Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-02-25

having fonr pairs OF driving wheels.
These engines viii be- used on the
mountain divisions of the system
Bach will weigh IN working order
about 900 ioas.
Operating departments Of both east
Crn and western railroads are greatly
Interested In 40 order which has Just
been placed by the Santa Fe for ne
iurty.nve balanced compound locOmO.
tlvos. tn santa fe already has forty
balanced compounds, and is the pi.
oneor In adopting this kind Of an on.
glno for passenger work.
Tho majority Of operating officials
are said TO believe that the balanced
compound ls stiil IN rs experimental
siane. and therefore the Investment By
the Santa Fo OF nearly 81 GOO 900 I'M
this tyre of engine uccasluns wide
spread interest Largely by way of
experiment. the Burlington recently
purchased ave of the balanced com.
pounds. The tests which have been
made have proved highly satisfactory.
The locomotives are said 10 be OK
ceedlnrly speedy and 20 run as
smoothly and with as llttlo vibration
az a sewing machine.
Some Freak Figures.
Some interesting statistics have
been compiled showing how trflng ar.
tlclcs count up Ia a year on the SAINT
Fe system. In the 400 stations be-
tween Chicago and the Pacific coast
are slot machines containing gum
Into these machines last year were
dropped 10000 pennies for gum, the
sum amounting to Sll.600
The pins used by officials and EN-
nloyes OF the Santa Pc system last
year weighed 1900 pounds. To keep
the depOts and Offices clean 10000
broOms we're used. The lead pencils
used. II placed end 60 end, would make
line over s2b miles Iona. Fifty bar.
rels ~ Ink and 100000 pens were
used.
From what 10 known AZ the scrap
heap" the company realized last year
$3.50 600 This included almost ev.
erythng from a shlnEle nail 10 worn
out locomotive Over $1,000 was r.
allied from the sale Of waste paper
alone.
n "a also shown that the company
used 5000 pOunds OF rubber bands and
fifteen carloads Of printed blanks. The
engines burned 3.25O.0OO barrels OF oil
and 100000 tons OF coal
(Frum Thursdays Daily Citizen
General Superintendent /. l.. liib.
bard has returned west again after a
couple of days visit In the city.
Engineer Seagondollar and Fire.
man Chas. Rawlings have been as.
signed to the long run az Williams.
W. h. Hamblin. assistant freight
agent OF the G. y. A q. railroad. was
appointed freight traffic manager OF
the road.
A fine dog belonging 10 McWilliams
the train porter. was run over and
cut In two at the Las Vegas depot
Tuesday afternoon
Charles Johnson, travelling passen.
ger agont Tor the Nickel Plate road,
spent yesterday In the city and ieft
Tor M Paso last nlght.
Engineer Fishburn. lately promoted
will work out Of Ration, Engineer
Wilson coming down TO Las Vegas
aud running on this end
superintendent D. r. McNally, OF the
Rio Grande division, vas In the city
yesterday In consultation with Gen
eral Superintendent T. l.. Hubbard. who
was here from Los Angeles.
J. NJ. Heaton has been acting as
agent for the Santa Fo AZ Williams
during the Illness OF Carl Brown. Il
ID expected that Mr. Brown will be
able to resume his duties Ia q few
days.
section Foreman Mosloy has made
some very noticeable improvements
In the Ilolbr0ok yards during the past
week, a clnder fill at the crossing east
OF the water tank. aisu grading along
the track throughout the yards.
At attempt was made Monday night
to wreck " Santa Re passenger No.
. half q mile east Of Emporia. The
train while running sixty miles an
hour struck q pile of ties. The shock
threw the passengers out OF their
seats. No trace OF the wreckera was
found.
Clarion. Kane, Tylersburg Marion.
willie aud other towns In Pennsylvania
are practically isolated ON account OF
the deem snow that has drlfted badly
II has been twenty.One days since the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad has oper.
atcd any trains north Of Clarion.
The Williams News says: Il was
rumored around this week that WORT
had been received from Los Angeles
that r. O. Dodge, conductor on the
Canyon run. was a very sick man
Va the hospital In that city, and h
could not be- told when nc would be
able TO return home.
Having been discharged from the
ffaf A. faf
Paso railroad man has secured a po-
sitiOn with the United States gov
eminent al Panama, and will draw a
salary Of $3.50 a month. He was laid
of IN tho VI Paso shops when the
forces were cut down,
y, ]. Delk, the section foreman az
Roy. died recently and his remains
were taken 70 Tucumcari where he
was buried In the lodge cemetery
Thursday under the auspices OF the
knights OF pythiRs lodge Funeral
services were conducted by the Rev.
b. T. James az the Baptist church
Rock Island engines, rendered use.
less by alkall water In Texas end New
Mexico, have been going through
Kansas City the last two weeks on
The way TO the general repair shops AT
Moline, ~. There new boilers will
be- given them. The Rock Island has
built a number OF treating plfnts Cor
water. but Il has none that effectually
removes alkaii
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