The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-13
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| Frank Gilyeat, who is employed at the
Junction depot, is working the day trick
| night man and the two traded jobs for a
| short time.
| John Thomas, the trucker at the freight
| house, who had his leg broken Saturday
afternoon while helping move a piano, is
Both Bones Of the io gn p of the limb
were fractured.
John Carlstrom. Jacob Fetzer and Will
the shop and the third in the field yard.
of business now.
The funeral of Clarence Wheeler, for
who died in the hospital Sunday after
noon, Will be held from the North To- To-
Thursday forenoon
Frank Robinson, a machinist helper, is
out to recover from the effects OF truck
member was so badly bruised that he will
be out for a week or more.
One night this week the male chorus
a social to be given by the people Of the
of F. M. Newlands. corner of Sixth and
Charles R. Billings of the achine shop
has reported for duty after having been
out week 1t was thought that he was
but happily he has recovered and viii not
have to submit to an operation.
Tourist a, sleeping car 2S21 that which
when No. was leaving the yards, has
received the necessary truck repairs and
reports it had not been taken away.
r. H. Rollo went to work as a ma,
his trade in Topeka shops. is a son Of
Engineer James Rollo, who pulls the fast
engine on the Cottonwood division.
Three Topeka men went with William
Machine @o scheduled fer serVce enf in the
Chicago division They are Edward Heck,
have worked in the shops here at times.
1t is expected that the new blacksmith
shop will be completed this week. Work
getting ready to hang the doors, and with
the finishing, of that job the building b., will
chinery to be placed.
Most of the, railroads seem to, be. ex-
how. It Is rather early in the season for
the winter travel to begin; but the pas
there are big ticket sales every day for
the resorts of California.
1t is told as a joke on a machinist at
have been floating around, that he rung
home and never showed himself outside
the house until time for work the next
Harvey Bush of the spring shop has re-
ported after two days lay off. He
land, having been called there by his IL
year-old brother losing an arm in a cane
been terribly bruised.
On Friday evening at the Railroad Y.
and counsel of Christian men. The meet
ing will be in line with the special gath
erings which the association all over the
world is holding during this week j.
E. Nissley commonly known as the news
boys friend, will speak and F. G. Mitchell
of the city association will also give an
address.
There will be 1852 piers in the new ma
chine shop. the largest building Of any
mense amount of foundation material can
hardly be realized unless one sees for
a single pit. They are built to support
an enormous pressure; and that is the he
just right at the start
Engineer Andrew Neugebauer made an
excellent run with the limited the other
of the most ste Formidable r1 Obstacles % MAX
ing fast time with a train, he caught up
IS minutes that had been lost between
obliged to leave Kansas City, ten min
utes behind time. but brought the Califor-
mia train into Topeka on the dot.
Seven of the Prairie type passen-
ger engines which the Santa. F'e ordered
Several months ago from the Baldwin
on the east end of the system. Most of
them are being. erected at Streator, Ill,
peka any day. Ten of them will do duty
out of here on the fast runs, the other
% being distributed at different division
and La Junta-
Saturday evening, November %, the To-
cal lodge Of the International Association
of Machnists will give oyster supper
at Lincoln Post hall, on East Sixth street,
for the benefit of the members and their
condition and this event is being arranged
for in order that those belonging may be-
the work generally. At the last meeting
six new members were taken in.