Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-09-16
Railroad Topics

Route Agent w. D. McFerran, of
the Wells Fargo Express company,
left last night for trip to Ell Paso.
Santa Fe pay checks have reached
the city, and in consequence the
stores will show greater activity to-
night.
Master Mechanic l. ]. Hicks, of the
local Santa Fe shops, returned last
night from an official inspection trip
to Gallup.
S. E. Busser superintendent of the
Santa Fe reading rooms, arrived in
the city last nigh from the west, and
spent the day here.
Mrs. G. c. MINIS, wife of a well
last night fIom an extended visit to
relatives in Trinidad, Colo.
Edward Spencer Of Santa Fe, has
gone to Moriarty, where he has ac-
cepted the position of book-keeper
for the Santa Fe Central railway.
w w Mccormick, the new train
master on the New Mexico division,
is in the city on his initial trip. Mr..
Mccormick comes from General Man
ager Hurleys office,
Harry Painter and e. c. Hall, a
couple OF Santa Fe Gulf engineers,
who have been on an outing in Cali
fornia, were passengers on No. this
morning.
G. H. Shone, master mechanic of
the Santa Fe Central, was at the Cap
ital City from his headquarters at Es-
tancia yesterday on business connect
ed with his position.
Official announcement is made for
the first time that the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Rio Grande Western,
the Rio Grande system, own the new
Western Pacific railway.
Fred Connors, chief clerk to Gen
eral Purchasing Agent w. E. Hodges,
of the Santa Fe, passed through the
city last night on No. on his way
to Chicago from a months vacation
spent in California Mr.. Connors was
accompanied by his wife.
w. r. Brown, district freight and
passenger agent for the Santa Fe,
with headquarters at FL Paso, was m
the city between trains this morning,
while en- route to Las Vegas. He ex-
poets to return to Albuquerque tomor-
row.
]. Kurn. who was recently promoted
from the ranks to superintendent Of
the Rio Grande division, is looking
over his new charge today. l.. U.
Morris, who left the Rio Grande di-
vision to go to the Ell Paso & South
western, is with Mr.. Nurn.
c H. Sharp. of the Lantry- Sharp
Contracting company, which has the
contract for the Santa Fe cutoff con
struction work at Willard, was in San
ia Fe yesterday on business connected
with the contract He returned to
Kansas last evening.
Pablo Gardino, a Santa Fe section
hand, employed at Rio Puerco, was
brought to the company hospital IN
this city last night for treatment. Gar
dino was severely crushed about the
shoulders by a heavy timber falling
on him. Although his injuries are
serious, they are not considered fatal
According to adyices from Hous-
ton, Colonel T. J, Anderson, of the
Southern Pacific, will shortly be in
El Paso for the express purpose Of
taking up again the fight against the
brokers of that city, He is recently
said to have declared that the rail
roads can win in FL Paso as they
have won in Houston and other cities.
G. A. Hancock, superintendent Of
motive power for the Frisco, has APP
proved the following appointmenG
effective September IS: A. w. Mel
son. TO be division foreman at Beau
mont Junction, Kan, vice William
Gibson. transferred to Cape Girard-
eau; j. E. Brooks TO be acting gen