The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-09


Work on car trucks. which has been
dragging for a. number of months has
picked up considerably of late, and the
men in that department have all they
can attend to-
| Machinist c. NJ. Kimplen. who has had
carpenters at work on new residence
| in Oakland. expects to be able to occupy
haps by vi the first t'i Of the year. "ees per
Nicholas Griley. who works in the afr
been absent. came, in again saturday,
bringing with him the news of an arrival
Elgie Brattan. document clerk in the
Eastern division offices. and Guilford Up
degraff, stenographer to .Supt. c. 7. Nc
to Kansas City and Updegran to Law
renee.
Train No. was annulled Saturday af-
ternoon on account OF some trouble out
vest Engineer Neugebauer and Con-
city, where plug section was made up
and run east.
.Machinist Richard Ford of the south
shop, who was taken to the hospital five
weeks ago for a difficult operation, is
slowly recovering and is now allowed to
walk around outside. 1t will be several
weeks yet before he can report for duty.
Next Friday. evening the young people
of the First Methodist church will give
a match social at the railroad Y. NJ c. A.
This event was to have taken place last
spring before the close of the season. but
owing to bad weather had to be post
poned.
Engineer Cappy Sharp came in on No.
Saturday with bad order eye. Escap-
ing steam from an imperfectly packed
throttle valve slightly burned the mem
obliged to get an order on the hospital
for treatment.
from the sea cow about two months
ago, is still the mend. His arm
from the cast, and hand which was
badly swollen is better than it was some
Ashford Thompson, a brother of George
Thompson, of the boiler shop. was mar
ssn Meo Of bn rGaa TO MiS Tham
son is firlng out OF there but Was form
partment here.
Al Chamberlain, receiving clerk at the
storehouse, left Saturday FOR San Fran
He Was aceompanied By Mrs. "" Cham ooer-
lain James Griffith, agents packer is
Griffiths work
Jesse Dix who was struck on the head
had to go to the hospitai. viii i probably
not not lose any more time as a, result OF the
down and 3 ga@h Vas cut in his h Tflf1
which had to be sewed uD.
Fireman Lewis Laws lost a trip or two
Laws was Changing a water ga giass - at
Usage city the other day and Just as he
menfs lying in h face and one eys
No permanent injury will result
Word has been received from Thomas
Birmingham. who quit the coach shop
here and went to San Bernardino, Cal, |
pleased with the country out there and
writes that he is enjoying excellent health |
has all the time since he arrived
Court of Honor will be interested in the |
meeting of next Tuesday evening which !
preme chancellor of the order. He comes |
from Springfield, ILL.,, and has been at the |
five years.
Saturday afternoon one of the over |
aea f steam pipes in 6e east tb shop burst
stampede among the men In that part
Luckily no one was burned, ana water |
service worlxmen have since been repair
ing the break
with John Players traction increaser.''
from the drivers when the engine is tax
ing heavy grade. and then after the
normal position.
Conductor Charles Stevenson a Santa
vision. - recently ~ drew a ring said to be
worth $50, for being the most popular
Stevenson is known to a number OF, train
men on this part of the system, having
at one time run out of Florence
George Cole, who has been working in
the blacksmithing department as help
er for about five months. took his time
ness Of the Chappen Goal company on
Ia East seyenth street Pregioos f to enter t
corner of Second and Klein streets.
Some additional instructions regarding
the handling of acetwlene gas lamps have
lately These cover cases in which the
apparatus refuses to work. So far the
with this illuminant have
given satisfactory results. and it is
thought that the lamp has many advant-
ages over the electric headlight
Feed-water tests which have been con-
Quoted for the purpose Of ascertaining
whether or not water could be heated by
steam from the exhaust of the air pump
as it was being conducted to the boiler
from the tank, have been concluded. The
would result, as it requires too much time
for the required heat to be secured
One of the new passenger engines is to
De equipped with a box on the side by
20 take speed tests. 1t has been reported
hat the engines were rated at a speed
IF 20 miles an hour pulling ten coaches,
and the object of the experiments will be
% determine whether or not they will
come I'D to what is claimed for them.
One car of fire clay and of fire
sand have been unloaded inside the new
ola cksmith shop for use in the furnaces
here Water service carpenters have
)een busy for a day or two getting the
arge doors at the south end ready to
out through some mistake a was
Kicked back against them and dana ged
hem considerably.
Hjalmer East a brother of Fred East
lumber of the shop men through his
7isit here last summer, will sail from
New York on Wednesday for Rangoon,
3urmah- He expects to be gone for the
lext seven years doing missionary work
tmong a tribe of nlOuntaineers there. At
he end of that time he is at liberty to
'eturn to civilization if he chooses.
Beginning with Jan. l. what is known
IS the ledger system is to go into eff
ect for handling the accounts of the