The San Francisco call., 1908-10-20
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

Well, well,' said H. K. Gregory,
assistant general passenger agent Of
the Santa Fe, as he shook hands With
w c. Kiefer. depot agent of the Wellss
Fargo company at the ferry building
Il am glad to see you, How is busSr
ness?"
Pretty good. YOU don't remember
me. Mr.. Gregory. We met at
OF course, ! remember you. There
is none I remember better. tell all
our boys TO throw all the passenger
business they can to your line Only
this morning / was telling Jim Duffy
to give you all the passengers he
could.
That's awfully kind of YOU
Not at all, not at ALL" replied
Gregory with an expansive smile, I'VE
know our friends
If you have been throwing any
passenger business my way they must
be dead ones" answered Kiefer with a
broad grin, for that's all can handle"
The governing board of the mer-
chants excnange traffic bureau met
last Saturday to discuss the appoint
ment of traffic manager. but came
to no conclusion. The meeting ad-
Journed for 80 days. by which time
the members hope to get T. NJ. Schu-
macher to change his mind and ac-
cept the place. 1t appears that Schu-
macher, who is the traffic manager of
the El Paso Southeastern already has
been approached, but declined. 1t is
thought that by offering Schumacher
$4,000 year he may be tempted to
come to San Francisco to take charge
of the transportation interests of the
San Francisco merchants 1t is pro-
posed to raise 100000 a years and to
pay the traffic manager $4,000 year.
I. M. Schumacher is we'll known in
this city. He was for years general
agent of. the Union Pacific here. He
then went with the Earl fruit COM
pany and later with the Union fruit
company and Is now with the Ell Paso
Southeastern. He has a knack of
making friends and is regarded as one
of the best freight men in the coun-
try.
While the date has not been deter
mined. efforts are being made by in
terested lines to publish the new
transcontinental tariffs, both east and
west bound, effective December l. The
strictest secrecy is being observed as
to the changes to be made, but ii is
predicted by railroad people who claim
to know that there will be little il
any change in the rates on Californian
products. A great deal of curiosity Is
expressed by shippers as to just what
the formation of the tariffs will be as
regards the various territories. 1t is
understood that a radical change will
be made from the territorial descrip-
tions as they now exist
When the line the Southern Pacific
is now building east from .Winkelman
to Solomonville is completed Phoenix
will be on the main line of the Southern
Pacific and Tucson will be on branch.
Trains will be taken over the Maricopa
and Phoenix to Phoenix, then over the
new cutoff, via Winkelman, to where
it joins the main line at Solomonville.
There will be an immense saving Of
time by the new route, which also will
eliminate the steep grades between
Tucson and Cochise. especially over
the Dragon pass. This is another OF
out his lines and to avoid heavy grades.
Eastern and is being constructed under
the supervision of Epes Randolph.
Californian lines will publish in the
reissue of the east bound tariff. No. 3
east, rates from Californian terminals
to eastern points as follows: Wooden
pals and tubs including butter tubs,
kits and barrels. minimum carload
weight, when loaded in cars Al feet
or less in length, $1,000 pounds. Over
Al feet in length "a 900 pounds to Chi
cago and Missouri river points, 75 cents
per 100 pounds. and to defined terri
tories west thereof. So cents per 100