The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-31
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE
William Seal is a new hand working on
handcars.
F. W. Thomas, engineer of tests, has re-
turned from Chicago
Frank Ford, a water service carpenter,
has been sick two days.
Martin Schultz is repairing car trucks
after lay off since Friday.
The wife of Engineer John Mcneil has
gone to Colorado for brief visit
SWitchman Samuel McFaren was missed
from the regular place Wednesday morn
ing.
A N. Jewett, a storehouse employee has
taken up his work after a lay off of some
days.
R. H Crozier, travelling passenger agent
for the Burlington. was in Topeka We'd
Two new dynamos have been received as
house.
Henry Kester, clipper in the brass foun-
dry, is. laid up with a severe attack of
stomach trouble.
Clarence Kistler Of the coach shop has
been out of commission a day or two
owing to sprained ankle
J. R. Painter. who laid off about ten
days ago to go to Colorado for brief
| recuperation. has reported.
Teddy Jones, day fireman in the machine
shop. has been making improvements
his Klein street property lately.
William Downey of the blacksmithing
department is home from a trip east
which has lasted about week
c. T. Miller, assistant blacksmith, has
an injured finger that has detained him
from his duties for a day or two.
Edwin Bauer has been hired a mill
wright for the water service and is sched-
| uled to begin operations tomorrow.
Mrs E. A. Shaffer. mother of Ralph,
| Fred and Frank Shaffer of the shops, is
sick at her home, 3O4 Monroe street
William Shilling, a clerk in the office
| home from brief sojourn in Kiowa-
After working two weeks less as a
helper in the smith shop, Thomas Cum
| Albert Caldwell, car repairer, has been
summoned to Indianapolis. Ind, by the
| announcement of the dangerous illness Of
a relative.
Barton Phelps of the physical laboratory
| has gone over on the Chicago division to
| continue his work air brake tests
passenger trains.
Another big brass working machine has
been received in the shops here-a Lodge
| and Shipley 2-inch lathe. Alexander Tuer
! is to have charge of it.
| F. M. Humphries blacksmith helper
was struck in one eye by piece of metal
Wednesday and was put out of service
| for the remainder of the day.
smith Shop, had bis plans dxed Tor a trip
| to Denver, Col, today. He figures on be-
| ing gone about two weeks.
| William Smith, gang boss among the
truck workers; is planning a trip to In In
brother there whom he wishes to see.
Engineer Dad Clark, who used to run
a locomotive out Of Emporia, is up from
that city to see his son, Roy who is in
! the Santa Fe hospital here with an attack
of fever.
When the Santa F'e gets its big artificial
| be the first of it's kind ever run by rail-
| road. 1t will be completed May 1. ac-
| cording to present plans
| Paul Pease. who until a short time ago
| had job in the boiler shop here, but who
recently has been with the Rock Island
at Chickasha, L T., has gone to work in
the blacksmith shop here.
Engineer Edward Whitcomb has I. Well
mans turn on Il and g. between Topeka
has gone to his former home near Ster-
ling.
Engineers and firemen who came in
within the last two days from the west
say that although the rain was a fine one
between here and Newton, it did not raise
the streams in that locality.
Considerable additional machinery for
the new shops has been received within
the last three days and is being unloaded
in the southwest corner of the new black
smith shop.
Runs for f1remen on trains 9 and 10, both
| east and west of Topeka, have been adver-
as 0 or two of the men 10 who
been handling shovels there have gone to
running"
There was a thinning in the ranks OF
the blacksmith shop employees Wednes-
day afternoon, good many of the fellows
laying off in order to attend the funeral
of the little daughter of Charles Hinch-
man, a helper.
Fred Olson, who gave up the foreman
ship of a lumber gang at the shops few
!, weeks ago to become a repa1rer OF cars
will return to the leadership of his old
gang August 1. John Wall has been taking
the place vacated by him.
Bert Bronson. a fireman in the planning
| mill boiler room, was taken too sick to re.
| main at his post Wednesday forenoon an6
retired. The temperature of that place is
| So Eigh that it tests the endurance OF the
| stokers during the extremely hot season
George Shirk, assistant electrical inspec
| tor for the Santa Fe at Chicago, has CONS
| to Topeka to take charge of the work ol
transferring axle lighting equipment from
| the old to the new chair cars The changes
which Mr.. Shirk will oversee will taks
considerable time.
BILL" one of James Crozier's faithful
J horses which do lot of tugging around
| the car shops has not been in the collar
for few days. Bill sustained Sigh
, injury while on duty recently and it ha.
been necessary to find another horse t.
} take his place for a short time.
Arthur Lawless is building a fan for us.
I in the blacksmith and boiler shop offices
! 1t is a difficult matter for the clerks il
the fact that there is so much noise fror
the machinery that the windows can no
be raised in order to allow free circula
ton Of air.
two each side, the bricklayers hav
. finished their part of the new machine an;
boiler shop construction The south wal
was the last to be built and it will be SOM
, farther for them to do on the building.
II Michael Etzel of the blacksmith shol
! had the second and third fingers of hi
f right hand pinched between the handles Q
! such a way that he had to knock on work
s Although the injury was not an ugly one
e apparently; it gave much pain and ma
9 a mai in 1ork oar