The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-28

graph. has been transferred to the claims
attorneys office
George w. Miller, who will succeed A.
April l. arrived in Topeka Thursday and
VIII be ready for business next week. He
noon by Mr. Davis.
A A Maxwell, who has been packer in
the storehouse at Fort Madison, Ia, for
return to his home in Topeka shortly. He
was was employed emp in the same department
The boiler shop boys who are interested
In the organization of a baseball team,
noon doing few preliminary stunts and
trying to get hold of the ball There is
the usual howl about sore hands today.
reports from Las Vegas. n. M. indicate
that Vincent Parkinson, formerly engi-
there for recovery from a trouble that de-
b manded change from this climate; is
there if his Improvement is steady
Ben johnson. superintendent of machin-
cry for the Mexican Central, who has been
once for New York, accompanied by Mrs.
There , ne T ook after matters
| stopping off here on the return trip.
WE Wigggam which eI as station has been
a day and night telegraph office Opera
tor w. Bodley has been assigned to the
working at Neosho Rapids. Will handle
the night job Wiggam is the first block
Junction.
John Coldwell. who is to become reli-
As along tSe QUIZ II Ines has arrived
| in Topeka and will establish his family
costly watch by the men at Texarkana
Tex, where for II months he has been
| sociation.
Edward Anderson, a machinist helper in
Mie%toP sn9ps was brought in from that at
| the hospital here for recovery from an in
| there Wednesday
| son of Martin Anderson, who accompanied
at Newton.
| A. T. Parfitt, foreman of the boiler shop,
accompanied by William Reddy, a trades
ternoon for Philadelphia, Pa, where they
will inspect the boilers of so freight and
Parfitt will return in a short time but
Reddy will remain there two months or
Thomas Retter of the blacksmith shop
went home Wednesday evening with an
went to pass behind another helper who
| ceive the full force. 1t is not known how
serious the injury may be; but he was I'M
| able to continue on duty longer.
| Locomotive 57S. one of the new COM
pounds turned out a few months ago by
delphia, has been set into the south shop
! for general overhauling. There are a num-
bad order and will be fixed up as soon as
the machinistS can get after them They
for some time
There has been a scarcity or work in the
sheds lately which has sent large numbers
of the men in that department home to do
gardening or whatever else they wished
been vacant lately, all due to the fact that
the company is making US of its equip
ment. 1t will probably not be long until
the bad order cars will begin sonling in
with more frequency.
E. D. Brown, a helper in the planning
back of one hand while working Thurs
day afternoon. He was moving some sills
when one of the timberS rolled over on
another. catching the member and pinch
ing It with the above result Brown went
to the hospital. but later returned to the
shops with the wound dressed. He will
probably not work for several days.
David Mcmillan, a boilermal1er who for
merIy had a job in Topeka, but quit to en-
ter the service of the Frisco at Springfield,
expects to return to his place here. Nc
MILAN received a severe injury to one eye
while working for the company at st.
Louis and for a time he was unable to see
out of it, but now has almost recovered:
the first from Springfield.
u, Hammond's gang, which is putting up
shop, is making big effort to, have the
main part of the job completed by tomor-
row evening. Practically all of the trusses
will be in place, but there will be other
work around the structure which will keep
scheduled to erect the steel frame for the |
new in freight depot at Kansas City, |
but do not count on getting there for near |
~ a month longer.
Albuquerque papers have contained ac- |
victories which the Santa Fe-Pacific base |
ball team at that place are winning. |
Among the lineup are the names of Geo. |
Thompson, who was formerly employed in |
the boiler shop here and who is holding |
down first base, and his brother Ash" |
who wears the mask and protector. Chas. |
Sheets. who used to be in the machine |
shop at this place, is twirling for the nine. I
Passenger trains from the west were |
sadly out of tune THURSDAY owing to a |
wreck near Lamy, Col, which blocked the |
way. Eight freight cars went down an |
embankment. putting the tracks of |
use and killing three Indians who hap
pened to be riding them. No 8. which is |
due in Topeka at a. m, did not reach I
here until about 10. and ran one section
of No. 4. the limited which came behind /
it. although No. As time is about 1 a. m.
John Burghart. a Baker heater and
Pintsch gas workman here, who has been
place in these shops. At that place he was
putting additional tank for is new
chair cars using that illuminant, thus pro-
viding for its use from Kansas City to
Los Angeles. Heretofore the two reser-
voirS did not supply sufficient for the long |
run across to the Pacific and it was neces-
sary nearly every trip to resort to the use
of candles in lighting the trains. Several |
cars of this class were given change at the
Pullman factory
The air brake lathe has been equipped /
with a new check which has been expected |
from the east for some time. This is the
machine in charge of Leo Gabler and in 1
speaking of Gabler's pleasure at this adj
ditional equipment a shop man says: |
when Foreman Davis informed Leo Cab
scintillated like Cape Town diamonds and
he proceeded in haste to execute three |
step for joy; Picking it up with much
and now carefully guards the machine
lest someone steal it.. From his actions it
young son has corner on his affections"
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