The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-28
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Santa Fe train No. was late into Tope-
ka yesterday from the west
B. r. Currier began work yesterday as
clerk in the office of w. ]. Healy, freight
auditor for the Santa FTe.
William G. Geggus is a new clerk in the
the Santa Fe. Mr. Geggus comes from
Kansas City.
William Barnes. travelling passenger
was in the city yesterday and made his
usual calls on the local railway ticket
agents.
Charles v Canaghan, clerk in the office
of the freight auditor, resigned his posi-
ton yesterday to accept a position as an
operator on the local Rock Island tele-
graph office.
Lewis Grfley clerk in the office of the
foreman of the blacksmith shop, returned
to work yesterday after an absence of two
Colorado Springs.
G. NJ Webster statistic clerk in the store
accountants office at the Santa Fe shops,
left last Saturday for La Junta bust
ness for the company. He will be back the
last of the week.
Henry Neiswinter. assistant general fore
man at the Santa Fe shops; John Stuart
of the coach shop and several other men
in the car department are planning a fish
ing trip for next Saturday.
Roy Johnston, theatrical traffic manag ger
for the Santa Fe, returned yesterday from
short business trip to Chicago. AS usual
his carpet bag was loaded with gold bricks
which he purchased while in the Windy
City.
Joseph Horribly of the Santa Fe store
house is looking after the job of lettering
the new material shelves in the storehouSe.
So far Mr.. Horribly has shown himself to
be a true artist. His work on the shelves
would do credit to the best painters.
A gang of men were working on repairs
to a piece of track in the Santa Fe yard
just south of the oil house yesterday. The
track has been in bad shape for some time
and switch engines have been derailed at
that point several times within the last
few days.
Milton Heberer of the store accountant
office at the Santa Fe shops, spent Sun
day on a fishing trip to Berryton. He was
accompanied by several of his friends. So
able to discover lust how many fish the
party brought back with them.
General Manager Nudge of the Santa Fe
left yesterday afternoon on No. 1 for Ell
Paso, where he will attend a meeting OF
the Union Depot associat ton. AS soon as
Mr.. Nudge has finished his business at FL
Paso he will leave for the Glorietta Noun
tains in New Mexico, where he will spend
his vacation.
The Santa Fe wrecking crew was kept
car loaded with coal was being pushed
off of the north transfer table at the Santa
Fe shops the car left the track and ran
called out and in an hour the car was put
back on the track
The men who are working on the new
Railroad Y. NJ c. A. building are making
very rapid progress in the construction of
the building and it is thought that they
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occupy it this fall. As soon as the old
building is vacated it is to be torn down
and the new Santa Fe freight depot win
be erected in ITS place.
The high board fence which. is being
erected around the Santa Fe shops is
nearly completed. The fence will be a
great Improvement All of the men will
have to come into the yards through gates
made for this purpose. 1t is said that each
man is to be equipped with a card and
that he will have to show his card to
the Waterman at the gate before he gains
admission to the yards. The real purpose
of the shop officials in building the fence
was to reduce the great number of thefts
which occur every night at the shops.
Formerly a great amount of material was
lost in this way. but the officials think
that with the assistance of the high board
fence the stealing can be done away with