president
makes a trip, bin Is likely 20 be- pre-
sented TO congress this water for an
appropriation TO provide special
train for the president, which shall be
owned by che government and placed
al his disposal whenever he takes n
trip on land. Just as naval vesseiE and
revenue cutters are placed AZ the dis
posal of the president the members
OF the cabinet and the assistant sec
retaries Of the navy when they 80 TO
sea. II II also proposed that an APP
preparation be made for the operation
Of ihe train and for hauling II over the
different lines Of railroads.
GULF LINE HELD AN
ELECTION FOR OFFICERS.
The annual meeting OF the stock.
holders Of the Chicago. Rock Island a
Gulf railway company was held at
foft worm, 70 elect seven directors
and officers for the ensuing year The
directors elected are Robert Mather.
New York. Ben l.. Wlnchell. Chicago;
3. u. Hovey, W. @. Newly. w. q.
Turner and N. n. I.asiter. Fort Worth.
and J. y. Wilson, Dallas. The officers
elected are: President, Ben L. Win.
cheii; vice president. s. b. HOvoy
secretary and treasurer, r. H. Mitchell.
Approval Of the plans Tor future i'm.
prOyementa Of the system and an en-
doraement OF what has already been
done In this respect WAS given the
officials by the stockholders. Tho
sum OF $4,000 Is 60 be- used In Inn.
prOvemonts OF the system in Texas.
ENNSNLVANlA TO EARN
ENORMOUSLY ~ EAST.
Predictions that the gloss earnings
on the lines OF the Pennsylvania rail-
rnuN directly UuarufUN nuaf ~ nfffa