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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1905
Page
7
Reports circulate about schedule cuts and speed reductions on major lines including Santa Fe California Limited. Claims of road consolidation and a surge toward slower speeds for key passenger trains surface in Needles and Los Angeles with several railroad officials denying official action.
Chicago dispatch reports President Ripley of the Santa Fe proposes an agreement among executive officers of major transcontinental lines to lengthen schedules for all principal passenger trains between Chicago and Colorado and California. A month earlier Santa Fe cut the California Limited to sixty seven hours and fifteen minutes to Los Angeles to compete for U S mails contract, prompting Rock Island and Southern Pacific to respond.
A Santa Fe train arrives at Trinidad and a severed leg found on the brake beam suggests a Porter named Melenore. Portions of the body lie along the track while the head and trunk are found near a Colorado & Southern casing mill east of town. Inquest to be held. home listed as Las Volas New Mexico.
A letter from CW Whitney of Lantry-Sharp Contracting challenges Denver employment agencies sending men to Belen. He says Albuquerque officials are being misled, many workers refuse hard labor and falsely claim no work. Investigate fully to avoid harming the public and contractors.
Charles G Yale describes the 1904 borax industry in a USGS report. California supplied most output totaling 46 097 tons valued at 698 810 dollars with San Bernardino county producing 34 000 tons. Imports included 852 pounds Borate acids and 708 815 pounds boric acid valued at 27 158 dollars.
My merchant tailoring stop is up stake over No. 209 West Railroad avenue where I solicit public patronage. Fifteen years experience guaranteed first class work. Suits made to order clothes cleaned pressed repaired. Garments cleaned and walking skirts made to order. Give me trial. Q. Bambini.
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