The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-15
SANTA FE NOTES.
Items Chiefly Personal Concern
ing Railroad Men

The new system Of cashing the rail-
road employees ch ecks at the r. r. X
NJ c. A. seems destined to meet with
still further approval TINS montn tnan man
II did last month when the system was
first started This morning long before
the time for the pay window 70 open
up the men were waiting and when the
window finally opened up at 1850
there were nearly one hundred men IN
line.
E. c. Mierau. chief clerk to Division
superintendent Fl. "A. Tice of Arkansas
CITY. is in Topeka today on a business
trip.
Rev Homer E. Wark. pastor of the
Walnut Grove Methodist church, Will
address the Sunday afternoon meeting
at the Railroad association rooms To-
morrow at $3.50. His subject Will be
..-rba ParabIes." and will be illustrated
with stereopticOn slides A L. meyer
viii sing abide With Ne, which Will
also be illustrated
George Miller of Arkansas City who
is confined to the Santa F'e hospital IS
improving
A vacancy for fremen exists on runs
Nos. 5 and between Topeka and New
ton which will be given to the Oldest
fireman making application
The business car No. 9 which is used
nv w. E. Hodges, general purchasing
agent of the Santa Fe, is IN the shops
for repairs.
Drs. Raster and Freeman Of the To-
cal santa Fe hospital were called TO
Stafford early in the week 10 perform
a couple of operations
Engineer Chris McGinnis after a few
DAYS layon has returned to Work IN
the pool and relieved Engineer Ash
who was IN his place
Engineer Williamson has returned to
work after a few days layof at his
home in Emporia.
General Inspector Palmer of Chi
cago has returned to his home after a
short business trip to Topeka and En-
poria-
Brakeman Botkin of Argentine is
laying of for a few days and IS visiting
in EmpOria.
Brakeman Hilton has resigned his
position on the Santa Fe.
Engineer W. F. Wheeler, who has
been laying off on the Marceline runs
for sometime. has returned to work
and relieved Engineer E. Q. Whitcomb |
who was running in his place.
Brakeman Paris is laying off at
Usage City and is visiting with friends /
IN Emporia-
L. H. Palmer of the oil department
of the Santa Fe was in Topeka Thurs
day.
w. E. Ogston. refrigerator line man,
has been in Newton, EmpOria and 9TH
er points on the Santa F'e during the
week
" been master mechanic of the west
ern grand division Of the Santa Fe
with headquarters at La Junta, will re-
port for duty Monday as master me-
chanic for the Panhandle division 70
the Rock Island.
The Bible class Of Secretary T. E
Prout which Will meet at the Railroad
Y. NJ c. A. tomorrow afternoon at
z.30 will have as subject. 1.-THE AS
cersion."
Eddie AIsdorf Of the engineering de-
p&rtment who has been laying off for
several Gays on account of illness has
returned 10 work.
Train No. which is due in Topeka
at APO arrived about 9 o'clock this
morning and was at the local eating
house for breakfast.
Roy Ilaka. who will become night
secretary If the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A
arrived in Topeka this afternoon.
F. A. Cook. who is chief clerk in the
at Horton on the Rock Is.
land is in Topeka visiting friends tor
q few days.
The entertainment at the Railroad
Y NJ c. A. last night was one of the
best which has been given at that
place this winter. Mrs Blanche Lyons
the soprano soloist was very well re-
ceived and responded to repeated en-
cores Miss Ellen Phipps and Miss
Maude Cooke with the violin and D.
ano also won the plaudits of full
house