The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-19

Mrs Reardon is the wife of a. former To
peka shop man, now machinist in the
service OF the company IN california
Miss Alice Collins. daughter of Boiler
maker Maurice Collins, is sick with fever.
she mas been III for some time and her
ter, Miss Rose has been summoned to
the bedside from Silver City. N. NJ,
where she has been for the past year
Resulting from the recent changes fire.
men have been assigned as follows;o For
trains 1o5 and los, H. P. French; 100 and
son; and second 8, which go oyer the
received for the Wafer train pu min be-
tween Edgerton and Holiday
There has been some interest shown in
noon. Engineer William Rain, according
to reports. is leading a party of engine
Hawk, K. u slogan. The attendance
tering.
In the educational classes of the Rail
road e M e a ,,t the enrolment ,,1 has a,
ing is the favorite, with the figure 81 OPP
posite; electricity has As, .penmanship and
dolin 20 and male chorus 15 This evening
the orchestra will meet , regularly under
Anchor RVS to the number of 1886, to be
used in the foundation of the new ma
chine shop, were, ordered in a rush from
are to be of inch and a half size and the
material VIII come from ON kansas CITY .t;y;
arrive all ready to be used, and hereafter
the most that the blaeksmiths will do will
first class tools
When the big planer in the mill takes
whole lot to the business in that depart
ment. That was what happened Friday
but the . job Of fixing it Was begun imme-
diately. That machine is the main spoke
work night and day on it until it is in
shape for business
Elder F. NJ. FISHERMAN of Whiting will
speak at the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday
afternoon at o'clock. He addressed the
men at the coach shop Thursday and held
effort is being made to secure him for the
week Of prayer Whieh is to be observed obs, 5d
the Bible class at o'clock, the subject
being Men That Join the Church for the
Loaves and Fishes
In an impromptu foot the other
day during the noon hour Fred Austin
rem Owens of the same department. The
BY BoiIermaker Let Heustis, and in a 30
YARD dash Austin overran his rival about
ten feet Owens, it seems, has something
6 6a No ore nf the reoisites than QUICK
ness and f1eetness of foot
If the plans as now completed work out
Railroad Y NJ c. A. will attend the an
nual state meeting of that body at Fort
B. Prout. general secretary Wilbur I.
Stark. John Waldron, G. e, Hopkins E.
Boyes s' Engineer e G. Wv ". Mcclure Of the
Cottonwood division of the Santa F'e is
the list of speakers.
Water service men Friday began put
ting in a water line for in making
the concrete of the new machine shop
the blacksmith shop water pipe at the
south end Of the d latter building the
street. Houses are being moved off the
site trees being cut down and disposed Of
and in every way the job is being rushed
before
vanced.
Thirty chair cars of the type not hav-
style Of seat known as the Hale.Kilbugn
seats seem to be in greater favor than
the regular chairs. For the new seats it
is claimed they furnish more comfort and
accommodate a greater number of people
to the same space than do the reclining
chairs. The coaches will be given the
new seating equipment as rapidly as they
come into the shops
Practically all the coal which during the
summer was smouldering and burning at
the storage tracks east of the shops has
been m6yed Many OF me n6 6ile o+ o. snS
are burned off. One of the bents has
fallen, but the most, of them still stand
understood that the company will re-
build, but it is not thought that the same
way. Experiments in using this means
of storage have proven unsuccessful ev-
taneous combustion have been reported
from a number of points.
Osman Bates, who was worst injured in
the burning of last Saturday. seems to be
getting along as well could be expect
ed According to latest reports no exam
ination by the hospital surgeons had been
made to ascertain whether not there
were any internal injuries. H. B. Tillot-
son. the other machinist who was
scorched, is also on the mend and Will
probably be ready for work before Bates
comes in. T. E. Layden, assistant super
intendent of tests. had his left hand AMI
left side of mis- face blistered and has to
be content with watching others work.
The mechanical department has been put
ting in a new burner for the sea cow
and it will be ready to test again soon in
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