The morning call., 1892-07-02
RAILROAD NEWS.
fourth and Townsend Frs;ghtsheds
Closed TODAY.

Closed TODAY.
News OF startling character is not very
often obtained at the big brick building ON
Fourth ands Townsend streets. Railroad
secrets are kept shrouded in rigid silence as
general rule by all the functiouaries ana
under functionaries who keep office hours
under its roof. A long-stauding rule OF the
service forbids employees telling newspaper
men anything about the business of the
company. The ltem-ehaser must go to the
chiefs OF bureaus to get whatever news il
may be their pleasure, interest or con-
venlenee to impart. a CALI. reporter. in
making the customary rounds among rail-
road men yesterday, got hardly nibble of
track or train news and turned at last into
the Southern Pacific headquarters with a
presentlment that he would meet the fate
OF the rolling stone.
at the elevator entrance party of clerks
ana messengers were waiting for the cage
You fellows amt going to have any holi-
day tomorrow, remarked one of the party.
No, va amt as lucky as you.'' was the
reply. Then the last speaker said: "rhe
merchants will all close up and there'lI be
very little to 90 and they might as we'll let
us have all of Saturday off too" Another
man, Dy his appearance clerk, came along
his hand filled with Big envelopes. Whats
the news about Tomorrow" said he, ad-
dressing the first two. Both replied in
morrow"
The reporter made a mental note of the
precious acquisition OF news. On the first
floor ne met General A n. Towne coming
out of his office.
Hello, Generalw
Hello, young man."
oure looking much better. I neveI
saw you looking so we'll"
Yes, I'm feeling pretty well. I've got
Iid OF the grippe and believe Im all right
N n ccfA
ANY railroad news, General?" asked the
reporter.
No; everything very quiet here"
Inc general manager OF the Pacific
system turned a corner and the newspaper
man walked into the Office of the general
superintendent. Here polite clerk barred
further progress. The gentleman who gives
out the news In this Office requires that all
VISITORS be announced by card, so the re-
porters name went in on pink slip. 1t
was long tme-a good hour-before the
poute clerk eheerIly Informed the reporter
that his time to go into the presence had
come. Then he asked the standard query,
Anything new?"
The wearied-Iooking gentleman stopped
writing, looked at his caller. placed his
fight e. bow ON his desk and buried his eye
Drows In his hand. A pin could have been
heard fall during the suspense. which was
hnally broken by the man at the desk
looking up and SAYING
Les Ihe ITelgntshedS Will be closed
up tomorrow"
Special excursion rates for the national
mining congress to be held at Helena,
Mont, July II. have been made from Cali
iornia points. S75 being the rate from San
FRANCISCO and its vicinity. SS1 so from
Fresno and $50 from Los Angeles Tickets
Will be for sale here July and Z.
The San Francisco and North Pacific
Railway Company (Donahue broad-gauge
route IS now issuing holiday excursion
tickets for all points on its line. The tickets
VIII be sold until Monday afternoon and
VIII be good until the 10Th inst. inclusive
The excursion coupons are sold at reduc-
hons on the regular rates. The rates to the
various points will be found In the special
advertisement of the railroad company in
another column.
James Jones, agent of the Canadian Pa
eltlc at Port Townsend, is in this city.
w. ,. Stout, agent of the Dominion Ex-
press Company at Montreal is in the city
accompanied by his wife. They are at tile
Baldwin