The morning call., 1891-02-12
RAILROAD NOTES.
Excursionists Westward Bound.
An All-Day Conference.

Over five hundred Eastern tourists will
arrive in California next week, The
PENNSYLVANIA tourists left the East on
Saturday, numbering 100 and will arrive on
Sunday via New Orleans. The fruit and
produce dealers Of Boston, numbering 1G0
left on the 4,h inst, and the Raymond
Whitcomb excursion left Oh the day pre-
vous, numbering 207. OF this latter party
eighty 20 to Mexico first, so there will be
4S7 people from the East in California within
4 week, all arriving via New Orleans. The
special train which brings ont the party Of
Eastern excursionists from Philadelphia and
New York, by way of the Pennsylvania
road viii be on exhibition on the Central
Pacific mole in oakland on Monday aft
ernoOn at o'clock. 1t will arrive here
on Sunday night at s - o'clock. Mr.. Be
Dell says that the PENNSYLVANIA road has
planned 10 bring out two hrSt-cass eXcur-
sionS next year.
The scenery car of the Gilmore Opera
Company is now in the yard al Fourth and
Townsend streets. This car is Of peculiar
construction and one OF the most convenient
ever built The exterior much resembles a
Pullman sleeper, but when it is TO be I'M
loaded the ends are let down like the apron
OF 4 ferry-bOat and two large trucks, which
occupy the interior with the scenery already
loaded upon them, are rolled out, horses are
attached ana the scenery taken 10 tN6
th=ater. When the scenery is 10 be packed
again it is simply loaded on the trucks and
these are wheeled into the car. This saves
wear on the scenery and is much more coll
venient than the old method Of packing and
unpacking by hand.
Il. j. Urquhart, Superintendent of the vi
salia Division of the Southern Pacific, died
yesterday at Bakersfield of typhoid fever
De had been in the employ Of the Southern
faelhc Company for about twenty years,
and was considered one of the best railroad
men on the system. lie will be succeeded
at Visalia by J. II. Whited of the Truckee
Division, who in turn will be succeeded by
James Agler, now trainmaster at Truckee.
These changes viii cause the promotion of
j. Willis to the position of trainmaster at
the aforementioned point
As the local train from Sacramento was
nearing Telama at Ar o'clock on Tuesday
evening il ran into an open switch and col
lded with the rear OF an engine that was
attached to gravel train and standing on
tie size track. There was a general shak-
ing up OF passengers, but no one was seri-
uusy hurt The engineer of the passenger
train had his back wreHched somewhat, as
lie was thrown against his lever. 1t is
thought that the switch was turned by
iramps after the gravel train had side
tracked. The switch was turned and locked
The engine Of the passenger was badly dam-
aged and several of the gravel cars were
tclescoped.
The Trainmen's Grievance Committee
paid the officials of the Southern Pacific
Company Il call yesterday. The conference
was as usual, behind barred doors. and
lasted from early morn till dewy eve"
No agreement was arrived at and the con-
ference will be continued to-day Mr.. Fill
more thinks that the whole matter will be
Settled within day or so III manner salts
factory to all Concerned.
Henry Melendy, General Agent of the
Chicago and Northwestern at Los Angeles,
is recovering from a seyere illness Of sew
eral months duration.
The regular weekly excursion over the
Texas Pacific left yesterday for the East
with fifty-four people, in charge Of G. II.
ABBOTT.
J. o. Allen, the well-known Eastern rail-
road representative, has returned from a
brief sojonTn in Woodland.
James Patterson, Travelling Passenger and
Freight Agent of the Chicago and North
western, left yesterday for the north.