The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-23

service department., took sick while at mis-
post Wednesday morning and had to give
up and go home.
Casper I.ambreeht has been transferred
to the job of heating in the new shop
Thomas Coffee takes his place heating Cor
James Eskridge-
tendent of Motive Power Henderson. has
gone to Chicago for brief visit. Mrs.
Staples accompanies him.
Joseph Cowdrey, who has been putting
IN his time at the new shop plant. has been
transferred to a machine III the water SER
vice corner of the old building
John Etzel. who used to pound iron in
the smith shop. has quit the bridge gang
of the eastern division, where he has been
in service good part of the summer.
AL Peterson, former boilermaker in
Topeka shops, low with the Missouri Pa
cff1c at OSa watcui lie, is in Topeka attend
ing the Scottish Rite Masonic meeting.
charge of scale inspection the eastern
division taking the place of James Rob-
ertsOn, who has been granted a vacation
of two weeks
the levers for the blacksmith hammer in
that department of the old shop, has been
given change to the new. building and
will be found at No. 3 machine
Nearly everything from the east on tue
Rock Island and Santa Fe Wednesday
was off time card. owing to the heavy pas
homeseekers rates for the southwest
Samuel McFaren. switchmsn is re-
joicing, and has cause for it His wife
and children have arrived from Hager<-
town. Md. where they have been enjoying
a vacation visit Of nearly three months.
1t is reported that that B. G. Baird
chinist in these shops. is seriously sick ct
Los Angeles. Cal. He has been in the en-
ploy of the Southern Pacific in that To-
calfty.
Eighty-three new tie plates have been
turned out from the FORCES of the black
smith SHOP and, according to the plan as
reported, they will be distributed over the
road for experimenting regarding their Ell
ficiency.
Mrs. Clarence Chilson. the wife of a
former boiler shop hand is in a critical
condition now. suffering from what has
been pronounced quick consumption. Mrs
Chilson has been sick most of the fall with
typhoid fever.
Clifford WEIGH. chief clerk in the office
tendent for the Santa Fe coast lines, was
in Topeka Wednesday from San Bernar-
dino, Cal WEIGH was formerly connected
with the Santa Fe offices in this city
George Fenton, who used to have a job
in the Santa Fe shops here, is navigating
with a crutch. The other daX loaded
he was employed at Thomas planning mill
and he has not been drawing pay since
then.
Someone must have malicious intent to-
west side of the shop plant. The other
day both legs were tied together and he
was administered a nasty QOSe OF cOt1
water in the region of the face. He SUI
fered no further harm.
Leonard ]. Darr and Ross Niece have
been hired lately to assist the water ser
vice in disposing Of some of It's work in the
new boiler and machine shop. Niece used
to have litde grocery store just at the
foot of the Second street viaduct.
William Moore land Cal Banister boiler
shop men who have been following the
destinies of the tank gang. have aban-
doned that branch of the service temDor-
a ril VIII at G bea1-
quarters will be in Topeka Ernest Porter
has gone out to take Moores place.
blacksmiths, force of ten men has been
put on to keep the two big hammers. of
the new shop in operation while the day
shift sleeps. William Spencer has chal ge
of those making slabs, and John Paul, the
veteran hammersmith, directs the making
of aXles.
George Fraser. foreman of the black
smiths has devised a set of dies to be
used in the manufacture Of .brakee-jaw
pins. They have =. been tested and arc
found equal to what, was desired WFE
ticks that which has required previously
about five minutes.
A. w. Smith, who for a number of years
worked as a machinist in Topeka shops.
resigning only a few days ago to accept
position with the Mexican Central. left
Wednesday afternoon for the City of Mex
leo. Thence Superintendent of Machinery
BeE Johnson will send him to Aguas Cali
entes to take charge of a tie-treatlng plant
Ira Gerberick son of Foreman George
Gerberick of the car sheds air brake de-
partment, has been visiting his parents
and brothers for a few days. For more
than year he has been the machine
shop payroll of the Missouri Pacific at
Osawatomie and will go hack there when
his stay in Topeka is finished. He is
graduate of Topeka shops and said to be
a GOOD worlkman-e
Walter Mack, who swings a sledge IN
the blacksmith shop, was hurt Wednesday
forenoon by a piece of steel burying Itself
in the lower part of his left arm. 1t flew
and struck him, cutting cash about one
half an inch deep and an inch long. Mack
seems to be running the complete gauntlet
of i'll luck so far as bodily injury is con-
cerned. Only a few weeks ago his muse
was caved in, and since, as well as b@fore
he has bee nthe victim Of some minor dc
cidents.
Fire Chief William Snyder is sangline
in his view of the prospect for the bail
which the department is to give in the
new machine shop next month He mas
had communications from number of dl-
vision points along the line and the pros
Dect is that there will be an immense
crowd to attend the dance. Marshall s
band will play programme in the early
part of the evening and will furnish the
music for the grand march. Great prepa-
ratiOnS are being made Tor the event
There should be a warning read good
and strong to the man who Is about to 30
into a Santa Fe oil tank car. The expert
ence of Richard Bancroft two days ago IS
only a reminder of the dreadful fate of
two experienced water service men year
ago last summer, VINO went IN aIAt never
again came out alive. Bancroft, 1ucliIy,
came out and was quickly revived; But
the fumes from the oil are so deadly and
seem to stay in the big reservoirs so per-
sistently that they may be considered
dangerous, if not fatal, to the man going
in.
Joseph Paisley. a locomotive painter. who
came here new to the railroads few
days 60 is considered to be gstting on
He fell in a sewer mouth at one END %
an engine pit in the roundhouse. There
are great many pleasant and unpleas-
ant experiences which a tender has to en-
counter when he begins to railroad, and 10
the men who is one of the rcundhouse
gang. this is one which comes sooner or
later Paisley was not injured, and as no
orders for repairs on the Pit have been is
sued, it is assured that the escape from
harm waS mutual
Members of the Loyal Star. the woman s
auxiliary of the B. of r. c.. gave a parry
for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliot at their
l,or,.1, ZIG II st Fourth street. Tuesday t,X-