The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-25
ABouT RAILRoAD PEopLE.

ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE
Notice has been posted here announcing
that on June q and . the instruction car
will be at Enlporia. The bulletin has the
many of the employees as can should at
/ tend the lectures of Instructor Turner, who
! is in charge.
Special car 2l5. that of General superin-
tendent Resseguie, was attached to train
| No for the east this morning
/ Business car 21T. in which General Man
+ ager Nudge travels, arrived Tuesday from
St Louis, whittier Mr.. Nudge went Sun
/ day evening.
| Five hundred and sixty dollars was
4 raised by the men who are managing the
/ campaign for the Railroad Y. NJ c. A
! day thus far. The results are gratifying
to the friends of the Institution and II IS
/ $4,000 will be secured.
TWO graphophones will be taken to the
/ eoacn shop Thursday noon and there viii
Ipfnish q continuous concert for the men
4 VINO gather. They are the property of
Frank Thomas. the jeweler on East
i Fonrth street, and those who have heard
I them say they are exceptionally good The
programme as it is known will be a varied
music can probably have his desire most
pleasantly gratified if he goes within sound
/ OF the graphOphoBes Thursday.
brakeman Ira Sehrauger of this division
| has been laying off few days.
G. ". Closson, fuel and ice contractor.
! left Tuesday for Dodge City with a gang
OF men 70 60 to work unloading the 1000
tons OF Zeal which the company IS having
stored there.
Mrs. Thomas Boyes and Mrs. William
Boyes, mother and wife respectively OF
I William BoyeS of the water service, left
Iuesday Tor the home of the first named
I at Fuller Kan The elder woman was
brought TO Christ hospital several weeks
now recovering from the same.
Edward Dyer, night Waterman in the
| boiler shop. has been missed from his post
for a short time
Charles B1umgren, who withdrew from
the water service of the company a few
weeks go having worked in the car sheds
has returned from q brief visit to the In
dian Territory. where he had contemplated
abandoned that plan. however. and is now
arranging TO leave for his former home in
Frank Chamberlain. foreman of the air
brake department IN the Santa Fe shops
at Albuquerque, n. NJ, viii leave this ev-
I efaing or tomorrow Tor Chicago. where he
IS to remain for short time posting up on
matters relating to the subject in which he
of friends here. having been employed as
machinist in Topeka some years ago.
Machinists Scott Boyd and Fred Fisher
did not ring in Tuesday
Gratitude Is expressed by the machinists
to Shops Superintendent Purcell for an or
which has resulted in the removal Of the
machine used for testing pop valves from
that department to the outside of the
building. 1t is used for testing the pop
valves of engines by compressed air ana
ing sound which bored holes through tho
heads Of those within a radius of several
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Frank Gunther, formerly general foreman
| of Topeka shops.
John Devlin and Willie Crook rnachir-
| lst apprentices have been transferred to
/ the jurisdiction of Gus Osman, foreman of
the brass corner
James Snyder. a machinist in Mitchell s
gang, is at home sick
William Barbee, a helper in the south
machine shop, has worked the Battle
Ak plug people for free coat of white
paint with green trimmings to be admin
istered to MS residence east of town. with
i he r1Cf FI0F how ha oil
the familiar Battle-Ax sign on the roof Of
the building
A ". Smith machfnist was off duty
Monday and Tuesday
Two new dining cars and two buffets
have been ordered from the Pullman
place Of those destroyed IN the FIagstaff
: Ariz., wreck few months ago.
Amos Beeler and H. D. McNeeley took
out the 67I. oil burner which was
brought to Topeka shops short time age
for heavy repairs. It will eventually find
Arthur Weeks, who runs drill press in
the wheel shop, was compelled to knock
off work Tuesday noon On account of sick
ness.
William Evelsizer. who has been firing in
the mill has been transferred to the boiler
shops nights, taking the place of c. },
Armstrong. who has gone to the hospital
) Carl 0lander Of the coach shop reported
for work Tuesday morning after a loss OF
two weeks time account of his child
being sick with blood poisoning.
Dining cars 400 and 1901. which have
again today. They are among the Oldest
diners on the system and before this trip
: to the paint shop were in the 1900 class.
: Painter Al Clark has taken a leave OF
? to Manhattan to visit relatives.
William Goss of the paint DEPARTMENT
who went to Denver, Col. few Weelxs
ago for short reeuperation, is at his post
= again.
Joseph Hagan a painter, has been order
ed to the general offlees again to do some
ready spent several months at the &C,
, o." returning to the shop only a short
time ago.
James White. a coach painter. retired
count of sickness He has been unweII for
several days.
There will be no game of baseball next
Saturday between the timers and the
coach truck workers, owing to the fact
The cor. est will take place at Garfield
park the first Saturday that the shop is
given mar holiday, and announcement
viii be made in due time as to the exact
The Union Pacific is making extensive
improvements on its roadbed throughout
Kansas, the work having been commenced
IN this direction: After its completion
the burnt gumbo ballast which the com
pany has been using for some time will
be put under the rails.
kansas and Her Resources is the ii.
tie of new booklet which the Santa Fe
has Just issued 1t is made up of articles
written by Secretary COburn of the state
board of agriculture and treats largely OF
those resources which Mr., Coburn has beer
so instrumental in developing with his pen
Despite cold weather there as a heavy
movement of summer tourists over the
Santa Fe to Chicago. Much of the bust.
ness which was formerly handled on trair
IL the night passenger. has been taken Ut
by the Colorado flyer. which is proving it
self exceptionally popular.
Five carpenters who have been doing
wood work on the new boiler and ma
chine shop were shipped to La Junta.
Colorado, where Contractor Carter has
the job Of erecting office building for