The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-19

pekss, after short trip to Albuquerque,
2 Harding. freight solicitor for the
was in Wathena Sunday visiting with his
parents.
T. s. spafard. assistant superintendent
of telegraph for the Rock Island with
headquarters in Chicago. was in topeka
Saturday
state that 40 shop men have so far been
enrolled in the evening educational classes
of the association.
]. A MacNeil of the Santa F-e test de-
pose of testing a gas engine which the
Santa Fe intends to install there.
l. J. Armstrong, resident inspector for
the city Saturday in conference with F.
W. Thomas superintendent of tests.
C. w. Jones. superintendent of the Kan
sas division of the Rock Island, is in
Topeka for a few days after a short trip
over the lines under his supervision.
f1ce at the Santa re shops. is taking a
vacation of two weeks. Mr. White win
leave today for St Joe, where he viii visit
with friends for few days
Harry Butterfield travelling passenger
agent for the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad, is visiting with his par
ents in Topeka for a few days. Mr. But
terfie1d's headquarters are at Chicago.
Mr. W: D. Hechter. representative of the
Verona Tool company of Chicago, manu-
facturers of track tools. was in the city
Saturday and Sunday in conference with
the superintendent of tests of the Santa
Fee
Pat" Sherman. depot master at the
Santa Fe depot has returned from a two
weeks vacation trip. to California. Mr..
Sherman reports having very good time
in California. He will resume his work at
the depot Immediately.
report has reached here to the effect
that Edward Forsythe, who left Topeka
a short time ago to go to Albuquerque to
work a clerk in the office of the Santa
Fe storekeeper there, has resigned his po-
SifiOn a + that Mace and will shortly
for Needles, Cal, where he has secured
the position of chief clerk in the store
house office
W. G. Boon of the Santa Fe freight
auditing department, has resigned his po-
sition in that office. Mr.. Boon is inter-
hereafter his time will be taken up with
the business of this company. Mr.. Boon
has been in the employ of the Santa Fe
for several years. having been previously
employed in the office of the general
storekeeper.
Brush Lubricating system. manufacturers
of locomotive and car journal lubficators,
pose of attaching his lubricators to some
of the Santa Fe's locomotives. These new
devices are now in use on three roads,
the Illinois Central, the Northwestern and
the Santa Fe, and it is stated that all ex-
periments that have been made with them
have resulted satisfactorily. They take
the place of the old waste packing and
their use results in a saving of about 50 to
70 per cent of the oil formerly used
The attention of the Western Passenger
association has been attracted by a new
form of swindlng perpetrated by a class
of ticket brokers known as floating bro
kers.'' These men go from city to city
with various conventions, where they open
a temporary office. Their stock in trade
consists of few excursion tickets and
several hundred dollars in Mexican mon
ey. The latter is secured for 50 cents on
the dollar or even less and when UNI
initiated tourist buys d ticket and gives a
bill of the denomination of IS or over in
payment he is given a number of Mexican
dollars in change. The members of the
Western Passenger association are doing
all they can to effect the discontinuance
of the practice among ticket brokers.