The morning call., 1892-04-13
BACK In THE FOLD.
L. w. Hopkins IL Elected Director OF
the Central Pacific Company.

L. w. Hopkins Il Elected Director of
the Central Pacific Company.
When E. w. Hopkins. nephew of the late
Mark Hopkins. gave up the treasurership Of
the Southern and Central Pacific Railroad
companies in 1883 10 Timothy Hopkins, his
resignation was accepted as an intention to
retire from the railroad business for all
time. In fact il was given out at the time
OF the change, which by the way was long
contemplated. that Mr.. Hopkins, having
ample means and no special penchant for
the business, would spend the remainder Of
his DAYS in the role of retired capitalist
But it was not 10 be, and, after a vacation
OF nine years, he IS again director or the
Central Pacific. If the plans of certain
faction do not miscarry Mr.. Hopkins Will
play an important and difficult part in the
affairs OF the Central Pacific Railroad dur
ing the next two or three years. At meet
Ing of the stockholders of the company yes
terday board of nine directors was elected
in the place of the old board of seven, the
limit of previous years. The names OF
Hubbard of New York and +. w. Hopkins
of San Francisco are now added TO the
directory, which stands as follows: Leland
Stanford, c. =. Huntington. {. +. Croker,
Z. l.. BrotheTton, W. V. Huntington, A. y.
Towne. L. II. Miller Jr., Thomas Hubbard.
Z. w, Hopkins. An election Of officers Will
be held tomorrow.
case pending before the company officials
1t is the first of the kind Oh record and q de-
cisi0n against the offender would, from
common-sense view of the matter, estab-
lish a dangerous precedent The conductor
In question has Tor number OF years been
employed on freight train. Some weeks
ago 1t came his turn in the usual order OF
promotion to take o passenger, and he was
accordingly detailed for the service. Every
thing went well for the first three days, but
"a n IL raIrn N al r.
ing uD his cash, he accidentally turned over
TO the c0mpany'S receiver SO not ac-
counted for in the slips showing ticket sales
Tor the day. In other words he gave the
company $40 of his own money. The
Southern Pacific has grown great from the
use of other peoples money, but the usage
has always been eXacted under protest A
week elapsed, ard in this specific case no
protest was entered, so the officials con-
Guided that the conductor in not calling for
his cash admitted theft. Their conclusions
were based upon the fact that he had turned
in SO which he did not afterward miss.
According to a time honoTed custom with
this particular road the man was discharged
pending an investigation.
Contracts for work on the Southern Pa
cifc extension from Santa Margarita in San
Luis Obispo County TO Elwood in Santa
Barbara County, distance Of 40 miles.
will be let within the next three days. This
line will cost nearly S4,000,0 GOO (Huntington's
estimatel, and besides opening up rich dis
trct in Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Santa
Barbara, it will give San Francisco another
and shorter route through the south.
Apropos OF the recent rumors of a change
in the management of the Union Pacific, a
New l ork paper says that negotiations are
now going on looking TO harmonious ar
rangements lie the directory. There is said
to be disposition to be concilialory on all
sides, and the probability is that the new
management will take the form of the re-
election of some of the members of the
present board and the substitution of new
members in other cases. The presidency is
expected TO be changed. but there is some
doubt yet as 10 who will fill the Office.