The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-04


cussed means of lettering their Sunday
afternoon meetings and arranged for spe-
cial meetings during the week of prayer
c. A. Johnson of the water service de-
partment has been transferred TO the car
William Creamer of the south shop re-
turned Monday morning after lay Off of
ten days.
Thomas B. Macarthur. who resigned last
Friday. is back at his old place n the ma
chine shop.
r. H. Silk of the blacksmith shop re
signed his position Monday. He will go 70
Kansas City
Engine o11S which has been in the south
shop for repairs, went out on local run
Walter Tasker of the smith shop return
ed to work this morning from a short trip
TO Fort Madison.
The Santa Fe shops closed this afternoon
so that the men would have plenty of time
in which to vote.
The men in the bolt shop are back at
the furnaces. They laid of Saturday on
account of lack Of oil.
James f. Evans is the new man that
is teaming on the transfer table He went
to work Monday morning
Forrest Prescott extra operator, has re-
turned from Pomona, where he has been
doing relief duty for short while.
The scaffolding which is to be used by
the tank builders gang that is to go on
the road shortly, has been completed
J. F. Reddy road foreman of engines on
the middle division of the Santa Fe, was
Al tOWI from -NSHlOl1 t1OlddS SN6ll1llS-
Scion Keiffer, a workman in the wheel
shop, who has been sick in the hospital fer
three months, will return to work next
Monday.
gang, is now working in the paint shop.
He sas been assigned to the burn of
gang.
Ana. o. U. W. lodge will be organized
in Oakland Wednesday night A great
many shop men who live in Oakland are
going into it.
To ", ho
machine and boiler shop, was on the sick
list Saturday. He returned to work Mon
day morning.
Mrs. Hayes, wife of George Hayes,
clerk in the office of superintendent of mo-
tive power has returned from a visit to
Kansas City.
George Aye, James Dewitt and William
Crook all of the machine shop, went coon
hunting Saturday night. We hope they
made a good bag.
Richard Hardy, who formerly worked in
the coach shop went to work there Mon
day morning. Mr.. Hardy is an old man
with the Santa Fe-
tendent of Motive Power Henderson, re
turned Monday from a weeks vacation
trip to Chicago and other points.
Frank Schmitendorf, a nephew of Will
liam Schmitendorf, foreman of the water
service department, started to work yes
terday morning in the department.
Robert Hudson, a front end painter in
the round house, received a message Mon
day morning stating that his grandmother
was Qedu. I1G ldiQ Ol1 " dllS140 Tie IL
neral.
S. G.. Zimmerman. chief clerk to A. E.
Cooper. general passenger agent for the
Rock Island returned Monday afternoon
from short business trip to Colorado
| Springs
Mrs. John MeHugh, wife, Of John Nc
doing nicely at stormont hospital. They
are just recovering from an attack OF
typhoid fever
Frank Silk of the blacksmith shop re-
/ built the No. | furnace in the black
smith shop in p hours. This is a rema-,1-
ably short time for the work, as it usually
takes about week.
Clinton Moore, stenograp her to Edward
! Grafstrom, mechanical engineer, has re
covered from a hard attack of typhoid
ating trip after which he will take up his
/ duties in Mr.. Grafstroms office.
E; Mccain, general foreman of bridges
and buildings of the Panhandle division Of
the Santa Fe, was in Topeka yesterday
| looking over the new dirt soreader, Of
! which he is the inventor. This invention
! is a contrivance to spread ballast and is
! being built in the Topeka Shops Mr.. Nc
! Canh approved the work
James Crozier. formerly teamster at the
| transfer tables in the car shops. has bought
a farm of 81 acres adjoining the hamlet OF
| Tecumseh on the east and i is understood
for some time wished that he might be on
a small fruit farm in the Kaw valley, ana
4 it seems he has found what he wanted
He was with the Santa F'e for seven years
| S E. Busser, superintendent of Santa
| Fe reading rooms, in Topeka the
| other day interesting himself in the plans
| for the new reading room which the com
! pany is to build at San Marcial, n. NJ
| This is the latest project which Mr.. Bus
| ser has in view and he is very hopeful Of
! the good results which will be accomplish
ed At La Junta he says there will be
/ $50 library plant, one of the best on that
! part of the system.
/ Within % feet of where Stephen Bauer,
! stationary engineer, was struck and killed
/ by No. 5 Saturday forenoon. 1t is sand
! John O Brien, formerly fire chief of the
Santa Fee was run over and n about the
same manner. The location is such that
it is difficult to hear or see an approaching
train and the curve is so sharp that there
is little chance for one to escape If he be
| on the tracks after a train rounds the
| curve
| J. C. Layne's paint gang, which has been
| working on the interior of the new ma
chine and boiler shop. has finished the job.
| Mr.. Layne is very proud of the work ana
| well he might be, for it is of that class
| that would do credit to the best of paint
ers In fact Mr.. Layne has nothing but
| good painters on his gang: Not man
| has been hurt during the whole time they
| have been working on the job Layne and
| his men went to- Kansas City today and
| will shortly begin work on the new freight
depot there.
Commission Doesn't Stop.