The San Francisco call., 1905-01-10
STILL LOOKING
!. FOR A MANAGER
julius Kruttschnitt Says
Man for Southern Pacific
Has Not Been Chosen
HARTMAN IN NO HURRY
Chief Operating Official
of Associated Railways
Here ON Inspection Tour
HARTMAN IN NO HURRY

julius Kruttschnitt vice president
of the Southern Pacific Company and
director of maintenance and opera
lions of the Hartman lines, arrived
yesterday from the East by way of
Los Angeles and is staying at the st.
Francis Hotel. His visit is for the
. purpose of making a careful inspec-
ton of the various branches of the
Hartman associated roads, where
millions of dollars are now being ex-
pended In betterments, The most i'm
portant improvements under way are
those on the Southern Pacific signal
system, where the relaying of rails
and the extending of the block signal
! system is In progress. OF this work
Director Kruttsohnitt said last even
ing:
The company Is laying about 100000 tons OF
30 pound steel rails which means about 500
miles of track When this work is completed
:. which viii be before the end of 1905. the com,
pany will have the largest line OF heavy ralIed
and we'll balanced track in the world; exteno-
ing from New Orleans to the Oregon boundary
and back over the Central Pacific system.
which is already in excellent shape Last
block signal system, and by the end OF this
year the associated lines expect TO nave pc
tween 800 and TOO miles of the system In per
feet operation We are putting the signal
system in selected places, where the greatest
company has had a complete chart of the road
and fast the points Of danger are desig-
mated the company % danr tn1s inss Ss
hind each train, one caution, the other an
absolute block.
PROUD OF ROADWAY.
Director Kruttschnitt added that
the company is making large addi-
tions to its rolling stock in the way
d of locomotives, of which 100 have al
ready been ordered; also many new
passenger coaches and freight cars.
Asked if the recent denial by the
Washington authorities of the COM
. pany's application for permit to
. construct a bridge across Carquinez
straits would materially affect the
plans of the Hartman syndicate for
: improving its big Western system, he
said it would not, and remarked:
We should have liked to construct the bridge.
=. for it would not only greatly facilitate the OPP
Grafton of our trains, but it would be of
benefit to the travelling public. But the Gov
ernment having decided not to permit the
building of the bridge it simply remains for
the Southern Pacific Company to continue the
DDS An elevated bridge is out of the ques-
tion, for the cost would be beyond all reason.
For months the Southern Pacific Company has
been expending vast sums in improving It's
lines and win continue to do so. Since left
san Francisco to take up my duties in Chi
cago L have done much travelling many
of the crack Eastern roads and my judgment
is that shared by number of prominent rail-
road officials OF the East who have travelled
over our line that have got permanent
roadway equal to anything in this country
Between this city and Los Angeles there is
almost perfect strip of roadway and few
lines can boast of anything surprising the line
between San Francisco and Ogden.
NEW GENERAL MANAGER.
The coming of Director Kruttschnitt
to San Francisco has been eagerly
looked formard to. Many local rail-
road men had expected that while
here the head of the operating depart
ments of the Hartman lines would
decide on a new manager for the
southern Pacific Company. Last even
ing. however, Director Kruttschnitt
. said that no decision had been arrived
at. He admitted that the matter had
been discussed several times by Pres
ident Hartman and himself, but they
had come to no definite conclusion
and the question would probably not
be settled for some time. Meanwhile,
said Mr.. Kruttschnitt, w. H. Bancroft
will continue to act as the general
manager. In discussing the appoint
ment he said:
II Is pleasant boast Of the company that
road in the country. Everywhere they have
been working like soldiers and we have ample
evidence that they enjoy the good feeling of
tions naturally have a tendency to enhance the
value Of the properties and give assurance to
the men who are responsible for their financial
obligations.
Mr.. Kruttschnitt expects to remain
in San Francisco until the end of the
week, during which he will be a very
busy man catching up with work Of
his office in Chicago.
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