The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
Gossip of RaiIwaymen


extension of the Tonopah and
Tidewater is to begin at once and
will be carried on from both
ends. according to advices received
from Ely yesterday, where the appli-
cations for franchises are now pending
On the Ely end the first % miles
viii require an outlay of about $780,
600, as much heavy. work will have to
! be done.
Announcement is made that the
road will be officially designated as the
Ely route This will include all the
connecting lines between Salt Lake
and Los Angeles as soon as the gap
between Ely and Goldfeld is closed.
Official announcement was made
at Chicago yesterday of the selection
of George H. Crosby as vice presi-
dent. secretary and treasurer of the
Rock Island lines in charge of the
financial and secretarial departments.
T. NJ. Sloan has been appointed gem
eral freight agent of the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake, with office
at Los Angeles. The office of assistant
general freight agent has been abol-
ished. ]. III. Manderf1eld has been
made assistant general freight and
passenger agent of the same road, with
Office at Salt Lake City, the office of
district freight agent having been
abolished.
Great Northern engineers are COM
pleting survey of railroad 65 miles
in length from Patoros, where the
Methow river joins the Columbia liver,
north up to the valley of the Methow
to Twisp and Winthrop. Okanogan
county, Washington. They will give
the Great Northern. not only valuable
feeder lines into undeveloped agricul-
tural and stock raising sections, but
also complete the chain planned years
a go for an outlet to the Hill system
north of the boundary line, known as
the Victoria, Vancouver and Eastern.
G. M. Lipmann. the newly appointed
travelling passenger agent of the Mill
Valley and Mount Tamalpais, will as
sumo his new duties this morning.
That he may increase his knowledge
and practical experience, Samuel r.
Toucey, senior assistant general SUI
perintendent of the Union Paciffc's
Colorado division, has given up his
place in that capacity and gone into
the shop where engine repairs are
made. The position Toucey surren-
dered is now held by F. M. Jones. who
was a division superintendent under
him and was formerly with the Illinois
Central.
Between 1,5O0 and 1900 men are now
employed on Improvement work on the
Denver and Rio Grande in Colorado
and Utah. The roadbed is being re-
ballasted and the physical condition of
the road is to be made the equal of
any in the country. Considera BILE
double tracking is being done.
c. f. Wright. passenger agent in
the local offices of the Northwestern.
refused to go to work yesterday
morning on account of the arrival of
+ a bouncing baby boy Mother and
child are reported doing well.
III. E. Lounsbury, general agent for
the freight department of the Harri-
man lines. with Office at Portland, is in
the city on business.
Frank L. Matthews has been lap-
pointed district passenger agent of the
Chicago Great Western, with head
quarters at Kansas City, Mo-, vice
George w. Lincoln, resigned to engage
| in other business
The interstate commerce commission.
| in an opinion handed down few davs
ago, upholds the Illinois Central in a
test case brought by an association of
| shippers to compel the railroads to rec
| ognize the shippers association and to
deliver to each consignor goods or
dered In demand for the association and
consigned to its agent.
/ The traffic movement for the rail-
roads for the month of October as
measured by the number of freight
cars handled by 33 car service asso-
| Citations and demurrage bureaus.
amounting to 3,244.155 cars, continues
| to show gains over the figures OF the
earlier months of the year as well as
the corresponding 1910 totals. The
number of cars handled by these as
| sociations during the ten. months of
the present year, 25.704,72i cars, was
| Is per cent larger than the correspond
| ing number in 1908, and even in ex-
cess of the corresponding number two
/ years ago.