The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-16
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE

Engineer B. W. Client has been laying
Ralph Boyd of the machine shop is Wis
iting in Chicago.
Charles Holmgren of the blacksmith
shop has been laying of sick.
Joseph Donohue of the south shop has
gone west on a vacation trip of 80 days.
Brakeman Van Beck has gone to Bur-
lingame to take in the fair for a few
days
Fred Short of the machine shop has
urday for Buffalo
w. F. Evans, assistant general attorney
of the Rock Island, has been at las
Vegas for a few days
John MCNEIL, who has one Of the west
end passenger runs, has reported for duty
after lay off since Friday evening.
General Manager H. u. Nudge went
wsst on a sgeGl95 tran compose or MS
w. NJ Bunce and D. Patterson, who
have been working IS helpers in the
blacksmith shop for a short time, have
Frank Russell of the blacksmith shop
has reported for duty after a brief strug-
gle with cholera. morbus in which he
The wife and two children of Charles
Darker of the coach shop came in Satur-
day from Colorado. where they have been
on q vacation of three weeks
Brakeman ". NJ. Chamberlain who
runs on the plug, has gone to the meeting
of the odd Fellows at Indianapolis, Ind
He expects to return within a week.
Wheels have begun turning for the con-
struction of the new pattern shop, several
piles of crushed stone being already on
the ground and ready for the foundation
M. Sproull. a carpenter in the sheds
came in this morning after q short alb
sence Mr. Sproull has been unwen for
some time and is obliged 70 lay off every
William Zarker. clerk in the office Of the
of ten days to the summer resorts Of Col
orado and a brief visit down as far as
When finished, the 2ss1 win be the first
oil burning engine in this part of the
that the necessary change will be fin-
ished within few days
nt Kalph Humnesl member Of ". A
ried Tuesday evening to Miss Buena
Seruggs of Atchisor- At the home OF the
Tuesday morning the coal train which
runs every winter daily between Topeka
annuled during the summer season while
the fuel demand = slack, but will con-
tlnue from now Until the latter part of
next spring.
The Railroad T. NJ c. A has organ
lied a. fourth class Of men for the study
Bibles were purchased q few weeks ago
and the association starts out for the
winter partfcularIy strong In this branch
of the work
The fremen'g magazine for this month
Gle on LOCOMOTIVES of the Nineteenth
and Twentieth Centuries" The entire
the usual which is saying 4 whole lot
for that Interesting labor publication.
G. Il. Johnson OF the cOacn paint shop
headed a movement Saturday morning
for the purchase In only q few minutes or
for that department. and by noon a large
sixteen foot banner hoated at rnid-mast
from that building Johnson secured S14
for te purchase in only a few minutes OF
carvassfre, which shows that there are
some loyal people in the country yet
Superintendent of Machinery Player has
returned from Chicago, where he has been
looking after business IN connection with
the bui ding of the new 100 refrigerator
cars ordered by the company. This
class OF equipment has been In great de-
n7and recently, the timers On the east
side of the tracks here being rushed with
the vrrk necessary to keeping them in
propeI repair.