Railroad Notes from the Southwest Railroading Beat
Railroad notes detail moves and new roles across lines from San Marco to Las Vegas and Needles. Mentions Payson Ripley, G. M. Smith, Cook brothers, and G. W. Saunders with changes at Williams and Union depot openings. Also covers the Scenic Limited debut and possible relocation of locomotive engineers headquarters to Chicago amid rapid line push, plus a fatal accident at Mount Dora and a stray bullet killing a Santa Fe railroad worker in San Bernardino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
A. J. Cook
Chicago
Santa Fe
G. W. Saunders
Needles
Winslow
Eee
William Shultz
Grand and
Tilden Avenues
Railroad Avenue
Shultz
Las Vegas
Herman Switzer
el Paso
Harvey Curb
Union Depot
Pass
Switzer
San Bernardino
Cal
Michael Bennahan
Santa Fe Road
New Mexico
Rennahan
Arizona
John Bennaban
Watrous
New Mexico Cottage Sanatorium Receives Carnegie Gift
The New Mexico Cottage Sanatorium three miles north of Silver City in the Silver City valley has been given 5000 by Andrew Carnegie on condition that management raises another 5000. Much of the target has been raised, enabling expansion to fifty beds with twenty new cottages. John R. Converse of Baldwin Locomotive Works endowed a cottage for poor tuberculosis patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico Cottage Sanatorium
Tthis City
Silver City Valley
Andrew ‘Carnegie
Carnegie
John R. Converse
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Conor
Converse
Gila
Silver City
Philanthropy urged for arid southwest health se ekers sanatorium grows
The piece praises wealthy philanthropy to support the arid southwest health sanatorium, notes Woodville pavilion and recreation hall construction funded by friends of Henry Woodville, and describes planned facilities. It reports Dr. Bullock as medical director and Wayne McVeigh Wilson as business manager, with a 1906 land filing notice for Jesus Garcia y Lopez in Bernalillo county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
Southwest
Woodville Pavilion
Jand Recreation Hall
Henry Woodyville
Philadelphia
Bullock
Wayne McVeagh Wilson
Department of the Interior
Santa Fe
N. M
United States Court
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jesus Garcia Y Lopez
Carpenter
Bernalillo County
Leandro Jaramillo
Pedro Garcia
Francisco Olguin
Mario Gutierrez
Manuel R.otero
Register
Merchan t Tailoring Upstairs Over No 209 West Railroad
An old time ad for C Bambini offering tailoring services upstairs over 209 West Railroad Avenue. Claims fifteen years in business with garments made to order and cleaning pressing repairs for ladies and walking skirts. Also includes a medical testimonial about Chamberlain’s Pain Balm curing sciatica after twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Railroad Avenue
Bambini
C. Bambini
J. B. Massey
Clinton St
Minneapolis
Minn
Chamberlain
Elite Cafe Ad Offers Good Table Board For Four Weekly
An elite cafe at 120 West Silver Avenue near the post office advertises a good table board for four people at four dollars per week. The listing emphasizes proximity to the post office and convenient location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elite Cafe
West
Silver Avenue
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Binge
Doles
Albuquerque Hardware CO
Payson Ripley
Metropolis
San Marcohe
G. M. Smith
Harvey System
Spencer
Harvey People
Kansas City
City
el Tovar
Grand Canyon
F. C. Spencer
Williams
T. B. Drury
California
Drury
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Denver
Ogden
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Canon City
Leadville
Glenwood Springs
Grand Junction
Salt Lake City
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Cleveland
Ohio
P. M. Arthur
The
St. Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific Company
Des Moines
Elizabethtown
Clifton House
Cimarron
Black Ness
Raton Range
Pinu
Engineer Hall
Mount Dora
Charles M. Hall
Colorado & Southern
Colorado
Trinidad
Mount Bora
Asoon
Bine
Charlie” Hall
Roswell
Pecos Valley & Northeastern Railway Company
United States Federal Grand Jury
Congress
Charles Marie de Bremond
C. Y. Martin
Grand
Fifth Judicial District
Pecos Valley
Bremond and
Martin
Rock Island
New Mexico Cottage
Andrew Carnegie
Standard Oil
Nate
Missouri
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co
Largest Life Insurance Co
Mississippi
F. B. Schwentker
N. T. Armijo
New ‘K
New York
Petrified Forest
N. B
Mystic Shrine
National Congress of Mothers
Los Angeles
T. &. Purdy
L. Trimble & CO
ITV
Capper Avenue
Thornton
South
Walter Street
Isois I
F. Keleher
Third Street
Emil Kleinwort S
North Third
Bond
Geo. T. Stagg Co. Dietillers
Frankfort, KY
Melini & Eakin Sole Agents
Las Flores
ImpErIal Council of the Mystic Shrine
Simon Baliang
Salling
South First Street
Tot & Gradi
North Third Street
Albuquerque Carriage Co
Tijeras Road
Albuquerque Foundry and Machine Works
Proprietor
Iron and Brass Castings
Albuquerque, M
RIO Grande Lumber CO
Marquette
Wootton & Myer
S. Third ‘St. Albuquerque
Torcoongooocok
Rankin & CO
T. A. Lucero
Silver Ave
A. E. Walker
Secretary Mutual Building Associatve
M. Draggie
General Merchandise
North Broadway
Washington Avenue
J. Korber & CO
Bank OF Commerce
Belen
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Galveston
San Francisco
Old Mexico
Belen Town and Improvement Company
Belen Townsite
Rouse
Belen Patent
Imisarante
Belease
Santa FL
John Becker
WM. M. Berger
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