The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
Gossip of RalIwaymen

the daily consular reports of Au-
gust 49, 1909. is an unusually in
teresting bit of railroad gossip
concerning the railroads of the Chinese
( empire, showing the development of
the various railway systems of that
country. An amusing portion of the
! report concerning the fondness of the
Chinese for travelling is shown in the
following:
1T was at first thought that some
I.natural prejudices would limit the ex-
pected receipts from passenger traffic,
but the Chinese have taken readily to
railway travel, and ii is not an un
common sight to see the second and
third class coaches packed with pas
sengers three or four hours before the
schedule time for the train to leave
Some arrive at the station the night
before and sleep on the platform until
the train backs in, when they get
aboard. They seem to derive as much
pleasure from sitting in the cars when
the latter are stationary as they do
when under way.
Quite a difference from the Ameri-
can travelling public, who detest being
in car any longer than it takes to
make the journey.
Adopting a practice long observed by
roads in the trunk line association. new
rules regarding the conduct of adver-
tising on the part of the western rail-
roads are to go into effect January 1,
which. it is expected, will result in har-
mony among the carriers and remove
a cause of frequent difficulty
Advertisements which are contracted
for the purpose of controlling the
movement of any party business is
what is aimed at chiefly in the new
regulations, the first clause of the rec
concentrations containing a specific re-
nunciation< of this class of advertise
ment. 1t is further stated that no
advertisements whatever are to be
taken in publications such as score
cards and other special publications.
w. Z. Palmer, manager of the
Northwestern Pacific, left last night
for Chicago, where he will attend the
congress of the American railway as
sociation.
Announcement has been made by
the officials of the Pacific railway and
navigation company that the road to
Tfllamook may be completed by May,
but will not be ready for operation
until July. Orders have been placed
for nearly 100000 of equipment.
c. w. Luce, general freight agent of
the Southern Pacific, left yesterday
morning for the east TO attend the
hearing of the merger case.
H. Lawton, general freight agent of
the Sonora railway who has been vis-
iting in San Francisco for the last few
days, left for his home at Guaymas
last night.
The Great Northern shops at Ever
EFT and Hiliyard. Wash. are to be en-
larged and their capacity increa sed at
a cost of s1,000.000, so as to make re-
pairs with greater facility.
The American Hawaiian steamer
Mexican has loaded $4,000 tons of
freight, consigned to New York.
The telephone system in train dis
patching has been found so successful
! that it is now being used by nearly
every large eastern line.
l.. A. Myers has been appointed
Southern Pacific agent at Drumm
street wharf, vice y. L. Ryder.
| F. n. Jenkensen has been appointed
city ticket agent OF the Salt Lake route
at Salt Lake
| d. P. A. Bongergan, assistant on
gineer for the Salt Lake division nj
the Southern Pacific. now has the title
of assistant superintendent of the Mon
/ tana division