The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

The Oregon railroad and navigation
gagged in the preliminary survey of the
proposed Missoula- Lewiston cutoff. 1t
is reported that the company has made
traffic arrangements with the Milwau-
kee and Puget Sound covering this
territory and will not build.
r. H. Countiss. agent of the trans
continental freight bureau, has issued
notice that he has been instructed by
the Southern Pacific company to pub
lish a rate of 50 cents per 100 pounds
on canned goods from California points
to Watertown, S. d. This is in addi-
tion to the publication previously or
dered of this same rate to Aberdeen
and Sioux Falls, S. d.
Effective November 90, S. r. No. 993,
which is the lumber tariff applying
from California to eastern points, will
be amended by providing group Z
rates to all points in Illinois on the
by the elimination from group C rates
of multitude of points in New York,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This
action is taken in order to clear up
doubts which at present exist as to the
possibility of applying the combina-
ton on Chicago points in the states
named, as taking group rates might
be higher than the through rate to
Chicago in connection with the local
rate to destination.
S. B. st. John, passenger agent of
the Santa Fe at Philadelphia. Is in the
city in charge of the Spanish am
bassador and his party. ST. John teIe-
phoned from Richmond Of the arrival of
the ambassadors car and a special tug
was sent from this city to convey the
party to the city in time for the parade.
The telephone is to take the place of
the telegraph in dispatching trains
of the Southern Pacific along the lines
in Louisiana. The new system Is to
be installed as soon as arrangements
can be made.
Thomas S. Garland, general agent of
the Burlington refrigerator service,
has perfected a system for ventilating
sleeping cars which will make the
raising of window screens unneces-
sary. The Pullman company has al
ready adopted the system for more
than 1000 cars and many other roads
have made extensive applications for
the use of the system.
The Great Northern has closed a.
contract with the Pressed Steel car
company of .Pittsburg for 1000 all steel
cars. The order is worth considerable
more than $1.000,000. The New York
Central has asked for bids for 1000 all
steel cars.
Advices received from Mexico yester-
day are to the effect that the govern
ment has removed the duty on corn un-
til March 81 on account of crop
shortage.
The Southern Pacific offices will close
between the hours of 10 a. m. and 2
d. m. today to give the employees an
opportunity OF viewing the Portola pa
rade.
G. T. Forsyth, district freight and
passenger agent of the Southern Pacific
company at Oakland. having left the
by c. M. Burkhalter, at present district
freight and passenger agent at Fresno.
Burkhalter will in turn be succeeded
by E. w. Clapp, now district freight
and passenger agent at Reno. A sue
cessor to Clapp. will be appointed
shortly.
w. D. Forster. traffic manager of
the Tonopah and Goldfieid, is in the city
for few days.
A hospital to cost approximately
$500, 900 will be erected in Houston by
the Sunset-Central lines at an early
date.
Harry B. Kohl. passenger agent of
the Santa Fe at Prescott and Phoenix.
Ariz.. is in the city for the Portola
festival.
: r. s. Stubbs. assistant general freight
and passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific. with Office at Tucson. is in the
city.