The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-03
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Santa Fe Engages Force of Ger
man WOrkmen for Shops.
Refused to Come When They
Heard of the DrOuth.
STILL HUNTING MEN.
Gould Use a Thousand More in
Topeka Now.
Il. Poison to Have Charge of
Car Construction.
STILL HUNTING MEN.

The difficulty which the Santa F'e Of
foials is having to secure new men for
the Topeka shops ard ether large plants
of the road, is due largely to local
conditions. is The statement of one Santa
F-e official. The Santa Fe would employ
LOCO additional men in the shops, if
good workmen in the various trades
could be secured.
Recently an effort was made to Sc
cure a large force of German workmen
from Phile delph.a who would have
T ace d valuable addition to the shop
force as well as being thrifty and in
duStrous citizens Kut when these
Germans earned that Kansas and To
ceka had a lid which was closed with
TmpenetraDle tightness, they refused to
come. They were class of thrifty
81 honest men But being Germans
they wanted a place where they could
get their beer occasionally. They are
not drunkards in any sense of the word
But from early infancy they have been
brought up on the matted drink and
were lOatEe 70 leave Philadelphia for
place where a perpetual drought seems
ineVita BILE.
In the meantime the Santa Fe Off
Gals are making efforts to swell the
complement of men in the shops. Good
orkmcn are being added to the diff
feront departments as fast as they can
be secured, and during the past few
weeks there nave been some substantial
addition to the shop force. The pro
nlem of getting men in the west is a
hard one The country is more too
we'll populated and all the westerners
seem to have good jobs. 1t is tie east
that is looked to for large additions
to population. Put the e2sterners Won I
come when conditions are entirely OPP
posed 20 former manners of living.
The work OF putting a new 1oof on
the machine shop building in the Santa
F'e shops has been started. This build
I y, i,
| so feet in width will be entirely re-
rooted. The ole slate roof is being
taken off and roofing material of
ready rock Will suPplant it. The work
| viii take nearly two months.
c. NJ Davis, who was formerly in
! structor of apprentices in the Santa Fe
| shop apprentice school, but who was
/ later placed in charge of a school on
| the coast lines later esta blished at San
] Bernardino. passed Topeka today with
| his mother and sister. Mr.. Davis is
very sick with fever and is being taken
! to his home in Indianapolis. He is in
/ a serious condition.
| J. E. Hurley. general manager of the
! Santa Fee is spending the day in Wich-
/ tia on business. He will return tomor-
| row and will leave for a trip to Chi
cago Thursday On this latter trip he
expects to be out of town for several
days.
Circulars have been received in To-
! peka by Santa Fe mechanical officials,
/ Which convey the information OF new
duties being added to the jurisdiction
| of E. Poison. engineer of car construc-
1 ton. with headquarters in Chicago.
| Hereafter Mr.. Poisson will have charge
| of all car repair work. which will re-
| Iieve the superintendent of motive pow
/ er of considerable detail work in the
construction and repairing of cars,
| coaches and other equipment. These
! circulars were issued over the sigma
ture of j. w. Kendrick, second vice
president, who has charge of the oper-
| alton.