Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-20
THE AL BUouERouE MORNING JOURNAL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1910.

hanson Dunn. Of the same company.
II. G. Phillips, chief engineer of the
Santa Fe; c. Nj. Gay. the inventor of
the preceding system; and f. A. Ma
ginnins, the manager of the company.
on @ recent visit Of Mr.. Leeds and
other officials when the estimate OF
the years citrus fruit crop was placed
at close to $1,000 cars, the preliminary
plans We're made for improvements
that would ENLARGE the capacity and
make it possible to handle ears more
eXpediently.
AS yet il is not announced what Inn
~provements will be made. but it Is
said that included in the plans for the
enlargement of the plant is a new
icing dock to be constructed on the
east side Of the building and where
cars are to be iced that are not pre-
cooled. The preceding portion of
the building is equipped with icing
docks that make it possible for the
bunkers to be filled with ice without
moving them from whore they were
spotted for the preceding process.
On october l the Gate city Ice and
Preceding company takes over the
contracts now held by the Azusa Ice
company. which furnishes the ice, and
w. w. Brison, Jr., of this city, who
does the icing Of the cars. Both con
tracts expire the last Of this month,
and in the future the Gate City Ice
and Preceding plant will both pre-
cool and ice the cars, together or icing
alone.
Vice President w e. Hodges will
return to Los Angeles this morning
on No. /.
Fast Double Track Work.
So favorably is the work progress
sing on the double track into Barstow
on the Los Angeles division. thai this
week will witness the commencing Of
the ballasting and also the compile
ton of the concrete work for the
bridges.
Between Cottonwood and Barstow
about IL openings had to be bridged.
Saturday of next week it is expected
that General Foreman Parker's men
will have the concrete work complet-
ed on the bridges. The steel has
been placed OF two and following the
completion of the concrete work the
iron work IN the others will be push
ed rapidly,
1t is not yet determined what day
the hauling of gravel will commence,
but it Is decided that this week will
witness the commencing of this work.
The laying of the ties and rails has
practically been completed n there
now remains only the ballasting and
the bridge work to be completed.
Contractor Vests men have com
pleted the work on making the cut at
the hill south of Barstow. There yet
remains, however, track work to be
done at this point.
The gravel pit at Daggett will be
opened to supply the ballast and the
gravel trains will be loaded at that
Z NJ 800 e H. ~ To- oh ri
and rapid progress can be made i'm
covering the ties with ballast.
Tho Daylight Train.
The Belen Tribune says: The day
light train from Albuquerque to El
Paso is becoming the most popular
train with the travelling public of any
IN the Rio Grande division. Belen
people going north or south find II
especially convenient and a great m
provement over the night rains which
they were compelled to use in travel
ing heretofore
Cholo Sues Company.
Claiming permanent injuries as the
result of the collision of handcara
Felipe Sanchez, a laborer, has filed
in the Los Angeles superior court, a
suit for damages of $4,000.
Sanchez asserts that he vas m
ployed as track laborer by the defend
ant company. in San Bernardino May
%. 1910, when the accident occurred
without any fault for it accruing to
him.
He declares That he never can be
cured of the blood poisoning in his left
leg that resulted from the collision
and says in the four months he has
suffered already he has been forced
to expend 500 for Doctors attend
ance and medicine.