The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-06
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

sick
Leon Weeks. a blacksmith helper, has
been laying off.
Frank Wilcox of the machine shop was
off duty Tuesday
James Dunn of the handcar shop has
been off duty two days
A F. Hilton, general storekeeper, is out
trip to C1eburne. Tex
Roy Bryson has quit the machine shop.
He has been here only about a week
Charles Johnson has reported for duty
in the blacksmith shop after a brief lay
off
Otto Larson. a blacksmith is unable to
be bed. at MS post OF duty he IS sick IN
Henry Heise of the machine shop has
been transferred from machines to floor
claude Shields of Miller,s. gang is hap
py over the arrival of a baby girl at his
G. B. Elliott of the east shop has been
transferred from a machine to work on
James White of the coach paint shop
came in Tuesday after an absence of a
day two
ported for duty after a lay off lasting for
several days
Bert Heustis of the boiler shop has been
out for several days on account of an
injured hand
Brakeman F. p MeCabe. who for about
a week has been off his car because of
sickness, has reported
Joseph Cramer, who formerly worked in
the machine hin shop Is m l9Ii into ne"
Tuesday carpenters were busy putting
down a strip of new flooring along the
track inside the storehouse-
The wife of R ]. Putnam clerk in the
office Of the machine shop foreman, is
recovering from a brief Illness
bx be G1sni struck ii in the mouth WITH
wedge. is in his place as usual
Hugh Devlin. a machinist apprentice,
haan transferred from a
drill press to the brass corner
The wife of William .Boyes Of the wa
ter service and his sister. Miss Edith
Boyes. are in Chicago for visit.
Q. s. Morrow. Superintendent Of the
GhiIdrens Home sosi it Z, Nv, will speak at
George Nightingale. an apprentice in the
boiler shop. is in again after having been
off moving over on Second and Chandler
Dewey Woods, a workman in the coach
shop, who has been off for several days,
is still absent He lives out near Shorey-
City. where he has been visiting for two
weeks
Blacksmith William Crawford who fell
against a pile of hot iron last week,
burning one arm severely, has reported
B. l. Brennan, is a new man in the
south shop He has been in the service
of the Louisville & Nashville at Evans
Next sunday, evening the male chorus
of the Railroad Y M G. A viii partici-
pate in the services at the First Chris
tian church.
Machinist Philip Engstrom of the south
shop mas reDorted after ad a la ~ on on q, OF
ness of his wife
John welter. a member of Pettit's scrap
on the head by a piece of metal has re-
ported for duty
The body of Mrs. Mary Garner. wife of
Edward Garner of the spring shop. was
shipped TO Galesburg, H., Tuesday on
No. for interment-
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smith department few weeks ago and
took Job s In TIE T,,s yards began work IN
Ralph Kennedy: night ticket clerk at
the Santa Fe, left Tuesday for a trip TO to
expects to be gone about 10 days.
o. Williams has been put on as helper
in the BOILER shop Villa ms d worked IN
a member of the Sixth street car repair
A A Hope of the water service has
taken a leave of absence from his work
for 30 days He will spend the time rest
ing up, having been in poor health for
A w Ffsl<e of the blacksmith shop has
returned from Chicago, where he has
He has a brother in the telephone bust
ness there
the Santa Fe contractors who had jobs
out on the road. has traded his property
to Kingfsher, Ok
Mrs Thomas Boyes of Fuller is here
for visit with her son William Boyes OF
tiers. Mrs John Thomas and Mrs NJ. A.
Montgomery of this place
Emmett Wood has returned to his for
Her place a boilermaker helper He
left here about two months ago and since
then has been in the service of the COM
pany at Ottawa and Emporia-
Since the recent cool weather began
the men have been reminded of the need
of heat for the winter number of ra-
diarors and stoves have been placed at a
number of places around the shops late
~
Ira Miller. foreman of a gang in the
east erecting shop. was formerly in
charge of a rOundhOuSe for the Northern
Pacific He learned his trade here and
has been with the Santa Fe for a long
time
Tuesday morning block fell from an