The morning call., 1894-10-23
END OF ITS YEAR.
The. Traffic Association
at a Milestone.
LEEDS HAS A LONG REPORT.
To Be Read To-MorrOw Before
the Members.
CLERKS TO Go UNDER ONE ROOF
Scattered Offices Will Be Gathered
at Fourth and Townsend Streets.
Saving Railroad Ties.

The Traffic Association of California is
upon the eve of its third annual meetiu g
and election, and for the present domestic
politics are absorbing its members attep-
tion. Even the san JOAQUIN Valley Rail-
road project has been temporarily laid
aside in consideration of the impending
association elections.
f. A. Phelps, James Madison, F. j.
Symmes and Daniel Meyer, of the nomi-
mating committee appointed a week ago.
met yesterday at the associations office on
Pine street and nominated ticket which
will be kept secret until the day OF elec-
ilon. which occurs tomorrow.
The annual meeting and election of an
executive committee will take place on
that day. Manager Leeds has prepared a
very interesting report of the associatios's
work in the past year. He read it before
the executive committee Yesterday, but in
courtesy to the members of the Traffic
Association he will not make il public be-
fore they hear what he has to say. 1t is
understood that this document contains
wholesome reading for the people inter-
ested in California's commerce and future
prospects and that Southern Pacific or
preston and peculiar methods of discIiDi-
nation receive exhaustive comment.
The committee that has been canvassing
for subscriptions to the San Joaquin road
Will not resume its labors before Thursday
next, by which time the new directory
will have charge or affairs.
Considerable speculation exists as tC
what distribution of departments and offices
Will he made in the Fourth and Townsend
streets building after the principal offices
move uptown TO Montgomery and Post
streets. Only within the last lew DAYS il
was known that the big building will not
be deserted. Instead of being partly
closed i: will be buster place than ever,
because nearly all the little offices scat
tered around the yards and the local
freight office. a present located on top of
freghtShed in the yarts. will be moved
into the commodious quar- ters vacated by
officials and their assistants. This con-
centration of forces. it is calculated, will
place many more men in the building than
are there at present.
A rumnr was circulated las, Saturday
among ticket agents that T. H. Goodman,
general passenger agent was about to re-
tire from the Southern Pacific Company.
1t was denied yesterday both by MIR.
popuul"h anu tue nigh OlHCIalS OF the
company.
The Southern Pacific Company has sue
cesstully introduced a system of presery-
ing railroad ties; through which saving
Of from $4,000 TO $500, 900 a year will be
effected. As process it is not new, for
many Eastern companies have employed
IL for years; but novel device whereby a
portal BILE plant can be used with success
has been perfected by the Southern Pacific
engineers. Nothing like il was thought Of
before, although the company lost annu-
ally what is now saved.
A raft of ties on fiat cars is run into
cylinders. which are then Theoretically
sealed and filed with steam. After he
ties are we'll snftened with steam air pumps
are set TO work upon the cylinders and the
pores of the wood are thus opened and
cleaned. Then chloride of zinc is pun ped
In under enormous pressure, which
thoroughly satuTates the wood. AS re-
suit of this simple treatment ties last from
twelve to sixteen years, or just double the
length OF ties not preserved. Last year
1,220,S1S ties were used at an average cost
OF 42 cents each, or total of S512, 743 56
Id SIX years or thereabOuts the entire
track of the Southern Pacific system will
be laid with ties treated with chloride of
zinc. and after that date the company will
begin TO save something like half what il
costs now to keep The road in order.
Evidently economy is finding it's way
into every branch of the railroad manage
ment.