The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-17

Zarah, has resigned that position and will
| trick on the western grand division
There has been a big run of business in
@ behnd With its orders Some P
and since has not been able to catch up.
Mrs. Martin Finnie. mother of Brake
her home on East Eighth street a day or
two ago and received severe injuries about
Fred Noch and I. B. Kelsey, bridge and
buildings carpenters employed on the new
coach chute at Argentine, have gone to
Fort Madison, Ia, for short visit with
relatives.
! instruction car JOG of the Scranton cor
respondence schools has been set in on
the track near the office of Mechanical
Superintendent Ristine and will be here
Three sample body holsters have been
received by the testing department here
Of zoo ard viii he niaced oT7 III 90 n96
pounds capacity
Andrew Hartwiclz. fireman at the round
g days and ef snndag for Mchgan
where with his wife. he will spend the
time the guest of relatives.
Henry Jamison. a blacksmith helper
who struck his back on projecting iron
obliged to go home was able to take up
his work again this morning.
John Geese, a 1aborer in the sheds. has
been granted a furlough of two months
and has gone to Okla hona. where he Will
remain in the hope that his wife's health
may be improved by the change.
Rem Mellinger of the boilernalxing de-
partment who two weeks ago dropped a
crown sheet on one of his feet and Who in
addition to the resulting injury has been
afflicted with the grip, resumed his work
this morning.
former clerk in the blacksmith shop of
flee, who went to Ration, n. M, last week
to take the position of shop timekeeper,
indicates that he is well suited with the
situation there
H A. Tice and F. ]. Easley. superinten-
dents respectively of the Oklahoma and
middle divisions. We're in town Saturday
Superintendent F. T. Dolan of the Chi
Fort Madison. Ia.
L. Roehrig, who since last June has been
Liberal branch of the Rock Island. has
quit, that company and will do contract
work here. His son Charles who was
with him. has also left the Rock Island.
Six cars of structural steel arrived Fri
day night ar and d. were being gnloaded Sat
it is to form a part. 1t is known that ten
more are also on the road west of Chi
cagO and are expected to arrive at any
time.
Byron E. Davis, a machinist, who came
day to meet his wife who was due to ar
rive there from that city. Mr.. and Mrs.
the present.
In the boiler shop a tank spout is being
built for use on the reservoir at Edgerton.
and is being made extra strong on account
of the, demands of the service there. 1t
taking water there than at any other
single point on the system
The Santa Fee the publication of the
Railroad Y NJ. c. A, which appeared Sat
speech of SUPERINTENDENT q. Motive Power
Henderson on the Dement'S of an education
to mechanic The address was given at
the rooms several weeks ago.
Some of the telegraph and telephone
wires near the paint shop were broken a
few nights ago by the long. arm of of
men on the shop. 1t was being switched,
and in some way the crane became en-
r1aIf L inc
were repaired Saturday.
Bert Sanderson, an apprentice in the
Frank Sanderson, boilermaker, was mar
ried the early part of last week to Miss
was kept secret until the latter portion of
the week. Mrs. Sanderson is sister of
Engineer Barley BeeleF.
At the Railroad Y. NJ c. A. Sunday af-
ternoon a song and testimony meeting
e. ProGf One hour BEFORE the gospel
service the Personal Workers Bible class,
be the i'd ar OF on e end Pa9ut
study of the life of st. Paul.
Harry w. Bullock, who about eight
gang, took his time pay day and viii
leave at once for a farm which he owns
poets to occupy Bullock was on the pace
before coming here, but shook with
out on higher ground
Amos Beeler and H. D. McNeely the
other day took out, locomotives 500, SO
after they had been relieved and set up
here new from the factory at Philadel-
phia. On account of their weight it was
impossible to run them across the Kaw
river bridge. and give them their first
spin to Meriden, as is the case of most of
the engines turned out of Topeka shops.
Four men in one department fell on the
same piece of icy walk the other day
John Stafford. a coach painter. while walk
ing along with his dinner basket in his
hand. went all over the ice and basket
and was obliged to go home for his noon
meal Ed Bailey, another workman in that
shop, came along a little later and landed
on the ice with two gallons of mineral
red paint over him. The other falls were
of less consequence.
Engineer Harry Cunningham who runs
on trains and east of here has some in
teresting specimens of minerals taken
from a hole which he had dug 81 feet deep
on his farm mile northwest of Meri-
den. There is a peculiar mixture of what
appears to be coal. granite and sub-
stance resembling silver. Coal of an ex-
cellent quality was struck, but the vein
was only two inches thick and of course
that was not a quantity that would pay
for the mining.