The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-03

Der was not secured to complete the or
ganization
John Coldwell, who was recently named
Railroad 7. N. G. AS along the Gould
lines, has moved here from Texarkana,
Tex. and now occupies the property at 40S
Harrison street Mr.. ColdwelI will enter
upon his duties as soon as he gets settled
IN his new home
Part of the Eleventh infantry viii pass
through here in few days on its way
from Porto Rice to Manila, having start
way around the earth Many OF the men
who were to have gone over will be left
IN the states on account or the snort time
until their term of enlistment expires.
George r. Henderson, superintendent of
motive power, and w. A Nettleton, as
sistant superintendent of motive power,
are advertised to speak at the Railroad Y
nf the nrogran3roe which is 70 eonstifnte
the commencement exercises of the edu-
cational branch of the institution here.
Boilermaker John Brosamer took his
family to Hazel, Ok, Wednesday night
where he has a quarter section of land.
Brosamer went down several weeks ago
and made some improvements and he will
nut out a crop this spring, but will keep
busy fixing up around his place and in the
fall will SOW a good share of his place to
wheat.
Because it persistently refuses to rain in
the vicinity of Edgerton, where the Santa
Fe went to the trouble of digging a big
reservoir last Tall, the company found 1t
necessary today to reinstall the water train
winch. until ABOUT TWO weeks ago mace
regular trips between that place and Hol-
iiday. Within the last 10 days there was
sufficient rainfall to give a small storage
of water there, but the supply has not held
out. There is particularly strong de-
mand for it on that part of the system
because of the heavy traffic which is
moving continually, and for that reason
it is an important matter with the rail-
road.
Surprise has been expressed by some
that the regular spring stock rush had not
yet opened, but by those who should know
there are assurances that the season is
still a little early and that later there will
be a big movement of cattle from the
south northward. Some Of these will go
on the markets at Kansas City, St. DO
seph and other places to be bought and
taken to the pastures of this section, while
others viii be sent directly to the range
here and further north. In some localities
much of the stuff has already been sold
on account of the high price of feed during
the winter, but railroad men who have
been in the south say that there will be
something doing a little later
Aaron B. Nuthall, formerly an engineer
employees Wednesday by visiting the shops.
He left here about ten years ago and was
later division master mechanic at Ration,
N M. for a number of years. He has
on the Union Pacific There is this incl
dent by which those who have been with
the Santa Fe in Kansas remember Nut
hall. 1t is related that while an engineer
west Of that point without a sufficient sup
ply of water to last him through. The
snow was drifted high along the tracks
and NuthaH promptly put this to good &C
and then cutting off the steam from the
injector and turning it into the tank, thus
melting the snow and getting enough wa
ter to keep the locomotive from dying"