The San Francisco call., 1909-04-24
Gossip Of Railwaynen

NHARLES FRANKLIN WRIGHT
l has announced in his most de-
termined tone that never again
will he accompany the baseball team
of the Transportation club to Sacra-
mento or elsewhere. He is also of the
opinion that practical jokes are all
very well in their way, especially on
bachelors, but as he is a married man
he should be exempt from anything
that sayors of the ridiculous.
Charles Franklin was persuaded to
enter saloon at Sacramento and was
seated in a chair by George c. Fraser
for the purpose of a quiet chat on a
recent ruling of the interstate COM
merce commission, when he was given
a shock that would have killed an ele-
phant.
danced around the room, calling on all
kinds of dead people to help him. In
stead of aid score of railroadmen
were holding their sides for the pain
they experienced in laughing.
"Sit down again. said Henry Avila.
'Sit down; not muchi' Franklin bel
lowed. What is the matter with that
chair? ] thought I was killed"
"Oh, nothing. Sit down again and
planned Avila.
Il will be sugared if I ever sit in
chair as long as 1 am here" wrath
fully exclaimed Charles Franklin.
oh what nonsense. This is only
an electric chair and the boys were
only having little fun with you. Sit
down and have a real good shock. Now
be a good fellow"
But the good fellow" refused to be
calOled into taking a seat
President e. P. Ripley of the Santa
Fe spent yesterday in company with
General Manager A. G. Wells inspect
ing the bay terminals of the company.
He expressed himself as well satisfied
with all he had seen and said he would
start for his winter home at Santa
Barbara tomorrow night. 1t is prob
able that w. A. Bissell and Captain
Payson will accompany him south.
A serious blow to our Pacific ocean
trade is threatened by H. b. Moore,
general manager of the Wolvin steam
ship company, who has line of steam
ers running from Texas City, Tex, to
ports on the Mexican and Honduran
littoral. According to Moore, his COM
pany has made traffic arrangements
with the Tehuantepec road and also
with the Mexico Orient steamship COM
pany to handle freight from China and
Japan via the Tehuantepec line with
close gulf connections. The Mexico
Orient steamers will discharge freight
at Salina Cruz, the Pacific Terminus
of the Tehuantepec road. Quick serv-
ice is promised to Puerto Mexico, the
Atlantic terminus, where boats of the.
Woivin line will accept cargo destined
for the United States. The first ves-
sci will leave Hongkong. Kobe and
Nagasaki about the end of May. going
direct to Salina Cruz. Moore says that
at first the business will be light. but
he is confident that 1T will grow and
that freight which now comes to San
Francisco will be delivered to Texas
City by the two steamer lines and the
Tehuantepec road. He asserts that
every year Japan and China take from
100000 to 100000 bales of American
grown cotton. At present this moves
from Oklahoma and Texas to the orient
via the Pacific ports. In future this
will be handled over the new line.
going out from Texas City in the
Wolvin line of boats. In return the
Wolvin boats will get for importation
into the United States mating, fire.
works, tea, silk, chinaware and crock
cry. 1t is estimated that the Mexico
Orient steamship company will be- able
offer the Wolvin line 1000 tons of
freight a month Under the new ar
rangement the Wolvin people will quote
through rates to oriental ports and
through rates will be given to Texas
City from the orient.
The California Association of Traffic
Agents will have an outing to Mount
Tamalpais this evening The boat
leaving at 4:45 p. m. will be taken,
and the tavern will be reached at $50
sharp. A special dinner will be served
at z. Dancing and vaudeville enter
tainment will serve to make the MEM