The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-05

road in Topeka, has arrived from Trini-
has taken the place of filing clerk with |
Superintendent of Motive Power Hender-
son.
At the passenger station a new bulletin |
board has been put up to take the place
of the one which has done duty for some
years.
Joseph Aigner. night transfer tableman
at the car shops, has quit the company
service. He has been here a number of
]. A. Kritchf1eld and A. H. Nonkin |
were hired for storehouse truckers Thurs
day. Nonkin did not go on duty until this
morning.
Machinist James Cowdrey has returned
from trip of three weeks through New
York, Indiana, Illinois and number of
states east of here.
Charles Haines and Malcom McLain.
who have worked in the scrap yards. have
under James Mullen.
c. J. Cherry, hand car carpenter, en-
joyed a visit Wednesday from his, cousin,
Bert, of Lecompton.
Locomotive 349, after a delightful rest
of some weeks in the rear shop, was sent
hauled by jerks gang.
Herbert T.. Kerr, master mechanic of
the Chicago division, was in Topeka We'd
nesday watching some tests on stay bolts
which were being made.
Henry Schiller, a member of the strip
ping force, has arrived home after a visit
of ten days in Cincinnati, o. His wife and
daughter were with him.
George Galligan, bolt maker, has given
up his place in the shops here and will go
to his home at Carterville, ILL., He has
been here a year or more.
Edward Carr. boilermaker helper. had
one foot badly bruised Thursday forenoon
by hand fiue rolling over it He had to
be helped to the hospital.
Lawrence Bell. a brass worker, has lost
two days. owing to an attack of tonsilitis
which has rendered it out of the question
| for him to remain on duty.
Fred Morgan, foreman of a night switch
| ing crew, resumed work Thursday night
after an absence of about week. He has
| been in Durango, Co.. resting
Two of the large dynamos which are
| to be a part of the equipment of the nc 2
power house have arrived. One of the
! smaller came In some time ago.
Frank Pribble, a member of Elliots
Sixth street force, took his departure on
| No. Thursday for Parkersburg. w. Va,
| called there by the serious sickness of his
mother.
A. c. Brit and Ora Ferrin sheds carpen-
! tiers who have done lots of work on freight
| car doors and similar classes in that de-
| partment. have been given permanent
| transfers to the coach shop.
boilermaker in Topeka shops. now follow
ing his trade with the Rock Island at
| Horton, has gone home to that place after
| fortnight'S stay in this city.
! w. G. Boon, clerk to General Store
keeper Hilton is home esf from b Tnd stay
| Mr. Boon went out last Friday and stayed
| until Wednesday, leaving his family there.
| Roy Tuer. son of Machinist. Alexander
| kin in Aledo, Ill. He brought back with
| him his cousin. William johnson, of that
place.
A Albers has taken the position of build
| ings inspector at Topeka, vice Joseph Wei
| del resigned. Weidel went to the Mexi-
can Central at the City of Mexico after a
service lasting since about the first OF the
year.
! Pat Griffin, the blacksmith who has been
| in the hospital for a long time for recov-
as rapidly was hoped he might, accord
| ing to the reports from him.
Ben Mellinger has taken charge of the
drill press near the office of Foreman Fra
| ser of the blacksmithing department. The
machine was torn down for several weeks
| and underwent a general repairing.
| Bruct Harmon, a south shop machinist,
| who served his time here, got his clear
ance papers from the office Wednesday
| where he will enter the service of the
| Katy.
Peter Neuberger, a San Bernardino, Cal.
boilermaker and a brother of Engineer
! Andrew Neugebauer of this city, was in
Topeka Thursday on his way to Wamego-
| on-the-Kaw, where he goes to settle some
| estate matters.
Harry. Butterfly, brother Of George But
terly, clerk in the paint shop ohi etc., mas
brief visit with his brother in this place;
He holds a clerkship in the First National
| John Dubeck's concreting force in the
| water service has been excavating a hole
| IA feet deep in which the foundation for
| the new 45o-ton fanger of the boilermaking
| department will be placed. 1t is to be
| one of the heaviest pieces of the new shop
| equipment.
| ]. L. Chatham, a machnist, left his ma
chine this morning and took No for
| milwaukee,, Wis, where for the next week
| as the Jahmarket. Mrs. Chatham ana
| daughter have been there for some days
| George Hollenberry,. formerly a machin-
| chanic for the Illinois Steel company at
Rlaat in Soutf seryed his
apprenticeship in this place, but left about
| ten years ago.
w. A. johnson, one of the proprietors Of
| the Baldwin Locomotive works at Phila-
delphfa, Pa, passed through Topeka on
family accompanied him, the party occupy
| ing special 20 of the Santa F'e, which
| belong. to the directors.
| Gust Espelin of the machine shop is laid
| up with an injured leg. Late Wednesday
| he fell through a turn table and a small
ward on the member, bruising it SO badly
that he was unable to remain at his post
until the whistle blew. He VIII probably
| lose several weeks.
! Clerks in the office of the division road
masters and of the bridges and buildings
| their duties Thursday morning without
| tifcial warmth, so fire was lighted in the
/ So far as is known it is the first fire that
| has been started for that purpose this
| fall.
Howard COMBS. StenOgrapner TO Cn1eI
! Dispatcher w. M. Combs, his father, is
| at his desk after vacation of some
weeks Most of the time spent in
| Colorado. P. A. Hollar, who has been oc-
| cupying the vacancy during his absence,
] has taken the position of stenographer to
Trainmaster Austin, left vacant by Clare
| Stevens, who went to the Frisco at Spring
| field, Mo.
Frank Bailey, who for a good many
duties belonging to Roadmasters Cafferty
and Morrissey, will be transferred to the
| office of Superintendent Mcclellan to take
| the desk vacated by ]. G. Updegraff, who
| some weeks ago went to Colorado road
| at Pueblo. His successor, understood,
| will be from the office of L. Bradley, road
master at Emporia.
Frank Thompson, a machinist who was
relieved from. duty in Topeka shops when
the reduction came, will leave within the