The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-30

new passenger cars which are to be de-
hvered to the Santa Fe soon for use in
and out of Los Angeles, Cal, on the
through trains.
Members of the Third Christian church
Sunday school are planning to run an ex-
cursion train to Osawkie some time during
the summer. It was expected that the
trip would be. made a week from next
Saturday, but 1t IS now beileXed tnat the
date viii be postponed until July 4
All of today the Railroad Y. NJ. C. A.
has kept open house and has been ire
quented by large numbers of the men who,
rSalSe The = associafion The head0uarters
when they find time hanging heavily
w. B. Jansen, assistant to President z.
P. Ripley Of the Santa Fe, passed through
Topeka THURSDAY IN speelaal car Il IN, Lhe
coach was cut out from NO ana hela
until No. / while Mr.. Jansen went to the
with the officials there His destination is
Las Vegas and Mrs. Jansen is accompany
ing him on his journey
Rudolph Osman, who was married We'd
nesday in Kansas City to Miss Sophia
SpeTr of St. Paul, MINI, is employed in
the brass corner OF the machine shop and
the same department He came here only
recently from St Paul ana since assocla-
ting with the shop boys here has made
many friends.
Eleven of the new oil tanks which have
been turned out this month by the Anerl-
can Car & Foundry company of Chicago
are in the yards and the capacity of them
was being tested Thursday About $500
gallons % water was turned into one and
from that the same quantity was run into
the others to determine whether they coz
tanned the same
All the bents of the inclined track for
the new coal chute have been raised to
place. The incline track is very steep and
it is not to be considered for a moment
that it would be possible for a yard en-
CINE to try to put the cars to the summit
in the usual way.by pushing them up az
ter taking a run from distance Instead,
a 30 horse power gasoline engine VII imam
ipulate a cable which, attached to the car,
will raise and lower 1t up the incline.
William Mespelt, the cabinetmaker who
lost nearly all the second finger OF ms
left hand and a small part OF the first
in a "iOinter'' at the shops Wednesday,
has been suffering terrible pain from the
injury. Wednesday night was a hard one,
though it is not thought there will pc
any Serious results He will not likely
get back to his place under a month.
There is a Jolly on Charles Hess of
the shops, telling about how he went to
the Sons of Herman hall a few nights
ago and sat for hours entranced by the
music furnished by one of his girl friends
Charles ROebuck of the drill-presS cor
ner in the machine shop, Went nome
Thursday afternoon after he had run
nail in one foot. so badly inJurlng him
self that he could not remain on duty
Mr. and Mrs. J. Fuleher were west
bound passengers Thursday returning TO
their home in Los Angeles, Cal. after a
tances in Topeka It was intended that
their stay here would be prolonged, but on
account of the serious effect which the
Kansas climate had on the health OF Mrs
Fulcher it was thought expedient to go
home at once. Mr.. E'ulcher was an en-
ploye of the Santa Fe here for years and
has scores of friends.
Because of the settling of one side of
the block the new steam hammer at the
blacksmith shop has been shut down in
order to give workmen an opportunity to