The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-30
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

shOp, was absent from the ShOp yester- /
day.
John STAFFORD of the stock room in the
paint shop was off sick Thur sday morn
John Sheets is new man in the wheel
shop. He began work Wednesday morn
ing.
the coach shop Thursday morning for re
pairs.
Bus Bollotte of the rod fire ir the spring
shop was transferred to the new shop
James AIullin assistant foreman in the
blacksmith shop, is absent from work on
account Of sickness.
returned to work Thursday morning after
a two days lay-off-
zack Reeser of the spring shop was abb
sent from work Thursday on account of
the sickness of his wife.
The. work at the freight. house which is
| ginning to pick up some.
/ Joseph M Smith is q new man in the
water service department He was en-
/ plOyed Thursday morning
Frederick Hedberg and F. w. Henson
/ are two new men in Grahams scrap gang
+ who We're employed yesterday
! Mrs A. Newcomer. wife of Foreman
i Newcomer of the coach shop. is reported
to be improving from a two weeks i'll
ness.
W. H. Barnes, travelling passenger agent
for the Missouri Pacific railroad,
caller at the Santa F'e local ticket Office
/ Thursday
ers office. was absent from work Thurs
4 day. He was reported sick by his friends
/ in the office.
Lewis BANTER. son of George W. Balm
/ ter division passenger agent for the Rock
Island at Peoria. Ill, was in the city the
first of the week.
Edward Fart of NIitchelFs gang in the
east shop married last Tuesday afternoon
Miss Rachel Gustin. The boys wish to re-
mind him of the cigars
mill powerhouse. laid off from work
/ Thursday account of sickness. John
Petzel is doing his work during his abb
sence.
Frank Fletcher Of the Santa Fe freight
Scott, where he viii spend a weeks vaca-
ton John A1offitt is doing his work dur
/ ing his absence
". H Hayes, coach trimmer in the
Santa F e paint shop, has been off all Of
this week on account Of sickness It was
that he worse
Theodore Beeson of the blacksmith shop
Will leave here February I for a three
weeks visit with relatives in California.
He will visit in Trinidad Los Angeles and
other western cities.
The hard maple floor in the new shops
has been finished with the exception of a
small patch at the north end Of the build
ing, which will no doubt be finished by
the end of the week.
The first men to go to work in the new
Santa Fe boiler and machine shops were
a gang of men from the old boiler shop
\ who worked in the new shop Wednesday
I night rush order.
It is reported at the shops that Frank
4 O'Brien, a bOilermaker. who left the shops
here couple of weeks ago, has been ap-
pointed assistant foreman of the Santa
! Fe boiler shops at Albuquerque
Walter Gilmore an apprentice in the
pattern shop. returned to work yesterday
morning after an absence of several days
on account of sickness. but had a relapse
and was obliged to return home in the af-
ternoou-
E. Harding. chief clerk in the general
freight department of the Rock Island at
vii n la Eehr
airy 1 soliciting agent under Grant
4 Thornberg. division freight agent for the
ROcl- Island
Both the spring and rod hammers in the
( spring shop We're transferred to the new
shop yesterday It viii not be long be
tore all OF the equipment OF this shop Is
4 moved to the shop and the bull pen.
as it is called, will become a thing Of the
past.
William Ramsbarger, a coach painter in
the paint shop, has been absent from work
all of this week on account Of the. death
of his sister She dieO last Monday at
1 Christ hospital as the result of an opera
ton for appendicitis The funeral was
held yesterday afternoon
It has been deemed necessary to add to
the force Of the Santa F'e fire department
on account of the additional buildings that
have been added to the care of-the de-
partment. The new additions are George
Ricketts, of the boiler shop and William
Powell of the east side tin shop.
It is reported in the shops that Dan
Lane of the paint shop intends to shortly
announce himself as law and order cam
( He is a statesman Of more than ordinary
ability and his knowledge of parliament
tary laws is something remarkable
The Rock Island Pullman service be-
tween St. Joseph and Chicago which was
discontinued about three months ago, has
been restored after a hard fight which was
put up by the local press and Commercial
/ club at St. Joseph. Pullman service will
also he provided to the southwest
Two more buildings are to be erected In
the Santa Fe yards next spring. The new
/ buildings are to be a new wheel shop and
a new office for John Purcell. superinten-
viii be situated in the eastern part Of tie
yards near the new machine shops. The
site for the new wheel shop has not yet
been selected.
At about ; O'Clock Thursday morning it
was discovered that the roof OF the ma
chine shop was on fire near the skylight.
The Santa Fe fire department was called
Immediately and the blaze. which was
damage was done The origin of the fire
is supposed to have been a spark from
the smokestack of the powerhouse-
It is stated that after February the
roads running between Chicago and St.
Louis viii discontinue the of COM
man cars altogether 1t is thought that
the lines operating between Kansas City
and St. Louis viii take similar action. The
chief reason for this change is the neces-
mediation possible for the worlds fair trait
fic which even at this early date is be-
ginning tc assume large proportions.
The passenger department of the Rock
/ Island has published booklet in which
some of the history Of the selection of the
name for their new California through
! train. the Golden State Limited, is told
The work of naming this train was left
prize. which went to the proposer Of the