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

John Walter, of the blacksmith shop,
was of Saturday.
Thomas Ntzhugh, of the Storehouse, has
been off day or two.
Engine 49, the Player compound, is in
to receive new valves
Locomotives 1920 and 1921, new Bald
wins. came in Saturday.
John HavenS, of the car shops, has
been out for a day or two.
Jesse Smeiser, truck worker in NeiSwin-
ter's gang, has been laying off.
Bert Shields, a helper in the boiler shop,
has been off duty for a few days
Joseph Maze, of the boiler shop, has
been losing some time on account Of sick
ness
A F. Hilton, general storekeeper. has
gone to La Junta on short business
Conductor Coddington. who has been on
q work train on the cutoff, was here
John Neyman, OF the water. service, WHO
has been i'll for ten days. has reported
Considerable new machinery has been
ordered for the tool room in the ma
chine shop.
Machinist Elmer Miller has been trans
ferred to his brothers gang in the east
erecting shop.
trip to Chicago
The horizontal drill press is off for
ting some t'hxingS."
Smith Is firing On the the Plug and
til that run is assigned.
James Collinson, general master me
chanic. has returned from an inspection
trip over on the Chicago division
Wilbur Potter. the bridge carpenter.
who has been off because of an attack OF
tonsilitis. came on duty this morning
Pat Morgan. of the blacksmith shop,
who has been sick for time, is better,
and expects to be on duty again soon.
For several days the mill has been run
which were being made on the boilers
Engine 1855 has been brought in from
ard a n 6 n
jerks gang in the east shop for a gen
era1 overhauling-
Switchman Mark Withers has been alb
sent from his place on the yard engine for
three or four days A bad cold is fgur-
ing as the cause
Max Thymian, transfer table engineer,
who has been out for nearly a month be
cause of the death of his wife. came in
again this morning.
sheds, has been Obliged to stay away
from work for few days on account of
an attack of lumbago-
]. c. Seeker, a reparer, left Sat
urday noon for Albuquerqge. n NJ. where
he will visit for two weeks. Mrs Seek
Ter accompanied him.
All the, boys in the ash.pan room are
Goneppatgiatng Hggh2 M Nc over the
matte ejector shotgun
been obliged to lay off on account of his
eyes being poisoned while down east of
town a few days ago.
Peter Butler, of the sand house, has
by the arrival of a new stove for drying
sand in that department
Conductor Reece has been up from Ar
gentine for several days, visiting his fam
lily and incidentally following a way car
on a main line local freight
Machinist Edward Saunders, who be-
lieves wet days are the kind for duck
hunting. could not resist the temptation
to put in Saturday that way.
Brakeman Thomas Turner who has
been working out of Wichita, has been
given transfer to Wellington and will
move his family to that place at once.
Brakeman c. R Horne. of the ST. Jo-
seph passenger run, has been obliged to
lay off on account of sickness. Cary
Johnson has been filling the vacancy.
c. c. Holloway, of the mill, was off
showing a brother around the |
shops. The brother lately arrived from |
Indianapolis for a visit of a week here.
Frank F1aherty, who has been working |
as a machiniSt helper, has been put on !
as day oiler He takes the place of George |
Chase. who goes to helping formerly |
Water service men are still busy trans /
ferring the patterns into the new build !
ing erected for that purpose. They say |
it will require another week to finish the |
job.
G. H. Helman formerly a butcher here, |
but for some months out of the city. has l
returned bringing with him a wife Sc |
cured at Cleveland, Ohio, during his abb |
sence-
Conductor Long who for seven months |
has been in charge of cutoff work /
train has been relieved from duty there /