The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-27

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gang for the last six months, took his
time Wednesday. He is undecided re-
garding his future movements, but will
probably strike for the west or south
west shortly.
William Cumback, formerly repre-
sentative in congress from Indiana. will
lecture at Emporia on the evening OF
March to the railroad men, their fam
lilies and friends. Mr.. Cumback is
working under the auspices of the San
ia Fe.
E.. A. Markham. a helper in the black
smith shop, has been out day or two
making a trip to Burlington with his
wife, who has been sick for some time,
but who is being moved to her former
home in the hope that her condition viii
be improved.
If the weather holds favorable it is
planned that the job of improving the
Santa Fe on its Ottawa cutoff viii be
begun in about a week. The four loco
motives which are to be used IN the
work during the summer have been
sent in for overhauling.
Recently there has been an excep-
tional demand for motive power on the
Rio Grande division of the Santa F'e
owing to the heavy movement of coal
into that section, 1t being necessary now
to get the equipment back to the start
ing point after it has been unloaded.
Scranton correspondence school car
No. which has been making some of
the division points of the Santa Fe in
destination being Galveston. Texas. 1t
is equipped for instruction in air brakes
and contains apparatus valued at $780,
coo.
1t has not yet been determined
whether the Santa Fee will build the rs
logging cars which were recently order
ed or whether the job will be given to
a factory. The cars will be of simple
and will be used in the Texas pineries
near Beaumont.
Posters are out around the shops an
nouncing that a free scholarship in an
eastern correspondence school of me-
chanics is open to some one who wishes
to take it up, with the understanding
that the student will pay for books and
apparatus needed. Applications are to
be filed with Ben Payne, shop account
ant, before Saturday.
1t is planned. that before long work on
the new power house will be begun
This building is to be located south of
the new blacksmith shop and it's di-
mansions are to be "a by 172 feet. 1t
will contain six large boilers and the
number of engines which they will sup
ply with steam, and will be equipped
with apparatus for handling the coal
mechanically.
AS part of the regular makeup of
the Missouri Pacific train between To-
peka and Fort Scott fiat car truck
surmounted by two water tanks is car
ried for the purpose of supplying the
line where there are tanks and no wa
ter is to be had and it is on account of
this condition that the present arrange
ment prevails.
All the BOYS who went to Fort Scott
the first of the week as members of the
$50 degree team A o. U. W. returned on
113 Wednesday morning in fine spirits,
after carrying off the honors in the COM
petitive drill. They scored 34S points
and say it should have been ten more.
but for one of the judges who failed 10
keep up with one movement which they
made and who of course did not credit
them with all they deserved.
With the arrival of five more oil tank
cars Wednesday morning, the order of
$50 which was placed by the company
more than a year ago was completed.
All of them will be used for handling
the Texas and California products. al
though at first it was intended that a
part should be used for water in the
additional order of 800 was placed some
weeks ago, and will be finished by some
time in the summer or early fall.
Just as the whistle blew Wednesday
afternoon at O'Clock there was an ex-
hibition of footracing by some of the
boys whom William Puett had depu-
tized to help collect a small colored
youth who it was believed had blindly
seized some of the brass which be-
longed to the Santa Fe. Two other
lads who were thought to be guilty of
the same offense made a more rapid
flight and escaped.
Farmers of Shawnee county have
stored more ice during the present sea-
If the amount of sawdust which the
Santa Fe is furnishing them affords
any means of judging. Every noon ana
evening when the planning mill shuts
down, from four to six wagons line up
at the boiler room to be loaded and
they are not small wagons either; some
body remarked that they held about
half as much as a boxcar.
Tooor1aotfxra 7n20 no one NJ fhp new
Prairie engines least damaged in the
head-end collision at Syracuse more
than month ago. has been turned out
for service after receiving a new pilot
and repairs on it's frame. Tt took the
local out Wednesday and viii be re-
turned to- a passenger run shortly. The
l01e, which figured worse in the same
accident, receiving broken cylinder
besides minor injuries, has been push
ed nthe shops to be given the Bxings.
Ralph Mattice. a. brakeman on the
Missouri Pacific between Topeka and
Fort Scott and having his home in that
city, came out on his train Wednesday
FOR the first time in several weeks.
While on duty a Garrett about a month
ago he became singulafly obl1vious to
and had to be retired
from the service. Since then he has
been at home and has gradually inn
proved until the present. He has a
brother working on the K. N. & d.
branch.
H. ". Willie, oil expert for the Baldwin
locomotive works of Philadelphia is as
;isting with the experiments on engine
,24 the oil burner. The other day the
locomotive was taken out on trial ard
worked better than at any time, pulling
, string of cars twice UP Pauline hill
md in other ways giving better salts
action than heretofore. The difficulty
With which the tests people have been
wrestling in connection with this engine
S the matter Of securing complete
combustion OF the fuel. great many
burners have been tried but with only
partial success.
Peter Butler who quit a job in the