The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

You can't make a freight car out
of this car said rude motorman
to Epaminondas Theodosius Torpey.
What do you take it for. a Berkeley
ear of the Southern Pacifc?"
Sir" was the naughty reply of the
president of the California Association
of Traffic Agents, do you know to
vations?"
NO, and l don't care. Move your
junk out of the gangway."
Junk" exclaimed Torpey do you
mean to tell me that you call box
of bellefeurs. raised in Humboldt county
and each apple weighing two pounds.
junk?"
How many apples have you got in
that small sized warehouse" asked
passenger who was ruefully rubbing
his shins after having come in contact
with the box
oh, about 400" said Torpey indif-
ferently.
Get off the car with your 5000 tons
of apples bawled the motorman.
Did you ever go to school?" asked
Torpey. If you did you would be able
to figure better"
NO. and 1 never went to Humboldt
county for an apple that weighed a
ton, neither" shouted the motorman
You have no manners mildly re-
marked Torpey.
And well 1 know that" retorted the
motorman. and if you had as much
manners is you have apples faith
what a dandy you would be-"
And then Torpey discovered that he
had passed his house by block, and
getting four of the passengers to hoist
the apple box on his shoulders stepped
off gayly whistling In the Shade of the
Old Apple Tree"
Effective January 1, 1909. arrange
ment carried by transcontinental lines
for reduced rates on goods returning
to original shippers for repairs, or on !
account of being unstable. will be
Cancelled. While the arrangement was |
not unsatisfactory to transcontinentaI |
lines, their eastern connections OBJ
jected to it. calling attention to the /
fact that lines east of the Missouri
river did not carry a similar arrange /
ment They also advanced the theory |
that the arrangement permitted dis |
honest shippers to obtain concession in /
rates to which they were not entitled /
Transcontinental lines, while admitting |
this contention, were of the opinion /
that violations of the tariff in these /
cases were infrequent, but in view
of the position taken by the eastern |
lines were obliged to cancel the ar
rangement.
week from tonight the great min
strel show will be pulled off at the
Transportation club and Harry A. Bucl.
than century old.
lnterlocutor Harry MacGregor from
the Highlands will appear in the tartan
of his clan and with black face prom-
ises to be the most entertaining fea
ture of the show.
Bodie X. Smith and Billy" Webster
are said to be screamingly funny
OF solos and of olios there are sucb
a number that it is question whether
1t will not take week to bring the
performance to a close.
The Southern Pacific has published
a we'll illustrated and wen written
booklet on Mexico in connection with
the Mexican excursion that will leave
here December 15. The train >wiu he
unusually handsome consisting of a
buffet smoker, two diners, six vestf-
buled sleepers and one observation
sleeper. About 175 people have taken
reservations. at least so OF that num-
ber being from Portland, and about
the same number from Los Angeles
and vicinity. On the return trip. the
tourist has the option of using the Ma
tional line route from Mexico City.
The freight charges on the rails for
the railroad in Africa along the upper
Congo above Stanleyville are about sac
ton going by sea from Antwerp to
the Congo railroad, and over 250 miles
of the railroad. and then by steamboat
up the river 1000 miles.
But then there is no Interstate com
merce commission to insist on a rea-
sonable rate for the benighted heather
of Darkest Africa
B. l.. Birkholz, general eastern. agent
of the FL Paso Southwestern in New
York, has been touring through the
coast and left last night for the Grand
Canyon.
G. A. Sweeney. general passenger
agent of the Anchor line is on a trim
to the coast. His headquarters are. in
New York.
The tracks Of the western Pac,Ac arc
now one mile west of HalIeck.
William McMurray, general passen-
ger agent of the Hartman lines in
Oregon. is expected in the city TO-DAY.
He makes his headquarters in Portland.
V. Bogue. chief engineer of the west
ern Pacific, has returned from a trip
over the line of the road to Salt Lake
City.