The San Francisco call., 1907-02-26
Gossip Of the Doings
Of Railroad Men

The Government merger of the rail-
| roads in the republic of Mexico will be
followed by some important extensions
to those systems which will be of great
interest to this coast, as they will con-
meet two important Pacific Coast ports
with the large railways of Mexico. One
of the most important of these exten-
sions is the line from the city of Du-
range to the port of Mazatlan, which
will be part of the International Rail-
road. pass has been found through
the Sierra Madre range which will en-
able the road to be built, and the Gov
ernment engineers have signified their
intention of pushing the work to COM
pletion within as short a time as pos
sfble. The International connects with
the Southern Pacific at Eagle Pass
Another important extension is the
road which is now being built to the
port on Manzanillo, which will be a
part Of the Mexican Central. This port
is to be connected with the port of
Tampico on the Atlantic side, and so
there will be another line from ocean
to ocean within the space of a few
years. The Manzanillo extension has
cost a vast sum of money and a great
deal more will have to be spent before
the line is completed, but the project
ors are confident that 1T will prove one
of the most paying railroad properties
in the republic. 1t is reported that as
soon as the Government merger is con-
summated the cut-off from the city of
Mexico to the port Of Tampico will be
started. The survey has been com
pleted and everything is in readiness to
begin the work
p A. ziegenfuss, travelling agent of
the Rock Island Frisco lines, has re-
Gently returned from trip through
Nevada and says he is confident that
there will not be an inch of that State
left which will not be prospected for
gold Prospectors are turning their at
tention to the northern part and there
has been q big rush during the past
few weeks into the Fairview and Won
der districts. There is considerable
prospecting being done toward Love-
locks, and the Rosebud district, which
is only thirty miles from that station.
is showing well. The people of Fair
view have such confidence In their dis
trict that they are talking of having a
railroad built in there. Fairview is
about sixty miles from Fallon.
w. H. Watts, general superintendent
of the Utah Construction Company
which is building the Western Pacific
from Oroville to the Nevada State line
arrived in the city last week from Salt
in town left Saturday night for Oro-
vile. where he will inspect the work
that is being done in the northern part
of the State. Construction has been
greatly delayed on the eastern end Of
the line owing to the continuous rains
which have made the ground too soft
to work over.
James L. Clark. general Western
agent of the Lake Shore road, with
10 rfa al Chico o. rrfxra H.,
city yesterday, and while on the coast
will make a general inspection of the
agencies on the Pacific slope. He will
be In town for two or three days and
will then visit the southern part of the
State.
Ex-Judge Joel F. Vail, one of the
leading lawyers Of the Gould system.
who has taken an active part in the
building of the Western Pacific is in
the city and will be here for some time
Chevalier John F. Fugazi, general
agent for the Compagnie Generate
Transatlantique has returned from a
trip to New York. The Chevalier be-
lieves that the immigration to the coast
will be the largest on record for the
season. He has received advices from
Europe to this effect
The passenger department of the
Southern Pacific reports a phenomenal
ly large business on their coast line
and says that the travel both north and
south has been so heavy that it has
been compelled to add an extra coach
on all the trains leaving here and also
coming from Los Angeles.
c.. z. e. Ussher, general passenger
agent for the Eastern lines of the
Canadian Pacific, Is expected in the
city shortly. He will be accompanied
by F. w. Peters, assistant freight
traffic manager of the Western lines.
E. E. Calvin, general manager Of the
Southern Pacific lines, has returned
from a trip of inspection to Ell Paso