The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28
Gossip of the Doings of
Railroad Men


Decoto and tells his neighbors he is a
hotel and a railroad man. has been
long an object of suspicion. He has
been seen at midday milking cows,
plowing in the cool of the evening, and
pruning his apricot trees by the light
of the moon. He was the subject of
discussion at weekly meeting of an
improvement club. and 1t was decided
to send an emissary to wait upon him
and learn the facts. Crane was now
ing his lawn of thirty acres with a
scythe when a gentleman with strong
Teutonic accent approached and asked:
Have you card which allows you
to cut your own grass?"
Sure" answered Crane; come up TO
the house." and Crane showed the dele
gate the white annual pass of the
Southern Pacific.
"Ach, very WE'LL" replied the dele
gate.
The next day he called and said:
Let me see that card once again. 1t
does not look right"
well, well,'' exclaimed the mystified
delegate, yesterday it was all white
and now it Is yellow" and he handed
back to Crane the bright golden annual
pass that ]. Downey Harvey issues for
the Ocean Shore.
The day after the delegate again ap
peared.
'They tell me you are fooling me.
Show me your card again."
And Crane handed out the bright
pink annual pass which the Tonopah
and Tidewater Railroad is distributing.
Despite the assertions of J. W. Nc
Clymonds. who represents the Armour
car lines. that the orange shippers have
all the cars they require. growers who
are In the city from Los Angeles en-
phatically deny the truth of Nicely
monds' statements. They say that the
warehouses are stocked with oranges
awaiting shipment and neither the
Southern Pacific nor the Santa Fe can
furnish the cars. They say that the
fruit is suffering from the delay and
there is apparently no relief in sight
To add to the troubles of the grow
ers the Salt Lake road will not be
open for traffic for at least another
thirty days and the Southern Pacific
and the Santa Fe have all they can do
without the orange business. The rail-
road people declare they cannot get the
refrigerator cars back, as the eastern
lines are holding them to move their
own freight.
n. A Jones, freight traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific, in speaking of
ti0 COAhPidthL VI tAO lldy men LildL LHcy
were unable to get hay for their ami
mails. owing to none being brought in
by the railroad, said yesterday:
Orders have been issued to bring
fifty cars a day, and that Is about the
number of cars that can be handled by
the hay men. Instructions have been
given, also. to bring into the city 100
cars day II needed. There was a
time last week when we could not get
anvfhfney fnfn fhe offU hut fc
ent now, and there will be no shortage
from now on"
u The Star-Union line, which is the fast
freight line operating over the Penn
sylvania system, has sent out a pamph-
let to the general managers of the
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe, en-
titled, What One Railroad Has Done
to Avoid Shortage of Freight Cars"
The sending of the brochure may be
intended as hint to the Southern Pa
cific and the Santa Fe. for 1t says that
since January l, 1906. the increase In
freight cars In the whole Pennsylvania
system has amounted to 1851 cars, and
55S2 remain to be built out of orders
placed for 1906 delivery. The Penn
sylvania system has a grievance
against the Western roads. for it OBJ
serves that the lines west of the
Mississippi River had on December 1.
1906, 44S5 cars belonging to 1t, while
the Pennsylvania itself had 2523 cars
belonging to the Western roads The
use of their cars by foreign lines, and
particularly the Southern Pacific and
the Santa Fe. has compelled the Penn
sylvania to keep c. H. Norris on the
coast since May hunting up and send
ing back its cars. His presence is al
ways welcome to Superintendent OF
Transportation Richardson.
]. Y. Callahan, general agent of the
Nickel Plate, with headquarters in
Chicago, is expected In this city soon.
When last heard from he was in Salt
Lake
Samuel D. Sweet, general freight
agent OF the Lake Erie and Western
Railroad, with headquarters in In
dianapolis, arrived in the city on