The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-23

po1ler shop has been out a few days. He
will probably go to Emporia this week to
spend short time with his parents.
w. f. Jones has charge of transferring
Chair caTs and eplaeipg # With rpm Pnts ses
equipment The job was begun Saturday.
headed a small force from that depart
| ment which went to Pomona the other
day to repair a steel bridge, has returned
called to the cut off, near Holiday. where
a freight car Went off TT the rails Thursday
Conrad Hepp, who since last May has
been helper on the material car around
the planning mill, took his time Saturday
and has gone to his home in Rush coun-
Mr.. and Mrs. william Tasker arrived
from Albuquerque, N NJ, Saturday for a
two weeks visit with relatives here He
is a brother of Walter Tasker of the
cyrus Guthrie, roundhouse machin-
fsit, is now the night shift, taking the
place of Peter Brady, who was burned in
the acetylene gas explosion of a few even
William Goss. who took gang of paint
ers to streator, N, to paint water tanks
rest of the winter.
three fingers of the left hand caught
der dome cap the other day and SO bad
out for some time.
Ralph McNeill of the east shop dropped
Saturday forenoon brulsing It 50 badly
that he he will + not be able to report until
John Knowles, who has been a helper
in the road water service here, has gone
some special work in the vicinity of Fort
Madison for several months.
Frank Alexander of the storehouse who
dropped heavy piece of metal on one
of his feet the other day. bruising it Sc
verely. was around that department Sat
urday and is almost ready to report for
duty again.
Three tank cars for gasoline. to be used
in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma ter
ritory, have been finished by the boiler
makers They will be probably used for
storage sT * purposes where gasoline engines
Carpenters have been busy for a day or
the Edgerton ponds they viii pi be used ed
in conducting the water from the cars
will be about 300 feet long.
Henry Bair, machinist who served his
time IN Topeka shops and who was called
weeks ago by. the serious illness Of a sis
at Ellis His mis- sister ere is Better e'c SHOPS
Parkdale drugstore Yeff Sunday GaSaSS a45e n
the holidays, he viii be the guest Of a
brother I, Harry tp who IS is , machinist APP
Isaac Paisley of the boiler shop is happy
over the return of g. long lost bird dog.
and since then, ithongh s Pasley searehed
for him persistently. It was all in vain
| Only few days ago he came back
There has been demand for boiler
makers at Albuquerque. N. NJ, lately and
here Who want to go out there to do So
A number have had the notion of making
the change, but so far none have gone
Joseph Fentiman of the blacksmith de-
partment has been experiencing consider
been obliged. to lay off in. order that the
doctor might have a chance to make
whatever repairs was necessary on them.
1t will be necessary to put on a num-
Der of new men in the train department
here about the. first of the year. The
brakemen, which the Santa Fe has been
hiring lately, have all had experience,
most of them having come from eastern
clyde Bates. a member of jerks gang
in the east shop, has taken a lay off un-
cured possession of a COW the other day
and now he is putting in his days and
nights worrying, wondering what he will
do with her.
Edward Symmes, sheds carpenter who
ago IS having cons Se treubie With
the injured member He has spent one
that in a few weeks he win be ready for
business again.
William Grant and Thomas .Iulvihill,
boilermalxers who quit Topeka shop about
q year ago and went to San Bernardino.
auaintanees here Saturday afternoon
They expect to return to the west after
For some time tests have been made to
determine the efficiency of different
periments have been carried on In the
lamp inspectors car near. the tin shop,
Coach south Of John Piayer's offioe the
Nearly ca, al all the gar gangs on the cutoff
improyements. have been laid off and
probably will not resume work until
and labor to complete the betterments as
proposed. but it is impossible for a great
deal to be accomplished during the win
AT the pumphouse the river is lower
past past SUMMER r or fail and therefore Below
what it has been in several years. There
from which the Santa Fe gets its supply
directly, but it has always been the case
that the quality never went much below
Friday evening fire broke out in the roof
pa qn ct ehe en ard auiesx ana the
flames were extinguished with but lit
Hanging s near the top Of tie shanty e1is
identity had been set on fire. and from
dry boards of the covering.
The father of John Mcdonald machin-
ing from the accident which happened to
him a few weeks ago at Hornellsville, N
was feared he would lose the member. but
to his home in Susquehanna, Pa
Sunday afternoon at 2:3o was held the
formerly a machinist in the shops here
The exercises were in charge of Rev. Hal
byterian church and were attended by a
number of railroad men. Schwartz was
at one time in charge of the Santa Fe
shops at Argentine.
Four extras moved over this part of the
Santa F'e Sunday, They were composed
chiefly of box and stock empties which
had accumulated along the line during the
rough weather. In such times when it was
difficult for the trains to hold up to the
schedule all unnecessary cars were held
in order that the tonnage might be as
small as possible. The number which were
gathered along the line had to be disposed
of as soon as there was opportunity.
Compressed air was at premium
around the shops for a while Saturday
afternoon account of one of the valves
a k
ing. An accident like this causes much
inconvenience all over the plant as it
means the substitution of much hand la
Dor for what was formerly operated by
power. Saturday night a number of water