The San Francisco call., 1909-11-19
Gossip of RalIwaymen
B. BOYD Of chicago. assistant
to the vice president of the Gould

b. BOYD Of Chicago, assistant
10 the vice president OF the Gould
A' system; A S. Hughes Of Denver,
general traffic manager of the Denver
and Rio Grande, and Fred Wilde Jr. of
Denver. general freight agent of the Den
Yer and Rio Grande. arrived in this city
yesterday on a tour of inspection of
the terminal facilities of the Western
Pacific. with q view TO the opening of
the new Could road for general traffic
The visiting officials were closeted the
greater part of the day with c. H
schlacks, first vice president. and
Charles NJ. Levey, general manager
OF the Western Pacific
Fred Herr. who has been connected
with the Union Pacific in Los An
Eeles, is slated TO succeed c X Junllins,
December / as general agent in this
city OF the FL Paso Southwestern.
J. H. Manderheld. assistant general
freight agent Of the Salt Lake line, is
here from salt Lake on business
trip.
u. d. Sanborn, general agent of the
Burlington line, left yesterday for a
short trip down the coast.
". H. Bullen, general agent of the
Grand Trunk is in town from Los
Angeles.
The proportional rate Of 421k cents
per 100 on hemp. sisal and fax fiber
from Seattle and Tacoma to Still
water. Mimi which has been in effect
bs way of northern lines for some
months viii be Cancelled November "a,
after which date the rate will be 47A
cents
There appears to have been no ac-
tiOn taken by the California lines
toward meeting the reduction to 75
cents per 100 on green hides from Sc
attle, Tacoma and Portland TO Chicago.
The rate from California points re-
mains 81. As the hides may be shipped
from san Francisco TO the northern
ports fer Is cents, il is not thought that
there viii be much of an overland
movement from San Francisco until the
situation is changed.
r. E Batturs, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Southern Pacific,
went to Oakland yesterday to inspect
the new Office which the company is
about TO open at Broadway and Thir-
steenth street. IL is next door to the
Union Pacific Office, which adjoins the
Rock Island Office, ana two doors far
ther on is the Santa Fe Office. The ac-
tion Of the Southern Pacific in moving
its freight and passenger Office from
the narrow gauge station at Franklin
and Thirteenth streets has helped to
build Up quite a center for railroad Of
fees at Broadway and Thirteenth.
The special agricultural and horti-
cultural demonstration train of the
Southern Pacific, which is taking uni
versity Of California professors through
the Sacramento valley, is great sue
cess. according to H. r. Judah. assist
ant general passenger agent, who is in
charge of the train. A telegram was
received from him yesterday reporting
large attendance tor the lectures at
Orland.
new general Office building for the
mechanical department of the Santa Fe
is TO be constructed at the Topeka
shops at an estimated cost of 100000.
The Salt Lake line is now comfortably
established in its new agency at $50
Market street. According TO l. A.
Bell. district freight and passenger
gent of the Salt Lake line, the COM
pany's business has increased already
more than enough TO Justify the COM
psny in having moved from an upper
story 10 a. ground floor Office.
A school for the education and in
structien of apprentices has been estab-
lished in Clovis, n. NJ, where is located
the principal shop on the Belen cutoff
Of the Santa Fe. A. l. Gunther, a grad
uate, Of the apprentice school in To-
peka, has been appointed apprentice
instructor.
stock holders of both the Colorado
and Southern and the Colorado Mid
land railroads elected directors in
Denver yesterday. The result showed
James J. Hill was still the controlling
factor in the former road, while the
Goul6s appear TO be dominant among
the Midland directors. 1t is thought
that this viii preclude the possibility
OF the Burlington using the Midland
as 2 link in the chain Of a new trans
continental line.