The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-16
RAILROAD NOTES.


Jerome Nevarre is laying off for a
few days owing to the sickness of his
little boy.
Link GalIetly has gone to Argentine
to take charge of switch engine at
that place.
Roger Williams and E. D. Webb, have
again gone into the service as engi-
neers, after firing for several weeks on
account of slack work.
Ira Henry has been quite sick the
past few days. He will probably give
up his place on the Santa Fe ball
team.
James Patterson is laying off for a
few days.
Engine No. 2O9 left for California this
morning in the local freight No. g. 1t
will go into service on the San Joaquin
Valley road.
Engineer Chas Jones is laying off.
He has gone west to enjoy q two weeks
vacation.
Fireman Richard Ash is laying off
for a few days. Jack German is taking
his place on No Isl.
Harry Goodrich is taking care of
Snyder's pet dog while Snyder is in
oscar Jones is taking the place of
Link Galletly who has gone to Argen-
tine to run a switch engine.
Engine No. S12 is in the shops for
overhauling.
r. J. Schroeder, city ticket agent of
the Rock Island at Wichita, is in the
city for a few days.
Engine No. SIS went out on trial trip
today.
Engine No. $50 has been put into the
shops for general repairs.
J. NJ. Snyder and wife leave for Chi
cago in a few days to enjoy a two
weeks visit with relatives and friends.
Twenty-Five recruits for the regiment
now being formed at Portland, Oregon,
left Kansas City this morning in a
special car over the Rock Island for
that place. These recruits were picked
up in Missouri and Kansas.
Jud COe laid off yesterday afternoon
to hunt for his mule which got out of
its stable and at last reports was said
to be going south with Jud a short
half mile behind. It is expected that
he will get back in time for work this
morning.
An immense amount of business is
now being done by the Santa Fe in the
movement of grain and live stock. All
their available cars at present are in
active use and the many new ones
which are being built at the shops are
being put into service as fast as they
are finished. OF the new cars being
built, an extra force is working on
them and by the time that this year
grain movement commences in earnest,
the road will have a sufficient number
of cars to properly take care of the
immense business which will naturally
fall to their line.
The ladies' auxiliary to the B. r. T,
and the members of the R. R. 7. NJ. c.
A, will give q benefit concert at the
Y. NJ. G. A. rooms on East Fourth
street, Tuesday evening, August O.
The concert will be a worthy one and
! viii be FOR the benefit of Mr.. Bert
Nichols, a former emplOye of the Santa
F'e shops, who has been seriously i'll
with spinal meningitis for the past four
months and is now only a little better.
The Rough Riders, the base ball
team of the south shops, are looking
for the person who gave out the report
that they did not win the game last
Saturday, which they played with the
Compounders. At first they thought
! that probably some member of the
Compounders' team was responsible for
it but they all claim that is not the
case. 1t is now thought that some one
did it more for a joke. The game was
won by the Rough Riders by a score of
% to II. and the Rough Riders say they
are now ready to meet all teams who
think they can play ball.
The regular Santa Fe team is prac-
ticing every night and will probably be
in good shape for their next game.
They have already several games in
view, but no definite arrangements
made for them. Games are being
worked up with EmpOria, Lawrence,
and Scranton. all of which will proba-
bly, take place in Topeka. The team
has been in bad form so far this sea-
son and an extra effort is being made
by the boys to get out to practice and
if possible redeem themselves from the
bad record which the team has made
in the games already played.