The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-20

Junta and Ration on an inspection trip.
They left Sunday
Coach 6O7 was sent out of the paint shop
Monday afternoon after being IN the
coach and paint shops a month for light
repairs
Harvey L Sell and Ernest NJ. Jaime are
both new men in the storehouse. They
started to work yesterday as truckers in
AcCoy's gang.
Knewt Hanson Of the planning mill. who
with appendicitis, returned to work Mon
day morning
H G. whitcomb of the claim depart
ment of the Rock Island, returned Sun
day morning from two weeks business
trip to points in Texas.
One of the new elevators in the new
Santa Fe machine and boiler shop was
run yesterday for the first time The
power is furnished BY electricity.
An extra car was run on ia yesterday
from Ernporia TO Kansas City in order TO
accommodate the many Enporia people
who wished to see Ben Hur''
Curtis Monical. chief clerk to the divis-
ion superintendent, left Saturday for a
weeks visit with friends in Iowa He viii
probably begin Nork on his return
W. w. Decker. clerk in the office Of
the foreman Of the storehouse. returned
to work Monday morning after a two
weeks lay off on account of a bad attack
Of pneumonia.
William Tracy, who had his arm broke
several months ago while working on the
buffing wheel IN the. plating room, com
menced working Monday night as a watch
man in the water service.
George Butterfly, clerk in the office Of
the foreman of the paint shop, left Sun
day for Oklahoma. where ne viii visit
with relatives Tor week he was &C
companied by his mother and sisters.
The brick masons who are working on
the new additions to the Santa Fe depot
are through with the south end. The
north end will probably be finished this
week so that the carpenters can begin
Wo-z.
There has been some changes in the
work at the freight house. Patrick Maven
and Lewis Shannon. formerly night men.
have been transferred tc the day force
and Fred KNITTED has been put on the
ui-ht force
The Santa Fe was well represented at
the Ben Hur'' production III Kansas City
Saturday night Mr.. and Mrs. ". c. Pey-
ton went down; also Mr.. and Mrs. William
johnson. Julian Anderson, Fred Davis and
many others.
Barton Phelps Of the Santa Fe depart
nent of tests, who is now helping Mr.
+ Powers IN his experiments with the water
treating plants. returned Saturday from
short business trip to Las Vegas. He
1 left yesterday afternoon for Dodge City
The donkey engine that does switching
service at the Santa Fe shops jumped the
track near the pumphOuse at about 9
/ O clock Monday morning With the help
: OF the Wrec1ing crew the engine was back
on the track in the course Of TWO hours.
} Walter TaslSer. a machinist apprentice
who had his hand mashed about two
weeks ago while at work in the south
shop and laid of on account Of it, re-
turned to work Monday morning He VS.
tied in Salina during his absence from the
shops.
Two riveters for the new Santa Fe ma
chine and boiler shop arrived yesterday
from Bement, Miles & Co. of Hamilton. O.
The work Of setting up the machine will
be commenced at once and they VIII prob
ably be ready for work in the course OF
two weeks.
A Santa Fe freight engine jumped the
track yesterday morning at about 10
/ O. clock it was switching in the yards
just north of the bridge, blocking the train
from St. Joseph, which was compelled to
go around by way OF the Union Pacific
( and Rock Island in order to get to the de-
pot The engine was back on the track
by Roon-
I A z. Bousey of w l. Boyes' gang had
4 a little accident yesterday evening that
I viii probably cause him some trouble
I While he at work cutting off piece
+ of steel a small. sharp piece flew and
! lodged in his neck. The particle worked
/ in under the skin and could not be located
and it was necessary for him to go to
the hospital to have it taken out
/ James McNeaI OF the paint shop mas
4 started Up in business for himself He has
purchased the old European restaurant at
629 Quincy street All last week Mr.. Nc
Neal laid of to superintend the work on
his new place and yesterday 1t was open
ed for the first time under the new man
Z agement- The place has been reprinted.
repa pered and refitted and there can now
be found no better restaurant in the city
i Mr.. AIcNeai is stil working in the paint
shop. His brother is running the place
/ during his absence Mr. McNeal has the
] hearty support OF the men in the shop
and they all hope that his new venture