The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-06
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

| headquarters at Prescott, A. T.
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.
Charles Lyle, machinist helper, lost
Wednesday.
Blacksmith D. Alexander Is off with
siege of the grip.
Machinist Thomas Smith was out of his
| place Wednesday.
George Hutton, a coach carpenter, has
been out all week.
Edward Bailey. night coach cleaner, is
| laid up with a cold.
George T. Hughes of Burlingame has
| been put to work on trucks.
John ArterS started in Wednesday as
| laborer in the brass foundry.
James Eszridge of the blacksmith shop
| has been off duty a few days
Glenn Dutscher, a coppersmith, is hold
| ing a continued session with the asthma
Charles Burnett is the name of a new
man put on as laborer in the car shops
Archie Sayre, machinist apprentice in
Miller's gang went, home home sick We'd
nesday.
! Engineer George Lusk lost his turn We'd
nesday Andrew Neugebauer took out No.
2 in his place.
r. F. Morand, a helper in the smith
shop. was among those not responding to
roll-cail Wednesday.
Thomas Baughman, mill hand, was out
sickness of his little child.
Machinist c. E. Deweese of the east shop
has been confined to his home two three
days account of sickness.
Bandmaster lines took his musicians to
train 113. Wednesday morning
Richard Robinson, a nephew of Frank
Robinson of the machine shop, Is mere
from Council Grove for a visit.
A. D. Kelley, who a punch in the
at home by sickness Wednesday.
partment who ran a tack in one Of his
knees the other day, is at his place.
Engine 2S9 is a ten-wheel Schenectady
which has been finished for service after
a course of general oVerhaul1ng in jerks
gang.
Richard Stellhorn, a timer who has
been suffering with an attack Of grip, will
probably be ready to resume work in two
days.
Engine 352, a ten-wheei Schenectady has
been blocked up for general overhaullng
at the hands of jerks gang in the east
shop.
Locomotive 565, one of the newly arrived
Prairie tandems. took the Argentine local
out Wednesday-its first train since being
set up.
Oracle, the twelve-year-old daughter. of
A E. Hamilton of the cab department, has
been down several days with infiammatory
rheumatism.
There has been issued for the use of the
train department as well as others, new
classification of the locomotives on the
Eastern division.
Claude, the seven-year-old son of John
Eichar of the air brake corner, is out OF
school for a few days ON account of
attack OF mumpS.
J. NJ Meade, resident engineer, has re-
in Illinois Where he has been on company
business all week
William Maloney, fireman in the round
Knock off work a few days because of
a case of mumps.
Conductors Coddington and Comstock of
Argentine who have their families in To-
peka, have returned to that place after a
brief lay-over here
William Snyder day oiler worked a
double trick, putting in last night because
Ed. Boyer the regular man was attend
ing to some lodge business.
Hoe M 10 machine GHnn
been awarded his apprenticeship papers
and the ACCOMPANYING fee, having finished
the required four years time
Harvey Coym, Santa Fe section man
at Holiday. is in town visiting his uncle,
Frank Robinson. who has charge of the
Locomotives sos. sos and s32 have gone
over the cutoff for service. the Santa
from the FACTORY at Philadelphia.
F. N. Ristine, mechanical superintendent
of the eastern grand division arrived We'd
nesday afternoon and around the
shops in company with other officials
Conductor E. RAIDER of Argentine has
been a an e@ed here by fhe accident in
Which Conductor Libbey lost his life
the 'q Kansas Kansas City plug, missed his turn
Wednesday in order that The he plight I i, attend
J. A. Ware, a Rock Island contractor
| who has done much of the constructing
reservation was in Topeka Wednesday.
William Pennington, a truck workman,
| who was blinded several days ago by paint
| striking him in one eye, has so far recov-
| cred as to be able to do his work again.
| Charles Ravens of the east shop is out
| because of the death of his father-in-law,
| w l.. Burns who died suddenly at his
| home in North Topeka a few nights ago.
| Albert Clifford, scrapper in Petit s
| gang who has been off several days is
| Still unable to do his work although not
| in the hospital. He will probably be in
| before long.
| Brakeman Mordaunt, who for a month
| or more has been in the hospital under
going. operation. is enough better SO
| that he sees a release only two or three
| days distant
owen Callahan. of the water service is
out of service because a cold which he
| took the other day while doing some pipe
| work on the east side of the tracks, set
tied on his lungs.
Mrs. James Downs, her two children and
| father Mr. Young, have gone to Pine
| Bluff Ark, where her husband is in the
| railroad service. after a visit of several
| weeks with Topeka relatives.
Walter Watterskog, one of the boys ir
the cabinet shop who caught his fingers
in a saw while duty a month ago, re
| sumed work Wednesday morning for the
| Most of the brick for the first furnace
| Water service men have been busy on i
| at odd times whenever there was nothing
| more important to occupy their attention
| D. A. Sayler, who for several years ha'
| been an employee of the mill here, hai
| quit the Santa Fe and will leave shoru,
for OSawatomie where he has the pronls'