The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-04
ABOUT RAILROAD People

| Engine 34S is in for general repairs
| William Sheets is figuring on a lob in
| the boiler shop.
John Timer, a timer. has been sick and
unable to be at his post for some DAYS.
| Locomotive IS has been received in the
south shop and viii be given heavy re-
pairs
| F. A Tally, who a short time ago went
drawn
George Pollinger, a machinist. has lost
| affection of the eyes.
Frank Coles. a roundhouse machinist
who has been out a good share of the
week, rung in Friday.
/ Joseph Waters. an upstairs painter, will
spend most. of next week in Kansas City
attending the carnival
The Mexican Central has commenced
the building of tie-treating plant at
Aguas Calientes, Mexico.
Charles Cross. inspector in the sheds.
Third and Adams streets.
| Bert Marley, a machinist apprentice
has been transferred from work on ma
chimes to the floor in the south shop
! Engineer John Snyder. who left the mid
die Of the week for the east, is now at
Gettysburg. Pa, at the bedside of his sick
| Lon Ireland has been recruited for the
force of laborers in the storehouse. He
has been assigned to service under E. L.
W, william Nelson. 2 south shop employe
still off duty.
/ G. H. CITIZEN, who has been repairing
cars in the freight sheds. has been given
a transfer to the coach shop where he
will work on trucks
George White has been put on the re-
pairing of air brakes in the sheds: he
turned in his time Thursday.
John Norton, a coach painter left with
his family today for Kansas City where
will go to Neosho Rapids for a visit
| Vacancies have been advertised for
brakemen that are wanted.one on local
runningbetween Topeka and Burlingame-
Frank Myer. a mill fireman who hurt
since then he has not been in shape for
work. will report probably the first part
of the week.
Del. Shay. who until the time he was
summoned to Oklahoma few weeks ago
by the sickness of kin. was a repairer OF
air brake apparatus in the sheds. has re-
turned to Topeka
There will be meetings of the member
ship committee and the board of directors
Of the association, Tuesday and Wednes-
day evening of next week.
William Barbee, a helper in Martins
gang, is still detained 9th his sick mother
on whose account he was called homo
from the shop some days ago. Her i'm
provement is extremely slow
boiler shop is down with fever and Mrs.
King who had planned to go to Kansas
this we tn has has the been nre eompeiied to
blacksmith Thomas Astle who until the
present has had charge of . fire in the
north end of the. space occupied by that
end.
Lee Carr, who took a job in the boiler
shop recently has quit that department
and is now plying a hxush for John Laync
on the steel frame of the new boiler and
machine shop
Superintendent A DeBernardi. who
was in the city Friday morning. had his
private car 4s2 of the Missouri Pacific at
tached to Santa Fe passenger o tram ia
It is reported that Walter Mills who was
recently given a furlough by Fred Smith
foreman of the coach trtTnmers. has job
with a manufacturing company in Penn
syIvania where he has been spending his
vacation
who has charge of the equipment OF spe-
cial cars, John Arthur is handling ms
work and Bert Adams represents the
storehouse at all the trains in the place
Of Arthur
George Risen. an .ashpan hanger, is tx
from, GAINESVILLE Ohio. whittier she was
called some weeks ago on account OF the
serious illness of a sister who has since
Peter Heck has been out of the paint
shop most of the week and VIII prooaDly
remain there until the close OF the Ies Tlsya
ming to sec the parade and fireworks dis
play next week
| Rev. j. A. RenWick, pastor Ol i1le : ~
United Presbyterian church. Will speak
Sunday afternoon al O'Clock at the rail-
road Y NJ C A. Special music VIII pc
. furnished by an orchestra and by the as
| ISOLATION male quartet
David Peuz is a new helper in the boiler
shop He has been transferred from the
storehouse where he has been fer short
while. Peuz,s credentials show that with nth
n the past i've years he has followed the
lblacksmithirg trade in Austria
Now the shopmen are roaring at the
street car company because as they claim
! the transfer station is not opened in the
: morning until TBS. thus making It necesy
: sarv for the people who wish - transfer
! earlier to stand out in the weather. They
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