The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen
II ooK here. that is not fair; I
saw him first
IL mo. you did not; I saw

him first.
Il tell you you are wrong; I saw him
And the quarrel grew so bitter that
the railroadmen did not even hear an
invitation to take a drink.
1t was all over the fact that John A.
Gill had entered the club, and the
squabble was over who should have
the privilege of playing him a game
of dominoes.
said a man who is not a habitue of
the club.
He is for us. He never by any
chance wins game" was the joint
answer.
An illustration of the struggle COM
mon between passenger agents of rival
lines for special parties is AFFORDED in
an instance al Akron, o. Twelve tour
lists coming to California had been
booked by a representative of the Santa
Fe and an agreement made binding
by an advance payment of $40. AS
soon as the agent of the Burlington
heard of 1T he went after the party
and persuaded them to change their
plans and agree to go over his road.
The cash deposit, however is tied up,
the Santa Fe refusing to give it up.
1t has become necessary TO appoint a
committee of railroadmen to settle the
question as to which road is entitled
to enforce it's contract. AS for the per-
sons desiring to travel their wishes
in this railroad war, OF course, do not
| count
| W. E. Johnston. tourist agent for the
Washington Sunset route, is in the
city, and in speaking of travel to the
coast said:
/ California will have more people
out here this winter than she ever did
| in her history. Every train leaves
| Washington crowded, and the Rock
Island people found their limited so
we'll patronized out of Chicago that
they had to put on an extra sleeper.
The class that is coming are evidently
the we'll to do and do not care to
wait and take advantage of the colonist
rate which will be put in effect in a
few weeks. They are coming to avoid
/ the rigors of the climate back east
and many are from Maine and Massa-
lchusetts. while there are quite num-
Der from the Carolinas.
Il noticed one thing coming over the
| line. There Is a tremendous immigra-
| ton into Texas, and at all sfdings
/ there are cars sidetracked. being
emptied of household furniture, wagons
and farm implements. Large numbers
of people are being attracted into west
1
and because OF dry farming
Trees to be grown by the Arkansas
Pass line are said to absorb antiseptit
qualities and yield quality of tie
timber that Is sufficiently creosoted and
impregnated to repei decay. They are
a special variety of catalpa. grown sue.
cessfully in southern states east Of
the Mississippi river. Their strangt
| Il
| years ago and is being tested by thu
Illinois Central. the Louisville AMI
Nashville and other roads.
i Contracts effective July ] next have
been obtained by the United States ex.
| press company for the Rock Island
/ Frisco lines In Arkansas. Illinois, In
diana. Kansas. Louisiana. Mississippi
Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee an
! Texas This territory embraces mors
square miles than aksingle change OF
i this kind ever made
An unconditional contract with lead
ing. businessmen to build a road fron
Eastland to Rising Star. Tex. has beer
who is backed by capitalists OF tha'
city. Work is to begin April l. TIL,
route has been surveyed and run.
through q fine agricultural and fruit
district Connection will be made a
Eastland with the Texas and Pacific
for which the new road will be I
feeder IT will be known as the East
Sland. Rising Star and Southern. Som.
day, it is thought. the line will becom,
part of the Wichita Valley and South
ern.
Adviees were received yesterda,
from Nevada by the Western Pacific
that the engineers had gone all ovel
the road in Nevada and that no dam
age had resulted to the tracks from
the recent heavy rains