The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

afternoon at clock.
H. FL. Morley. travelling passenger agent
visitor Friday.
Frank swalwell, a laborer within the
Jurisdiction. of the blacksmith shop fore
man, has take a sick order on the hos
pital.
james White, coach painter. has lost
three or four days this week
William Powell of the tin shop is report
Another piece of the new shop equip
ment came in Friday in the shape of a
machine Tor pressing car wheels on the
axles. It occupied a HAT car
E. NJ. Duncan, travelling passenger agent
for the Rock Island, passed through To-
d. c.. whittier he went with the q. 4. n
excursionists to Oklahoma City, o. T.
William Divine. a painter in the new
shop, dropped a short distance the other
day while on duty and suffered a strain to
his back which has prevented him from
working
Rock Island passenger train No. y was
eight hours late Friday owing to the
Brewster wreck It was obliged to use
the tracks of the Union Pacific for a part
Of the way into Topeka.
J. c. Smith, Rock Island depot master,
has returned from q two weeks vacation
spent in Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa, Wis
itiEs relatives.
The wife of Bert Bronson. a mill fire.
man, left Friday afternoon for Mayetta
where she will be the guest of friends and
relatives for a week or more.
w F. Evans of the Rock Island who
recently was given. headquarters in St.
Louis, was in Topeka Friday.
Charles ]. Webb. formerly chief clerk
in the office of Division Superintendent
Mcclellan. now head clerk to President
Ripley, was in Topeka Friday.
Arthur Moore, travelling passenger agent
for the Erie who makes this territory, has
been seriously sick with fever for some
weeks, but is now better During his ILL
ness ne has been in Chicago.
Rricklayers have carried the building of
the south lavato-y walls up above the top
of the first tier of windows and the north
one is little higher than the south
The little daughter of NJ. Manson, gen
eTaI foreman of the car department. has
been threatened with pneumonia, but is
now reported to be out of danger.
Al. Hodge, foreman of the upstairs
painters, will leave next week for Guthrie
o. T., where Mrs. Hodge has relatives
Special car 21S has been run into the
shops and before II leaves Will have re-
ceived general overhauling.
The wife and daughter of John Nc
Hugh OF the paint shop who have been in
much improved. In the case of the son
the fever has not yet had its run
Pecos Valley and Northeastern engine
No is is in the yard and will be generally
overhauled in these shops
After receiving heavy repairs in
Mitchelrs gang, locomotive 43, an eight
wheel passenger, has been sent out of
MitchelPS gang.
Engine TIP has made its trial trip after a
rest in the back shop.
S. n. Peck, chief car craftsman, is home
from short trip to Newton on business
relating to the company
J. Sheldon, a car inspector for the Santa
Fe at Nee dies, Cal, has returned to that
point after visit of few days length
with his family in Topeka. He is father
of Arthur Sheldon, who is employed in the
machine shop.
George Galletly, foreman of the tank
workers in the roundhouse. has been sick
for day or two and Seth Rsseb has been
loo of hn inf nf IA ga
during Galletly's absence
Joseph Paisley, who for some months has
been in the bridges and buildings depart
ment has been put on the locomotive
painting gang 4=isn
john Isaacson, foreman of the planning
mill. was looking after agricultural bust
ness Friday anGs his regular duties for
the Santa Fe wtl5e performed by Matt
Carl.
Otto Weber, the boilermaker apprentice
who is laid up with an injured eye has
suffered the same injury to the same
member three times within the last three
months 1t will probably be some days be-
fore he can report.
John Atkinson has his concrete gang do
ing the work of extending the transfer
table pit at the paint shop On account of
these changes it is probable that work in
the paint shop Will be slack because it
Will be impossible to move cars In and out
until the repairs are completed. The lit
pairer of air hose has been lifted on car
and moved away from its former location
at the northwest corner of the paint shop.
The Topeka Cooperative Mining COM
pany of this city, largely composed of
shopmen, has received information of g
small lead which is yielding richly. the
production of gold being a little more than
598 n ton, and of silver enough to raise the
total to more than 500; The claims are
located near Butte, Montana, and the best
part has not been reached.
James Eskridge. Il hammersmith. was
struck a hard blow in tt, the mouth shortly
and has been obliged to lose some time
since While taking off piece of red
hot metal with the hammer. the cutter
flew and struck him knocking him back
against the hammer and rendering it i'm
possible for him to remain duty longer.
There has been a shortage in the supply
of oil for use in the blacksmith shop
for a few days. In some of the furnaces
it has been found necessary to use coal,
and with the bolt machines In when OIL
is used exclusively. matters have been
considerably hampered.
Locomotive iii. which went off the rails
south of the pnint shop late Thursday
night and remained there until Friday
morning, will have to stop in the shops for
over it and put it in workable shape once
more Trackmen were on duty all Friday
trying to ~ up the rails which were SO
nauch disturbed by the side-stepping stunt
of the monster.
George w. Cooper, machinist in
Mitchell's gang, VIII leave Sunday fol-
Philadelphia. Pa. where he goes to rep
resent the Mexican Central road. inspect
! ing an order of locomotives which that
company has placed with the Baldwin
people Cooper formerly was in Dunkirk
n. Y, supervising the erection of some en-
gines for the Mexican road. but came
back a few weeks ago and in the interva
while he was not needed, put his over
alls and since then has been regularly
employed in the Topeka plant of the Santa
Fe He is an old timer here and popular
The first locomotive which he is to see
put up in proper shape will be a consolida.
ton with 4 pair Of trailing wheels, and
will be more for experimental than othel
purposes.
It has been decided to put in service or
the cut-on where the Santa Fe better
ments are in progress a ditching machine
which was brought to Topeka shops some
weeks ago for general repairs. The wori
which it accomDIishes is similar to tina
of a steam shovel except that it is mount
ed on car and IS run along the track:
for puIling up earth by the roadside in
stead of going ahead of the ties and dig
| eri1ae. out q NJ route. There are two hug.