Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-16
SOME BIG SHOP
IMPROVEMENTS
Superintendent of Machinery
Bean Says They are
Coming.
AND WILL Be EXTENSIVE

the local shops, which had been plan
ned by the company in the early sum
mer. ~aggregating a cost of S25O,OOO,
was being held up because they were
not thought by him TO be extensive
enough to be adequate to the work eX'
pected to be done at the local shops.
The work of widening the transfer Ia
BILE, which was one of the big I'M
provements planned in the summer, rs
well under way. and Mr.. Bean said
that he was very well satisfied with
it as far as it had progressed. The
widening OF the transfer table has
been going on for the past six weeks.
This transfer table will have a ce-
ment foundation.
The other improvements, which
were planned. will be made during the
winter, if the heads of the roads can
get together on what is wanted, and
it is more than likely that they wiz
be more extensive than those contem-
plated by r. b. Burns, chief engineer
of the coast lines, when he gave The
Evening Citizen an interview in Au-
gust. Mr.. Bean has recommended
that the planned Improvements were
not large enough to cope with the
work which Will come to the local
HlOpst anu lndL lh6g olpuAu NC "a
more extensive. Mr.. Beans recon-
mendations are now under considera-
ton by the mechanical department.
If Mr.. Beans recommendations are put
into execution the Albuquerque shops
viii be brough: up to a par with the
shops at Topeka, which are the most
extensive on the Santa Fe.
Mr.. Bean is accompanied by Mrs.
Bean, int they will leave on their re-
turn to Los Angeles tomorrow night,
Regarding business on the coast
lines, Mr.. Bean says that there is a
large increase this year over the
business OF last year, in both the pas
senger and freight departments. The
San Francisco business has made an
especially large Increase.
Engineer JEFF Roberts and wife,
passed through this city Saturday
night from Kansas to their home in
San Marcial.
A fireman is wanted on the Glorieta
mountain, and the oldest man in the
service will receive the job by apply
ing within five days.
Henry Englebreth, a well known
Santa Fe fireman with a run out of
this city, has returned from an ex-
tended eastern trip. He has resumed
his run.
John Leonard, who formerly held a
throttle on the Central, but is now on
the Santa Fe running out of Ration
visited friends in Estancia one day
last week.
William Bailey, an Alamogordc
blacksmith, employed by the South
western, may lose an eye as the re
suit of an accident one day last week
By a rebound of his sledge hammer
his glasses were broken and a piece
of glass entered the eye.
The Southern Pacific has made
deposit with the state government
amounting to $4,000, to guarantee
the construction of the line between
Guaymas and Guadalajara. The road
has already made contracts with con
tractors for 1000 tons of steel rails
J. r. Farwell, chief engineer OF the
Albuquerque Eastern railway, with
headquarters at Albuquerque. anC
"@ANf w bahNa re SATURDAY LOT Els
tancia, where Mr.. Farwell will attend
to railroad business. Mrs. Farwel
Will go to Antelope Springs for {
short visit.
C~hauncey A. w. Depew. who was
badly crippled in a wreck about two
years ago, while running as conduc
tor on the Carrizozo branch of thu
Southwestern, has just returned from
Corpus Christie, Texas, and is stop
ping in FL Paso a few days before tax
ing his old run
John V. Key, engineer, connectet
with the Santa Fe at Willard, was
visitor TO Estancia the other day. II,
was locking for several teams, 70
which he has steady work for som.
time at goo1 pay. He was not sue
c~essful, As most of the teams at Fs
tancia are busy.
H. L. Brumbaugh, who has bee
night yardmaster for the Santa Fe TO
a year past, has resigned and wi
leave in a few days for Little Rocl
Ark. where he goes to take a respoI
sible position with the Iron Mountai
railway. James Walters, of Las VI
gas, will become night yardmaster
the local yards.
Conductor L. A. Fuller, who hf
been on one of the clnder trans c
the Canyon road, had the misfortuI
the first Of last week to have n
the heavy iron aprons, which lie b
tween the cars, fall on his left lie
As a consequence, he has been takiI
an enforced vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan @. Kennedy /
tend to leave Santa Fe early ne
month, and will probably make the
home At FL Paso Texas. Mr.. Kennel
will be in Santa Fe shortly on his 7
Il from an official trip along u
Santa Fe Pacific. The gentleman is
well known civil engineer and su
yeyor, and is connected with that rOa
The Chloride train now runs fro
Kingman, the Needles trip haviI
been abandoned. A crew is stationt
at Kingman and will make reguli
t~ri-weekly trips. as under the o
schedule. A daily train has been p
on the Barnwell branch. AS soon
business iestifes a daily train will
put on between Kingman and Chic
ide.
George Troutman, foreman of Il