The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-11

return under the auspices of the Retail
Clerks union The train will leave To-
peka at s a. m. and returning viii leave
Kansas City at 1880 p. m. 1t is thought
that about fifteen coaches will be neces-
sary to accommodate the crowd.
H U. Nudge. general manager of the
Santa Fe, and J. E Hurley. general
Superintendent of the same road left
yesterday in their private car for a
short business trip to Chicago Their
car was attached TO No.2. MIR. Nudge
is accompanied by his two sons, Charles
and Paul The party will return to To-
pel1a on Sunday
Many of the Santa Fe men are draw
ing their pay at the shops and leaving
Topeka for the western part of the
state where they expect to secure work
in the harvest fields 1t does a
shop man good to get out some place
about once a year where there are no
obnoxious gases and eternal sounds
Of compressed air riveters, blacksmith
hammers. etc.
A jolly party of travelling passenger
agents passed through Topeka yesterday
afternoon on their way into Kansas City
where they viii stay over Sunday. In
the party were J. +. Bricl1er of the Bur-
lingtOn, J. c. Burch of the B. & 0. and
A. L. Fisher of the Northwestern The
whole crowd have just been working
Oklahoma and were very anxious to get
back TO the city where the wet goods
can be found in quantities.
"a IGpOIl OOlllGS lIOlH l14G east TO lIG
effect that a company of American
capitalists is to invest in the stock OF
the street railway company in the City
of Mexico. 1t is the intention to secure
complete control of the railway and to
then build up in Mexico City a modern
street railway system. 1t is said that
the company viii apply for concessions
covering about 100 miles of additional
track.
The work of equipring the new San
q ENa ShnpS
pleted. -sen are now at work having
the foundations for two new spring
fires in the south end OF the new black
smith shop. This is only part of the
work that is being dOre. Several new
pieces OF ma chinery have arrived ali
OF which viii have to b set up ready
for use before the equipment of the
new shops can be referred 10 as COM
plete.
Charles Peterson, Joseph Carey
Clyde Eemstead and Lyman Smith. all
roundhouse employees. have been pro-
noted to serve as fremen. AL of these
men have been working in the round
house with the hope OF some day being
a locomotive engineer They are to be
congra tulated for staying with the
work long enough to get to firing. If
they all live long enough they may
some daV be allowed to CLASP their
hand around the throttle OF a passen-
ger engine and feel that they have ac-
complishe all that they started out to
accomplish.
The regular Sunday afternoon meet
ings at the association rooms of the r.
R. Y. NJ. c. A. have been dispensed
with for the summer. The active men,
bers Of the association have consented
to cooperate with the Ministerial
union in holding union meetings every
Sunday afternoon and evening in a big
tent at the corner of Harrison ana
Eighth streets. These meetings will
continue throughout the months of
July and August The Sunday after
noon meetings at the r. r. Y. NJ. c. A
rooms will be resumed next September
when the weather commences to get
cooler.