The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
ABOUT RAILRoAD PEoPLE

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peka Yards. has quit.
F. c: Farouahrson has been appointed
general foreman of the shops at Ration.
Thomas s Stevens. signal engineer for
the n Santa F'e. went to Trinidad, Col, IN
Ernest Mueller, q clerk in the office of
SUPERINTENDENT Of Motive Power Hender-
son, was in Kansas City Tuesday
Casper Lambrecht. a helper II. the smith
for short time on account of sickness.
p Donovon, foreman of the air brake
corner IN the machine shoD, was in Kan
sas CITY Tuesday night for the festivi-
Some. more of the electrical cranes which
are to be placed in the new shops are ex-
pected to be shipped from Chicago at any
time
Samuel Florence. a blacksmith who has
been Unable to work for two weeks Or
of the whistle.
DIN Taylor. Melvin Metzger and James
J. Gorgan are tn. names of men who have
men for this point
Forty men are now employed on the
pa part Of the the framewo 9 OF the new ma
direction of John I.ayne.
Edward Horsely.. nachinist helper, who
joined the gang Monday. has Eeen trans
ferred from the south wing to the east
shop under w. A Mitchell
j. c. Prescott. who has a clerical posi-
ton in tho office of the superintendent of
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sick Law of of about a week
J. s. Hershey, assistant general freight
agent for the Gulf. Colorado and Santa
Fe lines. was in Topeka Tuesday on his
way to Galveston from Chicago
| Complaints have been heard among soma
Of the shop. employees, particularly those OF
| the east wing, that towels and soap were
missing in some unaccOuntable way.
| Thomas Jackson. a blacksmith shop en-
| ploye who was summoned out OF the city
| last week by the death of his nother-in-
| law, has returned and reported for duty.
Patrick Bailey has been appointed night
round ho>lse forsnian for the SANTA Fe al
chinist.
| foreman Of the engine stripping gang has
been i'll for about a week on account of
being poisoned with ivy. She is now lit
! tie better. '9'tk-
A. H. Brown dispatcher for the Katy at
Parsons has resigned his position and af-
ter a visit of a few weeks in the east
4 railroad position
Samuel Ebeys who has been building
1 fires in the roundhouse after shutdown, has
gone on the night boiler-washing job. tax
| ing the place of John Balk, who gave up
railroading for agriculture
Miss Maggie Schlegel of Spring Valley
Schlegel. foreman of the wheel shop. She
is on her way to Colorado and has stopped
| in Topeka eoI a short time. -
| Peter Schilling, who helps Miles Stevens
on the first floor in the smith shop, has
| beer compelled to abandon his job for
few days There is a swelling On his RICH.
wrist which is giving him trouble.
John Ash Of the roundhouse and Mrs.
\ Ash have gone tc Kansas City for short
Il be the guest of friends for a short nina
and her husband returns to Topeka.
William Heustis, who formerly was a
/ bcilermaker for the Santa Fe ut this point,
has gone into a contract shop at Joplin,
No. Since leaving here he has been with
/ the Kansas City Southern at Pittsburg.
has been holding a position in the Office
of Agent T l. King. has gone to Chick
asha, /. T., TO accept a similar position
with the agent of the Rock Island at that
point.
George Risen. an ash-pan hanger. is
at home She has been III GAINESVILLE, o.,
attending the bedside of 2 sick sister who
has improved until now she is able to be
up.
Miss Una Ebey. daughter of Samuel
| Ebey, a night boilerwasher. is here from
| father and sister She will probably come
| to this city to make her permanent home
before long.
William Mitchell. who was appointed
foreman of the machine shop al Clcburne,
Tex, left Tuesday for that point TO take
up the duties of his new position Ills
ably until spring.
j. ]. Kelley, a brother of John Kelley.
an engineer on the Neosho division Of the
Katy. has gone to Meridcn, Miss. to ac-
cept the foremanship OF the Mobile and
Ohio shops. He Will work under George
| Mckee, who is former Katy engineer.
1t is now required of the day watchmen
that they shall register at certain points
around the shops during the time that
they are on duty This rule has been fol-
| lowed for long time by the night guards
but is an innovation to the daylight men
William Mespelt. who recently received i.s.-
to the foTerna nship of the planning mill Gt
San Bernardino, Cal; writes back that ms
new place suits well He Is overhauiins
considerable machinery which mas not been
in the best of shape until now
locomotive o11O which pulls the plug be-
Il rest in the roundhouse here Tor day
1 Or two. II vas not equal TO the demands
/ sas City and temporarily has been super
seeded by No 49, an engine of larger type
Charles Nordstrom, an air brake. re-
pairer in the freight car sheds. has beeo
I out few days harvesting Il mammoth ap
pie croDsfrom his fruit farm east of Te
cumseh. Nordstrom will get "a big yiel1
/ this season and the fruit ali over the state
is said TO De OF unusually excellent quail
JOHN Atkinson. foreman of a concreta
gang, has CONNIE need digging the extern
I sion to the south transfer table pit ut the
| car shop. He has fourteen men and they
are leading the eartn IN cars and hauling
/ it away There will be a concrete wall on
the south END TWO and half feet deep
and two feet thick
George Veal. who was put out of SER
4 vice in the bOileTmaling department about
ten days ago by some hot rivet scales
TO ring in Thursday The burn had almost
recovered. when a sudden turn for the
worse came and rendered it impossible for
him to continue on duty
j. f. Kilpatrick. who. according. to. IN
nouncement few days ago was to have
taken chargs as division maste.' mechanic
at Horton for the Rock Island has as
suned the duties Of his new position He
succeeds A. l. Studer, who takes the mas
ter mocha hin of & division with head
quarters ct Cedar Rapids. Ia.
H. T. Herr. master. mechanic of the Chi
go division, and ". H. Hamilton, actii-s
division master mechanic of the eastern
division, were members of the party which
went Il AIbuouerQpc n N, c~ - ]