The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
Gossip Of the Doings
of Railroad Men

The Southern Pacific is doing all in
it's power to alleviate the distress in
Nevada caused by the want of fuel.
1t sent forward yesterday to Reno
under rush orders FIVE carloads of coal
and another five carloads are to be
sent on today. This will make 500
tons of coal sent to Nevada during
the last four days in response to Gov
ernor Sparks appeal.
w. H. Bancroft, general manager of
the Oregon Short Line, is worried over
the coal situation. Three freight trains
were tied up the other day on the
Idaho division for want of fuel, and
unless coal arrives there will be
shortage on all the terminals of that
system.
H. K. Gregory of the Santa Fe an
nounced yesterday that the damage to
the Franklin tunnel by the rain was
more serious than was at first re-
ported, and that the line would be
blocked for at least three days. In
the meanwhile the Santa Fe trains are
being diverted over the Southern Pa
ciic tracks from San Pablo to Bay
Point and then back to their own
tracks.
P B. Norton, travelling passenger
agent of the Union Pacific in Fresno.
was in town yesterday, and said the
San Joaquin Valley was having
touch of Arctic weather. There has
been a steady downpour of rain. which
has converted many acres of grain
lands in the valley into chain of
lakes, with the result that only one
quarter of the seed usually put in
has been sown.
p. r Lund, chief train agent of the
Hartman lines. has a lively recoliec-
tion of his recent visit to the city of
Guaymas in Mexico.
do you know" he observed, that /
had understood that the London cabby
was the most persistent, most aggres-
sive and most impudent hackman in
the world. But in this 1 was In error.
l took hack when l was in Guaymas
and asked the man how much l should
pay him. My friend Clute was with
me. The hackman said two bits for
each person and by a rapid process of
calculation 1 arrived at the conclusion
that two bits American was equal to
four bits Mexican, so l gave him an
American quarter of a dollar. He took
the coin and apparently was satisfied
We went our way. Every now and
again a man would come and peer into
my face, and when we were in a store
a man jumped on a chair and peered
into Clutes face. Clute thought he was
being admired. Then policeman would
take stock of us. Then rurale would
stroll in and have long stare at u.s.
Clute was getting nervous Then an
other man would join the policeman and
the rura1e and point at us. We felt
really important Finally we were told
by an old resident that we had better
pay the hackman or we might be ar
rested and we would have some diff
Guilty in getting out of jail. 1t ap-
pears that the hackman had taken the
two-bit piece we had given him and
he was informed 1t was bogus. He had
complained to the magistrate and he
was told to be sure and point out the
right men. So for three hours that fell
low was lodging after us and making
us acquainted with policemen in Quay
mas. Clute turned pale at the danger
we ran and gave the Mexican whole
Mexican dollar. Thereafter we were
not molested.'
w. II. Davenport, general agent of
the Colorado Midland, has gone on a
trip through the San Joaquin Valley.
James B. Duffy will accompany the
knights of Columbus on their trip to
the lily Oh MEXICO on feDruary 10.
Duffy will represent the Santa Fe
Company and will escort the party on
it's return through the Grand Canyon
|of the Colorado.
]. r. Jones has been appointed agent
Of the Judson excursion agency in this
city. w. NJ. Wilson will be his assist
ant. They will take the places of G. w.
Arbuckle and H. G. Leslie. who resigned
last month.
M. E. C1ute. chief travelling train
agent for the Hartman system, left
last night for Omaha.
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