The San Francisco call., 1908-08-12
Gossip Of RaiIvaymen

"If I use this pass and walk INTO
Oregon. am / breaking the law?" asked
gentleman who has farm on the
state line.
-Sure Nike remarked T. Francis
Eagen, president and general manager
of the Lake Tahoe baseball club
sBut suppose only walk few yards
I into Oregon and come right BACK
again?'
THAT don't count. This pass can't be
used on an interstate journey. and II 1t
is the holder and the giver can be
sent to Jail and forced to pay hne
also
'We1l,'' said the man, II don't know
which is the cheaper thing to do-use
the pass or move my barn. You see,
young man, my house is in California
and my barn is in Oregon, and am
! law abiding citizen and don't want to
break the law"
Take my advice" replied T. Francis
| you had better not take a pass until
after you have moved your barn Ine
| interstate commerce commission don
know anything of men who have a
house in one state and barn in the
other. And they might think you are
stringing them with the baldest kind or
an excuse if you are caught breaking
the law
| The interstate commerce commission,
represented by a special agent, will in
quire into the case of H. S. Crocker
e Co. versus the Santa Fe pertaining
to the proper rate to apply on souvensr
postcards. The tariff, it is claimed by
Crocker. is conflicting and that under
| it the firm is entitled to a rate of $3.50
per 100 pounds, which is published to
apply on paper Photographic cards and
cardboard cut in shape. The carriers
claim that the proper rating is that
/ applicable on holiday cards, which in
clude Christmas and Easter cards,
which carry rate of SO per 100 pounds.
The hearing will be informal in char
acter, as the railroad company is dis
| posed to abide by the ruling of the
commission when that body has de-
termfned the proper rate under. the
August IS. Every postcard dealer in
the city is interested in the outcome of
this case, for it will determine whether
he has to pay a rate Of s1.90 per 100
pounds or So per 100 pounds.
.Iullo, George" said g. s. Fee to
| George Gardiner, who is train dis
patcher for the Lake Tahoe line, rum
ming from Truckee to Tahoe city, you
are train dispatcher. are you?"
mo, sir" promptly replied the ex-
chief clerk of his office. Il would beg
of you to be more exact in your titles.
/ am chief train dispatcher"
How do you get along with your
| assistant, George" asked Fee, smiling,
for George is alone in his Office
AS a rule very well. But there is
many a time I kick myself for being
where am, and that is the only time
there is any friction in the Office. It's
not every man who can kick his assist
and with no comeback, eh?'
II. j. Merrick, superintendent of
freight transportation for the New York
Central lines, In his weekly report of
the car situation, says:
The movement Of loaded cars has
improved in the last two weeks, and
conditions indicate fairly good move
ment for the coming week.
II. w. Masters has been appointed
general manager of the Wabash Pitts
burg terminal and also of the West
Side belt railroad. These lines were
formerly under the general manager
ship of B. A. Worthington.
i w. r. Alberger of the Tonopah and
Tfdewater is in the city, having just
returned from Goldfeld.
John d. Isaacs consulting engineer
of the Hartman lines, with headquar-
ters In Chicago, is on the coast.