Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-31

Sam Bixler, engineer, of San Mar
cial. has taken a years contract to
run the switch engine at Deming. He
is an old employe Of the road.
Mr.. Gleason, the ticket clerk at the
Southern Pacific office, at Deming,
has taken a months vacation, and 7.
j. Klase, Mr.. Bolich's nephew, has the
temporary position.
Peter Sandoval, a Santa Fe section
hand. was brought to the city last
night on No. s, from Armijo station,
suffering with a broken rib and other
injuries. He vas taken to the com
pany hospital for treatment.
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Robert Burns. a machinist, in the
Santa Fe shops at San Bernardino,
met with a serious accident a few
days G by getting his finger caught
in a lathe. He lost a good sized slice
of the f%orefinger and will be laid up
for several days.
Cards have been posted announcing
the Trainmen's annual ball, which
will be held at the Duncan opera
house. Las Vegas, on Thursday even
ing. November 30th. The dance will
be given under the auspices of Glor-
ieta Lodge, No. n, and supper will be
served in the hall. Everybody is in
vited. Admission, $780,
Joseph II. Richley, for many years
a conductor out of Las Vegas, is in
that city for a few days on a visit to
his family. Mr.. Richley and Bob
Long were on the Mexican Central
train, bound for Juarez, and decided
to stay over in Aguas Claientes for
a day. The train was wrecked soon
after leaving them, and the cars were
badly smashed n several people in
jured.
Earnings of the Rock Island system
beginning with November are expect
ed to make an improved showing. The
company has been making consider
able expenditures and charging them
to operating. thus swelling the ratio
of cost to gross receipts. Such extra
disbursements have been practically
cleaned up, it is understood, and for
that reason better returns will be
made.
Dressed in a union suit,cOat, vest
and light overcoat, but minus his
trousers, f. H. Hartman, the railroad
magnate, started to leave his private
car at the union depot, at Omaha, a
few mornings ago. He had opened
the car door to step outside, when a
draft Of cold air and a hasty eXcla-
nation from julius Krutt5chnitt, di-
rector of maintenance and ways, call
ed his attention to his forgettulness.
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New compartment cars for service
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway are under construction, and
they are a departure from any com
partment cars built heretofore. They
differ in that in all other compart
Ilent cars the drawing rooms are 10
Gated at the end of the cars, over the
wheels, while the new cars will have
the drawing rooms located in the cen
ter of the car. They are the frs
cars of this pattern ever built.
Arthur B. Wagner, son of Mrs. M
Wagner, of 300 West Atlantic avenue
was one of the passengers on SAINTS
Fe train No. /, which was wrecket
Yesterday morning lear Kansas City
Mr.. Wagner is returning to Albuquer
que from Chicago, where he has beel
undergoing treatment in a hospital
In a telegram to his mother he state
that he was not injured, as he wa
travelling in a tourist Pullman, which
did not leave the track. He is eX
pected to reach the city some time to
night on the delayed train.
MISSOURI PACIFIC LAYS
OFF MANY BRAkEMEN
Fourteen brakemen have been lie
out at Wichita, Kan, by the Missouri
Pacific by the cutting of the boar
down to a winter schedule. This hal
pens every year when the summe
rush is over, and is no way connecte
with the cutting of the force of tina
road at other places. Besides tn
above cut on the board, eleven brake
men have been given thirty days
leave of absence. These men will
with but a few exceptions, return t
work when their time has expired.
FALSE WEIGHTS SENT
BY EASTERN ROADS
False weight on freight in car load
originating east Of Chicago have b.
come so common of late that the ives
ern railroads have taken steps to con
pei their eastern connections to fur
iHu dullituLiGdblOn Oh me EIOHb weigh
there and net weight of all ears
freight destined for points west
Chicago and Mississippi.
A committee composed of o~peratir
officials of the Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe. the Illinois Central, n
Northwestern, Great Western, Er
and Pennsylvania railroads, ha'
taken the matter in hand.
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BIG PRICE WAS PAID
FOR KANSAS FARM Ian
The Burlington railroad cOmpa'
has paid Edward Olvis the sum
$4,000 for a trifle less than so acI
of land lying between Beverly a
East Leayenworth. the highest pr
ever paid for farm land in this Sc
ton Of the country. The land is in
strip two miles long and the Burlil
ton wants it for the new track VIII
will complete the cut off hetw6
Waldron and Beverly. The rest
the land for the cut off was secul
from other parties for $3.50 an &C
just half as much as the road p
Olyis for his land.
MEN INDICTED FOR
SECURING REBATI
An Indictment containing n
counts has been returned by the I