The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
Gossip Of the Doings
of Railroad Men.

Francisco is not the only place in the
United States where the bold robber is
at large. Hilton is mourning the loss
tof a new overcoat. latest style. which
he brought West to make Harry Buck
1 envious and also griev1ng over the loss
of fine Russia leather dress suit case
which contained innumerable toilet ar
ticIes, all OF silver. with his mono
gram carved on them.
The train was Just pulling out OF
+ Cariin," said Hilton yesterday, when
a great big fellow rushed into the car
4 and seized my vaIise and great coat
and jumped of the rapidly moving car.
4 1, Of course, telegraphed back to the
station authorities and informed them
/ of the robbery. but have heard nothing
as yet 1t was the most daring theft
/ I ever witnessed do not see why this
man should have singled out my be-
/ Iongings, though he added ruefuIly
+ There are one or two railroad Offices
on East street, notably the Chicago,
/ Milwaukee and ST. Paul, whose officers
/ are much incensed at the small police
/ protection that is afforded them 1t is
I said that before the Milwaukee Offices
there is continually a gang of rough
young fellows who do nothing but
swear and use foul language, and
/ though complaint has been made to the
/ patroImen on the beat, they are not
driven of. Then there are a number Of
/ buuko steerers, it is claimed who
/ openly ply their trade along the side
walk in front of the railroad and
steamship offices and have been ordered
away by the men in charge The remon-
strances of the latter are laughed at.
| howeves The men in these offices also
make a complaint as to the condition
Of the street Refuse is thrown before
/ the offices, and in every conceivable
way they are made to feel that life is
not worth living on East street. The
4 owners of the buildings have also COM
/ planned to the police, but without
effect.
/ E. Garside, formerly city passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific. in charge
! of soldier business, has been appointed
/ chief clerk to A S. lxann of the South
ern Pacific. vice ]. H. P. Mason, re-
signed
/ F. z. Valentine, travelling passenger
agent of the Canadian Pacific, with
/ headquarters in Los Angeles, is occu-
pying the desk OF Ticket Agent E. z.
Penn, who is away on a vacation TO the
Yosemite
K. A White. who attends TO the river
steamers Of the Southern Pacific, re-
ports that the business on the river is
holding up wonderfully well for this
time of the year He says the water
now, but he is wondering what the
shipping men will do when the wet
weather comes. Fhe docks are unpro-
tected and be expects trouble then
There Is only little bit Of q shed
/ on this dock''-meaning Larue' She
said and when it rains I do not know
what we shall do, Missfon-street wharf
4 is also without protection, as is Wash
+ in ngton, which does quite a big Stock
ton passenger business Jackson also
Is without covering. and the Sacra-
mento boats which start from there
carry q good many people during the
week to the capital city Broadway is
/ IN bad shape, and SO is the sseawaH
i NJ. NJ. Stern. general agent of the
/ Canadian Pacific. in speaking of his
/ line said. Travel to the Orient over
our road is astonishingIy large and is
/ great deal better than we had hoped
for. The Canadian Pacific will do a
banner business this year. The wheat
crop IN Manitoba is enormous, and it
is well that we have Just added 22G0
cars 10 our equipment to handle this
crop, as without these additional cars
we would have been completely
swamped. There is no other section
/ Of the country which is making such
rapid strides as Manitoba There is
/ Dig increase IN the acreage ana the
liberal terms the Government and the
Canadian Pacific make to immigrants is
attracting an enormous population
There are great many farmers from
/ the Middle West going into Manitoba
and embarking in the business of rails
ing cattle. BY the way, it may be news
TO you, but Manitoba ships a great deal
OF wheat TO California. It is Of a
harder quality than the local wheat
and is mixed with our wheat TO give
it strength.
H K. Gregory, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Santa Fe, has re-
! turned from his vacation at his old
+ home in Illinois. It is needless TO say
that he is glad to get back. He opened
his conversation yesterday by remark
ing. I would rather live in San
I Francisco even as she is now than the
finest city in the East There is no
getting away from the fact that when
a man goes away from this city he
gets homesick-
II heard nothing but the kindest and
! the most cheering words about San
/ Francisco when I was East. They do
not question our ability to build up the
[ city and they are more optimistic as
/ to our future than we are. There is
going to be an enormous travel to the
i coast this winter for the inquiry in
all the large cities was about Cali
+ fornia. Of course, Los Angeles will get
i the bulk OF the travel, but there will
/ be a great many people who will come
4 here and stay for a day or so. In the
East the rapid building up of Los An
i geIes is one of the favorite themes of
I conversation and there are Eastern
men, presumably we'll posted who say
that there is more building being done
in Los Angeles than in any other city
in the United States"
Edward Chambers, assistant freight
traffic manager Of the Santa Fe. was
/ in a brown study yesterday. He had
been poring over the Hepburn bill and
he came to the conclusion finally that
4 it was d fine bill, but still it cIashed
In more than one way with railroad
business. He also praised the Commfs-
sioners. who, he declares, wish to be
fair
Look here" remarked Chambers. as
he drew a diagram piece Of paper {
This represents the lines Of the South
ern Pacific and the Santa Fe, the South
ern Pacific practically starting from
0rc A