The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen


strengthen your battery remarked
Norman w. Hall OF the Santa Fe TO
General George G. Fraser, you should
get hold OF Lamb. / hear he is work
ing for the Western Pacific. and would
be glad to play with US. He is a Won
der. He used to play with Modesto
and other towns in the valley, and
got $50 q game
Sure. I'll nail him." said George
A few minutes later Fraser was teie-
phoning to the Western Pacific
Are you Mr.. Lamb. the great pitch
er?' asked Manager Fraser.
| That's me- cried voice.
Mr. Lamb, I am Mr.. George G.
Fraser, manager of the baseball club
of the Transportation club
II have heard of you somewhere. was
the reply.
I'VE would like you to join our team.
and would regard it special favor II
you would come and sit on the benches
while we play the Newman team We
also want you to go with US TO Fresno
and Los Angeles
| Send along the tickets"
by the way. Mr.. Lamb, I am sorry
/ that 1 have to leave town, but IL you
will take lunch with the captain of
our team, A. P. Michaelson. he would
be vastly pleased"
You bet"
/ Michaelson ordered a luncheon fit for
great baseball pitcher and waited for
the arrival OF Lamb. Sharp on the
| minute diminutive boy appeared.
Il am the fellow you are after" said
he. -'Of course. pitch. 1 am the
| pitcher for the Sand Pirates Of South
San Francisco. Gee, what luncheon.
1t looks like a grown UP dinner to me-"
And to think said Michaelson, Il
had to sit and entertain a kid about II
years old. who is SO persistent that L
guess We'll have to take him along to
Fresno and to Los Angeles.
/ Don't go quoting Shakespeare to me.
| What's in name That kid got the
best luncheon he ever had in his life
Rule IA of the western classifi fica ton
prescribes ratings applicable on differ
ent kinds of packages, that is, boxes,
crates, bales and bundles. Section No.
s of the rule provides that all ship
ments not conforming to the require
ments will take one class higher than
in crates. Well Informed transportation
men are of the opinion that this sec
tion Of the rule is illegal. and that the
proper recourse for carriers to take
when improper packages are offered by
shippers Is to decline to accept the
tation lines will eliminate the above
section as far as 1t pertains to trans
continental traffic
j. e. Hurley. general manager of the
Santa Fe system, in speaking of the i'm
provements the road has made recently
said that during the first of next wear
500 miles Of new ana heavy steel rail
will have been laid at various points
along the line. Among the most ex-
tensive improvements will be the new
. shops and roundhouses at Argentine
and Chanute.
There is in course of construction
, 2eo.0e0,o0e gallon reservoir at Rich.
mond, Kans., that will be finished soon
reduction is being completed at Hilton
Colo The company is erecting also
new depots in Oklahoma and Texas.
Another important work now beine
finished is the rehabilitation of the lin,
a from Wellington west, so that the Be
!, len cut OF can be used.
Guadalajara promises to be the Chi
cago Of the republic Of Mexico anC
one of the great railroad centers O.
that country. AT present It is the ter.
minus of the Southern Pacific exten.
sion In Mexico and there are reason.
for believing that Z. II. Hartman doe:
not intend to stop construction at thi.
city, but will build on to Mexico City
and also still farther south to eonnec
s with the Pan-American and the rail
[ roads of Yucatan.
1t is understood that Hartman,
: plan to enter the City of Mexico ha,
, compelled the management OF the Mex
: lean Central to put their branch int,
Guadalajara on competing basis Will
:, the Southern Pacific. S. NJ. FELTON,
d president of the Mexican Central. nov
: Is having a reconnaissance made of tn,
= grade from Irapuato to Guadalajar
/ He plans to eliminate much of tn,
J, curvature, and, il possible, to reduc,
the mileage between those two point:
8 FELTON, says this branch will be mad.
! equal TO any road in the republic. H,
! expects tremendous increase both il
:, passenger and freight business by tn,
$ opening up of the west coast OF tn.
!. republic by the Hartman road.
/, 1t is proposed by the transcontinenta
|, lines to publish through rates from
California to the New England state.
> on lumber. which will be so cents pei
100 pounds. To the following state.
d the rate viii be 9o cents per 10t
. pounds: New York, Pennsylvania. Del
0 aware, Maryland, Virginia, West yir.
8 ginia and Washington. d. c. No rates
will be published to any other terri
e tory east of Chicago for the reason
| that uniform rate to such territory
: would not be consistent with the sum.
!. of the locals made in Chicago There
a fore, in Central freight association ter
}. ritory, other than included in the stat,
|. of Pennsylvania, rates will be mad.
T by adding the rate east of Chicago {,
}. the rate from California to that point
/, This will enable shippers to reach Cen
tral freight association territory oil
the lowest possible basis.
According to all accounts the Pacif,
improvement company has decided no
| to build the Pacific Southeastern from
iTacoma southeast. 1t was announced
| some time ago that the road was to b,
built to haul out the coal because tn,
rates put in effect by the Hill line;
were excessive. Seven survey partie
: were put in the field, and it was sal,
II that there was TO be no delay in con
I structing the road. Some of the mel
. employed on the surveys have returne,
to the city and say all work has beel
Il stopped. which would lead to the belle
8 that some favorable arrangement ha
e been reached between Hill and tn
! company.
y According to the engineers of tn
Western Pacific, the track has reache