The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-10-30
Gossip Of Rai!waymen


Now, Lally. friendship is all very
well in its way, but when friendship
does not allow of a man to give him
freight say polite things about such
friendship.
That is how T. NJ. Schumacher. when
here as general freight agent. of the
Union Pacific. addressed H T. Lally,
who was then at the head of a large
hardware concern, and shipped many
cars Of freight during the month
Il know that, Tom" Lally replied,
but l have grievance against your
road, and 1 have sworn never to give
1t q pound of freight"
That's a nice Christian spirit" cried
Schumacher. II feel ashamed almost
to be seen with such heather. Take
leaf out of my book Cultivate a
large, charitable spirit. Love every one
even as 1 do. 1t will make a better
man of you" and Schumacher sighed
voluptuously and ordered another rye
highball.
Il guess you're right, Tommy" whis-
pered Lally in subdued voice. ITS
not right to bear grudge l want to
act like Christian and all that sort of
thing. Now, I'll tell you what I'll do If
you promise TO give me a small bottle
of wine for every car of freight 1 give
you, I'll turn my business over to the
Union Pacific"
Done" said Schumacher
few weeks after j. A. Munroe came
to the city and lunched with Schu-
macher and Lally
Munroe, you have the best general
agent you ever had in the person of
Tom here" remarked Lally, but l am
afraid he is not man of his word.
and he told the compact.
Now, l have given him many cars
for the last month"; he continued, land
nave never received a bottle of wine''
How many cars has he given us?"
asked Munroe of Schumacher, and how
many bottles do we owe him?"
"A mere trife," said Schumacher;
the Union Pacific received 4s4 cars
from Laliy in the last 80 days"
agricultural department, visited the
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe of
fees yesterday with samples of the
dates grown at the federal experiment
stations at Mecca, on the Colorado des-
ert, and also near Needles The sample
date fruit is especially fine, being large
and luscious and fully as we'll favored
as the best dates grown in the Arabian
GASES. Several varieties of the date Of
stations, and Schoield says that the in
dustry is out of the experimental
stage and now is a commercial posi-
bility. Both railroads are greatly in
terested in the culture of the date The
first commercial date grown in the
state was by Hadlon at his ranch on
THE banks of the Colorado river, An
attempt was made by others to grow
them at Palm springs. The govern
ment some years afterward undertook
their culture, and put in an expert
mental station at place called Wal
tiers, that was subsequently named Nee
ca. There is also another government
plantation in the Imperial valley Scho-
field thinks that all this so called des-
ert territory will be capable of pro-
ducing large crops of cotton and dates
TT makes a Californian millionaire
feel like two bits when he travels
around with a millionaire from Ari-
zona," remarked San Francisco man
with few millions. II was in Ari1N
iona recently and met Epes Randolph
and another territorial millionaire,
when the latter wanted to shake for
81"
- never shake for less than So
replied Randolph.
They began to shake and Randolph
lost heavily, when the winner said:
=" Is there any other game you know?
What do YOU say to poker?'
Next morning l met my friend and
asked him how he had Jared
Well he drawled out, L don't
squeal when / lose. Poker and shak-
Ing dice are two different things, but
any man that thinks Randolph isn't
genius let him try conclusions with
him in poker game
The roads entering st. Paul and Min
neapolis have adopted q new rule gov
erning unloading and storage charges
whereby tax of 25 cents per ton is
made for unloading, which charge in
cludes 80 days for storage up to the
ability of the carrier. Switching
charges between st. Paul and Minneap-'
oils on part cars have been reduced
to IS per car.
1t is announced authoritatively that
the formal opening of the Mexican Pa
cifc, better known as the Manzanillo
extension of the Mexican Central. will
take place December l. President Diaz
will go over the line and perform the
ceremony of declaring the road ready
for traffic
L. S. Hungerford, general superin-
tendent of the Pullman company. is in
Mexico looking over the ground with
the view of extending the Pullman car
service in the neighhoring republic
Rapid construction work is being
done by the Western Pacific in Nevada
and the track from Deeth is being laid
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