The San Francisco call., 1908-03-04
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

Your future wife shall have the
prettiest and best bred horse on this
ranch" remarked an admiring cattle
man TO c. l. Garfield many years ago.
NO horse IN Mariposa county will be
too good for her continued the cattle
king. and she shall own an animal
that viii be the envy Of the whole
state
And now there is a Mrs. CanfeId
and few years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Garfield paid q visit 10 Mariposs
county and ran across the old friend.
7 have not forgotten my promise, =
he said. and your wife shall have a
horse
Both expressed their gratitude. but
II must be confessed that Mrs Can
field was somewhat dubious.
The other night Garfield was awak-
ened about midnight by g teIephons
message
Hello. shouted a strange voice. q.
this Canfeld2"
Is this the CanheId who writes
books and is a railroadman2
~Yes=Tes
rs this the Garfield who has a wife
and was once in Mariposa countyg''
In heavens name yes What is #
you wantZ-
well the CanheId I know never
swears- You had better get some
body 70 identify YOU
foId on cried the voice; "go slow
now A man amt agoin' TO give away
a horse 70 the first man who calls
himself Canfeld-
a horse exclaimed Garfield. what
do ven r1ezu2r
smith of Mariposa has sent horse
to your wife Shall I bring him up tc
herr
We'll. that is really kind OF Smith
But you see this is a hotel and I an
afraid the Fsirmont has no accommo-
dations for a horse You had better
wait until tomorrow morning"
Colonel 7. J. Wilson, right Of way
agent Of the Southern Pacific. viii re
sign March Is and the ONCE will prob
ably be abolished Wilson was one
Of the builders Of the road between
san Beruardino and Cotton. and wher
the property was absorbed by C. P
Huntington a place was found for hin
with the Southern Pacific as indus
trial agent and then as right Of way
agent. II is understood that IL Colo
ueI Wilson desires he can stay with
the company in some other capacity
Alfred williams. assistant chief en-
zineer OF the Copper River and North
western railroad in Alaska, q Guggen-
helm property built to develop the COP
uer mines in that country, writing tc
4 friend in this city from CordoTa
saws We have a bridge engineer hers
now or rather 20 miles out Of here
with 10 tons of an outfit. including
diamond drill. to be hauled up the
Copper river TO the bridge site We
cannot do a thing for him at present
and he has gone with his men with
Blankets on hand sleds TO see What
troubles are ahead The snow is seven
feet on the level and a bowling wind
is ever with US
T. z. Clark, fnterstats commerce
commissioner. has written TO r. H
Countiss. agent OF the trsnscontinsnta tal
freight bureau requesting information
with respect TO the republication Of the
trsnscoutfnentaI tariffs II is stated
BY the commissioner that he still fs re-
ceivfng complaints as to the condition
OF sou1a Of the transcontinentaI tariffs
agent Countiss has replied 70 the ef-
feet that the transcontinentaI lines are
doing everything possible with respeci
to the reissue Of the transcontinentsl
tariffs. and called attention 10 the many
dificulties encountered In compiling
tariff schedules that cover all points in
fbe United States. It is probable that
the commissioners will tx a date when
these tariffs will become effective.
Y NJ Garside Of the Southern Pacific
will accompany WI Ting Fang and
suite as far as Chicago, and from there
10 washington the party will be in
charge Of an oh1ciaI Of the passenger
Assortment OF the Pennsylvania line.
7-be Chinese made one demand on the
rafIroads. which was that they must
have fresh vegetables on their way
zrrass the continent The Pennsylva-
MA pbad will put on a dining car for
the Chinese party's snecial use.
The southern Pacific announces that
IN expects to open the Los Gatos cutoa
from MayfeId IL May Track laying is
practically completed. and trains viii
nm from San Francisco to Los Gatos
il one hour and 80 minutes. and to
los Altos in one hour. By this route
passengers will be able to reach Con-
zress springs In an hour
It Is announced by the engineers 8
Office of the Western Pacific that track
Iavfu9 has been begun out Of Marys-
vile toward Sacramento
The local branch OF the railway car