The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-21

engineer for the Santa F'e, but now resi-
dent engineer on construction for the com
pany at Newkirk ok. was in town over
Sunday. returning to the south this morn
ing on the fast mail His little daughter
has been sick in the family home in To-
peka several days.
Two cars of Raymond w hitcOmb excur-
sloAlssts. WIZ went of ", q lofthefn fouts
to the coast several weeks ago, passed
through here on the return trip Saturday,
the Pullmans in WHICH they Travelled be
ing attached to No 2 A diner was car
Tied out on No. as far as Usage City
and put on No ? in order that dinner
might be served to them on board.
William NJ. Day. stenogra pher to Train
master Austin and Chief Dispatcher
Combs has resigned that position to take
intendent of terminals at Kansas City
Day has been with the Santa Fe three
years, first working at the general Offices,
later as assistant ticket clerk, and since
September in his present place.
Water service men lowered the big oil
storage tank IN the pit east OF the new
blacksmith shop Saturday morning and in
the afternoon the Two pressure tanks at
the south end, from WIlch the supply OF
liquid viii be drawn direct. We're placed.
The job of putting down the large reser-
Voir consumed only apour Two hours
the big wrecking crane being used. If the
old process OF lowering had been followed
| it would have taken a week or longer
Asa Ford fourteen-y ear-old son Of Frank
/ Ford, carpenter IN the water service,
! was shot in the calf of the right leg, ac-
! cidentalIy Saturday while with a crowd of
I boys the river about half a mile east
/ Of town Young Ford went to step in
! tventv-two rife was held, when for some
I reason it was discharged, the ball taking
/ effect as indicated. The wound is only in
the flesh and early recovery is expected.
In the baseball contest between the
teams from the Eastern division Offices
/ grounds Saturday afternoon, the store
superintendent's boys say they were I'M
able to get out their full aggregation as
( storehouse men, secured from a source
! that was unallowable, brought them their
defeat. The crowd which witnessed the
struggle was not large
Freight car trucks carrying as q max
! imum load 600 pounds are being dis
/ placed wherever possible by those of LOG
! capacity in accordance with the changes
| of this sort which were begun a few weeks
| ago Then a number of similar alterations
/ had been made but it has been possible
to do the work only when the equipment
| was not needed on The road and the heav-
1 Ter rolling stock Of all kinds is in strong
demand at this time. The cry among the
railroads and all departments now IS for
! bigger motive power, cars, tracks and
everything.
There is a call for boiler makers at Nee
dies, Calf. and some of the boys here
! have been INDUCING in threats to go there
Needles, according to common report. has
| on the whole system to work. partly De
| cause of the excessive heat in summer,
ana also on account OF the comparatilvely
poor way in which the point was equipped
I with machinery and apparatus for trades
men. But plans are being made to bring
It up TO the equal OF az the otner places
on the road SO far as is in the power OF
the management.
Lewis Steinrauf, foreman of the painters
in the upstairs Of that building. Saturday
took his time, thus terminating an aliegi-
aI1ce to the Santa Fe which has extended
over a period Of fifteen years. For some
time Steinrauf has been in poor health as
a result of the close confinement and other
conditions relating to the work, and only
a few weeks ago returned from vaca-
ton trip in the western part of the state.
He was much improved, but since has
been obliged to give it UP. For the present
he viii pick up WhaIever comes 10 good
workman around town.
Tests looking to the determining Of the
most efficient of five incandescent electric
lamps, which have been carried on at the
shops four months have been concluded
although the results are not yet known
! because the records kept have not beer
footed up. The points upon which the de
ciSiOn rests are the amount Of current
required to produce a given brll1aney anc
the length of time which the bulb retains
its original condition The lght-pOWer OF
the average lamp is about Is candle at the
| best, decreasing to IA as the use IS con
! tinUed. The present experiments have GOV
cred a period of LOCO hours and the aim i:
to adopt one make for future use over tbs
whole plant.
! Telephone has taken the place Of tn,
telegraph in the operation of the blocl
wire. the one by means of which train:
are handled, between Topeka and Pauline
connect the Tenth street crossing viii
case of the movements the work may b
facilitated. According to the rules tn
pc used Dy more than one tram at a time
, but as it requires considerable time t.
/, reach the dispatchers after arriving a
Tenth street, by means of the telephon
a train following at Pauline can be lie
! it has reached the yard limits. Simul
taneOusly Craig, Zarah and Elizabeth
small stations on the cutoff have thel
block wire operated by telegraph. Sew
eral telegraph wires still run into thu
Pauline office