The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-10
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

Il. hAAOEN. lndusIrlal agent OF
the Santa Fe, has. much to the sur
prise Of his friends. developed an
artistic side to his character.
1t was thought that Hayden was too
interested in the building OF spur
tracks to industries located by him to
find time to investigate the beauties of
nature. This. however. is what he has
been doing. and though he is naturally
reticent he was enthusiastic enough
yesterday to say that he found the
country 100 miles north of Revelstoke.
somewhere in the hyperborean regions
Of British Columbia. pretty"
He Travelled for 100 miles in a canoe
on the bosom OF the Columbia river and
saw woods and mountains"
He had as companion an Indian guide
and German who also saw woods
and mountains"
Hayden insists that he would have
enjoyed the scenery and the trip i'm
mensely If it had not been for the mos
quitoes. which. showed a strong par
TALLY for him. He admits that he
went partly "on pleasure and partly on
business" but denies that he is going
to write a descriptive article on his
journey for the magazine published by
the Santa Fe
]. Bonaparte Duffy. he thinks. or
T. K Gregory, who have imaginations.
are better fitted for this task than a
man who attends strictly to business.
There remain only 2Os more miles OF
track to be laid by the Western Pacific
to complete the road between here ana
salt Lake City. According TO the ad-
vices received yesterday in the ONCE
OF the chief engineer the track from
Elko was 81 miles from Winnemucca.
while 81 miles of track had been laid
west OF Winnemucca. thus leaving a
gap OF 126 miles to be built from the
end or this track 10 Join the track
through the Beckwourth tunnel There
was gap of as miles between the
second crossing OF the Feather river
and the Spring Garden tunnel. MAXIM
zos miles in all to be completed
A meeting OF all passenger agents
and their assistants in the northwest is
called 10 take place at HAYDEN Lake
a suburb OF Spokane. Tuesday. July 1s-
1t is proposed that permanent organi-
zatlon shall be formed. to be known as
the Pacific Northwest passeng ger agents.
association. Wednesday the agents viii
be joined by Spokane railwaymen for
an outing on Lake Occur d'Alene.
F. C. Maegly. assistant general
freight agent OF the Santa Fe. is in the
city. Maegly mas charge of all weight
matters on the Santa F'e system, and
looks into the betterment OF this serv-
Ice. consulting with operating of7cials
and others as to the best means to
secure accuracy.
The Salt Lake road had 80 special
trains on its tracks between Salt Lake
City and Los Angeles yesterday. NOV
ing Elks.
j. r NagIe. travelling passenger
agent of the Oregon short line sn5
Union Pacific at Seattle. is in the city.
He is accompanying a party of EIks to
the convention at Los .Angeles.
]. H. o'Neil. travelling passenger
agent OF the southern Pacific at Port
land, passed through the city with a
party Of Portland Elks bound for Los
Angeles
E. X. Garrison, travelling freight ana
passenger agent OF the CHICAGO. Mil
waukee and ST. Paul, with headouar-
ters at Los Angeles, is in the city on
business.
L. G. Grimm. agent of the star Union
line at Omaha. is in the city.
]. w. Redpath OF the passenger de-
partment OF the Southern Pacific n in
Los Angeles on company business