Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-11
HEAVIER TRAFFIC
! OVER SANTA FE
Increase of General Merchan.
dising rreighted Over the
Transcontinental Railroad ;
Equipment Satisfactory.

san Bcrnardtno, Cal, MAY IL
General merchandise pulurss has
brcn on tho Increase within the past
few days. according e. Santa pc Of
hcials. Tho through utNc has DE-
come So large as tn cause fpyir com
mrnt. while the busncs. IN and out
OF san Bcrnardino hss also boon bet
tered by corresponding cate.
"Thc Santa Pc has the oulk Of the
overland business. and u ,till be n
long while before any competing line
viii b, able to get any NJ Il away
from them" said Aecri llolir,s yes
tcrday I'VE are givinr the Time and
the service and cverythIng that goes
with H. Yes, busin,ss has hcpn
steadily growing the past few days
strings Of freights are coming through
daily with transcontiucutlI mcrchnn.
disc. ,nd this will In ali probability
b., ono ui the busiest, II not Sic best.
season tio santa Fo hus experience
b cd"
Despite the heavy travel the santa
+, operating department in the cas-,
b. able 10 Keep up IL equipment ia
the standard. where there are al
ways enough ears on hand To- meet
any ana an demands.
George prcccc. an cmployo at the
santa Fc shops. Is confined To hii
home with bruised shoulder. ~ the
result OF IN accident with other
workmcn. he was hosting u heavy
axle when the chain holding the axol
bru@ Drcccc duckod in time to
{ catch a .glancing blow on the shout
i der although he had narrow os.
cape from being killed He wa,
thrown 90 the ground and stunned.
/ but soon recovered He viii be- laid
{ up 'vcrai days.
\ plan which greatly facilitates tn,
moving 81 numerous fruit trains out
of the local va.ds ~ now being put in
, operation with very successful results
Formerly, the cars. as they arrived
here from the various places whcr'
th,t were loaded, were switched
about ~ the fr.ieh, Yards near the
depot before being taken 10 the Santa
Fe's pre- cooling plant This noces.
stated lot nf work with a consc.
quent delay To other traffic In III,
yards
The trains of frnii are nov beinl
medr up and all the switching don.
NJ the plant Itself This enables III,
yard To- he kept clear az al times. ant
open for the switchin OF cars ooinl
used ~ TIA" general merchandise ans
other lines Of frcigh, traffic. The
work is done mostly at night, wh.r
| -" fruit trains are set In motion
hound for the eastern markets TIL,
experiment j. found To be highly sat
isfactory and viii ne continued I
not only enables other traffic to b,
more speedily handled but Increase,
the number ~ ears The santa p II
ablc Ga put out each night In It's frui
trains, as at the preceding plan
ia, % is only the one commodity I,
/ look after
J. W. Cook. head OF the tclcphon'
maintenance department OF n, SAINT
F.. arrived ~ the city from Los An
gtl.s yesterday ana will remain sew
rral days Mr.. cook viii inspect tn
local phones. a. well AZ others here
lbouts, ana see the; the entire sys
tenn Is Ia working order.
Tn" santa + o. Planning 10 shortl
! commence pling the roads un por
! uons Of this division. In preparation
/ for TN" coming not weather. Tn
: work L. now going forward bctwc.l
Parker and Wick, nburg. Arizona. an
az soon as completed II VIII be take
up At this end