The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

Il am gifted with the virtue Of pa
tience," observed an ex-agent of the
Utah coal company, but I am con-
vinced that Job would have lost his
reputation early in his career II he had
had to deal with j. M. Brewer, freight
claim agent Of the Southern Pacific.
once shipped carload Of coal from
Castle Gate to Alameda, and when the
car reached Its destination 1t was loaded
with cobbles, dirt, hoop skirts, tooth
picks and any other old thing. Nat
urally rejected the car. In those days
was susceptible to Establishments and
the Southern Pacific officials cajoled me
into accepting the car. paying In full
for the same, then giving ms a refund
for seven tons short, or in all about
$45
Did get 1t? Yes, did after one
year and four months I spent one
half that sum in postage stamps. and
the Southern Pacific spent about that
amount too. You should read the in
genious excuses that Brewer made. He
always blamed the delays on Sparks
He had not had time to attend to the
matter, for Sparks had not replied.
Sparks had not forwarded this or
that
Brewer, we'll, when the good or bad
merchant In San Francisco dies and
goes to judgment, he will have many
marks to his credit when he puts forth
the plea that he had dealings with
Brewer in the world"
Fully 1000 persons took advantage
Of the excursion to Los Altos last Sun
day to travel over the new Southern
Pacific route to Santa Cruz. The new
line leaves the main track at Mayfield
and skirts the foothills, passing
through an exquisitely beautiful coun-
try, and rejoins 1t at Vasona The
town Of Los Altos is midway between
the universities Of Stanford and Santa
Clara and promises at no distant date
to be one Of tho most fourishing set
Elements on the peninsula. Work will
be commenced in a few days on de-
pot and the Mission style Of archi-
lecture will be observed.
In compliance with instructions re-
ceived from the interstate commerce
commission Agent R. H. Countiss of
the transcontinental freight bureau has
compiled supplement No. s5, west
bound tariff L g." which includes all
changes that have been made IN the
original tariff which became effective
on January Is, 1904. This will aid
shippers who received copies of this
tariff to determine the rates effective
without having to examine the volum-
inous number Of supplements hereto
fore enforced. The supplement will be
issued at an early date. Only a few
advance copies have been received in
the city.
H. w. Adams, retiring commercial
agent Of the Rock Island lines in this
state, left last night for q short vaca-
tion before he joins the Pioneer fruit
express as traffic manager, with head
quarters at Sacramento. Adams leaves
san Francisco followed by the regrets
or his fellow railroadmen and also by
the merchants with whom he had busi-
ness dealings for many years He
taxes charge Of his new Office on May
1. w. I. Allen, who succeeds Adams.
takes up his new duties today.
w. c. Donnelly, chief rate clerk of
the Santa Fe. has returned from
weeks vacation which he spent in
travelling over the lines of the South
ern Pacific. acquainting himself with
conditions In the state. DonneIly went
as FAR north as Ashland and has come
to the conclusion that Alameda has not
the monopoly of all the beautiful seen
cry in the state.
w A. Clawson succeeds Frank
Barker as ticket agent in the office of
the Canadian Pacific. Barker has left
ra1lroad1ng to enter into the business
OF motel keeping In Nevada.