The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-22

signment of a regular run
Jacob volkert.. foreman of the plating
the early. part of the week. is reported as
being little better Otto Kuehle is in
charge during his absence
Engine 2210, ten wheel Baldwin from
the Santa Fe Pacific. has been sent out
jerks gang. 1t will be sent back to that
part of the system for service.
Dining. car 1854, which was brought into
to Chicago to be remodeled and fixed up
for a special peel to be used by Paul Morton
John Taylor, a carpenter in the sheds,
and John A. Alexander, custodian of the
that they Won the two card prizes at the
Court of Honor social the other night.
G. W. Closson. fuel contractor, for the
company here, has gone out on the west
ern division on regular tour OF inspec-
veas t an9 WV rebcn as Ia ees 5fors
he can return.
c. n. Nelson. who for the past ten years
auditor of freight receipts for the Santa
Fe. has gone to, Little Rock, Ark There
road.
one of the pipes in the office of Foreman
Barnes of the machine. shop and wet
partnent, besides doing a little injury to
the furniture How it happened nobody
seems to know
Saturday evening the knights of Pyth-
las band will hold rehearsal in the lee
ture room of the Railroad Y M G A
concert on November q and the meeting
of Saturday night is for the purpose of
preparing for it.
Henry Aultman, the sheds workman
who was struck on the head a week ago
by a sledge. is still in the hospital but
at last report the doctors said his condi-
ton vas not as serious as had been an,
show of getting well
Thursday afternoon the water service
dozen
which arrived here lately. In the sheds
cars are being RAPIDLY gotten together BY
the workmen in that department.
On account of the funeral of the late
there was considerable sprinkling of men
who We're absent from their places. Mr..
the he company many any years and through
this had a great number of friends among
Lodge No. "a of the International Associ-
alton of Machinists; will give an oyster
on Saturday W evening. November ' %. The
supper will be preceded by a short muSi-
al b and the eee46 Pro en
who belong to that order.
A. L. Studer, assistant superintendent of
motive power and equipment for the Rock
Island at Horton. visited the shops Thurs
day afternoon. With him was c: H; Hub
west of the Missouri river, and the two
We're shown AROUND the plant by General
Master Mechanic Collinson-
The little daughter of E. L. Simpson
of the storehouse, who was run over by
ago, is thought to be doing as wei as
is possible under the circumstances. The
ceived severe bruises, but her condition is
not as serious was at first feared.
Ashford Thompson, a Santa Fe fireman
working west Of ef Will be Pc
Miss Amanda Stansbury of that place.
He is a brother of George Thompson of
the boiler shop here and formerly was
ment of this place. He left Topeka about
three years ago
the service of the Santa Fe is seriously
sick at his home on the corner of Third
Edward Stitt, boilermaker here and
of Millard Stitt, who follows the same
IN the Poy in OF the rhe sbop bers a
about Is years, but has not been at work
for some time.
Henry Augie. a blacksmith, has been
happened Wednesday evening. The piston
on No. hammer, which had been taken
to catch him on the right leg He was
unable to put his foot, to the ground for
last reports was much better.
Upstairs in the coach paint shop num-
Der of new train signs are being prepared
for use at the Kansas City and Chicago
terminals. These boards are hung on the
rear coach to designate the train and
time of departure. The boards now being
turned out the first bearing the Off
cial trademark of the Santa F'e-the cross
in circle-and are executed in the stand
ard blue
Four Boyer machines for putting rivets
in freboxes have been received and are
n0M ~ USE IN tne Dor SnoP TN Iaey are
having been done heretofore by hand. BY
their use there, is a saving of the labor
of two men, while the completion of the
job requires only about a third of the
time which it did previously. These ma
chimes are in service generally with east
eru railroads.