The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
GOSSIP OF RAILWAYMEN

OF a somnolent condition yesterday.
which was attributed by his fellow
worker, Eros, the great Hungarian
patriot. to Christmas dinner.
You fellows make me tired" re-
marked 7. Francis. talking about tur-
key"
we don't make you half as tired
as you make others tired waiting for
their annuals." replied Eros, his proud
Hungarian blood rising rapidly.
We'll. it is full week till the first"
retorted T. Francis. Any one would
think / had never eaten turkey in my
life
why you fellows don't know what
the life of the higher up is. / had
three dinners yesterday.
My first dinner was with an un-
fashionable relative who dined at mid
day. the next dinner was at 3, with
humble dependent of mine, and I
might have had another, as a friend
OF mine was going to one of those din
ners which are Of the get and get out
order. But / forebore. as / knew that
at home / had a big bird, which came
from Marysville.
Well, 90 you know, when / come
TO think Of it. l do feel little sleepy?
never thought that three turkey din
ners in one day would make fellow
sluggish the next day.
But one can't tell what queer freaks
nature plays with us men who work
only with our brains"
H. p. Thran. mail traffic manager Of
the Hartman lines. is in the city.
Speaking of the mail service yesterday
he said:
The Union Pacific is building 20.
mailcars which are entirely of steel.
There is not piece of infiammable
material in the car, for the chairs are
ozrr ma Ia of or iS M- =
schnitts idea, and these cars are so
made that it is impossible for them to
catch fire even in a wreck and so the
safety of the mail clerks is assured.
'One of these cars is TO be turned
over to the railway mail service, which
viii use it to give a practical demon
stration at the Alaska exposition in
Seattle to show how a railway mail
clerk works when he is out on the
road"
William Mckay, who was employed in
the general offices of the Southern Pa
ciie and left for the country for the
benefit Of his health, is here for the
When I quit here" observed the
young giant, Il weighed 100 pounds and
a whisper, and now 1 weigh over 200
pounds. A chap who is run down and
going into a DECLINE. as 1 was, should
work in the open air. That is the only
doctor 1 know
why. 1 was so delicate year ago
that ] had to rest for half an hour
after ! made out an annual. Now l get
up with the birds, eat one dozen eggs
| for breakfast, a porterhouse steak,
drain a lake dry with my thirst, walk
II miles to work and excavate a 100
yard hole an hour in the mountain for
trains TO get through.
Fired Swanton has often told me that
he is certain the tunnel in tie Santa
Cruz mountains never would be built
in the specified time if 1 wasn't there
If you don't believe me, look at these
calluses on my hands"
p. r. Lund and M. Z. Clute, who
have been in Chicago on company busi-
ness, have returned to the city. 1t is
| understood that the Offices which are
now occupied by P. r. Lund will be
used after the first of the year by E
Black Ryan, tax attorney of the South
/ ern Pacific, and Ryan's Offices will be
used by Paul Shoup. 1t is thought that
Lund viii remain in the service of the
company in some other capacity, as the
office OF chief train agent will be abol-
| ished. Some of the train agents will
remain in the employ of the company,
having been instructed to report to
the Office OF the auditor
(
The board OF directors of the South
ern Pacific railroad company have had
engrossed their resolutions on the re-
tirement of ]. L. Willcutt from the
! employ of the company. These resoIu-
tions are an eloquent testimonial to the
services rendered the railroad by the
retiring secretary.
T. A. K. Fassett, traffic r.anager of
the klamath Lake Navigation company.
| is in the city and says that the Cali
fornia Northwestern viii be at Holland.
on klamath straits. by the first of the
year He says the winter has been
extremely cold there and that there
was an inch of ice on the river.
The management of the Wabash rail-
road is building stations like those on
the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe.
the structures are approved by the
patrons of that road.
Under the recent amendment to the
anti-pass provision of section 1 it is
held that pass may be issued to a
bona fide ex-employe of any carrier
/ who is travelling for the purpose of en-
tering the service of any such common
carrier, whether such service has OF
has not previously been arranged for.
s A. Bishop. who was for many years
chief claim adjuster in D. r. Sessions
office. has been appointed general claim
agent OF the Pacific Electric, with
! headquarters in Los Angeles.
George ]. Ray has been appointed
j chief engineer of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western. TO take cffice jan
uary L.
L. f. Calvin. vice president and gen.
eral nanagz8 of the Southern Pacific
has left on an inspection trip, and is
expected here today.
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