The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-01

I creasing the force from 500 to about
1000 men.
Mrs. Edward king. wife of the clerk
( in the blacksmith shop, accompanied
4 by her sister Miss Cora Lehman went
! to Hum boldt today. Mrs. King will
spend the remainder Of the summer at
Fireman H. P. French. who runs on
the fast mail between Topeka and Kan
sas City. has returned from two
weeks sojourn in the north, along the
ready for work
Machinist J. l. Chatham. wife and
little girl, left today for Chicago. They
viii spend a few weeks in the Windy
City, and incidentally will make side
trips to Milwaukee and to Mr.. Chath-
am $ old home at Waukesha, Wis.
Isaac Schlegel. foreman of the car
machine shop, has been off for a few
days suffering from an attack of heart
trouble. Schlegel IS able to sit up, but
it will take several days before he can
take charge of his department again.
Stephen Bauer fireman in the mill
Wednesday dropped one having nail
in the end of it on his foot. The nail
pierced his shoe and entered his foot
just back of his toe, making wound
painful but not SO serious as to cause
him to lay off.
Samuel AIcKibben, the 1nachinist who
was a lucky number in the land draw
ing contest will leave for the prom
the boilernaker, who was among the
first Topekans announced, received his
official notification Wednesday, morning
and left that night for Ell Reno.
Work on the construction of the new
machine shop will be put off a little
later than was expected Hammond's
bridge gang, which has the job of
putting together the steel frame will
20 to Los Angeles about August is
to do some work for the company there
before beginning on the new shop
here.
The storehouse laborers, who were
placed on nine hour day a week ago,
have been put back to the former
schedule and are now working ten
hours. The cause of lengthening the
day seems to have resulted from heavy
demands for material, all of which
could not be handled in nine hours.
The change affects about rs men
Business has been picking up in the
coach shop within the last day or two.
No telling how long the increase will
last, but the passing Of the great rush
to the new lands of the southwest has
relieved somewhat the condition as it
has existed for two weeks or more ana
it IS quite possible that the cars which
had to be pressed into service for the
accommodation of the Oklahoma traffic
will be returned to the shops as fast
as repairs are needed or whenever de-
sired improvements are to be made.
Most of the truck men who were off the
first Of the week on account Of slack
places.
H. Tesman, master car builder for
the Barney & Smith company, of Day
ton. Ohio, is in Topeka. A number of
dining cars recently built by that COM
pany for the Santa Fe failed to give
complete satisfaction. and in order
that they may be repaired it is in
tended that they shall be sent back to
Dayton The work of repairing the
headlining. which was causing the
trouble, might have been done here
had there been room, but in view of
the latter fact it was decided to send
them back to the car works The cars
are not needed so badly now as later in
the season when the California traffic
is en-, but they will be ready for that
business when it opens in the fall
J. E. Larkin. secretary of the local
lodge No H. of the Switchmen's Union
of North America, has received de-
tails concerning the death Of Richard
M. Croy the unfortunate member OF
that lodge who was killed recently at
Jimulc0s Mexico. Croy was brak1ng on
the Mexican Central, and was re-
turning from his first trip out, on the
morning OF July 20, after having been
on duty continuously for twenty-five
hours. His train took a siding at
point about $50 miles south of FL Paso,
Tex. and it is supposed that he fell
asleep. It is probable that the noise
of the approaching train awakened
him. and he started up only in time to
be struck by the train He received q
terrible dow In Nue Temple peSloeS ObuSr
injuries in the head which rendered
him unconscious, and which finally
caused his death a few hours later
All attempts to comm unicate with the
relatives of Croy have proven futile.
It is believed that his father and
mother live at Haysville, or Kayville,
this state, which is not certain, and
there is a possibility that he has a
sister in Omaha Secretary Iarkin is
using every possible means to get word
to the relatives, being especially anx-
ious to communicate with them at once
cr.rlcar.rairnsr C.rnHrle death.