Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-06-17
Railroad Topics

Mobile a Alabama railway. vice pres
dent +. A. Chenly, OF the Missouri
Paclfc railway
Thomas l.. Wilson. fourth vice
president OF the International Machin-
lists Union. who has charge Of the
striking machinists or the Santa Re,
arrived In the city last night from
California and today held confer
ence with the officers OF the local
union.
IS. =. Bean. superintendent OF mo
tive power Of the Santa re coast
lines, arrived In the city last evening
and will spend several days here. lie
rcporia that everything is al right on
the coast lines and that the road s.
duinr heavy business on both
freight and passenger traiiic.
Edwin swouc. who has been em.
pl2yed az messenger by the western
Union Telegraph company Iu Santa Fc,
haH resigned and taken n position with
the Santa Fo dairy Arthur nctucbach
now Has the cOniI aci for delivering
messages for the Santa be company NJ
Santa Fe
while coupling cars On me Las We.
gaa yards Monday afternoon. shortly
alter 3 O'Clock John Cnim. q Santa Re
brakeman. had hls right arm badly
crushed between thO humpCrg OF two
cas-. Dr a. ". Smith attended the
Injured man and had him removed 20
/ The santa BE hospital N compiled.
7 lions do not get in no serious results
are 20 be anticipated
William Nicholson. who has Tor
number OF years been employed NJ
passenger agent of the Santa Re rail-
/ road. has hcon made general colonial.
l ton agent. with Offices nt the Railway
I Exchange building. No. .. Jackson
boulevard. Chicago. lll. This Is new
I position. the creation OF which was
found necessary on account of the In.
creaslng immigration into the country
/ tributary 20 the Santa Pc ailway In
western Kansas, Colorado. New Mexico
and Arizona Mr Nicholson. hy abil.
10y. railway education. experience and
general attachments, is remarkably well
uttCd for the position.
attached to No. last night was
private car containing hfty delegates
OF tho various Modern woodmon
camps IN California, on their way 10
/ the annual meeting OF the head camp
az Milwaukee. which opens next Mon
day The men were dressed IN khaki
uniforms. regulation army hats leg
gins. etc aud looked very much like
regular soldiers.
Orders were given at El Paso by the
consolidated VI Paso Northeastern anu
El Paso Southwestern railways TO
property owners 90 vacnte block
upon which their nve-story ONCE
building will be- erected. All the
Phelps-Dodge mining, smelling and
railroad intsrests In the west will
hereafter be conferred at ~ Paso and
directed from the new structure
Dlsintegrated granite Is TO be- util.
lied to- ballast by the Rock Island on
an Cos western lines the work Ia Col.
orado and New Mexico beginning TO.
day. something Ike 100000 Will be-
spent boy the Rock Island this year In
improving us western lines and the
halasting OF track Injured by the
spring floods will be- the nrst work
begun. This will be followed by the
laying OF new rails In many localities.
Railway Detectives Meet
Railway special agents. represent.
inE nearly all OF the Leading lines In
America, are meeting ln Cincinnati
this week OF these people. the To.
poka Journal says:
A railway special agent Is a mys.
terry TO the public. lie belong to that
romantic guild which wears gum
shoes lie must be able 20 handle
any secret mission which may be- as
signed to him by clever general man
aver who has schemes 10 develop Tie
Is the eyes, the ears. and the secret
police OF the common carriers lie
must he a diplomat In evening clothes
or q chaser OF train robbers Ia swanip
boots. he must watch interruptions
ticket brokers from the curb or keep
tab on the development OF an omin
Gus strike.
Probably no department Of a mod
orn railroad IL so well organized