The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-22
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.
Casper Ocean of the plating room is sick
and unable to be on duty.
Trainmaster J. w. Robins is in from a
flying trip over the division.
Charles E. Lyle went to work as ma
ch1niSt helper Tuesday afternoon.
A. Cooper of the blacksmithing depart
ment has been off sick a few days.
John Jones. heater in the blacksmith
shop. was out of his place Tuesday.
Brakeman Van Beck was in town Tues
day. He is running out of Argentine.
Blacksmith James Kelly, who was out
the first of the week, is in his place again
Fred Dickinson went on as a helper in
the bolt corner of the machine shop Tues
John Yearsley is the name of a man who
drier.
Gus Dreyer, a member of the south shop
a cold.
William johnson, blacksmith helper
who has been laying off several days, is in
his place again.
Tests are, being made in the machine
tallic packing rings.
A. l. Fisher, travelling passenger agent
for the Northwestern, was up from Kan
saS City Tuesday.
Conductors Comstock and Coddington
were up from Argentine spending Tuesday,
their lay over day.
Alexander Ahlstrom and Jesse Stafford
of the paint shop went down to Glendale
Tuesday for a hunt
The wife of A J. Francis. a coach truck
weeks, is able to be up.
Machinist Edward Short came in Tues
day after brief absence on account of
sickness in his family.
Tuesday the track workmen. were busy
clearing away the snow from the rails and
switches all over the yards.
John Olesop and Park Bigham of the
boiler shop were sent to Emporia Tuesday
night to work for a few days
]. B. Davidson, a brass molder who has
lost several days on account of an attack
of heart trouble. is still absent.
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helper in the boiler shop. He is son of
william Hunt of the storehouse.
b A9drew &C. 6ne an eRl0ye Of the
work and was obliged to lay off.
Sam Joslin of the brass corner. who was
law from Kansas City IS on duty - ~
Tonight A. O., U. W. lodge. $50 will en-
its hall, 706 and 706 Kansas avenue
been away from his place in the sheds sew
eral days resting, returned Tuesday.
William Hahn, who formerly worked in
the water service, is now employed with
the steel workers under Frank Hammond.
Robert H. Crozier, travelling passenger
agent for the Burlington with headquar-
tiers at Kansas City. was in Topeka Tues
day.
Mangus ]. Schmidt, helper in the boiler
shop, took his time Tuesday and rumor
has it that he is to get a job with the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa F'e. passed
Texas from Chicago.
Engines 800 and So2 two of the new
TeaGaY oTnin snd VIII he nt nm ber
They are coal burners.
r. H Allison is the new of a new dis
patcher at eastern division headquarters.
and he comes from the Chicago and
Northwestern, at Boone, Ia
gohH BqFg in the has office
turned from, Pueblo. Col. where he has
been on visit since Saturday.
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which were burned by the acetyIene gas
explosion near Garden City few weeks
ago, have been received here.
Edward H. Ainsleigh a machiiist who
was on the pay roll here for time until
6op has Been in to the es
Jacob and Oscar Spetter of the boiler
making department were off duty Tues
mother, which occurred Monday afternoon.
F. ]. Shubert OF the Rock Island freight
offlees here e; ana MS Ma fby aSsistaRt
left Tuesday afternoon for Fort Worth,
Tex.
Ira Miller, foreman of an erecting gang
1856 Chandler street, with an attack of
stomach trouble. He has been sick since
Saturday night.
Charles Olson, an employee of the black
smith shop went to THE the hospital Tueddiag
had been bruised by piece of metal
dropping on it,
Jacob L. Fetzer, who has been employed
painter here, has been made foreman
of that department for the Mexican Cen
trail at Monterey, Mexico and will at once
go down to take the job.
On the Gulf lines of the Santa F'e tanks
at different points are being filed with
oil from the Beaumont fields. As soon as
this has been accomplished its use as fuel
will be regularly begun
Henry Clearly, who quit the east shop
Monday to take a. job as photographer with
a San Antonio firm. left for that place
Tuesday. His family will retain its resi-
dence in Topeka temporarily.
There are now about 200 of the Benson
switch lamps on the Santa FNe lines They
are the invention of Frank Benson of the
tin shop here and possess many merits
above those formerly in use.
Men from several of the departments
failed to show up this morning and it is
presumed that the temptation to hunt rab-
bits was too strong Several such parties
were being talked about Tuesday.
W. c. Reynolds, a member of the Devoe
and Reynolds Paint company of Chicago,
which furnishes most of the paint for the
Santa Fe freight cars was in town recent
ly in the interest of his business.
J. NJ Meade. resident engineer, left Tues
day evening for Illinois, where he vii look
over some grade changes which the COM
pany has under consideration at a crossing
where another line intersects the Santa
Fe.
Since the beginning of the year the Rail
road Y. NJ. c. A. has secured e5 new men,
berS, with the number climbing every day.
The Topeka association is in closer touch
with the interests of the men than 1t ever
has BEEN
William Barbee. a machinist helper in
Martins south shop gang. failed to show