The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

Meet No 1os at Goshen Junction and
take care Of car of peaches. See that
'ns' {. NJ BURkHALTER.
We'll. that is the rummiest telegram
| ever had from the boss exclaimed
Charles Jasper, the Southern Pacific
agent at VisaEa, as he read the mes
sage. Wonder what kind of attention
these peaches want. Am /, to put them
in a refrigerator to keep them cooIg'
Jasper was on hand when No. 1gS ar
rived, and he ran up and down the
platform hunting that car of peaches,
for Burkhalter means what he says.
where is that special car of
peachesy' he asked the conductor.
Peaches? What peaehes?" growled
the conductor.
'Burkhalter wired me that there was
to be car of peaches on the e'train and
| was to meet it and give it every at
tention," explained Jasper.
Il guess that's them,' laughed the
conductor. as he pointed to a bevy of
young women on their way to attend
a school teachers institute at Visalia.
oh you are the man that is to look
after us, remarked young school
teacher to Jasper as she surveyed him
all over.
why 1 am surprised Mr. Burk-
halter said he was good looking Oh.
my, isn't it perfectly awful weather."
she concluded. with color in her face
that reminded one of a desert sunset.
II guess they are peaches" said Jas
per to his friends. And to think any
one would even suggest that am not
a good locker
P r. Lund, chief train agent of the
Southern Pacific, denies the report that
has been circulated by trainmen that
his office is to be abolished on the first
of the year.
There is no truth in the report"
said Lund yesterday. TT originated
from a man who had been discharged
from the service of the company for
stealing. He went so far as to have it
published in one of the organs run by
trainmen. To show how much truth
there is in this rumor 1 am preparing
to increase the force on the Oregon
Short Line. If there was any intention
to abolish the office the news would
come from Chicago. and as 1 have heard
nothing about, you can set it down as
idle talk
The fact that train agents have been
removed from the Union Pacific and
also from the Atlantic system of the
Southern Pacific probably gave rise to
the rumor.
California lines have received from
the chairman of the transcontinental
freight bureau. proof copies of the new
eastbound and westbound transconti-
mental tariffs. These tariffs. by reason
Of their simplicity, will be appreciated.
by the shipping public and will become
effective January 1, 1909. 1t is prob
able, however. that advance copies will
arrive. in San Francisco by December /.
Some idea of Harriman's methods in
securing equipment is indicated in an
order to the Pullman company to fur
nish 220 cars, as follows:
Seventy y-seven steel baggage cars, IL steel
storage cars 10 steel chair cars, 30 steel under
frame dining cars. five Gu foot steel underframe
combination cars with 80 foot mail compart-
ment, four 60 foot combination with 20 foot
mail compartment. and three 90 foot combina-
tion cars with 20 foot mail compartment All
the cars are for delivery about January 1.
The n baggage will be distributed as fol-
lows Southern Pacific 30. Central Pacific %,
Union Pacific TO- Oregon Short Line g. Oregon
fornia ?. The 72 coaches will be distributed
folows Southern Pacific 30, Central Pacific 20,
Houston and Texas Central Z. Oregon Railroad
and Navigation s. Oregon aud California 8; Hous-
ton. East and West Texas 3
Six of the IL postal cars are for the Central
Pacific and five for the Union Pacific and four
of the nine storage postal cars are for the Cen
tral Pacific and five for the Union Pacific.
The 10 chair cars are for the Union Pacific
Union Pacific B, Oregon Short Line 3, Oregon
Railroad and Navigation g. Oregon and Califor
mia 2
The FIVE co foot combination cars with 80 foot
mail compartments TO be distributed as fol-
lows: Houston and Texas Central 2. Texas and
New Orleans l. Louisiana Western 1; Galveston,
Harrisburg and San Antonio /.
Two of the four SO foot combination are
for the Sonora railway and two for the Cananea,
Yaqui River and Pacific.
The three 90 foot combination cars with 20
foot mail compartments will be distributed as
Globe and Northern 1.
A great deal of chagrin is being
felt by California lumbermen over the
fact that when lumber dealers in Ore
gon and Washington brought suit be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion against the raise in rates in No
vember 1907, they contributed to some
extent. financially, toward those pro-
ceedings, but did not take any steps to-
ward epJoining the California lines.
The expressed idea at that time was
that the California roads would take
some action toward restoring rates
and making refund on business which
moved under the increased rate as
the northern lines did. Up to the pres
ent no such assurance has been given.
J. A. Mitchling of Cincinnati is pro-
noting a railroad line to be built be-
tween Modesto and Stockton. If the
Ohio man is successful in launching
the scheme there will be two cleo