The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-21

ing his two weeks vacation in New Mexico
and Colorado. While he was in Denver he
attended the Christian Endeavor conven-
ton.
into Kansas City last Sunday was quite
a success. Over ], 900 people took adVant-
age of the cheap rates.
j. NJ. Gruber, general superintendent of
the Rock Island, is expected back Wednes-
day from a short business trip over the
company's lines in Oklahoma.
The new telegraph office which is being
installed at the Santa Fe general offices
is nearing completion. 1t is said that the
new office will be one of the finest in the
west.
Frederick Davis. a clerk in the office of
the motive power accountant for the Santa
Fe. is visiting his parents in Concordia,
Kas He will return to Topeka in about
week
The baseball game at Oakland last Sat-
Urday between teams from the Santa Fe
ticket auditing department and the store
house resulted in a score of % to in
favor of the former team.
Holiday Place, the short street near the
santa Fe depot, is TO be paved This
nd dgsfv Street bas aWays been ems sorce
of much trouble TO the patrons of the
Santa Fe depot.
A grading gang started to work yester-
day morning on the St Joseph track in
the Santa Fe yards The track will be set
over several feet to make room for the new
high board fence that is to be erected
around the shops.
J. z. Hurley, general superintendent of
the Santa Fe, and G. H. Gaunt, superin-
returned yesterday from a weeks inspec-
ton trip over the company'S lines in
southern Kansas.
Santa Fe switch engine No. 2347 arrived
from Usage City last night, and was taken
Immediately to the shops, where it will be
repaired Engine 1858 has been sent down
to Usage City to take the place of the old
engine while it is in the shop for repairs.
B. F. Vail, who has charge of the r. r.
Y M c. A. coffee room in the machine
where he will spend his two weeks vaca-
ton Mr.. Vail is also janitor at the asso-
citation rooms on Fourth and Adams
street.
The team from the freight auditors office
played the Santa Fe Independents, team
which is composed of picked men from all
of the departments at the Santa F-e offices,
at LoWman Hill last Saturday. The game
resulted in a score of to in favor of
the Freight Auditors.
A party composed of Mr.. and Mrs. John
French, Mr.. and Mrs. james Black, Mr..
Herbert French and Mr.. Paul White spent
Saturday and Sunday fishing in the Cot
tonwood river at Cedar Point One of the
party reports % pounds of fish to be the
proceeds of the trip.
w. J. Lawrence, division superintendent
for the Rock Island: has been transferred red
Cedar Rapids division, with headquarters
at Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids is where
H. S. Cable, formerly of Topeka, now has
his headquarters as general superintend-
ent of the northern district of the Rock
Island.
The force of clerks in the office of A. E.
Cooper. division passenger agent for the
Rock Island. with headquarters in this
city, has been increased. Formerly only
one stenographer was employed in this
office, but the passenger business of the
Rock Island has been so heavy of late that
it was found necessary to employ another her
new addition to the office.
The excursion which the Rock Island
ran to Beatrice, Neb.. on Sunday was a
success a 9 far as receipts were concerned.
cheap rates and went up to Beatrice to
attend the Chautauqua- Four trains were
two from Topeka and two from McFar-
land. Each train consisted of about eight
cars, and all were loaded to the guards.
Several changes have taken place in the
pool at the Santa Fe round house. Den
ton Crotchett and Lee Altman, who have
both been firing in the pool have been
been assigned to the run on trains Nos. Il
and 6, between Topeka and Newton. and
on Nos. 203 and 204. between Kansas City
and Chanute. This leaves two vacant
places in the pool which will be filed
whose names have heretofore been chalked
up on the extra board.
L. b. Tobin, representatives of the Yet
man typewriter sender, with headquarters
in New York city, is in Topeka for a lew
days trying to interest Rock Island Off
Gals in his machine The Yetman sender
is a machine so constructed that anyone
can send a telegraphic message by oper-
ating the keyboard of a typewriter to
which Yetmans device is attached The
Rock Island is now using these machines
for telegraph service in Chicago, and as
they have been found to be perfectly sat
isfactory there is some talk Of equipping
the rest OF the line with them. The adj
vantage of these machines is that they are
a great deal easier on the operator than the
regular Geographic key
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Most everybody afflicted in one way OF
another Only one safe, never failing
cure. Doan's Ointment. At any drug