The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-26

feasible. Inc lease Tor the ground runs
20 years and the opera house, which
will cost $50, 900, will be surrounded by
parks and lawns on all sides.
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE
George F. Bishop has been put on in
the storehouse.
Machinist William Gardner has been
out for day or two.
James Dunn is at his place in the hand
car shop after a short lay off.
G. F. Resseguie, general superintend-
ent, came in from the west Friday.
Jessie Cole. the daughter of Black
smith Thomas Cole. is sick with lung
fever.
Thomas Beck is a new laborer in the
gang working for Martin Reardon in the
sheds.
George Brown. an apprentice in the
boiler shop. is off on account of a soIe
Engineer Amos Beeler has returned
from a personal business trip to New
ton.
Henry Steinberg of the storehouse has
been off duty taking care of his sick
wife.
Boilermaker Hugh McGivern is happy
over the arrival of a ten-pound girl at
his house.
G. M Wingblade. a coal wheeler
around the blacksmith shop, has been
laying off.
is in again after a short slkirmish with
stomach trouble.
When the Limited goes on daily en-
gines will be changed at Topeka the
same as last year.
H. H. Moies, travelling passenger
agent for the Nickel Plate, was up frorn
Kansas City Friday
Frank Schmittendorf of the brass
corner, has been obliged to lay off to
care for an injured eye.
Frank Kanard of the east shop has
been obliged to lay off because of a
strained back caused by a hard lift.
w. F. Jones. who has charge of the
PintSch gas arrangement, went to Kan
sas City on business for the company.
Frank Sandmeyer, of the machine
has reported for duty. He has been
sick.
James Dewitt, Vincent Coggins and
Charles Billings, of the machine shop,
have gone to Hutchinson to spend Sun
day.
T. L. King. city passenger and ticket
agent for the Santa Fe, was in Kan
sas City Friday taking in the horse
show.
Joseph Domino, a helper in the boiler
shop, took a layoff Friday to give a
mashed thumb an opportunity to re-
cuperate.
William Whitney, who for two or
three weeks has had a job in the up
holstery department as cushion cleaner.
has quit.
r. Barnett, a helper on No. 8 hammer
in the blacksmith shop, has reported
after a brief absence made necessary
by sickness.
Bert Naslund, a brother of Nelson
Naslund, jr., of the blacksmith shop, is
slowly recovering from an attack of
malarial fever.
Blacksmith Charles Kaiser has been
compelled to yield again to a severe at
tack of rheumatism. He has been off
most of the week.
The wife of Switchman Mark Withers,
who has been sick in the hospital, is bet
ter and has been removed to her home
on Branner street.
Locomotive 400, a ten-wheel Dickson,
which has been pulling Nos. and
between Denver and Colorado Springs,
is in for a general overhauling.
Blacksmith Edward Doyle is still
away from his post. His wife has been
in Galesburg, ILL.,, for some time and at
last report had not yet returned
Engineer Byron Smith and wife and
son. Edward, who is fireman, left
Friday for Usage county, where they
will spend few days resting up.
Engineer Chris McGinnis laid off Fri
day. and Endrew Neugebauer caught
his turn out, taking the local freight
east with the compound engine 437.
John McAndrews of the storehouse
was off Friday looking after some per-
SOnal business matters. They say he is
on a dicxer for a string of fine horses
Ffremen Harry Zane and Henry
O'Brien have made a swap. Zane is to
take the yard job which O'Brien held,
and the latter will go in the pool.
Alexander Ahlstrom, a coach painter,
has returned from Ration, n. NJ. where
he went two weeks ago to visit rel
atives He is now welding the brush
again.
Ralph Mcneil has been transferred
from the brass corner to the rod gang.
He takes the place of Charles Gerberick,
an apprentice who has gone off on a
vacation
Edward Davis, a car inspector, who
about six weeks ago went to the hos
pital for an operation for appendicitis,
improving.
Fred Jensen of the east shop, who over
a week ago dropped a piece of metal on
one of his toes bruising it so badly
that he was unable to continue at work,
is still off duty.
Harold Tasker, a clerk in the office of
the superintendent of transportation,
will return the first of next week from
Chicago. where he has been the guest
of relatives for several days.
The wife of William Mespelt who
and is now employed in the cabinet
shop, will arrive Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mespelt will live between Seventh and
Eighth on Chandler
Fred West who has been in the
barber business on East Fourth street,
and who has lots of friends among the
railroad boys, has gone to Argentine,
where he will open new shop.
Lewis Griley, who has been messenger