The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-10
ARoUr RA1LRoAp PEor1E

ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE
J. NJ. sprowl. of the car sheds. is lay
ing off.
William Fultz. Of the boiler shop. is
laying off.
Joseph Dedier. timer, is laying of
on account of sickness.
Charles Ennis. of the spring shop, has
been at home sick since Thursday
Dan Shannon mas signed up for the
run as fireman on the Kansas City
plug
There is a vacancy for fireman on
runs 113 and ia, from Topeka to Ar
gentine.
Robert slusser is at work in the car
machine shop again after a weeks
Blacksmith John Waterman was alb
sent from the shop Friday on account
of sickness.
The wife Of Clarence ChiIson, Of the
boiler shop, is slightly improved after
a long Illness
mer in the blacksmith shop, has re-
turned to work
Stephen Bauer, a fireman in the
boiler room of the MILL went home sick
Friday afternoon.
Elmer King, machinist apprentice.
has been sick for several days, and Is
still unable to work
Fred Lechler. city passenger agent
for the Missouri Pacific at Atchison,
was in Topeka Friday.
Engineer W. p. Beeler, who has been
too sick to go on his engine since Tues
day, has reported again
Walter Lyons. who runs a side
planer in the machine shop, IS off duty
on account of sickness.
Fireman Helm Of Argentine. who
has been up for promotion this week,
has passed the examination.
5c on
runs Ill and 112. from Emporia to Kan
sas City, for the first half of the week
Charles Yewen, engineer on the north
end switch engine. was off duty Fri
day, his place being taken by Fireman
A. G. Goodrich. travelling passenger
agent for the Baltimore & Ohio South
western at Kansas City, was In Topeka
Friday.
william Langley, Of the blacksmith
shop, is at work again. He was called
home Thursday noon by the sickness
of child.
The infant son of Frank Pribble. of
the coach paint shop. is slightly i'm
proving after an attach OF summer
complaint.
Chris. Cunningham. a member of
Pettit's gang, is out for a few days,
moving. He has been living just west
of the round-hOuse.
The 11-year-old son Of John Lesser,
DOileT SnOD m an. Is aDle 10 get aIOuIl0
now after having his foot badly cut by
pieces of broken glass.
The wife and daughter of George
Benson, of the upholstering shop, have
gone to Los Angeles, Cal, for visit
of week with friends
Robert Graham. who has charge Of
a gang in the scrap yard, was off duty
Friday entertaining visiting kin His
place was taken by D. w. Mccoy.
Fred Watts who has been running
errands around the office of the division
master m echanlc, has been transferred
to the office of the car shops foreman
Peter Schilling. a helper in the spring
shop, was struck in the stomach Friday
by a sledge. He was not seriously hurt
but laid off for the remainder of the
day.
George Thompson, who was recently
put on in the boiler shop, is expecting
his wife and baby to arrive this week
from Albuquerque. They will live In
Oakland.
John Price, jr., and John Gunther.
Gunther, are late employees of the ma
chine shop. Both have been out for
about five months.
The Sunday meeting at the railroad
Y NJ. c. A Will be led by Clarence
Hopkins. of the machine shop. The.
male chorus. of which Clayton Grout is
now In charge, viii sing
Peter Anderson, of the planning mill,
is laying off on account of the death
of NJ P Palmlund, the cabinet maker,
who died Thursday The funeral of Mr..
Palmlund was held this afternoon
Engineer Harry Pearson, Of the Cot
tonwood division, was here Friday to
take the runs made vacant by the so
dav layoff of Robert Mears. James
Gallelty, of Emporia, has been on the
runs
The chapel car in charge of Major
Sully will go to Usage City for a series
of special meetings beginning there to-
morrow Major Sully will work in
conjunction with the pastor of the
Baptist church Of that place but of
course it is expected that all denomina-
lions will give the meetings their sup
port
Floyd Seeger and Jesse Benson, ma
chinists, have quit the Santa F'e and
viii 20 to Elizabeth, N. j., to work in
the new shops of the New Jersey Cen
trail. Seeger is a brother of F. A See
ger, until short time ago foreman of
the m achine shop tool ROOM Benson
will take the foremanship Of the rod
gang in the machine shop there. Both
men have been here about three
months.