The San Francisco call., 1908-11-07
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

Excuse me-" said a tall, cadaverous
individual who had penetrated into the
private office of Colonel w. ID. San
born of the Burlington, "but are you
acquainted with Colonel Sanborn?p
Il guess 1 am" replied the colonel.
who had dropped into his office for the
first time after his long and severe
illness.
You will excuse me, 1 know" OBJ
served the man, but times are hard
and business is scarce owing to the
healthiness of the year"
Indeed replied Sanborn, regarding
his visitor out of the corners of his
eyes.
You see," continued the man more
fiuently, Il have been watching the
fagpole of the colonels house at Elm
hurst night and day, and today 1 see
the flag is down. Something must have
happened and 1 have come around to
see If you can't help me get the job
of putting away the dear old colonel.
He was fine man and l know he
would have liked me to have the job"
What job?" beloved the colonel
with as much below as there was left
in him.
What. bury me?' shouted the colonel
when he realized the nature of the
request. Young man, I'll see to it
You the colonel?" exclaimed the man
as he started for the door. NO, I
guess I'll never have the job. You'll
be alive at the general resurrection, .
and he shot through the door.
How did the election suit you?' a
well known freight solicitor was asked
yesterday.
."Oh. just so.'' he replied, with a
sigh.
Anything go wrong?"
No; but 1 was thinking what would
become of me il 1 by any chance ever
got into the court of one of the judges
that has been elected TO the superior
bench. Many years ago, when I was
gay and giddy, l owed a bill to a
butcher and the rude fellow sued me. /
contracted with a young lawyer, who
Is now judge, that If he would flag
the butcher and give me the right of
way to pay when l chose, would give
him So. That was pretty good de-
murrage. He consented"
Well. what them
why, the lawyer was worse than
the butcher. He dunned me for six
months for that s5. He never gave
me any. peace until he got the money.
Take my advice. Never hire a lawyer
unless you mean to pay him. for he
may become a judge and then you will
be in the same plight as myself"
Advices from Mexico state that work
on the chihuahua and Torreon divisions
of the Mexican Central is about COM
plete. New rails are being laid on
both divisions and 1900 tons of rs
pound rails are being put down i'm
place of the old 56 pound rail- Before
the laying of this lot of $4,000 tons of
rail a smaller shipment of 25,0Oo heav-
Ter rail had been put down.
Word was received yesterday ar the
engineers Office of the Western Pacific
in this city that the heading was
through in the big Flower lake tunnel
In Utah, and that all the lines were
correct This is OF the tunnels on the
new Gould line from Salt Lake civ
to Oakland and is 5,664 feet long.
John Sebastian. passenger traffic
manager of the Rock Island lines. ar
rived in Los Angeles today and was
met by f. w. Thompson, general agent
in this city. Sebastian intends to spend
several days on the coast, .famiiiariz-
ing himself with conditions for future
reference. 1t Is said that he intends to
make bold bid for travel to the coast.
and his object in visiting the Pacific
slope is to see where and how he can
improve the service over his lines He
expects to reach here Tusday.
w. G.. Barnwell general freight agent
OF the Santa Fe, arrived here from Los
Angeles yesterday, and says there is