The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-12

Few DAYS
Locomotive. 1858. another Of the new
Wednesday.
Charles Shaw was given number in the
smith shop Wednesday after being abb
sent about four months.
Joseph zmek of the car shops, who went
to Kansas City on the excursion. has not
appeared for work since
Thomas Cole, Zimmerman in the smith
shop, has been kept at home a day or two
by the illness of his wife.
David Wizer Of the coach truck work.
men has been sick and unable to be at
his place for a few days.
Machinist Henry DeCamp of Martin
after losing four days time.
Arthur Dewey, WIG has been in the store
blacksmith shop Wednesday.
R. D. johnson has been added to the
force in the, blacksmith shop, answering
to the aDpellation OF crane-boy-
Michael Schoenfeldt, who has been in
Denver several weeks has returned and
went to work in the car sheds Wednesday
Reports from the 1850 class Of freight L.
comotives on the mountain divisions show
that they are doing work up to expecta-
lions.
Charles Disch a helper on No 2 ham
losing time lately. presumably because he
was sick
Adam Jacobs has been shifted from the
storehouse TO the machine shop and his
Headquarters are now in the air brake re-
Hammond's steel gang has returned from
Kansas City and IS now busy in the field
getting out metal parts OF the new power
house frame
Roy. Tuer, son of Alexander Tuer Of the
machine shop, left on Wednesdays No. &
for Aledo H., where he viii visit about
/ three months.
Joseph ost a clerk in the office Of. Gen
eral Storekeeper Hilton, went to Fl. Madf-
son, Ia, Wednesday for a brief trip. Mrs.
/ Ost accompanied him.
Edward Grafstrorn, mechanical engineer,
| left Wednesday for Saratoga, n. Y. to at
tend the annual meeting Of the Master Car
Builders association.
Thomas Mason, formerly assistant chief
clerk in the mechanical department. but
now with the Mexican Central, was around
the shops Wednesday.
Harry Bruins, who has been in the efn-
| company at Leavenworth, will shortly en-
! ter the employ of the Santa Fe here.
1 owen Callahan, member of the plumb
ing brigade in the water service, has not
rung in for two or three days. Sickness
IS supposed to be the cause of his lay on.
Robert Fritz, & painter who has been
/ laid up several weeks with rheumatism.
will not be able to raise his block for near
slow
George Perry. a storehouse trucker who
days ago, IS recovering from the effects
rapidly and will be ready for business
shortly.
Samuel Idchliter. who formerly held
foremanship in Topeka shops, but who
has been away q number of years, was
around Wednesday He comes directly
from the south
Charles Blomgren, a car repairer who
has served the Santa. Fe about ten years,
took his time and will leave next Tuesday
for Oklahoma, where he Will work for
wholesale grocery company
Elmer Hunter and David First timers
who ordinarily belong to the field yard
force but who have been in the shop for
refrigerators outside Wednesday.
John Schwartz. a car repairer. who has
peen sadra ,enR5oye a nn li1 q, %
soon for the east where there are BUSH
ness interests demanding his attention.
George Thompson. who, a few months
ago had q job in the boiler shop at this
place, is now serving IN the same depart
Cal. He went from here to Albuquerque,
n. NJ
The wife of George GaIletIy. foreman of
visit of three weeks with her brother-in-
law, Frank Galletly, an engineer on the
Ok.
Clarence Maze. a bonermalxer. who. went
eSye Eie6 had been i3I5re Nv See, 5S,sr
blowing in them, is rapidly recovering and
thinks he will be able to get to work in a
few days.
Frank Patterson. who dispatches cut of
trains during the second trick, has taken
a furlough Of a few days and has gone
Messick is supplying the vacancy resulting
from his absence
Charles Schmidt of the machine shop
dropped a truck box on the middle finger
of his left hand tearing off the nail and
He will be incapacitated for service for
the next ten days
J. c.. Burch travelling passenger agent
for the Baltimore and Ohio at Omaha,
Neb.. and George w Lincoln, holding a
similar position with the chicago Great
Western at Kansas City, were In Topeka
Wednesday.
Harry Thomas. a boilermaker at the
Needles. Cal. is in town to spend a short
time with his wife, who came east some
weeks ago, but who. since her arrival. is
reported to have taken sick. Thomas used
to work his trade here. but has been
away about two years
Trains for the shop picnic viii leave
| about 8 O'Clock and the other three be-
tween 10 and II a. m: It has been ar
given by Marsha1l's band will start about
and last until 10.
Miss Ella Hall. daughter of Brakeman
J. W. Hall of the evening st. Joseph pas
senger went to Lawrence Wednesday to
attend the commencement exercises at the
60 to Kansas City and thence to I-inwood.
being absent from Topeka in all until the
latter part OF July
Engineer William Gnpin of the Cotton
wood division has signed up for the run
on trains l1S and liz vacated by John
Heberer, who took the place on 8 and 10
between Topeka and Kansas City. Fire
man Mark Miller, who has led the dual life
of engineer and fireman within the last
two months. has been awarded the left
side of the OPS. pulling the st. Joseph pas
James Clark of the machine shop al
ready has started a strong agitation for
Natermelons- The other day the appetite
for this particular brand of summer fruit
seized him so violently that he went to
the southwest part of town and with an
other shOpman searched the place of the
latter in vain for melons. For the infor-
nation of Clark be it sa that the Georgia
product is on the market at So cents a
head, please
J. D Thompson. who two days ago
took the forernanship of a scrapping gang
in the blacksmith shop. is expecting his
family to arrive any day from Albuquer-
que. N NJ. where he has been working for
h1-a-1-
son formerly followed his trade here. but
went west several years ago and until
the accident in which he lost two fingers
of his right hand a few weeks ago. was a
regular ernDloye of the company at that
point He has been in Topeka most of
the time since.
It Is no new trick for the Neosho river