The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-01

Afunyon New York and Philadelphia
MUNYON'S NH ALER CURES CATARRH.
one of the boys that will be particularly
missed in the shops baseball team.
Reuben Peabody. Of the machine shop,
is working in the laboratory under T.
E. Layden, temporarily. He is a son
of statistician Peabody of the Chicago
Offices of the Santa Fe.
Andrew FairchiId, a Santa Fe en-
ploye who has been in the Topeka hospi-
tai on account of an attack of typhoid
fever, has been released but is still
too weak 70 be in his place.
J. D. Murphy has returned to the
Santa Fe service after a brief absence,
and is now general foreman at yelling
ton He IS known among many en-
ployes on the middle division.
Casper Burghart who quit job as
blacksmith helper here a few weeks ago
and went on in the track department,
has taken his time there and will wait
for something else to turn up.
Word received from John Barnes, an
apprentice boy who quit here recently
and went to the shops of the Santa Fe
at Albuquerque. n. NJ, indicates that
he is pleased with the situation there.
Basil L Baird, the dead soldier whose
funeral was held today, was brother
of Clifford Baird, a south shop ma
chinist- He was drowned several
months ago while trying to rescue a
comrade.
John Hartley, master car painter, won
the prize at the spelling bee between
twenty members OF the Spalding
Reading circle, a ladies' organiza ton,
and the same number Of men from the
Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fra
ternal insurance order.
Mrs. Mark Withers, widow of a
switchman who was killed on the
Fourth street crossing one night sew
eral months ago. has received bene-
fciary sum of 81, 200 from the Switch
mems Union of North America, of
which her husband was a member.
William Amos and Tony Shaver Of
the car shops left on No. s Wednesday
for Pullman, III, where they will spend
several weeks inspecting bOxcarS which
that company is turning out for the
Santa Fe. There are in the neighbour
hood of 1000 of the box and stock class
to be built.
William Langley. of the blacksmith
ing department, came in this morning
after being tied up about two weeks
on account of the existence of scarlet
fever in his family: Four Of his chill
dren were down with the contagiOn, two
of them severely i'll with it at one time.
All have recovered.
William B. Hoeck, who relinquished
his position as round-house foreman
here Tuesday evening and left on No. )
Wednesday, will return about the mid
die of the month. He expects to pay a
visit to relatives in Iowa at that time,
anu II - pOoSlDlC L4AdL 1T VIII move HIS
family to Fort Worth from Topeka al
that time.
The wife of R. J. Putnam, clerk in the
Office of Foreman Miller of the machine
shop, has been severely i'll with at
tack OF malaria and other ailments for
several days. her husband having been
detained from his work by her sickness.
He was able to come in Wednesday af-
ternoon, however, her condition being
slightly improved.
T1fxficio,7 T,oro,,oo,, of
poria, is now contemplating the organ
ization of a roundhouse fire department
among his men and already has opened
bids for the volunteers who wish to en-
ter. The plan is to have them drilled in
signals and the handling of fire-fighting
apparatus the same as the companies at !
larger division points.
John Lucas. agent for the santa F'e
at EmpOria, has been obliged to leave !
his work again temporarily on account |
of an eye which has been troubling him /
for some time. He was in the hospital /
here several days to have a growth over /
the member rem owed and returned to I
his post of duty, but has been obliged /
to give it up.
NJ. H Wiclhorst, engineer of tests for
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy. pass /
ed through Topeka Wednesday on his /
way to Guthrie. Ok, where he will in
vestgate the workings of the Santa F'e /
plant for removing IncruStants from /
the water which it uses in its engine /
boilers. He was met at the train by !
Chief Chemist Powers of the Santa Fe. /
William Deveny, who Wednesday was
made Temporary rOund-hOuse foreman. I
has been in the mechanical department /
Of the Santa Fe for twelve years, pre-
vious to which he was a clerk in the I
bookkeeping department of the auditor /
of freight receipts at the general offices. /
In 1898 he worked at Albuquerque shops /
for about eight months He learned the I
machinist's trade here. and is justly a
popular fellow among the men.
According to well-founded reports. |
John Salkeld, who for some time has |
been foreman of the boilermakers at |
La Junta, Colo. Will retire from that /
place May Is. There is talk that To-
peka man may get the place, though |
nobody has yet been chosen. SalkeId's |
father was employed in that depart
ment of Topeka shops only few /
months ago, and previous to that had /
been for a long time with the Gulf /
Colorado & Santa Fe at C1eburne Tex. /
Engine 1901, which left Topeka Mon
day night pulling No. 4, which was /
wrecked the following forenoon near
Cana, Mo. was not as badly damaged /
in the accident as other parts of the /
equipment It was then in charge of /
Engineer John McGregor, of Fort Mad.
ison. who has the run between here and |
Marceline, Mo- and who gave up the /
locomotive about o'clock at that point |
So far as is known, the crew which |
happened to be aboard the big Prairie /
engine escaped without a scratch.
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