The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-13
ABOUT RA1LRoAD People.

Henry. Senne, who lost two days in the
boiler shop, is at his place.
James Ross is a late man booked for
service in the scrap iron heap
Samuel Brown and Edward Ellis have
been employed to help in the water ser
vice.
the machine shop few days ago, is work.
ing nights.
Cyrus Guthrie, roundhouse machinist
has been sick and unable to lift his card
for day or two.
Brakeman Fred A. Parks of Argentine is
In town, fighting the Topeka extra board
for a short while
William Fry, an apprentice boy in the
machine shop, resumed operations again
after ten days rest
George w. Hagenbach, who looks after
the Santa Fe's interests in Kansas City,
was in Topeka Tuesday.
Machinist Alexander Tuer and wife will
leave the latter part of the week for
fortnights outing in Colorado.
w. H. Barnes, travelling passenger agent
for the Missouri Pacific out of Kansas
City, was Topeka visitor Tuesday.
j. M. Meade, resident engineer, has been
in Pekin, ILL.,, for few days, having bust
ness in connection with his department
there.
Water service men were busy Tuesday
putting in the four inch water line ON the
west side of the new boiler and machine
shop.
Joseph Raab, who got sick night or
for his place in the blacksmithing depart
ment.
There was a rush order for locomotive
$40, under heavy repairs in MitchelIs gang,
and a number of the boys were on duty all
Monday night.
Rev. J. E. Everett, secretary of the
State Temperance union, has been secured
to give an address at the coach shop on
Thursday noon
In the office of Machine Shop Foreman
Miller new bulletin board has been
placed, to be used in posting the shop or
ders of that department.
There is an advertised vacancy for
brakeman on local freights 65 and SIS with
open for bids until August 20.
The wife and children of George Hether-
infendent Of Transportation n Kouns, have
gone to Colorado for few weeks.
w. R. Carter. who has the contract for
the new MACHINE and boiler shop, has gone
to Pueblo Col, to bid on a freight house
which the company is to erect soon.
1t is announced that the oldest brake
m ap fbe 1or run bran on trains ANS 1o amd
will be assigned. Bids close at noon on
August IS.
Harrison linn was expected to continue
his repairs on air brake apparatus in the
car sheds this morning. He sent to
Richland on business and was absent all
of Tuesday
P. A. Bruner of the water service is
again at himself. His family has returned
from Manitou and other summer resorts
OF Colorado, where they have been resting
for month.
G. w. Closson, who left with gang OF
men for Chillicothe, Ill, Tuesday morning,
will tour the entire Chicago extension in
the interest of fuel matters before he
comes home to Topeka.
Nate Cafferty and George Bradshaw who
lately s returned from the west were around
to Osawatomie to get a job with the Mis-
souri, Pacific in a few days.
Mrs. Dora Nicoll, daughter-in-law of Da-
vid Nicoll of the oil house, will stop off in
Topeka this week for visit with relatives.
She is ON her way from an extended stay
in Wichita home to Chicago.
Joseph Aigner has been shifted to the
roundhouse for brief time, while the
extra work incident to the arrival of the
1106 makes it necessary for few addi-
tional men to be kept on duty there.
John Wetterlund of the blacksmith
shop came in Tuesday after two weeks
recuperation in western Kansas, and was
at once assigned to the side rod fire in
that department
Harry Hutchins is acting stenographer
absence of Silas Ford who is spending a
ten days vacation in Colorado. J w. God
frey is assisting on the lumber desk in the
meantime.
Clarence NJ Shea, who spent his machir-
list apprenticeship in Topeka shops and
left about six months ago, has gone to
Cuba, according to late reports. Recently
he was in the Illinois Central shops at
Paducah, KY.
Tuesday was the last day in the shop
for Michael Connell, machinist helper,
until after he gets home from a vacation.
He, his wife and youngest son will leave
Saturday for Cincinnati. his former home,
and Indianapolis, Ind, where he has three
sisters.
All the track work in Topeka yards
which the local corps of engineers has
wound up and the force has gone to Kan
sas City to prepare for the lines which
are to lead into the new in" freight de-
pot.
1t is now expected that about Is men
will be sent from the Topeka car depart
instead of Los Angeles: Cal, as was first
announced, They will leave, according to
the present plans, the latter part of this
or the early part of next week
Mrs William Smith and daughter Daisy
have returned to Denver. Col, after stay
of about a week in Topeka. Mrs. Smith
was sick at the home of Charles Hin
shaw, blacksmith helper, most of the
time Her husband was employed in the
scrap yards here up to about year ago.
Louis Fleischer, who runs the brake
jaw key hammer in the smith shop and
who has been out some days trying to
recover from an attack of stomach diff
Guilty, will lose some time yet. His condi-
ton as reported Tuesday was mo better
than he has been"
man in Topeka yards who was struck on
the legs by a tie Monday and received
in a few days. He was able to walk
from the hospital to the buggy with the
aid of a crutch after the wound had been
dressed.
superintendent of machinery for the San
ia Fe. but now at the head of the mechan-
ical department of the Seaboard Air Line
has been advertising for western machin-
lists to go to work on that road. Mr. San
derson's headquarters are at Portsmouth
Va.
Tests have been made this week on a
number of car axles which the blacksmith
shop has been getting out and the results
so far have been satisfactory. The weight
of 1.640 pounds is dropped five times from
as high as 10 feet. Most of the axles
have come up to what was required OF
them.
Tuesday was said to be the day upon
which the. condition of Secretary T. E
Prout of the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. would
take a turn either for the better or worse
The reports which come from his bedside
indicated that the prospect favored. re-
covery as rapid as is expected in such
cases of sickness.
p b. Ross, a veteran locomotive painter
was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon
| and had to be carried to the hospital or
| a Stretcher. While walking about on for