The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-28

Kehoe of the south shop played a clarinet
was given by Henry Derby Of the tool
room.
August Larson. who quit the planning
mill few days ago. is preparing to leave
for California the early part of this week
He viii be accompanied by Albert Ander-
son Of the plating room, who viii be gone
about ten days.
Edward King, order clerk in the black
turn to his desk this morning after an alb
sence OF week on account of a case
isting in his family.
Edward Roberts, formerly employed in
the tool room mere but for nearly a year
with the company at San Bernardino. Cal.
main in Topeka and viii probably go to
work in the shops before long.
Al Carlson of the car shops is booked
to leave the United States May 18 for a
trip to his Swedish fatherland, where he
will spend three months He viii disem-
bark at Liverpool England and will visit
a number Of points on the way over.
Nachinist Clarence Hopkins has return
ed about three weeks ago by the sickness
Of a sister. He stopped off a short time at
St. Louis, Nashville and Atlanta, but says
Topeka looks better to him than any of
those places
Peter Butler, who a few weeks ago went
to La Junta and had to give up his job
in the rOundhOuse there and return to a
place with a construction gang at Pawnee,
Ok, has an order for block and expect
ed to take up his burden in the water
service this morning
I AILn0uEn there may De some difficulty,
! it IS thought the right eye Of Boilermaker
Helper Frank Lang. who was injured
while on duty. Saturday morning. can be
! saved. Lang is one of those fellows that
has had the misfortune OF being hurt sew
eraI times, but this is the most serious Of
any.
Alexander Elliot, a member of the Sixth
street gang, may feel thankful that his
| fall from the top of a composite car on
the limited Saturday morning did not re-
suit seriously. He was putting in the
water when somehow, he Slipped and
! drained the ground licr1ffrcr on
without the least apparent injury.
John c. Muir. who has run a switch en-
CINE in Topeka yards 13 years, Friday COM
pleted his S0th year as an Odd Fellow He
l Joined the organization in Springfield, ILL.,,
and held his membership there until he
came to Topeka in 1884. He is a good
railroad man. ScOtchman of parts and
among the Oldest Odd Fellows in the
town.
Friends of Charles johnson, who took
/ his time Saturday after a term of service
covering period of nearly 20 years, as
/ sembled. at his home Saturday evening and
gave him a farewell party. He was pre-
| scented with a fine hanging lamp. He win
1 leave in a day or two for Saline county
| where he vii go on farm and make his
| home in the future.
Willie Dix. son of William Dix of the
ents to return from St. Louis Sunday. Sat
urday his father wired the money for a
| ticket home in response to a request to
| that effect from the youth, who fed from
parental jurisdiction two weeks ago with
/ out cause or complaining. They say that
experience is a good teacher.
/ The Santa Fe win spend about $4,000 on
machinery for Beaumont, Silsbee and Gle
burne, on the Gulf lines. The old mechan-
| zeal equipment which was damaged in the
/ burning of the roundhouse at Beaumont
4 will be repaired at the Cleburne shops.
| The building which burned was an old
1 one and the loss to the company was really
not so much as has been supposed.
William Hahn formerly employed in the
/ water service, but since with Frank Ham
mond's gang working on the new shop,
| was around Saturday after being laid out
| since March 10 with a broken arm One
noon time, just as Hahn was leaving for
dinner, he fell from a girder which lay
! on the ground, and struck in such way
as to fracture the bone Of his left arm Just
before he can resume business.
There will be a delegation of shopmen
sas to be held IN Wichita next month, Al
| Olson of the south shop, H. /. Derby of
| the tool room and n. Confer Of the wheel
| shop having been chosen to represent No.
/ IS at that time. Besides these James Dav-
| idson. chancellor commander. will be in
| attendance and the K. P. band expects to
60 in a body New uniforms which We're
! ordered some time ago are looked for this
| week.
Jacob ODER. janitor of the building in
/ which are located the offices of the me
| q paper signed BY everybody there from
! Superintendent of Motive Power Hender-
! for the purpose of flowers with which the
adjoining grounds are to be decorated this
sons one Of the most beautiful fiowerbeds
in the town has been located there and
an effort is being made this spring to sur
pass the former showing About $40 has
been raised.
Frank Sanderson, a boilermal1er who has
| a strong liking for agricultural matters.
has i've acres of alfalfa on his place east
of town that, Notwithstanding cool, dry
| weather has sprung up to the height OF
Il inches this year, and in three weeks
| 45 tons off the small plot of ground before
next winter. and IS so we'll pleased with
the results of last season in growing it
that this year he viii three acres
more. He is a great enthusiast over this
/ luxuriant little shrub.
Names of eleven hremen adorn the new
| call board of extra men which was Sat
| urday put up after beheee sent to the shop
for retOuching. This is the largest number
1 that has been seen there for some time.
and three more than IS the rule. But
business has been exceptionally light re-
Gently and enginenen as well as employees
of the train service are far from over
worked. Lewis Laws has been set back to
extra service after Spud" Smith. who
| fired on trains 113 and ia west of here,
had returned to the pool. There has been
| a lot of humping all along the line out of
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