The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-23

back to that place.
/ Fred Reiman, a short term 1ab0rer IN
the machine shop quit Tuesday.
Robert Nightingale, assistant day host
Ter, has lost a third of the week.
Oscar Carlson has quit his machine in
| the mill after a term of service lasting
| about six years.
Frank. Brooks. boss. wiper. and Burve
Lewis. day boiler washer. have each lost
I two days this week.
George Hutton, a carpenter working in
| water service temporarily.
William Klussman and Louis Rain, tin
weeks are back in the shop.
r. W. Service, clerk in the boiler shop
office, received as a birthday gift at his
house Monday a fine baby boy.
Paul Waaizenegger has been obliged to
| give up his place in the wheel shop for a
| few days on account of sickness.
John J. Mcintyre a clerk in the office of
| John Purcell, superintendent of shops, is
at his desk after a visit at Chetopa-
Claude Van Wulff who for a few weeks
has followed his trade of pipe filter in the
water service, drew his time Tuesday
S. II. Lane, who has been mere attend
/ ing the conference Of the Adventists viii
spe3k Thursday noon at the coach shop.
Gen. J. H. Lyon, southwestern passenger
agent for the Missouri Pacific at Kansas
City, blew in to the Santa Fe offices Tues
On the st. Joseph passenger this morning
was the Climbers theatrical troupe Occur
pyiing a special car from there to To-
Martin Gunther, a member of ATitchelrs
force, Is at his post after an absence Of
about a week for recovery from an aeei-
George schenek of the coach truck gang
1 dropped an oil box on one toe Monday and
since has been laid up for repairs from the
accident.
al Chamberlain is about the proudest
man in the storehouSe because he is the
| possessor OF young colt of blooded an
Frank Garland. a car repairer, who has
/ been down at his home in North Topeka
three weeks with typhoid fever, is out and
working again.
Alexander Mcdonald. clerk in the office
of Shop Superintendent Purcell. has moved
to a place three miles west of town near
the water works.
Lincoln Fisher. a Newton railroad man
who has been in the hospital here for
/ treatment for while, has returned to
| duty at that point.
Peter o. Hare. who barbered around town
until his eyes began. failing him. has given
/ up that vocation and Tuesday went on in
! the paint shop as a helper.
Al Hodge. an old timer among the
! painters, has taken the foremanship of the
| who quit Saturday evening.
Albert Larson has taken his time as q
machine hand in the planning mill and will
! leave soon for San Bernardino, Cal. He
| has been here five or six years.
Inspector Headenthal of the Westing
house air brakes on this part of the sys-
/ YER Col, was in town Tuesday
O. Willsy and F. A. Howe. storehouse
laborers, turned in their blocks Tuesday
/ Howe viii 20 into a mercantile business
with a relative on East Sixth avenue.
j. B, Hasty, who has held the foreman
/ ship of the Santa Fe roundhouse at Dodge
City, has resigned: Charles A Eddington
of Trinidad, Col. taking his place
Conductor R. c. Scott is running on l21
a lay off of about month, his return
'bunping" Richard Wilson who mas been
I SUPPLYING temporarily.
Ben Butler, who used to fire out of here
! but who for few years has had sim
mar job at Cripple Greek Col, is in town.
10 has lair nm of l-eafs
( City with an attack of rheumatism
Engine SOS, one of the Pittsburg tandem
! compounds. went out on its first trip Tues
day. The $50, one Of the same class. has
+ arrived and was being set up for run
ming.
z. Fl. Thomas of the store department,
! who went south a few weeks ago to in
/ speet an order of oak ties for which the
Rock Ark.
a small tool room has been put in the
wheel shop adjoining the office of that de-
/ partlnent and a new work bench has taken
/ tie place Of the old one on the west side
of the building.
Gus Avs of the water service went out
Monday night with the big wrecker No.
. which will be sent to Las Vegas for
permanent service. Avs will not go far
ther than La Junta.
Andrew Eversole, who about q month
has been helping make grain doors in the
shop Previous to his employment by the
railroad he was a contractor.
Because the worlInen who look after it
are needed on the shop extension. the tie
treating plant here is shut down for a few
days. The tests in picking the wood IN
and viii be continued a little later.
Chal Wallace. a south shop boy who
| laid off about week ago taking his face
I that had been battered while playing. ball;
in for heavy repairs, has since suffered
from cold in one shoulder and although
/ expected to show up for duty had not Yet
appeared Thursday.
As result Of the heavy gale prevailing
/ everywhere Sunday. as well as other days
wind which
from Mil creek into the Santa Fe tank at
| Alma, took a tumble; FOREMAN James
out and is fixing it up.
Fred Fuller. who left Topeka shops a
! few months ago after he had served a long
time as office boy, has returned from san
Bernardino, Cal. with about three feet
! working for the company there and al
| though well satisfied with the place thinks
| he will leave in a Few DAYS for Texas.
George W, Smith; until lately general
master mechanic of the Santa Fe coast
/ lines. is expected to return to Topeka
| Of last week and was in Albuquerque Sat
urday evening to great farewell recep-
ton rendered him by the railroad men
there.
Engine ash pans hereafter are to have
/ front in addition to the screens which
| e rnade in fbe interest Of economy oft
Gals believing there viii be less c0nsump-
ton of coal when the draft can be closed
/ or c-ened at will.
Gangs OF stofeilVaSe laboEefs Ws2IkliiS
heretofore under James Stanley and Hugh
/ Thompson have been consolidated under
| the control of Stanley. the whole force
| aggregating about eight men Thompson
| has been made ruler of the casting yard.
north of the building. which previously
| has had no one to watch over it
Edward Galivant, brother of John Cali
want road foreman of engines on the
Southern California. who has been here
in the interest Of oil burner tests is in To-
| peka from Cincinnati Q. He IS a travelling
engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio out Of
that city and came down to Atcblson 70
! meet his wife on her return from Califor-
MIA and came on as far as Topeka.
j. NJ. Meade, resident engineer. went to
an injury which he received in a fall sus-
tanned while making a survey at OslSa-
| duties most of the time since He was
/ able to walk Down to the office Tuesday.
but does not know how long he will have