The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-07

Of the Cottonwood division on 81 and g,
between Emporia and Ottawa
On paving in Chicago Now it has the
finest approaches to its two freight
houses of any railroad in that city.
C. o. Emerson, assistant masonry in
spector on the eastern division of the
Santa Pc. was in Topeka Saturday His
headquarters are in Galesburg, Ill
H. r. Nickerson. general manager of
the Mexican Central. passed through To-
pelza Sunday on his way west He has
been in the east for about ten days.
John Mildner- an old time hand in the
coach shop. who has been sick intern1it-
at his post again on account of stomach
service. who was seriously i'll for a time,
IS better and is now able to be up. Clued-
work While she was i'll, is at his post
regularly
Conductor George W. Scott. who has
to report for his car this morning Con-
ductor Tilford has been taking his place
on 81 and g.
R. ]. Parker,superin of the west
ern DIVISION, and Mrs Parker passed
tbn ng topeka saturday on their way
offices at this place.
young Leavenworth man Who is III at the
home of Machinist Thomas sCoughlin is
Cotton, Of Superior. Neb-. has arrived and
viii remain for few days.
who had to have an operation performed
TO the back OF one hand because some
troubling him, resumed work this morn
ing He has been out about ten days.
William Pennington, a coach carpenter.
workmen were -scrapping iron, when a
left eye. He was not obliged to lay of
George Chase. a machinist helper.
% foo an say nn lhe end and Of w hs
obliged to knock off for the remainder of
but if is not BELIEVED Thai the inupv wIi
result seriously.
A I. Thorpe; who has charge Of stock
past two weeks He made the old home
for stopping. but was ' also in ri Chicago.
Cincinnati and Indianapolis Mrs. Thorpe
accompanied him.
Charles Crouch of the car snaps has
sold the property which he formerly
owned in Oakland and is moving block
ing The place which he has been oc-
cupying is now owned by Charles Soule,
eraI Baggage Master Walsh and who was
married recently.
Engine 1891, the "sea-cow.'' was taken
out of the roundhouse for a preliminary
limbering up late Saturday afternoon. It
fuel to be operated in this part of the
country, and from reports thus far given
one large jet in the IRE box which fur
nishes the heat, and the flow. of oil is
regulated by the operation of a small
throttle valve on the dremans side of the
cab.
The wife of Boilermaker Charles Strick-
a long time suffered a second stroke of
paralysis a few days age. For while bile
Sunday, she had slightly recovered and
been heretofore Mrs strickrott was first
stricken about thirteen months ago and
he hoe hoo h<zfI a
since then
Two Pullman cars containing fifty en- |
Chicago and Kansas City, accompanied /
by their wives passed through over the |
% Fl sundag They mere Where Sn th ths
Santa Fe is to entertain them at the new |
G. l. Seag graves, travelling passenger |
agent for the company A special dining |
of here, lunch being served beginning at |
Holiday. The party will be in Las Vegas |
for ten days.
James DeBar, a machinist who has fol- |
lowed the yacht races perhaps more close |
~ than any man in Topeka and who be- |
Thomas Upton deserved a reward. was |
presented with a cup Saturday noon by |
an ordinary second hand tin cup, but the |
presentation speech was made by Werner |
number of shop men. DeBar responded |
assuring the donors that the |
hereafter find use as shaving mug
There is one nice thing about being a /
shop that good many people don't
often think about That is if the fellow
who puts in eight ten hours day in |
the service of the company has a little |
patch OF ground somewhere in the. sub
urbs of town which he can cultivate. |
whatever he gets off it goes down in the |
pocket, which he doesn't reach to for ex-
penditures- Fred Gabler, saw filer in
the mill has vineyard of two
cres east of town. This year. which
was not the best account of the
arouth he secured a yield of seven and
a O Mammoth COnCOTdS.
posing of them at about $40 per ton That
means $500 for all, $50 acre There
this season, but the quality was not up
to that of last summer Gabler was not
out any time in disposing of his crop,
for among his associates at the Santa
F'e he found customers who bought until
almost the entire crop was gone. He is
Of German nativity and got his first |
pointers on grape culture in the Father
and when boy He has put that knowl-
edge to good here and without the
loss of any great amount of time The
money that he gets off his vineyard is
Just like finding much