The San Francisco call., 1909-01-19
GOSSIP Of RaiIwaynleIl


A. P. Stewart of the Alton has been
requested by an aged gentleman of
Placer county to identity himself.
If Andy's name had happened to be
Austin he was to have sent, at his
own expense, a long telegram announc-
ing the fact; exact date of his birth.
where and when vaccinated; what
schools he attended,; what denomina-
tion he favored; whether he drank.
swore or smoked; was single or mar
ried, and if he came UP to the high
standard required of him he could visit
his correspondent in Placer and spend
q week in the mountains in tent.
Your name was read in The Call,
says his unknown correspondent, by
my great great granddaughter, and
/ used to know man once, a Few
years ago, who had your initials. He
came from Ohio and was the first
cousin of my first wife. BY the way,
he followed the railroad business and
smoked. drank and used strong Ian
guage occasionally. If you do you are
the man, and your name must be Aus
tip l hope you have reformed. be-
cause there is much to reform In you
If you are Austin. Wire me IL your
name is Austin and all about your per-
sonal habits. There are too many
young children about the house to be
exposed to the temptations of rail-
roadman who drinks, smokes and
curses.
The family has to ~ protected de-
spite the ties of friendship.
How many children have your
Tequila, the center of the tequila
industry of Jalisco, is connected now
with the world and the man who
likes a drink which has the blend Of
Holland gin and Scotch whisky can
secure this precious intoxicant from
its native place with little difficulty. The
Southern Pacific extension in Mexico
has been completed to that point from
Orendain, the Mexican Central juno
tion with the Southern Pacific Yards
are being arranged now at Teauila
and tracks being built and freight and
passenger service will be inaugurated
this week. 1t is planned to place a
mixed train in service daily between
.Orendain and Tequila about February
l. Two Southern Pacific locomotives
and several freight and passenger
coaches are on the way there. The
Southern Pacific trains will connect
with the Guadalajara- -Ameca trains of
the Mexican Central at Orendain- 1t
is understood as soon as train. service
is inaugurated James B. Sparks, gen.
eral agent of the Southern Pacific,
will be named as superintendent and
assistant general freight and passenger
agent.
The construction work between Te-
quila and Tequesquite will be rushed
and train service will be extended to
the latter point IS soon Is the track
Vance. from Grays Harbor: bktn Gardiner City
schr Alert. from Beilingham; schr c. s. Holmes
from Grays Harbor. Jan 1S-Stmr Whittier,
from Port San Luis.
Sailed Jan fS-Stmr Hoquiam,> for San Fran
CISCO stmr Whittier. for Eureka.
PORT SAN. LUIS-Sailed Jan 1s-Stmr Full
'O' ISLAND PORTS
H0N0LULU-Sailed Jan II-Stmr Pleiades,
for San Francisco; stmr Texan, for Salina Cruz.
Jan 1s-Fr ship Thiers, for Oregon; stmr Lur-
HILo-Arriyed Jan 1s-stmr Enterprise. hence
Jan 9.
FOREIGN PORTS
MELBOURNE-Arrived Jan 15-Br stmr
ADENZArrived prior Jan 1s-Br stmr Indra-
samha from New York. for China and Japan.
HOBART Arrived Jan 1s--Fr bark Pierre An
ST VINCENT Sailed Jan 13-Br stmr Queen
Helena. for Naples Jan 15-Br stmr wyneric,
NEWCASTLE australia Sailed Jan 1s--
Bktn Koko Head for Honolulu. and not San
Francisco as previously reported
VICT0RIA-Sailed Jan 1S-Br stmr Mont
eagle, for Yokohama; Nor stmr Sverre. for
Iquique
GLASGow-Arrived Jan 1e-stmr Pretorian
from Philadelphia. Jan 17-Stmr Caledonia, from
New York.
NAPLES-Arrived Jan 1s--Stmr Barbarossa,
from New York. for Genoa.
NEW YORK-Arrfved Jan 1s-Stmr Minne-
haha. from London; stmr Cevic, from Liver
pool; stmr Duca Deglf Abruzzi from Genoa
and Naples; stmr yaderlsnd. from Antwerp.
PUNTA ARENAS-Arrived Jan 11-Stmr SAX
karah, from Bremen, etc. via Tenerfe, for
San Francisco and Tacoma.
Sailed Jan 13-Stmr Serapis from San Fran
cisco, ETC.. via Valparaiso, for Hamburg.
HAMBURG--Arrived Jan 1I--Stmr Anira1 E1-
elmans. from Seattle, San Francisco etc, VIA
Monteyideo. etc. for Antwerp.
BOLOGNE-Sailed Jan 16-Stmr Noordam, for
New York
CHERBOURG-Sa Jan 17-Stmr Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria. for New York.
TOKoHAAlA--Arrived Jan 14-Stmr Adato.
from Seattle.