The San Francisco call., 1909-08-17
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen
WI ORD was received in this city
M yesterday that the Western
w Pacific tug Virgil G. Bogue,

and which has been building at the
yards of the Craig ship building COM
pany at Long Beach. has been COM
pleted. The shipyards are several
miles inland. and it viii be three weeks
before the plans for placing the tug
in the ocean will be completed. The
boat has been inspected and tested by
the United States inspector, and will
be in San Francisco bay within
month.
"There is no truth whatever in
the statement that J. ]. Hill is
opposed to the luxuries of life,
said a we'll known railroadman. Moth
ing of the kind. He believes in all
kinds of luxury. including firing people
Louis Hill believes also in luxury and
travels the country over with an auto
mobile strapped to his private car he
has to do that, for when he is on one
of his trains and wants to travel fast
he just unhitches the automobile and
takes a spin until his gasoline gives
out and then waits for the train to
catch him up.
"Of course. am talking of Great
Northern train. Do you suppose that
by saying Northern Pacific I want to
get killed by Tom stateler. who won
every victory in the civil war by just
being there?
But this has nothing to do with
what the Great Northern is going to
do. Why, ]. ]. Hill Is going to serve
afternoon tea on his trains. all the
same as Babcock OF the Southern Pa
cific. He is going to have regular
soiree every afternoon on board the
Oriental limited.
NO, there won't be any danger Of
the teacups being spilled. The trains
will be run during tea time at the rate
of 10 miles an hour. so that tea can be
swallowed in comfort.
81 tell you Hill is an up to date man,
and if that won't catch the bon ton of
Seattle nothing will There win be
such a rush for that Oriental limited
and China tea that William Rockefel-
ler will be serving champagne cock
tails on the Chicago. Milwaukee and
Puget Sound road or he will have his
passenger trains as cheerful as a
funeral procession"
Another stretch of Western Pacific
track was completed Friday afternoon,
bringing the rails 81 miles west from
Winnemucca- Nevada, to Deep Hole.
where a division terminal will be
erected The gap between Winnie
mucca and Iron Point will be closed
before the end of the present month.
B. F. Coons commercial agent, and
]. L. Stand. district passenger agent.
of the Rock Island Frisco lines at
Los Angeles, are visiting in the city.
Dr. A w. Morton. resident surgeon
of the Atchisons Topeka and Santa Fe.
returned from Europe Saturday.
w. L. Parks. superintendent of the
Northern Pacific railroad. whose Offices
are at Omaha. is visiting in San Fran
cisco with his family.
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
has mailed a circular to all of it's
agents in California, announcing
special excursion rates from Missouri
river points and Chicago for the Por-
tola festival
The Great Northern has recently in
troduced the vacuum cleaning system
on it's cars, and is now installing the
telegraphic news bulletin service on
the Oriental limited and fast mails.
w. H. Taggart. assistant cashier of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe at
Los Angeles, is in the city for a few
days.
E. E. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Southern Pacific.
will leave today for Seattle with his
family. From Seattle he will go to Salt
Lake City. to remain for about two
weeks. He will be away for about
one month.
John ]. Byrne. assistant general
traffic manager of the Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe at Los Angeles, is in the
city on a business trip.
c. NJ. Burkhalter, district freight and
passenger agent of the Southern Pacific
at Fresno; c. H. Jasper. Southern Pa
cific agent at Bakersfield. and ]. ID.
Brennan. assistant superintendent of
the Southern Pacific at Bakersfield, are
in the city for few days.
The Western Pacific track from
Beckwith west was reported yester-
day to have reached Spanish creek.
where the crews will work for month
in building a trestle.
Samuel f. Booth, a prominent pioneer
of this city and father of s. f. Booth,
local general agent of the Union Pa
cific, died Sunday. He was a native OF
Bury, England. and was II years old.
He was a past master of Excelsior
lodge No. 126, A. o. U. w.
The Western Pacific and Southern
Pacific settled their differences on the
baseball diamond Saturday afternoon
last before a crowd of 1000 enthusias-
tic fans, the former winning by Il
score of IL to 8. The features of the
game were the phenomenal battery
work of Lamb and Larson of the West
ern Pacific, the brilliant playing OF
Walsh at short and the unparalleled
stick work of 'sYimmy" Lotz of the
winning team.
The-Southern Pacifcs, a picked nine
from the general offices, captained by
Lump Johnson chief clerk in the
general superintendent office. who. it