The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-03

| the guest OF William Lysaght Of the dril
day or two
Charles Slusser. an air brake employe
on the east side of the sheds, reported
for duty this morning after lay of of a
day or two
George E. Ward, material inspector, went
to Chicago Saturday evening to look over
the company
Engine 4O5. which for several days has
been in freight service following general
repairs has been assigned to runs on
Otto Larson of the blacksmithing de-
partment who has been sick and unable
to work for good while, reported Tor
duty Saturday.
Charles Fritz. wood wheeler who has
middle Of the summer. took his time the
first of the month.
Andrew Loux, foreman of the carpenters
obliged to give up his work and go home
Saturday on account of sickness
Frank Gibler, who works at one of the
hammers in the blacksmith shop at night,
took his place again Sunday night after
brief lay off account of erysipelas.
G. H. Edgeworth. who spoke Sunday af-
ternoon at the Railroad Y. NJ c. A, went
out Sunday night to report for his run
La Junta-
Repairs are being made by water service
broe6 6p in 1f fro ste fb f fo o Week
and which since has been inside the new
blacksmith SHOP.
Harry Conwel, who for three months
has been wrestling with an attack of ty-
phoid fever. has so far recovered as to be
works in the roundhouse.
Maurice Todd, a handler of scrap iron,
e w3 mas his oe ffef 3I dVt f lhre We9Hs
is slowly recovering and is expected to
report for work in a few days
locomotives Which were! were Being built By the
turn to Topeka in q. short time.
Charles Peterson. who formerly worked
b [ne for ea ting @ b II tSe @
vice of the ST. Louis and San Francisco,
has returned to his old job here.
Harvey Jones, who formerly had a job
few months ago and went to Denison.
Tex, where he held place in the Katy
shops, has been put on here again.
George Rode, an apprentice in the boil
badly that he was obliged to lay off.
William Langley of the blacksmith de-
partment was Obliged to give up his job
Saturday morning at o'clock and return
home. He will probably be ready for SER
vice in a day or two
Frank Cramer, who has had charge of
a gang Of helpers in the machine shop for
that department this morning. Frank
Robinson mas taken the place which he
formerly held
Michael Helm, storehouse laborer who
has been sick a week, is at work again.
ployed in the paint Shop here. has gone to
pany at that place.
been out four weeks wrestling with at
tack of fever, but is on the way to recov-
expect to be able to resume his duties at
the shops under a month
b. Y. Williams. whose home is in Oak
land and who for a number of months
has been in the mechanical department of
on the inventory work in the office of
General Storekeeper Hilton
George Bradshaw and Thomas McGil
and John Olson of the boilermalzing de
partment have returned from Emporia,
special work on locomotives.
Work on the new air brake instruction
soon be time to begin putting in the in
side equipment. There will be brakes for
80 freight cars and as a large portion Of
as possible.
Brakeman Edward Brown, who runs out
Of Aree milne, jumped on switch stand at
En- pcria the other day and received in
jurieS. though not considered dangerous,
were such as to necessitate his giving up
his run. He went to Burlington, where his
parents live
John EspIin, a. machinist helper, came in
With az a bad order back. Esspiin was Car CAR
ryfng in coal the other day at his home. |
and just as he stopped to pick up a
chunk severe pain caught him across the |
back, putting him out Of service for the |
remainder of the week
The wife of James Downs who was for |
merly an employee of the Santa F'e here |
working in the air brake corner but now |
with a road at Pine Bluff Ark, |
has returned to her home in that place !
after a visit of three weeks with her sis |
ter, Mrs. Carl Latham of this place She |
was accompanied by her children.
Chief Chemist w. A. Powers is prepar- |
treating railroad ties by a process Of zinc |
chloride and high pressure. Apparatus for |
it has been ordered and inside of a few /
weeks will probably be in operation. 1t |
is hoped that in one or two hours a piece |
of wood can be saturated with the chem |
icals. which heretofore has required sew |
eraI times as long.
Scrap iron has arrived in heavy ship |
nentS at the Topeka yard, the amount |
within the past month aggregating in the |
neighborhood of 100 cars. The fact of the |
large figure has been due proba- |
bly, to the serious wrecks that have oc- |
Cured within the last few weeks in sew |