The morning call., 1891-01-24
ALONG THE RAIL.
Expected Arrival of Boston Ex-
curSiOniStS.

A partial list Of the party representing the
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange. which
viii leave Boston on February 4th for san
Francisco, has been received by the Ray
mOnd * Whitcomb agent here. The party
numbers about POO and will come via New
Orleans and FL Pasu and return via Salt
Lake City.
The party viii be headed BIZ a. MeIlen
Ri e of the firm Of Rice G Holway, frui: and
produce merchant Of Boston. and President
OF the Fruit and Produce Exchange. He
will be accompanied by Warren L. Knox,
Secretary of the Fruit and Produce Ex-
change, aud several Directors of the ex-
change, among whom are the following
named; Francis Batchelder, produce and
provision merchant; T. II. Cutler produce
George a Fales OF FaleS & lehy, produce
comm Sson; Stillman +. King, fruit and
produce, and George II. Lawrence Of Curtis
d Co., fruit ana produce.
Otuer leading merchants in the party are ::
Ivory 5. Ban, Portland, Me, fruit and
produce; W. W. Benjamin of ". W. Ben
jamin * Co, West SamerVllc, Mass, fruit
and produce; +. W. Dullinger, Cambridge,
Warrhouseman; Orr!n Douglass OF Orrln
Douglass IL Co, produce cOmmiss on meT-
Giants. Boston; Emmons L. Ellis of j. r.
Ellis IL son. produce commission, Boston :;
IL. Z. Gu>tin and 5. W. Fottler Of II. Z.
Gustin Il Co., fruit and produce, Boston;
Merrill X, Green OF Green d Co, produce
commission, Boston; K. Haley. Dover, \.
H., fruit and produce; Is. j. HeSiOT OF b. j.
Htslor IL CO., produce merchants, WOrccS-
ter. Mass. J. f Hutchinson of J. +. Hutch
inson- x Co, produce: Lexington. Mass
Charles L. Locke Of |. Locke u Co., Boston
f b. Macy, fTuit-dealer, Fltchburg, Mass;
james Morrison, grocer. Cambridge; Edwin
Nicols of q. y. IL L. Nic0lS, prOduce-deal-
-ers, Lowell, Mass; c. b. SandOrn, produce
commission. Boston; William SaVille OF
Saville, Snmes il Co., wholesale grocers of
Boston; Howard r. So1le produce mer,
chant Portland. Ne; j. a. Waters OF
Waters q LiJchfeld, provisions, Boston
Joseph W. White Of Fowle, Hibbard d Co.
produce commission merchants, Boston
James NJ. York Of York IL Whitney, frui
and produce, Boston; c. l.. Lawrence of g.
l.. Lawrence u Co., fruit and produce, Bos-
ten, and w. W. Lawrence Of Barnum IL Co.
iruit and produce, Boston.
Among the excursionists are some outside
of New England, although the party is pTn
clpally BostguIans; There are few. from
New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia
The suburbs Of Boston are largely repre-
scented, and there is a fdir-sZed contingent
from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
This Will be one Of the largest parties thai
ever will have come to the Coast from tht
East.
One OF the greatest undertakings of 1891
will be the extension of the Great Northern
Railway from the north central part of Mon
tana to Puget Sound, distance of 500 mile
across the Rockies, through the famous
Fiathead Lake country, across the pan
handle Of Idaho, into the koOtenai country
ard through the entire length of the Stat,
of Washington 10 tide water. When com
Dleted it Will be the shortest line by %
miles Of any transcOntinental route, aGC
Will open up a large area of nndevelOpet
mineral, timber and agricultural country
This line has opened to traffic 1872 miles Of it
short line extension to the Pacific Coast
Supplies are being concentrated for vigor
Gus work through the lowest pass IN Tn
Rocky Mountains, which, when crossed int
the Flatnead Lake country, VIII give thu
Great Northern two lines over the cont
mental range, the other being on the Butt
route.
The incorporators of the San Francisco
and san MateO Railway Company were al
Their ONCE IN TINS city yesterday and organ
lied by electng BehIend JooSt, President
W. +. Thomas, Nice-fresGent; j. Ii. Gil
more, Treasurer; j. w. Harlzell, Secretarl
and General Manager. An Executive Boar
was also elected for the ensuing YEAR con
slstlng Of Fabian J0ost, j. IL. Gilmore AM
j. w. HartZell.
The abolishing of unlimited tickets i
al out to be declared against the law in Mis-
souri,. Pooling is against the law now, anC
between the new aud the Old laws the low;
lines are h1dlng themselves tied, 50 TO speak
hand and foot.
There is more grain moving On the South
ern Pacific Railroad and Its branches thai
is usual at this time of year. The ittl
Clear Lake branch is furnishing more thai
It's quota of freight at present.
The ofIicer of the State Board of Raj
road Commissioners were removed yeSter
day to the corner or Market and Kearn
streets. The new rooms are occupied joint
with the State Prison Directors.
Assistant General Freight Agent Sprow
has returned from the East, where lie repre-
scented the Southern Pacific IN several in
portant meetings.
w. Il. Snedaker, General Agent OF tn
Denver and Rio Grande Western, has n
turned from Portland
Amos Barr, Travelling Passenger Agent {
the Vanderbilt line. has returned from I'll
north.
Secretary Lansing Of the Southern Pacif
has gone 10 Portland.