The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02


 destinies of the Southern Pacific know no equal. When relaxed from the cares of 1 transportation and traffic they might all have their measures taken for a model suit of affability If you must see them on anything outside of the pale of busi- ness the best time is immediately after lunch when the inner man is satisfied | and the taste of the cigar still fingers. The person who supplies both the tragic l and the comedy element of the following story did not know this and now he is not on visiting terms with the yellow building" He was only a small boy and should have been pardoned, but the in- eXorable custom of the company knows no pardon in these cases. The boy came to the Southern Pacific with every recom- mendation for good conduct and great mental potentialities. He was according ly assigned to MT, Richardson, master of transportation. In two days the boy had so completely, absorbed the peculiar busi- ness of MT. Richardsons office that the head of the latter feared displacement, so he displaced the boy. The boy was then assigned. to duty at the freight building at Fourth and Townsend and there began to mount the ladder which i'll his dreams ended in the office of the master of trans portation. Some. time after this the em- ployes of the various departments had a
 
 the young man was given leave to attend. It was for the organization of some in surance. society among the lesser em- ployes and the boy, primed for the occa- sion, dressed himself in his very best clothes, with a glowing necktie to produce a climax. Once again in the yellow building" he thought 1t was no more than duty to call on MT. Richardson. The thought was father to the act, and the hi iJ1 tEa Tr Richardson arrived soon after and he found the young man breathlessly await ing him. There were stacks of business to attend to that morning, and MT. Rich ardSon was very anxious to get at it. The boy inquired about his health and told of his progress and his expectations. The magnate listened. Then came an inquiry from him what the nature of the business was on which the young man had come. The young man replied "Oh, I didn't come on business. I just came to pay a sociable call I knew you would be glad to see me- Now let us talk of something besides business. That's so common- place." MT. Richardson became epigram- matic and the boy departed.
 W. W. Douglas, Deputy State Controll- CT, arrived from Sacramento yesterday and is staying at the Grand.
 MTS. f1dTTlSOH GIdy OllSf WllS Ol lll0 brigadier general, arrived in this city from Los Angeles yesterday and will stay at the Occidental.
 Mrs Duncan A. Mcdonald, principal of the De Lamar (Nevada) School, arrived in Oakland yesterday to attend her moth CT, who is critically i'll.
 J. B. Schroeder has been appointed local ticket and excursion agent of the San Francisco and North Pacific Rail- road, to succeed D. H. Smith, resigned.
 General c. c. Allen. T. R. Newberry, F. F. c. Klokke and Charles Wier, of Los Angeles. are in this city and are stopping ait the: Palace. They are all prominent citizens of the Southern city and will pre- sent Brigadier General Otis with a gold mounted sword. remembrance of his friends in Los Angeles.
 L. Feigenbaum of Rohnervile is in town for his health. He reports that the crops in his neighborhood are excellent The chief need of his section is the promised railroad connection with Ukiah and Eureka, which he regards as sure to be made eventually. He brought down a large con tribution from Rohnerville to the Red Cross Society-the proceeds of an enter tainment held in the Town Hall of his burg.