The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
SANTA FE NOTES.
Items Cfaicdy Personal Concern
ing Railroad Men.

General superintendent f. q Fox
returned this morning from his trip to
the western part of the state where ne
has spent the week in company with
Division superintendent f. j. Easley
OF Newton He was accompanied
from Emporia to Topeka by Division
Superinten dent G. T. Mcclellan who
win spend Sunday with his family In
Topeka
Train No. s which is due in Topeka
at ago this morning did not arrive
until II on account of the heavy traf-
nc in the west
G. w Skowl OF the electric lighting
department returned last night from
San Francisco, where he has been Tor
some time on q business trip
j.. NJ. Gazen, chief electrician Of the
Santa Fe, went to Arkansas City last
night on a short business trip He ex-
poets to return home this evening
1t IS reported that James BarteH, Of
the tinshop, will resign in short time
to accept q position with the santa Re
at San Francisco.
Pat Walsh, general baggage agent
of the Santa Fe returned from Chicago
this afternoon, where he had been for
sometime on a short business trip.
Brakeman Fl. W. Jones and H
Whftbeck have been notified to appear
and take the examination for promo
ton to the position of conductor. They
will be sent to the western grand di-
vision for service in the event that
they pass the examination successfully.
operator ]. c. Barton at Emporia is
laying off for q few days
Thomas Dehoney. formerly a con-
ductor on the main line Of the Santa
Re, is now working as an operator at
Emporia-
Conductor Ed Taylor OF the runs
Ncs- lib and ia is laying off for few
days and Conductor L. French Of Ar
gentine is in his place
Brakeman Fred Cassidy of Strong
City is laying Off and is visiting
friends in Emporia and Topeka.
T. c. Wilson, manager Of the tele-
graph station at Emporia, is laying off
on account OF sickness.
Conductor Richard Wilson has been
assigned to service on the extra con-
100 which were formerly taken by
Conductor Wilson, have been given to
Claude Hewitt
Engineers Roberts and Ward OF
Emporia. are laying off for a few days.
Operator G. A Prewftt of Emporia,
who has bean laying off for some time
and has been visiting in La Junta, has
returned to work
Engineer John Heberer who has
been laying OF on runs Nos. 113 and
ia for several days on account of i'll
ness. Ias returned to work on his runs.
the shops for some time receiving
much needed repairing. has been
taken out on trial trip and is now
awaiting order for forwarding to tbs
western grand division where it will BE-
used in freight service.
Fireman Boyer is in Enooria today
en- railroad business.
Fireman W. w Winters, who has
been running en- the Emporia extra
board for some time. has been pro
nlcted to a fireman's. position on runs
Nos 527 and 52S south Of Newton.
Fireman Simons has been assigned /
to = passenger run out OF Newton.
A shortage Of coal is prevailing at
some of the stations on the Santa Fe. (
The LEGAL station. however. is in good /
shape and has plenty Of coal
The passenger traffic at this time of
the year is the heaviest which the
Santa Fe has experienced at any pre-
vious year in the history of the road
The work on the new shops in the |
Webb tract is being pushed rapidly so /
as to have the work as nearly COM !
pleted as possible before the cold /
weather se.s IN so hard that the men !
cannot work. Most of the exterior i
work is already completed and in
some of the buildings they are work