The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08

G. w. Colby. general agent of the
Great Northern, announced yesterday
that his company had put on a new
train which would be found useful by
men travelling in the northwest. This
train is called the Owl and will run
between Seattle, Bellingham and Van
couver, B. G. 1t will leave Seattle at
1880 p. M, arriving at bingham at
4 a. m. and Vancouver at a. m. 1t
will leave Vancouver at 1880 p. m,
Bellingham at 2:30 a. m. and arrive in
Seattle at a. m. The train Will carry
a Pullman from Seattle to Vancouver
and one from Seattle to Bellingham
These sleepers can be occupied at the
terminal at 9 D. m. and passengers will
not be disturbed until 1880 a. m :
w w. Finley, who has been nameeS
to succeed the late Samuel Spencer
as president. of the Southern Railway
is well known TO Western railroad melSa
as he was for many years with the
Great Northern and organized its trafie
department. Finley is acknowledged
service. He has written a number og
books on railroading and is an au2
thority on questions relating to transs
portation. =
w. ID. Read, who is regarded as tbs
dean of the passenger department OK
the Southern Pacific, will return frort
his vacation TO the South Seas on De-
eember IS.
H. C. Chace. assistant superintendent
of the telegraph service of the Santa
Fe, arrived in the city yesterday and
will supervise the placing of the rail-
road wires in the new offices in the
Monadnock building.
H. C. Archer. general agent of the
Mexican Central, with headquarters in
Los Angeles, is here on business con-
nected with an excursion to the City of
Mexico. which will leave this city on
December Is.
Edward Chambers. assistant freight
traffic manager of the Santa Fe. went
to Hanford last week to inspect his
ranch in the Tulare bottom lands. He
took a party of friends with him in a
large automobile TO view his property,
which he described as being able to
raise anything on the globe. II am
thinking of growing grape fruit" said
he The automobile came to a halt
at the bank of an expansive lake whose
bosom was tossed by waves. Section
5 is out there" said the chauffeur.
pointing over the sheet of water.
Chambers saw an ancient gentleman
and inquired for the post at the sec
tion-corner of five. Half a mile out
in the water" was the answer. Cham
bers made a rapid calculation and
asked: How far beyond the section
corner does the water extend?' About
twenty-six miles," was the reply.
Chambers left the lake with a sigh.
His farm was only fifteen miles out
in that inland sea.
Frank l.. Miller, district passenger
agent of the Rock Island, with head
quarters in Los Angeles, and B. F.
Coons, commercial agent of the same
company, are in the city.
r. w. L. Stevenson. who is connected
with the Nevada Railway. which runs
from Wadsworth to Olinghouse. is in
the city, having arrived in his private
car the Sunland. He is on his way to
Portland and from there will go to
Spokane.
The departure of A. Ottinger for
Chicago Thursday and the fact that
p. r. Lund. chief train agent for all
the Hartman lines. is already in Chi
cago, are of much significance mas
much as the case of the ticket brokers
versus the railroad companies is to be
heard shortly in Washington. II will
be remembered that a stay in all pro-
ceedings was granted the brokers by
Judge Kohlsaat of Chicago until such
time as the United States rendered its