The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-21

room, has not been at his bench this week
| on account of severe illness. There
seems to have developed complication of
! diseases and his condition at last report
| was critical
| Peter Cart and owen Callahan of the
MEASUREMENTS mas Of the lfleVe water and Sewer
lines in the shop district will also go
over the air and steam lines before quit
ting the job.
Several of the fellows around the store
fai Ir of the the Macley STOCK Investment i1f.
Co. of New York city. If the concern did
$500 to 500 around that department.
George w. Cooper. who was to have
been sent to the American locomotive
works at Pittsburg, Pa, will go to Sche-
which the company is building. for the
Santa Fe. He Will leave the early part
of next week
A L. Beardsley. road foreman of en-
gines on the Chicago division with head
quarters. at Fort Madison, Ia, and J. F.
middle division at Newton, were in To-
peka Wednesday on business connected
Engineer George Rain, who runs on the
Santa, Fe between Arkansas City and
Is P * atfenS fha Fl
a brother of William Rain, who runs on
the through passenger trains between To-
peka and Marceline. Mo.
Mrs. Marietta Bates. mother of Osman
Bates. who was burned by gas from the
Henry have arrived from Chanute for a
short visit with him at his home east of
town. Henry Bates is a yard engineer for
the Santa Fe at that place.
Edward Crum, who is remembered by a
great many of the shop men because of
is down from Horton. where he. had a job
with the Rock Island for short time.
Until Until a. few eve, weeks Ks aago he was With the
Within the last two days there has
been slight increase in the work among
enf hss bnt little to do but the
prospect is that if a cessation of the pres
ours it will mean plenty of business for
the coach workers.
Machinist Henry Goodrich of Graharns
gang went to Kansas City today to take
in the flower show 1t. would be difficult
to find man around the Santa Fe shops
Goodrich. for he is not only an authority
on matters of this kind among the shop
come to u' him neG Tor exact information 40" on
Horticulture
Engine 1909, one of the big Baldwin, pas
near the Second street viaduet Tuesday
fhe east into fhe yad and Tefsed tn
recognize the curve at that place. WHICH 1issl
train was running at a slow rate of speed
and aside from the engine getting on
@ gnster en the ras AGAIN ol reaue
the strength of three other locomotives,
besides four hours work
James Henry. a blind bcilermakzssr from ON
day. He is travelling around over the
port, and the members of the local lodge
helped him out to the extent of about $36
Seventeen years ago Henry lost the sight
of one eye by a piece of steel striking it.
Twenty-one months ago he was deprived
He is a man about so years old and in his
time has seen seen lots of service at his
trade having worked in the shipbuilding
yards of all the great companies along
the Atlantic coast He went from here to
Pittsburg.
Four bolt machines in the blacksmith
shop were stopped Wednesday and the
men who work them were sent home
because there was no fuel for the fires.
These furnaces are heated with Beau
mont oils and the car which was billed to
this place is thought to have been side
tracked somewhere on the road 1T ar
rived Wednesday evening and everything
was running smoothly this morning. This