The San Francisco call., 1908-09-03
Gossip of Rai!waymen

If there is one thing more than an
other on which a railroadman prides
himself it is on the accuracy of his
statements. his freedom from exagger-
alton and his adherence of gossiping.
Truth" said James Bonaparte Duffy
of the passenger department of the
Santa Fe, should be priced by every
railroadman as much as a woman
prizes her beauty, or as my friend
Duckworth his Australian accent.
have instilled in the minds OF all the
young fellows in the business that they
must be careful to stick to facts. for
Misrepresentation in the railroad busi-
ness is ruinous
Didn't you tell me-" shouted the
man who was receiving the lecture
from the Santa Fe noralist, that w
b. Cooper was the son of a millionaire
that he. was q contracting freight agent
of the Santa Fe just for the fun of the
thing, and that he was visiting the
coast with party of millionaire
friends in his own private car?
And what did do? Why, 1 spent
whole day in trying to locate this
freak of a man who, would work in
Kansas City as contracting freight
agent of this road when he could be
blowing in his money drinking lemon
ade, going to the matinee, or playing
the races, or falling in love, or writing
poetry and playing the swell You are
a nice one TO talk about telling the
truth you are
Hush now, don't give it away
whispered James Bonaparte Duffy,
that was intended for the newspapers,
you big galoot. Don't you know clever
advertising when you hear it?"
The rise in Southern Pacific stock"
said an old time railroadman, means
that the Southern Pacific is coming
into its own. The high market price
is merely reflection of the confidence
the financial world has in Hartman
and his railroad policy. Every dollar
that has been borrowed by him on
bonds has gone into the Improvement
of his properties and has been made to
pay two or three times over.
"A good deal of the stock is being
Dought as permanent investment,
which narrows down the limit of spec
uiation. In London it was selling at
l09A Tuesday and is evidently one of
the strong features of the London
market"
The lines in California will put In
a rate of 40 cents per 100 pounds. min
imum 10000 pounds, on borate rock
from producing points to Galveston
and New Orleans to ship side when
uCS et1ico 1OE COuntrleS.H france
takes great deal of this borate rock
and it is with the view of. building
up this traffic that the lines in this
state have put In this favorable rate.
The principal producing points are
bakersfield, Laing, Lancaster and WI
Bile orchard.
Virgil G. Bogue. chief engineer of
the Western Pacific, is at Salt Lake
City with the party of eastern engi-
neers, who left with him Tor an in
spection of the Gould road. 1t was re-
ported that A. A. Robinson had left
the party and was in New York. This
is false, as Robinson is still with
Bogue.
1t is reported that wells. Fargo &
Co. have acquired the express busi-
ness of the National and the Inter
oceanic express companies in Mexico.
and will extend their operations to ali
the lines of the government merger
system.
The task of double tracking the Ca
madam Pacific between Winnipeg and
Fort William, which has been in prog
ress for the last three summers viii
be completed in time to facilitate the
quick transportation of the present
wheat crop. The whole line. which
is more than 40G miles long. will then
be double tracked with the possible
exception of some 25 miles, which have
not been completed.
The rails of the western Pacific are
now IA miles east of Humboldt Wells.
Horace Jenkins has left FOR Port
land, where he will act as best man at
his brothers wedding.