The San Francisco call., 1908-12-22
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

Harry said Johannes Reimers,
novelist, botanist and scientist, and who
lis responsible for the lovely gardens
set around Santa Fe railroad depots, to
Isaacs of the baggage department Of
the same road, Il will try some of xle
Burbank's thornless cacti which / see
on the bill of fare
Not much" replied Isaacs, who is Of
slender frame and has the reputation
or eating less than a canary bird.
though not according to Harvey, Il
don't believe in anything new tangled.
Waiter, give me some corned beef
nash with a couple of eggs beaten up
In it, baked potatoes, q little of that
chicken pie and a slice of cold beef
apple pie and pot of coffee
Eating is a science" continued
Isaacs, "and Charley Chambers of
Fresno and have discussed this thing
SO OFTEN that have adopted his course,
which is to eat little, but often, and
always to take good, wholesome food"
But this is rarity" pleaded Rel
mers: "spineless cacti. and then one
scientific man should help another Sci
entific man and patronize his inventions
or Productions
You might as well tell me to eat
trunk because 1 am a baggageman."
answered Isaacs.
Well, waiter, you can bring me four
OF the thornless cacti," said Reimers.
You never brought me that cacti
after all" said Reimers when presented
with his BILL
Well, you ate them. SIR" replied the
waiter.
What, those thornless cactir WHY
did you not tell me? I thought thew
were fndigestible green buckwheat
cakes and would have complained. only
I could not get a word In sedgewise. as
Isaacs never stopped talking for q
moment. and then I never properly
tasted them"
corn been hash and eggsN beaten up
IN IT,. commented Isaacs; "you never
can mistake it for anything else''
The merchants in the interior are
discovering now that they. are heine
worse hurt than they thought bv the
tariff changes effective January 4 as
not only are the commodity rates in
creased, but all intermediates class
rates have been Cancelled. The resnIt
OF this is going to be that the Har-
riman lines will profit and the eastern
connections be injured correspondfncry
Formerly the intermediate class rates
were used as the maximum to inter
mediate points. but under the presert
arrangement, where an intermediate
COMMODITY rate does not exist. the shin
ment VIII be covered by terminal class
rates to the nearest terminal. plus t7a
local. to destination with no maxinaun,
but the blue sky. For instance ~
Reno, New, the maximum rate on ma
chimes from Chicago was class A s1 aa
being less than the terminal rate 80
$l.4o to Sacramento plus SO cents local
but the latter combination will nov,
obtain subject to the increase of 10
cents In the machine rate.
The Southern Pacific has 5oo ,,an :.
work on the Santa Cruz naountains
and there is every reason to ha1iave
that the line to Santa Cruz will he
opened by May /. The entire line viii
be laid with rs pound steel ana tbs
new route. via the Los Altos cutoff. will
shorten the time to two and a hair
hours All the tunnels are finished.
with the exception of the one at Glen
wood.
With the opening of the Manzanillo
extension an Impetus has been given
to the import of Canadian wheat into
Mexico and three vessels, each loaded
with 5000 tons of wheat, will arrive
during the present month at Manza-
Milo. These boats are the Georgia.
Lonsdale and Horncastle. Most of this
wheat, which is of the hard variety,
goes from Winnipeg.
News was received in the offices of
the Missouri Pacific yesterday morn
ing of the death of r. d. Connolly.
general agent of the Gould lines in |
Los Angeles. He was seized with a |
paralytic stroke last Friday and never
regained consciousness.