Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-11-02
RAILROAD TOPICS


Manager d. Benjamin of the Harvey
system left last night for the east,
after spending several days in the
city on official business.
J. T. Jacobson, superintendent of
the Harvey eating house at Ash Fork,
was here today comforting with Audi
tor McCreary Of the system.
Manager J. +. Huckle. Of the Har-
vey curio department, spent the day
In Albuquerque, attending to business
connected with his department.
John r. Grant, of the Grant Broth
ers Construction company. which has
a contract on the Beien cutoff, passed
through the city last night on his way
20 the company's headquarters at Los
Angeles from a trip over the cut-oh.
An average of 175 passenger cars a
day passes through Newton, Kan. In
the neighborhood Of 10000 coaches,
chair cars, and Pullman cars pass
through that point every year. This
is surely an immense passenger busi-
ness.
At San Francisco a number of rail-
way companies are included in list
of some 10000 corporation which
have failed to pay the annual license
fee of $40 imposed by the last legis-
lature The governor threatens to
cancel the charters of the corporations
affected
General Freight Agent A. n. Brown
of the El Paso & Southwestern at El
Paso, received members of the trans
portation committee in his Office the
other evening and discussed the
freight rates which prevail between
El Paso and Arizona points. No def
mite results were reached.
Passenger train No from the east
arrived in three sections last night
and No. in two sections. The heavy
travel was due to the regular semi
monthly homeseekers' excursions to
the southwest. Railroad officials say
that the travel TO New Mexico, Ari-
zona and California this year is un-
prece6ented.
Bert c. Talmadge, one of the most
popular Santa Fe switchmen en-
ployed in the San Bernardino yards,
met a shocking death Tuesday after
noon, by being run over by the trucks
of a box car, and the trainmen who
were with him are of the opinion that
he was knocked from the car by a
fence post which was leaning far out
toward the track.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company has asked the court
at Muskogee, |. T., 70 appoint an ap-
praising board to condemn right of
way from Tulsa to Shawnee, Okla,
120 miles. This will connect the
branch between independence. Kan,
and Tulsa and the Oklahoma lines in
Shawnee. This plan will make Tulsa
the junction of two and possible four
Santa Fe lines.
General Manager Hurley is quoted
as having said that passenger busi-
ness of the road will not be changed
as a result of the building Of the Be
len cutoff, but that there will be re
routing of the through freight trains
by way of Florence, Mulvane, yelling
ton and Harper. There is possibility
of through California passenger serv
ice OU llllS EOults lOO, III huulNlOh "
the present service.
Roadmaster j. G. Hutchinson, of the
Santa Fe Pacific, with headquarters
. at Winslow, was brought to the Santa
Fe hospital in this city last night suf-
fering with three broken ribs. Mr..
Hutchinson sustained the injuries
while on a gravel train near Rio Pu-
ERGO. He was standing on the car con
tanning the plaw and without warning
the train started, throwing him on
the car. He fell with great force and
considers it very fortunate that he was
not killed. He is not seriously injured
and will be out Of the hospital in a
short time.
The following Halloween story is
told by the Las Vegas Optic: A por-
ter of the second section of No. l
made a heroic rescue at the station
last evening and if his name can be
learned he will be awarded a leather
medal. Just as the train was pulling
out he discovered the dim outlines of
nan laying across the track under
his car. Yelling Get out of there,
he made a rush and a grab and pulled
out a limp and straw-stuffed dummy.
He climbed on his car and disappear
ed amid the plaudits of the bystand-
ers.