The San Francisco call., 1908-12-31
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

'Can you tella me where de Tunder-
bolt building is?7 asked an Italian of
Epaninondas Hercules Tarper.
The Thunderbolt building. said
Tarpey. Il have never heard of it."
.Oh, sure: it's in Market street" OBJ
served the Italian.
'Oh, 1 know what you mean, ex-
planned Epaminondas Hercules. you
mean the Humboldt building. 1t is in
Market street You walk along the
street till you see building which
looks Ike my friend Joseph McIlroy
over there
That gentleman there. who looka
Ikea statue of julius Caesar?''
mo, no." cried Epaminondas testify,
that's Carleton c. Crane"
"Thata man, eh?" and he pointed to
III. ]. Snyder
looking building. full OF graceful pro-
portions-a tail. commanding structure
which you would have TO look up to9''
All. is that a man9'' said the Italian
as his eyes wandered up from the car
pet several yards till they encoun-
tered the bright orbs of Joseph. II
thought" and he continued to gaze on
Joe, 1T was a pillar which held up
this. building. By the body of Bacchus
growing"
or the 5,S16 miles of main track rail-
road operated by the Pacific system.
1858 mfles@or 35 per cent. will be under
the protection OF automatic block
signals by today. in addition to
which other classes of improved sig
nails will bring the total mileage of
road thus protected on that date to
z,o4S miles. This will be added to as
last as necessary material and compe-
tent forces can be assembled. During
the year 1909 the Southern Pacific ex-
poets to install 155 miles of additional
automatic signals.
Matt Clarke has been appointed gen
eral agent of the Tonopah and Cold
field railroad and will make his head
quarters ia the Sheldon building here.
The appointment is the result of the
rapidly increasing business between
san Francisco and the gold fields.
which demands the attention of a man
whose duty will be to keep the trade
posted as 70 the conditions and service
| or the road. w. ID. Foster. traffic man.
ager of the road, recommended the an
pointment.
s f. Booth. general agent of the
Union Pacific, will be the host at
luncheon on Saturday to his force. both
passenger and freight, at a downtown
restaurant Booth is a genial host and
IL is expected that the entertainment
will be most enjoyable The followins
will be present: Henry AviIa. III. Mac
Gregor, S. Marks, p. B. Norton OF
Fresno, L. NJ Cheshire of San Jose.
F. W. Angler of San Jose, S. F. Hilton
of Fresno, James Warwick of Sacra-
mento. III. V. BlasdelI of Oakland. A.
! V. Stevenson of Oakland, L. Calhoon
! Jack Inglis, N Plant, E. Snedden. r.
A. Lynas, l. Eicholtz, c. Woodruff and
t. H. Jacobs.
The Southern Pacific extension in
Mexico should have reached Tequila
Tuesday and the delay in reaching
this point has been through the fail
lre to secure the ties unloaded at
Manzanillo. Now, however, steady
shipments are being made over the
Manzanillo extension of the Mexican
| Central. Within 80 days after the com
plesion of the extension to Tequila a
mixed train will be placed in opera
tion between that town and Orendain,
the Mexican Central junction. c. F.
roads. has accepted for the government
60 lSilometers of the Southern Pacific
extension north of Mazatlan
/ W. ]. Shotwell, general agent of the
| Gould lines and one of the directors OF
the Western Pacific, says that thirty
| locomotives have been received recently
| at Salt Lake city for use on the Den