The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-04

ton and will go to Little Rock. Ark,
where he viii work in a wholesale
Max Thynaian, who runs the transfer
table at the car shops, has been absent
for a day or two on account of sick
ness.
A. has begun serving iced tea to the
men at the coffee house during the noon
hour This is done every summer
u. s. Davis, a trimmer in the coach
Wednesday noon It is reported that
he is sick.
Moses Nightingale, who has put in a
long time working on car doors, has
been transferred to the cabinet depart
ment of the coach shop.
The tank gang, which went to Guth-
RE, Okla, some weeks ago to put up a
steel water tank, has returned to To-
peka.
N. V. Bernard. a car repairer in the
freight shed, has quit the Santa F'e, and
will work in an uptown carpenter shop.
Joseph Cramer. of the machine shop,
is still suffering from a severe attack of
fever. He has been out more than a
week
Mont. Buell.. of the boiler shop. is lay
ing off.
b. f. Kinsey. of the car shops, who
had the misfortune to fail in Muddy
creek while fishing last Sunday, is max
ing preparations for a repetition of the
same experience tomorrow.
lacerated his wrist badly awhile ago
at work in a refrigerator car. is rapidly
recovering from the effect of the injury
and will be ready for duty the first of
the week
William L. Jury has taken the place
of Gus Osnan. foreman of the brass
department of the machine shop. Os-
man is laying off on account of sick
ness.
Frank Dickinson. of the pattern shop
has gone to Las Vegas. N. NJ, to take
treatment for rheumatism. He will be
gone about two months.
Peter Bower, of the machine shop,
was laying off Friday.
Engine 06, of the Holliday-Leaven-
worth run, is in Topeka shops for light
repairs. It is one of the older class
of Santa Fe engines.
Burr Lewis day boiler washer, is lay
ing off.
Engine O167 has received a light over
hauling and coat of varnish. This was
formerly engine SO, and was built es-
pecially for the fast mail run. It is
still doing service on that train.
Calvin Hayes, loren an of the truck
gang in the round house, was off
Thursday and Friday-the first two
days that he has missed being on duty
in fourteen years. There are but few
men in the shops that have a better
record for steady labor than this.
Engineer Client is laying off
William Glenn, a carpenter in the
tank room, has returned to work after
a days vacation.
There have been large additions to
the membership of the Democratic
| fiambeau club of late. A great many of
the new members are railroad men.
John Taylor, of the car shop, is lay
ing off. Before leaving the shop he was
complaining with a sore eye, and it is
| supposed that this is the cause of his
absence.
Engine 627 went out on trial trip
Friday in charge of Engineer Beeler.
Samuel Joslin. of the brass depart
ment, who has been absent from work
| several days, is still laying off.
Following are some of the men who
were off duty Friday: John H. Frizell
and Thomas MagilI, of jerks gang;
George Cooper, who works under Nit
chell; Andrew P. Peterson, of the tin
shop; Joseph P. Donahue. of Graham S
gang; John Gardner, of the round
house: and Adam Koeberlein, of the
stripping gang