The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-02


The following cars. which have been IN
the coach and paint shops for repairs and
repainting, were turned out Saturday.
Coaches 30 and Cl034. d Wells-F Fargo re-
frigerator. No. C69. and mail car No. 2457.
The employees of the office of John Pur-
cell. superintendent of shops. worked all
essarv en- account of this being the busy
time Of the month
S. T. Fulton, city passenger agent for
the Union Pacific, has been appointed as
sistant to the vice president IN the oper-
ating department OF the Frisco, with head
quarters IN St Louis
On Wednesday evening the regular
monthly meeting of the board Of manage
ment of the r. r. Y. NJ. c. A viii be
held at the association rooms. The meet
ing viii commence at 6.l5 sharp
Albert Snyder, an old employee in the
Santa Fe machine shop viii succeed w.
l. Jury as foreman of the rod gang. Mr.
the foremanship OF the machine shop last
week.
the eastern lines have notified western
roads to ship no dead freight east of Chi
cagO until the freight congestion has been
moderated This is evidence that the east
ern freight blockade IS general
Guy Dreyer, an apprentice in the south
shop, left yesterday for the east, where
tends to visit Boston, Philadelphia, At
lantic City and other eastern cities. He is
/ accompanied by his mother.
Engine go, another of the big Ndikados,
arrived at the shops Friday evening from
the Baldwin locomotive works in Phila-
deiDhia- A force of machinists worked On
the lion tanner took her out on her
trial trip yesterday.
The r. r. Y. NJ. c. A has loaned
the sixty chairs with which their enter
tainment room is equipped to the Oliver
brothers, who are holding eyangelistic
meetings in North Topeka The chairs
were taken over to North Topeka on Sat
urday afternoon.
The. floor of the division passenger
J 2 az he mol 81, s-f,
| offices has been laid with new carpet.
This is the only office in the whole build
ing that is equipped with a carpet, the
employees of the other offices having to
rest contented with the bare floor.
Referring TO the talk of moving the di-
vision offices to Emporia, the Emporia
Gazette says: THE talk Of bringing tire
it generally provokes a successive wink
They will come-'maybe.' " This does not
look as If EmDoria people are very hope
G; c. Hardy. engineer on the transfer
tables is absent from work on account Of
the death of his little granddaughter at
Burlingane- She died Friday night, and
Mr.. Hardy left for Burlingame immedi-
ately on hearing the news. He will prob
ably be gone for several days. Joseph
Euler of the water service is running The
tables during Mr.. Hardy's absence.
Since the boilermakers in the tank room
in the round-house have been moved to
ene new SHOPS TINS room mas taken 81
the appearance OF an empty house. Only
the engine painters are left. and 1T Will
probably not be long before they are sent
TO the new shop. Inc tank room viii no
doubt then be occupied by the work of
the round-house force
The members Of the Santa Fe fire de-
partment practiced in the field yard Sat
urday afternoon from o'clock until
clock. and the new men, Powell and
Ricketts,. are said to have done as well as
any Of the other men, Powell and Ricketts,
are only extra men now. but if new head
quarters are. included in this years APP
preparation for new buildings, they will
no doubt be taken on the force as regular
firemen-
On Tuesday a meeting Of the mem
bership committee of the R. R. Y. NJ. c.
A viii be held at the association rooms
and the committee viii make report Of
previous records. One hundred and fifty
of these were added to the list during
the month Of January. II as many
members are taken III during every month
of the year as We're taken in last month
the association Will be taxed for room
even when the new building is finished
The people of EimsdaIe Kas. are max
ing a determined effort to secure the re-
instatement of their agent, s A. Pearsaii,
hitting the windows and office to become
dirty" Mr.. Pearsall IS very efficient, ac-
people viii visit Topeka officials with
long petition begging his retention by the
company as their agent.
The report comes from Jefferson City.
Mo- that one of the legislators of that
state has introduced bill requiring all
train dispatchers to learn how to operate
roads TO keep one in every little way sta
ton of Missouri The legislator has an
idea that if all train orders were type
written it would lessen the number Of
accidents occurring because of misread
orders.
The St Louis Democrat says:
The Baldwin locomotive works has just
turned out two locomotives with petro-
leum burners They viii be delivered TO
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe in
few days. In place of tender a tank IS
connected with each engine for the fueh
supply The tank is as large as an ordi-
nary box car. and is said to hold a sup
ply that would run a train 800 miles. The
drive wheels are 8 feet inches in di-
ameter. The engines are for passenger
service
Bids are to be asked in a few days by
the Santa Fe for the erection of a new
tourist hotel on the brink of the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado in Arizona The
hosiery is to cost not less than $4,000
and will be built about 400 feet from the
canyon brink at the head of Bright Angel
trail The site is commanding one and
the view from the upper balcony will be
one of the finest to be had. Work will
begin on the new hotel April and cor
tracts viii call for its completion by De
cember l. 1t viii be in charge Of R 3.
Burns. chief engineer OF the Santa Fe, who
attends to the construction of all Of the
cOmpany's buildings.