Albuquerque, NM Jan 16, 1905
Dear friend Rose:
Received your letter Saturday while in Kansas City. Have dropped postal to postmaster at K.C. Kansas to forward mail to proper address. This letter may keep you waiting as it will probably take 4 or 5 days to reach you.
Am a little over 2000 miles from you. This is my 3rd trip to this place. Make 1 trip from K.C. every 5 days. It is 1000 miles from K.C. I left K.C. Saturday at 2:35PM. Arrived here last night (Sunday) at 10:30 PM. Will leave here to-night (Monday) at 7:45 PM arriving in K.C. Wed. at 7:00 AM.
My last trip toward K.C. we were behind the California Limited when it was wrecked (killing 3 people). It delayed us so we arrived in K.C. 17 hours late (not giving me any time to write while there.)
1st in business way – I am not fully satisfied with my run. They saw that this is the dull season and that the run is a good one later. But I am not adding to my fortune very fast at present. The trouble is that I am on one train too long. Have the same people all the way through and if train is light I have wasted 2 ½ days without doing much business. It will make me appreciate the round trip a day runs in the east where if you get a poor train you have another one the dame day to make up. But they have some better runs here – the 3 day trips are better as they do as much business on them as we do on the 5 day run. I will make 2 or 3 more trips on this run and see what turns up before asking for change.
You will notice that I am on the train 3 nights on a trip. Can go to bed in Tourist Sleeper for 50 cts. And get a good nights sleep so that I get plenty of rest.
Get all kinds of climatic changes. While in K.C. they were experiencing their coldest weather of the season (Kansas sees less of winter than NY) It was below zero. Here the weather is just like May. One can go out without their overcoat. They do not get much snow here. The day before I arrived here on my last trip, they had the heaviest snow storm they have seen in 2 years. We would think nothing of it. The day I was here, the sun came out and melted the snow just like a fire would. The evening and mornings are cool. The altitude here is about 5000 feet.We reach 8000 feet at Las Vegas. A great many lungers (consumptives) come out this way for their health. Some of them cannot stand the high altitudes. I think the changes are good for me. Am feeling fine. Coming out here, I pass through Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. Have seen Deserts, Prairies, prairie dogs, Adobe, Mexicans, Pueblo Indians and at one place on Santa Fe, we pass the Spanish peaks, about 14,000 ft. high. They look about 2 miles away on a clear day, but in fact are 50 miles.
On a clear day, Pikes peak can be seen 75 miles away. But I haven’t been past there on a clear enough day. Am now in the Alvarado Hotel. It is about as swell a furnished hotel as I have ever seen. It is built in Old Mission style of Adobe. All furnishings are of heavy Oak and finished up in as rich style as possible. All the Harvey Hotels are furnished on same plan.
(ink smudge) Picture caused by a drop of ink.
While in Chicago I looked Jacquin up but did not see him. Found his name in directory, but when I went to the address given, no one knew anything. Guess he has moved to avoid paying rent. But it shows that he is there O.K. Write often. Will let you know of any changes I might make.
Yours,
Max
3021 Vine St., K.C. Mo.
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