The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-22
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

pany there.
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.
~, Elmer Barnett has been employed as a
William Cremer, an apprentice in the
It is probable that gang will be put
axleS.
Machinist William Melton of the south
shop has taken a lay off for the remainder
E. E. McFadden. switchman, is father
Sumner avenue.
Locomotive sos is in the roundhouse re-
/ ceiving fire box and cylinder repairs and
/ for receiving new flues.
Water service men were busy Tuesday
getting off the cars the last shipment of
machinery for the new shop.
The wife of J. w. Grubbs. south shop
helpeT. IS slowly recovering from an i'll :
ness lasting several months.
Elmer Jacquay, foreman boilermal,er for
the Santa Fe at Ration. N. M, is in the
city for a visit with relatives
F R. Frost. electrical engineer. has been
in Chicago on business for a few days but
is expected home this evening.
Leo Gablery who went to the Mexican
GentTal after the lay off here; is now with
the Capital Iron Works of this city.
AL Hodge, foreman of the upstairs force
in the paint shop, has gone to Oklahoma
to visit kin for a short time. His wife is
with him.
John Shannon and Edward Dewitt for
mer machinists in these shops, are in the
employ of the Mexican Central at Chi
huahua, Mexico.
The wife of Engineer. E. c. Webb who
has been in poorer health than usual for
some days was reported as being slightly
Frank Stewart who for some months
! has been handling Santa Fe scrap iron
has given up his job Nothing else in
slght Just at present.
Barton Phelps, an apprentice who mas
1 been devoting much time to affairs relat-
ing to the physical laboratory, has gone
to the shop for service
After a lay off of two weeks or more
the south transfer table of the shops
has again been put in service. 1t has been
heightened and rebuilt
4 John Schneibel formerly a machinist
IS now gang foreman for the Missouri
Pacific at Fort Scott. He has been away
from here about six weeks.
There will be eight levers to the new
interlocking tower which the Santa Fe is
placing at the intersection of its with
that of the Missouri Pacific tracks.
Sidney Hercules. a spring shop employee
who has been with the company most of
the time for three years, has gone to the
blacksmithing department at San Bernar-
| dino, Cal
Peter. schoenfeldt. who formerly assist
ed in the smith shop, but who during the
Kansas. has taken up his old job with
the Santa Fe
Leo Kaiser, who used to have a, job in
the Topeka blacksmith shop, but who was
lately with the Colorado road at Denver,
has returned to that department of the
| Rock Island at Horton
| Lawrence Bellan apprentice in the brass
| corner, responded to a telegram Monday
evening announcing that his father was
seriously sick at Oklahoma City. Ok. The
senior Bell will be brought to Topeka.
George R. Henderson. superintendent of
motive power, and Edward GrafstrOm,
mechanical engineer, have been in st.
Louis and Chicago for a few days look
ing after matters relating to the mechan-
ical affairs of the Santa Fe. .~f----
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for the Rock Island, was in Sabetha Tues
day arranging for the return Transports
ton of a number of Pennsylvania people
who have been looking over Kansas for
some weeks
F. Vertekamp. the Louisville man who
expected to complete today the job in
which he has been engaged for several
weeks. 1t is probable that he will have
gotten about ten car loads of stuff out Of
the heao-
A c. Wilson. who for. about five years
the Santa Fe, has taken position as clerk
in the office of Superintendent Mcclellan.
For number of months Wilson has been
a night operator at division headquarters
here.
Candidates for county, offices on the Re
publican ticket have been visiting the
shops for the last few days during the
noon hour As a consequence some of the
shopmen have been wearing whole hand
of cards in their hats.
Alfred Lowell, assistant superintendent
of motive power, was in his office Tuesday
after being absent for some DAYS on the
western lines of the system. His trip eX-
tended far west as the coast and was
one for the purpose of inspection.
William D. Luke has been in town for
a few days moving his family and goods
to Fort Scott, where he has a place in
the shops of the Missouri Pacific. Luke
was employed by the Santa Fe here for
some years until the force was reduced.
Engineer John Snyder has returned from
Gettysburg, Pa, whittier he was sum-
moned some weeks ago by the sickness
and death of his mother. He run
ming on the Colorado flyer until he left.
and will probably sign up for No. west
of here.
Saul Joseph, who left the depot news
stand about a month ago and went to his
home in San Francisco, has returned to
Topeka and will probably resume his for
mer place. He spent all the time that he
was away with his parents
Frank Sanderson. a boilermaker. went
to Grover for a visit with his friend. Geo.
Johnson. of that place the first of the
week. While there he and johnson shout
dered their axes went to the woods and
in a short time had sighted a bee tree,
from which little later they secured %
pounds of honey.
Bert Bresette, a boilermaker apprentice,
and George Fitzgibbons are home from
Kingsville, where they spent few days
hunting for ducks. One day there were
a few in sight, but they soon disappeared
About two weeks later it is believed they
will be more plentiful.
Engineer E. c. Webb ond Mrs. Webb
are eniOying a visit for a few DAYS from