The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-12

1l3 and IL west of Topeka. The vacancy
is being flied by Andrew Neugebauer.
There was an excursion train over the
Santa Fe Sunday from Kansas CITY to
Lawrence, carrying a large crowd of col
ored people It left the city at 10 a. IN.
and returned at o'clock in the evening.
Julius Carlson, a coach carpenter fell
from a bicycle, and missed four days of
last week as result of a strained
shoulder sustained in the accident. He was
able to resume business Saturday morning
Engines SCI and $50 were sent to Argen-
tine light the other day under the guild
ance Of Engineers Thomas and AIcGinnis
and Conductor Withrow, to protect a run
of fast freight that was expected there.
Brakeman Jesse Howes has signed up for
a run trains 121, west of here. and the
succeeded to the vacancy on local freights
81 and g., between Topeka and Argentine
Engine OLA has been pulling the Kansas
City plug several days during the layoff
of the 0l10 which is being held over the
drop pit for a general touchup of its
parts. The 0110 will be off nearly another
week.
Charles Sandmeyer, who recently took
a Job IN the machine shop used to be an
He is d son of Frank Sandineyer who is
in charge of the bolt machines under
Foreman Miller.
James Sellnan a member of the herd
ing force at the round-house, was out OF
his place Saturday and Sunday Current
which he owns that is reputed to travel
about 65 miles an hour.
W. A. Tuley, general passenger agent for
the Fort Worth and Rio Grande and the
Red River, Texas and Southern lines con-
trolled by the St. Louis and San Fran
cisco system, was a caller at the Santa
F'e offices Saturday.
Trainmaster E. A. Austin held examina-
Mcclellan los. today. The quiz was for
al traInmen and enginemen, and covered
rules which lately went into force.
One of the new 70-foot wide vestibule
coaches viii be sent to Concordia Monday
from there to Ropeka for the Event MRieh
is to take place with the local Sir Knights
next week.
the car shops, lately as handler of material,
has taken his time and has engaged his
services with an uptown building con-
tractor He is now assisting with the in
terror finishing, of st. Joseph's German
Catholic church
Several couples Of young people from the
general offices were taken out to the
starch factory in one of the new 7O-foot
wide yesubuIe coaches and were further
rewarded by having their likenesses taken.
The picture is to be used later by the
company.
Engine 677. another of the California oil
burners, similar to the 674 which was
brought in from the west a day or two
and will be put through the usual back
shop treatment before it does any more
work. It comes from The Needles, Cal.
c. T. Mcclellan, superintendent Of the
Eastern division, made an inspection trip
over the cutoff line Saturday morning on
a special train IN charge OF Conductor f:
J. Withrow, and with Engineer Edward
Scahill and locomotive o. on the sharp
end. Superintendent Mcclellan occupied
car los.
Isaac Riggs. of the boiler shop is home
from visit of about three weeks with
his mother and brother. of Pawnee Rock.
nl5cb dis6earte6ed over t,e cTor I1rosnect
only light shower having fallen last
week, when so many other parts of the
state were drencEed with rain.
Delegations of bonermakers who recently
/ quit Topeka shops to enter the same de-
partment at The Needles, Cal, write back
out" there. The Needles is considered the
most disa greeable point on the system
/ for mechanics, and during the summer
months 1t has been diffieult to keep them
/ there
It is understood that John Player, con
1 Will remove to Franklin, Pa, about the
| 10th inst. Mr.. Player recently purchased
a beautiful residence site up in the Ale
| to occupy it as soon as the change is
made.
Charles Swanson, assistant foreman of
/ the car shops. left today with his wife for
a vacation trip extending far west as
San Demanding, Cal Mr.. and Mrs: Swan
que, n. NJ, and Los Angeles and San Die
go, Call, the whole consuming several
weeks time
! foremanship of the car shops at Fort Mad
| ison. Ia. and has been succeeded by J.
/ W. Mattey was formerly employed in that
/ department here He was in Topeka from
1891 until about two years ago. His posi-
] ton. Wnlcn ne IS TO take with the
| American Car. and Foundry company OF
/ Chicago is said to be an exceptionally i'm
portant one Mr. Mattey has been with
the Maple Leaf at Chicago.
For more than a week there has been q
| heavy movement of cattle up the Alma
| branch, the stock coming from the south
ern pastures in Texas principally. tc
those which have been freshened by the
late rains and warm weather in this state
The average has not been much below lOi
carloads a day. All of the stock cars
which the American Car and Foundry
company is turning out for the Santa Fe
are being rushed to the south for use
in the big rush traffic now on there
James D. Leary the millionaire contrac-
tor, whose death the New York papers
of recent date record, was a friend anC
benefactor of J. W. Morgan, formerly