Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-17
SHAKE-UP AMONG
RAILROAD MEN
CHANGES IN OFFICES AT SAN
BERNARDIN0
Annual Inspection Of Company K Is
Held, Col. Thomas Wilhelm Of
fleIatlhg-Loeal Notes and
Brevities
Special 70 The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO. Feb t6.-A
shakeup is on in local railway circles.
affecting both the Santa Fe and South
ern Pacific agencies. Frank l.. Hope,
who has been in charge of the city
ticket office of the Santa Fe for the
past year and employed in the local
offices more than seven years. has
been transferred to the city ticket office
at Riverside to succeed Mr.. Bauman
The latter becomes agent there to sue
ceed w. r. Dowler. who was recently
appointed as general agent for the San
Bernardino district. Who will succeed
Mr.. Hope has not been announced.
d. A. Bruce who has been Southern
Pacific agent here for the past year,
will next week be transferred to the
Riverside agency to succeed Mr.
Monahan. who goes to Pomona. r.
G.. Fulton, the agent at Pomona, will
come to San Bernardino as joint agent
for the Southern Pacific and Salt Lake
roads. Mr.. Bruce was for several
years agent at Cotton.
Racing Matinee
The racing matinee to be given the
afternoon of February % at the driving
park under the auspices of the San
Bernardino County Driving club prom
ises to be the most largely attended
affair of the sort ever held here. The
entries number thirty and are confined
-
horses. Everything will be free, even
to the grand stand. There will be
seven events of three heats EACH
There are some good horses owned in
this county and some good sport is
anticipated.
The annual inspection of Company X
was held last evening, Colonel Thomas
Wilhelm appearing as inspecting officer
for both the federal government and
the state. He was assisted by Lieu
tenant Fredericks, also of the regular
army as aide. Others present included
Brigadier General Robert Wankowski
of Los Angeles. Brigade Inspector Ma
jor James H. Campbell of Los Angeles,
Colonel S. H. Finlay of Santa Ana,
Major o. P. Sloat, Captain T. M.
Heard, assistant surgeon of the Sew
enth regiment, and Captain A. B. Gaz-
zolo, aide to General Wankowski, all
of this city. The Redlands company
was inspected this evening and the
Pomona company will be visited to-
morrow evening.
Opposes Text Book Bill
The county board of education has
passed resolution in opposition to
the bill now before the legislature
making it a misdemeanor for teachers
or school boards to require pupils to
purchase supplementary text books.
The board states it believes the bill
was introduced in the first place be-
cause of rumors that were in fact not
founded on the truth and that there
is no need for such a law, and that the
needs of the situation are amply COW
cred by the present laws.
The following officers have been
elected by the newly organized Cotton
board of trade: President, E. ]. Eisen-
mayer; secretary, M. o. Hert; treas
urer, M. French; committee on con-
stitution and bylaws, G. NJ. Green
Otis Goodwin, R. H. Franklin, ]. A
Champion and w. A. Letwiler; "round-
up" committee, M. c. Butterfield, G. S.
Pierce, G. B. Castor N. Davenport and
A. D, Spring.
San Bernardino Notes
The total rainfall to date is now
about eleven and one-hGlf inches.
Rain continued nearly all night last
night, but nothing. serious in the way
of trouble for the railroads resulted.
The English Teachers association of
San Bernardino and Riverside coun-
ties will meet at the high school build
ing in this city Saturday, February
%. A program of an educational ma
ture has been prepared and the visitors
will be entertained by the teachers of
the San Bernardino city schools.