The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-16


the superintendent of transportation; Is
timekeepsr. He viii be in Topeka about
Secretary T. E.. Prout of the railroad
7. N G. A.. who Is just getting up ,<t LroM
s slight relapse last Week. IS now steadily
gaining.
Mrs. D. 7. Thompson. wife Of a car re-
fol v nas fwo to Deeks MeG husband
will join her next Sunday and return
Joseph McGivern is ready and may go
to work. in the smith shop after an en-.
forced absence of about two months he
hurt his hand and it has been slow In
Dewey Wood. a truck repairer in the
coach shop. who wfs out day or two 70
now said to be detained on account OF
sickness.
Frederick L. Carson. formerly round
chanic at Cleburne Tax, was around the
shops M Ion a He eonte on3nr return
In the shops on the western lines OF
the Santa Fee there is more business tnan
present. although later in the year il is
believed there will be little more OF
respite.
Z. A. Nicely. cutof train dispatcher. has
taken layon of indefinite length and md
has gone. to Excelsior SPY ings, Mo-, Tor
Of the telegraph ofrice. is substituting in
his place.
F. w. Thomas. engineer Of tests, i NOV
nue., his household goods having arrived
| in the city the 1lret of the week he ana
since adla they came ' to Topeka some months
ago.
| 1t IL the knights Of PythisSs band Of
this city. largely cSn140sedf 20 Of 5 en!a
Days of Pompeif'' exhibition 1he must
| for the fail and winter.
Edward Robertson, rolling stock clerk
In the office OF Superintendent of AVotiye
ton and has gone the road for the
| perienced travelling salesman
| Peter Reynolds and Mr.. Hunt, two wen
| known machindsts, resumed their work
| again Monday morning. Reynolds has
three " weeks. ana Hunt was in Msssachu-
setts-Boston most OF the time
FIRE in the smith shop, who was acciden-
tally hit on the nose by saedge In the
b Of fan dsys ans na6 nlo
Pittsburg for stay of a fortnight
Charles Cherry; handcar casDente,T f,; Is
the limits of Lecompton- He went hunt
ing. saw a baseball game. and crowded
to the ancient seat Of government
A. J. Wingblade, who has been pound
mer, has resigned that job and has gone
to Liberty, Mo-. to enter William Jewell
is lifting himself for the ministry.
for the santa Fe. was at his desk Mon
Healy has been at Catalina island. on the
coast Of California, spending the time
and the trip has been one purely OF pleas
ure- Mrs Healy and children accom-
The Peeos Valley car in which was the
exhibit of the products Of that region has
gone to lawrence. where i VIII remain
Kansas City. 1t goes through to Chicago
and then comes back by way Of St: Jo-
Roswell over the Southern Kansas route
r. v. Wells. cab carpenter. announces
at sen n nesr so
H. at the the a d sKs Of SsS ,i wears oS
the last 60 years.
4 Considerable new equipment for the new
signnent so far is this: Ten tool grind
ers, four electric motor driven and SIX run
pipe pk O1 machine me for the water service: one
| hand glass cutter. for the pattern making
n nens1 and: and two shapers. -
Charles Jett formerly clerk in the Of
ice Of Mechanical Superintendent Rtsteen.
raneh IN nor the r south sy part Of the
81 state Jett had poor health as result of
in a Kansas City hospital. Since then he
has spent few weeks IN Colorado; and
hts condition nov Is greatly improved
I George w. Cooper, who for some months
has been inspecting engines for the Mex
lean Central ct Dunkirk. y: z: vas in
day. having found his former place In
Mitchelis gang: Cooper Is In only tenpo-
Of superintendent Of Machinery johnson
| OF the Mexican road. and is ready to re-
| spond to an order to 70 to the Baldwin
works at Philadelphia, Pa, any day
|. w 6. Boon, clerk in the Office ct Gen
II eral Stofekeeper Hilton. was handling his
duties Monday as usual, after an absence
OF q few days in Colorado. He went OUT
| TO meet his family and bring them back
With him. The folks have been there sew
| eral weeks. and one Of the vacation stunts
which his daughter "A and his son II years
| Old did was to walk 20 the top Of Pixies
Peak one night arriving at the su n11,
: | fhing which not all grown people could
| accomplish, but these children QUO IL
: W5thouf particular diftculty