The San Francisco call., 1909-02-17
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

IN all Italy there is no man in the
noble order of .Illustrious Cavaliers
more illustrious than John F. Fugazi,
who wears on his right breast dia-
king when Fugazi was made a member
of the distinguished order.
Indeed there are few men who can
wear decoration with more eclat than
Fugazi No matter how brilliant the
gewgaw it has a subdued air when on
the Fugazi breast
| Outlines it is hidden from the gaze
of the curious by the lustrous locks of
| the illuStrious cavalier blowing
athwart it, and then again the diamonds
loom through the feathery curtain OF
! the cavaliers beard like a lighthouse
! flash through murky fog.
| So uncommon is the spectacle of an
American citizen, and above all Cali
| fornian, wearing a diamond cross, the
nest solicitation of his countrymen
here, consented to go down to posterity
! on a calendar.
| Famous beauties adorn calendars,
and why should not the face of Fugazi
! do the same?
/
strenuous admirers that a calendar was
only for year. and. 10, in 365 days the
Fugazi picture would be lostl
] Nay, nay. that must not be-" said
the illustrious Perazzo who for the
| honor of Italy laid all petty jealousies
aside, that calendar must be for all
| time"
Put 100 years on the calendar at
| once" suggested Spotorno.
Il will make a compromise" ex-
claimed Fugazi; there shall be three
years on the calendar" and SO the rail-
road men who have been favored with
Fugazi calender can keep it hanging
/ on the wall for three years owing to
the sagacity of j. F. Fugazi.
| Reports from Mazatlan state that the
| gap between that city and Culiacan will
be closed by the Southern Pacific within
few weeks and trains will be running
to Mazatlan by April l. AS soon as the
work between Mazatlan and Culiacan is
| completed all construction forces will
be transferred south of Mazatlan and
rapid progress will be made in the con
/ struction of the extension through
southern Sinaloa and the territory of
Topic.
The nominating committee of the
Transportation club has selected four
members TO be voted for as directors at
| the next annual election to be held
March 16. Five of the nine directors
are holdovers. The four nominees are
j. r. Weeks. Charles F. Runyon, w. F.
! ingram and ]. H. Lyman. 1t will be
the duty of the directors to elect
president and other officers of the club.
1t Is foregone conclusion that V. NJ
Smith will be elected president.
1t is reported from Guadalajara that
the Southern Pacific has decided to
build a one per cent line through the
oarrancas OF the Sierra Madre near the
IJahsco-Tepic boundary. The line will
be little over twenty miles long and
viii cost between s3,000.0o0 and 81, ,0O0,-
/ O00 gold The plans call for "a bridges
and y tunnels This road will be
similar to that of the Manzanillo ex-
tension between Tuxpan and Colima
1t is estimated that at least two years
which will be one of the scenic routes
of Mexico.
E. o. Mccormick, assistant traffic
director of the Hartman lines, will
| leave today for the east via Portland
In speaking of his short stay here he
said yesterday: 1T was my intention
TO spend at least five days in the city,
but have received a wire from Chi
cago asking me to curtail my vaca-
ton, and so will start home tomorrow"
| ]. Reid has been named chief en-
gineer of the merged railways of Mex
leo and relieves Lewis Kingman, chief
engineer of the Mexican Central The
department of G.. p. de Wolff, engineer
of maintenance of way of the old Ma
tional lines, will be consolidated with
that of the chief engineer of the Ma
tional railways of Mexico. The juris-
of Cob tod
| tendent of car service, is extended over
the National railways OF Mexico, and
| he will have charge of all work per-
| tanning to the movement and distribu-
tion of passenger and freight equip
1 ment.
Contracts will be let shortly by the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul for
| the erection of power plants on the
Missoula and st. Joe rivers. Each of
the two plants will be 20,0 900 or $4,000
horsepower. This power will be used
to operate trains through the Bitter
| Root mountains for a distance of over
100 miles. Nothing is known now as to
the type of locomotives to be used or
| the method of operation.
The Baltimore and Ohio has placed
| contracts for 81 7,000 tons of steel rails
costing more than 81 900, 900; 10000
kegs Oh spikes, O,UUU kegs OF DOIIS as
| well as large quantities of angle bars
and other track fixings. This is the
first large expenditure for supplies
that this road has authorized In more
than year and indicates that the rail-
roads generally are preparing for
heavy business
E. E. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Southern Pacific
returned yesterday from a trip of in
spection over the lines in the north
ern part of the state.
L. L. Hyde, assistant general freight
agent Of the Lake Erie and Western,
| is expected in the city Saturday. His
| headquarters are at Peoria.
Clyde w. Colby, it is said, is desirous
of returning to the city as agent of the
Erie Despatch, to take the vacancy
made by the recent death of L. Hark-
ness.