The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

President Ripley of the Santa Fe will
leave Chicago in a few days for Santa
Barbara, Cal, where he will rest for sew
eral weeks
F. A. Woodruff of the Santa Fe depart
ment OF tests was in Kansas City Tues
day for the purpose of testing a quantity
/ of wheels.
Leo shreves, an employee of the Santa
! Fe ticket auditing department, has re-
| turned to work after a short absence, due
| to sickness
Samuel H. Hochaday is a new clerk in
the office of w. j. Healy, freight auditor
for the Santa Fe. Mr.. Hochaday comes
| from ST. Louis
Miss Lillian White, employed as a clerk
in the office of w. J; Healy, freight. aud
itor of the Santa F'e, has resigned her
position in that office.
| George Stone, Santa Fe brakeman on
the local freight run between Topeka and
on account of sickness.
W. E. Hodges. general purchasing agent
for the Santa Fe with headquarters IN
ference with local officials of the road.
| William Barnes, travelling passenger
itor at the Santa Fe general offices on
| Tuesday. Mr.. Barnes headquarters are
| in Kansas City.
H c. Short, general travelling auditor
! for the Santa Fe, with headquarters in
Topeka, returned the first of the week
from a two months trip over the COM
/ Charles NJ. Sheldon, pastor of the Cen
/ trail CONGREGATIONAL church. will address
the Santa F'e shop men at the regular
weekly Railroad Y. NJ. c. A meeting in
| the coach snop Tuesday noon.
a slight wreck occurred at Hutchinson
Saturday night. A Santa Fe freight train
cars were derailed. There was no seri-
Gus results aside from the damage to the
] equipment.
Engine No. 956 was taken out on her
first trial trip Tuesday afternoon after
being set up in the. local Santa Fe
/ type from the works of the Baldwin LO-
connective company
| Alfred Lowell, superintendent of motive
power for the Santa Fe left the first of
the week for California. where he will
make a short inspection trip over, the
coast lines. He expects to be back in
about three weeks.
H. U. Nudge, general manager of the
Santa F'e. left Tuesday noon for a short
pa1ied BY frp M Nc 9H s @Tz aGeR
of the eastern division of the road. Both
officials are travelling in a special train.
morning clerk IN the office of the
Santa Be freight auditor. Mr.. Boyes for
at the local shops of the Santa Fe. He
| is son of William Boyes, assistant sec
rotary of the Railroad Y. M. G. A.
Col. F. S. Savage of the office of w. J.
Santa Fe, returned today from three
days trip to Lawrence, Kan, where he
/ has been attending the annual convention
of the Kansas State Editorial associa-
ton
John Reed, the Santa Fe shop employe
who was knocked off the Santa Fe bridge
Monday night by swiftly moving switch
! engine, is in a. fair way to recover. His
| condition is serious, however, and it will
be some time before he is released from
! the hospital.
F. w. Thomas, engineer of tests for the
Santa Fe. with headquarters in Topeka,
has Just returned from a weeks trip over
the western grand division, where he has
been testing some OF the big compound
engines now in use on that part of the
road.
Engine s67. one of the big Santa Fe
type that are being built Tor the santa "a
| Philadelphia, arrived in Topeka Tuesday
afternoon on freight train No. 81. No.
9S7 will be run into the local shops, where
she will be set up preparatory to being
put in service on the road.
Mechanical Superintendent Joughins OF
the Santa Fe coast lines is reported to
have said that the improvements PLANNED
for the company's yards in San Bernar-
dino, Cal, will not be made for another
year and that the late floods in Topeka
| caused such heavy loss that the COM
pany has had to postpone many i'm
| prOVementS.
It is stated that the engines on the
western division of the Santa Fe are be
ing equipped as rapidly as PosSSIIIple VII. WIN
are fastened to heavy timber on the pilot,
thus insuring a safe hold. The law re-
quires that all engines must be equipped
with irons by March /
The membership committee of the Rail-
road Y: NJ. G a. met in the associat ton on
new members for the month of Janu'ii Y,
Thirty-nine different members secured
led the list with 10. The association now
has 1901 names on it's books.
Dr. J. D. Countermine, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, will address
the next Sunday afternoon meeting at
the rooms of the RIA. lroad Y. NJ. c. A
This will be the last of a series of five
lectures begun last fan by Or. Counter
mine He was unable to deliver the last
lecture at that time on account Of sick
ness