The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-14

A-CAcs II sJlL u LIS E-e1I tAC AA1St AAL4AS
but this time was sick
Walter Jet, telegraph operator in the
office Of Superintendent of Motive Power
Henderson, IS working over a new desk. an
excellent example Of what the Topeka
cabinet makers can do.
Amos Newcomer, foreman of outside
| work in the coach shop, was summoned
home Tuesday forenoon by the illness Of
siderable sickness recently
Nine of the tin shop employees were away
| conclave Of the Knights Templar and on
sick absence; The department was in
charge Of Edward berwick
o. H. Thomas, passenger agent for the
Santa Fe at Peoria, Ill., came in Tuesday
| from Los Angeles, Cal, where he went
gates to the club women's Convention.
Unless matters take q favorable turn 1t
looks like Thomas Hairsine crack checker
player in the boiler shop, might share the
| fate of Doc Brown, who met his Water
| loo as a fancy amber at the Auditorium
1 last week-
Blacksmith William Langley went off
| duty Tuesday afternoon with his left hand
/ considerably lacerated on the inside. A
| wedge bounced after it had been struck,
wound.
J. NJ. Meade. resident engineer who has
/ been in Christ hospital about three weeks
recovering from an operation on account
| of an injury contracted while making
! survey at Oskaloosa, was able to be out
| Tuesday.
William Doyle. formerly a painter here.
| but lately with the Colorado and Southern
| at Denver. has been transferred to another
| point on that system about 60 miles from
| Denver. His health has not improved
| much lately.
Boilermaker Bert Nichols was struck
over one eye Tuesday forenoon by a re-
bounding sledge and received a cash
! which sent him to the hospital for repairs.
He pluclzily returned to work in the after
noon, however
Another track is to be laid by the Santa
Re about block and a half long on the
! a hnfv
/ the avenue and Quincy street, its length
being nearly two blocks.
Elmer Newberry. a car repairer who has
Deen mere long time, VIII quit the Santa
Fe in day or two to find a job in Den
| tarrh lately and thinks the Change OF eli
mate will improve his health.
Henry Barnes. a helper in the boilermak-
ing department, has decided he can do
better on a ranch in western Kansas than
working for the Santa F'e, and accordingly
leave for the west in short time.
Engineer Edward Whitcomb has been
playing Amos Beeler while the last named
IS in Norfolk, Va, attending the sessions
and IS r NFeNeei1, the 1850 Ws ill a
22ss. '' 10 Ia = = -''''i'0' 8 40 anu
Michael schoenfeldt. who recently quit
me me PANT snep mere 70 take JOB with the
Colorado and Southern at Denver. has re-
turned and was around here the other
day His return was made imperative by
health.
Charles J. Webb, until recently chief
clerk in the office Of Division Superinten-
dent Mcclellan and now head clerk under
that city Tuesday on No. and was here
to participate in the knights Templar
conclave.
In cases of dead cattle being found in
cars after they have been unloaded. train
crews have been instructed to carry the
carcasses to the first section gang, where
they may be unloaded for burial The
order prohibits cars being taken into ter
minals with dead cattle in them.
Mrs. W. S. Lawless. expects to leave to-
morrow for Eureka Springs, Ark. to joir
her husband who is overhauling the heat
ing plant in the Crescent hotel at that
place Mr.. and Mrs. Lawless later viii
foremanship with the Frisco railroad.
Excavation for the basement of the new
power house has been begun, likewise con.
. creting for the foundation of the new
[ slnokestack. The building viii be 176 BY
Sc feet and will be of brick and steel. The
chimney will be 16 feet square at the sur
j face Of the ground, tapering as it ap
; proaches greater height.
Casper Burghart was given. a card Tues
, / day afternoon and today resumed his place
as helper IN the blacksmith shop, whici
ne gave up about six weeks ago. At tina
tins he had planned to go to Oregon t
work on farm, but later changed hi
mind and part of the time since has beer
in the track department.
Frank o. Brien of the boiler shop has
q baseball nine composed. partially Of players
from that department which is about tn
other dav this CAPITAL CSity team as it i
o called. sent the Sixth street gang. anothe
strong aggregation, home with a score Q
: Is to in favor of the Capitals.
Within the last three or four days Their
a / has been an exceptional run of stock owe
9 the main line to Atchison 1t comes from
Texas and the south and its destination i
{ South Dakota, where pastures are jus
coming into freshness. The traffic ha
r averaged for some time at least % car
and has been handled mainly by extri
Is trains.
Captain Chester, who used to be spe
9 cial agent for the Kansas City, Fl. Scot
and Memphis railroad at Kansas City, wa
. in town the first of the week Chester wa
: s0uaii Hunter Remedy for train rob
berry in the Cracker-Neck district Of tina
$ place q few years ago. His home is il
Il Warrensburg, No.
James Cowdrey. D. Alexander and Mar
y tin Reardon. composing the committee o.
morning for Atchison where they viii fin
g out what Inducements that city can offe
will go to St. Joseph for the same purpose
v / back to Leavenworth and viii close tn
r week at Kansas City.
William Puett, day Waterman in tn
n yards has experienced considerable trou
y Bile lately with boys loafng about tn
brass fixtures from old locomotives III
q boys should remember that it IS about a
noble to steal brass ron a dead engln
as It is for looters to take Jewelry froT
f the bodies of corpse.
d Robert and Edward Nightingale VIII
have been employed by the Santa Fe
IS number of years, quit Tuesday and wi
II leave at once for the Needles. Cal wher
they will get jobs as boilermaker helpers
n Robert has been assistant day hostler q
p the roundhOuse for two years and previou
to that spent about the same time in til
back shop. Edward was brakeman OF
of here four years and five months. wer
to the D. and r. G., and six weeks ag
returned to the Santa Fe. He has bee
e aWbund here most of the time.
- Railroads this spring have experience
the Iightest fruit traffic of several season
E owing entirely to the small crop. Las
L fall a few weeks before the oranges wer
ready to be harvested a sand storm sweI
le California blowing down much of the pre-
II duct. Considerable of this was saved. BIT
lots spoiled and what was left did nc
U | near come up to the usual output of tn
n groves Strawberries are about the onl
n | delicious fruit that has come on the maj
- kets this spring and from reports all owe
"a the country the Yield of them viii be IA
- / below usual.
e Frank Benson, q timer, IS negotiatin
? with number Of eastern firms regardin