The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-28
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Nate Cafferty, a machinist, went home
sick Thursday morning.
George Schencl, a coach truck work
man, has been sick a day or two
Engineer Link Galletly, who runs west
of here, is the father of a baby boy
Machinist Harry Goodrich of the south
shop has lost two days this week.
Jacob Guffey Of the boiler shop is at his
post after an absence of several days.
Josiah Paddock, a machinist, is in his
place after having been sick eight days.
Claude Holmes, a coach cleaner at Sixth
street. is at his post after short alb
Henry Martin foreman of the cab car
penters, lost Thursday because of a lame
s H Kilgore, commercial agent for
town Thursday.
returned from a trip over the western
lines of the road.
Brakeman E. NJ Sherburne has been
working in the yards the last two days.
supplying vacancy.
Oakland citizens will meet this evening
at the schoolhouse, there to organize a
municipal government
P. Woods. a carpenter in the sheds, who
has been off two weeks because of
sickness. has reported
A. f. Robinson, bridge engineer, has re-
turned from Chanute, where he was in
speeding the turntable.
Fred Austin of the boilermaking depart
ment. took sick Wednesday night and did
not show up for work Thursday.
Boilermaker Dan Masterson, who lost
part of the week because of sickness, was
well enough to ring in Thursday.
Miss Anna NJ. ParryBundy. will have
charge of the entertainment at the Rail-
road Y NJ c. A this evening.
BoiIermaker William Crandall is build
ing a five room cottage on "a a small plot OF
Miss Mary Gibson a sister of Clarence
Chilson of the boiler shop.iS up from Kan
SaS City for visit with her brother.
Elmer King, a machinist apprentice. cut
THURSDAY. but was not put out of service
I'll
putting a new yellow pine floor in at the
Railroad Y. M. c. A, has completed the
job.
f. n. Ristine, mechanical superinten-
dent of the eastern grand division, has
returned from brief trip to St. Paul,
Movements of sheep are not unusual
over the cutoff division now, going most
cage markets.
Bert Nichols of the boiler shop has been
missed from his place for several days and
tack of fever.
Locomotive 290. a ten wheel Baldwin, has
been pushed in over one of the vacant
hauling
j. c. Catron. a member of Graham's
scrap iron gang. who has been retained at
home three days by a sick wife. is at
work again.
After running for. ten years without re-
pairs, the large boring mill near the office
of the machine shop is down for gen.
eral overhauling.
Charles Roebuck. VINO runs a drllI press
in the machine shop, had one hand badly
cut on a drill Thursday morning He re-
manned on duty
The wife of Frank Owen of the boiler
shops, who has been seriously sick for
two weeks or more. is reported as being
slightly improved.
L. l. Collins. a clerk in the office of
Division Superintendent Mcclellan. has
tendent of specials
The wife of B. G. Baird. south shop
machinist. who has been sick for eight
weeks and who was operated upon Fri
day. is slowly recovering.
DIR. S. GrolIt OF Auburn. father of Clay
ton Grout of the water service. is recover
ing from an illness which rendered his
condition dangerous a few days ago.
The wife of the late Frank Mont gomery.
Santa Fe detective, who was slain while
sitting in his home at Winfield a few
months ago, was in Topeka Thursday.
Thomas Leonard. who has been shovel
ing coal around the mill boiler room, has
gone to work in the sheds after a lay off