The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
Gossip of Doings of
Railroad Men.

| Nd1ITOdQ Men.
| J. E. German, freight traffic manager
OF the Santa Fe. will be in the city
this week.
Captain A H. Payson, assistant to
the president of the Santa Fe, left last
night on the Owl train for Los An
geles. He will leave that city this
evening to meet President Ripley at
Albuquerque next Thursday.
Secretary and Treasurer w. C. Dom
nelly of the Chipps Island Shooting
Club left last night for the island and
TOOK with him the best hunters in the
club. Mr.. Donnelly says the reason
why he and his friends do not now
regale their friends with ducks or send
them any is because the keeper will
be instructed late in the season to kill
ducks during the week, which will be
presented to the friends of the mem
bers. The men that Will shoot today
are Bode Smith of the Gould lines,
Fred Gomph,' secretary to G.. w. Luce;
Morton Cummings, in charge of the ex-
port and import business of the South
ern Pacific; Otto Zeus of the passen-
ger department of the Santa Fe, W.
herman of the freight department of
the same line and E. B. Thorning, cap
tain of the Alameda Boating Club.
Henry Lynch, who is attending to
the construction of the Peninsula Rail-
way, says that the want of men and
material is retarding the work. but
Notwithstanding this ten miles of sim
gle track have already been built out
OF San Jose north. The road is to be
double tracked
/ c. N. Fisher has been appointed
chief clerk sin the city ticket Office of
the Southern Pacific, to succeed ]. p.
Mason, who resigned in order to take
position with the Washington Sun
set route Fisher has had a rapid rise
in the railroad world, he has been
with the company for only three years
Otto E. Scheerer has been given
charge of the Pullman counter in the
He succeeds Frank Cronise. who is now
with the Rock Island.
v. M. Garside has been appointed
travelling passenger agent of the South
ern Pacific for army and navy business
Train Agent James Mcintosh OF the
Southern Pacific, who travels out of
Los Angeles, had a singular expert
ence last Friday. A man boarded the
train for the East at Los Angeles with
scalper's ticket. Mcintosh lifted"
the pasteboard and he and the man re-
turned to Los Angeles together. AS
the man stepped off the train he was
met by two officers, who arrested him
on charge of having stolen auto
mobile which cost $4,000 and which
he had sold for $1,000.
j. Edwards attempted to ride to Los
Angeles on a ticket which had orig
inally been purchased by man by the
name of Stoppenwoth, and Train Agent
H. f. Mitchell promptly conflscated it.
Where did you buy this ticket"
asked the Southern Pacific man, "on
East street, or on Fillmore street, or
where?"
What do 1 know about the streets
now." was the answer. Il got out of
San Quentin only yesterday"
The operating department Of the
Southern Pacific was told yesterday
by T. R. Jones that there were three
inches of snow at Emigrant Gap, Cisco
and Spruce.
Supervising Engineer L. H. Taylor
of the Truckee- Carson project was in
the city yesterday and told the railroad
people he is badly in need of labor and
lumber. He said at one time he
thought 1t would have been feasible to
bring the water on to the dry lands by
March 1, but now it is impossible to
say when this can be done
j. A Munroe. freight traffic manager
of the Union Pacific, and H. A. Jones,
freight traffic manager of the South
ern Pacific, left last night for Los An
geles. 1t is supposed that they will
hold conference with Assistant Traffic
Director e. 0. Mccormick, who is still
in that city. Mr. Munroe arrived in the
city yesterday morning.
Billy webster of the Pennsylvania
line has been compelled to take a va
cation to Stockton for the benefit of.
his health.
]. ]. Warner of the Santa Fe, who, in
the days when commissions were paid,
is said to have sold a ticket to a man
by so roundabout route that it even
extorted the admiration of Billy" Vice.
A man, ignorant as to railroads, asked
Warner for a ticket to Buffalo, Wyo.
This Buffalo is near Fort Collins. War
ner gave him a ticket to Kansas City,
then to Omaha, and then back to Buff
falo. Vice, however, went Warner one
better. A Chinese brought a ticket for
his wife and himself to New York.
Vice sent the husband east over the
Northern Pacific, while he routed the
wife to New York via Florida.
Il wonder if they will ever meet
again." mused Vice. the trusting
couple left the office.
A day school has been started hy
the Southern Pacific at Sparks for first
and second year apprentices. Glasses
are held every Monday and Tuesday
mornings and the apprentices are paid
as if they were at work in the shops.
They are taught arithmetic, elementary
mechanics and mechanical drawing,
link motion and valve gears.
Assistant General Manager C. H.
Gaunt and General Passenger Agent
Connell are with President E. p. Rip
ley OF the Santa Fe and will accom-
pany him to this city.
FAMILY WASHING IN FRANCE
DONE AWAY FROM HOME
Every City In the Republic Provides for