The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-11

train It was rush order and had to be
sent on the first tyain reaching that
Employees Of the car department were
circulating a petition Tuesday asking
General Foreman Manson that an old box
which those who ride wheels to their
work may have a place in which to put
them during the day.
About 500 people went from Ottawa to
Leavenworth Tuesday over the Santa Fe
on a train of IS cars, run under the aus
town There were side trips to the Sol
diers home, lansing and other points in
and about the historic city
Engineers Thomas Grady and James
Farley, who represented the Emporia
council of the brotherhood of Locomotive
gatherlng OF that order at Norfolk, a.,
have returned. The convention closed last
week, but Amos Beeler. who went from
Topeka, is visiting in other cities of the
east before coming back to Kansas
Most of a Southern Pacific baggage car
which was on No. Tuesday evening was
VINO We're IN some WSay co.hectsd Win the
occupation of the Philippines. The cOrpSeS
heavy wooden boxes, and the transfer of
a. few Of them from the through train to
the St Joe passenger made business pick
up for the express and baggagemen.
DR.. H. i. Alkire will deliver the first of
a series of educa tional lectures topics
relating to railroad work this evening at
the hall Of Irwin lodge $50 A O. q. w
His theme will be Matter this time and
he win follow it m little later bv an
throughout the summer and should be
Wen patronized by those men who have a
desire to better themselves by study.
Tests are being made on timing rail-
road spikes, the same as is done with
nails which are being placed in the
treated ties. The santa Re IS now us
ing a great number of .pielded" ties and
it has been found that the acid used in
" so that it will be necessary to take
some measure similar to this The work
of timing 80 kegs Of nails was begun the
first of this week.
They are telling the story on Blacksmith
Charles Holmgren that the other day he
Failing to find any fowl flying this late
in the season, Holmgren went to the home
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hllnselt Dy shooting pigeons Wnlch roosted
around the barn. Before he got through
with his target practice one corner OF the
building had been shot on and Holmgren
is expecting about ten dollars repair dam
ages to be assessed against him.
Owing to a scarcity of brick, that which
was unloaded on the east side of the new
machine and boiler shop is being hauled
to the west side in order that the masons
NAV be kept busy Monday the Workmen
We're laid off because of the lack of mater
ial but Tuesday they were put back again
and will probably continue until the sup
ply is exhausted Only few carpenters
are working, owing to dearth Of lumber
but because delays in handling on the
railroads it has not yet reached Topeka
and there is no conjecture as to when 1t
win arrive
Charles Swanson, formerly assistant
foreman of the car shops but lately APP
pointed general car shop foreman for the
company at San BernardinO. Cal. left to-
day on No. / for his new field of work.
He took with him his family and Mrs.
Fred Swanson, the wife Of his brother
who last week went to The Needles to
take clerkship in the office Of the Di-
vision Master Mechanic. She viii stop at
The Needles. Mr. Swanson was presented
Monday evening with gold watch
chain and a charm of a Maltese Cross
with an A o. q. W. emblem upon it, by
the foremen in the Topeka car shops.
He has been connected with the Santa Fe
for p years, beginning here as a laborer
and working continuously since that time.
He has been assistant to General Foreman
Manson about two months.