The Advocate and news., 1897-12-08
Santa Pe Shop Notes.

The new mail cars are almost ready
for the PAINTERS.
w. D. McNary went to work in the
planning mill Friday.
The furnaces in the new steam plant
were fired up Friday.
Chas. Grimes has accepted a position
in the car department.
The interior OF the steam dry house
was repaired Saturday.
Chas. w. Smith, Of the car department,
had ten deys sick spell.
Engines 800 and $50 went out Friday
with snow plows attached.
s. D. Watts is suffering from an at
tack of erysipelas in his face.
Chas. Winn, of the car shops, was un-
able to be at work Wednesday.
The machine and blacksmith shops
we're run every night last week.
r. E. Sheffield was not at work
Wednesday because of illness at home.
Ben d. Mileham, of the paint shop,
passed Thanksgiving day in ROssVille.
A fine baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos Beeler a week ago last Sun
day.
David Hill, of the coach department,
is unable to be at work because OF ILL
ness.
Chas, Rhodes, of the car department,
is laid up with rheumatism and is unable
TO work.
ForemaL Martin directed the work of
six mon Saturday night in the engine
cab shop
]. A. Sites, of the car shops, was un-
able to be at work last week because
of sickness.
Trains 8 and 2 were over an hour
late Friday morning on account Of the
snow storm.
Walter James has returned from AL
buuueroue, N. NJ, and is now working
in the shops.
p. Slusser was back to work in the
coach department last Wednesday after
a short illness.
The machinery, blacksmithing and
planning mill departments did not work
Saturday night. &,
Mr.. Henry Scott, of the coach shops,
is the father of new ten-pound boy,
born last week.
Chas Keizer and John Rouerman, of
the blacksmith shops, were sick for a
few days last week.
S, D. Wise, of the planning mill, owns
a fine Wayward colt that gives good
promises for speed.
Chris Cunningham returned to work
in the car shops a week ago Monday
after ten days illness.
'Fhe wheel press machines were moved
into their new building west of the
planning mill Saturday
uorr,ieOn Zinn Uoc hank at WOrLx thp
first of last week otter twoi weeks visit
with friends in Oklahoma,
Another of the large combination en-
gines is nearly completed and will be
tested the last of this week
Dickinson engines Nos. 897 and S9S
were received at the round house last
week for final inspection and training" J"
VIM. Lambert and H. d. Wood, both
of the coach department, returned to
work last week after several days ill
uess.
Secretary G. M. Cottrell of the Rail-
road Y. M. c. A., went to Nortonville
Thursday evening, returning Friday
morning.
Way car No. 1853, which was in a
wreck on the Southern Kansas division
in Oklahoma, is being repaired in the
Topeka shops.
Most of the shop men were "tardy"
Friday morning on account of the snow
storm. The street cars were not run
ming until late.
c. Gardner, of the coach department,
ran a large splinter in his hand last
Thursday and will be compelled to lay
off for several days
Chas. Sheffield, John Cachures, James
Sleeper, Shill Diffendorfer, Geo. Bull and
Dave Wiser, who are employed in the
yards, were off Friday
Foreman John French and E. J. White
returned from Chicago Sunday, where
they had been for the past week on
business for the road.
A party of friends met at the resi-