The herald., 1898-04-23
LOCAL RAILWAY NEWS
SENATOR ELL DENISON LIABLE
NOT TO GET THERE
His Contract for Peanut Butcherine
Comes to an End-Notes anU
Personal Mention

Senator ELI s. Denison of Oakland Is no
longer the power he has been, for ne mas
been displaced from his proud dominion as
the king of the peanut butchers on the
Southern Pacific trains. For thirty years
past he has had the monopoly of the pusi-
ness of selling the passengers on all trains
west of Ell Paso and Ogden indigestiples'
both literary and gustatory. Marpieized
sandwiches and yellow-covered novels
sugary soda pop, prize packages, with
no prizes, and Laura Jean Libbey's stor-
ies-out of all of these, and other things,
the senator has managed to gather COM
potency of about $500 month ana the
leadership of Alameda-county politics.
But, as Huntington remarked some years
ago, the railroad is out of politics now and
is strictly business. Denison has been pay
ing $4,000 a year for the monopoly, and
General Manager Kruttschnitt had come
to the conclusion that the company might
Just as we'll get bonus of $50 900 from it,
and is supposed to have had an offer from
Fred Harvey, the man who conducts the
Santa Fes eating houses for that sum. SO
Wednesday Mr.. Kruttschnitt Cancelled
Mr.. Denisons contract and called for new
bids, which were to have been opened yes
terday at the general offices of the company
in San Francisco
This is one more setback for the Stanford
Crocker interests in the company for Den
ison was q follower of the "old guard"
which stuck by the fortunes of Stanford
When he heard that he was to lose his
business he appealed to Mr.. Huntington
for aid in holding it, but was told Coldly
that it was purely a matter OF business, and
that it lay with Mr.. Kruttschnitt alone.
Mr.. Denison intended to compete with Mr.
Harvey, but the latter has. it is thought.
too much money for him.
Notes and Personals
The Santa Fe company has completed
its calculation of its losses at the Fairview
tunnel burning last winter, and places the
amount at about half a million dollars.
Special Agent Fowler, who distinguished
himself at the attempted robbery of a
Santa Fe train at Grant a few weeks ago,
was on the train which was held up al ORC
Grande, but had left it at Barstow. There
is no set of train robbers in the country
who would stand up against team of such
fighters as Mott and Fowler.
Yesterday afternoon the soldiers from
San Francisco, who passed through here on
Thursday night, reached Yuma safely.
The next Native Sons celebration of Ad-
mission day will be at San Jose, as the
Southern Pacific company has made rates
which are regarded as satisfactory by the
order.
Engineers and Mott
There was a report about town last
night to the effect that engineers of the
Santa Fe had agreed that they would re-
fuse to haul any express car in charge of
Messenger Mott, who shot the ORC
Grande train robber, and who Is supposed
to have accidentally been the cause of En-
gineer Giffords DEATH
The report is not credited among railway
men generally, as the investigation show
ed clearly that Mr.. Mott acted through
out the affair in a brave manner
and only did his duty. The engineer s
death was more regrettable than words
can express, but still it was an accident
that might have happened to any one un-
der the circumstances.
The express company paid the expenses
of the funeral of the dead engineer, which
was held yesterday, and provided in
every way for the afflicted widow. The
company has also recognized Mr.. Motifs
fidelity and courage, and will make it de-
srable for it's other messengers to follow
his example.
1t was only an accident that Fowler, the
company's fighting man, who made such
a courageous charge at the robbers who
tried to hold up Santa Fe train at Grant $
station a few weeks ago, was not
in the Oro Grande mix-up. He had rid
den with Mott on the trip as far as the
Needles, and got off there to make the