The morning call., 1893-04-04
The Doctors Agree.
REA'S BIG HEAD.
It Prevents a Meeting of
the Commission.
Odds and Ends of Interest to Tray-
elers and Railroaders Gathered
Here and There.

mo meeting to-day" was the reply call
ers at the Railroad Commissions rooms
received yesterday when they looked for
the presence Of the S12, 600 year barna-
cles, who were supposed to hold one Of their
useless sessions.
1t has been mo meeting to-day" for so
many Mondays that inquiries were made
why the tribunal composed of Messrs. Rea,
Beckman and LItchfeld so persistently
refuse to mount their tinsel thrones and
pretend to do business together.
The answer was a startling one under the
existing circumstances.
81 III Rea las a swelled head and can
therefore hardly be expected to leave his
home to attend meetings." the questioners
we're Informed.
That the San Jose politician is very much
addicted to enlargemeEts of the Uranium at
ordinary times is well known, and the pres
ent attack would therefore have caused NO
surprise were 1t not for the fact that in the
light of recent events the chairman of the
Railroad Commission has no particular
cause TO be in the throes of elephantasia.
us 1t the State capital removal which
causes Mr.. Res's hats TO be misft just
now ?' was asked, "OT can he poss bly, be so
misguided as TO mistake the scorching the
recent Legislature gave him for an I'M
qualified approval OF his methods as Rail-
road Commissioners
ION, nuW The Rttache of the board hast
ened to reply, "it is only poison oak. None
Of the usual causes Of Jim'S swelled head
complaints"
And so after all for once the failure of the
Big Ihree's meeting was due 10 natural
causes only.
However the Railroad Commission. al
though so inactive of late as to threaten to
die OF inanition, has at least done one act
which Is worthy Of men ton. because it shows
that the members are not unGrateful
Its Office has been decorated with beau
tiful pictures Of the members of the State
Senate, which adjourne ed quite recently.
1t was the Senate which saved Rea, Itch
field and BeckmRn from being fired out of
Office, and the decorations of the rooms
with the portraits of their friends must
certainly be called grateful action.
The Assem6iymen who composed the
other half Of the recent legislature, and
who voted to GUST the Railroad Commission
Will doubtless feel very much humbled
when they learn that none of their hand
some features were considered artistic
enough to form part of the Railroad Com
mission Office decoration.
To the casual visitor this may look if
cant. therefore this explanation.
The Interstate Railroad Commission has
forwarded to the Railroad Commission of
California copy Of the law lately passed by
Congress entitled, AN act to promote the
safety of employees and travellers upon rail-
roads by compelling common carriers en-
gagged in interstate commerce to equip their
cars with automatic cOuplers and continu-
Gus brakes and their locomotives with drlV-
ing-wheel brakes and for other purposes"
The enterprisihg heads of the various de-
partments on the transcOntinental railroads
are continually inyenting new schemes
whereby to Improve the passenger service,
to add to the already many comforts of the
travellers. The latest in that line has been
accomplished by the Canadian Pacific. NJ.
Nj. Stern, the local agent, was yesterday in
formed that hereafter passengers need no
longer ncumbsr themselves with travellers
writing desks, because all the frst-class
trains Will be supplied with elegant sta
tlonery and facilities for correspondence en-
route, all Of which will be furnished free Of
charge
The arrival Of DR.. Seward Webb, presi-
dent of the Wagner Palace Car Company
and sun-ln-law Of William Il. Vanderbilt,
in this city is expected shortly. Dr. Webb,
with party Of friends, is now in Mexico,
aad they will tour California extensively
after they leave the land OF the Monte
Zunas.
Worlds Fair rates are still unsettled. hut
on the 18th inst. there Will be another meet
ing in Chicago, which will decide the matter
positively
A round-trip rate Of $50 is expected by
the local agents, which would be a reduction
Of $50 on tbs present regular rates.
The North Pacific Coast Railroad will,
beginning on the 10Th INST, add a late train
for Sunday eXcursionists to those run at
the present There is an immense patron
age on that line now on account of
the fishing season, and the lovers
of the sport who desire to visit the creeks
and streams around Point Reyes and other
distant stations have hardly enough time
under the present schedule to do much exc
cution. The late train, which is TO come,
will leave Point Reyes at p. NJ, two hours
later than are now allowed to the piscatoraI
excursionists.
lengthy consultation between President
Baldwin and Traffic Manager Leeds of the
Traffic Association ana Captain Merry of
the North American Navigation Company
was in progress all afternoon yesterday. but
with the exception of the fact that the bust
ness of the steamship company was the topic
under discussion nothing was announced.