Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-06-24
RAILROAD NOTES

tFrom Saturdays Dally Citixon)
Yesterday was pay day on the main
line OF the santa Re, and the NOR.
chants OF tho city report a GOOD days
bueincss.
y. r.. Ntison. sealing clerk az the
freight house. left last night for Nc.
phrrson, Kan where he VII visit hia
parents for n few weeks
Mrs. james NJ Price. wife Of q
well known santa Fe trainman. Will
leave tomorrow for a visit with friends
IN the Indian Territory
The COsoIada nyor "a again 70 be
placed In commission by the Santa re.
making tho first trip % the season
Saturday ate aeon, June "a.
Mrs. nan Miller, wife Of well
known santa re brakeman. accom-.
panied by her little son. will leave Co
morrow night Tor q short pleasure
trip to California.
c. o. Young. foreman of the pattern
department IN The local shops. IN max.
Ing arrangements for a trip % hia
old home In wisconsin. where he will
spend the summer mC.iths.
George A. Wagatah has been ap-
pointed superintendent Of the Ari.
IONA & New Mexico road. OF the
southern Pacific. In the place Of ~
schumanu. who has resigned
Yesterday mornings train. No. 3,
from the west vas made up OF twelve
cars, and was nc heaviest train TO-
many weeks. ]; was sent east from
,hla city a. a douhle.headtd. and waa
the cause Of much comment
Harry Agpinwall, clerk In Master
Mechanic Hicks ONCE al the Santa re
shops. accompanied by hiB wife, left
last night for Detroit, Mich. where he
will spend several weeks visiting eel.
ativeB.
A. L. Oliphani Of San Marclai. read.
master for the santa re at that point.
accompanied by bis family. Is spend.
ing a few DAYS IN the city. the guest
Of section Foreman r. u, Price and
family.
n. j. McNastcrs. OF McMasiers a
Davis, railroad Contractors. arrived Ia
the city last uleht from Los Angeles.
and left this morning for willard,
where his company har a aftytcam
OUTFIT az work establishing a grade for
the cutoff line
James A. Cashion and John A. Bur.
ton representing the Grant Bros.
Construction company OF Los Angeles.
were In the city last night on their
way TO Belen 20 look after a contract
secured by their company for some
work on the cutoff.
An attempt was made TO wreck
Santa Fe train No. one mile west
Of Florence. Kan. A large lron.hound
neckyoke. belonging to some graders.
vas placed on the rail No. 2 struck
4 and passed partly over the neck.
yoke. but Il did not leave the track.
Work on the grade and tracks OF
The Albuquerque Eastern railroad fran
Moriarlty TO the HaEan coal fields IA
progressing slowly hut steadily. News
has been received az Santa ~ 10 the
eject that the road win be completed
and viii be In running order by New
Years day.
G. II. SHARP Of the Lantry Con.
siruction company, was in the city
between trains last night on hla way
10 Kansas City. to secure men and ma
terlal for the Belen cutoff He an
nounced that the company has sub
lei TWO contracts Tor twenty-five milea
~ grading. one 10 the Grant Bros
Construction company of Los Angelica
and the other TO McMasters 4 Davis
also OF Los Angeles.
Fred Ehrman, a santa Re machinlsl
ai san BernaIdino. Lost four fingors
Of his rlght hand under a falling 10
/ connective boilor. He was az work on
The engine when the blocking gave
way, his dngera being crushed dat
under the BOILER. and II was twenty
minutes before the boiler could be
raised and his hand released.
Last eyeaing the ilfst train over
the Santa re tracks 70 this city. from
~ Paso for the past two weeks, ar
rived. u required twelve and one-nali
hours 10 make the trip. The track
between Domiag and Las Cruces has
been repaired and - In a fairly pas
sable condition, but Il viii be several
weeks yet before II reaches a normal
state again.
That benjamin winohell Ia bringing
The Chicago, Rock Island a Pacific
railway company out Of the slough
and making 4 a good paying PROPOSE
ton. is evidenced BY the fact that OF
June ~, VI Immediately thereafter
the stockholders Of the &. ". !. a p
Railway company will receive SIG;
per share Witch Is the last payment
on the stuckholdefs improvement
loan" part u which was made aH fal
back aa 1885.
The san Bernardlno rmes.lndel
says. Master Mechanic Todd. OF the
Santa Fe rfporta that there are eight
engines la The stockade which Have
been turned out Of the shops thor
oughly oyorhaulcd. while there Is No
immediate cali Tor their services. rep
resenting the shops 10 be ahead OF
the demand for motive power. ron
tition which he says has not been at
iained since he has been located al
this point
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