The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

go to Las Vegas. He will not only accept
it, but bring it back with him and see
plans to be away several weeks. STAN
field has been q leading member of the
San santa Fe Reds, having been elected ; cap
days ago.
.Arthus sickinger. a member. of the
been Ill and unable to be at his post Of
duty for two or three days His father
the tanS also went home sick IN
day.
For some days the department of tests
s tank e1 to determine the center Of gravity
when filled with coal, when half full, and
when empty; It Is nR0arStood tnat THESE d
termining the causes of some of the re-
cent wrecks.
L. L. Collins who a few weeks ago quit
accept a position in the headquarters of
R. j.. Parker. superintendent of the west
the distribution clerk there. His place is
quite up to the expectations he had of it
Frank Israel and Thomas Han1igan, ma
chinists who served their time with the
Santa Fe here. have gone to Purdue, KY.
recently returned from Ellis, and Israel,
until short time ago. was with the 'Fris-
K. C. Bean, bill and voucher clerk in the
offict of Superintendent Mcclellan, has
taken his annual summer lay off and has
Bean, for a brief stay. J. G. Updegraft.
general clerk. has been handling some of
the business coming to Beams desk, which
demands immediate attention.
Brakeman L McKenna, who was struck
by the Doyle creek bridge west OF Strong
stream of water below only to be rescued
from drowning by tramp who CHANGED
the streets. He was in Topeka hospital
for some days and his recovery so soon is
regarded as exceedingly fortunate.
Vo fnv q cfo
rapher in the eastern division OFFICES here
but more recently with the division su-
transferred to the Denver and Rio Grande
at that place; Previous to his term OF
ton with the Rock Island assistant freight
agent in Topeka
There seems to be little worry on the
fusal of section men south of Topeka to
work for $1.25 day. Until now they say
but since the end of the wheat harvest
the situation has changed and it probably
as would have been the case three or four
weeks age The track Is said H. to be IN
fairly good c1ndton ana thav an the SECTION
patrol the line and see that conditions are
such as to warrant the running of trains.
boiler shop a short time ago. appeared
at the office Friday morning and asked
for his time; said he couldn't stand the
noise. He will go to the southern part
of the state. Really, it is no small mat
ter of inconvenience to people who have
not become Injured to the din created by
boilermaking machinery, to be obliged to
work with it. In some places, it is under
stood, there has been legislation against
the of some classes of noise-produc-
ing machinery in boiler shops.
D. E. Barton, newly appointed general
shop foreman, took off his coat and as
sumed the duties of his new position with
| the. Santa Fe Friday morning. Mr.. Bar
toms connection with railroad work dates
| back to 1867, when he began seven years
| apprenticeship in the shops of the Pennsyl-
vanla Coal company at Dunmore, Pa In
1885 he was summoned to the foremanship
orning Valley road, headquarters at the
same place, and in three. years he was
picked master mechanic of the Erie
and Wyoming railroad and Dunmore Iron
and Steel company, both controlled by the
same company, remaining there for y
MIA Coal company were merged with the
Erie railroad proper Then he resigned to
| become track foreman at the Baldwin Lo-
connective works, Philadelphia, which posi-
| the Santa Fe. While with the Baldwin
he was several times assigned to duties as
| travelling engineer, that is, locking after
| the proper delivery and setting up of ma
chasers: and the fact that he came from
| that great plant, whose superintendent.
| Samuel Vauclain, inventor of the Vauclain
compound engine, is known as the king
| of locomotive builders, would seem to be
| the strongest Recommendation possible.
| Mr.. Barton takes hold of affairs as though
he intended not to revOlutionize the work
| of Topeka shops, but to use to the fullest
| limit the facilities at hand. He has a
| wife and young son and daughter now liv-
| to Topeka to reside permanently as soon
| as he becomes a little more settled.