The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-22


day of not feeling well and during the al,
ternoon was obliged to turn in his card
and go home
The wife of Clifford Baird. south shop
machinist, who has been ill for ten days
or more, was suddenly taken worse Mon
day and Baird was called home from the
shops. She has since rallied and is now
much better.
Rev. Arthur Crane of Charleston, s. c..
who this evening will begin a series of
meetings at the North Baptist church, will
at the coach shop. He has received some
excellent notices as speaker
Otto Weber, a boilermaker apprentice:
three or four days, during which he has
been limping around with an ingrown toe
nail. He has not been relieved of the
trouble, but will be out again Saturday for
an operation.
crews here, received message Monday
announcing the death Of his Oldest brother,
attend the funeral, his place being filled by
Paul E. Maxwell. The brother was coun-
ty clerk of Lane county.
Tuesday the tank gang under John Mes
pelt resumed operations on the new steel
reservoir here 1t was feared thers might
be a delay on account OF the car contain
ing the gasoline engine and other tools not
arriving, but it. is here and the job will go
unless other matters hinder
Effective at once, the storehouse has be
gun working on the ten hour schedule.
About the first of the year the men began
working nine and half hours, about two
months before that the time having been
Is and 100 men are affected by the order.
J. B. Gibbons. a member of the Fourth
street gang WORKING under George Eddiott u
badly that some fears were entertained
to his be eeG Yes we HnG is ee
that he will be able to show I'D before
long.
ern division has received word from his
son Earl, who is with the United States
SON writes that he is confined to the hos
pital in a town in southern Luzon on ac-
count of some injury to his back 1t is
not thought the trouble is serious.
On the Alma branch of the Santa Fe
and in the vicinity of Esl1ridge some diff
line clear of snow. On most of the Kan
sas roads there has been but little drifting,
siderable Trucking might become neces-
sary before the way could be opened.
William A Nettleton, the lately appoint
ed assistant superintendent of motive
making preparations for active work in
ent his office will be located in the south
P Yl 1i Mr. Henderso ON" and the Clerical
force.
George W. Cooper, a machinist who was
ago to inspect locomotives which the
American works at that place was build
and is expected to arrive the latter part
of the week On his way back he will
spend q few days in Pittsburg and Phila-
delphia-
Several of the machine shop boys worked
Monday N, night putting the filings on the
out on the local freight, east bound, Tues
day, There was some difficulty in getting
after it had been run out to the coal chute
the men in charge decided to hold over
trip two.
Meager reports from the Syracuse wreck
of Monday morning indicate that no one
MESSENGER mes a on No. 7 is said to have been
injured Engines 1919 and 1920 two of the
big passenger compounds put into service
only recently, were more or less damaged,
though it is now believed not so much as
was at first supposed.
Arthur Van Cleave who for some months
has been foreman of the day truckers at
the freight house. e has gene to Colopa ade
him a good offer. He has been in the hos
pItal for some weeks t W1th typnold Iev ti
is a son of B. NJ. Van Cleave, employe
of the store department.
Several of tine large inside columns for
the new machine shop went up Tuesday.
Hammonds gang returning to work in
account of bad weather. The traveller,
which is used in lifting the material to
of the building site. where the first real
work of the job is being done.
F. Gabler and Henry schwalm, of the
employed by the Santa Fe during the big
snow storm OF ISL neehaloned IN the State
time are so scattering that it is difficult
to give an accurate list, but 1t Is needless less
get for their work then and since that
time.
Here is a. joke they. are telling on John
Stafford of the coach paint shop: The
other day Stafford decided that the baby
beef which he has been fattening for
some time ready to butcher. He
brought his knife up from home and with
the shop grindstone gave it a keen edge,
making other elaborate preparations for
the slaughter. 1t was then that his nerve
failed and he called in a neighbor to do
the job of killing the fatted beast for him.
Coach 1919, the last of those that is to
have the acetylene gas equipment removed
and instead receive the usual Pintsch APP
paratus, is being finished ready for service.
Several months ago % new chair cars were
turned out by the Pullman works, fitted
UP for using the first named gas as
illuminant- Since, number of serious
cidents have occurred while it was being
used and it was decided to go back to the
old style of lighting. Twenty of the cars
were changed here, the other eleven at
Pullman, one having been burned in
explosion.
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