The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-09

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RAILROAD NOTES
The excursion to the Chautauqua at
Wathena last Sunday over the Rock
Island was a successful venture. About
$50 people attended from Topeka and
over 500 more were picked Up along the
route
Engine No. 519 was broken in today.
Engine No. 567 is in service on the
cut-off.
Fireman Ed Powell of the ST. Joe
run is SICK and Dan Shannon is taking
A record on the sand blast has been
made by the paint department. They
cleaned the paint from five engines in
two days. This work would ordinarily
take a weeks time with twice the num-
Der of men.
The machine shops are now working
ten hours day. Many new men have
been put to work and there is a great
deal of work to be done in anticipation
of the extra rush of business as soon
as this years crop begins to move in
earnest.
NJ L. Kelly Of the paint department
and his wife expect to leave in a few
days for few weeks trip II New Mex
leo
For the year ending June so last the
B. & NJ. and Rock Island roads hauled
out of Decatur county 2,143 car loads
from her several towns, as follows:
Oberlin, $40; Ramona, 285; Norcatur.
+
IS; Cedar Bluffs, 10S OF this number
of car loads 553 We're hogs, 453 cattle, 57S
wheat and 395 cars of corn.
W. D. Lane. mail clerk on the Solo
mon branch of the Union Pacific for a
number of years, has been transferred
to the Rock Island between Phillips
burg and Colorado Springs. F. H.
Cochran succeeds him.
The Union Pacific is relaying its
track between Solomon and BelOit with
steel rails, having already completed the
same as far as Minneapolis. A large
force of WOrknen are at work Surfacing
and draining the track and rCadbed.
There seems good prospect for the
Central Branch to put on a night train
and run a Sleeper from Kansas City to
either Stockton or Lenora, the western
terminus of this road.
Mr.. c. W. Jones, superintendent of the
eastern division of the Rock Island, is
in town on business
VIII Wilson and a few friends have
gone to Auburn on a few days fishing
trip. Mrs. Wilson was one of the
party and Will visit relatives on a farm
near Auburn for a week or ten days.
A new timer has been added to the
force at the Santa Fe shops. It came
last Saturday and belongs to Mr.. and
Mrs. F. V. Benson. Mr.. Benson, the
young mans father, is well known
employe of the tin shop.
Mr.. w. L Allen, assistant general
manager of the Rock Island, was in
town Monday. Mr.. Allen left last
ness, but will combine business with
pleasure, and while there will spend a
few days with the Cryptic Masons.
Jack HenShaW. the chicken fancier of
the shops, is having quite a time with
his chickens. He is very much Wor-
ried over a problem which threatens
to depopulate his chicken yard. His
old hens seem to be exceedingly awk-
ward in stepping on the little chickens.
He is thinking seriously Of putting box
ing gloves on the old hens or rigging
up some sort of contrivance to make
them step higher, so that the little ones
will have some show to get out of the
way.
Talking about tall cornstalks being
raised in Kansas this year: Mike MuIvi-
hill brought a stalk to the shops yes
terday which he raised in his garden
out at Pleasant Valley, and it was said
to measure Is feet. There were five
ears of corn on it, and the first one was
II feet from the ground. Mr.. Mulvihill
says that all his corn is of this same
variety and that he will probably have
to husk the corn from horseback, or it
may be necessary to cut down the
stalks before taking off the corn.
The rise of Thomas H Sears in the
railroad world has been meteOric. Three
months ago Mr.. Sears was trainmaster
of the Santa. Fe at Pueblo. Today he
is preparing to take a new and import
ant office. When the Santa Fe, Colo
RADIO & Southwestern agreement goes
into effect on Tuesday he will be su-
Clear Greek and Denver Pueblo divis-
ions of the Colorado & Southern. The
circular announcing the change was is
sued esterday.-Denver Post.
John Foster of the Denver and Fit.
Worth railroad, visited in Topeka to-
day.
Engineer Tom Jones will go to TT.
Madison, Ia, in a few days to spend a
two weeks vacation.
Tinotson of the water service depart
ment has been sick for the past few
days.
Frank Katherman, formerly in the
shops here several years ago, is again
at work in the east shops.
Ben TumpIty is at work again after
a few days lay off on account of sick
ness.
Ed Mcmahon, who is employed in the
south shops used to be one of the crack
western league pitchers. He played
with the st. Joe team.
Engine No. 209 will be turned out of
the shops on Thursday and go into ser
vice on the San Joaquin Valley road.
S. K. Withers, of the Santa Fe fire
department, has resigned his position,
sold his property in Topeka and will
move to Kansas City to live.
LAS VEGAS NOTES.