Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-31
Among the
Railways

l. MILL w ~ - l
George l.. Havens, city ticket agent
for the Salt Lake, is confined to his
home on account of Illness.
The Inter- California railway. a part
Of the Southern Pacific system, has
been completed from Calexico, Cal.
south into Mexico, distance of 14.27
miles.
The genial face Of B. r. Coons, com
mercial agent for the Rock Island, is
again seen at the Office on South Spring
street after having been absent for
several days on account of sickness.
Raymond e. Whltcomb tour No. 9
to Southern California left Boston yes
terday and is due to arrive in Los An
Ssies Saturday afternoon at O'Clock.
One hundred and twenty-five people
have engeged berths on the special
train Of ten cars.
w. H. Bancroft, vice president and
general manager of the Salt Lake road,
passed through Los Angeles in his pri-
vate car over the Southern Pacific en-
route for San Francisco. Mr.. Bancroft
Is on his way back to Salt Lake City
from the City of Mexico, where he has
been spending a short vacation.
Locomotive Looks Sour
As the gasoline motor car, filled with
Southern Pacific officials, pulled into
Santa Ana Monday afternoon Mr.. Fee
spied big hog engine standing on the
side track.
Look at that engine frown," said
Mr.. Fee, "just as If it meant to say
fO q
you? What the dickens are you good
for, anyway"
S. p. Annual Report
In no annual report for the fiscal year
1905 has the universal propserity of the
country had fuller expression than in
that of the Southern Pacific company.
With an increase of only 124 miles in
the average extent of rail lines oper-
ated the figures for 1905 having been
913S miles, as against 9014 miles in 1904,
the gross earnings of all rail and water
lines increased $25S2,0OO, while the
surplus of the system after meeting all
fixed charges increased $3,553, 900, or
about 40 per cent. The company's
statements as presented in the admir-
able consolidated income account set
forth the results in operation of the
parent company and of it's various
leased and proprietary lines. all Offset
ting tranactions between them being
excluded. In the following table the
showings for the last three years are
compared:
1905. 1904. 1903.
Average miles
of rail lines. s.lsS s,o14 s.s42
Gross earn gs 5,515 1853 ss2 1893 2S1 $sS 32O 1886
penses 49,. es.6642S5 ss,179,5s4 eo,SOl $50
ings .sSl. $50 s2s 800, ,75s, ,ss7 s2s, ,o1s o75
Other income 2,625,424 2,5S9,762 2,S6S,10e
income ..s34,4 e,s47 SS2, ,343, 800 $50, ,3s2, III
Fixed charges. 22,0i4,374 23,464,915 21,417745
Surplus. ...s12 4S1 .s7S s s,S7s, ,4s4 5 1884 432
Railway Conventions in 1906
The following is list of conventions
of railway officials to be held during
the year 1906:
March 15-American Association of
General Baggage Agents at Los An
geles.
March 20-American Railway En-
cheering and Maintenance of Way as
ISOLATION at Chicago, Ill.
April National convention of rail-
road commissioners at Washington,
D. C.
April 25-American Railway associa-
ton at Chicago, ILL.,
May S-International Railway Cen
eral Foremen's association at ST. Louis,
Mo.
May 10-Eastern Association of Car
Service Officers at Washington, d. c.
May 15-National Association of Car
Service Managers at Denver, Colo.
May 15-International Railway Mas
ter Boiler Makers association at Mil
waukee. Wis.
May 16-Freight Claim association at
St. Louis, Mo.
May 17-Association of Transports
ton and Car Accounting Officers at
Denver, Colo.
June 19-Train Dispatchers' associa-
ton Of America at Buffalo, N. Y.
June 19-American Association of
Local Freight Agents associations at
Montreal, Canada.
June 13-Master Car Builders asso-
citation at Atlantic City, N. J.
June 1S-American Railway Master
Mechanics association at Atlantic
June 2O-Association of Railway
Telegraph Superintendents at Denver,
Colo.
June 27-Association of American
Railway Accounting officers at Bluff
Point, N. Y.
October 16-Amercan Association OF
General Passenger and Ticket Agents
at Atlantic City, N. j.
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