The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-28

latest addition to the boiler shop force.
George Oppenheimer, of the black
smith shop, did not come in Tuesday
William Doyle a. painter who went to
Denver a week ago. is back at his place.
Daniel Atkinson, a trucker in the
storehouse, laid off sick Tuesday morn
ing
Engine 2s5 made its initial trip Tues
day after an extended rest in the south
shop.
Boilermaker Alonzo stone went to
the hospital Tuesday with a bruised
foot
Blacksmith Charles Holmgren has re-
turned to his place after a ten days
lay off.
W. r. Smith. of the locomotive paint
shop. is in his place again after a brief
absence.
Nelson johnson. who has been off
duty for two weeks with a lame back,
is in again.
John Butler, of the boiler shop, has
been off duty since Friday, on account
of sickness.
r. NJ Wimsatt, of the coach shop. has
returned from Solomon City, where he
spent a week
The work of putting in two new boil
ers, with which the roundhouse is to be
heated, has been begun
w. A. Power, chemist, left Tuesday
afternoon for Chicago and Milwaukee
on company business.
ter service department, is now working
in the COACH paint shop
Elmer Wi1kerson, Wesley NJ. Bunce
and William J. Byrne have been put on
as helpers in the blacksmith shop
Frank Pribble of the paint shop has
moved from SAP North Monroe into the
'sAllen home at 1928 Central avenue
S T Wright who has been in the
employ of the Edison company, has a
job as helper in the boiler shop.
Claus Anderson, who has been work
ing outside on lathe, is now part OF
the machine shop tool room force
George Hutton of the coach shop ran
a nail in his right foot Tuesday, but
so far has not been obliged to lay off
Arthur Tulip, a helper in the machine
shop. is being detained from work by
the serious illness of brother-in-laW
i William Lauterbach of the machine
| shop tool room has gone to Mound City
| for a visit. He viii return some time
next week.
John r. Thompson is a new ma
! chinist who has taken charge of the
! big slotter near the Office of the ma
chine shop foreman
Frank Lysinger, who has been in the
| service of the B. &. NJ r. at Havelock
! Neb., will go to work for the Santa re
1 here as q macn1niSt-
Oscar Wilson, a clerk in the machine
| shop office, is shaking hands with him
self He drew No. 59.6S1 in the Law
H NJ. Goodrich and Charles Wheeler,
popular machinists in the south shop,
/ went to Berryton Tuesday to eat
| chicken and drink root beer
Alfred Cooper and Walter Worland,
/ both working in the tank room under
| Thomas Brennan, are in their places
| after a weeks layoff. Worland has
/ been sick
Edward Johnson. a coach carpenter,
| is in again He has been making inn
! provements on his property located at
| the corner of Shawnee avenue and Cher
okee streets.
| Richard Wallace, a former round
house shop machinist, has returned
| from a short sOjourn on the farm he
/ has been given place in the south
| shop by way of promotion.
George Gegoult, head painter for the
! Santa Fe at Albuquerque, was at the
/ shops for a short time Tuesday. He
left in the afternoon for Peabody where
| he will visit with his wife's parents
D. w Mccoy, formerly with the city
police force but for several weeks past
! a scrap iron worker under Robert era
| ham, has quit the Santa Fe for job
with the Armstrong Commission Co.
Henry Ward of the storehouse force
| took sick a little before noon Tuesday
| After an hour he rallied sufficiently sc
| that he was able to go home alone
| Ward has been i'll a great deal lately.
Emmett Wood, of the boiler shop, has
| been laying off a. few days. Cause,
I dropped a SlSQSe OH HIS 1tIl IOOts VI lis
! ing that member SO badly that he eX-
| periences some difficulty IN walking
Samuel Cramer. who mas charge OF
| the brass corner in the stcrehouse, and
! who has been too i'll for week to 90
| his work, is slowly recovering. He Wilt
not be able to report before next Mon.
| day.
Charles Roehrig, who for the past few
| weeks has been working as a helper III
| the boiler shop, has taken his time and
has gone to Dalhart, Tex, where he
says he has a good job y sight with the
| Rock Island.
E A. Markham has been put on as a
helper in the blacksmith shop. Mark
ham comes from Florence, Colo, where
he had a job in a gold reduction plant
He worked in the blacksmith shop here
ten years ago.
William Siebert, who learned the
| trade of machinist in Topeka shops
was up from FL Dorado Tuesday. a5