The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-08
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ferred inside.
Excavation has been made in the new
shop for one of the large planers now in
use in the machine shop. Concreters also
have commenced the foundation of the new
power house.
ploye who has been ill considerably of
late, but who has contrived to put in
few days this week, did not take out his
card Thursday.
Charles Roehrig, brother of Louis and
Fred Of these shops, who was scalded in
the effects of the injury.
Henry Paine of the blacksmithing de-
partment and Samuel and Edward Short
have planned pleasant vacation trip to
Elizabethton, N. NJ, where they will pro-
badly spend about two weeks.
Oberer. janitor of the building in which the
mechanical department headquarters are
located; IS Is, down own with malarial fever. He
Machinist Cyrus Guthrie was absent
Thursday entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Hartle and wife s OF schuyler t NO who are
They resumed their journey today.
Advance No. of Buckskin Blrs
| show was in town Thursday scattering ad-
vertisements for the circus which comes
here next week Thursday night the Santa
Fe handled its IA cars from Atchison to
John P: Kisner, who death was an
nounced in the State Journal of Thurs
fhe SANTA e and worked np Until tWo
| weeks ago when he went home to de of
throat trouble.
G. F. Wettling, formerly clerk at the
| Union Pacific, has taken a desk in the Of
| flee of General Storekeeper Hilton He
was formerly employed by the Santa Fe,
some months ago.
Boilermaker John Batman, who drank
] too much ice water few days and then
| got sick, is still unable to be at his post of
| duty, although he has been on the street.
Unless there is a relapse he plans to get in
| the first of next week.
| Geodge DONNIE. who fell off a low box
while entering the smith shop through a
ras1re the tn one sad to be- IN
| serious condition. 1t is understood that
| the injury took an unfavorable turn.
! terminal tracks of the Santa Fe at Kan
| sas City, passed through here today with
the body of his baby on his way to Meri-
den where fnterment was made. Other
members of the family were with him
| Frank Benson, timer who went east
Benson switch lamp. of which he is the
| inventor, has been heard from after a 81
lence of considerable length He has been
| in Kent, O., and Franklin and Meade
| vile, Pa.
| Charles Rosendahl has been honored
with the successorship to the frame fire
vacated by Jacob Weyler last week when
| the last named left to take the black
smith foremanship at San Bernardino.
! Calf ROsendahl has been with the COM
| pany a long time
| Charles Trowbridge, who resigned the
chief clerkship to w. E. Symons, mechan-
| ical superintendent of the Gulf lines, to
| take a similar place with Thomas Paxton,
| Superintendent of motive power and car
| equipment of the Colorado and Southern,
| was in Topeka Thursday.
Transfer of the axle lighting equipment
from the old four wheel cars to the fine
| new chair cars which the Santa Fe Is
| running between Chicago and Los Angeles.
was commenced Thursday. Fourteen OF
| the new coaches will be fitted up with the
| apparatus so that electricity may be the IL
| luminant used.
| John Mespeft. boiler men, are figuring on
| an enjoyable fishing excursion to a point
| on the Kaw about a mile east of Tecum-
!! sch, a week from Saturday evening
Sanderson has recently launched under
boat, having a capacity of passengers