The San Francisco call., 1897-04-13
ExcURSf0NISTS VISIT STOCKTON.
Heads of Departments Throughout the
Entire Southern Pacific System
Tourino California.

STOCKTON, CAL, April IA special
train of palace cars arrived here quite un-
expectedly at $3.50 O'Clock this morning
and halted on Weber avenue, in front of
the courthouse. 1t contained nearly a
half hundred of the heads of the traffic
department of the Southern Pacific Rail
road from all over the United States. The
following is the list of the visitors:
J. C. stubbs, third yice.president of the
road; E. Hawley, assistant general traffic
manager.
Eastern territory-L H. Nutting. Eastern
Eastern freight agent, New York; E. E. Cur
rier, New England ngent, Boston K. J. Smith,
agent, Philadelphia; R. Falck, general Eu-
eral Western agent, Chicago; G. G. Herring,
commercial agent Pittsburg; w. II. Connor,
commercial agent, Cincin natl; V. B. Primm,
commercial agent, st. Louis; r. D. Williams,
passenger department, Chicago; j. III. Har-
mon, contracting agent, Chicago; III. w.
Nathan, commercial agent, Atlanta; w. r..
Pagan. travelling passenger agent, Atlanta,
Ga; r. o. Bean. travelling passenger agent,
Nashville, Tenn; L. E. Townsley, travelling 6
freight agent, Nashville, Tenn; A. F. Wodell
travelling freight agent, Danvflle, Va.
general passenger agent, New Orleans, La.
Texas lines-L. j. Parks, assistant general
passenger agent, Houston, Tex; G. B. Rob
bins, general passenger agent H. ana T. C..
Railway. Houston, Tex; ". J. Craig, general
freight agent n. Y, T. and NJ. Railway, Vic
torfs, Tex; c. Fahey, commercial agent, Sau
Houston, Tex; ]. R. Christian, CONNIE rcial
agent, Galveston, Tex; r. d. Berrey, assistant
general freight agent, Dallas, Tex; r. A. Mil
Ter, commercial agent, Fort Worth. Tex; ]. &.
Meyerthoefer, commercial agent, Waco, Tex. (;
T. E. Hunt, commercial agent, Ell Paso, Tex
8. A. and A. P. R. RE. ]. Martin, general
freight and passenger agent, San Antonio; J.
h. Atkeisson, commercial agent Galveston,
Tex; A. Irwin, commercial agent, San Anto-
nio; ]. B. Brooks, travelling freight and pas
senger agent. San Antonio; A. V. Martin, COM
mercial agent, Waco, Tex
NJ. !. r. Re. h. Dunlap general freight
and passenger agent, c. P. Diaz. Mexico.
Pacific system-C. F. Smurr, general freight
agent, San Francisco; 7. H. Goodman. general
passenger agent, San Francisco; A. d. Shep-
ard, assistant general freight and passenger
agent, Los Angeles; William Sproule, assistant
general freight agent, San Francisco; G. W
Luce. assistant general freight agent, San
Francisco; r. A. Donaldson, ass istant general
passenger agent, San Francisco; James Hors.
burgh Jr., assistant general passenger agent
San Francisco; II. R. Judah, assistant general
passenger agent, San Francisco; Z: P. Rodgers
assistant general freight and passenger agent
Portland. Or; G. W: Fletcher. general agent
San Francisco; w. K. McAllister. general
agent, Denver, Colo; D. r. Gray, general
agent, Salt Lake City; E. A.. Steifel, travelling
freight agent, Helena. Mont; T. A. Graham
deputy passenger and freight agent. Tacoma
Wash; G. H. Mcmillan, Commercial agent
San Diego, Cal; e. ii. Markham, deputy freight
and passenger agent, Fresno, Cal E. H. Prem
tice, deputy freight agent San Francisco; C..
j. steeple, deputy freig mt agent, San Jose, Cal
S. F. Booth, commercial agent, Santa Barbara
Cal.
These are the gentlemen who have
been looking out for the traffic interests
of the Southern Pacific" remarked Gen.
eral Freight Agent Smurr 10 a reporter
who met him aboard the train. "Thai
means that they have been seeking mar.
kets for California's products, and We
thought it would be good idea to bring
them out here to our State and let them
see something of the country for them.
selves. With the exec ption of few, they
hail from the Eastern, Southwestern anC
Northwestern States. The excursIonist:
include the heads of the traffic depart
ments in the territory which they repre-
sent, and many of them are now takinf
their first trip here-a trip which they
have been very desrous of making anC
are enjoying very much. We want t
show them the producing regions of the
State and give them a general idea of the
lay OF the land"
As the visit was entirely unexpected
no preparation had been made by the
Commercial Association or any othel
body of citizens TO take the visitors to
the manufacturing and other industrie.
of Stockton, but Mr.. Smurr said he ex
pected they would stop at the whee
works, as it was on the line of the road
and take a look through it. He pointed
out the hour-mills and informed the ex
cursionists that Stockton WIS., the grea
-four producing city of the coast.
The last stopping-place was Fresno
from which town the excursionists ar
rived at half-past 9 o'clock. They started
for San Jose before II O'Clock, and will ar
rive at Monterey some time tonight. A
o'clock tomorrow morning the visitors
Ill a nal
which will probably last two days. A
that gathering traffic m alters will be dis
cussed. The convention over, they will
90 to San Francisco.