The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-08

summer. His location is near the town of
Caddo. Ok
Bonermaker. Ernest 7vyneeoop closed his
seven or eight years service with the
Santa Fe as an employe at Topeka shops
and today left for Ration, N NJ, where he
viii follow his trade. Several other boys
here are talking about going west.
David Baxter has given up the job
which he had trucking in the storehouse,
the guidance of George Elliot. Sixth street
foreman Baxter has been with the store
Keepers about seven months
K. c. Bean, clerk in the office of Divis-
ion Superintendent Mcclellan. has been alb
sent from his desk day or two on ac-
count Of the birth and death of baby son
which came to his home the first Of the
week, but lived only a few hours.
Richardson's gang which arrived here
from Emporia in time to begin on the new
gravity coal chute Monday morning but
which was delayed because the tools for
the men did not arrive. is now in full
swing, the apparatus and machinery hav-
ing reached here Wednesday.
J. B. Gibbons, a member of George Ell
lots Sixth street gang, spent Wednesday
angling on the banks of the GrasshoppeT.
among his associates that an express car
should be sent out to transport his catch
to town.
Frank Shaffer of the air brake corner in
the machine shop is expected to show up
in his place shortly after a three weeks
Cal His mother, Mrs. r. A Shaffer. is
already home, but Frank stopped off on
the road for brief visit.
Dr. Palmer, q noted temperance agitator,
Will speak at the gospel meeting of the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday afternoon at
sonal Workers Bible class taught by Cen
eraI Secretary Prout, will be held at 2:45.
The line of study Is on the life of Paul.
Experiments were being conducted Wed
nesday afternoon with a new hot water
injector which had been attached to the
l0lf- me results seemed to pc satlstac-
tory so far as preliminary trials showed.
Trainmaster E. A. Austin has posted
notices around the headquarters Of the
abroad that
car los in the Yards here to take exarnina-
tons on the new book of rules which the
Santa Fe has issued. He will also hold
quiz for the same purpose in Argentine
yards.
May 1 is the date upon which the COM
pany usually begins furnishing its shop
year in this place the ,practIee. has not be
come in force generally. This is largely
accountable owing to the GOODNESS of the
days, and as. soon as the weather warrants
! the regular heavy consumption of the re-
/ frigerant is expected to begin.
Frank Silk of the blacksmith shop
| hangers made in one day Tuesday, the
| figures being no. Previous to that, so far
/ as is known no one ever reached the
hundred mark. This department has been
/ doing exceptional work recently only a
short time ago turning out the biggest or
! der of car aXles that ever was known in a
single week.
Cass l. Kennicott. representing the Ken
nicOtt Water SOftener company of Chica-
! 60, was in town Wednesday, Mr. Kenni-
/ III
the Santa Fe to look over the situation
with a view to putting in bids for plants
| ter which the Santa FNe uses in its locomo-
/ tive boilers and with which so much diff
/ Guilty has been experienced lately
/ Wilson Barnett of Mullen's locomotive
| stripping gang, Is in the hole" indefinite
| wrist, sustained in fan while getting
| ready to go home from the shops Tuesday
ious the trouble is. but thinks the bone
near the joint was fractured and the doc
tor has announced to him that he will be
| a lucky man if he gets in any time for
| the Santa Re under two weeks
Fred Short drew his time Wednesday af-
faithfully four years and five months. He
! graduated from the apprenticeship class
/ only few days ago Short thinks he will
| leave town in a short time and will prob
! ably go to Springfield, Mo- where he will
/ follow his trade with the St Louis and
| San Francisco road. There has been con-
siderable of an exodus to that place from
Topeka this spring and the promise Is
ready have gone there.
Glib Slusher's track workmen. % i'll num-
Der. was engaged Wednesday unloading
brick and the tile roof for the new boiler
and machine shop. Since the steel build.
ers finished a large quantity of material
has been switched in on the tracks adjOin-
ing the building site and as soon as the
are through the contractors can begin con-
structing the wall. John Layne who has
| charge of the painters has been rushing
his end of the job and BY the latter part
of this week viii have the whole skeleton
| in shape for the inclosing wall. There is
still a large part of the framework which
has not received any paint.
From May l. 1851, to the same date thi.
year, the Railroad 7 NJ. c. A. has ha6
its membership increased from sos to S22-
| a growth of 217-accomplished under con
ditions anything but conducive to the ex
pansion of the organization so far as ac
comrnodations are concerned. and within
the last two weeks of that year seriously
impaired by the fire which rendered thi
home of the institution unfit for use. Dur
ing that period there were held under tn,
! ausUices of the same "a shop meetings witt
/ a total attendance of 10.59o At AZ Sunday
meetings 1,45S men were in attendance. II
Bible study 37S classes assembled and II
them 1922 men participated No greater
need is. experienced by the friends Of tn
prosecute what legitimately they can d,
among the shop men if only fair chance
| is Afforded