The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-26
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

AoOO III 6AlA6OAO PEOPLE.
William Cox. scrap iron Iaborer, went
nome sick Wednesday.
Joseph Dedier. an east side timer, went
nome sick Wednesday forenoon
Oswald Wagner freshly arrived from Eu-
rope. IS new employe of the car shops.
Locomotive 1922, which has been in re-
go out today.
Melvin Crumrfne. who has been in the
Wednesday.
c. T. Mcclellan division superintendent.
took an inspection trip over the Lawrence
branch Wednesday.
NIachinist Albert Checksfeld. who works
IN jerks gang in the east shop has lost
two days this week.
Clyde Hampstead returned to the truck
ing gang in the storehouse this morning
after ten days lay off.
Charles Toates. a trimmer. is a rheu-
matte sufferer ard v-as obliged to 20 TO
the hospital Wednesday.
Machinist James Snyder. who was alb
sent from his place in Mitchelps gang a
day or two, has reported.
has lost a week or more on account of his
fathers death, is working
Mrs A. Mcintosh of Scranton is here for
a brief visit with her son. John, who is a
member OF the water service force.
Machinist Charles Wheeler and Harry
Goodrich are in after 81 attendance upon
the Populist-Democratic convention.
Tandem compound engines e37 and 63s be-
ing repaired in Topeka shops for use as
oil burners on the Gulf lines of the Santa
re-
John Waldron of the water service de-
partment is rejoicing over the arrival of a
baby girl at his home Wednesday morn
ing.
After two months service in the round
house, Machinist Apprentice Walter Tas-
ker has been turned over to the back
shop.
In the July number of "Munsey's" mag
azine John ]. ingalls, poem on Opportun-
ity Is the principal part of the Santa Fe
railroad advertisement.
Engine 573, a new Baldwin which was
turned out OF Mitchell gang in the east
hxings to its dry pipe Wednesday.
Adam Eberle, who has labored in the
store department of the Santa Fe year
or more. has quit to go to Denver, Col,
where he has a job in a smelter
1t was announced around the shops on
Wednesday that Charles z. McCauley. late
craftsman IN the car shops, was to be
married to a young woman OF this place
today.
Jesse Dix. who since 1894 has been an
empioye of the car shops went to the of
flee Wednesday and drew his time. He
viii enter the employ of the Topeka Ice
James House. an Emporia Santa Fe
man who has been in the hospital here
for several weeks on account of in
jury which he suffered while on duty
there. has returned home.
Charles Eecleston. machinist in the
lumbago for several weeks. is still out. but
is mending and in the course of a brief
time viii be at his place again.
Trail Raub formerly employed in the
Topeka boiler shop but for the last five
weeks with the St Louis and San Francis
co at Fort Smith, Ark, has returned to
Topeka. He was around here Wednesday,.
Santa Fe employees of the Middle divis-
ion will hold their annual picnic at Ar
kansas City next Saturday. June Is There
will ba a big crowd attend from Newton,
and it is likely that q carload viii also go
from Emporia-
Thomas Stewart of the water service has
been put on as new fireman in the mill
Evelsizer, who is supplying in the boiler
shop nights during the absence OF o. J.
Armstrong. the regular man.
William Frame. who used to be clerk
in the office of Superintendent of Motive
Power Henderson. but who was trans
ferred to that of Mechanical Superinten-
dent TAYLOR at La Junta, Col. several
months ago, is in Topeka for few days
visit
New York, has entered the service of the
Santa Fee at Topeka. LeSSels was in the
West Albany shops of the New York Cen
tral road for nine weeks with the 4merl-
can locomotive works at Schenectady. N.
Y, eight weeks and in an eastern knitting
factory four months
B. Lantry Sons have five gangs of bridge
WOrkmen the cut off building arches.
The Improvements on that part of the
system are being conducted with all pos
slple speed, as the department IS consider
ably behind its orders and there is an adj
ditionaI demand for their work while new
lines are being built.
It is still evident that a viaduct IS need
ed at the Fourth street crossing of the
Santa F'e tracks in this city. Nearly ev-
cry day a big crowd of teams and pedes-
TRANS are delayed there by cars which
block the way and it will be impossible
to overcome this until some different
rangenent from the present one is made.
Robert L Lee who a few weeks ago
was employed in the office of General
Storekeeper Hilton as clerk. has been
government navy yards at Washington.
His home is at Ackerland, Leavenworth