The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-02
:. Gossip in Railway Circles. !.

E. e Calvin, general manager of the
Southern Pacific and ". II. Bancroft,
general manager OF the Oregon Short
Line, spent Friday night at Santa Bar
bara and stopped over at Pacific Grove
last night. They will arrive in the
city some time today.
Charles Lincoln. district superin
tendent of the Pullman Car Company
in the mildest possible way intimates
that Secretary Metcalf in his desire TO
reform an alleged abuse does not know
what he is talking about. Lincoln re-
feTs to the charge that the Secretary
made as to keeping the doors Of the
diner locked while crossing the straits
of CarquineZ on the ferry Solano. Lin
coin says that the Pullman Car Com
pany does not own nor does 1t con-
duct the diners on the line OF the
Southern Pacific. and the Secretary, as
he has crossed the Continent many
times. should be aware of the fact
The Southern Pacific officials are also
indignant at the Secretary, and an Of
fetal said yesterday: The Southern
Pacific runs the dining cars and for
the information of Secretary Mctcalf
I will say that when dining car is
unattached passengers can only enter
the diner from one end. Provision is
not made for passengers to enter the
car from the galley end. They only
can enter at that end when the car is
attached 10 some other car, and the
vestibule permits them to utilize the
steps OF the other car"
c. s. Fee. passenger traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific, and H. A
Jones. freight traffic manager of the
same company. accompanied the party
of merchants who left yesterday morn
ing for a trip to Tonopah and Gold
field. The train left promptly on
time. ". A. BisseH OF the Santa Fe
was also one of the party.
r w Thompson, general Western
agent for the Rock Island. left yes
terday for Goldfeld on business for
the company.
L Z. Stanton. who attends to the
freight end of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul. spent Thanksgiving in
Los Angeles and is expected in this
city on Monday.
The gallant hunters of the Chips
Island Shooting Club left the city early
yesterday afternoon for their preserves
and each man promised a railroad
friend a brace of ducks. Among those
who started for the island were Otto
Zeus W. c. Donneily Fred Gomph
B. Thorning. Donnelly says that ducks
are plentiful now and that there is no
reason why each man should not bring
home the limit. Duffy has provided
himself with new gun for the shoot
and his friends have been promised
that they viii be supplied with ducks
for all OF next week.
Edward B. Duffy. travelling freight
agent of the Gould lines in Portland,
has been in the city on a visit and
left last night for home. Duffy says
that he has been all over the East,
and declares that San Francisco is
the only city worth living in.
NJ NJ. Stern. who is the dean of the
general agents in the city. viii retire
from the service Of the Canadian Pa
cine on the first OF the year and go
into business for himself There are
few men in the city who have so wide
an acquaintance and so many friends,
and all his old associates join in wish
ing him good luck in his new enter
prise.
w H. Davenport. general agent OF
the Colorado Midland. is attending a
meeting of the general agents of that
system at Denver.
p r Norton. travelling passenger