The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-08
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

T. L. King, city ticket and passenger
agent for the Santa Fe, left yesterday
for a short pleasure trip to Denver, Col.
The American Association of General
Passenger and Ticket agents will hold
their annual convention at New Orleans,
October 13.
William Swain of the boiler shop is
visiting his home in Illinois. Mr.. SWANS
father is seriously sick and is not ex-
pected to live.
A Rock Island passenger train left the
track a t 2:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at point a short distance west of Alma.
The tender of the engine and six cars
ran off on the ties.
The material which is to be used in
erecting the new interlocking tower in
the Santa F'e yards has arrived and it is
thought that the real work of building
the tower will begin in few days. The
new tower is to be quite an innovation.
D. E. Barton, general foreman of the
Santa Fe shops has returned to the
shops after a short absence due to the
death of his baby daughter. The little
girl died last Tuesday. Mr.. Barton has
the sympathy of every man in the shop.
A circular was received yesterday at
the division offices of the Rock Island
announcing the appointment of E. r.
Arnold to the position of general freight
claim agent for that road TO succeed c.
T. Banks, resigned. The appointment is
effective at once.
A washout was reported yesterday on
the Union Pacific between here and Eu
reka Lake When inquiries were made
regarding the matter local officials of
that road denied it. No report had been
received of any such trouble and trains
came through yesterday without delay.
The Atchison, Topeka e. Santa Fe
railroad has made application to the in
terstate commerce commission for an
extension of time within which the
equipment of their rolling stock with
safety appliances must be completed.
The law fixes September l next. The
road asked that the requirement of grab
irons on front or sides of road engines
be dispensed with or else that the time
for such equipment be extended.
Mr.. D. A. Blood, foreman of the Santa
Fe oil house, is absent from the shops
on account of sickness. This is Mr..
Blood's second sickness within the last
year. Last winter he was taken ser
iously sick and acting foreman had to
be appointed to take charge of the work
at the oil house during Mr.. Blood's alb
Sence. 1t is hoped that he Will finally
recover his good health Mr.. Blood is
a good foreman and is popular with the
men working under him.
The work of repairing the old tele
graph offices at the Santa Fe general
offices has commenced. The old room
which was formerly occupied by the OPP
orators will hereafter be occupied by the
clerks in that department The office
now occupied by the clerks will be con-
verified into two private offices, one for
c. H. Gaunt, superintendent of tele-
graph for the Santa Fe, and the other
for l. M. Jones, assistant superintendent
of telegraph.
c. A Morse, chief engineer for the
Santa Fe, has returned to Topeka from
Havana, Kan, where he has been look
ing over the work that is being done on
mi. vI,s a,
early this spring Mr.. Nudge announced
would be built The grading of the line
has already been completed and the
track-laying will be commenced short
w. This line runs from Havana to
Caney and will dispense with the Santa
FEES use of Missouri Pacific tracks be-
tween Niotaze and Caney to connect
with their Bartlesville branch