The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19

III AVE you heard OF that ledthei
- bed and pillow yet?" asked
cross eyed gentleman of one
of the freight clerks in rail-
road Office in the Flood building yes
terday.
We'll. no. and I tell you we won't.
You shipped them by forwarding
agency. Go after them"
Go after them exclaimed the ex-
asperated individual. DO you want
me to go all the way back to Penn
sylvania to ask after my family heir
looms?"
1--WE can't help that" answered the
clerk; I'VE have been trying to locate
that feather mattress and feather pill
low for you from the time they were
can not get a trace of them. l think
they are lost"
'Lostr' screamed the man. "Tll at
tach this blooming road of yours"
"That is your pleasure"
''Ah, L have it, I'll give you some
pleasure. as you call 1t. Here, young
man-you with the blue eyes and the
pretty complexion: my wifes mother
is coming to visit us next week, and
I'll put her on to you. Then We'll see
some fun. She gave us that bed and
pillow when we were married, and she
won't do a thing to your
"All we can do is to pay what you
insured them for
"How's that?"
"You placed a value of SIS on your
mother in laws gift. and we will ten
der her that sum-
Look here, young man. you wouldn't
be so downright mean as to tell her
that we valued her wedding presents
at five bucks. eh?"
Certainly 1 would
We'll, then, forget it. Good Lord!
If she knew we put So value on the
presents, I would better skip back to
Pennsylvania"
r. H. jenkins, assistant general
freight and passenger agent of the
North Bank road. left last night for his
home at Portland.
1T is expected" he said yesterday,
"to complete the North Bank into
Spokane from Pasco by March 1. dis
tance of 144 miles. This line for 260
miles is as nearly water level route
as it can possibly be with a maximum
curvature of degrees. 1t is so well
built that 20 miles an hour is made
by trains, and no one would believe
that the train was running at that
speed so well ballasted is the track"
A telegram was received yesterday
from the transcontinental freight bu-
reau giving the news or the following
| by that body:
The rate on wagons and agricultural
| implements has been restored to that
| in effect previous to January / except
that the Chicago rate applies from all
territory west of Chicago.
Wine tanks. knocked down. will be
added to rates on slaves and headings,
| westbound
Mineral water east bound, 75 cents
per 100 pounds, postage stamp.
! Motors and wringers, west bound
| added to item covering washing ma
| chimes. Motors must be detached and
boxed.
| Bone ash, west bound, IS cents per
100 pounds, carload. minimum 10000
| pounds, less than carload $1.35
Carbon dust and carbon flour, will be
added to carbon klinker rate, west
| bound.
Carbon points will be added to item
covering battery storage parts.
Iron radiators. west bound will be
reduced to 81. 10000 pounds minimum.
This rate has been as high as s1.40.
Cocoanut oil, east bound reduced 10
cents per 100 pounds both in packages
and tank cars.
Olio oil, west bound, added to item
1 oil stearin. Olio ell. east bound. for
export. rs cents to Atlantic seaboard
all rail- same as present gulf line rates.
Oil, petroleum, castor, cotton seed.
lucol and rice. west bound, reduced 10
cents per 100 pounds.
w. H. McDoel. president of the Chi
cago, indianapolis and Louisville, is on
visit to the state. McDoel is in
terested in the colony called after him
in the northern part of the state, which
promises to be one of the great apple
producing sections of the state.
/
K. o. Mccormick. assistant traffic d.
rector of the Hartman lines. was the
guest yesterday OF w. II. McDoel at his
big place in Butte valley. McDoel is
the president of the Chicago, Indianap-
oils and Louisville line.
C. S. Fee. passenger traffic manager
OF the southern Pacific, is expected
home from Chicago some time next
week.
W. H. Newman, former president of
the New York Central lines and still a
director of that SYSTEM is expected in
the city in the early part of next
month. He is coming by the southern
route.
V. G. Bogue. vice president and chief
| engineer of the Western Pacific. il al
| present In Oroville.