The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-29

for the shelter of the six or eight engines
ago the y house al tbat pont brne n
since then the locomotives have stood in
the open.
helper in Topeka shops. now serving the
Missouri Pacific at Kansas City, was in
town Saturday for a visit. He has been
away from here about a year and half.
John w. Hall. brakeman on the St Jo-
seph passenger, wife and daushter VIII
at his early home near Yellow Creek, Pa. s
At the Railroad Y NJ. C. A. coffee house
been fiscontinued The run this summ ',ss
seems to have been lighter than the aver .
age, owing to the comparatively low tenn
perature.
William Hickox, suntil few weeks ago
assistant to Fire Chief Snyder, has been
putting in a few days time at his trade
chine shop. Today he commenced pack
ing apples for an uptown commission
house.
1t is expected that the temporary wood
yard which has been established north OF
the water tank near the roundhouse will
Fuel and Ice Contractor Closson, is home
from a business tour of the Southern
Kansas division
ing trade in Topeka shops. is now with the
United States gunboat Wheeling at Page
poets to spend the winter holidays in the
Philippines or in Australia, just which has.
not yet been determined
called home from Wiliamsfieid, III. two
weeks ago by the death of his wife and
who since has given up the foremanship
reported for duty. Louis Roehrig has taken
the place which he had
E. E. jerks. foreman of a gang of ma.
chinists in the east erecting wing, and
Mrs. jerks have started east on a vacas
ton which is to last three weeks They
O., and Parkersburg, w. Va Four years
have slipped by since they were back
there.
Some of the engineers coming in within
the last three days are certain that the
track of the Santa Fe main line will soon
be as good as ever ere. Otn 1 insist thar II
+ it viii be better if the brand of weather
which has prevailed for two weeks just
past continues.
There is a joke being handed round
among the switchmen that Stormy owns
the north end Of the yard. There is no
a one came into possession of it or how
long the same will be maintained and It
will be necessary for those who are hand
ling 1t to clear up this matter
There was special train of four cars
out of Atchison Saturday night. moving
showed at the Topeka fair but which were
at the Atchison corn carnival all last week
There were four cars in the train and the
Santa Fe handled them as far as Chicago:
whence they went to Belvidere, H., for
their next stand.
T.
cell roundhouse, who has been detained in
the company hospital at this place for
several weeks has been released and Will
is well pleased with the manner in which
the hospital people treated him and thinks
the employees should feel thankful for such
place to which they can be taken when
i'll.
1t has been decided by the OFFICIALS that
north half of the new boiler, and machine,
shop will be widened. Accordingly the west
wall of earth has been dug away to
dation will be extended accordingly in or
der to strengthen ALL This is bly, due
to the fact that M he handled
over this pit and it must be constructed
with this in mind
Four new sturtevant blowers to be used
in tanning the hot air from the power
house through the conduits of the new
boiler and machine shop have arrived from
the east and will be unloaded presently 1T
has been arranged that the air will be
driven through a chamber where heated
pipes will increase its temperature so that
it will serve the same purpose of an ortff-
nary heating plant This is an innovation
in warming buildings in this part of the
country, but the company wnlcn i mas me
cess
Business is picking up in Topeka shops:
+ the present Work wnacn ava was on nahd
have prevented, at least lessened. the
effects of the lay of. Nearly every night for
a week men have been duty long after
the regular working hours getting out the
stuff with which the company handles its
generally scarcity Of freight traffic, It is
said that almost every week II becomes
to cut pvt &c f Ca rsbed e
to destination in order that live stock ana
perishables may be moved within I,,.z the
proper time. At times there - an eVloent
dearth Of power.