The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-19
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Yesterday was the last day of the home
seekers rates on the Santa Fe.
w J. Williams of the repair sheds was
transferred Tuesday to the coach shop.
A FHilton. general storekeeper. left
ness.
Joseph Stromel of the storehouse l.as
been transferred from Thompson's gang to
! McCoy's gang.
Engineer B. F. Collins of the St Joseph
passenger run has reported for duty after
| w. c. Shaw of the storehouse. has been
tra transfer. Cd from .McCoy's gang to the
A L Fisher. travelling passenger agent
1 for the Mort hweStern, was a visitor at the
Santa Fe ticket office Tuesday.
Syracuse is now full-1edged division
point on the Santa Fe, the change there
from Coolidge having been made last Sun
day.
the Rock Island. returned Monday night
from Kansas City, where he has been on
official business
Charles Tierney and Thomas Burns, both
employees of the Santa Fe at Newton, were
| in town attending the organization of the
Knights of Columbus.
George Wingate has taken charge of the
helpers gang in the machine shop. Frank
Robinson, the former foreman, has been
assigned to other duties.
Private car 215, which is an officials car
came in the coach shop Tuesday morning
| 1t will be repaired and remodeled and will
look like new car when it goes out.
ii. A. Baker ana Henry Gyman OF the
Santa Fe shops are now at Atchison for
the purpose of reconstructing the heating
plant of the Santa Fe freight house there.
| Arthur Wilmot watched in the repair
sheds Monday night in the place of August
| Cronenberg, the Waterman. who is sick
in the Santa Fe hospital with rheumatism
w. J. Aurand, a Rock Island passenger
conductor, has been promoted to acting
trainmaster at Goodland, Kan. on account
of the illness of Trainmaster J. o. Boyle.
Car No. 2C69. a combination baggage,
! mail and express car, was turned out of
the paint shop yesterday. 1t has been in
the coach and paint shops for repairs and
remodelinG.
James R. Hunter, former employee of
| the brass foundry, is now working in the
dry he went with the Missouri Pacific,
where he has been working on the con-
crete gang.
Forrest Prescott is a new operator in
| George R. Henderson's office. He was for
| merly office boy in this office, but gave Up
that position and studied telegraphy. Since
| ferent points on the Santa Fe.
The brick for the walls of the new Har-
has been stacked up in piles around the
depot and the work of laying it has COM
menced. The work on the improvements
of the depot has progressed more during
the last week than at any other time.
William NJ. Hutton. an ex-polceman,
commenced work in the water service de-
on the police force under the Hughes adj
ministration. but was thrown out when
|
been night Waterman at the insane asy-
lum.
w A. Scribner has been made agent for
the Rock Island at Dodge City, taking the
place of J. P. Fengel, who has been pro
NOTED to the position of travelling freight
agent, with headquarters at Hutchinson.
1t requires a man OF, considerable ability
to meet the competition of the Santa Fe
at Dodge City and promotions from that
station are not rare
The people out on the line must be using
baggage cars up mighty fast. Two bag
gage and express cars. Nos. 1929 and 2S30,
and two United States postal cars, Nos.
Y and 491, came in to the coach shop
! Tuesday for repairs All of them are pref
ty badly smashed up. having participated
in several wrecks. This is quite a catas-
trophe to the Santa F'e, for they are in
need of these kind of cars more than any
thing else.
]. s. James, night chief dispatcher for
the Rock Island. has been transferred to
position of day chief of the Colorado di-
vision. Mr.. James promotion is the re-
suit of the resignation of T. L. Mccarthy
former dav chief of the Colorado division
Mr.. James former position These changes
have resulted in a vacancy among The
trick dispatchers, which vacancy viii be
filled by T. w Kane of the Wisconsin
Central railroad.
Eric Walgren, formerly a machinist il
the south shop. was able to be down t
the shops on his clutches Tuesday Wal
gren is member of battery B and he
| went to Fort Riley with them to partici
pate in the maneuvers held there shor1
time ago While there horse fell on him
| first time the boys have seen anything o.
him since the accident. He says that a:
soon as he RECEIVERS the use of his leg h'
will go to Parsons. KAN; Where ne VIII g