Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-27
Superintendent Wilder Like
ly to Lose His Place.
President Huntington and His
Ideas About Employees.
The San Francisco Traffic AssOcia-
tion Well Organized.
Southern Pacific Employees Must Not
Have Other Business En-
terprises-News
Notes.


work under his direction as the "Czar,"
is to be deposed from his position as
division superintendent of one of the
most important sections of the Southern
Pacific system. With one stroke of that
long, strong decspitating arm which
reaches across the continent from New
York, Mr.. Wilder is to be reduced to
ranks, according to the San Francisco
Examiner.
The proprietorship of a soda water
factory is what remains to him from
many years. service with corporation.
The soda water factory is part and
parcel of the charges against Mr.. Wilder,
the exhibit A." so to speak, in the case
which President Huntington has made
out against him and which will cause
his chair in the big ferry building on
the Oakland mole to miss him.
President Huntington's choicest
axiom, the first thesis in his railroad
philosophy, is that "no man can serve
two masters" Mr.. Huntington holds
very positive ideas about railroad en-
ployees and politics, but the two mas
ters and one man proposition is par
excellence his pet.
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The president, who is taking re-
markable personal interest in his men,
has discovered the existence of Mr.. Will
der's soda-pop enterprise and Mr.. Will
der is expecting to hear something from
New York.
There are other complaints against
NJ NV,1Ia~ Thara hox haa,,
dents in the Oakland yard within a
month. A week ago the Berkely train
bumped into the Oakland local. An in
vestigation showed that the men who
run the dynamos for the yard had cut
off the lights to oil the machinery, and
there were no switch signals. That was
one OF the superintendent's orders.
Every shake up in the Oakland yard
disturbs the president in New York.
When they had become as frequent as
the Japanese earthquakes the superin-
tendent was summoned to New York.
There he received the first intimation OF
what might happen to him If the soda
water business got better.
THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION.
The executive committee of the Traffic
association has engaged headquarters at
IA SAMSON street. says the Call. For the
present two rooms will serve the pur-
pose, and these are located over the
Wells-largo bank building, command
ing good view of Sutter and Market
streets.
J. M. Leeds will take possession to-
day. 1t is understood that one of the
first matters for consideration by the
association is the question of local
freights. Data concerning this subject
will be collected as rapidly as possible,
and then the state railway commission
will be asked to order reduction.
A committee of the state board of
trade has requested and interview with
the Traffic association, which will prob
ably be held today. This is pursuant to
the recent action of the state board OF
trade in referring to the committee the
resolution of Tyler Beach endorsing the
Traffic association, and offering to that
organization it's cooperation and assist
ance. The members of the committee
desire to ascertain just what the Traffic
association is, and what organized for,
before reporting favorably on the reso-
luton. And this is what they seek to
ascertain in their interview.
The committee consists Of J. A. Nor
rissey, of Stockton J. S. Emery of Oak
land, and A.. A Hibbard, of Butte. 1t
was generally understood that the meet
ings of the two committees would be
held at2 o'clock yesterday morning, and
all three gentlemen named were in
town at that hour. But owing to some
hitch President Stetson had not been
notified, and the meeting had to be
postponed.
NOTES.
Special Agent Kretschmar, of the inter-
state commerce commission, is in Omaha.
He will soon come to California.
Assistant General Superintendent
Pratt, of the Southern Pacific, has re-
ceiyed telegram from Division Super
intendent Whited, denying the story Of
an ATTEMPTED train robbery near Pixley
on last Saturday evening.
Alex E. Marchand, of the Baltimore
and Ohio, is about to retire from the
San Francisco passenger agency OF that
road. He will open an agency of the
conjunction with III. r. Duffin of Los
Angeles.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers
has sent circular to all operators here
calling on them to stand by the princi-
piles of the organization. 1t remarks
that the Southern Pacific is about to
make every operator in its employ make
affidavit not to support the order.
R. j. Duncan. has resigned as general
superintendent Of the Union Pacific, the
resignation to take effect on December
1st. He will be succeeded by w. S.
Deuel., OF the Denver and Rio Grande.
Deuel. and Manager Dickenson, of the
Union Pacific, were brakemen together
years ago.
The statistician OF the interstate COM
merce commission calculates that dur.
ing the year ending July of this year
1892 railroad employees were killed and
20,O28 injured. OF these 167 were killed
and 800 injured in collisions, and q
killed and As injured on highway cross
ings. OF the killed 1179 we're trainmen
z29 either switchmen, fagmen or watch
men, and 564 other employees. Ten pei
cent OF the railroad employees of Amer
lea were injured. 1t is rather desper
ate calling.
Don't despond, If there is anything that j
calculated to TEST the composition of q persol
it is an insidious cough, the forerunner OF con
SUMPTION the most fatal OF human Affections
/ had bad cough took DR.. Bulls Cougl
syrup and was relieved. Capt VIM. Harcourt
ASK LIVERY MEN about the durability O
Columbus buggies