The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-24

scrap yards here for several months and
quit only a few days ago
There are a few former Topeka shop
men who are included in the lay off at
the San Bernardino of last week. 1t seems
to be the impression of those out there
that business will pick up before long so
that there will be something for them to
Fred Roehrig of the. tin department is
among the shop men who accompanied the
A O. U. W. delegation to Fort Scott Sun
the week, stopping off for brief visits on
worth.
bolt Chimes IN ny the io " eSsnith shop fe
fingers. while whiting for his health the
6ther DAY He Vas 5;, not on duty satur-
eral days.
Peter Schneider of the water service,
who three weeks ago had two fingers
was lifting and one of them mashed so
pad5y that the END off has so far
to resume his work.
There is a kick from the shop men who
wish to register at the Auditorium on the
laying off a day. If the commissioner of
open Until $50 It Would be ep great t obi
CATION to the shop fellows,
rice Ward of Argentine, is here on a visit
with her parents r Mr.. and Mrs. John L;
has been in poor health for some time and
it is in the belief that she would be ben
for an intefinite stay with her relatives.
While locomotive 1904 was on No. Sat
fiue burst. causing the engine to be I'M
fit for further service. The 1908 which had
from Topeka and took the train on, on
through, the 1904 being brought back here
shop several weeks ago indirectly as the
result of a stroke of partial paralysis and
who has been in the hospital for some
time. is reported as being somewhat i'm
that he has Improved sufficiently to justi-
fy the hope of his being able to be out be-
Seven cars of wreckage were brought in
on the local from the west Saturday and
it is suggested that the mass of burned
and twisted steel came from Franconia,
Ariz;. where re- collision occurred in No
driving wheels. a locomotive boiler. and
other, parts of cars and engines, all show
ing the effects of intense heat
Chair car 1869, of the new ones of
that class recently turned out for the San
and among the finest of equipment run
ming on any of the railroads of the coun-
In wreck it cornered with some other
object and in one PLACE the side was ripped
out to the interior of the car.
Fred Gabler, saw filler at the planning
mill. is planning a trip to Germany in the
Of Heinzbach and when he returns to to the
Fatherland it viii be to visit a younger
years since he crossed to America If
possible he will start about the middle of
May, remaining there most of the sum-
mer.
Friday evening at the Railroad Y NJ
C. a. the attendance was so great that
ing on account of there being no room. All
the standing room was occupied, and if
would have been enough people. to fill it.
The ente t,. 1,sin, given by the young
was one of the most enjoyable of the
whole season.
Carpenters have been at work a day. or
ing occupied by Mechanical Superinten-
dent Ristine 1iva Will result in his being
as the improvements on the building occu-
pied by the heads Of the mechanical de
mechanical engineer will move over there
from his present legation. giving way to
clerks added to his department.
AS a part of the Improvements to take
place in the tool room Of the machine shop
feet to the north, there will be placed in
9npee fem o in an ggnde
er saw for cutting steel. Besides this will
be two wise benches which will accommo-
date several workmen and the increase
in the force of that room will be about
eight men. These changes. are made look
ing to the repairs of machinery which has
been planned in anticipation of the move
into the new shops.
Last week the blacksmith shop used 40
tons of scrap iron in the manufacture of
car axleS, the number turned out being 1876.
sary to use the greatest care for i'f # is
this part OF the car upon which SO much
disastrous results might come. As might
be supposed, axleS are of iron, not steel,
slightest flaw in material is observed the
whole piece must be condemned and again
the words of a railroad man. when an axle
is turned it must be smooth as a razor
for should there not be a perfect fusion of
the metal when the axle would go into
service friction would result