The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-11
are here visiting his brother, Thomas a

are here visiting HIS brother. Thomas A.
Leonard of the mill.
David Schultz a machinist helper work
ing for Ira Miller in the east shop, is abb
sent because of sickness
William Boggis, q. storehouse trucker,
ing after being off a day sick. n
Charles Dodge, a blacksmith helper, was
BY the sickness of his little child.
Alexander Hardy % the drill press. cor
ner in the blacksmith shop is unable to
be at his place on account of a bad cold.
William Swalwell. a. water service car
penter, who. hacked two of his fingers
w. e. Page is a late addition to the
force of truckers in the storehouse. He
has been in the employ of the gas COM
pany.
John Walter of the blacksmithing de-
partment came in this morning after
having lost two days because of sick
ness.
The 15-months-old son of R. Congdon.
foreman of the blacksmith shop, has been
sick with fever. The child was better at
last report
WI Ia Spencer. heater on No; fur.
days this week. He sent word Tuesday
that ne was sick.
The parents of Joseph Aigner. the ma
runaway Monday evening. are now on a
trip> to Switzerland.
state superintendent of public instruction,
will speak to the men at the regular
cOdcn SnOp gathering.
Clifford Baird, a south shop 1nachinist
who went to Oklahoma City on a visit
about week ago, has returned. but is
kept at home by sickness.
J. B. Mills who has been working in
the coach shop under J. ". Morgan, has
force in Charge of Thomas Hdams siiiiis
Machinist William Embler went home
Tuesday morning. He let a pinch-bar
that he was unable to continue on duty
William Hornbeck. who only recently
a House ga ana lot on Chand n Street ana nd
is fixing it UP preparatory to moving in
soon-
Frank O'Brien of the boiler shop was
absent Tuesday and it was reported that
he was sick. His younger brother is Just
recovering from long siege of typhoid
David Stewart has been put on as
elaesmifh heper He was Init f9 fa ah
last six months has been working for
laboratory went to Newton Tuesday on
engine eng 1904 for the purpese of performing
have been made
Conductor Stockton, who captains the
Emporia local freight, has been Obliged
trouble with his eyes. He is having the
members treated.
NJ A. Low, general attorney for the
Rock Island, was the leader of a party
which went down to Lecompton Tuesday.
The trip: according to reports. was one
Machinist Lester sedgwick of the east
shop was detained at home Tuesday by
child is not in a serious condition, but has
been i'll for few days.
kSf5fs o PySag BAND Mbes is Il the
~ composed of shop men, will give a
dance at the hall. northwest corner of
Sixth and Quincy streets
Richard Tuer, machinist in the Otta-
wa shops and brother of Alexander
discharge from the hospital there He has
been sick for some time
Joseph Devlin q, boilermaker who went
to La Junta week ago, writes back that
he does not like the situation there. The
water is too much much for him and he ex-
Machinist Charles F. Peck is preparing
to leave shortly for Beaumont, Tex,
where he will spend a month. He has a
son employed in one of the great lumber
mills, with whom he will visit.
In connection with the experiments on
picking railroad ties it is asserted that
the best untreated wood so far as durabil-
ity is concerned is white oak. The Santa
Fe uses about two millions of ties each
year
John Barnes of the machine shop thinks
lost NV i've Weeks on account Of pieurisy and
cholera morbus, but he says the insur-
ute is now unwilling to give him any sick
benefit
Monday night the force of blacksmiths
turning out 20 pieces Of that class of
equipment, There are five men in the
a single shift
December II is the date for the enter
tainment which the Topeka Turner's
Mammoth Minstrels are to give. The or
ganization is largely composed of shop
men, and thorough preparations for the
event are being made.
H. G.. Perkins, who quit his job as car
repairer in the Sixth street gang about
nine months ago and went a farm at
Dunlap, Ia, has returned to Topeka and
is with the Santa F'e again in the same
capacity previously.
James Johnson, day hostler who re-
turned Monday evening from a hunting
trip near Usage City, lost the fourteen
rabbits and six squirrels which he brought
with him. Somebody slipped up that night
and took the whole batch
Coal which the company uses at it's
chutes has been running short recently at
a number of points, but SO far with the
aid of what has been con6scated from
private shippers the supply has been held
up to sufficient for use
s. A. Brown, who has been in the
bridges and buildings department, has
been put on in the storehouse. Work there
day evening three of the packers being
Obliged to remain on duty until o'clock.
Commander Booth-Tucxer. of the Sal
lines Tuesday afternoon travelling from
Kansas City to Amity, Col, in a special
car He was board train No. which
runs by way of North Ottawa and En-
poria-
Frank Russeu.a blacksmith who recsnt-