The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-11
Railroad Officials Lose
Their Jobs.
PERKINS CAR IS A SUCCESS.
The SteriliZed Air Process of Ship
ping Fruits Promises Great Re-
duction in Freight Charges.

The following general order was issued
from the office of General Superintendent
Fillmore Of the Southern Pacific yester-
day. The changes indicated therein have
in the main been given publicity before,
but there is some detail matter IN connec-
tion Herewith which will be found OF III
terest:
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 5, 1894.
Circular notice, IN effect N0V 10, 1894.
The lines between LathrOp, Stoc3ton and
Fresno, including The Raymond branch, are
added to The western division, and Will here
after be operated by A. d. Wilder, superlnten-
dent with headquarters at Oakland pier.
All lines between Mendoza, Fresno aud Los
Angeles, now embraced IN The san Joaquin
division, including the POllasky branch, VIII
hereafter be known as tile San Joaquin diyl-
sion.
teDdent of the san Joaquin division, with head
quarters al Bakersfield.
j. L. Frazier is hereb appointed superin.
fendent of Inc coast division, vice w. IL. Hay
dock, assigned 10 other duties.
James Agler is hereby appointed superin-
tendent of the Truckee division, vice j. ii.
" hiIed, assigned 10 other duties.
H Cooley, in addition 10 his duties as resi-
dent engineer is hereby appointed superln-
teDdent Of The Shasta division, vice James
Agier, transferred.
j. A FILLMORE, General Superintendent.
Approved: a. \. IOWNE.
Second Vice President and Gen. Manager.
The freight and passenger yards on this
SIDE of the bay, which have heretofore
been under the control of Superin tendent
Wilder, will pass into the hands of Super
iatendent Frazier, and Eardmaster Dillon,
who has had charge Of both the Oakland
and San Francisco yards and the freight
boats VIII remain on this side OF the bay,
while the Oakland yard and the boat ser
vice will be operated under Superinten-
dent Wilder.
Superintendent Haydoek, who is sue
Geeded by Wilder, will go 10 San Jose.
where he will take the local agency, the
incumbent stepping down and out b. +.
WINNER. assistant division Superlnten-
dent at Fresno under Frazier, will also be
provided with an agency, he taking that at
San Luis Obspo.
Superintendent Whitehead of the
Truckee division will accept the position
Of chief tTain-dispatcher of the Shasta
division, and Master Mechanic French of
the San Joaquin division, who is now in
charge Of the shops at Bakersfield, for the
present will not be disturbed, as it is not
contemplated to make any change in this
departments location at an early date.
There are six train-dis patchers and
large clerical force at Fresno, some Of
whom will be cared for while others will
be necessarily compelled to look elsewhere
for employment.
The division headquarters OF Superin-
tendent Burkhaiter will be removed from
Mojave to Bakersfield, and al the last-men-
toned place force of mechanics is now
engaged IN making an addition to the de-
pot, in the way OF a second story, which
will be utilized by the superintendent and
other officials for office purposes.
The proposed removal of the general
offices of the Southern Pacific to their new
quarters at the corner of Post and Mont
gOmeTy streets has not been hailed with
a
mentioned. 1t was found after careful in-.
yestigation that there ould not be room
enough to 90 around and under the plans
heretofore laid out the land and several
other departments, 1t was found, would
suffer greatly from their cramped quarters.
All difficulty in this way was, however,
obvated by the action of the railroad Of
ticials yesterday when it was determined
finally TO lease two floors of the Hobart
building, which adjoins the main building
on the east. The third and fourth floors
are the ones which viii be utilized and
they will be occupied by the land depart
ment, the officials of the Market, treet
railway and also the freight department.
1t was at first proposed to leave the street.
railway offices in their present quarters,
but subsequent deliberations led to a
change In this plan.
II. t. Huntington yesterday received a
telegram from New Orleans in which it
vas stated that the car of fruits and
flowers recently shipped from Oakland
East, preserved by what is known as the
Perkins process, reached that city ia
splendid condition. This car was invented
by DR.. Perkins of Oakland. who, prior to
his entering the ministry, was a construct
ing engineer.
The method employed is the use of ster-
iliznd atmosphere to preserve the contents
of the car, and it is claimed for it that
carload can be shipped East at maximum
fr,F vfnNn "a.
orator plan in which ice is used, the cost
apprOXimates $500 per car.
The successful operation of the now
famous pass comUIiEtee," which governs
the issuance of all ANIMALS on the South
ern Pacific system. will probably result in
still further restrictions being placed upon
the issuance of these priced pieces of
pastebOard during the coming year. Since
The committee took charge of the matter
hundreds of names have been stricken
from the lists of those who have here
tOfore ridden free over the lines of the
company, and the successful applicant
VINO received pass was in nearly every
case some one whom the railroad officials
deemed worthy of the favor, viewing the
matter in strictly business light,
Under the old system a very large num-
Der OF passes were issued TO personal
friends of the late Senator Stanford, and
were continued after that gen tleman's
death. When the committee took hold it
scaled this list down very materially. and
IL is said that next year all the CID benefi-
Charles will be compelled to pay their way
like other people.
The Southern Pacific Company prob
ably has less trouble with the pass ques-
ti0n than any other trauscontinental line
in the country. The free TRANSFORMATION tn
shippers. which has been found such a
terrible load by other roads, does not
trouble the Southern Pacific in the least.
as if stopped the issuance of thet class of
free-rlde tickets over year ago.
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Against Street Work.