The San Francisco call., 1909-03-14
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

about him, and he loved a game
of poker
With him. all railroadmen belonged
to one grand fraternity, and it was
his maxim that every railroadman
should cultivate the friendship of any
railroadmen. especially at a poker
table He was on his way back. and
two well known general agents in
this city We're asked by him to take
short run with him in his private
car.
Come with me as far as Sacrament
to-, he said. There is much I would
like to learn about California"
You can't leave me now" remarked
the president to his guests. Let me
have my revenge"
Certainly" they both answered.
You may as we'll go little farther"
said the host, when Auburn was
reached.
"Assuredly," said the guests.
When they were nearing Truckee the
president called his valet.
''fom," quoth he, SIS my trunk in
my stateroom?"
Why, yes, sah.'
We'll, then nail it down. These men
have taken all from me 1 have, and 1
am concerned about the safety Of my
trunk"
ne OOulHeTH racine Is expecting QS-
livery of the two Mallet compound en-
gines ordered some time ago These
are capable of doing the work of four
of the largest engines that the South
ern Pacific has in service, and Will be
employed in hauling freight over the
Sierra Nevada. They cost $4,000
apiece and weigh $4,000 pounds on
the drivers, while the largest engines
in service weigh $4,000 pounds. The
a0y1i nf
inches and 40 inches in diameter and
80 ipch stroke. The driving wheels.
of which there are 16, are 81 inches in
diameter. The tenders have a capacity
of 5000 gallons of water and 1850 gal
Ions of fuel oil.
The use of these engines necessitates
the construction of turn tables in the
district where operated considerably
larger than are the turntables now in
use. The present largest turntables,
at Roseville and Sparks. are so feet
long, but the Mallet engines will re-
quire turntable approximately 80
feet long. While the extreme wheel
base of the engine and tender is SO
feet inches. the additional length of
turntable is required to properly bal
ance them in turning.
The new joint passenger tariff. No.
10. of the Southern Pacific, takes eff
feet tomorrow and allows all first
and second class limited tickets
through to New York a limit of 10
days, and to Chicago seven days. On
tickets via the Portland gateway to
the same destination, two additional
days are allowed. making, in all, IL
days. The old tariff allowed "a hours
additional time over the route trav-
eled. The only increase in the tarin
is 40 cents on first class tickets TO New
York, and 20 cents on second class
tickets.
Halvor Jacobson, the we'll known
steamshipman, has returned from an
extended European trip. He says that
there is considerable travel from Eu-
rope to this country now, and the
steamers from Naples, which have been
running empty for a year or more, are
being crowded with people coming to
the United States. He says that this
is regarded by steamshipmen in Eu-
rope as sure indication that times
are getting better in this country and
that residents in America are writing
to their friends to come over, as work
will be plentiful.
II. ]. Small, superintendent of motive
power of the Southern Pacific, who has
been confined in hospital in Baltimore
for the last two months, is on the way
home with health fully recovered.
At Empalme, Mexico, where the
Cananea. Yaqui River and Pacific makes
connection with the old Sonora branch
of the Southern Pacific, water tank
built entirely of concrete has been
erected. 1t rests upon a concrete
foundation and is 110 feet high. It's
inside diameter is 80 feet and it's ca
raeity is 100000 gallons. The erection
of this tank was largely I'm the nature
of an experiment, and since it was
built it has been decided to erect tanks
of this kind at other points on the
road
Announcement has been made that
the temporary bridges over several
rivers crossed by the Cananea, Yaqui
River and Pacific, which is the Mexican
extension of the Southern Pacific will
be replaced by concrete structures.
The largest of these, the one over
the Yaqui river, will be 1,216 feet long
and will consist of 16 spans. The cul-
verts on the new line are to be of con-
crete also. The mountain division, be-
tween Topic and Orendain, will neces-
state large amount OF concrete con-
struction.
Virgil. G. Bogue, chief engineer of
the Western Pacific, left yesterday for
an inspection of the work in the neigh
borhood of orovilIe.
II. A. Riddle, general passenger
agent of the Cumberland Valley road.
one of the subsidiary companies of the
Pennsylvania, is in the city This is
his, first visit to San Francisco. He is
amazed at what has been done in the
last three years.
S. f. Booth Of the Union Pacific left
last night for Salt Lake City to attend
a conference Of Union Pacific officials
with reference to a new train service.
1T is rumored that negotiations are in
progress which, it is thought, eventu-
ally will land for the Union Pacific
west of Kansas City the greatest traffic
coup in its history. 1t is understood
that beginning early in May there will
be an interchange traffic agreement be-
tween the Wabash and the Union Pa
clhc at Kansas City which will be of
immense value to each system.