The San Francisco call., 1906-11-10
Gossip of the Doings of
the Railroad Men.

F. W. Swanton of Santa Cruz said
yesterday that the contract had been
let for the building of the Ocean Shore
road, from the cement works TO SCOTS
Creek. some four and half miles. He
is confident tnat the line will be in
operation from San Francisco to Santa
Cruz by the middle of summer
W. H. snedaker. general agent of
the Illinois Central is in Los Angeles
and will be home next Monday.
W. A Bissell. assistant traffic man
ager of the Santa Fe, says that the
Sunset line. which runs from Kern
Junction to Sunset and which is owned
Jointly by the Santa Fe and the South
ern Pacific, will from November 10 be
operated by the Southern Pacific. The
agreement between the two lines Is
that the road be operated for five years
by each line. The term of five years
for the Santa Fe will expire on the
fifteenth. when the Southern Pacific
will take hold.
L. W. Landman has been appointed
general Western passenger agent of
the Lake Shore and Michigan, with
headquarters in Chicago. L. F. vos-
burgh, who held this position, has re-
signed to take service with the New
York Central and Hudson Railroad
Company.
Andrew Stewart of the Chicago and
Alton has received notice that w NJ.
Bushnell has been appointed assistant
general freight agent OF the system.
with headquarters in Chicago.
S. F. Booth, general passenger agent
of the Union Pacific, will leave on Sun
day evening to attend general meet
ing of the passenger agents of the
Union Pacific in Chicago. One Of the
principal subjects of discussion will
be the matter of advertising California,
for which a large appropriation Will
be set aside. The meeting is called
for November 15.
Henry Aviia OF the passenger depart
ment of the Union Pacific, in speaking
of the recent absorption of the Illinois
Central by E. H. Hartman, said that 1t
was possible now to route a passenger
to Chicago by three different lines and
not give a cent to any other road. A
man can be sent to Chicago via Port
| land over the Oregon and California,
then by the Oregon Railway and Navi
cation Company, then over the Oregon
Short line and then take the Illinois
Central into Chicago. A passenger
can also be sent to New York from
Chicago by the Baltimore and Ohio.
then by the line of steamers to New
Orleans, or back by the Baltimore and
Ohio to Chicago, then over the Illinois
Central to New Orleans. then on to
Ell Paso. through Los Angeles and
back to San Francisco. He could also
take the direct route by the Central
Pacific to ogden, Union Pacific and
then Illinois Central into Chicago.
There is also the Salt Lake route,
which he can take from Los Angeles.
F. C. Fox. general superintendent of
the Santa Fe, with headquarters at
Topeka. is in the city. Fox has charge
of the Eastern grand division.
The officials of the Santa Fe an
nounced yesterday that the Offices Of
the Santa Fe would be at their old
quarters in the Monadnock building by
the first of December.
]. S. Leeds, manager of the Santa Fe
Refrigerator Dispatch Company. left
on Wednesday night for Los Angeles
and is expected TO return here Monday.
P r. Lund, in speaking Of the colo
mist travel to the coast this year, said
"One of the most gratifying features
of this immigration is the large num-
Der of people that came through the
Ogden and Portland gateways, which
means that the travellers will settle in
the northern part of the State. total
of 1861 came into California between
August 81 and October 81. Through
the Ell Paso gateway there were 1O.s0s.
Ogden 32,O01. Los Angeles 736 and
Portland 2015."
H A. Jones, freight traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific, has returned
/ FROM los AnpeIoz where ne had bppn