The Topeka state journal., 1901-12-21
day and a half on account of frozen

James Colinson general master mechan-
ic has gone to Ration. N. M. on a busi-
Joseph McGivern. a helper in the spring
shop has reported after an absence of
Charles Ridgway, who repairs water
tanks, is laid up with a severe attack of
lung trouble
l.. H. Dearhart, a Chesapeake and Ohio
engineer from Covington, KY, was around
the shoDs Friday.
The little son of Machinist Frank Coles
a week. is better.
Engine 1885, a ten-wheel Blood. has been
brought into the south shop to receive a
general Overhauling.
Frank Pribble of the coach paint shop
has reported for duty after an absence
of two or three days.
A Steward, who runs a bolt machine in
the wheel shop has reported after lay
off of three or four days.
Charles Naylor is a new ernploye in the
store department.. He has charge of an
outside gang during the invoicing season.
two years ago and moved out on a farm
10 miles southwest of town. was around
Friday.
his wife and brother, Norman. of the gen
eral offices. will spend Sunday in Kan
Machinist Charles Peck will leave to-
morrow for Beaumont, Tex, where he
Will spend few weeks visiting a. son who
lives there
William Heathorn. helper in the labor
atory, who has been out most of the week
his place again.
w. s.. Mitchell, a night machinist. ac-
20 to Chanute in a day or two to visit un-
til after Christmas.
c. e. DeWeese, an east shop machinist,
now occupying a house between Jefferson
and Madison streets
Chair car zoos, which was put out of
service on account of the heater pipes
freezing, has been placed in the coach
shop to receive the necessary fxings.
II Nelson a
William Morns, who burned one eye the
otio ether day fo SO m badly ,yo that 1t he has been
Joseph Spendlove, the machinist who
was paralyzed his left side last week,
shops for a time in company with his
wife
Maehinizt Joseph Paddock was detained
who is troubled with an attack of rheum-
atism.
At. the storehouse a car. of new style
fire brick has been received to be placed
in the fire boxes of the new compounds
for trial.
tive which has been in the hands of
Jenl1s' gang for repairs. has gone out for
locomotive ,22ss, a pony switch engine
which has been in service in Topeka
yards. has been run into the east shop for
heavy repairs
George Devlin, a hammerboy in the
blacksmith shop, has returned to his place
after a loss of several days time on ac-
count of sickness
Nearly all the boilermakers who have
ferred to the day shift. Some of them
have been on nights as long as two
months.
Friday after a lay off of a day. made
necessary by the accident in which his
wife fell on an icy pavement breaking her
right limb
Frank Ford. a bridge and building car
genteT feoze his left f9ot badly 5 the tn % other her
mill. and he has been obliged to lay off
ever since
Frank Henry of the boilershop has been
Of the sickness Of his little daughter. The
attack of brain fever.
Reuben Peabody of the. machine shop
has gone to Chicago to visit with his par par
father is statistician in the traffic depart
ment of the Santa F'e.
heavy push car of material the elevator
in the. north end of the storehouse gave
up and refused to do it's duty from Wed
nesday until Friday afternoon.
Frank Congdon; clerk in the blacksmith
Rockford Ill. where they will spend a
week visiting friends and relatives.
Claude Maze, who mashed one hand
BILE trouble with the member. Lately he
swollen
Jacob. spetter, an apprentice in the
eta sn0p on one wno Of his Feet the oP
lose one of his toes as a result of the
accident.
ssn caqae ID Hardy Of the water ssryss S has
the car shops since the absence of Max
Thymian, who has been sick since Thurs
day. Hardy reported for duty only Fri
day morning.
Fireman e. e. Smith has been given the
vacancy on the coal train run from To-
peka south Fireman Roberts IS cunning
on = Il Il and a, g. between :, here and Newton;
4, east of this place
At the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday af-
ternoon, Augustus Nash, who, with head
Bible classes among the association of the
country. will speak. He was formerly Sec
retary of the Topeka city association.
Oscar Meyer. a locksmith in the water
service, was called to the general offices
Friday morning to put the combination
operation Cold weather was responsible
for the spring not working properly
Jesse Roehr of Topeka has been sent to
rush in the storehouse while the invoicing
season IS on He was formerly in the
Santa +, Fe ,,; service, but lately has been
Miss Blanche Weir daughter of ]. S.
Weir of the brass foundry. has returned
f54m Yisf Of xe Efsa II cheg f yte nnd
the house in which her mother was born
and married and in which she herself was
born
1t is likely that the Santa Fe will build
several new bob-tail way cars. One of
these is already under construction for
short Colorado line and is nearly COM
pleted The number of the new order, if
it is decided certainly to place it, win
probably be 25
Will Gordon has been transferred to the
water service. Within the last few days
several changes. of this kind have been
taken the men who have been in the ma
chine shop proper Heretofore the plan