The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-23

wife. who had been there for short visit.
Mr. Ray has been absent from his desk
about week.
Machfnist George Stfnsoh asked for re-
rora, III. where his wife has been spend
ing some time the guest OF friends. Mrs.
Stinson will return with him.
ped a load Of fiues on his right foot two
could not remain on duty. has reported.
No permanent injury resulted
John Devlin, a machinist apprentice, who
was taken to the hospital one day last
week, believed to be suffering from typhoid
fever, Is out of that institution and the
first of the week was resting quietly at
his home
Fifteen car loads of cattle from Chey-
enne Wells, Col, routed to St Joseph, were
ia Fe here Monday. The Santa Fe hand
led 10 cars of stock into that city Sunday
night
Frank Silk is in charge of second fur
mace on the east side of the new smith
shop, having been shifted from the No. 2
in the 0a shs s1l1 az a5 n
| for several months
Harry Sullivan and John Larson, two
and Eep hs n9a t in the
teries Of Odd Fellowship one night this
week. They will join the three-links lodge
c. A. Ford head electrician for the L. L.
Summers company of Chicago. which has
the contract for putting in all the electri-
to Kansas City to be absent for a few
days. The force of workmen under him
remains here.
| Robert Mears, engineer on through pas
sengers west of here. has returned from
Strong City, where he was called the first
| Of the week to testify in the case of the
killing of man who carelessly stepped in
| front of Mears' engine there Saturday al
| ternoon.
| severed his relations with the Santa Fe,
has decided that it is a pretty good road
and has returned to its employ. He was
assigned a block in time to put IN lew
ticks car repairer Monday.
Hereafter workmen in the machine shop
will not be expected to report at the office
/ their work day cards. Instead, the clerks
will visit them and make the necessa ry
record of time spent on q given job
| Rjngling's circus came in from Kansas
City over the Santa Fe this morning, NOV
ing in three sections, a total of 81 cars.
goes from here to Ottawa and then down
i over the Southern Kansas
Coal traffic between Topeka and the
nesday, engine having been put in ser
vice to do the switching around Scranton
t3e ro 1 This IS Commenced . every fan
and continued throughout the winter.
Fireman Andrew Buck of Emporia is
running out of Topeka on trains II and {
for time taking the place of David Rob
erts, who has been detained in the hospital
Roberts Is now able to be on the street FOL
little Wnlle, put ne mas Hol YET peeH re-
leased.
tional Headlight company of Buffalo, N
Y, was around the house Monday LOOKING
after the interests of that firm. Reports
so far they are handed out informall,
by the engineers, indicate that they are
pleased with the new electrical headlights
Nate Cafferty, a machinist who went ou
to Denver a few weeks ago and has since
returned, has gone to Shreveport, La
where he will take q job in the mechanf
cal plant of the Kansas City Southern HI
will probohly remain in Dixie for the win
ter
Locomotive 229S, the little engine which
has been under reconstruction in Mitch
ellis east shop gang, has been almost com
pleted, the crane having been placed Mon
day afternoon. On either side is shee
iron water tank in front of the cab. I'm
der the cab on either side is q reservoir fol
oil, that being the fuel which it Is to use