The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-22
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

~ UCK." said Fred W. Blanche Of
the New York Central yester-
day, has been playing me an
I'll turn this year, and if 1t
continues as II has begun I'll be in the
madhouse The first thing to happen
was that all my good clothes, some
jewelry and Christmas presents were
stolen by a burglar. Then my wife
sent to the cleaner the only good dress
that had been left by the enterprising
thief, and as a compliment TO my taste
! for I chose the garment-some fell
! low snalSed it out of the wagon.
Now comes the climax / have been
drawn on the jury that is to try Emma
Goldman. That is putting it UP against
a fellow, now isn't it?
There Is only one consolation. There
will be other railreadmen on the panel.
Charles II. Miles of the Chicago. Mil
waukee and st. Paul has been drawn,
as have Bodie K Smith of the Gould
lines. Abner S. Mann of the Southern
Pacific and Allen Abbott of the Chicago
and Northwestern. Andy Stewart of
the Alton escaped. The chap who
served the subpenas went into the
Pennsylvanias office, but those he
FOUND there all swore they were under
age.
I think Til send Ed Torpey bib
and tucker. Then he is sure to be inn
mune from getting caught on jury
A recent ruling of the Interstate
commerce commission, restricting the
use OF the special clergy rates to or
GAINED ministers actively engaged in
parish work, will make a considerable
difference in the expenses of members
OF church orders and those engaged in
charitable work. The rule excerpts from
the privilege of giving the half rate to
ministers of the following classes: Or
dained ministers, acting as editors of
cnurch papers, or as presidents or pro-
lessons of colleges; ministers acting as
financial agents OF religious or chart
table institutions, and temperance and
Young Mems Christian association
/ workers and members of religious or
ders who are not actively and solely
! engaged in the direction of parish
work. The privilege is still granted to
ministers who have churches or who
/ nave resigned and are seeking other
pastorates; but those who are engaged
hat all in any other kind of occupation
from which they receive remuneration
can not get the half rate No action
mas been taken on the ruling by the
railroads beyond notifying the heads
OF orders and institutions affected with
the suggestion that if any relief is de-
sired the institutions themselves take
the matter up with the commission.
George Naye, formerly with the Bur-
ington in This city and later In the
real estate business. has gone back to
MS old occupation OF railroading and
mas accepted a place with the Chicago
R. Richie has appointed him city
freight agent Benjamin Alps has been
appointed also as travelling freight
agent for the same line.
My dear boy" remarked a con-
tracing freight agent as he threw his
shapely limbs on the desk and pro-
ceeded to light cigarette. "a soldiers
life is the LATEST in the world. They
have not a blessed thing to do except
to Kill time, and when they go to war
am hanged If they do anything then
but kill time.
1T is utterly demoralizing. Any man
who amounts to anything has to work,
and work hard. Laziness is the root
of all crime. I have nothing against
the army particularly, but am talking
from the standpoint of a philosopher
And just then another hard working
contracting freight agent poked his
head into the door and said:
Say, let's go up to the club and have
way l know how to kill time"
You are right, old boy. 1 am just
tired TO death of talking, and the rest
win freshen me up quite Bit
question that is agitating the mer-
chant and the railroad fraternity gen
orally is what action, If any, will be
taken by the Southern Pacific and the
Santa Fe and Salt Lake roads toward
the application of Iranscontinent;,l
commodity rates generally via the car
ferry lines operating across Lake Mich
igan. Under the present ruling of the
aforesaid lines circular No. "a d, which
is the division sheet, showing the per-
centages accruing to the various int =
ested carriers, these rates do not apply
from points east Of Cincinnati, DetrG It
and common points territory as de-
scribed in these tariffs, which expir,d
on December 81. The new tariff max IS
common grouping for all points ca st
Of Chicago and north Of the Ohio river.
excepting New England points and Nc
York city. The lines entering the
Pacific Northwest carry permanent tar
ifs applying via lake and rail- b 1t
the California lines never have permit
ted shipments to break bulk nor ha 20
they allowed the use of the car fer
. ries, excepting to and from the limit I'd
territory mentioned. All the tariffs
from the nortn provide for q laite
movement during the season when nav
igation is open at slight reduction
under the allrail tariff in many n
stances. 1t remains to be seen whether
the influence of the Mallory line sn
connection with the Santa Fe at Cal
WESTON and the Morgan line in conner
ton with the Southern Pacific at Cal
weston and New Orleans will be strong
enough to prevent the overland carriers
from establishing connections with the
lake lines, whether by car ferry or
breaking bulk.
/ Granville M. Dodge, Morgan Jones
and others connected with the building
and operating of the Colorado and South
ern are the ineorporators of the Abilene
and Southern. Hill-Yoakum project
The road will run from Abilene Tex
in a southerly direction to Sonora. 100
miles. with a branch beginning at the