The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-16
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

re W9Fkm oe tS were So busy Saturday Sat making
table.
James Anderson. a sheds man. has taken
leave Of absence to last three weeks
and will leave at once for California
T. F. Fuller, tender at the Second street
switch cabin. laid off Saturday to attend
the annual school meeting of district 1O2.
John Ash and Edward McKiernan. ma
chinists who left here a week ago or
more for Fort Worth, Tex, have returned.
William Petit, scrapper. has lost three
affected.
William Marshall. a car repairer, took up
his block again this morning after a lay
off Of three weeks on account of a sprain-
ed wrist
T. NJ. Ramsdell. general car inspector.
annual meeting of the Master Car Builders
association.
ION superintendent Mcclellan, and wife viii
leave this evening for a brief trip to Den
yer and Pueblo Col.
Machinist Leo Gabler has occupied his
spare minutes aroundFthe shops lately ex-
hibiting the merits of a wheel which he
has recently purchased.
j. H. Van Norman. a former Santa Fe
has taken run on the Rock Island be-
tween Dawson and French.
Equipment has been received at E1nporia
for the volunteer fire department which
was recently organized among the Santa
Ee shop men at that point.
In the game between the Santa Re Reds
and the Democratic FIambeau club base
ban mines Saturday aftern8ll1 the railroad
men won by the close score of 10 to Y,
Leo Kaiser. formerly a helper in these
shops. but holding a similar job with the
! Rock Island at Horton, was in town Satur-
day, returning to that place the same ev-
ening.
Shop timers are repairing the roof and
conductors on the general offices build
ing. They have just finished a ventilator
in the roof of the room occupied by the
chemical Laboratory
! t. to z<t,a liz ,,f 1,a
tests Of the electrical plant at Albuquer-
que, y: NJ, are satisfactory for the most
may be unfavorable-
| c. c. Hardy, who is running the transfer
tables during the summer. is expected to
where he has been looking after the con
struction OF a new table.
Operator Smith. who has been working
! the day trick at Emporia. has been trans
ferred to South Leavenworth and Benson,
who has had the night job, Will go on
night.
Engineer B. T. WEIGH of the yard force
is making collection of venomous insects
and placed them IN bottles. The last one
was discovered by the crew the other day
and was run In without great dlII1eulIy
Eight miles of double track between
Camp Junction and WellSvlle has been
opened by the Santa Fe and the office at
the first named place has been abolished.
There are now five miles between Gard
ner and Edgerton which the company is
using.
There was special train of Red Men
from Pittsburg to Leavenworth Sunday
running by way of southern Kansas to
Lawrence and thence over the Kansas
City branch to Wilder and directly to
LeavenWOrth-
J. ". Morgan of the coach shop, who has
beer. suffering for two months with an at
tack of lumbago, is still out and probably
will not get to work for some time his
condition has shown signs of slight inn
provement lately
Old wheat is beginning to move over the
Santa Fe at the rate of about 150 cars a
day from localities where the prospect
promises that there will not be any short
age in this years crop. Railroad men say
that generally the damage to the crop has
been much exaggerated and that the yield
viii be heavy.
Eighteen members of Frank Hammond s
steel force left Saturday night for Pueblo.
| Col. where they are to repair two spans Of
/ a bridge that was washed out by the re-
/ cent high waters. After finishing there
! they viii return to Independence. kan.
Word received from Max 6. ThyniaTl.
the transfer tableman who left month
/ ago for his former home in Germany. IN
1 dicates that he reached Bremen in SAFETY.
He will make Danzig the chief point of his
visit.