The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
Gossip of the Doings
of Railroad Men

The ticket Office of the Southern Pa
cine, the information bureau and the
Pullman Office have moved into the
Flood building. and big business was
being done over the temporary counters
yesterday morning. Abner Mann, who
is in charge of the office. said that he
would put men to working at night, so
as to make the place look presentable.
The Union Pacific was the first of the
Foreign lines to sell tickets East in
the Flood building. Henry Avila sold
transportation to New York to A Nc
Graw. John Butler and niece, DR.. j.
Mowatt, Levitt McHill and c. NJ Hink-
ley.
c. S. Fee, passenger traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific. returned late
Saturday from Chicago. where he had
been attending meeting of the Trans
continental Association. Fee said that
only routine matters We're taken UP at
the meeting. but the most encourag ging
thing was the great interest expressed
by Eastern men in California and es-
pecially in San Francisco. Nevada, too,
he observed was being greatly dis
cussed and her mineral wealth was ex-
citing the intelligent curiosity of the
moneyed men all through the Eastern
States.
John w. Brock is on his way to Tono-
pah- The president of the Tonopah
Railroad does not seem to be much con-
cerned over the agitation in his State
of 3-centra- mile fare He has only
a 10-cent limit on his road with which
he is entirely satisfied and does not see
the necessity of any change. As Brock
is hardly able to carry all the people
desirous of visiting the gold fields, he
is of the opinion that any legislation
to reduce railroad fares upon his line
from 10 cents to cents would be i'll
advised. AT present Brock is worrying
along with fare of $3.50 for a haul of.
sixty-five miles from Nina, the junction
of his line with that of the Southern
Pacific, to Tonopah, and he sees no valid
reason why it should be less.
Bruce Norton of the Union Pacific.
who is stationed at Fresno. believes
that the cultivation of the eucalyptus
tree will be one of the great industries
in the State. "A company has been
formed" he said yesterday, ito plant
work has been delayed owing to the in
ability to get trees ! am not in this
company, but am planting on my own
land and have secured 1900 trees.
which ] am setting out on $50 acres.
eight miles southeast of Goshen. The
value of the eucalyptus is hardly re-
allied. When vanished 1t takes a high
finish and looks like oak and it is good
for plow handles, hoe handles and other
agricultural implements being equally
as useful as the best hickory EucaIyp-
tus trees can be grown on alkaH lands
and after the first few months they do
not require water
r. c. Burns. general agent of the
Mexican Central in Los Angeles. is in
this city on a brief visit. Burns. in
speaking of the business his road is
doing. said the Mexican Central and.
in fact. all the lines in Mexico were
handling more Americans this winter
than at any other time of their his
tory. Large parties from the Eastern
States We're visiting the republic, and
Mexico City was becoming a popular
place for the holding of conventions.
Railroad men in Mexico were on the
anxious seat at present because the
date was approaching when the Ma
tional Government would take over the
and the high officer. as well as the
humble employe. was wondering what
would be his fate.
Joseph McIlroy, general agent of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, has recov
cred his health sufficiently to enable
him to leave Byron Springs and return
to his Office.
w. E. Blatchley, who has been for
many years the private secretary OF
Passenger Traffic Manager e. A. Ford