The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-08
WANT The UNION PACIFIC,
The Railway Passenger Agents
Are Waiting for D. w.
Hitchcock.
MUST JOIN THEIR COMPACT.
Southern Pacific Employees Benefit
Association Holds Its Annual
Meeting.

The Railway Ticket Agents Passenger
Association held meeting yesterday at
the Palace Hotel, and mutual congratula-
lions were passed when the secretary an
nounced that Agent Stern of the Canadian
Pacific had signed the agreement to keep
up rates to the tariff set by the Western
Passenger Association.
The only agent now standing alone on
his dignity is D. w. Hitchcock, general
agent of the Union Pacific Company
passenger department in San Francisco.
The date on which the agreement would
be Withdrawn, and agents could no longer
sign, is Friday, May 10. After second
consideration the association decided to
extend the time until May Is. This it was
said was done to give Vice President J. G.
Stubs, who is now in the East, an oppor-
tunity to interview E. L. Lomax, general
passenger agent OF the Union Pacific at
Omaha. The object of the interview will
be to impress on Lomax the Importance of
having his San Francisco agency united
with other companies on rates, and to urge
him to influence Hitchcock to join the
association.
The Southern Pacific Employees Mutual
Benefit Association held its annual meet
III IuC OcuGldl l. u
CHIC directors rooms. The secretary read
a report showing that the society is in good
financial condition.
W. G.. Curtis, E. B. Ryan, II. R. Judah,
s. B. Doane, B. J. Worthington, A. D.
Sheppard, I. n. Sherburne and 6. r. Klink
were elected directors for the ensuing year.
After the meeting adjourned the newly
elected board Of directors met and organ
lied, as follows: E. b. Ryan, president;
w. 6. Curtis, vice-president; Mrs. Annie
Cummings, secretary. In accordance with
the laws the Southern Pacific Company
was elected treasurer.
The association was organized in 1880,
and is made up of employees of the South
ern Pacific and all other lines affiliated
with that company excepting those in the
operating department whose occupation
makes them too undesirable risk for a
mutual insurance society. The total mem
bership is about 900. Only thirty
members were lost by sympathizing with
the strikers and refusing TO work at their
respective occupations.
There are five classes of death benefits in
the association providing for $1,000, $500,
$1,000, $500 and $1,000. On basis of $1,000
a member joining at 80 years of age pays
$12 a year, under 80 years SIS. between Sc
and 43 $18, and between A and 49, years
$24. No employees are permitted to join
the society after they pass their fiftieth
year.
Raymond & Whitcomb have changed the
route of their excursions from Boston to
California, having severed their connec-
ton with the Fitchburg Railroad and gone
into a business partnership with the Bos-
ton and Albany Railroad on q contract to
send all excursions over the latter line.
The local significance of this move lies in
the fact that excursionists coming to enjoy
the climate of California will have q more
direct and convenient route than formerly.
The trouble that led to the change occurred
in peculiar way. Rev. A. E. Wingate, ed
itor of the Educational Journal, made ar
engagements with the Fitchburg line for an
excursion from Boston to the National
Educational Association convention in
Denver. The understanding was that the
Raymonds were to get part of the profits,
but these the editor reserved for himself
and the Fitchburg Company. The e1cur-
sion men instantly rose on their dignity
and looked out for new connections.