The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
Gossip of Railwaymer

ssWhen r was at Ogden said well
known railroad engineer, "and before
7 knew William Hood and other dis
tinguished men. / was extremely pious
and used to attend divine services reg
ularIy every Sunday. Ogden was then
= small town and boasted of two vol
unteer fire companies, between whom
great rivalry existed. One Sunday
morning an alarm was sounded and
there was a rush of volunteer firemen
from the church The fire was to the
east of the town, and it was good
three mile run to the scene OF the con-
Migration.
"The hook and ladder company ran
with their paraphernalia all the way
and were the first on the ground. Well,
YOU can imagine the language of those
men when they saw grain field on
fire. You would have thought that the
entire operating force of the Southern
Pacific and the engineering department
had turned out to have a SwearfeSt, SO
vivid and so impressive was the Ian
guage.'
e. E. Calvin, vice president and gem
eral manager of the Southern Pacific,
| has appointed commission, of which
H. RI. Young, general superintendent
of the northern district is chairman, to
Investigate fog conditions. On the
commission are electric engineers,
steamboat captains and operating Of
| ficials. who will make tests with sound
signals, light flashes and other meth
DDS to communicate with passing yes
! sells and thus ascertain the position of
| steamers when crossing the bay. At
! tempts have been made in England In
/ the same direction with some success
and ii is hoped that the commission
will make still further advances in the
methods to fight fog and thus minimize
| danger to ferry boats when crossing
the bay in thick weather.
Several changes in the operating de-
partment of the Southern Pacific viii
take effect on the first of the year
when A. F. Bowles, who has been as
sistant division superintendent on the
Tucson division, will be transferred tc
the same position of the Sacramento
division. ]. W. Metcalf, who has beer
assistant superintendent at Sacra
mento. will be transferred to Tucson
A. M. Jamison, who has been chic,
4 clerk in the general Offices in Los An.
geles, has been promoted to assistant
division superintendent of the Los An
geIes division e. {. Wardlaw, who
has been chief clerk in the superin
tendent's office, has been promoted t.
chief clerk in the general superintend
ent's office, S. c. McClung, who ha:
been chief clerk at Tucson, has beer
made chief clerk in the superintend
ents office at Los Angeles, and G. L
Hickey, who has been in the purchas
ing department in this city, has beer
sent to Yuma as train master.
The Southern Pacific, in connection
with the Tonopah and Goldfield ha
established 72 hour service by tn,
way of Nina that will enable the Sal
Francisco merchant to place his per
ishable shipments in southern Nevada
in good condition.
e. X. Garrison, travelling freight an,
passenger agent of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST Paul, is in the city.
Fl. o. Burr, general inspector of tn
Pullman car company, is travelling owe
the National lines In Mexico in the In
terests of his company.
Paul Burks, attorney for the SAINT.
Fe at Prescott, Ariz.. has left with hi
wife on the Mariposa for Tahiti.
]. L. Buel, right of way agent 70
the Southern Pacific at Auburn, is il
town.
c. NJ Burkhalter, who represents tn
Southern Pacific at Fresno, is here, ant
so is +. Shillingsburg of San Jose.
G. r. jenkins of Seattle is visitins
his brother, Horace G. Jenkins.