Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-02-18

the Capital City. who was out In Call.
fofnia on account OF his health. came
in from the west last night and will
remain here few days. before con.
tinuing to santa Re
from Tuesdays Daily Citlzen)
A solid train OF celery Of thirty re.
friRerntnr cara. from southern Califor.
ala, passed through here going east
last night.
President E. r. Ripley and family
have arrived az their winter home af
santa Barbara Cal. where they will
reside until spring
George Austin has been appointed
general boi.er inspector Of the Santa
Fe system by Alfred Lowell. sperm.
tendent Of machinery Of the Santa Pc
system.
BIZ Yoakum and u. r.. Huntington
were cleo ed directors OF the Colorado
Southern railway succeeding +. ,.
sorwind and j. y. Cotton Meeting
sas held IN New Yogk last Friday
The estate OF the late o. G. story
tho rallrOader. VINO killed his wife and
then himself az Needles January i5.
Ia attracting considerable attention
from the public administrators and
the various attorneys Of the prosp"c
tive heirs.
The thiriy-eiehih annual convention
Of tho American Railway Master Me-.
chanics' association ana the thirty.
ninth anr dal convention OF the Master
Car Builders association will be held
AZ Manhattan Beach. New York. Jude
10 TO 81. 1905.
The Needles Eye says: An estimate
OF tho cost OF the installation OF a
new Gre alarm system Tor the Santa
BE has been submitted and passed
favorahly upon by the local officials.
and Il has now gone to the hlgncr an.
thorities for approval.
AZ the result OF an order from the
Santa Fo there will be over 100 men
Iemployed In the train service OF the
company running out OF Needles. who
will call upon Or. w. r. Freeman for
the purpose Of having their eyesight.
hearing anC color sense tested.
An express car containing some fine
horse stock from Kentucky and sew.
eral 81 Bernard dogs left NJ Pa4o for
Mexico City BY way Of the Central.
The horsea lnCluded o pair Of bays for
President ui1s. two pairs for Minister
.imantour and six pairs for the Amer.
ican stables OF that city. The horses
had boon purchased and were accom-.
| Gam, I by Manager Strauss Of those
stables.
The Santa Fe system has in Cali.
fornia 625 miles OF oiled roadbed. All
/ the unhallasted track Ia oiled because
hallasted track Is nearly dustless The
work Is done by special train con.
/ a. - Esaa aIs
ordinary tank cars loaded with oil. 10
the end OF the last car. OF which Is at
tached q snrlnkling apparatus. consist.
ng Of an ordinary wrought iron per.
| 'Orated pipe eighteen feet In length,
occupying a position at right angles
with tho track.
Quickly Extlngulshed Fire.
Al G25 last Wednesday evening
waste oil under engine 1923 caught
Are. The engine was standing oppo'
site the We,ls-FarRo Express Office A
peculiar thing about the are was that
the FIRE department had their hose
laid and water ON the hre before the
alarm was sounded. This was because
a member Of me department dlscoy
erred the are. and as there was nj
/
house and called out the FIRE boys
There was no damage done TO the
lengine. but the lack OF IRE alarm box
es was plain shown. az the alarm dlf
not sound until nearly four minutes
after the department was acquainted
with the facts. Had the department
depended upon the alarm. tney would
have been late 20 the FIRE and there
would have resulted consequent
damage to the engine. Needles Eye.
New Tunnel for Ration Mountain.
The Santa Fe Railway company viii
begin work soon on vast Improve
monts To It's line In northern New
Mexico, says a dispatch from Ratot
to the Denver Republican. The i'm
provements will include new tunne
under Ration mountain, replacing IN,
present tunnel which was built whef
the road was opened into this terri
tory. The old tunnel has served ~
usefulness. and besides the grade b,
which the tunnel IL reached Is very
sgeep on both sides. The new tunne
Will be built lower down and viii h
longer than the present one. Othel
important work which Is now undei
way is the rebuilding Of the road IA
shoemaker canyon. where great dam
laEe was done by the floods of last fall
The route here Is helng changed ant
six aud onehalf miles of neW tFaol
built. Three hundred ana Atty mel
ARE ready 20 begin work ON the new
tunnel. and this force ~ 10 be consid