The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

John Lee, brakeman on the Santa Fe
extra board, came in yesterday ana re-
signed his position
Harvey Lane of the Santa Fe water
service was absent from work yesterday
on account of sickness
Geo. w Cox, of the office of the
Santa Fe ticket auditor. will spend
Sunday in Kansas City.
Bert Boyd. of the Santa F'e machine
shop. was absent from work yesterday
on account of sickness.
Miss Ella Star, daughter of Santa Fe
Switchman John Star. is reported to be
seriously sick with an attack of typhoid
fever.
Thomas f. Prout, secretary of the
railroad Y. NJ. c. A. was in Lawrence
Yesterday on business for the associa-
ton.
Ford Harvey. who has charge OF the
eating houses on the lines of the Santa
Fe, was in Topeka for short time yes
terday.
F. ]. Mileham. of the Santa F'e ticket
auditing department. will go to Strong
City this afternoon. He will return to
Topeka Sunday.
Mr.. John Tasker and wife will spend
SUNDAY in Kansas City. Mr.. Tas<er Is
employed in the Santa F'e ticket auolt-
ing department.
Thomas F. Kelly, of the Santa Fe
ticket auditing department. leaves this
afternoon for a short trip to Kansas
City. He viii return Sunday.
Mr.. William Flannely. travelling pas
senger agent for the Southern railway
was in Topeka yesterday and, as usual
called at all of the local railway ticket
offices.
Chief Dispatcher Combs of the Santa
Fe has returned from two weeks va
cation trip to Chicago. He will resume
his work at the division headquarters
Monday morning.
Dick Wilson, Santa Fe freight con-
ductor, has been granted an indefinite
leave of absence and is putting in his
time soliciting money with which to
furnish the new Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
building.
Mr.. Oliver of Wichita has been ap-
pointed relief agent for the eastern di-
vision of the Santa Fe in the place of
j. NJ. Green. who has been appointed
agent at Usage City. The change is er-
fective at once.
Charles B. Howe. of the Santa Fe
ticket auditing department, leaves Sun
day for vacation trip to Denver He
will also make side trip to Superior.
Neb Mr.. Howe will return 10 Topeka
on October II.
Henry Bair, of Pocatello Idaho, is in
the city on account of the sickness of
his mother who lives here. Mr.. Ba1r
is a former Topekan and is we'll known
here. having served his time as ma
chinist apprentice in the local shops of
the Santa Fe. He will return to Idaho
some time next week.
Santa Fe passenger train No. 3, which
passes through here at II 80 a. m, has
broken all records of western passenger
trains in hauling regular passengers 1t
left Kansas City recently in two sec
tions carrying 1.210 passengers. The
| first section of fourteen cars had $50
passengers and the second section OF
eleven cars carried $50. There was no
excursion rates on. 1t was regular
traffic.
Charles Nudge, of the office of the
general manager of the Santa Fe, has
resigned his position in that office and
leaves today for Denver. where he has
secured the position of stenographer to
F. T. Dolan, formerly superintendent
of the Colorado division of the Santa
Fre and now general superintendent of
| the Colorado Southern railway. Mr..
Nudge is a son of II. L. Nudge, gem
eral manager of the Santa Fe.
George Symmes, time keeper for the
Santa Fe at Albuquerque. N. NJ. has
resigned that position and has come to
Topeka to go to work as a clerk in the
office of D. Z. Fitzgerald, motive power