The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-06

". ]. Dryden and John Dubeck. water ser
vice bricklayers. The painters will work
viii put in concrete around the walls of
the artificial lake on the grounds.
At the recent semi election of
officers for Irwin lodge No. 260 A. O. u.
W, the result was as follows: F. r. Nc
Neill, past master workman; George Hold
foreman; George Ethel, overseer; J. ".
Gibbons, recorder; f. E. Lair. financier;
H. A. Willis, receiver; Dugald Mccall,
guide: A A. Ridings. inside watch A. ].
Roberts, outside watch; Charles Strick-
rott, trustee; Drs- H L. Alkire, W. B.
Swan and H II. Keith, medical examin-
ers. The organization is composed al
most entirely Of shopmen and is in
thrifty condition
Railroads are fixing for a movement of
cattle from pastures TO market, lasting
week or a little more, after June Is That
is the time the first of the beeves which
have grown fat on the fresh grass Of the
early summer months are ready for ship
ment and conditions favor a heavier run
this season than usual. Frequent rains for
several weeks have made Kansas luxuri-
which a short time ago We're barely able to
stagger out OF the cars for lack Of nour-
grass fed.
John Mespelt's tank gang of about
dozen men from the boiler shops took
their Leave Of Topeka Thursday and left
for Pueblo, where they viii put up
steel reservoir Similar to that at this
point except that it will be only 40 feet
high. The apparatus with which the
men work was sent out several DAYS ago
and they have been only waiting until
its arrival before starting. There are a
number of other tanks which viii be
built on that part of the system this
summer and it also has been planned to
construct several on the Chicago extern
sion
A T. Parfitt. foreman of the boiler
shop, has put in operation a small forge
for heating rivets in his department, oil
being the fuel used instead of coke and
coal as has been the case heretofore The
furnace itself is q compact affair." con
nected with a 60-gallon tank from which
a quantity of oil and compressed air may
be kept flowing constantly, being regu-
the heat OF the flame is controlled Al
though it is only about one-half as large
as the one burning coal and coke. it does
more work and in every way is sue
more may be put in use here soon,
George D. Mcpil. International secre-
tary for the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.. came
and is lending his assistance to the cam
paisn for new home for the Topeka as
soelation 1t seems altogether probable
that the suggestion regarding the site of
the building as given by the board of d.
rectors of the Institution on~ Wednesday
Manager Nudge Of the Santa. Fe and the
further plans for it's immediate erection
viii be pushed An executive committee
from that body was instructed to proceed
with specifications which will shortly be
leads one to believe that by January 1 the
association viii be occupying its new
quarters.
Santa Fe mechanics are continually
making improvements upon the machin-
cry with which they work P H. Dono-
van, foreman OF the air brake repair
ers, and ". II. Conroy, who has charge
Of the machine shop tool room. have
lately devised q mechanism for drilling,
tapping and counter-boring the piston
heads of air pumps. Heretofore the GUS
tom has been to drill a hole through the
head to be fastened to the piston, then
counter-boring it first on one side and
then the other and finally to run the
q
invention herein mentioned the work is
done on a drill press with a small tool
It's merits are the rapidity with which
the jobs can be turned out. the new way
requiring about only one-third the time of
the old; further, by means of the tool
the time and attention of a man thor
oughly skilled in the work is not required
as formerly. All these things mean d
saving to the company, and for them the
receive proper recognition.
After several days of sharp rivalry the
question regarding which shop baseball
picnic day. has been decided and the ma
chinists and boilermalSers are the ones
which viii cross sticks on that occasion.
SIS. and in addition to that there is a
forfeiture sum Of $ on each side The ex-
decided, but the names of those submitted
to the committee of three having the mat
Charles Johnson. George sheets. ChaI
Wallace. Richard Stelhorn. G. W. Halter
Thomas Smith and Frank Burdett. Boiler
Tnakers-H. Henry. Fred Austin, James
A1cKiernan John Butler, j. Smith WI
liam Stanfield, George Real, II. Porter,
Ben Dustin and Paul PyetzkL Frank Ka-
the umpire and it is a part Of the stipula-
tons that unless each team be the
ground and ready to play ball by 1920 a.
m. the team failing to do 50 viii lose its
forfeit sum of IS now deposited with the
committee.