The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-24

left here and 1t has seemed only a question
Of short time when she would die since
Frank Robinson. a machinist helper.
who for seven long weeks has been sit
from further duty. Friday morning he
went to Nortonville to attend the bedside
OF brother VINO is seriously sick and
VIII remain there until Sunday. night,
when he viii return to this place in time
to report for duty Monday morning.
Kansas railroads have been handling
thousands Of homeseekers this week. They
have come from the north and east for
the purpose of investigating agricultural
conditions here and many OF them viii
shortly come out to live. Even if it does
rain, there was never a more suspicious
heads of the east rners the idea that Kan
sas is drouth-stricken.
Owing to dun business there has been
q setback for some of the older men
VINO are really engineers but who when
traffic takes lull go back to the left
side OF the locomotive. The latest to re-
vert to their former jobs are: Thomas
Hearick, Eli Jones and James Starr. Hea-
rick has already displaced James Patter-
son on trains 113 and ia between Kansas
City and Topeka.
Painting Foreman Bartlett of San Ber-
nardino. Cal, and Henry Duden of Gle
ourne, Tex, arrived in Topeka Friday to
confer with Master Car Painter John
Hartley on topics relating to that branch
OF the Santa Fe work. It is the first meet
ing of this kind in the history of the
road, but it is q common thing with east
ern lines and it is in line with the policy
| OF Superintendent of Motive Power Hen
derson.
Locomotive No. sol dropped its crown
sheet at Joliet, Ill, few days ago and
the engineer and fireman were both blown
or jumped from the cab-nobody seems
I 5y not steam 1t is understood that the
fireman had only recently before that
returned to the service after being dis
missed for burning an engine and that
ment.
1 It is doubtful is there is any buster de-
DaTrmRnE
! civil engineers; they have work laid out
/ between Topeka and Chicago on IS
/ bridges. all of which they are expecting
to finish this season. It is not to be sup
/ posed from that statement that the
/ structures are in a dilapidated condition,
but IN many cases wooden ones will be
/ replaced with stone and otherwise be
brought to a better standard.
| Thomas Hannigan, who learned the ma
4 chlnlStS trade here and who left a few
weeks age for the SOUTH has returned.
| He worked at Denison, Tex, for the Katy
/ and Texas and Pacific. and was in Mem
/ phis, Tenn. He is stopping here a few
days, and SAYS that he will leave at once
for salt Lake City, where he has a job.
Edwin Stone. who missed much time
lately on account of accidents and poor
| health, went home sick Thursday night.
Locomotive 40 brought in train II from
Kansas City Thursday night with half
/ demolished cab, the result of coIliding
/ with a coal bucket swinging in the wind
near the Union depot. Kansas City. The
/ bucket struck the upper corner on the
right hand side. and the windows were
/ knocked out, besides other parts of the
/ cab being removed Engineer Holloway
was up and stayed with the engine until
he reached Topeka, when it was cut out
Two thousand dollars had been raised
Friday evening by the railroad Y NJ c.
A to be applied on the $4,000 conditional
4 sum which the city of Topeka is to fur
nish before the Santa Fe company gives
$4,000 and the site for the structure The
association has its representatives in
! nearly every corner of the shops who
are thoroughly canvassing the men during
noon hour for whatever sums they are
/ willing to donate. General Secretary
Prout is leading the campaign spending
practically all of his time at the shops
1 for this purpose. and seems confident
/ that the new home will be built