The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-09


George Etzei. a, helper in the black
smith shop. is in his place after short
Nicholas sickinger of the tank room
sickness.
4. I. Hatfield is a. new man who is
| Santa T'e.
/ Operator Anderson of the eastern divis-
ion telegraph office is taking rest of a
Brakeman Al McMurtry. who runs on
the Kansas City plug. was of duty on
George Stout of the wheel shop is at his
post after a lay off of a day or two be-
cause of Illness
Frank Smith of the blacksmith shop,
/ who has been sick for a few days, report
| ed for duty this morning.
/ F'e, will remove to Newton where he will
| have charge of a train. south of that place.
| He formerly lived at Newton.
John Russell. who worked on No. II fire
| ferred to the Morgan hammer.
Edward Boyer, day oiler who has been
resumed his job Wednesday morning.
Contractor Swanson has completed the
has taen @ ZOE force no9 to kanaas City, Sno
| Charles Gibson. a boilerrnaker formerly
| Of Wichita, is driving rivets in the shops
| OF the santa Fe at Albuquerque, N. NJ.
l.: w. Mcfarland who works in the
/ tank room of the roundhouse, has report
| ed for duty after an absence of three
Another of the Raymond-wh itcomb ex-
cursion trains from the east passed
through Topeka today on it's way to
California.
Frank Long the boilernaker helper who
| was struck under the eye the other day
with chip of hot metal, has been Obliged
| to lay off.
cottonwood lodge No, 116 of the B. of
the wigwam in Emporia Tuesday evening,
January 81
Cal Hayes until Wednesday foreman of
ing west soon and thinks he may settle
in California.
Charles Fletcher, a Santa Fe employee
at Emporia, is here attending the chicken
show and incidentally receiving treatment
at the hospital.
Rev. w. J. Hatfield, pastor of the Third
Presbyterian church, spoke this noon at
the coach shop: Prof. Tracey was billed
to lead the singing.
Casper Lambrecht of the blacksmith
shop has been out one or two days on
ceived while on duty.
been on the pay. roll for several years.
business for himself here.
J. NJ. Meade, resident engineer. was in
excavations for the new Freight house
which is to be built there
1antry engines 4, 6 and s are in shape
to go out. They will probably be held I'M
til the others, which are receiving repairs
in the machine shop, are ready for service.
William Wood, who has been up from
Beaumont, Tex, for several days visiting,
has returned to his place. He is foreman
Robert Graham'S scrap iron gang was
busy Wednesday putting in the new bolt
machine in the south end Of the black
smith shop. 1t was built in Topeka shops.
Allen I.auck, son of I. S. Iauck auditor
taken the position of assistant bookkeeper
ton.
Saturday evening will occur the regular
meeting of the local lodge of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists. Officers
which were elected recently will be in
stalled.
1t is planned that by the latter part of
this or the first of next week. engine S24,
that equipped with the Vanderbilt fire box
fired w..
Monday evening the Knights of Column
bus will install their officers at the hall
III West Sixth avenue. District Deputy
Supreme, Knight Richard Hayden will
put the work
Newton. was here Tuesday getting IN
has been in force in that department since
the first of the year.
August Gross. q. former -employe of the
mechanical department of the Santa F'e
in Topeka, has been here renewing &C
quaintances for a few days. He is now
located at Cleburne. LEX.
F. Bradfield, who formerly had charge
of the transfer tables f at the S9aSh shop
Rock Island near Goodland-
Eric Walgren, a. machinist in the south
shop, will be transferred to the air brake
room in that department and Joseph Dom
ahue will take his place at the valve-set-
ting and steam chest work.
1t is claimed that in the planning mill is
a workman who sharpens a short lead
pencil a machine that through careless
ness of it's operators at different times has
taken off as many fingers as five men
have.
Charles Swanson foreman of the west
side Sheds left Wednesday evening for
Chicago, where he will inspect the new
refrigerator cars which are being built for
the company there He will be gone two
three weeks.
Edward Burdett, who worked in a truck
ing gang at the storehouse until the holt
days and then took his time, has again
secured job in that department. A num-
Der of new men have gone on there within
the last few days
Dennis Bartholomew of the water service
has been off two days on account OF an
injury which he received few days ago
While helping bend a steel pipe he slipped
and fell hurting ting one side SO badly that
Knights of Pythias lodge 80, the mem
bership of which has a strong representa-
ton among railroad men, will hold in
stallation exercises Saturday evening. In
connection with the ceremonies proper an
entertainment will be given.
In the tests made recently as to the
comparative speed between single and
double-header trains between Albuquer-
que and Las Vegas, n. M, it is claimed
that the results were much in favor of
the running trains of one locomotive.
off giving his newly arrived baby boy
a welcome that the child will remember.
Cardin is such a strong believer in the
principles of Mark Hanna that he has
man.
Lately there has been a dearth both of
Mexico lines of the Santa Fe. Just now
the movement of freight is especially very