Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-03
SANTA FE REDUCES
COAST LINE
EXPENSES
GENERAL MANAGER WELLS
WILL NOT DISCUSS ORDER
Combination With Denver and
Rio Grande on Double Track
to Pueblo Employees Can't
Get Through Passes,


with 4 month yet left in the santa
Fe fiscal year, 4 is reported that
General Manager \. G. Wells of the
coast lines has issued IN order to re-
ducc operating expenses to the min
imum.
Mr.. Wells who was in Albuquerque
until Yesterday when nc left for Los
Angeles. declined to discuss the mat
ter.
Although in some quarters il is be-
licyed that The impending increase in
WAGES and = possible adverse decision
in the fieight late ease may possibly
be the cause for the orders To reduce
expenses, il is generally conceded that
the feet that the fiscal year is draw
ing To p close upon ~ somewhat de-
parted appropriation is responsible
for his move
What the reduction in operating
expenses VIM mean is not rs yet
known. althoueh II is believed thai
thele vii be no serious retrench-
ment.
II IS said, however, that prospective
construction work, foi which there is
no special appropriation, will be re-
tardcd.
similar instructions ere almost
yearly issued. but with the beginning
OF July things have previously
started ahcao With the same vim rs
before.
Local iailioad men cen see no rea-
son why there should be a continual
ton Of the policy 10 cut down the
expenses. rs was the case during
1907, when order AFTER order was is
sued Iur deeper cuts o. everything
that was not absolutely necessary.
ft &c not known whether the shops
viii be affected.
DOuble-Track Deal.
The santa Fc and the Denver &
Rio Grandc railroads now arc consid-
ering a proposition by which the two
roads win enter into a joint contract
in which the Colorado & Southern
win be included 70 use the rails OF
both roads between Denver end
Pueblo as = double uack. Officials
Of both foads fol some time have had
a proposition under consideration. |
but have reached no decision.
The Santa Fee n the Denver &
Rio GG2ndo both own Q right of way
between Pueblo and Denver. The
COLORADO s. Southern uses the Santa
Fe tl9Hks betwecn the two cities. /
The'l contiaet with the santa Fe ex-
pired several months ago, and since
iiNF itttlf ~ new tNItiHCl mas nctil
submitted To the G & S. officials. AS
ment fot the use of the tracks. The
Santa Re people, as 2 result, are said
10 be seeking an ally in the Denver &
Rio Glandc, q could property. The
Colorado & southern owns the Denver
terminals used by the santa Fee. Both
the Santa Fe and Rio Grande have a
heavy traffic between the two cities,
which makes some such q move nee
cssary.
The Santa re at one time was said
To he %pl1nning n doubln-tiack be-
agreement Tor the use 90 tracks al
rcady laid probably is considered the
mere feasible plan.
No Passes for Employees.
Th9t the Santa re, and possibly
cthei fogds, have launched 2 cam
l~isn TO reduce the amount of trans
nortation Pl9nted free to employees. is
believed among local railroad men,
Of whom during the past few
have had theil requests for
p9eTes to eastern points refused.
In the nest employees who had been
N service for over . year could get
most auything they desired in the
Way of transportation on both the
H'f' ~ 81 ~ ~ ~
quests recently made for passes over
othcl roGds have been refused.
Ii is said that under certain condi-
passes owe other roads can
sun be secured, but The action on re- +
quests that have been returned re-
Gently plainly indicate that the mode
granting transportation on foreign l
lines has been altered.
The santa Fe exchanges free trans |
Pcrtation for The use of employees '
with most Of the railway systems Of
me United states end during the past
me general officials have been lib
ni2l with its use.
For some time 81 has been rUmored
NAT an effort IS to be made by Santa
re general officials to further limit
ne granting Of passes to its employees
una 1t is believed by some that the
recent action OF the general mani
gore office g the beginning Of what
alll result in an attempt to make
passes considerably more scarce than \
lurlng the past. '
You win not find us s%harking at the
iirdOme.
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