The San Francisco call., 1908-05-14
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

"The best fleet story as yet" said a
railroadman, 'is told by an officer OF
the Ohio, and Is illustrative of the es-
TEEN Admiral Evans was regarded by
his men.
"Strict orders were given by the
admiral when the ships left Hampton
roads that no refuse was to be thrown
overheard. Everything was to be
burned, and the vessels Were not to
litter the ocean with the waste OF a
big fleet They were in the Pacific, of
the coast of Mexico, when one OF the
petty officers noticed a lad heave over
board a box.
He stepped up to the youngster and
upbraiding him severely said
Here, you young scalawag, have
you no more respect than to throw
dirty old box into Bob Evans oceans?
The California lines have an applica-
tion from shippers of canned goods to
extend rates to a number of ports in
Great Britain, principally Manchester,
Bristol, Swansea and Glasgow. The
rates to these ports will be 80 cents per
100 lbs. This is cents per 100 lbs
higher than the rates to Liverpool and
London Shippers OF California fruits.
both canned and dried. say that there
Is an increasing demand in Europe for
this class of goods. and the transpor-
tation companies are watching the situ-
alton closely with the view OF publish
ing rates to all points where 1t Is pos
sible to dispose of California fruits.
These goods move principally through
Galveston and New Orleans, thence by
direct sailings to European ports or
through the port of New York. The
rail lines through New York, however.
carry also considerable of this traffic,
for the reason that the service is more
prompt which is desirable. as purchas-
ers at European points usually demand
prompt delivery.
r. E. Hardaway, who has charge Of
the largest engineering party on the
Cananea, Yaqui and Pacific, which is
practically the Southern Pacific exten-
sion from Guaymas to Guadalajara, was
transferred last week from Nogales to
Guadalajara, with instructions to take
up the revision of that portion of the
survey across the mountainous country
from the Jalisco-Tepic boundary, and
work is 20 be fastened in the states of
JaIisco and Topic. The crossing OF the
big range will be the most expensive
feature Of the Guaymas-Guadalaja
extension and 1871 miles will average
100000 gold for every fve-eighths of
mile.
Reports recently received from the
state of Sinaloa, which joins the state
of Sonora on the south, indicate that
1914 miles of track has been laid south
of the Mocorito river, 275 miles from
Guaymas. It Is expected that the line
will be completed into Culiaoan, s34
miles from Guaymas, in July or Au-
gust, and plans for the inauguration of
train service between Guaymas and
Culiacan on September 1s have been
| made.
Thaddeus Van Horn. traffic man
ager of the United Railroads and also
baseball manager of the several
hearing of the fiery George G. Fra
ser, that his team could defeat any
| transportation team in the world.
| II will bet you $780," cried Fraser
that my team can make your men
bite the dust"
The money was promptly put into
third mans hands. and the game
the goth or 21st of June The United
Railroads will furnish all cars free to
carry rooters TO the grounds
The Southern Pacific has banished
italian bootblacks from the ferries
and colored gentlemen have taken
| their places. The word Crescent" is
blazoned on their caps.
| Dunno, boss, wat it's thar foh,'
said one of the boot polishers, 'and
All dunno wat it means. It's sumpin'
| to do wild de moon. Shine, All guess
Yas sab; 10 cents: yes, sah," fol-
lowed by such tremendous clang OF
| the gong in the drawer that every
horse on the boat imagines he has
been suddenly drafted into the fire
department.
The Honduran navigation company
has been recently organized to estab-
/ Ush shipping connections between
Mexican and Nicaraguan ports and Mo-
bile and Galveston This will be the
| first coasting service to be instituted
along these shores and should develop
an enormous traffic in tropical fruits
1t also will bring our neighbors into
closer commercial relations with us
generally. The ports to be touched by
| the new inc will be Mobile, Galveston
Vera Cruz. Tampico. Progreso. Belize
Puerto Cortez, Bluefields and Greytown
| f. Zimmerman, who is well known on
the coast, and who for many years had
| been assistant general freight agent OF
the Michigan Central. has been ap-
pointed general freight agent of the
Lake Erie and Western, with headquar-
ters at Indianapolis
Work on the Flower Lake tunnel Of
the Western Pacific is progressing rap
idly and $500 feet has been excavated
out of a total of 1854.
e. B. Duffy. travelling passenger
agent of the Gould lines In Portland,
Is visiting his brother, James B. pufry.