The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17

a hammer while at work. The wound is
not serious.
Hugh Magill, who runs a hanger fire in
the spring shop. was summoned home on
Wednesday afternoon on account Of the
injury of his father in runaway accident
at Seventh and Jackson streets
A J. Caldwell, a car repairer in the
sheds, came in this morning after having
been gone more than a week attending the
Ind, who died suddenly of heart disease
and dropsy.
B. Lantry Sons of Strong City. who are
filing number of contracts for the Santa
Ee have lately bought a stone cruSIier at
Howard Mo. with which they will get
out the ballast which is being used on the
Chicago division.
Jacob Maze, who has been absent from
his drill press in the boiler shop two weeks
jured by a grain door striking MIN, IS re-
covering slowly; probably will be laid up
the rest Of the month.
If plans carry which have been made
one Of the boilers which is to 60 on top
of furnace in the new blacksmith shop
and from which the big steam hammers
to that department this week
Chal Wallace of the machine shop and
ganized by Nate Cafferty. was hit under
the left eye by a bah during the Wednes-
day noon hour and had to go to the hos
pital doctors. His injury is not serious.
Out of total of 1000 or 1900 goats ship
ped into Emporia from the west a day or
two ago, when they We're unloaded It was
found that 240 We're dead They were in
poor condition for moving and that was
largely accountable for the heavy loss
To supply the blast furnaces with air in
the new blacksmith shop there viii be two
No. and No 1. and one NO ran, All
to be driven by electric motors The pipe
through which the air is to be conducted
to the fires is being laid by the water ser
vice men.
Roy Clark. an employe in the Santa Zee
freight house at F,mporia has accepted a
position with the company at Chicago and
wiz leave at once for that place. He was
in the Topeka hospital a few weeks ago
for treatment and only recently returned
to his home
Furnace No in the blacksmith shop.
which has been off duty q day and part OF
a night has been repaired and was ready
for firing up at 1 o. clock this morning. a
large part of the brick had to be replaced.
No. 3 has been pulled down ana IS uhOSE-
going rebuilding.
Frank Giblar. member of the night
gang in the blacksmith shop, has been sex
about three months, but IS getting ABOUT
well enough to resume his place A paper
went around among the men the other day
and sum of money that VIII do nm
much good was raised
Operator r. l. Sykes of Elizabeth. the
first station east of Olathe, has lett ms
ing that time, Sykes and ms BRIDE ex-
pect to come to Topeka on their wedding
trip Harry Watkins of Lang is supplying
the vacancy at Elizabeth
shorty Sanderson of the boiler shop
put out 1900 strawberry plants on his place
NAL king a thorough search. he declares
all of them are growing. Besides these he
has 50 young cherry trees. % plumS, OF
apple and % peach trees-au thriving.
Sheds workmen are busy on rush or
der of nine box cars to be converted 1twC
of them) into diners, five bunk. one kitchen
and one storage. and all to be sent out
where construction gangs are working &c
/ furnish accommodations for the men, II
/ is thought they viii go to Oklahoma for
service
Locomotive 1853. one of the new Prairie
/ freight engines which the Santa F,e is hay
/ ing built at the Baldwin works in Phila'
delphia, went vest Tuesday for service OF
I the Santa F'e Pacific BY way of giving il
an innpromptu test as to tractive power II
/ was sent up Pauline hill with LOCO tons
behind it and did the performance with
ease
Engine 06. which runs on the Leaven-
worth extension between that place anC
Argentine broke down Tuesday evening a
/ LeawenWorth. and the one spot, that plies
/ between here and the Missouri river town
! had to take its place. It seems that ths
| river water didn't look good to the injec
tor of the 06 and the refusal of that essen
tial part to work made the trouble
Word received from G. P Tflson. ali
brake inspector in the field yard who wa.
sent to La Junta Col. a week ago in th'
hope that the lung trouble with which b.
has been afflicted several weeks might b