The San Francisco call., 1908-03-10
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

you simply cannot kill a good
man." is the way T. d. Mckay an
nounces his recovery to health Al
one time it was feared that the gem
eral agent of the San Francisco and
Overland route would never be apie
to return to his post in the orient, out
Mckay says he always held a contrary
opinion, and when the doctors told MIN
that he had but one chance IN a hun
dred to survive an operation he an
swered:
You forget that every railroadman
in the passenger business daily takes
bigger chances than those that may
follow a surgeons knifing.
Why, gentlemen, I have been knitted
all my life and I am not dead yet Go
ahead: you can't kill me-
Mckay is true prophet. he is pet
ter than he has been for years, and
will leave for Hongkong in few
weeks to take up active work In the
way of getting passengers for the
overland route.
The railroad carriers through San
Francisco have arranged with the nrm
of Barneson & Hibberd, who intend
to operate a line of vessels TO siberian
and north Chinese ports. through
rate which will put this port on a
traffic official in speaking of our
Asiatic trade said:
LAS on all other water traffic San
Francisco for some years mas peen
going behind in competition with north
coast ports, as she has in business for
Siberia and northern China There has
been a large volume moving every
year through our northern ports, espe-
cially from Seattle, and arrangements
W q a fhr01Rn
from the east via San Francisco In
connection with Barneson & Hib-
berds line, which will meet the Sc
attle and coast ports in competition.
The rate through San Francisco has
been reduced, and 1t should enable
this city to compete with Seattle and
enable our merchants to get more of
the local trade"
The ACQUISITION of the Central of
Georgia railroad by the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, according to traffic men
in this city, changes the whole face of
affairs in the southern and eastern
part of the United States The Illi-
nois Central thus becomes the first
great system of the Mississippi valley
having ports on the gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic coast The ports of
New Orleans on the gulf of Mexico
in connection with steamship lines to
Central and South America and to
New York and New England will give
the Illinois Central a great command
of business both north and south and
east and west. The Hartman railway
lines have made more use of water
routes, with greater success, than any
other system. 1t is not presumed that
the change will make any difference
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railway, and no doubt the agents of
the Illinois Central on this coast will
become the agents of the Georgia line,
which at present has no agents west
of Denver.
Melville ingalls,, chairman of the
board of directors of the Big Four,
is touring the state with his family
and party of friends He is at pres
ent in Los Angeles and expects to be
in this city about the end Of the week.
The auditing department of the
Southern Pacific has deferred till
April / the installation of through
billing from all points; until thai
date through billing will proceed as
in the past. The reason for this is
had the opportunity to become thor
oughly familiar with the Interstate
tariffs.
The Southern Pacific has received
advices to the effect that 2,446 colo
nists passed through four gateways
bound for this state between March 1
and Z. The Ogden gateway leads the
list with 1886; Ell easo. s61; Port
land. 222. and Los Angeles. 27.
Bruce Norton, who represents the
passenger end of the Union Pacific at
Fresno, is in the city.
Edward Chambers has left for Los
Angeles on company business.
Ogden Mills, who has been here for
about a week, expects to leave for the
east today.