The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-02


10 on his way to Chicago after n short in
spection trip in the vicinity of Colorado
Springs and Denver.
Edward Mischke has returned to mis-
place in the Santa Fe planning mill after
lay off of few days. during which time
RichIard Mr. and Mrs Misch1Se are at
home at 2O5 Hancock street
The uphill grade on the Rock Island be-
little bit too steep for the heavy trains and
on this account an engine is row being
used for no other purpose than to help
the heaviest trains up the grade.
Willard Stitt and wife, who have been
visiting relatives in Topeka, returned TO
their home in Fairbury. Neb., Monday.
Mr. Stitt was formerly a boilermaker here
for the Santa Fe, but is now working in
the Rock Island shops at Fairbury.
Hugh Black, brother OF. James Black of
town Thursday. Mr.. Black is tc be mar
ried shortly and he is now on his way TO
New York where he is to meet his f1ancee,
who is returning home, after sojourn in
Europe.
William Cremer, a machinist apprentice
in the south shop, was transferred Mon
day from the valve setting job 20 the floor
Henry Heise goes up a notch The work
of valve setting is a job that is given to
the apprentices short time before they
go out of their time.
The office of J. r. Blair, superintendent
of terminals for the Rock Island at Kan
house to room IA in the Union depot All
of his force will occupy these new quar-
tiers ana all telegraph wires nave Deen
changed to run into them.
Until the new bridge is completed over
the Missouri river at St. Joseph, the Rock
Island has found It necessary to put IN a
Y at Elwood which to turn their heavy
engines that are run from Horton to haul
west-bound business through from st. Jo-
seph to Fort Worth and Ell Paso.
The Santa Fe expects to effect a saving
of $4,000 year in the operating expenses
of the Pacific division as soon as it has
completed the conversion of all it's loco
motives into crude oil burners. On the
Gulf division the use of oil in the 1ocosno.
tive furnaces has resulted in saving OF
$500, 0G0 year already.
Quite an excitement was stirred UP in
the Rock Island yards at Wichita the
other day by the ditching of the big en-
switch in the yards and IT required the
united power of two engines to get her
back on the track again There was no
damage done beyond cutting up the tracks
little.
C. R. Kinsey, assistant to K. R. Stewart,
foreman of the storehouse, is in Newton
and it is stated that when he returns he
will be accompanied by his family. Mr.
Kinsey was formerly the storekeeper at
Newton, but when Mr.: Stewart succeeded
Mr. Ost and it was decided that it was
necessary for him to have an assistant
Mr.. Kinsey was given the position
The Southern railway has put flyer
between New York and New Orleans that
is startling the travellers of the southwest
It males the rua Of 1,S74 miles, leaving
and reaches New Orleans, connecting with
the Southern Pacific Sunset limited for Los
Angeles, at IL 30 o'clock the next morning.
The first run by this train made III Is
minutes less than schedule time
Twenty-one new. men went to work. in
morning. They are J. B. Andersen, Albert
T. Frazer. Andrew Kearney, Jacob Ethel,
Joseph Lang: Elmer Went John Finl a,i
Frank. zen button, Herbert Taylor, Peter
Keller 9rgle G. Mally; william a K ze eek
6. Egan. Charles Showalter and Bert
Greenway.
remarkable piece of bridge building
has been done by the Santa F'e work train
crew out Of Albuquerque, n M. The
bridge at Thornton, N M. which burned,
was rs feet lcng spanning ing, s a1s dsV
stroyed. The crew. with three superin-
tendents of Bridges to direct the work, re-
built the bridge entirely of railroad ties,
there being 10 bridge timbers at hand.
and the job was done in the remarkably
short time of "A hours
When the Rock Island reorga njzed, May
Is, and moved the superintendent and
dispatcher.s offices to Topeka. the superin-
where they now work twelve clerks. The
dispatcher's force consisted of one chief
dispatcher and three trick dispatchers and
they now have two day chiefs, one night
! chief and six dispatcherS. The telegraph
office now consists of nine day operators
and six night operators. where it was only
necessary for five before. This is a good
! ILLUSTRATION of the immense increase IN
1.-The Rock Island business in the last few
The Santa Fe is figuring on obtaining
new sand blast machine for the purpose
of cleaning the rust and scaling from the
iron bridges on the system before they are
repainted. The paint was formerly put on
over the rust and scales. but this was very
unsatisfactory 1t is thought that the ma
chire to be used will be patterned after
the one which is now in use at the shops
for cleaning tanks before they are re-
painted The machine. was invented by
J. w Gibbons foreman of the locomotive
painters, and has been in use at the shops
for the last three years. It is different
from all ether machines as to the power
end several other things such as the reg
! ulatirg of the amount of sand to be
thrown. Several men who are interested
in the new scheme were down tc the shops
last Saturday for the purpose OIL inspect
ing the machine.
John Bacon a Santa Fe emDloye at
Emporia narrowly escaped death last fr.-
day night. He was at work in the nofth
cinder pit, east of the rOundhouSe, Wnen
engine 240S passed over the pit and had
her ..pan pulled. Instead of taking her
to the roundhouse. after the cinders had
been dumped as is the custom the nerd
ers started to bring her back 20 the coal
chute for coal Bacon, who was not ex-
pecting the engine to return. did not dis
cover it until it was nearly upon NM,
and then seeing that it was too late 10
get cut of the pit. he caught hold OF the
pilot and chung with all his might After
the cinder pit had passed he was dragged
90 feet on the ties and his legs, being I'M
der the pilot which was very low, were
ba9Ily crushed The engine was finally
stopped and Bacon was removed and sent
home in a carrie e. He was quite badly
hurt but unless internal injuries were IN
5icted II is thought he will recover