The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-20

Isl suffering from erysipelas-
The wife of Clifford Baird, a south shor
machinist who has been Ill for two weeks
| is SO much better that she is able to b.
around q portion of the time
Charles J. Cherry Of the hand car de
earlier than heretofore. because he Sc
cured possession of 4 COW recently.
L. Roehrig. foreman of masonry work
on the southern division of the Rock Is
land, is home from the south part of the
state where he has been since Christmas
Harry Barnes and A E. Hamilton cab
carpenters, were putting stub pilot and
other fxings on. the Usage City engine,
2373. Sunday Other repairs were made by
the machinists.
The little 4-year-old son of Frank San
derson, a boilermaker, who lost one finger
in an accident while playing with another
brother q few days ago. IS recovering
rapidly from the injury
Uniforms which the members of the
shops fire ladies ordered some weeks ago
have arrived. Saturday afternoon the men
and running lines of hose.
John Burge, a stenographer in the Of
urciay for Pueblo. Col. where he IS spend-
ing day or two visiting friends. He viii
return today or tomorrow.
A hampton of Lawrence has been made
rate clerk in the general freight office of
the Santa F'e here to succeed A G. Comp
ton. who was recently given a position
with the company at Winfield.
David Stftt, who has been seriously i'll
for several months, was reported as be-
week He was formerly employed in the
car department of the Santa Fe.
Beginning today the bolt machines and
spring workers began working one hour
more than they have been doing since
about January 1, the day now being a ten
hour one instead of nine, as heretofore.
E. b Miller. a member of Hammonds
bridge pudding gang, now erecting the
been sick at his home in Galesburg. Ill,
for two months, reported for duty today.
According to the stories which his as
sociates tell, VIII Ray, clerk in the office
of Trainmaster Robins. has purchased
and forty seconds and stands eighteen
hands high.
Henry Busch. who formerly had a job
in the machine shop here, was around
among the boys Saturday. Busch has
been away several years having worked
rectly from Kansas City
Fl A spooner, a member of the steel
Of the new machine shop. Joined the force
this morning after lay OF of several
weeks on account of sickness. He has
been at his home in Chanute.
L. c. Lewellen who, while working for
Frank Harmon on a steel bridge at Elgin,
from his home at Newton in time to re-
sumo his place this morning. He has
been off since before the holidays.
Brakeman Robert Finnfe of the Emporia
local has given up his run for few trips
on account of the serious condition of his
dagman. Who 10 was stricken with paralysis
while on duty a few days ago
Clyde Bingham, who went to Ellis few
weeks ago for. the purpose of looking at
the foremanship of the boiler shop of the
Union Pacific there, has returned to his
former job at Armstrong. He is a brother
of Park Bigham of that department here.
Edward Garner of the spring shop, who
a visit with his children. is doing his
work again Gamers wife died a few
have been in the hands of her relatives.
James Thomas. an apprentice in the
was struck e in the left eye by large chip
of flying metal He was knocked down,
veaIed the fact that he would not lose the
sight.
Percy McKerihan will soon become ste
nographer in the office of Assistant Gem
erai Freight Agent Maegley, to succeed
Mrs E. N Black, resigned. Mrs Black
eas 6nt viii Ih eae Poaifon f %ith Sc
Louis house.
Lewis Jury of the machine shop has been
passing around among his associates a
monStrouS shoe which he found among
some material which he was handling the
other day. It measured II inches from
one end to the other and at latest report
nobody had ventured guess regarding its
size
Engine s24, the new oil burner. was
steamed up and taken out for a brief
in the hands of the cab carpenters and
other workmen for day two
tated removal of the Tagging and made
ca1klng imperative
Machinists are pushing the work on the
new engine hoist which is to go into ser
vice at Albuquerque shops. It has been
in the hands of the boilermakers for some
time, but that portion of the job has been
completed and the cutting of screws and
nuts is now under way and will be fin
ished as soon as possible
Already this month the Railroad Y. NJ.
G. A has secured So new names for its
roll and still others are being brought in
easily the most prosperous year of its his
tory so far as numbers can indicate, the
6ly way tb IN Sch Of r Is BENG f hindd
for conducting the work which properly
belongs to it.
w. A. NettIeton, who today succeeded
to the position of assistant superintendent
of motive power for the Santa F'e, comes
here well liked by the few who know him:
were changed at the recent meeting in
Chicago from superintendent and assist
lively. to superintendent and assistant
superintendent of motive power.
In the neighborhood of %. 900 tons of ice
have beer. cut from the Santa Fe fields in
the Hot Springs canon at Las Vegas, n.
NJ, and now work has been begun on the
being pure and in thickness varying from
nine to sixteen inches From that place it
que and all the main division points on
that part of the Santa Fe SYSTEM
Hammond's gang, which viii put up the
moved the sstraVeIers' into position and
one or two. of the heavy inside piers have
derous crane which is to operate from one
end of the building. to the other. to be
will be driven by electricity. If the
weather permits the gang will be in full
swing by Tuesday.
Saturday morning at o'clock after
working all night, a gang of men finished
the repairs on the turntable at the round
house, which had been out of service a
day and a half. The center plate was
broken in nearly dozen pieces by the
extreme weight of one of the big battle
ship locomotives, and a one had to
be cast by the Capital Iron Works This
accident shows the need which the COM
pany Will have for the seven new turn
tables which were ordered several days
ago
Lee Gabler and John Nichols of the ma
chine shop are each slightly the richer as
the result of a small wager to which they
became parties the other day. The
which each man placed was to be held by
John TAYLOR. a acknowledgment, and
when it came to the test, according TO
go