The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-21
has been to hire new men outright when
they were wanted

There has not been the expected de
ton @ Classes as @ at the Railroad npp y NJ
which 1t was feared might be one of sth
naturally. some falling off, but the worl
who are interested in it
Irwin lodge 260 A. O. u W., which
men, will remember the Families of its
not known just what will constitute the
gift which is to be sent out, but it i.
the memory Of the dead members still
lives.
ner Minstrel company will give an en-
tertainment at the Arion hall here. The
exhibition which the boys put on a few
evenings ago was praised by all who at
tended and the members show improve
ment at each rehearsal Some time during
the winter they intend to appear before
a Wamego audience, the date to be an
nounced later.
This year the Santa F'e has decided to
give an opportunity to its employees in To-
peka shops to lay off a few days during
the Christmas season if they care to do
SO. Work is a little slack in many of the
departments and no more men will be
good many Of the fellows are taking ad-
vantage Of the chance to rest and within
number of nge for oepn pases for
short distances away from Topeka
There is still a vigorous kick from the
service which the street car company is
giving in the early. morning. With it's
in a place where there is no fire. This
many because the cold is 7.sp paprticulariy y Sc
yere at that time Of the day. On every
hopefulness that the company would
change hands and that the new manage
ment would see fit to improve the service.
Tank T. belonging to Lantry brothers,
has received coat of varnish over the
goid n 1etterIlng eIdng Which makes it an espeGaal
Along the sides of the tender are heavy
small green line In the center are the
large plain gold leaf letters: B. Lantry
Sons" II The loc3motives will be similarly i'm,
pear the emblem Strong City, Kan" 1t
Is doubtful if any more. striking. locomo-
than these will be when they are ready to
start for the Golden Gate city.
the last reaching Topeka between 10 and
II O'clock Its passengers were chiefly
They were all discharged and We're on
their way home, some of them having
where out in the western part of the state
the roof of one of the Goa ches took fire,
the train had to be stopped while part of
the top was torn off in order to extin-
engine died and the train was held out in
the open country for several hours.
In the air brake department of the ma
the grinding of angle-cocks which are a
part of the equipment of each freight
of a number of men around the shops,
and is so operated that nine of the angle
cocks can be ground in less time than
was formerly the case. These parts of air
apparatus must fit closely and after long
service they become so worn that there
is more or less leakage. To remedy this
they are again ground smooth so that
they will hold 20 pounds of air without
allowing it to escape, a test being. made
with water
1t has been decided that the laboratory
force must go oyer the oil tank cars
their capacity. Heretofore on each in
Stallment the figures have been taken,
but there have come in complaints that
the tanks were falling a half a barrel
numbers on the end indicated. In order
to remedy this the job is to be gone over,
it seeming that the discrepancy has re-
suited through the ends being bulged
The job is in charge of T. E. Layden, he
being assisted by Will Fargo and Edward
swanson of the cabinet shop. The work
is being done in the roundhouse
Reports indicate that the service which
the Benson switch lamp is giving is quite
vention of Frank Benson, a timer, here
A few weeks ago, as experiment. the
Denver and Rio Grande agreed to give one
of them a trial, placing it at a point TO-
900 feet above the sea level. Despite the
cold, blustery weather. that company SAYS
for it. Its chief merit lies in the fact that
while giving a more brilliant light than
those ordinarily used. it requires but lit
tie attention, running for five days and
Several western railroads are using it.
and from everywhere the reports are most
favorable The Santa F'e has in the neigh
borhood of thousand in service