The San Francisco call., 1897-04-09
GRAND GATHERING
OF TRAFFIC MEN
The Staff of the Southern
Pacific to Meet at
Monterey.
Agents Summoned From All
Parts of the United
States.
An Innovation to Be Inaugurated on
the Suggestion of President
Huntington

Coils P. Huntington has decided to in.
augurate new departure in the traffic
department.
Already instructions have gone out
to every traffic officer and commercial
agent of the company throughout the
United StaIes and to the European agent
stationed in Hamburg, to be present on
the 18th OF April atSMonterey, CAL. at a
grand gathering, designed to strengthen
the esprit du corps of all the.members of
the traffic managers staff. The reunion
will also partake largely of a social func-
ton.
Traffic Manager ]. G.. Stubs has charge
OF all the preliminary arrangements and
yesterday made the following statement
relative to the matter:
BY the approval of the president and direc-
tors of the Southern Pacific Company meet
ing of the traffic officers and commercial
agents, located in the various places in the
United States, including the European gen.
eral agent, has been called and will take place
at Hotel del Monte on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
For several years the principal officers OF
the company have thought it advisable that
such a meeting should be held, and it is ex-
pected that this meeting Will be so instructive
and beneficial as to warrant repetition bien-
nially.
The object of the meeting is: First, TO give
the foreign officers and agents-those located
at points not on the line of the road-an op-
portunity to see the lines ana the country
they serve, so that they may the more intelIi-
gently give information to the public; sec
ondly, to meet and know each other person
ally; thirdly, to confer and advise with each
other TO the characteristics of the trait
peculiar to the many separate districts and
territories in which they are employed to
work. to suggest Improvements in the direc-
tion OF efficiency in accommodating the pub
lie and economy in conducting the traffic
affairs.
Those who will be present are the fol-
lowing:
j. c. stubbs. third vice.president; E. Haw-
ley, assistant general traffic MANAGER
Eastern territory-L. II. Nutting New York :
l. j. Spence, New York; Z. L. Currier Boston :
r J: Smith. Philadelphia; R. Falck. Ham
Pitts burg; w. ii. Connor, Cincinnati: v. B.
Primm. St. Louis; r. D. Williams, Chicago; ].
Il. Harmon, Chicago; II. W. Nathan, Atlanta,
Ga; W. r. Pagan, Atlanta, Ga; r, o. Bean
Nashville, Tenn; l.. Z. Townsley, Nashville
Tenn; A. E. Woodell. Danville, Va
Atlantic system. G. Schriever, New Or
leans, La; :. p s. Morse, New Orleans. La. O.
7. McCarty, New Orleans. La.
Texas lines-H. A. Jones, Houston, Tex; l.
): Perks, Houston, Tex; g. B. Robbins, Hous.
sSn 4nfon;o w. Gra SifRteGs Tex Fahey
J. K. Christian, Galveston. Tex. R. ID. Berrey'
Dallas. Tex; p. a. Miller, Fort Worth, Tex.: j.
G. Meyerhofer, Waco, Tex; E. Hunt. Ell Paso,
Tex; i. J. Martin, San Antonio, Tex J. II. At
kelsson, Ga.veston. Tex; A. Irwin, San An
tonic, Tex; J. b. Brooks, san Antonio. Tex' /.
A. V. Martin, Waco. Tex.
Mexican international Railroad-C. K. Dun
lap, c. T. DiaZ, Mex.
Pacific system-C. F. Smurr San Francisco. !.
I. Ii. Goodman. San Francisco A. D. Shepard'
Los Angeles; William Sproule San Francisco
q. w. Luce, San Francisco; r. A. Donaldson
San Francisco; James Horsburgh Jr.. San
Francisco: III. r. Judah, San Francisco: E. p.
Rogers, Portland, Or: G. W. Fletcher San
Francisco; w. X. McAllisIer Denver. Cold. ID.
X. Gray. Salt Lake City; Z. a. Steifel. Helena.
Mont; L. A. Graham, Tacoma Wash a. r
Mcmillan. San Diego, CAL; c. H. Markham.
Fresno, CAL; E. H. Prentice San Francisco
c. }. Steeple, San Jose, Cal; S. f. Booth. santa
Barbara, Cal.
Many OF the first class railroad corpora-
tions have followed this idea in the past.
and have found that good results follow.
Up to within a few years ago a similar
practice existed in connection with the
Southern Pacific Company, but to a linn
tied extent only. 1t was the custom n n
the annual visits of G. P. HUNTINGTON for
him TO give dinner. to the principal
officers of the company, but for some rea
son this function was discontinued. Ii is
believed that the Forthcoming reupion
will extend over several days and that il
Will be confined exclusively to the gentle
men named and the directors and f1ip her
officials OF the company.
Railroad men outside of the Southern
Pacific building see in this gathering a
significance in connection with the recent I
decision of the Supreme Court. They
look upon it as being in the nature of q
grand council of war In view of the GEN
eral apprehension that has been preya.
lent that great rate war is imminent.