The Topeka state journal., 1902-02-12

of preparation at the coach shop, Tues
of part of the apparatus with which it is
to be equipped.
Dan Shannon, who has been firing on
opposite Engineer 3. F. Collins, has been
sickness Cal Adair has been on the seat
box in his place.
Tuesday morning the first of a detach-
through Topeka: The second section was
after sunrise today.
Machinists .el have again begun work on
up for coal instead of oil consumption. It
was was gwen a set ,+ OF oil burners & about SIX sl9
up for several weeks.
= W. Mergan. foreman in the coach
attend the council of the Triple Tie Ben
eft association which has been in session
men while he was away.
El3ert Farley, scrap iron worker un-
run of smallpox which affected himself.
leased and Tuesday was at work
Clarence i4 Shay h & maehinist ,a apprentice
grees of the new. high-binding order
among the sh9pmen known as the Ancient
cises began at 1:45 and ended 1S minutes
several days on account of dropping a red
hot sheet of metal 10, on one Of his feet
was both a burn and cut. which is ex-
several days for healing.
Among the names of those who per-
ished in the Empire hotel fire at st. Louis
switchman. He was a brother of Chas
t thompson; alIeS l. who about three years ago
II T0pfa Of Fred MorgSn Mo rs no@
working with one of the, engines here.
motive paint shop here a few weeks ago
to take the job of foreman of that de
his family and goods to that town. Re
ports from him INDICATE that he likes
William Lauterbach of the machine shop
tool room.
chlnist, returns from vacation of two or
three days which he has been taking, it
decorated with such Implements of the
chase as gun and hunters sack. There
enjoy a hunt more than Goodrich, and
everybody knows it,
East bound limited train No, was about
morning, and to add to that disereditable
Of Topeka. became affected with a hot
box at Lake View ana an was Obliged to give
charge, of the Argentine local crew and
took the California train into Marceline
There has been an exceptional interest
since the social committee of that institu-
tion decided that contests were to be
says that last Saturday evening, when
the first took place, the crowd was al
the attendance will continue to increase
result of this arrangement.
There has been received the first con-
signment of the 1902 nails which are to
be treated to a tin and lead preparation
picked ties which the company is distrib-
uting for. that purpose over its lines. A
they might be plated with copper Instead
of being coated with tin, but that plan
was changed to the present one
a
ing at Argentine in storing the product
| of an excellent ice season and the oppor-
tunity for an unusual harvest is being
utilized. There is reason. for it, too, be-
the quality will be much impaired.
Hugh Magin of 413 Madison street went
to the hospital Tuesday to undergo an
ated on, but instead of healing it grew SO
other eye the present course was decided
upon by the doctors MagiI is father of
shops. and was himself employed once in
the bIaclxsInithing department.
Rockford fi. the middle Of last August
| and took the place of blacksmith shop
NJ. where he viii become timekeeper for
the shops there He is a nephew of R.
His job at Topeka will be taken by Lewis
Griley, who has beer. working as messen-
cal department for several months
Now that the Santa Fe employees on the
west end are beginning to stir themselves
for the baseball season, it is suggested
that at all the divisions this part of
the road the fellows who are interested in
the american game might muster up
enough pride to organize teams which
will compose a league Wherever there is
baseball enthusiasm sufficient to result in
the formation of a club it should be
reused soon in order that there may be
the proper time for organization. training
and the other requisites to successful
team.
Four cars of material have arrived for
| the new gravity coal chute which the