The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

NO sir" said the man who thought
himself an experienced traveller" 1 will
not travel over the Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul again."
And what is your objection to that
road?" asked Charley Miles.
Objection? a good one, too. Why.
sir l could not sleep in my berth
owing to the electric light burning all
night right over my head. Bless you, 1
didn't want to read all night long"
why in the deuce didn't you turn it
out then?" asked Miles.
Turn it out? Thunder. 1 never
thought of that" replied the astonished
globe trotter.
1t Is estimated by the passenger de-
partment of the Southern Pacific that
the counties near San Francisco will
have received something like $4,000
people from the east during the two
months time the colonist rate was in
effect. The home seekers rates were
commenced on September 1 and will
close on the last i day of October, and
as the time limit nears there is
big rush to California. At present
there are about $50 people coming into
the state daily, and it is said that by
the end of the month over $4,000 people
will have settled in the vicinity of
San Francisco during September and
October.
Thursday 2o6 people passed through
Ogden, all of whom had tickets for
San Francisco, and of SO that passed
Ell Paso not one had a ticket for Los
Angeles. The figures for the colonist
movement SO far are as follows: Ogden,
5,11s; Eel Paso, $500; Portland. 1,153,
making a total of 9.571 to date.
w. E. Conan. assistant general
freight agent of the Hartman lines
in Oregon, is on a business trip to this
city. This is the first time he has been
in San Francisco since the fire, and
he is inclined to be skeptical as to
the stories told him at the Trans
portation club of the devastation
wrought by the fire. In speaking of
the prospects in the northwest, Conan
said:
I'VE have had good crops with the
exception, perhaps, of wheat, but it is
not generally known that Portland is
the second largest port in the country
for the export of grain.
we will surprise you all some day
with our fruit shipments. Hundreds
of acres are being put into fruit, and
though we are small shippers, as COM
pared with California, there will be a
day when you will have to take notice
of our horticultural industry. We will
ship about $500 cars of apples from the
Rogue and Hood river regions this sea-
son, and the fruit must be good for
| 1t is loaded on the cars direct for Eng
land. Last season the growers along
Hood river received SO net box for
their apples
Despite the heavy falling off in its
gross and net incomes from reduction
| in It's passenger rates from cents to
| 2 cents a mile in Illinois and Iowa
the Illinois Central is able to record in
! its annual report for the year a bal
ance available for dividends amounting
to S.5 per cent on it's $95.040,00O of cap
| ital stock. The roads net income de-
clined $3.5SS,029. but its charges and
dividends were cleared by S1,343. 599.
The road was also under heavy ex-
pense for new construction work for it's
| line from Jackson, Tenn. to Birming-
| ham, Ala. which increased its mileage
operated by 216 miles, making a total
of APO miles for the system.
Major. Ben Truman was in the city
yesterday and says he feels as well and
as young as when he was with the
Southern Pacific in the days whensGov-
ernor Stanford was president and
! Frank S. Douty was the general man
ager of the Pacific improvement COM
pany. The major is engaged upon a
new literary venture and has been
spending three months at Lake Tahoe
for local color. He makes his home in
Los Angeles.
The latest advices regarding the
Mexican Pacific. better known as the