The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
Gossip of Doings of
Railroad Men.

P. r. Lund, chief train agent for all
the Hartman lines. tells stoIv Of
litigation over a ticket that com
menced on September %. 1902, and con-
cluded few days ago by the plain
tiff asking the Southern Pacific to re-
fund to him the costs of the Initial
suit. Lund says the plaintiff came olt
here for the benefit of his health and
was the purchaser of $50 round-trip
ticket from Chicago. While in Los
Angeles he formed the acquaintance
of a scalper. who induced him to put
up a job on the railroad company. In
pursuance of the scheme when ne
went to the validation bureau he so
disguised himself that the agent who
went through the train lifted his
ticket, as he did not correspond TO the
description. He was put off the cars
twenty miles from Los Angeles and
returned to that city and brought suit
against the company. At the trial the
plaintiff worked upon the sympathy of
the jury and got a verdict of $1,000.
The case was carried to the Appellate
Court and won by the Southern Pacific
Three days ago the plaintiffs attorney
went to the Southern Pacific. and.
throwing himself upon its mercy, con-
fessed that his client had been led
into the scheme, said he was poor, and
asked the railroad to pay the costs OF
the first suit, amounting to s103. This
was done.
Avery Hilton. general agent for the
Erie line has returned from a trip
through the southern part of the State.
T. D. Junkins. who has represented
the Transcontinental Passenger Asso-
citation in this city as validator of spe-
cial excursion tickets, has closed his
office 10 Indt<ir1S uytl
spend the winter in Los Angeles.
c. L. Garfield, general agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st Paul. will
return home about the middle of the
month. Mr.. Garfield will bring back
with him copy of his new book. The
Diary of Her"
Joseph McIroy of the Missouri. Kan
sas and Texas, who has been in Seat
tie, says he never saw such a boom in
the Northwest before. There is a great
movement in real estate circles and all
the people in that city think about is
the coming of the new railroads. They
are especially interested in the Chi
cago Northwestern and the Chicago.
Milwaukee and ST. Paul, which are
heading that way
T. K. Stateler, general agent of the
Northern Pacific, who has been con-
fined to his house for the last two
months with broken leg, is able to be
about again and expects TO go down to
his office before the week is over
w. Wilde. who has been the chief
clerk of the freight department of the
Union Pacific for several years, will
leave within few days for his new.
post in Astoria.
w. B. Hinchman, general agent of
the Santa Fe in Sacramento, was in
town yesterday and reports big
movement out of the valley
The operating department of the
Southern Pacific announces that the
present jam on freight will, in all
probability, be broken within few
days. The car situation is pretty we'll
cleaned UP, there are between 100
and 600 cars between here and Sparks
for different northern points. There
are 120 cars for this city. which can
est difficulty is in Oakland, as there
are not enough teams to handle the
freight.
E. c. Manson, superintendent of the
Salt Lake division, arrived yesterday
and is attending the conference at the
Oakland mole of the general superin-
tendents and the switchmen.
c. G. Norris of the Sunset Magazine,
which is published by the passenger
department of the Southern Pacific, left
last night for the East. Mr. Norris
will be absent two months
The general agents who will have
their offices in the Flood building have
decided that they will not for the pres
ent put up any overhead signs. 1t is
expected that the buildings will be
ready by December Is for the railroad
men.