The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-16

between Providence and New York OH
the Providence line of the New Haven
railroad. in con petition with the Joy
line. for SO cents
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.
James Ross has been hired to scrap
iron.
Locomotive 257 is in the south shop
for reNalrS.
George Batz, a smith shop helper, has
gone west for a two weeks trip.
Paul Sorenson, blacksmith assistant,
has been laid up for day or two.
Michael Etzel, hammersmith is
father of baby girl, born Thursday.
Edward Dewitt of the machine shop
and John Lang, a car department labor
er. quit Friday.
Thomas Leonard has taken up the
burden of labor in the car shops after
a sick lay-off of a week.
The wife of E. A. Bresett, a machine
hand in tie mill, has gone to Purcell,
1. T., for two weeks.
r. K. Peck cabinet maker, and fam
lily left today for Jewell City where they
will rest for two weeks.
John Isaacson, foreman of the planning
mill, is back from a brief recreation
period spent at Salina-
Fred Anderson began painting for the
Santa Fe Friday. He is working in the
field yard on freight cars.
Even the n1RHIS are loo not IOT Joseph
Hefner, a blacksmith helper. He has
been off duty for short time.
Frank Herrold, who has been a scrap
per for about four months, terminated
his service with the company Friday.
Louis Rockford, who washes windows
around the Shops has resumed business
after an absence of about a month.
The wife of r. P. Taylor, a machinist
will leave Monday for Philadelphia.
where she will remain for a few weeks.
Walter Mack. of the blacksmithine
department. was able to work over the
fire Friday, after a layoff of two days.
Bert Day, a member of a Rock Is
land engineering corps, was in Topeka
Friday for a brief time on his way
west.
Harry Anderson, a storehouse trucker,
drank too much ice water at one time
Friday and his reward was a trip home,
sick.
Robert Graham, foreman of the scrap
iron workers, and Mrs. Graham, will be
the guest of Kansas City relatives over.
Sunday.
Thomas Retter has abandoned his
place in the smith shop long enough to
make visit of two weeks to a son in
the east
F. w. Thomas, engineer of tests, and
j. w. Cain, an apprentice who is con-
nected with that department, have gone
to Cleburne. Tex.
department. took his time Friday and
went to the Singer Sewing Machine
company in this city.
Thomas Whitmer and Elmer Sheldon,
clerks in the Office of Agent Garvey,
have gone to the Colorado hills for
brief recreation trip.
A. A Majors and E. B. Wilson, car
men, are out for light repairs. Majors
injured one leg while on duty and Will
son has a bad order finger.
the Baltimore & Ohio. and the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern at Canada,
was a Topeka visitor Friday
G. A. Brown, a fireman in the min
boiler room. took leave of absence
Friday afternoon and will go to Melvern
to recuperate for a few days.
T. B. Carter. of Walnut Grove, Arfz.
is here for a stay of a few weeks with
his niece. Mrs Claude Maze. Mr.. Car
ter has not been in Kansas for 35 years.
John Cannon, a storehouse clerk who
has been threatening for some weeks to
get out of town for a vacation, left to-
day for Colorado. His family is with
him.
Howard Combs, son of Chief Dis
patcher Combs, has accompanied par
ty of Topeka young people to Green
Mountain Falls. Col, for an outing of
about two weeks.
Frank Watkins, who since February
has worked on the platform of .he
storehouse, left the company Friday and
has gone into the employ of the gas
company.
Scion Keiffer, a die-maker in the
wheel shop, has been seriously sick with
fever at the company hospital for some
days. His condition given out Fri
day was unimproved.
Joseph Covert, a machinist in Nit
chell'S gang, will be ready to report
early Monday morning. He has had x
rest of two weeks, spent in Milwaukee
and other cities along the great lakes.
Edward O'Hare. a machinist helper.
who had one finger of his right hand
mashed the other day while working
on big planer in the east shop, has
been obliged to lay off for a short time.
News received here tells of the loss
of eight miles of track by the Fort
Worth and Denver road. that to which
so many Santa F'e men of Topeka have
gone recently. The cause was wash
out.
Charles Goulding, foreman of the
east side timers. left Friday evening
for Oklahoma City, Okla, where he will
visit his mother, Mrs. Sophia Goulding,
for brief time.
Frank Benson, timer. who went
east some weeks ago to look after mat
tiers relating to patent switch lamp of
which he is the inventor, will probably
be in the shops Monday.
There are two things in the current
issue of THE Santa Fe.' the organ of
the railroad Y. M. c. A. that puzzle the
readers of that little magazine: who
lives in the house shown on the cover
page, and who wrote the catchy little
rhyme signed u. N g." half way be-
tween the lids of the booklet
Ben Mileham, who does all the design
ing and decorating for the Santa Fe
paint department-has for years-is the
man who has the honor of putting on
the emblem of the Kansas City, Mexico