Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-27
RAILROAD NEWS

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said Mr.. Garrison, local agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Poul, yester-
day.
A. w. Reese will be reinstated as city
freight solicitor and H. w. Porter will
be appointed to the position of city
passenger agent Mr.. Porter was for
merly with the Unioi. Pacific as ticket
agent at San Francisco. These changes
go into effect March l.
W. H Bancroft, third vice president
of the Salt Lake road, left yesterday
for Salt Lake via San Francisco.
T. C. Peck, passenger agent of the
| Salt Lake route, has on exhibition at
his office painting by ]. Gardner
Scott entitled THE Old Mormon Trail
1t is a picturesque enc of the desert
/ showing a train of prairie schooners
like those of the day of 40 when people
sought their way to California in quest
of riches.
c. L. Garfield, general agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road at
San Francisco, is here on a short bust
ness trip.
G. L. Kimball, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
with headquarters at Chicago, is in the
| city for short visit.
A meeting of rate clerks from all the
! transcontinental railroad lines has been
| NetliGQ III MAI Cn dI SllCdBO. Lie
object of this meeting will be to arrange
| summer excursion rates from different
points in the east and west to conven-
| lions like the Democratic party at
Denver, the Republicans at Chicago,
the Elks at Dallas and the National
Educational association at Cleveland.
| w. w. Cahill. superintendent of the
Tonopah & Tidewater road at Lud-
low, Cal, is in the city on business.
The record of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul railway, in building it's Pa
| cific coast extension, has never been
equaled in the matter of time by any
] similar undertaking.. Track is now be-
| ing laid at the rate of five miles per
| day, and the east and west track lay
| ing forces in Montana will soon meet
in the vicinity of Miles City. 1t is con-
| fidently expected that trains over the
new transcontinental line will be ope-
rated from Chicago to Butte, Mont, by
May 1908, and to Seattle and Tacoma,
| Wash, about one year later.
Excursion rates on all the railroads
| will be in effect from all California
points to the coast when the fleet ar
| rives. The time limit on the tickets
cannot be arranged until the exact date
of the fleets arrival is known. Excur-
sions from New Mexico and Arizona
will also be run.
e. V. Mussewhite. who for a num-
Der of years has been employed by
the Burlington office in the passenger
department, leaves there March / to
accept a position with the Canadian
Pacific railway as assistant city ticket
agent.
E. T. Monnett, general western agent
of the New York, Ontario e. Western
railroad, with offices at Chicago, is in
the city for a few days on a business
and pleasure trip combined.
j. K. Stateler, general agent of the
Northern Pacific at San Francisco, left
Tor the north.
After March 1 the offices of the Gould
lines will be located at 544 South Spring
street. They were formerly at 23O
South Spring.
j. +. White, city passenger agent of
the Colorado Midland railway at Colo
RADIO Springs, accompanied by his wife
and his brother and sister, are spend
ing a few days in the city and visiting
points of pleasure.
The railroads of Nevada have been
notified that the recent law approved
by the railroad commission January
20 is now in effect providing for the
transportation of the Nevada state
police. The law provides that an Of
ficer, when he presents the proper iden-
tification slip, be given transportation
and the amount of the fare sent to the
state for collection.
E. E. Penn, general agent of the
Colorado Midland at San Francisco, is
in the city on a short business trip.
A number of machinists, blacksmiths
blacksmiths' helpers and boilermakers
have been laid off by the Southern
Pacific, the number amounting to $40
men. This is the second batch to be
laid off on the Los Angeles division.
| About one-fourth of the regular force
remain at work, and as a result numer-
Gus damaged cars and broken engines
line the tracks waiting to be repaired.
Railroads are preparing to handle the
colonists that will come to California
at the beginning of the colonist rates
which goes into effect next week. The
various railroads estimate they will
bring to California between $4,000 and
100000 people during the months of
March and April. The majority of
these colonists are expected to make
California their future home.
| A communication has been sent to
Howard E. Huntington, general man
ager of the Los Angeles Railway COM
pany, from the members of the High
| land Park Ebell club and the Wednes-
day Morning club requesting that the
cars coming in from Garvanza be
operated via Spring street instead of
Main, the present route. The matter
| is being considered by the company.
| A number of new cars to be used by
the Los Angeles Railway company have
been delivered. The cars areNthe same
| type as those now in use, only contain
! ing all the latest improvements.
In order that transcontinental rail-
roads may compete with the steam
| ship lines in the transportation of
green coffee, the rate from New York
! to California has been reduced from
| 80 cents to rs cents per hundred
pounds.
J. Ross Clark, second vice president
of the Salt Lake road, returned from
day. Mr.. Clark was accompanied by
w. H. Bancroft, first vice president of
the company.
M. o. Bicknel general freight and
passenger agent of the Sonora Rail-
way company, with headquarters at
Tucson, is in the city on business.
w. A. Drake, general manager of the
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix road.
with offices at Prescott, is in the city
on a short visit. He is stopping at the
Van Nuys.
/ l.. H. Lands, general agent of the
ella Valley, Globe & Northern railway
at Globe, Ariz., accompanied by his
wife, is spending a few days in the
city.
The new nine-hour law, which goes
into effect March /, will cause the
| cso,,+baro Do oific comnanU to increa Sc