The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-11

ly quit here and went to New Mexico, has
the albuquerque shop and says 50 far tho
climate has benefited him. His family
is still in Topeka, but will go down a lit
tie later.
Ebenezer Stevens of the water service
has taken lay off and will leave at once
Mrs. Stevens have some married children
in that city and will spend SO days visit
for for several weeks '''''-7e nos D'-'' -''~
as5e OTge e Meaas ce gas to eo1 BEST ID
mother-in-iaw, Mrs. S. NJ Love, who died
at his home Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Graves is with him, and they expect to
be gone about a. week
Ap 4; gang of Workmen has been o put
Timber be h There are sS en IN the force
and they have as a task to begin on ABOUT
more in sight. This Department has re-
ceived a great deal of stuff lately.
c. DeWese. who recently came out
r. B. Ford Of the lumber yard. has gone
TO work in the storehouse He is timer
he is INV to wait for anything more
to turn up, and SO has a job on the east
John Waldron of the water service
recently appointed scale inspector for the
Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe. took his
two with his parents H., Thursday he will will
take up his new duties.
Civil engineers began ..tga stalking out the
Kansas as '9 City ns tuesday merning. This
building will be located on the corner Of
Bs scS feeR nna ad 6 ef @d snd IT wis Is
to be used in the handling of Santa Fe
freight whose destination is that city.
right Side on one Of the switch 1 engines
here, is out for a few days on account OF
ing a headlight glass the other day it
broke and some of the pieces struck along
open and severing a vein and artery.
He will be off for several days yet
Friday evening at the Railroad Y. NJ. c.
dist church will give match social
It is jocuiarly referred to as being a sPe-
debate on last Friday evening in which
should be taxed, to recover themselves.
Secretary. T. 3. Prout of the Railroad
some membership shi cards r for the associa.
Friends Of the Organization Are making
ship to 800 by the first of the coming year.
re- 5ni dae b be- Of the losses Trough
removals which have come about lately.
Henry Moseley. who has charge Of the
for the new machine shop. has been rail-
reading for Is years: Eighteen of these
On r1S the e eastern division. He IS more than
half done with the present job and the
almost set sufficiently for the structural
force to begin working.
John Mesoelt took his tank gang of
seven men to Deming, N. M, on No
today, where reservoir 60 feet high and
"a feet in diameter is to be erected. The
Job there will keep them busy about
month but it is doubtful if the force
will return to Topeka as soon as it is
completed There is considerable work
of this class in the western. country.
Trinidad. Col. and San Bernardino. Cal,
being among the points to get new struc
lures of this class. 1t is possible they
will remain out the rest of the winter.
The car containing most of the equipment
was sent west Tuesday afternoon
o. Swanson, the contractor, this morn
ing started a gang of men putting down
the brick platform which is to extend
along the main track from Fifth street
south to the Wells-FaFgo building: Mr.;
Swanson has completed the erection of
the Lecompton depot and now has is
workmen building a Santa Fe ice house
at Arkansas City He has the contract
for number of this class of structures.
but has been delayed by the failure of
material to arrive. This has been due
largely not to the scarcity of brick. lum-
Der and the like itself, but rather to the
car famine, about which so much has
been said
Tuesday morning the wreclxing crew
went to Gardiner the cutoff to pick
up a car which turned over down there
last Saturday. 1t was loaded with lum-
Der and strangely enough unloaded itself