The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
SANTA FE NOTES.
Items Chiefly Personal Concern
ing Railroad Men.

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General Manager ]. E. Hurley, ac-
companied by Henry E. Lautz. assist
ant to the general manager. and several
other officials. left yesterday in Mr..
Hurley's private car, No. 6. for an in
| spection trip over the southern lines of
| the system to Ell Paso. They will be
gone for several days.
Trains Nos. and were late this
morning. The two trains were con-
solidated and arrived in Topeka at
11:15 this morning.
J. J. Cunningham, general freight
and passenger agent of the Denver,
Enid & Gulf, with headquarters at
Enid. Okla, was in Topeka this morn
ing calling upon officials of the Santa
| Fe.
Keith Wilson, travelling freight
agent of the Santa Fe. was in Topeka
over Sunday with friends and relatives
Frank A. Howe of the axle lighting
department, who has been in Argen-
tine for several days relieving Logan
Bailey of the axle lighting department
who was off on account of the sick
ness of his mother, has returned to
| Topeka.
Rev. w. F. Baker of the United
Brethren church OF Topeka and Evan
gelist F. w. Keister will address the
noon meeting at the machine shops
tomo rrow.
Frank Griggs of the office of ]. NJ.
Meade, chief engineer of the eastern
grand division. has been transferred
temporarily to the office of G.. ].
Graves, division engineer of the east
ern division.
William Mcdowell, engineer at the
pump house. is laying off for a few
days as result of a painful injury in
fiicted by getting a rusty nail in his
foot.
Ralph Schnacke of the engineering
department of the eastern division.
who is temporarily stationed at Mel
vern overseeing some construction
work at that place, returned to Mel
vern this morning after spending Sum
day in Topeka.
William Curtis. general travelling
passenger agent of the Santa Fe, is in
Topeka today.
S. w. Everett, assistant electrical
engineer of the Santa Fe, returned to
Chicago this morning after spending
Sunday in Topeka with relatives. He
is taking charge of the installing of
electric axle lighting equipments on
the new cars which have been ordered
by the Santa Fe and are being deliv-
cred in Chicago.
c. T. Mcclellan returned this morn
ing from short business trip to Atch-
ison and ST. Joseph. He left for EN-
poria today.
Engineer Irving Wellman, travelling
road foreman of engines of the eastern
division, returned to Argentine this
morning after having been in Topeka
for few days.
Ralph Kennedy, travelling passenger
agent of the Santa Fe on the southern
Kansas and Oklahoma divisions is in
Topeka today.
A. E. Fowler, the new travelling pas
senger agent of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy road, was in Topeka Satur-
day. This is the first trip of Mr.. Fow-
Ter to this section of the state in his
present capacity. He succeeds A. D.
Brown who formerly Travelled over this
section.
The Social club of the r. r. Y M.
c. A. will meet in their regular ses-
sion Tuesday night at p. m. The
feature of the meeting will be the
readings of Fred Bechtel.
Fireman McGinnis has been assign
ed to runs Nos. l and with Enginee:
Murphy.
Secretary T. E. Prout of the r. R.
Y. NJ. c. A. returned to Topeka on No.
1 this afternoon. Mr.. Prout has been
made an address to the associa ton at
that place preparatory to a campaign
for funds for new building which will
be erected for the railroad association
at that place within a short time Mrs
PTout accompanied Mr.. Prout.
A. V. Reed. of the local engineer
ing depars ment, is in Atchison today on
business connected with his depart
ment.
w A. Reece. of Kansas City, will
conduct the airbrake class tonight. His
addI ess will be illustrated by stereopti-
con slides.
c. L. Gibson. a Santa Fe conductor,
who has been in the Santa F'e hospi-
tai for several days, has been taken to
the city detention hospital on account
of having the smallpox. He is not seri-
ously sick however.