The San Francisco call., 1909-08-02
Gossip Of Railwaymen

has been learned by ]. w.Chapman
at the cost of $40. The unpaid
assistant counsel of the interstate
commerce commission and James A.
Keller, his associate counsel. took
Henry Adams of the North Bank road,
Wilbur Coleman of the Oregon railroad
and navigation company, c. c. Burn
ham, assistant to Darius Miller of the
Burlington; A. Gray of the Great North
ern, Tom Sloan OF the Salt Lake line
and w. r. Kenney of the Great North
ern for a spin in their automobiles last
Sunday.
Adams and Colman were in the
Chapman machine, and were having no
end of fun. for the Keller machine was
getting all their dust, and Keller's face
was purple with rage
They were approaching San Leandro
at about a 40 miles an hour gait, and
when nearing the bridge slowed down
to about 80.
Il guess we are SAFE" cried Chap
man gayly.
Safe from what?" asked Colman.
From arrest" was the reply.
oh, look at that careless little boy
remarked one of the ladies of the party.
He has dropped his handkerchief"
Let him get another" was Chap
mans answer. Il don't care
But later on Chapman did care.
That was the signal to a man mile
away with stop watch, and when
Chapman came bowling long he was
halted with a cannon and told that the
stop watch had registered 125 miles an
hour
Ten dollars, please" said the man.
and report on Monday for trial.
Il call this nom American shouted
Chapman. This is an outrage. My
machine can't travel more than five
miles an hour. 1t is an old, broken
down machine
Ten dollars, or go to the lookup
the whole gang of you," was all the
sheriff said
Well, here it is. No, we won't eat
lunch at San Leandro. we will go else
where. Where. is that Keller? Give us
his dust, Ell? Not, much. Why, this ma
chine can pull off rs miles an hour
easily. It's the best ever. 1 selected it,
And then one of the ladies wondered
how he was in the hardware business
with such conscience.
A. Moreton, purchasing agent OF
the Santa Fe, will be married early
this week to Miss Mary Carberry. who
is we'll known in railroad circles. More
ton is to be congratulated, as Miss
Carberry is universally popular owing
to most amiable disposition. Moreton
is well liked in business. as well as in
railroad circles, and both are getting
many fluctuations. They will live al
the Casa Iona.
There are 161 more miles of the
Western Pacific to be built. The Ion e.
est gap is between. Winnemucca and
BeckWourth tunnel 81 miles. There
are 80 miles between the second crossing
OF the Feather river and Quincy and 2g
miles between Battle mountain and
Winnemucca.
a gray, assistant general freight
agent OF the Great Northern; Thomas
sloan, general freight agent of the Salt
Lake line, c. c. Burnham. assistant Ia
Darius Miller of the Burlington. and
w. X kenney, assistant traffic manager
OF the Great Northern, left Friday fo,
isel Monte, but Will be back tomorrow
to attend the meeting with regarG
to the Spokane situation.
}. McIlroy will in the future solicit
freight for the Missouri, Kansas and
Iexas, as well as passengers under the
title or general agent. He is being
congratulated by his fellow railroad
men on the excess of title.
The New York Central has put or
the twentieth century limited !
through sleeping car for Boston
Plans for new steel bridge over the
sacramento river are being prepared by
the Southern Pacific although work
probably will not begin this year. The
new bridge will eliminate a very sharr
curve which is at present necessary te
reach the station 1t is expected the
work will cost about 100000.
Howard Elliott president of the
Northern Pacific. has issued circular
announcing the establishment of Al
employment bureau ito assist employ.
ing officers in obtaining satisfactory
persons for service with the company.
to keep an adequate record of the char.
acter and length of service of those
now in the employ of or hereafter EN-.
ployed by the company; to co-operats Il
with all officers and employees for the
purpose of improving the genera
character and efficiency of the serv.
ice. Oakley ID. Johnson has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the employ,
ment bureau, with Headquarters at St
Paul, MINI.
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