Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-16
WHEN NUDGE WAS
AN OPERATOR ON
THE SANTA FE
NAME APPEARS ON OLD
TIME TRAIN REGISTER
Interesting Relic Appears in
Employees Magazine Clever
Number of Unique PubIica-

The santa Fe Employees Magazine
increases I'm interest with each sue
ceeding number as wire improves
with age. The october number which
has just been distributed here * per-
haps The best edited and most attract
i've issue Il. The unique little publica-
ton yet turned out.
The leading article concerns AN
Old Train Register" made out in
April. 1878, for the Colorado division
Of the santa Pc. which then ran from
Dodge city. Kas. TO Pueblo, Colo.
Among the names written on the reg
lister Is that Of II A. Nudge. now sec
ond vice president Of the Rock Island
lines. az that time a Santa Fe tele-
graph operator, and later general
manager. a full page cut Of the old
register Is shown, and the pictures Of
some Of the conductors and engineers.
whose names appear upon the sheet.
The address OF Walker D. Hines,
general counsel for the Santa Zee rail-
way IN New York city on September
~. 1907. Is reprinted, and makes In
teresting reading for the r%ailroader
and business man.
''The Grand Canyon" written for
The Chicago Record Herald. by : r..
Kiser, the poet, and illustrated, is also
reprinted.
"The unclnd Engineer" a story told
by an old fireman, Is well gotten up
by w G. Phelps, a fireman on the
eastern division. II is amply Illus
trated.
Among the other articles which
were written by railroad men Is
and the Pub
lie" by r. Gaylord Of the Topeka
general office. There Is q short story
about the splendid record made by
engine tfi9. running GU Of W%inslow,
on the Albuquerque division.
From June, 1906, to September, 1907,
the locomotive travelled 70.S22 miles
without falling once, The pet Of The
San Francisco yardmen. an old dinky
2l1g, IL shown with It's crew.
There are many other short articles
and news notes, and the magazine Is
full OF interest from cover to cover,
According to tho Employees Maya
dine. merit marks have been awarded
10 the following trainmcn. most all OF
whom run cut of Albuquerque or on
HE New Mexico. Rio Grande on Al
puducrque divisions J. w. Burke,
conductor. Albuquerque division ten.
'or taking up scalped ticket, G. O
lark, conductor, New Mexico divis-
ON. ten. for llfting ticket In Improper
J. w. Butler. section foreman,
albuquerque division for saving a
,ar that had caught fire; J. Briscoe.
%'ngineor. and r. Dietz. fireman. Albu-
luerque division. ten each, for locat-
ng IA broken rail and preventing de-
'ailment, A. +. Manuel: conductor; r.
p Hinze. engineer, ~ T.. shots, fire.
nan; New Mexico division. ten each.
making necessary repairs to en-
zine and taking train into teruS--~-
For firing engine ON account Of res
liar fireman being sick or disabled.
he following have received merit
marks. }. n. Conley. brakeman, Rob
'rt Burns. brakeman; Engineer kel-
scy and $ y. Miller. conductor. Con
iuctor Ennlse. brakeman kleindienst
Albuquerque divisioh ten each, W G.
brakeman N G. neubler com
iuctor. +. II. Lee, brakeman. h. A.
Mcnamara, conductor. Frank Car
michael. engineer. New Mexico divis-
on. each ten.