The San Francisco call., 1909-09-03
Gossip of Railwaymen
7 " HETHER -sawdust is lumber or
\A/ fuel is a new question that the
Wv interstate commerce commission
has hAen ir1itad To I, sttara.. n


has been invited to answer in
complaint recently filed, in which
violation of the rate law is alleged.
The railroad company held that saw
dust was lumber and, consequently,
charged lumber rates on the product.
The complainant ayers that sawdust is
fuel and therefore entitled to a lower
rate than that charged by the rail-
road. The Plummer company of Mil
| waukee is the complainant in the case
and the Great Northern defendant.
Conditions among the rail carriers
as regards the dried fruit movement
for August have been somewhat dis
appointing. The total volume for the
for August of 1908, and when from
this is deducted the movement by wa
ter the total rail shipments have not
been nearly what was expected.
The above will also summarize the
condition of the eastward movement
of canned goods. The eastbound move
ment of green fruits for August will.
1t is thought, exceed the volume for
began.
According to the report of the Rur-
lington for the fiscal year Just ended
zoooO,OOO persons were handled on its
lines without fatality of any sort.
The colonist rates between eastern
points and California will be placed in
efIect September Is and will continue
until October Is.
A special train has been gagged bv
the local aeries of Eagles to take the
delegates from this city to the annual
convention, which is to meet in Omaha.
beginning September Is. The trim ha s
peen arranged over the Santa Fe route.
The party will leave San Francisco
September g.
A. l.. Craig, formerly general passen-
ger agent of the Great Northern. has
left the service of that company. The
announcement of Craig's resignation
VIII cause no surprise in the passenger
traff1c world. as his retirement has been
considered inevitable ever since the
resignation of B. Campbell, vice presi-
dent In charge of traffic, which fol-
lowed. the election of Louis w. Hill as
president. Campbell is now connected
with the New Haven in the same Ga :
pacity. 1t is understood that Craig has
not entered into other ARRANGEMENTS
and his successor has mot been named
agencies on the Pacific coast show that
during July 42,479 tickets were vail
dated. This is an increase of nearly
500 per cent in the Pacific coast travel
over the corresponding month Of last
year. The cause of the increase is to
pc found In the Seattle exposition and
the Elks' and other conventions. in
cluding the recent convention of the
Grand Army at Salt Lake CITY The
latter had 5,553 tickets. At Seattle
total of 2S,S20 tickets were validated.
and the Elks at Los Angeles had 4.375.
There were 2,4s1 summer tourist
tickets validated.
E. Z. Wade, chief clerk in the pas
senger department of the Southern Pa
cific. left Wednesday night for an ex-
tended vacation.
The Hartman lines are in the market
for $4,000 tons of tie plates.
J. f. Corbett. chief dispatcher. sec
ond and fourth districts, of the Oregon
railroad and navigation and the Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho at Spo-
gon division, with office at Portland.
He is succeeded by H. L. Buchanan.
The executive committee of the
Western passenger association has rec
commended the abolition of first class
party rates at cents a mile.
The passenger department of the
Denver and Rio Grande has reissued
its publication, The Fertile Lands of
Colorado within the last few days
The book has grown larger. which is
indicative of the growth of the agri-
cultural resources of Colorado This
,,.,c alt t. -
any previous one and full of data
regarding the agriculture of the state