The Topeka state journal., 1902-04-16

Nate Caferty. who has been on duty in
the east wing Of the back shop.
Locomotive 298 a ten wheel Baldwin, was
! wheeled out to the rOundhOuse Tuesday
afternoon and Is ready for trial trip
The wife Of William Heustis. who used
I to work in the boiler shop here. has gone
I to the western part of the state on visit.
J. y. Greene, clerk in the office of Fuel
and Ice Contractor Closson, has been on
the middle division Of the Santa F'e few
/ days.
The 1885, an eight wheel switch engine,
mas been sent out Of the south shop where
It has been undergoing general overhaul
Al Hodge. who works upstairs in the
/ paint shop. has been out of service few
IN init it. WI" q game h00' ne ran d nan
asIo JIoseph Halgan. painter who has been
uoaLs d week JoD at She genera oL3lcSs-
; returned to his usual haunts around the
shops this morning.
Private car 215. that of General Superin-
second section Of Ny MS mepnin2 for for
/ the Chicago division
Vance Adams who formerly worked in
considerably recentlw went on as a brass
molder Tuesday morning.
( Frank Shaffer of the air brake corner
and mother leave this week for a 30 days
/ visit in Los Angeles. Cal Mrs Shaffer
has sister living there
Prof D. S. Kelly of the State Normal at
Emporia viii speak at the coach shop
meeting THURSDAY noon on the topic Con
centration Of Thought"
Hugh AIcGivern and George Brosamer
! We're or duty Tuesday afternoon investing
! the pay checks which they drew during
4 the morning in real estate.
Bert Stewart, a boilermaker helper who
ran, ran an iron rod through the palm Of one
ready for business tonight
South of the mechanical department Of
4 fees a 45 foot we'll has been sunk and IA
used for drinking purposes.
Frank Thompson. a machinist who sew
! eral months has had the roundhouse as his
] field
jerks gang in the east shop.
| Clarence Chilson of the boiler shop. who
Years TOOK his lime TnesaV EoiS and bereaf
will do teaming around town
John Miller, a car repairer who has not
/ been able to show himself in the sheds
since March Il, was around the other day
and may get to his place in a few days.
Michael Schoenfeldt quit job of scrub
| bfng IN the paint shop last week and left
| Tuesday on No. for Denver, Col, where
he expects to follow the trade of a car
penter.
Edward Glaze, who has done more or
/ less telegra phing over the Santa Fe lines
Emporia his headquarters, was in town
| Tuesday.
Harry Hobson, lamp inspector. has gone
! to Ration, n. M, for a few days on busi-
ness connected with the single staff sys-
TEN Of signalling which lately went into
operation there.
J. E. BayIes, travelling inspector of Santa
| Fe timepieces. has gone to Strong City to
test the efficiency Of the watches used by
| the fellows running on the branch from
| there to Superior, Neb.
Plans are being drawn for the new power
| plant which is to be located south of the
new blacksmith shop and it is desired that
the job Of erecting that building shall be
| hurried as much as possible.
James A, MacNeil has been sent to
| Madison, Ill, to inspect a large order of
Hdesls, D5 fakiins e tne pace nsId py T.
NeilI has been with a Canadian road.
Timbers which were placed upon the
| ground at the site of the new machine
and boiler shop when the steel was un-
loaded, to raise it from the ground. were
| being cleaned up Tuesday and moved out.
| No. I furnace in the blacksmith shop
| is out for heavy repairs few days be-
cause II burnt out and part OF the top
busy since getting it in shape for busi-
ness.
/ HartWick of the water service and himself
| on the blacksmith shop pay roll. is now
| in the jurisdiction of Master Car Painter
Hartley He went on as an inside hnisher
operator for the Katy at Parsons. has re
! signed that place to take a trick in the
Santa Fe depot at Emporia- He takes the
key vacated by George Nichols, who re-
signed and went TO Denver, Col
Wrecking crane No. 5. the last of the
order which the Santa F'e placed with a
Michigan factory some months ago, has
been received here. No assignment of it
west as No. win remain in Topeka.
John FreibOtt. j boilermaker who left
here six months ago has been heard from
by those who were associated with him in
these shops. now being in the employ Of
the Southern Pacific al san Antonio Tex
He says he is contented and doing well.
It is desired that work on axles in the
new blacksmith shop will be commenced
the boilers which are to 20 on top Of the
/ furnaces and from which the hammers VIII
get. their supply of steam, is being hur-
John Mcdonald who is to be in charge
Of the air brake instruction car now in the
paint shop has gone to Chicago to spend
a few days He will make the first trip
out on the line with the new apparatus
about May /
At the annual meeting of the Shawnee
Building and Loan association Monday ev-
laws were adopted and it has been decided
to issue stock in several classes. The or
ganization is strongly represented at the
as financiers
Water service men are putting in the
blast pipes which are to connect the fur
naces in the new blacksmith shop Tues
day the handles for the second big ham
Tner We're put on and about all that is now
necessary to that machine being put in
operation is to connect with the boilers
and turn on the steam.
Frank Schmittendorf who went out of
his time Monday forenoon, thereby sue
ceeding to the title of machinist. has gone
to OVerbrook Tor Few DAYS visit with his
parents before leaving for Cleburne. Tex,
where he thinks he viii get a job with the
/ Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe.
Mark Symmes. who formerly had a job
! in the bridges and buildings department,
but who lately has been with the steel
bridge erecting gang on the Union Pacific
near Junction City, left Tuesday morning
for Emporia. where he will go to work on
the rev gravity coal chute which the San
ia Fe has well under way there
John Walter. who has been employed in
the blacksmith shop about a year. and
Paul Pease. whose term of service is twice
that long. terminated their allegiance to
the Santa Ee here Tuesday. 1t is under
l stood that they will go to Cheyenne Wyo.,
where they will get a job with the Union
Pacific.
Oscar Geisert roundhouse boflermakeE
who was called TO St. Louis last week by
the sudden death of his uncle, Leo Geisert
of that place. has returned. 1t was first
reported that the relative had been killed
in a runaway. but now it is said that the
cause was probably heart disease. Cfeiseri
2 was a well-to-do baker and confectioner-
General Manager Nudge went west Tues
+ day in his private car 217 attached to No
lasa he cr,a1