The San Francisco call., 1907-03-27
Gossip of the DOings of
Railroad Men

| Railroad Men
S. F. Booth of the Union Pacific OBJ
served yesterday that the city and the
State must be in a prosperous condi-
tion or else his Office would not be SELL
ing so many tickets to Europe.
| we have been ticketing a very large
number of San Francisco people to the
old world besides many from the in
terror, and we have been embarrassed
in securing the necessary space on the
big Cunarders during the summer
| months. Already we have had to turn
over some of the business to other
lines. 1t also surprises me to learn
| how attractive the Dublin Exposition
| is to San Francisco people. There are
a number of prominent clergymen
booked for the trip. Cheap rates will
be in effect on certain days in May,
| $203,15 for first-class rail and second
cabin steamer. The westbound busi-
ness, too, is heavy. You know last
| year we thought we would be doing
well this year If we succeeded in SELL
ing the same number of tickets for
Europe. but this year the sales are %
per cent greater than last year."
The Southern Pacific has issued a new
railroad men to be the best that has
been published by railroad company.
1t is so well arranged that it can be
understood by the verest tyro in rate
sheets. The principal towns in all the
States are given, and opposite the name
of each town the different railroads by
which II can be reached. Any person
! examining the rate sheet can select
| his own lines without trusting to a
clerk to do the routing.
| Charles Clifford, who was for many
years with the Union Pacific and re-
Gently traffic manager of the Pacific
Hardware Company. has resigned and
will be succeeded by ]. G. Settle, who
was formerly chief clerk for S. N. Bost-
wick, assistant general freight agent
of the Southern Pacific.
]. c. Stone, district freight and pas
senger agent of the Southern Pacific
at Sacramento, is in the city.
! Il was in Los Angeles recently, and
had cold just as have now," whis-
pered z. e. Calvin. general manager
OF the Southern Pacific, yesterday. "and
to add TO the pleasure of losing my
voice l had a dreadful toothache, so
I went to dentist and told him in as
loud voice as I could muster to draw
out the tooth.
".All right whispered back the dem
tist as you don't want anybody to
know I'll be very quiet about it,"
| General superintendent w. S. Pal
mer of the Southern Pacific places all
the blame on the teamsters for not
| clearing the local yards of freight He
said yesterday: IF the teamsters
would unload the cars that are set out
! for them to unload, the work would be
advanced and everybody be benefited.
But if we set out forty cars for them,
they will tell us that those are not the
cars they are looking for, but they
want others. We cannot be forever
shifting cars to suit the humors OF in
dividual teamsters."
There are altogether 1865 cars in San
Francisco and vicinity awaiting to be
unloaded. These are distributed as Goi-
lows: In the city. 1421; Oakland 5l9;
western division, 314; coast division,
I'll. On the team track on Monday,
ready for unloading, there were 395 cars
of which only fifty-five were unIoaded
On Saturday 23S cars were unloaded in
the city yards. OF these sixty-four
were unloaded by Southern Pacific en-
ployes. At this rate it would require
twelve days to clean the yards with
out receiving additional freight. On
Monday the company began to move
tied-up freight west. 1t is estimated
that there are 3400 cars at Sparks
billed for the coast.
Agent Hardy, who was instructed by
w. S. Palmer to keep an account of
the number of teams that are unload
ing, made the following report for
Saturday: Between the hours of and
9, Is teams; and 10. II; 10 and IL,
IT; IL and IL, IL: IL and 1. 2; and 2,
15; and 8, 16: 8 and 4, IA; and 5,
8, or total OF 1s0. Hardy says the
number given every hour cannot be
accurate, as some teams take more
than one hour to unload, and neces-
sarily they were counted twice.
H. w. Porter. who has been a rate
clerk in the Omaha office of the Union
Pacific. has been selected by S. r.
Booth, who looks after the passenger
department of the Union Pacific on
this coast. to succeed Theodore Jacobs
as ticket agent in this city.
The Southern Pacific reports that 500
colonists were scheduled to arrive in
the city yesterday. The difficulties
along the line have had something TO
do with the diminution in the immigra-
tion.
c. M. Burkhalter. district freight and
passenger agent OF the Southern Pa
cific at Fresno, is in the city. Burk-
halter says there has been no trouble
in Fresno county from heavy rain
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to allow the looters to stay in ONCE
and keep their bribe swag-the laugh
OF such a farce would be upon the pros
ecution and the people.
DAVID 3. JAMES