The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17
Gossip of Doings of
Railroad Men.

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R. H. Ingram. general superintend-
ent OF the southern district of the
Southern Pacific. is still here IN his
private car. but expects to leave for
Los Angeles in a day or SO.
Theodore H Jacobs. cashier and
ticket agent in the local Offices of the
Union Pacific, has left for short
vacation, and is now in Lake County.
S. F. Booth has received from Cen
eral Passenger Agent E. l. Lomax of
the Union Pacific some unique litera-
ture In the way of pamphlets. I'M
prove the American Race: the Story
OF Notable Transcontinental Trip" is
the title of one. The writer. Will j.
Davis OF Chica so, had a trip over the
Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific
ilnes, and In return for the journey
wrote a brochure in which he advises
everybody TO travel over the lines of
these two roads in order TO improve
themselves. Mr.. Lomax, who is some
what OF an author, has broken into
print with book which bears the. title
OF Going TO Sea by Rail-" Mr. Lomax
refers to the Lucin cut-oH.
H V. Blasdel, travelling passenger
agent of the Union Pacific, who has
| been on a trip through the northern
counties rounding up intending trav-
elers, declares that Cloverdale Is in
the citrus belt of the State. Il never
saw such fine-looking oranges" he re-
marked yesterday. The trees are
breaking down with an abundance OF
fruit and the people UP there tell me
that the oranges that are raised in
that section of the country are far
superior to any that are grown else
where"
Charles Brown. travelling passenger
agent OF the Colorado Midland, had
fright last Sunday night which entirely
/ incapacitated him for work on Mon
day. Mr.. Brown had been dining at
popular cafe in the city of Oakland and
| returned to the house where he lives
somewhat late. The residents of that
charming city do not believe that there
is burglar in the place and so leave
/ their doors open. Brown entered, and
as he started upstairs he heard a pit
ter-patter Of footsteps in the dining
room.
Don't move STEP" he shouted, cor
I will shootf' Still the steps came on.
You are taking your life in your
hands" shrieked Brown as he chung to
the stairs to steady himself, and then
he felt cold, cold nose on his hand.
1t was the friendly nose of a bull pup
which had lost his home and had en-
tered the first open door he came to.
Bode X. Smith. travelling passenger
agent Of the Gould lines. and Howard
Dado, city passenger agent OF the
Burlington, went to San Ardo on the
line of the coast division for a quail
shoot last Monday, and each shot the
limit. Both men say the country
around San Ardo is alive with quail
and that even a poor shot could not
help killing the birds.
]. T. SHELTON, freight and passenger
agent of the Gould lines at Sacra-
mento Sam Nash district freight agent
of the Gould lines in Los Angeles, and
H. H. Derr, freight and passenger
agent of the Rock Island and Frisco
i system at Sacramento, are on a hunting
expedition to Shingle Springs. Reports
are to the effect that the railroad men
are denuding the countryside of all
kinds of birds, as everything looks like
quail to them.
E. Chambers of the Santa Fe was dis
cussing the Hepburn bill yesterday
when he said: The law is undoubtedly
a good one if the commission admins
ters 1t on a business basis and if they
are reasonable and consider 1t from all
| sides and not solely from legal
standpoint. If that is done there will
| be no trouble The law states the
tariff has to be plain so that 1t can be
understood by the ordinary person. Of
course, the best brains in the railroad
| world have been used in getting up
the tariff because these tariffs have to
| be distributed. There has been COM
petition among the different roads to
get up a tariff that could be under
stood easily so that the merchant could
pick out his own tariff. Then there
/ is another reason for making the tariff
plain. 1t has to be used by local
agents. clerks and night operators who
have to answer questions and who are
| supposed to pick an ordinary rate out
| of the sheet. These tariffs have been
made to meet sectional conditions. The
!. Western lines, the Kansas and Texas
and the Ohio and Indiana lines have
| their own tariff bureaus, for the condi-
tions are practically different in every
State, but the one thought among rail-
road men is to try TO get a tariff which
shall be as uniform as circumstances
will allow. I do not see how any one
set of men can get up a clearer tariff
| than that arranged by the railroad men
1t Is an utter impossibility to make
all the tariffs understood clearly by the
average man as much as to make the
internal revenue laws understood by
the average person The complaint has
not been made against the regular
tariff. but against the tariff which has
been made purposely to deceive. and
that is what the commission is seek
ing to remedy. This is the special
tariff in which discrimination Is made"
| W. Q. Donnelly of the Santa Fe and
F. Gomph, private secretary of G. A.
Luce of the Southern Pacific. went TO
Chipps Island on Monday duck shoot
| ing Donnelly took few friends along
with him who are new to guns and
cunning. Donnelly is surprised that
Il he came home alive. Edward Tony
son, the gamekeeper, who went out to
see the sport, tore his hair in despair
/ and saws he never saw such sportsman