The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-26

day evening.
Irwin lodge ESQ Of the A. o. u. W. is
planning to give a dance at its hall the
evening Of May Z. complimentary to the
Knights of Pythias band. Both organi-
cations have 9. strong following among
the shopmen.
one of the guy wires supporting a
snokestack on the blacksmith shop
snapped Friday morning under the
strain caused by the wind blowing and
workmen had to be put on the job Of
fixing it at once.
William Lewis, a boilermaker known
to every body in that department here,
who was summoned home from Gle
burne, Texas, by the sickness and death
of his father a few days ago, will soon
return to the south
L A. Cain. who has been superin-
tending the job of placing the new cleo
trieal plant in Albuquerque shops, has
come to Topeka and will take similar
position here while that equipment is
going in at this place.
George R. Henderson and w. A. Net
Teton, superintendent and assistant
superintendent of motive power, were
expected to arrive in Topeka Friday
evening from the south, whittier they
went about two weeks ago
There was a strong run made on the
coTee and tea which the railroad Y M.
e. A. serves to it shop patrons during
the dinner hour Friday, 213 being the
total number The figures compares
very 4dfDLdDly Will ordinary GAYS.
Boilermaker Hugh AIcGivern was
missed from his place Friday. and the
explanation given for his absence was
| that he dropped pinch-bar on one
foot, causing such painful injury that
/ ne was unable to stay with his work.
Engineer Andrew Neugebauer. who
! pulled the special bearing the Foresters
through here Thursday morning. made
up 10 minutes on the regular running
| time of No. g between Topeka and
| Newton. The train was handled as a
! second section of the Limited
Some of the music for the Sunday
school rally of the schools in Parkdale,
which is to be held at the East side
| be furnished by the male quartette
! from the railroad Y. NJ c. A C. c.
! Grout, of the water service, is in
J charge.
For handling heavy freight at its Col
orado Springs station, the Santa Fe
/ Friday afternoon loaded for shipment a
1 power crane with a lifting capacity OF
about IS tons. So far as is known here
4 it is the first of its kind that is in use
on the Santa Fe. It was turned out by
| the Topeka boiler shop.
Archie Sayre, who has been faithful
! the required four years, Friday morn
/ ing received notice of his graduation
| from the class of machinist apprentices,
and he is now rated as a machinist lin
/ full fellowship" He is son Of P. W
/ Sayre, foreman OF bridges and buildings
on the eastern division.
Water service men were placing the
/ first of the boilers which are to go in
the new blacksmith shop to furnish
/ power for the steam hammers, Friday.
! The new Wrecking derrick made the lift.
Flues were put in the other two boilers
Friday, and they will be out of the
| hands of the bOilern akers soon.
Edward Roberts was expected to ar
rive Friday from California where he
has been in the employ of the company
| nearly a year. Roberts left the Topeka
tool room where he held a place about
Z months ago, and most of that time
| he has been drawing a Santa Fe check.
His wife accompanied him back and he
Will probably stay here.
Olof Ahlgren, a machine hand who has
been in the min five or six years, has
| taken his time and is loading a car
with his goods preparatory to going to
/ Washington. There have been a num-
Der Of shopmen who quit here this
spring and have gone to the new north
west to try their fortunes.
w. H. Smith, who form erly was with
the passenger department of the Santa
Fe at Kansas City. but now with the
road in the St Paul. Mimi, Offices, was
/ in charge of the WOmen's train which
bearing the delegations from the states
| of Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota He
has many acquaintance in Topeka.
Regular baseball practice from now
: Until the HOuilu OF july IS the slogan
/ OF the boys who are to make the nine
going to Dodge City on that date for the
| match game with the western divisions
team a victorious one. It seems like
| long time from now until warm wealth
| er and if there is the proper perseyer-
ance the fellows should develop some
talent
J. W. Bivins, Of the railroad Y. NJ. c.
| A. viii talk at the Sunday afternoon
n Getting of the association rooms on the
/ icrhf Ia NT1.
| BiVins was for many months engaged
IN missionary work under the auspices
| of the Free Methodist Sunnyside Mis-
sion of Kansas City, among the poor
and therefore has had much experience
in religious labors.
Frank Steward, q scrapper in Ora
hams gang, was summoned home Fri
| day noon by the unexpected announce
| ment that his wife's sister had died that
morning al her home in Meriden. There
were no further particulars concerning
the DEATH az the Topeka relatives of
the dead woman did not even know that
she was sick. Steward and his family
left in the afternoon for that place.
Pat Donovan. foreman of the air
brake room in the machine shop, left
Friday evening for Pittsburg, Pa. where
he is to represent this part of the San
ia Fe at the national gathering of
| Westinghouse air brake men, He eX-
poets the meeting to consume ten days
of his time With him was W. Y. Tur-
ner. foreman of the car and air brake
departments Of the company at Ration,
N. NJ
Fireman Dan Shannon, who for a few
weeks has been running between EN-
! poria and Kansas City on the plug, has
abandoned that place to take the left
side of the 0154 which pulls the even
ing passenger between Topeka and st.
Joseph. John Helvie who has had the
run, came in on No Friday evening,