The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-13
ABOUT RA1tRoAn PEOPLE

Blacksmith Charles Holmgren was off
duty Monday.
Earl Fisk, machinist, has returned
from Chicago
Isaac Paisley, a boiIermaker, went
home sick Monday.
Machinist Al Clayton of the south
shop failed to show up for work Mon
day.
S. E. Kelly and Joseph Fentiman. of
the blacksmith shop, have been laying
off.
Peter schoenfelt of the blacksmith
shop has been laying off for day or
Henry Lang. of the car machine shop,
is at work again after a brief fishing
trip.
Charles Allen. of the boiler shop, has
returned frona business trip to Ness
county.
Frank Israel, a south shop machinist.
has reported for work after a layoff
of a week.
John wetterlund of the blacksmith
shop has returned after an absence of
several days.
car machine shop for a number OF
years, has quit
Conductor George speer of the west
end local is at work again after a sick
spell lasting ten days.
Charles Roth. a machinist helper in
attack of rheumatism
Charles Anderson, of the truck gang,
has returned from Lawton, where he
has been for some time.
Conductor r. c. Scott. of the west
end local. who has been laying of for
a week, is on duty again
George Cole of the blacksmith shop
is suffering from what appears to be
an attack of appendicitis
Engineer Edward Whitcomb, who
pulls trains 1. 2, and g. has been COM
PEELED to give his eyes a rest of few
days
James Galletly, of the Cottonwood
division, is running on the fast mail
during the time that James Rollo is
laying off.
J. NJ. Sprowl, a carpenter in the
sheds, has triumphed in a five days
struggle with cholera morbus and is at
work again.
On account of misdireced blow with
a sledge Monday, John Stamm, a round
house helper. is suffering with
mashed finger
Alexander Graham, of the car ma
chine shop. who has ben out for three
or four days on account of a sore
finger. is on duty.
B. F. Kfnsey, a coach trimmer, ex-
poets to leave for San Bernardino,
Cal, shortly, where he will enter the
Santa Fe service.
George Crawford, of the boiler shop,
who has been detained at home for
several days by the serious illness of
his wife, is in again.
Gus Osman has been succeeded in the
brass corner by w. L. Jury. Osman
will go to Albuquerque after short
visit with his parents in st. Paul.
Lewis Spendlove of the sheet iron
gang rung in this morning after an alb
sence of several days, caused by
threatened attack of typhoid fever
roof of he now h c1xS111itf
shop is being rapidly put on. and with
in two or three days will be com
pleted. The work of putting in the win
dows is also under way.
Joseph Boyer, chief of the Santa Fe
fire department. has purchased two of
the houses which lately stood on the
new shop site and is having them
moved over on Locust street
Elmer Miller, a south shop machin-
ist has returned from Kansas City
where he listened to the Banda Rosa
His impression of the italian musicians
is that they can play a line or two"
William Fargo. who has spent the
first eighteen months of his apprentice
ship in the cab shop, has been trans
ferred to the cabinet department
where he vii serve the remainder of
his time.
clifton Gerberick. who works In
Sch1egers gang, will leave this week
for Colorado. where he viii remain un-
will spend most of the time visiting an
invalid sister.
A c. Brit is holding down his corner
in the sheds again. He has been suf-
fering with stomach trouble for a few
days and has not entirely recovered
yet but thinks work may prove a. COM
plete remedy.
G. T. Neubert, formerly master me-
chanfc here but now roundhouse fore
man at Fort Madison, Ia, was in To-
peka visiting Monday. His family lives
here and he has two sons in the shops
at this place.
William Peterson, a shed carpenter,
has been in Usage City for a few days
Rumor has it that Peterson's purpose
in going to Usage City was to consun-
mate a matrimonial deal of which he
was one of the principals.
Engine 2240, which has stood in the
round-house for several n onths. being
used by superintendent Johnson in his
tests Of oil has been moved out. TIE
experiments with Beaumont oil seem
to have resulted satisfactorily
Marion Barnett, who has been haul
ing rock for Hardy, has gone to work
as a trucker in the store house. Bar
nett says the rock business wasn't
steady enough to suit him and he de-
cided to get something more regular
Guy Cronenberg, who works in the
sheet iron gang, went to work Monday.