The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-14


short while.
Charles Haag of the air brake corner
ternoon from Chicago, where he and his
wire nave been spending the few days
f 6ane tae eir marsiage They will be at
street.
Rev R. Arthur, pastor of the Presby-
terlan church at Logan, stopped off in To-
son, John Arthur, of the storehouse. Mr.
Arthur has been attending the Presbyter-
home.
David Hodgson, fiagman for the Santa
f,e at its Eighth street crossing has
over some carpet in his house, falling and
.nJurlng one knee SO severely that he is
scarcely able to walk Flagman Clarity
Claude Maze, the boiler shop man who
cropped piece of metal on one foot Sat
urday morning, is not likely to be in shape
Ior earning his regular stipend for some
days The member is badly swollen and
viii not let him work for some days
less recovery is exceptionally rapid.
Considerable coal is arriving i'll the yards
and the high price of the commodity
makes it necessary for the Waterman to
guard closely lest some people sneak into
the yards and carry off in sacks quaxti-
TIES which may seem small, but which cut
Off much of the profits of the dealers.
Bricklayers were busily engaged Monday
evening in laying up the walls of the third
lavatory, located near the northwest cor
ner Of the new boiler and machine shop.
1t will be similar to the other two, having
wash room. lockers and the like for the
men who are to be enrolled for the Santa
Fe.
Locomotive 22ss. the little shop engine
which has been completely rebuilt in this
plant and which is to run about the yards
or under; and the only of its species in
the world, was given a fire Monday after
noon and will probably go out on trial
trip
Engineer William Sherman has returned
home to Topeka after being in Usage City
a week He was substituting for Thomas
Porter, who was laid up with a sore knee
and could not go out on the Quenemo
branch. Mrs. Sherman was in Usage City
there.
F. Vertelkamp, the Louisville brass man
who is working over the refuse matter
from the Topeka foundry of that metal,
already has shipped out three carloads of
cinders from which he proposes to extract
has weeks labor ahead of him with the
forty or more men in his employ
Lines of the Rock Island west of here,
particularly il Colorado, have been soft
ened with the last two days by rainfall
Mondays trains from there were accord
inely late; but the condition is now be
still having some difficulty keeping UP
time with its through passenger trains.
John Dubeck and William Maloney are
ing the service of the Isthmian canal con-
tractors. If that project ever gets to the
they will be immune from mosquitoes and
malaria. all of which they may have a
chance to prove some day.
Louis Deutscher, foreman of the timers.
is glad over the return of two former
mer who were employed under him but
who for some months have been out of
the service. Bert Barnett and William
Boettcher were assigned numbers in time
for days work Monday. This causes
be shifted back upstairs in the coffee
room. where before the change they were
on DUTY.
A. ". Smith, a machinist who was re-
Gently picked by Superintendent of Ma
chinery Ben johnson of the Mexican Cen
trail to go to Aguas Calientes. Mexico, and
that road, plans to leave Topeka about
October 20, possibly little later. He Will
structions. Mr.. johnson expects to move
his family to Aguas Galleries a little
later in the year or by next spring
Hjalmar East, brother of Fred East,
heater in the blacksmith shop. since his
recent return from India, where he has
wild tribe of natives. has been seized with
malarial fever at hospital in New York,
where he was operated upon for appen-
dicitfs. His condition is thought to be
serious and it is probable that in the near
future he will visit relatives and friends
in this city. His plan is not to return to
India under about year
John Layne has gang of 20 or 80 men
climbing about the framework of the top
part of the new boiler and machine shop
like squirrels in trees They are embel-
fishing the skeleton of that great structure
with the drab paint which is to give it its
permanent color Some of the fellows
which Layne hired were afraid to tackle
the job on account of the height, but the
present force do not seem to be allowing
that to interfere with the use of their
brushes
One of the heating conduits on the west
side of the new boiler and machine shop,
and in the south end of that building. has
been completed and presents a satisfac-
tory appearance. Concreters are now oc
CI1nied N he side The air which
heats the building is forced out through
a ventilator tube about five feet above the
floor of the building. 1t has been suggest
ed that at a comparatively slight expense
the Santa Fe company could provide for
the comfort of its sweating employees in
summer by placing a quantity of ice on
the pipes through which the winter hot air
is run and operating the fans, thus keep
ing a cool stream of atmosphere coming
to he -lal fhl anne n h