The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-21

Congregational church. wiz speak at the
Coach shop meeting, Thursday noon. The
Stoves quartetre will sing
William Rund. Of the water service, who
a a been ssa running mi. the snglne at the gen
returned to his place at the shops.
Robert AIcCord is a new brass nnoIder
working at the bench left vacant by the
absence Of Clyde SWartz- He came to
Topeka recently from Buriingame
Nicholas Lauterbach- a painter IN the
l!ocolnossiEe paint snop; VINO spent few
Westphalia. is welding the brush again
Nelson Naslund- a car repairer who was
work in the sheds, has grown worse late
y. and was taken TO the hospital today
J L Swartz, train dispatcher for the
Missouri Pacific at OsaWatomies was n
Topeka Tuesday between tricks. visiting
his father. J. ". SWartz. a cab carpenter
John Stirkhl, a machine hand IN Schle-
gels gang. who quit several days ago and
expected TO go on a Marion county farm.
mas taken his former place and is work
Robert Wear. an east shop man. has re-
about month ago He registered in the
land drawing contest but was not one of
the fortunates-
an engine tank at Lawrence q few weeks
ago and received injuries to one hip which
reported for work.
The large storage tank which has been
LIlaeT construction at the Dc41er Snop Tor
some time, has been completed and Is
ready for shipment 10 san Bernardino.
Henry Shute, 4 1aborer in Pettft's scrap
companied by BIS two daughters. shate
daughters will not return for two weeks
The death OF the wife of Geo. Crawford
boiiermaker. which occurred Tuesday
morning, was not entirely unexpected. for
she had been Ill for some time She was
able however, to be I'D and around on
The last of the fifteen oil tanks. upon
which the bOilermakerS have been work
They Will be sent to California for use
in the oil fields, and the number viii be
increased by . later.
James Coggins of the machine shop has
returned from Oklahoma. where he went
q lew weeks ago II was MS intention
10 go into business provided there was
a good opening, but he VIII likely return
to the shops for awhile
Robert Graham. foreman of a scrap iron
gang- was struck on the left side Of the
face BY a piece of flying steel Tuesday
Graham removed it himself and continued
at work without interruption.
Grand Island engine H. which was dis
Cover. No, has been put in the round
hauling at the hands Of jerks gang
Fred Roehrig. of the tin shop was the
lucky man IN a rattle the other day, win
ming a horse at a cost of only go cents
Roehrig Is the possessor Of a bicycle, but
horse.
GnrfS- R1OrQdn. VINO LETT Topeka two
years ago after serving his apprentice
ship in the machine shop here was re-
neW1ng acquaintance Tuesday Riordan
since leaving here has been with the com
pany at Needles, Cal, but Just now is
on his way home from a trip to Buffalo.
w. O. Shafer. brother of Ralph
Shaffer, OF the brass foundry, passed
through Topeka Tuesday on his way to
FL Reno. Okla. where he will assume the
position of agent for the Choctaw. Okla
been agent for the Denver and Rio
Grande at Gunn1SOn, Colo
Frank Ferris a Santa Fe section man
at Wilder, is in the hospital here While
walking between two tracks at Lansing
the other day he was struck by passing
train and received some slight injuries
thought to have been seriously hurt, and
viii probably be out again soon
George Hetherington. a machinist in the
his son, G. B. Hetherington, chief clerk in
the Santa Fe department Of transporta-
ton Mr. Hetherington has not been in
topeka Tor NUMBER OF years, and ex-
presses much surprise at the way IN
which the city has improved since he
was here
agent for the Baltimore and Ohio South
western at Kansas City was in Topeka
Tuesday Mr. Goodrich was making
preparations 10r handing the Kansas
delegation Of Knights Templar, his line
having been designated as one Of the Off
cial routes
q water train from Holiday Junction TO
Edgerton, on the cutoff Edgerton IS a
water station, but the supply which the
two large ponds there held has given out
A train was run between those two points
last winter until about as late as Feb
ruary At Holiday there IS & large ST.
foot steel tank. and the supply is kept On
hand by the use of a gasoline engine. so
that there viii be no difficulty in obtain
tank. The train viii consist Of seven
cars