The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-21

Fe. His brother, Charles, preceded him
a. short time ago
T. B. Thorpe, who travels for the Penn
sylvania passenger department out of
Kansas City, was in Topeka Friday.
Rain prevented large numbers of work
men from nearly every department from
coming in to work Friday morning.
Edward DOYLE. a blacksmith shop en-
plOye, who was detained at home a day
or two caring for his sick wife, is on duty
again.
Victor Patneaude, whose name appears
on the cabinet shop rolls. left today for
Texas where he will recuperate for the
coming ten days
William Woodburn of the coach shop.
has returned from a visit to his boyhood
home in New York. He has been away
about three weeks.
]. B. Davidson, a brass molder. has been
Mr.. Davidson is one of the oldest crafts
men of this kind in the state
Harry Adams has compl eted his four
years apprenticeship in the machine shop.
iting city friends for a few days
Jesse Dix will now be found in the gang
working under Floyd Jones on Baker heat
ers and Pintsch gas equipment He for
merry was in a push car force around the
car shops.
George R. Henderson, superintendent of
motive power, has returned from Chicago
where he has been a few days on bust
ness relating to the sale of a number of
light locomotives.
Two racks have been placed in the i'm
/
Of the ear shops SO kindly gave to the
boys in that department who ride wheels
to and from their work
Charles Austin, who began overseeing
the workings of a machine in the Wheel
shop last fail has given up his place,
to California to railroad.
Andrew Mater of the blacksmith shop
inadvertently dropped heavy piece of
n etal on one of his feet the other day and
the. result is that the Santa Fe will be
withuot his services until Sunday night.
Jacob Spetter. until the first of April a
member of the sheet-irOn force, was
around the shops Friday having returned
from Cakes, n D., where he has been
working in a. restaurant since leaving the
employ of the Santa Fe-
Bert Stewart who for a good many
months was on the rolls of the boiler shop
but who suffered number OF injuries
through which lie was incapacitated from
the heaviest kind of work, is now with the
city railway as conductor
Charles Parkhurst, a boilerma5er helper,
was out of service Friday with sore
arm, caused by piece of steel striking
him Just above the wrist and infiicting
wound that while not serious hampered
him in his moving it about freely
c B. GOOde. a special apprentice who
has been working in the mechanical lab
oratory and inspecting wheels and doing
miscellaneous turns for the company
has returned to the machine shop and IS
now to be found in Mitchells gang in
the east wing
Trimmers have been exceptionally busy
the last two or three days, there being no
fact that there IS a rush on some OF the
cars which have received their repairs and
are ready all but some of the inside work,
to go into service
Trains from the west were late Friday,
owing to cause beyond this division Con
ditions must be excellent, generally if Nos
? and are the schedule because Of
the long distances they go and the conse-
quent diversity of climatic conditions
which they must encounter.
1t was 100 pounds Of steam pressure
which blew the whistle off the 112 engine
the other day when Engineer Griffith and
Fireman Norris rose to the emergency
in such way to avoid a long delay by
plugging the hole instead of twelve as the
types made it read in the original account
of the incident
one box car is being placed out south of
the air brake corner in the machine shop
to be used in furnishing the workmen OF
that department with more room than they
now have. Lately the duties of this part
have beeRme exceptionally heavy and
number Of new men will probably be put
on in a short time.
Water service men have been putting
in the anchorages for the big crane which
the new machine and boiler shop to be
nfiNzed in handling Clrivin e-vheel tires It
will be located on the outside of the struc-
ture and will be a great Improvement in
handling this part Of the locomotives.
c "A. Rhodes, who nearly four months
ago left for Terre Haute, Ind, where ne
has been inspecting 500 stock cars which
the American Car and Foundry company
has been erecting FOR the company. snow
ed himself around Topeka shops Friday
He will be ready for his old place in the
coach shop Monday. The completion of
the five hundred cars finishes the order
Equipment for the great shop plant
which the Santa Fe will be occupying one
wear hence is beginning to accumulate al
ready. In the southwest corner OF the
new blacksmith shop material for the ~
ing of the new power house IS b
stacked for use whenever needed, peslues
other machinery which will be put in 9TH
er departments whenever the buildings are
completed
t7roroinant in the memorial services Of
the knights of Pythias to be held at the
Auditorium viii be the part which the K.
cation is partially made up of shopmen,
and has rapidly come to the front as a