The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08

Engineer L. H. Long of the Southern
Pacific arrived in this city yesterday
from Yuma and in speaking of the break
in the Colorado River he said: / met
Mr. Randolph in Yuma the other day
and he told me that work was being
rushed with the view OF closing the
gap. and further that he expected 10
have the river under control within
thirty DAYS. This would upset the ru-
rnors that the Southern Pacific was not
showing the proper amount OF alacrity
in the matter. The work is under the
direct supervision Of Epes Randolph.
The Santa Fe has notified r. II.
Countlss. secretary of the Freight
Transcontinental Bureau, TO restore, at
the earliest legal date, which will be
about February 10, the divisions with
the Rock Island and Frisco lines west
Of the Missouri River. which were can
celed about two months ago. Friend
ship appears TO have been re-estab-
lished along the lines Of competition
in Kansas. Colorado and New Mexico
c. L Garfield. general agent of the
Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul. re-
turned yesterday from Los Angeles
L. E. Stanton, contracting freight
agent Of the Chicago Milwaukee and
St Paul. leaves today for trip through
the northern part of the State.
". II. Wood. one Of the best known
OF the contracting freight agents in the
West, was in the city yesterday from
Sacramento 70 consult on freight mat
tiers with C. L canfeld-
Edward Chambers of the Santa Fe is
in Los Angeles.
H.K. Gregory, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Santa Fe, in speak
ing OF the travel TO the southern part
Of the State, said he was talking with
a weil-known citizen Of San Diego
the other day and was Informed that
the number of Eastern tourists in that
city was far greater this year than
at any former time in its history.
The Chicago and Alton, the Santa Fe,
the Union Pacific, the Denver and Rio
Grande and the Southern Pacific are
being sued by a well-known news
paper man for the loss OF a trunk and
contents, valued by him at $1,000. 1t
appears that the plaintiff was a resi-
dent OF st. Louis and returned to his
NAIVE city on a brief holiday On his
return he bought a ticket from San
Francisco and had 1t routed over the
decided that Il had travelled too many
times on the Santa Fe and wishing TO
reach its destination within as short
a time as possible II left the Alton at
KANSAS City and selected the Union
Pacific Railroad to Denver. Then 1t
chose the Denver and Rio Grande TO
Ogden. and having no other choice,
took the Southern Pacific for San
Francisco. There is no knowing where
that enterprising and discriminating
trunk would have travelled had ii not
been burned TO ashes in a FIRE in one
OF the Southern Pacific tunnels on the
Sierra Nevadas. Then its owner be-
gan TO make inquiries. A tracer was
sent and its ashes were found He de-
manded its value from the Santa Fe.
but Mr.. Gregory explained that as the
trunk was not burned on his line,
the Santa Fe, but on the Southern Pa
cifc. the Southern Pacific was respon-
sible- The Southern Pacific thought
that the trunk owner ought 10 pay the
company for carrying the trunk on it's
lines inasmuch as the possessor had no
ticket warranting it's being there. cor
daily thanked him for the information
and told him that he would, probably.
be presented with a bill by the Union
Pacific for transporting il to Denver
from Kansas City. This so angered
the newspaper man that he has
brought suit in ST. Louis against all
the roads and the question has arisen
as TO who is responsible for the loss
of the trunk. Some say the Alton.
while others say the Union Pacific man
had no right to take away the trunk