The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

the Santa Fe, is having a hard tussle
with the grip at his home on Topeka
avenue and Thirteenth street.
G. A. Morse, chief engineer of the
ness for the company. He is expected
back some time next week
G. H. Gaunt, superintendent of tele-
graph for the Santa Fe with headquar-
terS in Topeka, has returned from a
short business trip to Chicago.
William Root, former employee of
the Santa Fe round-house. has entered
the services of the Railroad Y NJ c.
A. as night ianitor of their building.
Richard w. Watson, a clerk in the
office of w. J. Healy, freight auditor for
the Santa Fee has resigned his position
in that Office and gone to Kansas City.
]. M. Earhart, an employe of the Santa
Fe freight auditors office, has resigned
his position in that office in favor of a
better one at the Santa F'e storehouse.
]. ]. Kennedy. an employee of the
Santa Fe freight auditors office, left
the service of the company on the first
of the month.
l. A Hutchins has resigned his posi-
ton of clerk in the office of w. ]. Healy,
freight auditor of the Santa Fe, and
will attend school for the rest of the
year.
A large and appreciative audience of
shop men heard r. e Mcbride, jr., lee
ture on Electrical Density at the
Friday evening.
Herbert L. French began work on the
first of this month as a clerk in the
Santa Fe freight auditing department.
Mr.. French is a former employee of the
ticket auditors office.
Richard Wilson, freight conductor for
the Santa Fe, is off this week on ac-
count of sickness. Mr.. Wilson runs on
the Santa Fe local freight between To-
peka and Atchison.
NJ C11rtic ~.-v 1T.~T-
office of the Santa Fee freight auditor.
Mr.. Curtis comes from Chicago, where
he has been in the employ of the Illi~
nois Central railroad.
9 James o'Byrne. conductor on the
Santa Fe coal run between Topeka and
Burlingame, is again at work after an
absence of four days. Mr.. O'Byrne'a
absence was due to sickness.
H. U. Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe with headquarters in Topeka.
is in Chicago on business for the COM
pany. He left on Thursday and is ex~
pected back the first of merit week.
E. W. Liggett, station agent for the
Rock Island at Mcpherson, has been
promoted and will hereafter have
charge of the station at Hutchinson.
Charles Green of Wellington viii suc~
coed Mr. Liggett as agent at McPher-
son.
W. H. Damn, employed as an opera
tor at the Santa Fe division offices, is
ion. Mr.. Damn is a new operator and
it is necessary for him to make trip
of this kind in order to become accus-
toned with the road.
The religious work committee of ths
Railroad 7. M c. A. will meet at the
association rooms on Monday evening.
and the membership committee of the
same association will meet at the same
place on the following evening. SuRaea
will be served at both meetings.
1t is stated that the injuries of D. ~
Conklin, the Santa F'e brakeman who
was injured in q recent railroad acct
dent near Olathe, have not proved to be
as serious as was first supposed. Mr..
Conklin was I'D and around on Friday.
He viii not be released from the hos
pital for some time yet. however.
A runor IS being circulated in local
railroad circles to the effect that the
Office OF c. A Morse, chief engineer of
the Santa Fe system, is to be moved to
Chicago along with the Office of c. ".
Kouns, superintendent Of Transports
ton, and Alfred Lowell, superintendent
Of motive power. The rumor, however,
is denied by the local officials of the
Santa Fe.
The working hours of the employees
Of the Santa F'e car shops in this city
have been raised from nine hours to
ten hours and the men will hereafter
be able to put in full time A short
time ago the working hours at the
shops were cut down to nine hours on
account of darkness but about three
weeks ago when the days began to get
longer they were raised again to ten
hours.