The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-03
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Fireman Farrell is here from Marco
! line, Mo-, to take the place made vacant
by the death of John Hatfield, who was
! killed in the explosion of two weeks
ago near Carrollton, Mo.
Engines Oz14, OPS and 0129 have been
sold to a Mexican road The OILS has
already been reprinted and renun =
bered. The letters which it now bears
are IF. G. de p. z. IT,
Fireman Benson is constructing a
| gasoline launch for use on the kaW-
John Hartley, foreman of the paint
shop, has gone to Chicago for few
days.
Hammond's gang of workmen, who
have been putting up the frame for the
new blacksmith shop, finished Saturday
and left today for Potter, in Atchison
county, near where a steel bridge is to
be put in. After that the gang has
/ jobs all over the country which will
| occupy the time until about August,
1 when they viii return to Topeka and
begin the construction of the new ma
! chine shop.
Engineer c. Hayman is in the place
of Robert Mears on the fast passenger
runs west OF Topeka
Fireman w H Brooks has reported
for work after a layOR of fifteen days.
He has been sick.
The boiler shop nine met defeat Sat-
urday afternoon at the hands of the
Asylum team, the score resulting rs to
Is in favor of the latter. The Santa Fe
battery was Austin and Williams;
Asylum, Colson and Babb.
Joseph Phillips, day fire builder, who
has been sick for a good many weeks.
is better. and expects to go to work
in a day or two
This is the way the switchmen have
been changing about in the last two
days: George Simm ers. night yard
master, was off duty Saturday night,
and his place was taken by l. g. Ham
m0nd; Charles Bentley filed the va
cancy Sunday morning made by the
absence of Hammond; John Crawford
has the place of John Young, who has
been out for several days; George l.
Stone was off Saturday and Sunday,
and Mark Withers and o. f. Kearns
were working with the North Topeka
crew.
Engineers Porter and Randlett
brought their engines in from Usage
City, Sunday, for washout and for light
repairs.
Trains ?. and were badly off Sun
day. The cause of the delay was not
known.
vacation Sunday.
Engine 9s3, the big locomotive that
was just completed last week. has been
sent to the Belt line at Kansas City to
do pusher service. It is calculated that
this engine will handle about twice the
number of cars that engines on that
road have been handling.
Burr Lewis, of the round-house force,
was off Saturday afternoon elecdOneer-
ing.
Frank Benson, the inventor of the
Benson burner and reflector, mas re-
ceived an assignment of his new re-
Electors for different parts of the line.
Frank Schwartz, who works in the
round house, lay out in a boat on the
Kaw all Saturday night fishing. His
luck was very poor and he will prob
ably not try the experiment again for
some time.
Fireman John Helvie has been at
Newton for several days, visiting. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Helvie and
his sister-in-la Miss Alice Fenter.
Engineer John Snyder. who pulls the
Limited west, has been off for few
trips
The body of D. b Robinson. formerly
vice president of the Santa F'e, will be
buried at St. Adams, VT.
Thomas w Kane and family are
spending a few days in Topeka on their
way to the train dispatcners' conven-
ton at San Francisco. Mr.. Kane is a
dispatcher for the Wisconsin Central
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