The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-23
ABOUT RAILROAD PEopIE.

smith shop
town Thursday.
Jules Henri Of the machine shop drew
his time Thursday morning
Charles White of the spring shop failed
TO ring In Thursday morning.
Charles Smith of the brass foundry il
spending the week in Emporia
Joseph Mason, jr.. of the spring shop,
was on sick Thursday afternoon.
Frank Cramer Of the south shop went
home sick Wednesday afternoon
Jacob Ney of the blacksmith shop unit
the shop service Thursday morning
The wheel lathe from the old machine
shop was moved to the new shop Thurs
John Baker of the planning mill power
house took his monthly lay off yester-
Joseph Galloway Of the paint sbon laid
OF Thursday afternoon on account of sick
Arthur I..awless of the water service laid
neral
W. R. Smith. who was employed in the
pant shop, quit the service Thursday
Engine o46 went out on her trial trip
Thursday morning after being in the shops
The big planer from the old machine
snop was moved to the new shop Thurs
day morning.
The car wheel boring machine from the
Z IlaE0lnE
shop Thursday.
H. s Gable, general superintendent of
the ROCK Island, spent Thursday in Kan
sas City on company business.
H. 6. Carpenter, chief clerk 10 G. W
Jones: division superintendent of the Rock
Island, spent Thursday in Horton
Coach 25l9 was turned out of the paint
shop Thursday afternoon after being in
the shops for general overhauling.
Clarence Ellis, who works at the cinde~
pit at the roundhouse, was absent from
& AAPGnagrf.4zr on of 81,
w. r F1annely, travelling passenger
agent for the Southern railroad. was q
visitor at the local ticket offices yester-
The Railroad Y N. C. A. has So new
members SO far this month and they eX-
pect to have 20 new names by the end OF
the month.
Cornelius Covert is new employee Of
the water service He was employed
Thursday morning and started to work
this morning.
WILDER stanfeld Of the machine shop
and G NJ Gerberick Of the air brake room,
Will be initiated into Irwin lodge No 26O
next Monday evening.
Charles Rananda Of the spring shop, on
%Wnom an operation was performed for
/ is reported to be improving rapidly
George R Henderson. superintendent OF
motive power for the Santa Fe, returned
to Topeka yesterday after taking one Of
his regular trips over the western lines.
! Harry Richards, a special apprentice in
the south shop, laid off from work Thurs
Nt1C
to some out of town friends who are Wis
itin= him
The speakers for the Railroad Y. NJ. c.
A. meeting at the coach shop yesterday
noon failed to appear and they were sub
stituted blythe new talking machine which
was taken down to the shop with IL rec
ords.
William Gordon Of the water service
came back to work Thursday noon after a
+ two weeks lay of on account of sickness
/ He formerly worked on the floor but he
i now has q lathe.
Grant Begoyne of the boiler shop had
his lip cut Thursday afternoon by flying
piece OF iron which he and his helper were
/ cutting of He laid of and went to the
/ hospital to have it dressed
William Coughlin. who has been superin-
T tendent Of the southern division Of the
i Kansas City Southern railroad. has been
4 appointed general superintendent of the
4 Denver and Rio Grande and the Rio
/ Grande Southern, to succeed F. w. Egan.
Engine 800, one of the new 8fikados which
arrived at the shop Wednesday morning
from the Baldwin Locomotive works, went
4 out on her trial trip Thursday afternoon
+ after being set up in the roundhOuse by a
south shop force.
/ c. ". Jones' division superintendent; H.
+ Q. SWorthW0od chief operator; G. J.
4 Bishop. general foreman of bridges and
I buildings, and RoadHaster Sullivan. all of
the Rock Island, spent Wednesday in Bell
+ vile on company business. Mr.. SWOrth-
wood returned to Topeka Thursday morn
f pany Mr. Jones on an inspection trip over
the division.
The following is an exact copy of let
f ter received Thursday morning by one OF
the local ticket agents: Mr. Agent Dear
sir please foride this letter to the super
1ntender this road as don't Noe his name
and want a COB pumpin waiter will take
ane station or two if sutible viii goe to
work at any time if there is a apening
for me and fore as a reckemOndshinS
/ can give ane from respncibal Man his
Name is blank I an Married man 80
i years of age. and don't use Idcker of any
Kind I belvee can satihe you, in that
work-