The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

= .s.lened 70 duty II the Memphis shop
Bert IVAN forsman q the brass forn-
new melting furnaces for that depart
George Hutton. . carpenter, = getting
up from aie&e OF typhoid fever In the
Santa Fe hospital he y now able to GO
Frank sahderson, q boilermaker, is fixing
for duck hunt up the river Saturday
hase % up q
William +. Long has JOB as csrpsntsr
until a few weeks ago when he With
drew
John Layhe. foreman painter Of the new
the f steel frame work Of the ia building. He
has asked for s., but has experienced trou-
BILE in getting his ranks filled.
equipment has been received here but will
not be set up until the new quarters are
ready for occupancy. 1t 10 brass fox
Grace and George Robinson. niece and
nephew respectively of Frank Robinson,
foreman of the laborers In the machine
shop. have gone home to Nortonville, az
ter a visit here.
Samuel Short, a machinlst in the rod
gang had to give up and nd gp e., home Thurs ,;s
/ lifting one of the rods and will have to
lazy on probably the rest of the week.
William Johnson. prosperous young
farmer who has been out from AledO, Ill,
| for visit with the family of Alexander
Tuer. a machinist, left Thursday for. his
home after remaining here about three
| weeks.
Anderson Boyd had his water service
1 force getting new anvil In place upon
blacksmith shop will pound. The hammer
was moved over to the new building We'd
/ nesday.
George Gerberick, foreman Of the forcs
which repairs air brake rigging In the
sheds, has bad order eye. Got hit with
ste pieee wayla an Smith s' Commando in his
absence.
Fred Quicker, who has been in charge
house chimney, has completed the job and
has gone to Chicago chs to report to his en- I'm
! dianapolis Ind.
william sheehan is showing the bolt
makers how they head bolts in Honolulu.
He was transferred to header THURSDAY:
He only recently was assigned to a place
to the FIRE which he left
Frank O. Brien. who got out OF his time
weeks ago. is now following his trade in
the plant of the Rock Island at Herring
ton. After leaving here he was with the
same company at Horton
Roy Putnam, clerk to Machinist Foreman
Miller expected to 60 to .,n kansas s CITY
Mrs. Hannah Talbot. who was passing
through on her way from Santa Rita, N
N.Y. " LIES 10OpAlCSs Id, 4OA d 'HAA.
Santa Fe went to Atchison Thursday to
take in the corn carnival Thence he will
to to spend the 1 remainder Of his vacation
He is accompanied by his daughter.
Grant Broadly, one of the whitswashers
lime which came from bursting hose:
probably no serious result WILL follow.
| Engine 2208 one of the small type which
has been enjoying rest during the wet
fea t ri 1nf sht towa Mrden today
There was gang OF machine men up with
it as late as II o'clock Wednesday night
William l. Jury, machinist who some
months ago left the shop with some frag-
ments of steel in one eye, has not yet re,
be able to do SO. 1t is hoped that no per-
i manent defect in the sight viii result
| from the injury.
1 1t was not possible for the Topeka
wrecker, which was called out to Spencer
| Wednesday to get all the wreckage from
the scene of the accident picked up before
on, near zarah. where freight car got
on, delaying traffic for a while.
Charles Bridgeman. whoc until the lay
is now in the service Of the St. Louis ana
San Francisco at Eureka Springs, Ark
rme IS IN charge os Of " aWiez
formerly general shop foreman here, as
master mechanic.
! p. r. Symmeg, Fourth street na&man,
is enjoying a visit for q few. days from
ton, OK. MI. and Mrs Kingery are on
for short stay with Mr.. and Mrs:
Symmes, who are their brother-in-law and
sister-in-law.
Frank Kelch, foreman of the truck re-
pairers in the coach shop has been turn
ing out work from his department almost
Wo ooda' Martin Schultz and 1 John shuart
George Schenck also went out Of com
the his On f3
! Edward Holmes who helped in the boil
ershop until the lay of of last month and
ment Of the Denver and Rio Grande at
fell on one finger while he was at work
member. Holmes wife, who has been in
4 Topeka since he went west, will return
| with him.
D. Saxton, who some months ago was
struck in the left eye while. at his post In
the east erecting shop. and for the time
member, is somewhat better He says he
is able to distinguish btween daylight ana
dark With that eye but ne Is s5 hope
among the men who know him that ne
will entirely recover from the accident
Several men in the boilermaking depart
ment are getting out the steel trusses for
| the new power house. 1t Is expected that
they will be finished next week: That viii
brickmasons VIII have finished their end
of the building and it will be in shape for
the roofers to get busy: then a little later
those who are preparing for the engines
and boilers and coal handling apparatus
]. w. Kendrick. third vice president of
the Santa Fe. passed through Topeka on
Thursday evening on his way to Chicago
from Texas, where he went the first part
Of the week to lend his assistance in get
ting the cotton crop moved market.
There is such a shortage of motive power
on all the lines of that state that roads
are experiencing much difficulty in hand
ling the business that is pushed upon
! them
George McDill. international secretary of
the 7. NJ. c. A., whose headquarters are
today or Saturday to go over the final
plans for the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. home
to be constructed here. All the ground has
been cleared on the site of the new build
ing just east of the Santa Fe tracks on
Fourth street, SO that the work on the
i foundation can begin soon as the spec
ifications are completed and the contract
let.
Orders have been placed for q car loads
of lola Portland cement, 100 cars OF sand
! and SO of broken stone to be used for nix
! ing the flooring of the new machine ara
boiler shop. On top Of the foundatiot