The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29
Gossip of RaIIwaymen
\ M. LEVEY, vice president and
genera manager of the Western

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~ Pacific, was in Seattle yesterday
and in. an interview given out in that
city, said:
II scarcely credit the story circulated
in the west some weeks ago to the
effect that James j. Hill and the Gould
systems had completed traffic ar
rangement whereby the Western Pacific
would gain an entrance into. Seattle
over the Hill roads in Oregon and
Washington, in return for which Hill
trains were to enter San Francisco
over the Western Pacific"
Levey issued a statement lin Seattle
that a general freight and passenger
office would be opened in that city by
the Western Pacific.
T. M. Schumacher, vice president in
charge of traffic of the Western Pacific.
is scheduled TO leave for the east short
ly after the first of the new year, and
according to information given out in
the Western Pacific offices yesterday,
no appointments will be made by Schu-
macher until after his return.
The Sutter club of Sacramento has
announced d gala time for New Years
eve and according to gossip in local
railroad circles they will have the time
according to program. c. w. Colby OF
the Erie and the poet of the row" will
be one of the contributors, and S. f.
Booth, general a gent of the Union Paci-
fic, has also been invited to attend and
treat the Sacramentans with some
genuine oratory.
contract will soon be let by the
Southern Pacific for new railroad club
for Kern City. The cost will be close
to S25,000 and will include every
feat of bo orritY1 1r1hc
This will make the tenth railroad club
for the Pacific system of the Hartman
lines, Bakersfield. Dunsmuir, Roseville,
Tracy Tuscan, Gila and Sparks already
having their clubhouses, one nearing
completion at Indio and the new one
to be located at Kern City.
r. G. Roberts, soliciting freight and
passenger agent of the Salt Lake route.
will be transferred from the San Fran
cisco Office to Los Angeles January L.
He will be succeeded by Chester b.
Moore, who has been promoted from
soliciting freight agent at Los Angeles
to contracting freight and passenger
agent, with Office in this city. The
business of the Clark road has in
creased rapidly since the company has
secured ground floor Offices and San
Francisco is gradually becoming a more
Important location in securing traffic
for that line.
Two parties of Northern Pacific en-
gineers, comprising 33 men, have been
sent to Ellensburg. Wash, to start
work on the surveys for the Ritzville
cutoff which will shorten the Northern
Pacific main line between Spokane and
Seattle 100 miles.
The project, generally known as the
Lind cutoff, has been contemplated by
the Northern Pacific ever since the road
was built. The line was originally
planned to extend from Ellensburg to
Lind, about 80 miles. but of later years,
on account of construction of the Mil
waukee, the plans have been changed
and the line may be built into Ritzville.s
Engineering crews have been work
ing in the vicinity of Ritzvi1le for the
past year and a portion of the line is
already under construction. 1t is said
by railroadmen that the engineers at
Ritzville will work west from that
place, and the engineers working from
the other end, east.
1t is believed that the plans of the
Northern Pacific, whereby the line will
run into Ritzvil1e instead of Lind, We're
made in order that the main line of the
Milwaukee may be boxed in by the
Northern Pacific lines. The country to
the north of the Milwaukee road will be
tapped by the cutoff and the country to-
the south, traversed by the old main
line, will be operated as a branch upon
the completion of the Ritzville- -Ellens-
burg cutoff.
According to dispatch from Los An
geles yesterday first class travel to
sSouthern California from the east will
be so heavy next month that the Santa
Fe has already arranged to run It's Cali
fornia limited from Chicago in two
sections on three days of the week
This is in addition to the new train that
will be started January g. The rush
from rthe east is starting earlier this
winter than heretofore. probably on ac-
count of the recent frequent billiards.
The Southern Pacific company filed
an amendment to its charter at Louis.
Vile, Ky. yesterday, certifying that
of. the 100000 of the preferred stock
of the company heretofore authorized
to be issued and consisting of 100000
shares of the par value of $100 each.
744,51S shares have been converted
into a similar number of shares of the
common capital stock of the company,
the remainder of the issue having been
redeemed or cancelled.