The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-20
A RUMOR GOING AROUND.
1t Says Another of the South
ern PaCifiC'S Old Guards
Will Go.
T. H. Goodman's Long Service.
Rates From Chicago to the
Northwest Go Up.

There were wild reports around the big
yellow building yesterday about the speedy
retirement from Office of T. H. Goodman
the Southern Pacific Company's general
passenger agent.
1t was all caused by wee paragraph
published in the Railway Agent, a new
railway monthly published in Cleveland,
Ohio. The magazine has not the best
name for accuracy, but as this publication
focused other rumors of similar portend
that have been floating about for some
time, it gave weight to what would other.
wise have been given little heed. A grim
smile chased away a frown when Mr..
Goodman was asked about the gossip.
"If this is so, it's the first I've heard of
it, said he. 81 have certainly received
no notification of my prospective retire
ment, and as 1 have now been with the
company nearly twenty-seven years 1
should suppose l would be notified if any
thing of this sort is to happen"
On December IL of this year Mr.. Good
man will complete his twenty-seventh
year of service for the Huntington-Stan
ord-Crocker com bination. He was for
several years prior to that general pas
senger agent of the old Atlantic and Great
Western road, with headquarters in Cleve-
land, Ohio. There were few signs then OF
the monster system that has since devel-
oped.
Gossip has it that the general passenger
agent of the company's Atlantic division,
S. F. B. Morse, a grandson of Professor
Samuel F. B. Morse of electric telegraph
fame, has long been chalked up on Mr.
Huntlngton's blackboard as Mr.. Good
mans successor.
Senator Stanford and Charles Crocker
were more Mr.. Goodman s supporters than
Mr.. Huntington has ever been, although
there has never been any pronounced an
tagonism shown by Mr.. Huntington. No
one has ever questioned Mr.. Goodman s
efficiency. More than this, he has been
one of the few men in the big company
who made for it sstanch friends. Mr..
Morse's headquarters are at New Orleans
and his present duty is confined to all
branches of the company east of Ell Paso.
Recently there was pow-wow here
with the head officials of the Pacific sys-
tenn. Ever since then there has been more
or less gossip about something being liable
to drop. So if Mr.. Goodman's retirement
and one or two other shake-ups should
come to pass before many moons the wise
men would be prepared to say II told
you So"
To-Day the rates on all classes OF freight
between Chicago and Montana and WASH
| ington common points will be materially
advanced. In some cases the advance will
be nearly 100 per cent. The new schedule
will apply only via the Northern Pacific
and the Great Northern and their Eastern
connections.
In some commodities the advance is
very marked. The rate on patent medi-
cines and drugs in less than carload lots
from Chicago to Montana points is adj
vanced from 81 SO to So 10 per 100 pounds,
and between Chicago and Spokane the
rate on the same class will be raised from
81 SO to So 60 per 100 pounds, or nearly 100
per cent. Although the tariffs announc-
ing these advances have not yet been
issued by the railroad companies, proofs of
the same have been received in Chicago by
connecting roads and local wholesalers
and shippers, and the latter interests are
already protesting against the new
schedule.