The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-25

cd ILL.," said j. H. Young to w. ].
n Hardy, Il am afraid that you
- are not as keen TO new methods
in the. way of handling freight as, the
newer and more progressive roads"
"How's that?' answered the heavy
weight local freight agent of the
Southern Pacific.
Yes" continued Young, you must
realize that this is an age of science
and that a man must keep up with the
procession or else
HE is dumped interrupted the un-
poetical Hardy.
That is a crude expression" said
Young and totally unfit to issue from
the lips of man who has been seen
speaking to f. g. Athearn. 1t might
do for the engineering forces to use
such language. as they have TO dea;
with dumps but for a local freight
agent, never! 1t is positively indie
cent"
We'll, cut it out then" insisted
Hardy.
There you go again. One might
| imagine that you had been in the
medical department"
BLESS you" cried Hardy aghast. Il
pay my so cents month, and that
ends it,
You are wise man." replied Young
but it was not with your physical
condition that l was concerned. 1t was
with your educational future. You will
have to take a few leaves out of the
book of my friend. ]. Downey Harvey.
He knows what it is to railroad, and
there is nothing of the tyro about the
ocean Shore management. No, sir; not
at all.
GO down, Hardy, to their terminals,
and take a. few lessons in the hand
| ling of freight from them. Why. 1 was
struck with the acuteness of their local
freight agent. saw sign intended
for the benefit of shippers. 1t read
thus:
Freight train leaves here at a
p. m. Get here before then
That is a plain and a simple state
ment. After that shipper would never
think of getting there at p. m. Why?
Because the train would have left.
Hardy, you are not up to date. What.
you don't see the point? Well, then
go and ask ]. Downey Harvey
Shippers generally are complaining
locally against the operation of the
reciprocal demurrage law which was
passed by the last Legislature and went
into effect Monday. Under the pres
ent rules California shipper has As
| hours in which to unload his car. after
which the rate of demurrage is IS a
day as against 81 a day under the
rules formerly in effect If cars are
not furnished shipper is entitled to
collect by law (any court of competent
! jurisdiction) IS a day If his car is not
set within 4S hours, but apparently has
to go to law to collect, while the rail-
road company simply refuses to ham
die the car till the demurrage is paid.
Now, the shippers who were anxious
for the passage of reciprocal demur-
rage law assert that 1t was framed in
the interests of the railroad companies
and that they have been "stung." Fred
P. Gregson. the eminent rate authority
of Los Angeles. lobbied for the bill and
claimed credit for it's passage. He is
now bitterly opposed to its operation
and says that the joker was mysteri-
ousIy inserted in it while he was at
tending to a switching rate case
"Ahi" said the young lady from
Berkeley acridly as she watched the
vain efforts of the members of the
Transportation club to swat the pitch
ing of young Alick Maokie last Sunday
| at Alameda. DO these rai1roadmen
] think they are playing baseball? Why