The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
Gossip of the Doings
of Railroad Men.

c, S. Browne. general agent of the
Colorado Midland arrived in the city
Yesterday. He is looking over the sit
uation with the view of settling in
San Francisco. Mr.. Browne is i'm
PEELED to this step by the health OF his
wife. who is unable TO live in the high
altitude of Colorado Springs.
H. Q. Wilson, general freight agent
of the Union Pacific. has returned from
an extensive trip through the San
Joaquin Valley
A E. Roome. superintendent of tele-
graphs for the Southern Pacific, has
been on a tour of inspection as far as
Ell Paso Mr. Roome says that Ari-
zona and New Mexico seem to be en-
joying an unrivaled prosperity. Every
body is apparently making money and
judging from the conversation of the
hotel men in Tucson they are expect
ing an unusually large crop of tour
lists.
H. r Judah who has not been in the
offices Of the Southern Pacific for some
months. was in the city yesterday call
ing upon his old railroad associates.
He expects to leave on the S0th of this
month for the Orient
G. F. Richardson of the Southern Pa
cifc returned Yesterday from bust
ness trip to Los Angeles and the south
ern part of the State
General Manager r E. Calvin of the
Southern Pacific, wlso left last Satur-
day evening on an inspection trip as
far as Los Angeles. is expected back
this morning.
Chief Engineer william Hood of the
Southern Pacific is in the southern part
of the State.
Chief Counsel HeIrin of the Southern
Pacific left for the country last satur-
day and is expected back this morning.
L. J. Lyon has been appointed the
auditor of the Tonopah and Goldfeld
Railroad. succeeding W w Keith
J. H. Osmer has been appointed the
auditor of the McCloud River Railroad.
His Office will be at McCloud.
J. Kennedy has been appointed mas
ter mechanic of the McCloud River
Railroad and his Office viii be at Nc
Cloud.
J. H. Kuhns has received the ap-
pointment of purchasing agent Of the
Tonopah and GoldAeld Railroad and
his office viii be at Tonopah-
Charles D. Taylor. who has been the
general agent on the Pacific Coast for
the International Mercantile Marine
Company, which comprises the White
Star, the Red Star and the Holland
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ton, effective 25th inst, to accept
the important post of secretary and
treasurer of the Moran Shipbuflding
Company. with headquarters at Seattle.
He win be succeeded by G. NJ. Keep
pei. who has been Mr. Taylor's first as
sistant
Peter Harvey. Pacific Coast agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. left
with his family last Saturday night for
Los Angeles. Mrs Harvey and the
children will make their home in Los
Angeles during the winter.
John A. GILL general agent of the
New York Central lines, has returned
from an extended trip through the
northern part of the State Gill saws
that the month of October will show
the largest volume of business, both
eastbound and westbound, that has
ever been done by the railroads in the
State. He is borne out in this state
ment by H. o. Wilson, general agent,
freight department of the Union Pa
cihc.
w R. Alberger, traffic manager of
the Key Route, Familiarity known as the
Mother Of the Transportation Club"
is scheduled to answer to the toast of
the Ladies" at the big banquet which
viii be given tonight by the commuters
Of Palo Alto to the Board of Trade
of that place. John A. Gill, who is
another commuter, will tell of the mil
lions of tons that the New York Cen
tral lines have carried into and out of
California during the past year. Louis
f. Hanchett, president of the Inter
urban, will talk on how railroads de-
velop the country.
There will be 125 commuters at the
banquet. and an old Union Pacific man,
Rod Guyett. has the affair in charge.
Amos Burr, travelling passenge
agent of the New York Central, has
been gathering up a carload of tour
lists from the vicinity of Haywards
who are going East in his care to see
the wonders of Niagara Falls.
F. o. Hatch of the Chicago Great
Western has returned from Watson
vile. Hatch says that Watsonville had
shipped by last Saturday 1915 cars of
apples to outside markets Arizona
now is getting the bulk of the crop.
Wiifert Bros, Sausages,
Now open at the old stand. Tavlor