The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-02

for the. foundation of the chimney of the
power house
The son of R K. Peck. a mill employee
Is slowly recovering from severe attack
or pneumonia. fever.
Brakeman Harold Julian has taken a
SICK lay off of a few days and William
Drenner IS in his place.
y = Thorpe, travelling passenger agent
for the PENNSYLVANIA lines at Kansas CITY
was in town Thursday
Carl Nelson has quit the south shop and
well known foundryman.
John Maze of the boilermaking depart
ment has been obliged to devote his entire
attention to an attack of asthma
Clyde Bates of the roundhouse took an
has not appeared for work since.
Locomotive S62. another of the new Pitts
burg tandem compounds. has arrived and
was being erected here Thursday.
Byron PLAYER, son of John Player. con-
sulting superintendent of motive power.
was around the shops Thursday
Several Of the shopmen laid off Thursday
to attend the funeral of Basil L Baird a
brother Of Clifford Baird. a maehinist.
H. A. Fiske, an employee Of the black
smith shop, Thursday celebrated the 51st
anniversary of his entering that trade.
Arrangements are being made by the col
ored people of Kansas City to come to
Lawrence on special Sunday. May IL.
Brakeman Frank Howl EFT who has been
running out of Argentine two months or
more, has quit and will so to Iowa to re-
main.
John Lang, a machinist helper who has
been in the service a short time. quit and
says he has a job setting curbing for the
Jesse Stafford has. graduated from the
was off duty Thursday observing the
event
Emmett 9oage, Peter Isahning. Eliza An
derson. William c. Shaw, Adam Geddige
and Scott Wilson are new storehouse en-
Dloyes-
William J. BIrydon, Richard Hartshorn,
John Mcintosh, Wallace Chittix and Wal
ter Lang are fresh recruits in the water
service.
Josh Burge, special Santa F'e Waterman
around the depot here. went to Scranton
Thursday on business connected with his
position.
George Maze. a Missouri Pacific boiler
maker. who has been here two weeks Wis
iting kin, viii leave for Kansas City to-
morrow
Marvin Miller. who has held a clerical
position in the La Junta storehouse, has
taken a position in the same department
here
Conductor Thomas verlin has been up
from Argentine for a short visit with To-
peka friends and relatives within the last
day or two.
Hammer No. ? in the blacksmith shop
broke a piston Thursday afternoon and of
course was out Of service the remainder
of the day
Baths are being given by the Railroad
Y. NJ. c. A to its members regularly, the
plant having been in operation since last
Wednesday.
sumed business Thursday morning. has
just returned from ten days jaunt in
Chicago and st. Paul.
Jno. Larson has been put on in the black
smith shop He will probably work on one
Of the big hammers when that department
gets in its new home
Al Roberts. engineer who pulls and 6
between Topeka and EmpOria. is making
extensive Improvements on his residence
property at that place.
There will be an excursion run by the
Sons of Benjamin from Kansas City to
Topeka Sunday. May IS the train probably
consisting of ten cars.
w. II. Cox. a scrapper in Graham s
gang, has been compelled to lay off a few
DAYS this week on account of an injured
foot sustained while at work
Charles Cooper. a truck. workman in the
roundhouse. has been obliged to give up
his place few days in order to give a
sore eye an opportunity to recover
Peter Marks. q wheel shop employe who
had one of his hands mashed few weeks
ago while working in the east wing, was
able to report for duty May day.
George T. Nicholson. passenger traffic
manager for the Santa Fe, passed through
Topeka Thursday afternoon on his way
home to Chicago from a trip to Califor-
MIA
The second of the boilers for the new
blacksmith shop has been completed and