The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
the family during his

man to stay with the family during his
fathers absence.
Glen Dunlap, a member of Hammond S
his wife who has been up from Kansas
City staying with him since the force has
been working on the new shop. She Will
remain there two weeks Charles Vermil-
lion, another workman in the same force.
also accompanied his wife to that town for
an indefinite visit with relatives
In the late number of the Railroad Ca
zetre appears an article on the inventions
general foreman of Topeka shops. The
Wr1te-up IS accompanied with a number of
illustrations showing the different devices
which were described in this paper at the
time they were designed They are praised
highly by those who have examined them
eral.
Orders for the second Of the large Cotton
electric crane for use in the new shop We're
shipped from Whiting, Ind. Monday, and
all expected to reach here the latter part of
the week Hammond's force was busy
traveller. by means of which all the frame
work Of the new blacksmith and boiler
place. It was built a year ago and will
stu be used in lifting the parts of the sec
inside the framework
One Of the recent railroad papers con-
tains a description of the instruction car
of the Santa Fe which was turned out of
the paint shop practically completed for
use only 4 day or two ago. It is number
ed 99905 and on either side of it besides the
obstruction Car J. B. Mcdonald, the
instructor, has been in Chicago a few days
looking over similar cars of other roads
and otherwise preparing himself for the
start over the Santa Re which will CON
sumo period of about two years. accord
ing to the present scheme
Charles Hart. machinist running a
driving wheel lathe, was struck on the
head by falling ttrnbers Monday afternoon
and received injuries which will detain
him from work few days. A pair of
drivers that had Just been taken out of
his machine were being rolled away when
they got beyond control of the helpers
handling them and crashed into one of
the posts reaching from the floor to the
ceiling of the shop. Some of the heavy
pieces that had been placed between the
pillar and the roof hit Hart on top of the
head and above the left ear, knocking him
down He was taken to the office of Fore
man Miller and when help arrived was
taken to his home and later was con-
scious-
Shopmen compose the organization of A.
Q. L. W lodges which gave surprise on
the members of Workmen lodge No. 1888.
last week, the membership being limited
to the fellows who until a few months
ago, had neglected attendance upon the
sessions. Frank Benson is president and at
the gathering gave an address There were
Riding. n g. Gafferty. William Powell
and Ralph Mcneil. Frank and Albert
Wahl gave selections on stringed instru-
ments. Harry Cohn rendered a piano solo.
There is also a minstrel company among
these same men known as the DE Plumas
Myreitus," and it is being planned that an
2Sth
W. E. symons, who the first Of next
month will become mechanical superinten-
dent of the Gulf lines of the Santa. Fe.
has been in railroad work since 1879 hav-
ing entered the machine shop of the Rock
Island at Chicago in that year. He re
NAMED with that company two years. fol-
lowing it with a three years term as en-
gineer of steamers on the great lakes. In
1896 and for a year thereafter he was gem
eral foreman of the Santa F'e at Chanute,
receiving a promotion to master mechanic
at Ration. n. NJ. The Mexican Central
claimed his services as master mechanic
at San Luis Potosi from January to June,
1896 For two years prior to July. 1898.
when he succeeded to the superintendency
of motive power for the Plant system he
was expert salesman for the Galena Oil
company in the United States and Eng
land. A current railroad paper says that
Mr. Symons has resigned his position with
the Plant lines to make trip to Europe
for the purpose of investigating foreign
locomotive work, especially the four-cylin-
der balanced compound in which he has
been much interested and which has been
extensively used on the road of which he
has been at the head