The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-07

place. but now running on the New Mex
| his bed, but no extensive damage resulted
L. L Summers the Chicago consulting
tract of putting the power and light plant
IN the new shops of the Santa Fe here.
incandescent and 175 arc lights, to be dis
tr1buted around the yards and buildings
will be for an the machines traveIiu q
cranes and transfer tables.
Edward Burdett, a member Of the store
papers by an officer Thursday on account
of his alleged exposure to smallpox the
Burdett had been in the company Of a
young woman who was taken to the pest
shut up in order to prevent any further
spread of the disease from that source.
Burdett has already had the smallpox.
Civil engineers and heads of construction
departments are preparing to move on
indications of becoming fair and moderate
so that workmen out doors can be on
duty without exposure or hindrance. There
will be considerable improvements on the
bridges of the Chicago division before an
less work on the part of the system. One
of the first jobs will be the completion of
started at Toluca. ILL., last year. Its com
pletion was delayed on account of the sud-
den approach of winter
Frank Seeger. formerly foreman of the
machine shop tool room here, but who re-
Er tHa 45 St of tb ssS 6a to take
Jersey at Jersey City, y. J., has given
ma chinfst for the Illinois Central at Wa
terloo. Ia. His brother Frank, who was
also here is in the service of the North
ern Pacific at Brainard, Mimi.
Engineer John Snyder, who runs on the
limited between Topeka and Marceline,
Mo-. had q close escape from serious in
jury on one OF his late trips. While pass
ing small station the big Prairie engine
which he was running came so near cor
a siding near by that the glass in the biz
Was s ln and the Wing fragments
struck Snyder on one arm, fnfiicting a
bad cut. The front of his cap was caught
by the waycar of the freight and turned
around on his head Snyder has been
obliged to lay off on account of the in
While the rush of passenger traffic was
over this part of the state to hear Nine.
Nordica, the eastbound local ia became SO
but impossible to accommodate those who
had bought tickets. When the cars came
in it was found that Division Superinten-
dent Mcclellan had packed away all he
could on his special, which had been at
tached somewhere down the line He mad
been out on a tour OF inspection and found
it possible to make matters comfortable
for dozens of persons who either would
else missed the trip altogether.
There was a pitiable case of want and
restitution at the depot the other day
when a woman with three little children
came in from the west and remained sew
eraI hours for the northern connection.
Her husband had taken them to the new
country in the southwest several months
ago and having failed to land in the
ment vainly in that locality. Somehow
the mother and little ones We're put on the
braska while the husband and father was
left behind to find work Both the woman
and the little ones were suffering from
cared for by Depot Matron Fry, who fitted
them out with warm garments and started
them on their journey IN much better cir
cumstances than they had been.