The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-29
BUILD UP FORCE
Total of 2,O65 Men Now EN-
pioyed in Santa Fe Shops.
Many Applications Being Re-
ceived From New and Old Men.

| According to figures given out by
| the Santa Fe. there were working IN
the Topeka shops Friday 9 total of
2.o65 men. compared with 2.510 the
| morning the strike occurred, and
| 1857 the Monday following the walk
| out.
These figures show that total of
S9S men have been employed since
the strike was called, and W. D. Dew
eny shop superintendent. states that
| it is the company's intention to en-
ploy additional new men as fast as
| they are needed, until a maximum
/ force is reached.
! So far as the amount of repair work
/ on hand is concerned. however, there
| is no emergency and the company Is
| now able to exercise the usual care In
the selection of new men. Many ap-
plications are being received, from
both new and old employees, but only
| a few of them are being placed and
! experienced mechanics or carpenters
are shown a preference. No men
above the age of SO years are being
| employed, and workmen applying for
| positions in departments where there
are no vacancies are being referred to
number of men have been sent to
other points, Mr.. Deveny says.
All Departments in Operation.
Every department in the shops is
in operation, and with two or three
exceptions each has a maximum force.
There are sixty-nine boilermakers at
work compared with sixty-seven the
day before the strike. Other depart
ments which are full up" as Mr..
Deveny says. are the blacksmith shop,
the two planning mills, paint shop, pat
tern shop, steel shop, wheel shop,
handcar shop, cabinet shop. passenger
tin shop, electrical shop, upholstering
shop and the water service. All of
the various machines In the shop lay
out were working Friday, and the out
put is practically normal. A few
more men are needed in the car shops
but they are places which are the cas-
lest to fill. So
There were ON the hospital track.
Friday, only six locomotives awaiting
repairs and all of them were brought
here from other divisions in order to
keep the locomotive shop going on
full time, Mr.. Deveney says. Three
of them. Nos. 1641, 1861 and 9S9 were
brought here from the Coast lines,
while Nos. 1912. 1920 and 1880 are
from the Illinois division and properly
should have been assigned to the shops
at Fort Madison, Iowa Each one is
a $4,000 job, calling for new frames,
super-heaters and new back ends.
Except for these outside jobs, there
would actually be lull in the local
shops, Mr.. Deveny says.
In the locomotive shops. Friday,
one locomotive was wheeled and an
other stripped, while two were re-
leased for service Two more will be
ent rate, Mr.. Deveny says that eigh-
teen or pinteen engines will have been
turned out of the shops this month,
compared with twenty-five in June.
Since December an average of ten
small locomotives: have been strapped
each month. There are nine more
awaiting this process and the work
should be finished UP next month, it
is said.
Coach Shop Is Full Up.
The ShOnS full Of
but there are few on the waiting list.
OF those inside, several are nearly
ready to go back into the service. The
output from the coach shops averages
from thirty to seventy cars per month,
depending upon the nature of the
work required. Some must be prac-
tically rebuilt and those requiring new
paint and varnish must remain in the
shops a few days longer in order to
permit the coatings to dry.
There were turned out of the
freight car department Friday, thirty
stenciled. There is the usual number
of freight cars on the waiting list, but
the rip track where light repairs are |
appear congested. The company re- |
ports that it is having great success
with negroes who are employed on /
this track but there are less than |
twenty-five colored men employed in |
There are perhaps $50 or IT'S negroes |
in the car shops
Midsummer Jingle,