The herald., 1898-01-09
THE RAILWAY RECORD
MANAGER GRAY'S DEATH MAKES
ANOTHER VACANCY
II. E. Huntington and Engineer Hood
at Riverside-W. G. Nevin Sue
cumbs to Street Car

II. e. Huntington and Chief Engineer
William Hood of the Southern Pacific
were yesterday at Riverside making the
final arrangements about the roads new
Cutoff in that city, which will enable
it to operate regular trains through this
town in place of the miserable little
motor cars which have formed It's equip
age there.
The press dispatches neglected to an
nounce the fact yesterday that Richard
Gray, general traffic manager of South
ern Pacific, had died in San Francisco,
this being the second vacancy created by
death in the service in the past few
weeks indeed, it follows strangely soon
after the demise of c. f. Smurr Mr.
Smurrs place has not been filled, and of
course there has not been time for any
guesses to be made about the filling of
Mr.. Gray's place. The work Of the posi-
tion has for two years past been divided
among number of the departments, as
Mr.. Gray has been i'll for that ength of
time, and has been virtually pensioned
by being permitted to retain his title and
salary in consideration of his long and
devoted service to the company.
| A. d. Shepard, the assistant general
freight and passenger agent, with head
quarters in this city, returned yesterday
| from San Francisco, where gossip has
| it he went to confer with the general Of
ficers as to his possible promotion to the
place made vacant by Mr.. Smurr's de-
cease. The death of Mr.. Gray may
however, change the positions of all of
| nj ha roll nj rI
| General Manager Nevin of the Santa
Fe company is going about with his arm
in a sling as a result of too much conf
dence in his ability as a railroad man in
getting off of street car while in mo-
tion. He was with General Freight
Agent Ed Chambers the other day,
when the latter aighted from street
car with the ease and grace for which
he is noted. AS Mr.. Chambers is much
| heavier man than Mr.. Nevin, the latter
thought that he could do likewise, but
| he missed some of the dynamic propor-
| tions in his calculations and was thrown
! to the ground, suffering severe dslo-
cation of his shoulder, which still causes
| him considerable inconvenience.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
| Dennis Burkhalter, the superintendent
| of the San Joaquin division of the South
ern Pacific company, is in the city.
| H. J. Small, who holds the important
| position of superintendent of motive
power and machinery for the Southern
| Pacific, is here inspecting engines and
! shops.
The Santa Fe company is improving
the depot at San Jacinto on such an
ambitious scale that it promises to be
one of the most complete on the line.
Fred F. Turner of Pomona has been
offered and has taken position in the
auditors office Of the Santa Fe COM
pany in this city. Mr.. Turner Is well
known in this city.
| L. D. Bartlett has been appointed chief
of the painting department of the Santa
Fe company's shops in San Bernardino.
He has held the same position in the
Albuquerque shops for some years past.
| Henry Strong, who in 1887 was the
president of the Santa Fe company, is in
Southern California on visit. Mr..
Strong is one of helarge owners of San
ia Fe securities and is the man who gave
the company the splendid system Of
feeders that it has in Southern Califor-
MIA.