The San Francisco call., 1906-11-27
Gossip of Doings of
Railroad Men

M. M. Stern, the general agent OF the
Canadian Pacific Railroad. wired his
resignation to Montreal yesterday, TO
take effect on January 1. Stern is the
dean of the general agents in San
Francisco He opened this agency on
August IS. 1886, in small Office on
Montgomery street. when the Canadian
Pacific's western terminus was at Port
Mooney and there was not a steamer
belonging to the company on the Pa
/ cific Ocean. His friends laughed at him
for taking the agency and tried TO dis
suade him from accepting the position
II am leaving the service OF the rail-
road with many regrets" said Stern
I yesterday. 'for my association with the
Canadian Pacific people has always been
/ of pleasant character I have made
many friends in the twenty years have
given TO rai1roading and a man feels
badly at severing old ties. In the in
terests of my family I have decided to
4 leave and engage in business for my
self, but hope that I shall still main
| tain my old relations with the rail-
road men,"
John T. Redmond. who was for sew
/ eral years cashier of the Pullman Car
Company in this city, has resigned TO
| accept an important position with the
Hibernia Bank He was for a long
time with the Southern Pacific and has
many friends among railroad people.
Thomas d. Mckay, general passenger
agent of the Overland route, which Is
l represented by the Union Pacific and
its allied lines, arrived yesterday from
/ Hongkong on the Siberia and registered
at the Little Palace. Mckay has the
latest style Of silk hat. the newest cut
Of coat, and trousers which are dream
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San Francisco again and that moth
ing could turn his heart from the place.
He said that he has done an enormous
business in the East and that through
his personal representation he has
aroused in the people of Japan, China.
India, Formosa, Burmah and Siam a
great desire to travel over the Amer
lean continent
Mckay has added to his list OF call
ing acquaintances several Nawabs.
Maharajahs and Guikwars. besides
Governors of provinces and other
potenates and powers He will leave
for the East within a day or so.
The passenger agent has not the
| same valet that he had on his last trip.
Mckay has adopted the Oriental Gus
tom Of being accompanied by his valet
wherever he goes. When he was in
New York and was invited anywhere
his valet went also. Mckay was asked
/ to lunch and the valet was given a seat
at another table. When the bill was
presented the host found that the valet
has ordered everything in season and
out OF season and that the lunch bill
was tride over $40.
1t fell to passenger traffic manager
to take Mckay out to dinner. The valet
went too. He had good appetite and
also good thirst. He topped or the
dinner with two pints OF champagne
and his individual bill was more than
n IT vs.
bined.
There are few men," said Mckay
proudly. who ara such good judges Of
meat and wine as my valet" The
general agents in this city arc relieved
| to learn that this valet Is with soma
other traveller and that Mckay can
be safely asked to dine at nodsrats
cost.
Station Agent Williams OF Dinuoa.
Tulare County. Is now regarded as a
hero in that city. He was held up and
robbed last week, and what Is more.
| the highwaymen were inconsiderate
enough to walk him several miles
into the country, then turn him loose
with the Injunction ito keep his potato
trap closed" Williams says that he
has railroaded for many years but this
is the 1rst time that he was the prin-
cipal figure in so unpleasant an in
cident-
4 <1SOOAOAnS " the story several thOu-
sand dollars were brought to thu deuot
after the Bank OF Dinuba was closed.
and the agent had no choice other than
to keep the money IN the station.
Either he or his assistant spoke ahout
the responsibility OF having all that
coin In their care. for the news was
soon common property Williams. for
the sake of security. stayed at the de-
pot late that night IN walked two
heavily armed men, who took posses
sion or the sack Of money and then
placing Williams between them. start
ed at a brick walk for the orange.
groves In the foothills. When the rob
bers were fair distance from Dfnuba
they bade him go home. The men
took the money and are still missing
Phil K Gordon, general agent of the
WashinSton-Sunset route. has returned
from long trip through the southern
part OF the state. In speaking OF the
south ne said; They have had a
good rain in San Diego, and the conn
try looks bright and prosperous There
mas been good rain also in RedIands.
one OF the best signs in Los Angeles
IS that the second class and the cheap-
er hotels are crowded
Il made particular inquiries into this
and was told that there were a great
NUMBER OF mechanics pouring into Los
Angeles and that they spoke of set
Ting in California. In other wears
only the very rich have invaded the
citrus belt, and I regard this new
movement as healthy one for the
country"
F. w Thompson general agent OF
the ROCK Island. who has been on a
tour through the southern part of the
State. is eXnacfad ba~I~ to5.--