Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-12

Mrs. H. Chaves, wife of the watch
man at the local railway shops, who
has been seriously i'll the past few
weeks, is reported improving and will
be up and around in a short time.
The strike situation on the Mexican
Central railway remains practically
unchanged. Not a wheel has been
turned on the Monterey division since
Saturday, when the tiremen walked
out.
Engineers are being sought in Ell
Paso for the Mexican Central. Both
on the Monterey and Chihuahua divis-
ions Of the road several engineers are
needed.
Conductors and brakemen in the
passenger eIvice on the eastern divis-
ion of the Southwestern, Ell Paso to
Santa Rosa, are receiving new badges
and buttons, to replace the old North
eastern system badges.
Quite a number of new freight en-
gines are expected at Needles for SER
vice. They are Baldwin decapods,
somewhat similar to those in use here
now, only they will have higher driv-
ers and a different frame.
]. f. Christian, Chinese agent at
San Francisco, passed through Ell
Pasoi n charge of a car load of China
men, who were being ~deported from
eastern points. At San Francisco
they will take ship for Hong Kong.
BY the combined efforts of the
wrecking crews from Eel Paso and
S%anderson, the track of the G.. H. near
Shumla was cleared of w~reckage'
Nearly twenty cars were in the ditch
but it was decided to clear the main
line rather than to build a shoe fly
track.
The Santa Fe appears to have great
faith in cement floors, as they have
been putting them down at Needles in
the machine shop, store and oil
houses, and now they are making a
porch floor, surrounding the Harvey
eating house, out of cement. Cement
is said to last forever, If made prop
erly.
Plans for a new Santa Fe hospita
at Temple, Texas, have been prepared
and are now in the hands of the build
ing committee. The building is tC
cost $50, 900 and will be built of brick
1t is to be one of the most moderI
buildings of its kind in the south
west.
A bulletin has been issued by thu
Missouri Pacific Railway company re
ducing the time of work for all EN-
ployes in the round house and shop.
at Nevada, Mo, from nine to Gig
hours a day. II is understood tha
this is a part of a general retrench
ment plan, to be enforced over thu
entire system.
The ~roundhouse painters at Needle.
have a machine rugged up to white
wash, and are putting on a coat o
whitewash on the shop fence. TIT
machine is run by two Mojave In
dams, a Mexican holds the nozzle Il
direct the spray, and a white ma
bosses the job. Quite International 70
such a small affair.
While the people in the east ar
already buying coal in ten ton ca
load lots, the citizens of Needle
think they have a good winters SUI
ply in a ton of coal and a load Of wooc
Several report that snow feel on tn
mountains last week near Seligmar
but at Needles the ice man still deal
out the cold at so much per pound.
The Michigan Central railroad
rather than fight the interstate con
merce commission, has cancelled II
contract with the Armours and is no.
using its own refrigerator cars.
is charging $3.50 per ton for ic
actually consumed. This rate Is a
most half of what was charged &c
icing by the ArmOurs when their car
were being used by the Michigan Gel
trail road.
Charles X. Adams, who for sewers
months has been city ticket agent fC
the Santa Fe railroad at San Be
~nardino, will leave today for SAINT
Barbara where he will take a positio
in the office Of the general agent. II
will be succeeded as city ticket ageI
by John CulbertsOn of this city, WI
for several months has been tick.
clerk at the Third street station, an
recently acting cashier,
.
Mrs. Quinland, who had been ru
ming a rooming house az Needles, {
East Main street, in the Santa Fe CO
tages, has rented the Vaughn roomiI
house, formerly known as the Wac
house. The house has just undergOI
a large amount of repair and had a