The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-24
ALONG THE RAIL.
North Pacific Extensions-Hunt-
ingtOn's Letters.

Terrence Masterson, q clerk in the Freight
Auditors Office of the Southern Pacific Con-
pany, having accepted Democratic nomi-
nation in the Forty-fourth Assembly Dis
trict, was asked to resign by Freight Auditor
Wilder. Masterson laid the matter before
Z. +. Huntington and received the follow
ing reply:
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. %, 1890.
terrence MdsterSOn, Esq. Freight auditors
0Jtce, southern Pacific Compdnv-DEAR SIR:
Your letter of the goth, with Enclosures there
IN stated, Is received. and l must say that am
somewhat Ill doubt as to what reply 10 make, as
II Is the FIRST request of the Kind that have had.
1t Is rather my impression that any officer or
empioye OF the company should be al liberty to
accept any Office IN the gift of the people that lie
ofhce without detrimenr, or in any way doing ill.,
Justice, to the interests of the Southern Pacific
company, which lie serves and for which service
he receives pay.
have, as you say in your letter, been opposed
70 any officer or elnploye OF the company using
llme ID attendance TO political matters that the
company needs and for which it MAKES compen-
sailon, put II would seem unjust to the State to
refuse TO let any of the employees of The company
accept ofnces OF trust and responsibility which
The people, represented by their political COM
mittees, deem it wise and for the interest Of the
state That they should take.
Whlle, therefore, do not wish to have the
rairoad company used IN any way TO forward
Inc inter est OF either political party or any IN
dlvidual fully recognize the right OF any and
every oHlcef OF lie company TO SO iar interest
himself In political affairs as 10 vote, and pre-
pare himself TO vote intellgently, for the party
tiiat lie thinks would do those things that are
nioSt Denehcal to the State OF which he Is a citi-
zen; and as. In the present case, you say you
nave Deen an employe OF tue company for many
years and have had no vacation should there
lore De disposed 10, and do, leave this matter TO
your Judgment TO either accept or reject the non-
NATION as seems best o you OF course expecting
tnat you VIII refuse 1t II you think your accept
ance Is going TO be to any considerable extent
Injurious TO tile interests of The company, with
out It's b. ing precedent for wha. the company
may decide to do hereafter. this being, as have
sad, the 1rst application of the kind thai l, as
PRESIDENT have had. l am yours, very truly,
Z. p HUNTINGTON
E. b. Smith of Contra Costa has been ap-
pointed by w. II. Mills. Chairman of the
Committee on California on Wheels, to meet
the car at the Dakota border and accom-
pany 1t on its tour through Dakota. Mr.
Smith will explain in full all matters per-
tanning to the agricultural and horticultural
resources of California. For this he is well
suited. as he is fully cOnversant with the
above subjects. 1t is expected that MIR.
many dissatisfied farmers of North Dakota,
who are leaving that section for Washing
ton, TO come to this State.
AT the next meeting of the Directors of
the San francisco and North Pacific Rail-
way the question of extensions will be taken
up and decided. Most probably the line
Will be extended to Capelo, six miles
north OF Ukiah, and the Guernevlle branch
built two or three miles further into the
redwood forests. The Capello extension is
the most important, and if made Will enable
a road from Lakeport to connect with the
line to be built.