The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05

Charles T. Morse is now doing Mr. Wet
ing work Milton Heber was transferred
promotion.
At about 10 o'clock Saturday morning
William Green of the tank room was called
to the bedside of his brother-irl-law who
has been sick with asthma for some tine
and whose death was expected at any
moment. He died at about II O'Clock
tt the western railroads adopt the pen
son system as the eastern roads have, the
Santa Fe will surely remember c. P Mar
ton foreman on that road for % years II
years of which have been spent on the
Garden City branch
Special car No. 215 was run out of the
paint shop Saturday after being rebuilt
and overhauled in the coach and paint
shop No 2l5 was formerly c. F. REESE
Santa Fe and D. E. Cain was made gen
eral superintendent of the western grand
olVlslon, the car was given to Mr.. Cain.
me dynamos in the new power house are
now running and the men in the coach
have electric light to work with The
electric light is quite an Improvement over
the old lamps that were formerly used In
most cases the shops are furnished with
arc hghts ana with an incandescent light
at each bench.
A circular announcing a change in the
working hours of the men in the planning
null and the coach and paint shops was
posted throughout the shops Saturday.
Last fall when it commenced to get dark
early the shops were closed down al &
O. clock, but now that the electric lights are
put in the men will put in ten hours which
means that they will work until o'clock.
Edward Short. machinist in the east
! shop, received 30 pounds Of venson The
other day which was shipped to him by j
friend in Elizabethtown, n. NJ Mr.. Short
expects to receive some bear meat sbf,rti "
from the same man. who is quite hunter
and with whom he became acquainted last
summer when he was taking a hunting
trip through that country Mr.. Short says
that part of Mexico is alive with big
game.
The Railroad Y. NJ. c. A has something
new for the adOrnment of their rooms It
Is 4 handsome Victor talking machine
which was presented to the association on
New Year 5 day by the following OFFICIALS
and corporations: President E. P. Ripley.
Mr.. Edward Wilder, General Manager
Nudge. General Superintendent Hurley.
Elgin National Watch company, Victor
Talking Machine company, American Walt
ham Watch company. General Watch IN
spector Montgomery Mr.. Montgomery pre-
scented the machine in behalf of the others
and Henry B. Lantz made q very neat lit
tie speech thanking Mr.. Montgomery in
behalf of the association The machine
was accompanied by a handsome cabinet
containing u records
Saturday morning there was an atmos.
phele of intense excitement in the Santa
Fe paint shop and if anyone had happened
all about he would have been answered
as follows: No E3 IS going out this af-
ternoon and We We got to hustle in order
to put the finishing touches on. No 223
is a very fine special car that has been in
eral manager of the Santa Fe coast lines.
Work on fhe car was started in the coach
shop about five months ago. About a
month ago the men in the coach shop
turned It over to the paint shop force and
they have been working on it ever since.
The car certainly does credit to the men
in both shops In fact. it might be said
that the Pullman company could not have
turned out better car. No. 223 is entirely
new, with the exception OF the IIarneWork K,
which was taken from an old dining car.
No. 1903.