The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-18
ABOUr RAILRoAD PEOPLE.

ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.
Nearly all the Santa Fe trains were on
time Tuesday.
Frank Wieks of the Santa Fe shops il
visiting friends III San Bernardino-
Elmer Mott is a new man in the shop
service. He started to work Tuesday
! The Rock Island has ordered 500 cars
from the Rodger Ballast Car company.
Harry -Comstock, conductor for the SAM
ia Fe, was up from Argentine yesterday
On Thursday night Evangelist Williams
viii address railroad men at the 4aoer-
nacle-
Francis Brennan, messenger boy at the
freight office, has been presented win a
| new bicycle by the employees
Roy Short succeeds Harry z. Eversole
! as cashier of the local freight office. EV-
ersole left for California yesterday.
The Frisco is said to be figuring with the
Continental European mills for the impor-
tation of some 5000 tons of steel rails
/ F. A. woodruff, wheel inspector for the
| santa Fe left yesterday on No. for Den
YER where he has some wheels TO IN
soect.
NJ b Williams. the evangelist, has given
his consent to address the hailroad I. u.
c. A meeting at the coach shop thursday
noon
Judging from the amount Of green rib
hons that were worn yesterday there are
a good many Irishmen at the Santa Fe
shops.
John T. Pfeiffer. formerly draughtsnl1l:ana
in the Santa Fe offices here, Is now chle1
draughtsman at Schenectady locomotive
works.
W. c. Musty of the freight department
at the Santa Fe offices has severed MS
connection with the company and has gone
to St. Louis.
c. N. Taylor, mechanical superintendent
of the western grand division OF the santa
Fe is in the city and was a visitor at the
r shops yesterday.
Tuesday was the day of homeseekers'
rates on the Rock Island and Santa sc
1The ticket agents Of both roads report
I an exceptionally big business
z w A. Flaherty, the brakeman who re-
D erx-r o1I o fnF n a
! that was descending the Glorieta noun
o tain, has recovered and is again on duty
H H Moies travelling passenger agent
of the Nickel Plate, and Mr. Caverly OF th'
: Colorado Midland were in the city Tues
day and called at the local ticket OFFICES
+ Mr. Mitchell, representative Of the Pax
+ ton-NIitcheu company of Omaha, is ia th'
[ | Paxton-Nfitcheil company are manufac
: turers of packing for car journals
2 c. B. Good, formerly a special appren
l. / tice in the Santa Fe shops mere. but Wn'
It is now located in San Bernardino, stopped
4 off in Topeka for short time yesterda;
: on his way to New York on company busl
ness
d Lawrence Simons was a visitor here yes
5 terday He came down from Topeka an
returned this morning. Lawrence vas IN
fireman who was in the Florence Cailfor
MIA limited wreck a short time ago an
was jostled out of the cab in a very bois
II ferrous manner. yet did not lose trip be
cause of any njuries.-Emporia Gazette
At a meeting of the stockholders Of tn
% ! Ozark and Cherokee Central railroad I
! Shawnee, Ok, the transfer OF the DeNtt
. route was officially made to that compan
FOR the Frisco This is a route surEeNe
ID several years ago for proposed roa'
n now covered practically by the Ozark COR
IF many into Shawnee The Frisco is Opel
A. ating the Ozark as fast as II IS complete
n, A C. Dustin of Cleveland. O., preside
a. of the Fort Smith and Western railroal
nj is in Guthrie, Ok, and states the eompaL
II has 1900 tons of steel at Waleetka- l. 1
= for immediate use as soon as the Weatn'
.o y clears enough O make work possible. ~
le hundred miles of the road west OF 70
n Smith is now in operation. me entire 81 n
ry into Guthrie IS graded ana ready 4Or u
rails It's length is $50 miles
The following from Emporia indicat
that the people down there are very. su
of the santa Fe division offices BEN
g transferred from Topeka to Empo1l
he .'The talk about Topeka officials comm
"a to FsnDoria has enough breath IN IT
~ exclairu that the latest vancouver OF
+, company indicates an immediate chang
Il The reading room in the depot IS huntl
= new quarters to clear the deck for the
w dcials The reading room IS IN qua
dry when it comes TO hunting rs
room.
The new Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. build
nc at Hoisington. Kan, which mas Just pe
~ n completed, was formally dedicated Nest'
81 5a1 afternoon It is considered one of t
ne most complete buildings OF the kind aio
nd he line Of the Missouri Pacific. The op.
led ing was celebrated as a gala event
lid hanks schools and business houses IN u
no city were closed in order that all might
able to attend the dedicatory cereInonl
The principal addresses Of the atternc
were made by George H Winslow, sec
of the halfway L M - - a. AHe
sas CITY. John Coldwen. who has gene
e charge Of the Y NJ. c. A. work along
N 3s oulo - Potf5srT college at I.indsbo
nd 49, -
. The directors of the Kansas City. Mex
and Orient railway viii meet at the ne
OFFICES in Kansas City today TO ratlty
contract made a couple of mont rs ago "
the Hamburg American steamship, Inc
rectors have not met for some time
the general situation will be gone oN
Warren G. Purdy OF Chicago, the Old X.
Island head, who is a director IN the ;
wei road. is in Kansas City to attend
meeting He will most likely be the 0
ont Of town director in attendance TT
dent StilvFeII said yesterday that TINS ms
ing would not bring forth any surprises
mild sensation was created some time
when it was announced that a contf
had been closed with the Hamburg e
"a panv to run a line of steamers to the
ent and the Pacific island in connect
with the Orient road
Homeseekers' Excursion
l. Homeseekers rates to nearly
f,rT(