Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-07-01
EXPECT ooop REPORT.
Rock lslanefFrisco Earnings Said Il
Have Gained $50 600.

Have Gained $4,000.
The earnings OF the combined
Rock IslandlF lsco system Tor May
and June are expected ~ show over
s750.00O gained IN gross. with oper
aiing expenses siili very heavy. The
net. will. however, show a very fair
Increase.
the 81. Louis a Jan Francisco Is
the most persistent rcvoaue producer
In the system. The addition OF near.
ly 900 miles 10 the railroad oporat.
cd Is n big factor In the hEu 90 as
published. but the system as a whole
Ia doing relatively better than last
year The new divisions are earning
their charges, which n about AT that
can be expected fIom new llnes in
new country during the nrst year.
The Disappointing feature IS tic
heavy expenditure for operating the
road. It IL fact that a eat deal
OF this comes IN maintenance. but II
Is also a fact that much Is lost In
conducting transportation,
Signs point to very heavy earnings
at the beginning OF 1906. Il would
not be az all surprising II the gain
Ia gross Tor July and August ran
over si,o00.Oo0 a month
Until recently the Santa We has
not made any effort 10 secure bust.
ness to los Angeles aud other points
In Southern California on account OF
the Pullman company refusing 70
make the same rate for eieepers an
they did for the Southern Pacific.
Since the summer excursions have
become 30 hume Gus the Santa Fe
aas reduced sts rate 20 los Angeles
ana vicinity until Il is the same as
cha ecd BY the Hartman line They
have also compelled the Pullman
company 10 do the same. The Santa
re passenger men AZ III Paso claim
that they are getting more than their
share Of the business, out OF the Pass
City, via Albuquerque
Santa Fo creates New Division.
On June 30 the Galveston division
Of the Santa Fe viii be created from
that portion Of the southern division
south Of Bellville, Including the Hous'
ton branch and the Cane Belt. with
It's headquarters two miles south OF
The city Of Rellylle, IA Austin county,
and the headquarters Of the Cane Belt
n Eagle Lake are 10 be abolished. The
Increase In the business Of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa re railway, as
/ we'll as the acquisition OF the Cane
Belt by the Santa Fe, has made the
creation OF the new division nScos'
sary.
Lewis G. Sheets. for the past seven
Years assistant cashier of the Los An
< relies freight offices OF the Santa Re
is a confessed defaulter TO the amount
Of many thousand dollars. and his
present whereabouts ere unknown. He
wrote his confession Of guilt and sent
/ Il 10 his wife by a messenger boy. In
many respects Il "a the old story OF a
/ trusted employo gone wrong through
hist ~ gambling and that absurd con.
fidence FIRST In the deceltful goddess
ol Mis- good luck, and finally Ia his
ability successfully 20 cover mp the
shortages when every play went
wrong ana luck passed him b. Al
every turn.
Word comes from Roanoke, Va.
that Mrs. r. w. Barnes had given birth
70 q son. The father "a clerk 70 Road
master Elliott Al Las Vegae
Ford y. Harvey, Of the Harvey Rys'
TEN. passed through Albuquerque last
night on bis way 20 the coast. He
viii spend a few days Al nj Toyar'
Grand Canyon.
superintendent John stein. o. the
New Mexico division OF the Harvey
system. transacted Oficlal huslneas 10
the city yesterday and returned last
night 10 ais headquarters 81 Las We
gas.
ira Conner, who has been work
lnE Ia the southern Pacific yard a
= fordaburg. for some years. has takes