The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-04
ABOUT RArLRoAD People.

ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.
Afachinist George BarteI is father of
a baov girl.
9Iachinist Bert Gorham has been alb
Locomotives 293 and OLA have been sent
to the back shop.
Diner 1871 is here from the Revere, Mo,
wreck for accident repairs.
Grant Gill a machinist went home sick
at II o'clock Tuesday forenoon
James Finnie, a pipeftter in the water
service. is down with the govt.
Oscar Geisert a roundhouse boilermak-
er, is in the hospital for few days.
Blacksmith James Kelly is at his fire
after two Gays visiting in the country.
Machinist John Taylor is home from
Denver, Col, where he went @ week ago.
James Boyce has been made assistant
foreman of the Albuquerque boiler shop
Louie Short is a new office boy at the
headqgarters Of Shops Superintendent
Fl. H. MeCreary. travelling auditor of
the Santa F'e news service out of Kansas
City, was in Topeka. Tuesday.
Preparations are being made for the
extension of the passing track at Po-
mona by adding 1900 feet to it.
H. G. Lang, travelling passenger agent
for the Pere Marquette, at Chicago, made
this part of his territory Tuesday.
Locomotive 403 made its appearance on
train l13 Tuesday morning. Engines IS
and 20 are the regular ones on this run.
Special car I'll has been brought in from
Newton and placed at the disposal OF
Superintendent Mcclellan of this place.
General Superintendent Resseguie left
in his private car attached to No. 2
Tuesday afternoon, for Fort Madison. Ia.
J. R Frawley. district passenger agent
for the Union Pacific and having his
office at Kansas City, was in Topeka,
Tuesday
P Walsh, general baggage master, has
been in the New England states several
days on business connected with the
Santa Fee
John Jacobs, who quit job of heating
lta sak MO
| Gently TO 90 to the Frisco at Springfield,
Mo, is in town
Electricians have begun wiring the 222
private car which IS being turned out of
these shops for the use Of Second Vice
President Morton.
Workmen in the machine shop who
quired to get a new one each day be-
tween the hours Of and 10 a. m.
East-bound No Tuesday morning went
through as a special. 1t has been impos
sible 50 far for everything to get out on
time, after the wash-outs on the western
lines
Second eight Tuesday morning was
made up of II dead-head baggage cars
and sleeper. which had accumulated out
Their use.
E. c. spurlock, formerly with the au-
dltor OF passenger receipts in the general
offices, has been transferred to clerical
duties in the office Of Shops Superinteud-
ent Purcell.
Arrangements have been made for
game u DdSelBdtll SATURDAY afternoon
tween the woodworkers and the Oakland
mines, the contest to take place on the
Oakland grounds
c. c. Webb, relief agent. has been at
EudOra several days taking the place Of
the regular man there, J. W. Butts, who
has been detained from his duties by sick
ness in his family.
James Rain. foreman Of the Arkansas
City bollermakers, took a look around To-
pelSa shops Tuesday on his way home
from WILLIAMSBURG, where he went sew
eral days ago to bury his father.
Samuel Barnes, car repairer; Hans
Johnson, wood machinist helper, John A.
Caskey and John p Kaberiein. car shops
laborers, We're the late additions to.the
Topeka shops force up to Tuesday even
ing.
G. c. Grout. formerly saw-fler in the
planning mill here, but for several years
the company, has Just closed visit OF
several days with Topeka friends and
has gone to Chicago to spend brief time.
Division Superintendent G. T. McClel-
Ian and Bridges and Buildings Foreman
p. w. Sayre. left today on a special for
the annual bridge inspection They went
from Topeka to Atchison, thence over
the Leavenworth branch, and later over
the cutoff
Curly Baldwin. a tool room maehinist
at Fort Madison, Ia, was around Topeka
shops Tuesday afternoon He spent con-
siderable. time with r. Congdon, foreman
of the blaeksmiths, the two having been
acquaintance several years ago.
John Larson. a hammersmith, who came
up from Kansas City a short time ago
the first work on No. 1 hammer in the
new shop, is now working nights in the
old shop directing the gang on the first
machine.
Allen Grant and Thomas Meanley, tin
nerS, went to work for Louis Deutscher,
foreman of that department this morn
Grant having followed his trade lately in
Old Mexico, and Meanley having been in
an uptown shop.
About fifty people gathered at the home
OF John NICK Miller, a clerk in the
storeh0use, Monday evening, in honor of
mrs miller, VINO leaves this week for
Dubuque, Ia, where she viii remain in
definitely, receiving treatment in a sani-
tarium at that place.
0. 0. Weekly. who for several weeks has
been doing the stenographic work for
John Purcell, superintendent of shops,
Yer: Col, where he VIII give his time to
selling typewriter. Deimar Spangler,
Who has been with the Santa Fe agent
at Winfield. is taking his place.
Members of a Wisconsin mems club
went vest in a special car one day the
party. headed by President julius Krue-
ger OF Columbus. and Manager J. NJ.
TurneH. They viii 80 to San Francisco
route
o1hce Of Resident Engineer Meade from
a number of college students over the
country who, just completing their school
surveying parties. Every year at this
time large number of such communica-
tons are received.
Train crews on the new flyer made the
run from Kansas City to La Junta. Col.
Instead Of to Dodge City, Kan. as is the
case with the other through passengers.
Today. was the first that No. 10 has made
the trip, 1t being necessary to run No
of Sunday evening to Denver and back
before there was sufficient equipment
strung out
BY large tree being blown over Louie
Deutscher. foreman Of the timers. had
20 feet Of fence. around his residence on
Madison street broken down; the roof of
the house was damaged and what hurts
lJeutscher most. some of the flowers in