The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
Gossip of Raj waymen

Russell Bogue. DE Bonneville died long
before you were born, Mccartney"
Il tell you L talked to him." repeated
Mccartney.
What was the color OF his hair?"
inquired Holmes.
He was an bald as an egg" shouted
Mccartney.
Well. Mac. if you will give us docu-
mentary proof that he was alive when
you We're born we will believe you"
said Holmes with his most judicial
That is easily proved" answered
Mccartney.
That day he wrote to his old friend,
Granville NJ. Dodge, who is living now
at Council Bluffs and who was in
charge OF the department of Missouri
in 1853. asking for Information.
Dodge, it viii be remembered. be-
came chief engineer Of the Union Pa
cihc. and is well known to all railroad
men in the west.
Dodge replied to Mccartney that De
Bonneville died in 1878 and sent Nc
CARNEY a valuable photograph of him
self and his staff during the civil war,
in which is a picture of De Bonneville
Look at this" said Mccartney to the
men who had elected him president of
the Ananias club Here is a picture
of De Bonneville taken IN 1855"
Come now. Mac" interrupted
Holmes severely. You told us that
De Bonneville had no hair on his
head-that it was like an egg. This
picture OF De Bonneville shows him TO
have as much hair on his head as hand
some Vic Smith. How do you make
that out?"
Heavens" exclaimed Mccartney.
can I stop man from wearing a
wig?"
1t is understood that George Stewart,
president of the Los Angeles chamber
of commerce, and II. A. JaStro of
Bakersfield have not received a final
answer as to what the two Californian
lines viii do in the matter of rates for
the Livestock association convention
that is to be held in Los Angeles dur
ing January. The delegates from the
south asked the railroads for a low
rate into Los Angeles for the benefit of
those attending the convention. This
request has not met with a hearty re-
ception from either of the lines. as 1t
is asked for during the height Of the
tourist season, and 1t would not be good
business policy on the part of the roads
70 put in a cheap fare to the west when
there is a keen fight to get here on
first class trains. The matter has been
taken under Amusement.
". A. Bissell of the Santa Fe. who
is one Of the greatest lovers of flowers
in the state and whose gardens at Ala
media contain the choicest plants IN
California, has raised a tree tulip whose
blossoms are beautiful The bulb,
which was planted last year. has pro-
duced a tall tree on which there are
fully is flowers. One of these bios
SONS is creamy white and can be mis-
taken for a rare orchid.
The present month" said a railroad
freightman yesterday, will be the last
for which railroad agents will be
obliged to apologize, when sending in
their monthly statements, because
there was so little business to report
II was on December l, 1907, that the
general slump in business commenced,
and the indications point to a marked
increase over the same competitive
periods beginning with the date afore-
said. There is an improvement in all
lines. both in east and west bound
traffic"
Track laying on the extension of the
Northern Pacific into GrangevilIe.
Iowa, has been completed. The line
runs from Cul de Sac a distance of So
miles, and Will be operated jointly with
the Oregon railroad and navigation
company It passes through some OF
the richest farming country in Idaho.
II. T. Cory, general manager Of the
California development company, with
headquarters at CaIeXico, on the
boundary line of California and Mex
leo. was in the city yesterday. Cory
built the great wall along the Colorado
river TO restrain the waters of that
stream.
A meeting is being held in this city
Of railroad passenger men interested in
the scrip ticket The object is to for
mulate a scrip book which shall con-
form to the rulings of the interstate
commerce commission.
John Sebastian, passenger traffic
manager of the Rock Island lines, ar
rived in the city last night from the
south.
f. z. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager Of the Southern Pacific,
returned last night from the south.
". r Scott, assistant general man
sger Of the Southern Pacific, who has
been in Byron Springs, is expected back
Monday He writes that he is much
improved in health.
The tracks OF the Western Pacific
are now within six miles of Halleck.
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