The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-03
Gossip of Doings
Of Railroad Men

0OSS1p OF LONGS
OF Railroad Men
Arthur S Hore. general agent of the
Grand Island route. is on an extended
trip through the State.
Fully one hundred lumber men from
Michigan are expected in the State In
the course of few weeks. 1t is their
intention to travel all over California
and familiarize themselves with condi
tions in the State.
James B. Duffy of the Santa Fe says
the hardest thing in the city is to get
small boy who is anxious to work.
IF you think it an easy matter to find
a lad who is willing to earn money"
he observed. Just point him out to me
and l can get him job from $1.50 to
S2 day. Do you know that the I'LL
nois Pacific glass works can employ
200 boys in their factory, and that
owing to the scarcity of boys who will
work they have had to send East to
try and get this kind OF help.
have tried my best to inculcate
small boys in this city and IN Oakland
and Alameda with the idea how neces-
sary it is for them to start in life early.
but so far no small boy seems to pay
any attention to my remarks"
There is considerable speculation as
to the man who Will be selected to fill
the place made vacant by the death of
Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern Railway. 1t is generally con-
coded that c. H. Ackert, fourth vice
president and In charge of operating
will be chosen. The impression Is that
man who has had experience in the
West such as Ackert has had is the
man for the position. The South has
to be developed and a man who has
had to develop new territories and
understands the task of opening in
dustries will, in all likelihood. be the
new president of the Southern Railway
t. K Stateler, general agent OF the
Northern Pacific, was able to put in a
few hours at his Office last Saturday
He is still weak after a long Illness
which resulted from shock when his
leg was broken.
H. F. Dorgeloh, general agent on the
Pacific Coast for the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line, is spending a few days at
Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. Dor
geloh says that his father and sister
came to California from Hanover pur-
posely to see San Francisco, and he
State as it is possible for him to show
| them. by the way" said Dorgeloh,
you remember the story The Call had
about the wages Russians were re-
ceiving in the city? This attracted the
attention of Samuel B. Holman. a Rus
sian living in Riga, and he asked me
| If the article was correct. 1 ex-
| planned to him the labor situation in
the State and he made it his business
to travel over California. He paid a
| long visit to Fresno, where there is a
big Russian colony, and he was so
pleased with the condition of the Rus
SLAMS in Fresno that he intends to send
here many of his countrymen."
Milton Donley, one Of the best known
| Southern Pacific conductors in the San
Joaquin Valley, died suddenly last
Tuesday at his home at Dinuba. Dom
| ley had been on the run between Ba-
kersfield and Fresno for several years.
| G. H. Nutting, general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific in New
| York, has wired General Passenger
Agent James Horsburgh Jr. that the
Southern Pacific's new turbine steamer.
| the Momus, has arrived safely from
| Philadelphia and will leave New York
on December IL for New Orleans, and
Will leave New Orleans for New York on
December 19, leaving New York again
| on December 26. These vessels are
expected to do big passenger BUSH
ness with Californians. They consume
| FIVE days on the trip from New Orleans
| to New York and the fare Is the same
as the rail fare. with the addition of
| berth and meals being thrown in.
| The passenger department OF the
| Southern Pacific has put in a special
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Los Angeles. The exhibit will open on
December 4 and last till December 8.
It is expected that there will be big
attendance.
| H o. Wilson of the Union Pacific
| tells a good story of brace of English
| lads at Sausalito who had decided to
| leave their vessel and begin life in
this country. They found no difficulty
| In getting job, but they were worried
by the number of jobs they had been
offered. I'VE must live up to Ameri-
can principles" one said, for If we
don't we amt no good. Why do they
call the Americans the smartest peo-
pie on the face of the earth?' he asked.
'sWhy? said the second man lazily. 1T
/ tell you why" answered the first
speaker, because an American is so
smart that he works for big wages
and has, less to do than any other
man in any other country. Now. If we
want to be thought smart we must
act just as an American and take the
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