The San Francisco call., 1906-10-13
Gossip Of the Doings
of Railroad Men.

Peter Harvey, Pacific Coast agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio, who has re-
Gently returned from a trip throughout
the Eastern States. says that he, never
saw such a boom as there is at present
on the Atlantic Coast.
Everyone is doing q good business"
he says, "and the. railroads are making
big money. The fact is that there is
not road in the East which is not
short on equipment There Is not a
line that is not bowling for cars and
the howl is directed against the lines
in the West which have calmly appro-
priated our cars and will not send them
back.
You ask who is the greatest sinner?
Why, 1t is the same old sinner. I mean
the Southern Pacific. After my return
from the East I went to Nevada. And
what do you suppose I saw? Well, sir.
l saw train of twelve cars loaded
with lumber, and each car on that train
was a Baltimore and Ohio car. Here
we have been asking for the return of
our cars and the lines in the West will
not give them up. They have simply
taken advantage of the situation out
here and pay no attention to our pro-
tests. OF course there is a penalty, but
the penalty is so small that they would
rather pay it than give up the cars.
w z are HOT the OILY SuILtEeISs Ic
New York Central lines and the Penn
sylvania have their cars all over the
western slope and cannot got them
back.
Il was in both Tonopah and Goldfield
and unhesitatingly say that they are
the greatest camps | have ever seen.
Schwab is expected in Tonopah soon
and it is reported that he intends to
do big things when out here
John w. Brock of Philadelphia, pres
ident of the Tonopah and Goldfeld
Railroad, is at present in Tonopah He
has been adding to his millions by
making some wonderful copper discov-
cries in his Greenwater properties
These mines are said to be the richest
In the world. Greenwater is near the
Panamint range of mountains in Inyo
County and near the famous Death
Valley The mines are between the
Telescope and Kingston ranges. Brock
went there in company with r. H.
Rushton, vice president of the Tonopah
Railroad, and spent fully a month at
the mines. Last week he was met there
by j. F. Hadden. the general superin-
tendent Of the road, in an automobile.
The distance from the Greenwater
mines to Tonopah is over 200 miles and
they had to carry their water with
them for a good part of the journey.
Brock Is busy extending his road
from Goldfeld to Bullfrog and Clark is
as busy extending his from Bullfrog to
Goldfeld. 1t is not known who will
have his line completed first.
c. ]. Bradley, commercial agent of
the Southern Railway, is in Los An
geles. He is expected back about the
middle of next week.
z. Buckingham, general superintend-
ent of the Oregon Short Line arrived
in this city yesterday in his private car
on business connected with the COM
pany. He Will hold a conference with
General Manager E. E. Calvin.
w. H Murray, chief clerk of the
Union Pacific passenger department ar
rived yesterday on a pleasure trip to
the coast. He is accompanied by his
wife and will make a visit to the differ
ent points of interest His first visit
viii be to Del Monte
S. f. Booth, general agent Of the pas
senger department OF the Union Pa.
cific on this coast will leave for the
south this evening. He will inspect
the new Offices of the Union Pacific in
Los Angeles.