The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-08

general agent for the Texas Pa
cific Railway company, is in the city
for the winter to look after citrus fruit
shipments.
The new east-bound freight rates will
go into effect Monday next. They make
an increase on an average of rs per cent
on most of the commodities exported
from this part of the state.
General Passenger Agent ]. j. Byrne
of the Santa Fe is at Arch Beach, being
chaperoned by Judge "Dick" Eagan.
Agent f. w. Thompson of the Rock
Island states that the personally con-
Quoted excursions on that line will here
after go east from Chicago over the
Chicago, Lake Shore, Michigan South
ern, New York Central and Boston and
Albany railways, shortening the time
relatively to New York and Boston by
six and eight hours.
c. C. Crane, the general agent in San
Francisco for the Vanderbilt lines, is in
the city.
Chief Engineer Hood of the Southern
Pacific company is again in the city.
looking after the details of several small
branches now under construction.
The Santa Fe has put on an extra train
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side in connection with the limited to
and from Chicago.
The Southern Pacific company has re-
fused the people of Bakersfield depot.
Kern will remain the station for that
city.
The Sunset limited Is now pulled by
ten-wheel locomotives, supply of them
having been sent to every division of
the road for this purpose.
M. o. Bicknell, formerly in the service
of the Southern Pacific company, has
been appointed general freight and pas
senger agent of the Maricopa and Phoe-
nix and Salt Lake Valley road to sue
coed Col. Sanford.
General Freight Agent Ed Chambers
of the Santa Fee is in San Francisco.
The Santa Fe has enlarged its business
very much during the past year Us
statement of the increase in number of
men employed and the amount of wages
paid will show. In the five months of
July to November last it paid out in sal
aries and wages $503, 124.36 in excess OF
the amount paid in the same period of
the preceding year, making an average
increase of 100000 month. In the
mechanical department the increase was
S4,S94; in train service. SCI, 2S5.67, and
in the track department employees, $154,-
1887 The indications are that these
figures will be largely increased dur
ing the coming six months.
There have been number of changes
in the Southern Pacific offices at Tucson.
Assistant Superintendent f. A. Seabert
has come to this city to take the super
intendency of the Redondo Beach rail-
way; c. o. Brown, the train master, has
resigned, and has been succeeded by
former Chief Clerk G. w. Phelps. The
office of assistant superintendent has
been suspended for the time.
The Santa Fee company has ordered
80 first-class refrigerator cars from
car-building firm, the company's shops
not being able to turn out the rolling
stock as fast as it is needed.
+. E. Snyder of the chief engineers
department of the Santa Fe, who has
been in Southern California for some
time past, returned to his home in Texas
yesterday.
Passenger Agent It. F. Fitzgerald of
the Texas Pacific has gone to San Fran
cisco.
President J. N. Buckley of the Rands-
burg railway and of the Toronto, Ham
Iilton and Buffalo road, left for the east
yesterday.
General Agent c. L. Garfield of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
way has returned to San Francisco.