The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Jacob Bauer, workman in the lumber
yard, left Sunday for Chicago
The regular board meeting of the Rail
road Y NJ c. a will be held this even
ing.
Frank sandmire. foreman in the bolt
corner of the machine shop, laid off Tues
William Hercules, a helper on the rod
llre hammer in the blacksmith shop, was
off Tuesday.
Gus Bollott. hammersmith on the rod
day Tuesday.
Clyde Hampstead of the wfping gang in
the round house failed to ring in on Tues
Harry Goodrich and Clarence Grubbs.
ooth OF the south shop. laid off Tuesday
for the election.
Stephen Brown, fireman in the boiler
room Of the planning mill power house,
laid off Tuesday.
John Wadley is taking the place of Bert
/ the planning mill.
senger agent for the Rock Island at kan
sas city, was in the city Tuesday
Dr. 4. L. Cornell has been appointed
santa Fe surgeon at Burlingame vice DR.
! Grubbs transferred to La Junta Col
Thomas -Brainard, formerly a boiler
maker IN Topeka shops, has moved his
family from Branner to 12031a Kansas ave-
nue..
The first passenger out of Topeka on
the Golden State Limited was j. w Dins-
49, u Ot~tAAOiAllt1, WIZ Has Deen WISHING
in the east.
Owing to temporary scarcity of coal
IN the vicinity of Dodge City it has been
| decided by the company to take up some
OF the fuel at that point and take it to
other nearby places
Rey. Renwick. pastor of the First United
meeting to be held a the coach shop
Thursday noon. The meeting will be held
under the auspices of the Railroad Y. NJ.
c. A
Louis Rain. who until the recent lay
on mad a JOB in the tin shop, was given
his former JOB this morning The vacancy
was created by the voluntary withdrawal
Of Bert Barnett, who viii follow his trade
uptown.
The men who were working on the law
atories for the shops laid off last
Wednesday account of the lack of
hardware. The hardware has not yet ar
rived and ii is not known when the work
will begin again.
The second westbound train of the Rock
Island Golden State Limited arrived in
ro1mRa TUESDAY on on time This train Was
% passengers, an increase of seven over
Yesterdays passengers.
d. W. Mack took his place on the big
days. Mack was seized with heart trou-
bic the other day and was obliged to lay
off and remain away from the shop in or
der that he might recover.
On November Is the formal transfer of
division terminal from Coolidge to syria,
e eas' VII Willie be mace t6 3, A Ramsour will
Syracuse Coolidge people are looking
about for a manufacturing plant.
Tie smokestack for the power house of
the new machine and boiler shop, is quite
tall affair. It is 159 feet and inches in
height from the base linesto the top. There
is an iron ladder of 80 stepsvboth on the
inside and outside leading to the top.
There was a great contrast at the Santa
Fe shops between Tuesday morning and
afternoon In the morning labor and all
the noise ~and dust that accompanies it,
was king. while in the afternoon every
thing was as quiet and peaceful as a
spring day
The ventilator on the top of the plating
room at the Santa Fe shops caught fire
yesterday at IL o'clock. The fire was
caused by the hot cinders from the smoke
stack of the power house falling on the
roof and if it had not been for the quick
service of the fire department it might
have developed into quite a serious affair.
The funeral services of Stephen Bauer.
the man who was run down and killed by
Santa Fee train No. 5 last Saturday. were
held at the family residence, 1872 Adams
street at 730 o'clock Tuesday morni->,.
A great many of his fellow workmen IN
the water service department laid off to
attend the funeral. The remains were IN
tered in the Catholic cemetery.