The San Francisco call., 1906-12-29
Gossip of Doings of
Railroad Men

H. W. Adams, commercial agent Of
the Rock Island-Frisco lines, who has
recently returned from Ell Paso and
Chicago, where he conferred with the
heads of the Rock Island system said
yesterday: The meeting was for the
purpose of arranging for expedition in
handling Californian products going to
the Eastern markets and also of ship
ments from the East to California. We
have adopted a plan to give shippers
information as to the whereabouts of
their shipments daily Instructions
have also been issued that all Cali
fornian business be given expeditions
service. Our people in the East fully
realize the Importance of rushing Cali
fornian products to the Eastern mar
kets and will exert every effort to as
sist shippers in marketing their prod
ucts."
A. G. Wells, general manager of the
Santa Fe, arrived in the city yesterday
to attend the funeral of W. :. --swhall.
T. D. Mckay, representative of the
Overland Route in the Orient, has re-
turned from a visit to New York and
will sail shortly for Hongkong. where
he makes his home in the far East.
+. n. 6OrQon, Senerdl agent OF the
Washington Sunset Route has an
nounced that the first of the person
ally conducted, high-class tours for
California will leave Washington City
on January 10 and will arrive in Los
Angeles on January 20. The second
will leave on February and the third
a month later. j. H. p. Mason has
been detailed by Gordon to conduct the
excursions to this coast.
j. D. Magill, travelling freight agent
of the Rock Island-Frisco lines, is con-
fined to his home by serious illness.
W. T. Allen of the Rock Island Frisco
lines will spend New Years day with
relatives at Oroville.
F. L. Stanton, contracting freight
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
ST. Paul Road. has gone to the north
ern part of the State on business for
the company.
L. B. Valla. ticket agent of the South
ern Pacific at Redlands, has been pro-
NOTED to be travelling passenger agent
with headquarters at Riverside.
j. L. Moore has been appointed dis
trict passenger agent of the Salt Lake
.
succeeding J. H. Buttners who has been
transferred to Salt Lake
The agents of the Cunard line of
steamers report that the inquiry is
good from this city for tours through
the Mediterranean. S. f. Booth, who
represents this line, says the new
steamships Mauritania and Lusitania
have both been launched and will be
the largest and the fastest steamers
afioat. They will make the trip across
the Atlantic in four and half days.
Midland line has returned to this city
from Los Angeles
D. e. Brown has been appointed gem
eral superintendent of the Canadian
Pacific Company's trans-Pacific steam
ships with headquarters at Vancouver.
He was formerly the company's agent
in Hongkong.
C. M. Burkhalter. district freight and
passenger agent of the Southern Pacific
at Fresno, is a visitor in this city.
c. W. Hibbard, who is connected
with the Sunset Magazine, has been
Manager c. S. Fee to make an extended
tour of the Southern States through
which the Southern Pacific lines pass
in the interests of the ma magazine.
J. w. McClymonds, general agent of
the Armour car lines, said yesterday
that there was surplus OF cars In Los
Angeles and there was no delay in the
handling Of oranges and celery.