The San Francisco call., 1907-03-14
Gossip of theDoings
of Railroad Men

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The operating department of the
Southern Pacific is still worrying over
Ae freight situation. The officials as
sert that despite their entreaties the
merchants are not moving freight
rapidly, and the work of unloading cars
is not progressing satisfactorily. The
reports show that at the Mission Bay
yards and at the Vailejo-street yard
last Monday there were 1850 cars and
/ ia at Oakland, MeIrose, Alameda Point
and East Oakland. On the western di-
vision there were 379 and on the coast
division 739, making a total of 2312
cars destined for San Francisco. About
275 cars were being unloaded each day
and of these leo were shed cars and
stock cars which the company sun-
loaded. On Monday 279 cars were
standing on private sidings. of which
80 were unloaded. These cars were on
private property and were run there
for the convenience of consignees TO
insure prompt unloading. There were
S49 cars on sidetracks, of which only
81 were unloaded by the merchants
The officials of the Southern Pacific
say that at the sheds last Monday
there were 130 cars, of which the com
pany unloaded los. They assert that
consigned to them as rapidly did
the company, the freight blockade
would be lifted shortly.
The number of cars received in the
city last Monday was as follows: Mis-
sion Bay 290, Vallejo street 80, or
32S in all, which is fair daily
average
w. y. ShotweH, one of the directors
Of I'm TNacf tow Ipoo e. III
the construction of the road. said yes
terday; We are laying track in the
vicinity of Stockton and will commence
shortly to lay rails at Marysville and
from there to Oroville and on into the
Feather River canyon. The Nevada
contract will be let in few days from
Deeth to the California State line,
distance of 322 miles. The line across
the Utah desert will be completed soon
and track is being put down at the rate
of half a mile day. We have a big
force OF men at work upon the Niles
tunnel and are rushing that work.
II. A. Jones, freight traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific. sets at rest any
fears that may be entertained that at
the present meeting of the Transconti-
mental Association there will be a raise
in the freight rates. There will be
no change in the tariff" he said yes
terday. There is no disposition on the
part of the railroads to alter present
schedules. What is being done at the
meeting is to straighten out the tariff
to drop all ambiguous expressions. and
to make the tariff plain and easily un-
derstood."
A. Ottinger will leave today for
three months trip to Europe He has
wound up his ticket brokerage business
and all his offices are closed, with the
exception of the one in st. Louis and
another in Kansas City, and he expects
to close these within few weeks.
Ottinger has made great deal of
money during the last few years in real
estate and is regarded as the wealthiest
broker who has engaged in the ticket
scalping. business.
II. r. Judah, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Southern Pacific.
left yesterday for Los Angeles with
343 members of the Sacramento Valley
Development Association. Stops were
made at Paso Robles and Santa Bar
bara The association is determined
to boom the Sacramento Valley in the
southern part OF the State.
z. t. Abbott, general manager of the
klamath Lake Railroad, is in this city
on business. Abbott says that the
country tributary to his line has about
a billion feet of timber. The winter,
he declares. has been a pleasant one
and there is little or no snow there
now.
Walter H, Cline. travelling agent for
the. Chicago Northwestern, has resigned
from the service of the railroad to en-
gage in the real estate business. His
successor has not been named as yet
by r. r. Ritchie-
Phil K Gordon of the Washington
Sunset route left yesterday for Los An
geles in connection with the tourist
business in the southern part of the
State.