The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-20
AsoUT RAILRoAp PEoPLE.

About half of the new brick platform at
the Santa Fe depot has been completed
nesrs offlee at Guthrie, Ok, was in To-
peka Tuesday.
General Manager H Nudge Of the
Santa Fe returned yesterday from short
business trip TO Chicago
Eastbound Santa Fe train No. was an
1our late yesterday afternoon and the St.
Joseph train did not get out of here until
" l. Lonergan of the Rock Island tele-
graph onlce IS absent from the office on
with measles.
T. H Thorpe. travelling passenger agent
OF the Pennsylvaria railroad. was in To-
the local ticket offices.
Capt. A. NJ. Fuller. city passenger and
ticket agent for the Rock Island will at
tend the state encampment of the G. A.
r. in Mcpherson this week.
The baseball team in the ticket auditor 5
department has secured game with the
The game will be played at Washburn
park if no other team has the park for
that afternoon.
R. S. Jennings. chief clerk to the santa
F,e trainmaster. left yesterday for a weeks
pleasure trip in the east Earl Case of
Division superintendent McClellan's office,
is acting chief clerk to the trainmaster
during Mr. Jennings absence.
One car loaded with 40 Knights of Py-
thias from Webb City. Nc. and Scam
mon Kan, arrived in Topeka at / O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. The car came into
Kansas City over the Frisco and from
there to Topeka over the Rock Island
Tuesday was the day of he hbmeseeh-
ers' rates on both the Santa Fe and Rock
Island and the local ticket agents report
trains viii be crowded today and it will
no doubt be necessary to attach extra
coaches
Two extra coaches were attached yes
terday to Rock Island train No II to &C
commodate delegates from Topeka to The
G. A. R. encampment at Mcpherson.
Roth loaded fHP Guards A
E. Cooper, division passenger agent, &C
companied the party.
The room in the northeast corner of the
basement at the Santa Fe general Offices
has been fitted ~ and is to be occupied
by that portion of the ticket auditor
force which IS now Quartered in room O.
The office Of the signal engineer. which
is now located on the fifth floor. is to be
down stairs and installed in room G.
A party of Santa Fe officials left Mon
day night on Santa Fe train NO II for the
Oklahoma division They intend to make
and Will not return to Topeka until the
end of the week. Those IN the party are.
J. E. Hurley general superintendent: 2
W. Kouns. superintendent Of transporta-
ton, and c. H. Gaunt, superintendent Of
telegraph.
man of the Santa F'e car repair sheds,
who died Monday evening at the Santa
Pc hospital as the result of an operation
for annendicifis. will he held Thursday AZ
ternoon at 2:30 from the family residence,
30S Klein street The Odd Fellows, of which
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charge of the funeral. It is probable that
the car repair sheds will be closed on that
afternoon to allow the men to attend the
funeral
Robert Garry, the shop evangelist from
IOckport, N Y. left yesterday afternoon
on Santa Fe train No. for his home. Mr.
Garry attended the Railroad Y. NJ c. A:
conference here several weeks ago and
Mr.. Prout the secretary of the local as
ISOLATION persuaded him to stay and speak
at the shops during the two following
weeks Noon meetings were held in near,
ly every department Mr.. Garry is a good
speaker and will make quite an impression
among the shop employees.
Miss c. L. Ogilvy. daughter of Charles
Ogilvy of the paint department. is to speak
at the weekly coach shop meeting which
I has been postponed until Friday noon on
account Of Frank James funeral being
held on Thursday. Miss Ogilvy has lately
returned from Corea, where she has been
doing missionary work She has consent
ed to sing several songs in Corean Ian
guage. Miss Ogilvy is a splendid speaker
and her meeting at the coach shop will no
doubt be one of the best that has been
held here. She intends to return TO Corea
shortly to resume her work.