The San Francisco call., 1908-04-08
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

Frederick Swanton. the father OF
Santa Cruz, has been haunting the rail-
road ofices, proclaiming what he and
Santa Cruz will do when the fleet an
chors of that town. Fred intends to
run free trains to the big trees daily,
so that the jackies can realize that
California grows big trees as we'll as
great men.
IT intend to inaugurate campaign
of education for the brave men of the
navy" declared Fred. They shall
learn something during their stay in
Santa Cruz l will accompany them
to FELTON, to see the big trees and"
lowering his voice so that he could
not be overheard by the railroadmen,
he added, "the sailors will be able TO
compare the gigantic mental growth of
man with the great physical growth
of tree. I am compelled to withhold
the name of that man.
Then there is my caravel. 1t is a
warship of the time of 1892, which
purchased from a direct descendant of
Columbus, and it is calumny TO say
that it was built right here in Santa
Cruz
Instead of having horrid imple-
ments of war my ancient warship is
so constructed that it has ballroom
and a restaurant which would have
taken away the breath of Columbus
had he been so fortunate as to live to
zee what an enterprising American can
make out. Of an old caravel."
w. J. ShotweIl, F. W. Thompson, r.
r. Ritchie. ]. A. Gill; H. j. Snyder. E.
II. Forester. w. II. Snedaker and w.
II. Davenport, who were appointed as
committee made report at the
meeting of general agents of the for
eign lines held yesterday in the Flood
building as to what in their opinion
should be done by the agents with re-
gard to the request to contribute
money toward the plague fund. The
committee reported that the only ac-
tion to be taken was to lay the mat
ter and the correspondence before their
respective officials. This was decided
upon, and the question of subscribing
money now rests with the executive
officers of the different lines which
have been appealed to for monetary
help.
At a conference yesterday between
the traffic and operating officials of the
Southern Pacific service over the Los
Altos cutoff between Mayfeld and Los
Gatos was determined upon. The new
card will go into effect April 10
and will provide five trains each way
daily over the new line. The shortest
run between San Francisco and Los
Gatos will be one and a half hours
and between San Francisco and Los
Altos 5S minutes. The service will be
further improved when the Santa Cruz
tunnel Is opened and the Santa Cruz
service established.
The many friends of ]. c. Stuhbs,
traffic director of the Hartman lines,
will be grieved to learn of the death
of MS oldest son. Joseph D. Stubbs. at
the family residence. $50 Dearborn ave-
nue.. Chicago. last Monday night. He
was 36 years old and was engaged
in the packing business. handling Cali
fornia products. The funeral will take
place tomorrow at Rosehill cemetery.
He was a rising businessman and had
hosts of friends all over the United
States. He was a graduate of Berea
college, Ohio.
F. H Plaisted. assistant general
freight agent of the Oregon Short line
at Salt Lake; r. B. Miller, general
freight agent of the Oregon railroad
and navigation company, and w D.
Skinner, assistant general freight
agent, and w. Lincoln of the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake road, are
in the city comforting with the freight
traffic officials of the Southern Pacific
over the new tariff which is supposed
to go into effect on the first of June.
The Chicago Milwaukee and ST Paul
opened an office on the first of the
month In Butte, Mont. and as the road
is built already to Lombard, less than
LOO miles from Butte. the line ought
to be opened for freight and passenger
traffic to that point by the first of
June.
III. o. Wilson left last night for Los
Angeles to take charge of the general
agency Of the Union Pacific.
Jay w. Adams of the Nickel Plate,
who has been confined to the house
with a severe cold, has left for Los
Angeles on the advice of his physician.
E. z. Calvin. general manager of the
Southern Pacific, spent Monday in the
Imperial valley and yesterday was in
Arizona.
The meeting of the general managers
of the Hartman lines which was to
have been held in Chicago this week
has been postponed Indefinitely.
Three hundred members of the Grand
Army of the Republic left the city
yesterday by special train to attend the
convention at Santa Ana
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