The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-06

ing stock at the storehouSe, is working at
one of the UPSTAIRS desks
Switchman Stanton is suffering with a
pfnched hand. caused by it being caught
in draw-head while IL on on duty the other
l. S. Messick, mana ger of the te1e
graph office at eastern division head
where he has been visiting for ten days.
Oscar Wilson, clerk in the office of Ma
for work after having been out a. short
time for the purpose of investing in a new
suit.
Edwin Dustin, formerly a Topeka boil
ermaker but lately with the company
at Lawton, has arrived in Topeka and will
remain here for several days. His wife is
with him.
: Mr. and Mrs, W. e. Webster: parents of
G. M. Webster, clerk IN IN the offlce of Gen,
visit of a few days. They are from Sedg-
wick county.
off Saturday and went hunting at the
Four Sections Is miles north of town. Re-
game in that locality this season.
Seven new laborers were put on in the
shops lumber yard Saturday to help out
a large quantity of material. This de-
and winter
Seven more new chair cars, which are
to have their lighting apparatus changed
brought in the first of the week. The
alterations are being made as rapidly as
workmen can do it
VI IAtC Alt4AA 80 OAA
Saturday afternoon with a bruised leg,
caused by a wood sill rolling it.
but he was able to continue on duty until
dinner time. 1t is thought he will be
around soon-
Park Bigham. Warren Owen and L.
Futz Of the boiler shop have been put on
the the JOB d OF driving Ing stay bolts at night
be working on a rush job. Other men
soon for temporary service.
Walter Mack is having so much trouble
with one of his hands that he has been
Of steel imbedded itself in the he member,
and though at the time no attention was
paid to it, swelling began, and Mack is
experiencing considerable pain.
David Schultz and William Black, ma
chinist helpers, who We're thrown from an
less injured about the head, are recover
ing and it is thought will be ready for
service again soon: Neither of them have
been detained in the hospital
Norton Payne, who for four years has
the een sSop oce m has accented the Chief
clerkship under the DIVISION master me
He left for that place today. He is a rel
alive of B.. T. Payne, shop accountant
Sunday the machinist gangs, of AL Ora
up the. three new locomotives which have
arrived here from the east The engines
freight service as soon as they are broken
in There is a rush to get them out of
ready to work on others that will follow
shortly. rs
This week there will be organized an
algebra class at the Railroad Y. NJ G.
A. This is the first opportunity that the
railroad men have had of taking this
mathematical study, but there has been
such demand for it that it is to be
ganized and will start from the begin
flee of Fuel Contractor Closson, will be
in charge and the enrolment to start
with is seven
Secretary Prout of the railroad Y. NJ c.
A reports gratifying results for the first
few days work of the association this
year. Up to Saturday morning IL men
had renewed their allegiance to- the insti
tuition. an evidence that they were salts
fed with the returns which they were
getting. The Y. NJ. c. A. is growing, and
It is only the need of new quarters which
is hampering it in it's work among the
Santa F'e employees.
J. F. Corey and James Wainwright, ma
chinists who have been in the employ of
the Rock Island at Horton, were in To-
peka Saturday on their way to the
Men who have lately come from Texas
and other southern states, say that there
is a big demand for skilled mechanics.
Nearly all the railroad shops in that sec
tion of the country are paying top notch
wages and working ten hours a day.
Special car PIG, that belonging to Presi-
dent Ripley, and which has been in the
shops for several weeks receiving gen.
eral repairs, was taken out and weighed
pounds without any of the equipment,
which is to be put in as soon as it is
ready for service. This is done in order
that the capacity may be determined and