The San Francisco call., 1908-03-13
Gossip Of Rai!waymen


1T is dangerous" said H. NJ. Nc
Cartney, assistant chief engineer OIL
the Western Pacific. ito be able to
speak a few words of a foreign lam
guage- 1t was through my endeavors
to be agreeable that l was put down
as insane in northern Peru.
4 was one of a party of engineers
on the Chimbote and Huaraz railroad,
which was being constructed for the
state by Henry Meiggs. We were
camped on plain, and the hills tow
cred above us. Owing to frequent
earthquakes all lose soil had been
shaken from the sides of the noun
tains. and the bare rock exposed We
had been dining well and a discussion
arose as 10 the height of certain
cliff Bets were made. and it fell
TO me to ascertain the height I took
my measurements and learned that it
was $50 feet high. In my best Span
ish I explained to the poems who as
sisted me that it was $50 feet in
height but instead of using the word
pies I said pesos.
These misera BILE poems promptly
spread the report that the man with
them $3.50 to scale the heights. and
further declared they would not work
for such outfit.
Il think had my narrowest es-
cape from death in that place. For
tunately we We're ordered to move
camp and had no sooner done so than
an earthquake tumbled hill on the
spot where we had been staying. This
the poems also attributed to my pres
ence. though earthquakes happen there
regularly each month";
The death of D. w. Hitchcock at
Berkeley last Wednesday narrows the
list of oldtime railroad men living in
this city. and there are few men whose
demise could be so sincerely regretted
as that of the ex-general agent of the
Union Pacific. He was a kindly man,
and his only fault. IL it was fault,
was a too strong belief in human ma
ture. He never thought i'll of a man
when it would have served him better
not to have been so lenient. He lived
to the ripe age of IL
After the fire he removed from this
city to Berkeley, and on fine days
would come over and make the rounds
of the Offices After he had retired it
took him several months TO get over
the habit of going to the Union Pacific
Offices at Montgomery and Post streets.
The funeral will be held today from st.
Marks Episcopal church, Berkeley.
The following men who were asso-
ciated with the late d. w. Hitchcock in
the Union Pacific Office in this city will
act as pallbearers: Arthur S. Holman,
Charles ID. Holman, Rod G. Guyett,
Thomas r. Ti1ley, Ed M. Twiggs and
H. V. Blasdel.
Some time ago a concern at Fredonia,
| Kan. made an informal complaint to
the interstate commerce commission,
objecting TO what it believed was a
prohibitory rate on fiaxseed from that
point to the Pacific coast Their COM
] lot fv,t t,t
mission. Notwithstanding this, the
carriers have agreed to publish on
| these commodities the same rates that
are applicable on other seeds from Mis-
souri, river common points, 81 per 100
pounds In carload lots and $1.25 per 100
pounds for less than carloads. This
rate will become effective on legal no
/ tice.
! /. G. Sinnard, who for the past four
years has held the position of COLOMBIA
| tion agent of the Southern Pacific, will
sever his connection with the company
tomorrow to take the general man
| agership of the Los Molinos land com
pany. This corporation has $4,000
acres in Tehama county and intends to
! have a model colony. Land is being
sold from 8 to 20 acres, and it has al
4 ready a fair start. A new town has
| been brought into existence.
/ At recent meeting of the freight
transcontinental bureau it was ar
ranged to reduce the carload rate on
packing house products from Chicago
! common points to California points
from $40 per 100 pounds to s1.65 per
100 pounds. This change, however,
was not to be published until the re-
publication Of the westbound tariff
1G. Pressure has been brought on the
n Ijeh
rate on legal notice and this will be
done.
| ]. II. Young, general superintendent
Of the northern district of the South
| ern Pacific, has left for Chicago to
superintendent of the Hartman lines
r. Fl. Ingram, general superintendent
| of the southern district, left the city
last night for the same purpose. E. E..
i Calvin, general manager of the
Southern Pacific, will leave early in
April for Chicago to attend the meet
ing of the general managers of the
Hartman lines.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul has established a second car for
merchandise from Chicago to San
Francisco. The daily car which it had
since February / has been found in
SuIQClenL. CdrS nave Deen arriving
regularly in a maximum time service
of 10 days and frequently have made
the run in nine days.
II. W. Adams of the Rock Island,
who has recently made a tour of the
northern part of the state, says that
the crop prospects for fruit and ce-
reals were never brighter.
J. II. Pearman. who runs excur-
in
Pacific and the Northwestern, arrived
| yesterday from Los Angeles.
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