The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-11

| partment for two or three days.
Charles Nay t his e dI IN the store :,
| was given out that he was sick
George Hadley., "a wiper who was pre-
of sickness. is at his post again.
Miss Anna slusser. daughter of Section
Foreman Glib SluSSer of this place. has
| gone to Kansas City for a short visit.
| John Devlin, who works regularly in the
brass corner, has been given job in the
| Three hundred pieces of light iron to be
used in the construction of the Santa FEES
new gravity coal chute at Argentine were
| shipped from the boiler shop Monday.
| Machinist Joseph Spendlove. who has
| been obliged to lay off indefinitely. is re-
ported as being in a serious condition.
| Boilermaker Charles Allen came in Mon
| day morning, but before noon was forced
| to turn in his card and go home sick.
| Since the promotion of Hugh Casey to a
| place il the big shop, William Etzel has
! been given a place in the ash pan bril-
| gade.
/ r. D. Johnson. theatrical manager for
| the Santa Fe passenger department, left
last night for Wichita on company bust
| ness.
James Stanley. packer who was put
| out the latter part of last week by cold
| usual.
John Lindblad. an upholsterer. is at his
bench after losing few days because of
| the death of his mother-in-law, Mrs Gus
tafson.
William Doyle. William zeigler and Dan
| Lane, painters, have returned to the shop
| after a short session in the field yard with
WaycarS.
Machinist Emmett whipple went to
Kansas City Saturday afternoon and did
| Monday.
forced to give up his place in the brass
corner on account of sickness, came in
Morglay.
Blacksmith D. Alexander, who was oft
duty about half of last week because of
sickness, was able to report Monday
Chris schaeffer of the machine shop has
been transferred to the wheel department
mer Kelly.
Maehinist William Beer of the south
Is t; IN nus Place after b an attack OF
for several days.
Special car 21s which belongs to Paul
Morton, second vice president, is here and
will go through the coach and paint shop
for general repairs
In the boilermaking department is being
built a boiler having capacity of $50
horse power. 1t will probably be sent to
Newton for service
Walter s. Gordon, who has place in
the drill press corner but who has been off
his machine for a few days because of APP
pendic1tis, has resumed work.
James White and John Norton. painters
who work in the the shop have been trans
some lettering on foreign cars.
Frank Onion of the shop drafting room.
left Monday afternoon for the City of
that department of the Mexican Central.
The wife of E. E. Crouch of the hand
is better. Crouch has taken his place in
that department after an absence of
day
Frank Weeks, an employee in the mill.
is doing his work as usual. notwithstand-
ing the absence OF about dozen teeth
which he had relieved from further duty
last week
William Peterson. a carpenter in the
sheds, who has been detained from duty
since the sudden death of his young wife
by black diphtheria few weeks ago, has
reported again.
evening TTefr11arv will
occur the dance to be given by the degree
team of Irwin lodge $50 A Q. y. w, the
event to take place at the hall at 704-706
Kansas avenue.
Frank Pribble. night foreman of the
coach cleaners at the depot, is doing his
work as usual after a short lay off during
which time he oyercame threatened at
tack of pneumonia.
Four furnace gangs in the blacksmith
ing department. were unable to keep busy
a part of Monday because one of the
boilers in the steam plant of that shop
was out of service.
It. ]. Wisenand superintendent of the
Panhandle divisions was in town Monday
Resseguie regarding the supplemental time
table of his division.
William Erdman of the paint shop. who
several weeks sick; was able to be around
not yet reported for duty.
Several of the shop fellows enjoyed the
hospitality of John Hoffman at his home,
urday evening in celebration of his we'd
ding. which occurred that day.
l. s Liken. who has been representing
some time, left for his home in Philadel
there by the serious sickness of his wife
r. K. Peck. a patternmaker, who left
help out While the rush of work vas on
on the west side, has returned to the job
which he previously held under Joe
Engine O177. which has been in service
on the New Mexico division, has been
it will have for its destination Topeka
shops, where it win be treated to heavy
repairs.
Boilermaker John Olson will not show
up for his place for several days. it being
necessary for him to lay off and have an
operation performed on one of his eyes,
which was injured several weeks ago by
a rivet striking it.
While packing a pump the other day
mill, sprained one hand severely that
Shovel since Dennis Rarthoinmew has
been supplying in his place
Henry Deever, car repairer in Elliot's
Spouse TO a telegram announcing that
Lewis Morrison. the regular man who
does the car work there. had fallen siek
and unable to get around.
Claude Maze of the boiler shop has been
on e ren aT 20
which are are ,i being 9u i4 here for seTy h
rank in height from IS to 80 feet
Addison Maxwell, who arrived here from |
Fort Madison, Ia, the other day expect |
ing to take a permanent place in the |
storehouse here, is not to stay long in |
Topeka. According to authoritative reports |
he viii return at once to that place
Harold Lawless. an apprentice boy who |
began his time in the machine tool room !
only last week. has been obliged to absent |
himself from his bench for a few days be- |
cause of an attack of sore eyes 1t is |
thought that only cold is causing the |
trouble.
P. ]. Laverty of the blacksmith shop |
came in Monday morning after an absence |
death of a valuable Jersey COW. What |
hurts I.averty is that he was offered $50 |
for the beast last fall, but of course re- |
fused it.
Thomas Libbey. who runs when he is on
d11tNr on he AtchiSou local has reported |