The San Francisco call., 1907-06-12
In Railway Circles

The Interstate commerce commission,
through Commissioner Franklin K.
Lane, has notified the railroads that
1t does not consider the rates made
for the national educational association
meeting to be lawful, and has called on
them to either abolish the rates or
change them. The basis for this criti-
cism is that the railroads, by the re-
quest of the national educational asso-
citation, will treat the meeting as a
fraternal one, for which special rates
under the law are allowed for delegates
only on a certificate plan, and will call
all attendants to show certificates of
membership in the national educational
association before the tickets will be
validated for their return trip. The
railroads are not directly concerned in
the question, as the remuneration will
be the same in either case, but the
matter is of vital Importance to the
national educational association, as 1t
is the only way in which the associa-
tion could retain the membership and
collect the dues without any great addi-
tional expense. The subject was con-
sidered yesterday at the meeting Of
the western lines in Chicago.
There is considerable speculation as
to whether the Southern Pacific will
commence the selling OF lands before
successor has been appointed to sue
ceed the late w. H. Mills. c. W. Eber-
lein. who has had charge of the South
ern Pacific lands since the retirement
of Jerome Madden, has never been con-
firmed, and it is said that he will not
get the place. The lands were taken
r,ff h orlr of
having been destroyed by fire, but 1t
is thought that the new records will
be finished within a few weeks. and
then the lands will again be placed on
sale. There are about 16,000 900 more
acres belonging to the company which
have not been sold, and among these
acres is some good land. There is. of
course, vast acreage under timber.
which has grown in value during the
past few years.
w. A. BisselI, assistant traff7c man
ager of the Santa Fe, and j. J. Byrne
assistant passenger traffic manager of
the same line, left last night for Chi
cago to attend the meeting OF the
Transcontinental passenger association
A p. Stewart, general agent Of the
Chicago and Alton, who has been on a
louI through the northern part of the
state, says the crop prospects are much
better than was supposed. The high
water, OF course, did some harm. but
not as much as was believed
B. A. Worthington, first vice presi-
dent Of the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal
railway. who has been on a visit To
relatives in Sacramento. left Yesterday
for the southern part of the state.
James Horsburgh Jr, general passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific. viii
leave for Chicago early next week. He
vii attend the annual advertising meet
ing Of the Hartman lines
E. E. Calvin, general manager Of the
Southern Pacific. who was In the north
ern part OF the state, returned Monday
A. H. Mofit, travelling passenger
agent of the Erie. has just returned
from a trip to the southern part of the
state, and in speaking Of the southland
said: THE Japanese have taken IN
large tracts In the vicinity of Tronico
and Pasadena and planted this land 70
strawberries, and / am told that one
Japanese has cleared In a year Sc 900
on four acres of Strawberries
J. Ross Clark. second vice president
of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake road, arrived in this city Mon
day from Los Angeles.