The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26

1T OOK here. Foulds,' said an
operating official of the South
1 ern Pacific. IT know you have
had considerable experience
In railroad work. but do not see how
we can quite live up to what you de-
mand in this contract.
we nave all kinds of conductors in
our employ, but am afraid we are out
Oh the particular brand you Designate
attorney
You say here that il is demanded
that the power shall be transmitted by
insuited conductors. How is the con-
ductor to be insuIted. and how kept in
condition so as to perform the SER
vice required OF him?"
which of you young ladies copied
this contract?" asked Foulds in his
mildest manner in the copying room.
L did, Mr.. Foulds.'' chirruped a
sweet young miss with a profusion of
golden locks
DO you know" began ]. E. Foulds
severely, that you made me say that
the power shall be transmitted by in
suited conductors?'
That is what you meant to say Mr..
foulds, but your spelling is so bad that
1 have to correct il all the time. Why,
you actually spelt insulted' insulated,
and l had to make sense out of what
you wrote
And this is what get" cried John
II. Foulds, after having served for 40
years an apprenticeship at the law.
My contracts have to be done into
sense by stenographer."
For a number of years northern lines
in connection with boat lines have en-
gagged in San Francisco traffic through
northern Pacific coast ports, and Cali
fornian lines have not retaliated in
connection with traffic to and from the
north Pacific coast ports. Arrange
ments have now been made with the
Alaska Pacific steamship company and
the Pacific Coast steamship company
to engage in north Pacific coast traffic
through this port.
The coast carriers expect a consider
able increase in traffic due TO the ar
rangement, and the Alaska Pacific
steamship company intends to place in
the trade another steamer in order TO
! be able to handle the traffic expedi-
I tieusly.
The fact that the Californian ter
minal lines have not reached out after
q share of this traffic in the past is
due to the fact that they We're handling
to and from California such large
! volume of business that they deemed
I 1t unadV1Sable 10 enter the HOIlH
| Pacific coast trade. With additional
equipment, particularly with more mo-
tive power, they now believe that they
/ can add to their revenue by endeavor-
| ing to control a portion of the north
| Pacific coast traffic.
1 The steamship lines look upon this
J arrangement with considerable favor,
as it places them in a position to earn
revenue from which they were ex-
cluded in the past
Colonel p J. Kindelon of the South
ern Pacific has returned from New
York after an absence of 80 years. In
his younger days the colonel was on
the police department of that city as
ward detective.
1T is 80 years since had been
there" said the colonel, "and there was
only one man who remembered me. II
was my old friend Sergeant Dennis
Griffin The country can be proud Of
the police of New York and also of the
1 fire department. There are 10000 mer
on the former and they are selected
from the pick of the country. The
manner the Broadway squad handle the
| crowds is admirable No confusion, nc
danger to life or to limb when crossing e
| these thoroughfares The police Judges
back them up and the result is that per-
/ fectiOn has been reached in the man
agement OF street traffic. Then the fire
department One of the captains gave
me an exhibition of what the men could
do. and the way they climbed over q
six story building with their 80 pounC
ladders made me dizzy