Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-06-03

Flippaa indeed. is the soul that
can forget that We live and enjoy be-.
cause others suffered and died. Fr
Nnious. Indeed Us the soul whose jos
Pr not enriched by the underlying sal
ness OF Decoration day. Hut etagnant
is the soul that lives only In the ma.
uon'a graveyard.
The memory OF brave men dead b.
thing 90 Inspire. not 20 doprpss
There Ia sense in which Decoration
Gay should be- a true holiday. Not "a
dhy 81 thOuRhtlees frivolity. but one
OF glorious Joy Not because war is
GLORIOUS, but because men who live
aud die for their fellow men are gior.
GUS even though their devotion nnd
expression 100 500 shameful "a thine as
war
By.and-by We shall learn TO deco.
rate the graves of factory chlhirru
who die in swoaishops victims M an.
struggle humanity s making Tor hct
ter conditions
Byand.by We shall decorate toe
rruvCs of poets prophets ANA pts,rr.
h.lngora. when war shall have ceased
Meantime lDt us celebrate with ioy
Che men who died to free millions nf
slaves AMI to enlarge tho idea OF lIn.
eriy which this country was founded
tp foster
fare thc day the writer took "potuck'
was roast beef nn, piece Of loin
Iha cost Wholesale gpht cents
pound white bread beef gravy. dros.
sing with onions Iu BE- baked beans
and pofa, boiled potatoes Tea. conpo
aud milk. ana cornsHrcn pudding NJ
was served family style
The FIRST table was uo more than
through when tho gong again sounded
Tor fhp men employed at gradinr
ana doing rock work contingent Zoo
camp No. J, and from tho hills strsam.
'r horses, mules and men, Tho ana.
mails ran 10 "a long row Of feed rack.
where hay and grain had been pr.
pared Tor them. and tho men crowded
INTO the seats at the long tables just
vacated a moment before hy tho
bridge bulldp.s. The second division
composed 40 least 100 men
The kitchen force az camp NJ.
constitutes Two cooks. a baker. a nun.
Der OF second cooks and lackies and
and hail score at "huukics' as they
are called 10 camp. are employed 100
me serving a quarter of beef q.
roasted &C "a single meal aud Il take
a Waehtub of potatoes 90 80 around.
saw me baker baking washtuhs ol
doughnuts The kitchen was imma,
ulHicly clean. and in this respect ~
would set an excellent example for
many hotels.
Tho whole of camp No was in
very sanitary condition hut not a.
clean AS camp No p two miles up the
canyon. between bridges Nos 2 and @
About $50 mon were employed at
Camp No 2 on rock cut work ana on
bridges Nos aud g. The camp 40.
ranggmenis az camp No are equally
as Interesting a. those AT camp No.
but the number of mcn employed there
| Is not as large. There Is a third camp
for the cngineers and fourth camp
al bridges Nos. Z and 3. aud about GOO
men employed In all
one rock cut now beng worked con.
tains over 10000 cubic yards Of rnck
yet 10 be- removed This ~ Just one
Of several cuts yet 10 be- completed.
and as a means by which 10 make an
estimate ON how long Il would take
the present force OF men 10 complete
the Abo canyon work, only 1876 yards
of rock are being taken daily from the
cut mentioned
one interesting feature OF the work
is dirt loading machine used whore
dirt is taken from great distance to
make grades. Il is four wheel affair
equipped with pillow and elevator.
with endless chain carrier The pillow
turns the soil into the elevator and
the elevator carries II into wagons
which are driven along side Il re-
quiros fourteen horses aud three men
tu manipulate H.