The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
Gossip of Railwaymen

pertinacious and grasping shippers
have caused it more trouble than the
railroads.
There is a general stir along the
Erie, and its car shops are busy turn
ing out big order of equipment that
was begun last November. Cars are
completed to replace old equipment.
The shops are turning out 10 first class
refri gerators for the celery trains that
will be used between Jersey City and
Lima. They viii be fitted out and
ready for business this month. Three
cars for the postal service are also
to be finished this month. They are of
a new type and are models of this kind
of construction.
The railroad people assert that the
fruitcar situation is much better than
1t was a few days ago, as there are
over 200 more cars on the road with
fruit, and the cars have caught up with
the fruit sent for shipment.
r. NJ. Calkins, traffic manager of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound
railroad, has wired that he is unable
to come to the meeting being held at
the st. Francis hotel over the Spokane
situation because of illness.
The Southern Pacific and the Oregon
railroad and navigation company an
nounce that they will sell special rate
tickets for the irrigation congress to
be held at Spokane August 9 to IA.
Sale dates will be August 5, and Z,
and will be at $45 for the round trip,
good until August 20.
The railroad companies have decided
to extend the dates of summer tour
ist tickets to San Francisco. so as to
include the Portola festival. Tickets
will be good until November 10. based
on one way fare, and 80 days for the
round trip.
C. F. Runyon of the Mill Valley and
Mount JTama1pais road says that the
business done by his road for July is
% per cent ahead of that of last year.
and before the month closes it will be
fully so per cent greater than that of
July of last year. There were $50 paid
fares to the mountain last Sunday and
Runyon says that the trip to Muir
woods is getting to be even more pop
ular than to the mountain top.
S. B. Cushing, president of the Mill
Valley and Mount Tamalpais railroad,
is at Aetna Springs and is fast improv-
ing in health. 1t will be remembered
that three months ago he suffered an
attack of paralysis.
A. W. Garrett, president of the Sea-
board line. spent a few days in the
city last week, and was one of the Wis
itors to Mount Tamalpais.
Joseph Young, general superintend-
ent of the. northern district, is no fish,
erman. He has been heard to say fire.
quently that it is silly sport and he
can not see where Bancroft and Calvin
have any pleasure catching trout. He
has been heard to say, too, that he
would be switched before he went out
a-fishing.
Great then was E. E. Calvin's sur
prise when he received a fine mess of
trout from Young with this note:
II hope you will have as much pleas
ure in eating these trout as l had in
catching them"
That is something new for joe .
unused Calvin. He knew that Young
had been in the mountains and had
taken along little Frank Calvin with
him.
Master FRANK and MS sister were
calling on their father at the hospital
the day after the fish arrived, and E. E.
Calvin said:
Frank, where did Mr.. Young get
those fish he sent me?"
Frank squirmed in his chair, looked
beseechingly at his sister. and then
said:
Il think he paid 40 cents for them.
C. S. Fee. passenger traffic manager
OF the Southern Pacific. and F. E. Bat
turs, assistant general passenger agent
went down to Del Monte yesterday.
The Rock Island is sending to this
coast Herbert Kaufman and party to
write a book on California. He and
his associates are travelling in spe-
cial train, and it is understood that
they will spend some time in Cali
fornia preparing a book on the re-
sources as well as on the pleasure
places of this state.