The San Francisco call., 1906-11-01
Gossip of Doings of
Railroad Men.

Edward Chambers, assistant freight
traffic manager of the Santa. Fe, is in
Los Angeles.
g. w. Colby. general agent of the
Great Northern, returned yesterday
from his trip to Los Angeles. In speak
ing of the southern city Colby said:
Ten years ago the business center
was at First and Spring streets; five
years later it was at Third and Spring.
and now it is rapidly travelling to Sixth
and Spring. The trend is south, and
the fact that the offices of the Southern
Pacific have been moved to Sixth has
caused almost all the other railroad
offices to follow suit
e. s. Blair, formerly general agent
of the Great Northern in this city, and
who was transferred one year ago to
Spokane, has resigned to become the
general Western sale agent of the Nell
son Coal and Wood Company, with
headquarters at Spokane.
A H Campbell, son of Benjamin
Campbell, fourth vice president of the
Great Northern, has been appointed to
succeed E. S. Blair as the general agent
of that line. Campbell was at Belling-
ham.
HI, F. Dorge1oh, Pacific Coast man
ager for the Hamburg-American line
In speaking of the difficulties he has
encountered in having his new offices
on Market street fitted up. said: 81
was unable to- find carpenters. and
hnally ran across three Russians who
claimed they We're carpenters Fortu-
nately l can talk Russian and I hired
them at the small salary Of $40 a day
| asked these men what their wages
were In Russia, which they left only
three or four months ago. and they told
me they got "a rubles a month for
day of eleven hours, or SIP a month
RMS means that they were paid in
their own country at the rate of about
80 kopecks a day and were Satisfied
Now they are being paid 20 rubles a
day, or 1000 kopecks for eight hours
Are they satisfied? Indeed not They
insist that they should be paid more
money, as they are spending 81 day.
or zoo kopecks, for lemonade. Imag-
inc, they are spending about twice
as much money day on alleged lemon
ade as they received for working eleven
hours day in Russia"
j. w Walker. superintendent of the
San Joaquin Valley division of the
Santa Fe, arrived in the city yesterday
from Fresno. He says the business
done by the company has increased so
much that it is well nigh useless to try
to compare 1t with former years. He
remarked that the .velume of traffic this
year out of the San Joaquin Valley,
by his line, has doubled.
President E. p Ripley of the Santa
re is now oon tour of inspection of
the company's lines ia Texas and has
DELAYED his arrival at Albuquerque till
November 8. Owing : to this change
captain A. III. Payson, assistant to
PRESIDENT Ripley, has deferred his de-
partures from this city till next Sat
urday and will leave Los Angeles for
Albuquerque on Sunday 1t is not
known whether Mr. Ripley will first
inspect the lines In Southern Califore
MIA or come north.
G. A. Davidson, auditor Of the Santa
Fe coast lines arrived in the city yes
'terday. His headquarters are in Los
w. c. Edes, district engineer of the
northern division of the Southern Pa
clhc, is confined to- his home by illness
lie mad to undergo slight operation
r. S. Ruble. travelling passenger
agent of the Union Pacific at San Jose
was in the city Yesterday