The San Francisco call., 1909-01-13
Gossip Of Rai!waymen

"A special providence looks after
Standard oil people" said Heinrich
Petrus Anewalt yesterday, "and what
Is the use of common people like US
bucking them? Why. l tell you,
railroadman isn't in it with them, and
the best thing a transportation man
can do is to lie down before them-be
the lamb at once, without attempting
anything.
Il want to give you a case in point.
One of my best friends in town is S. G.
Casad traffic manager of the Standard
oil people. Three OF US were together
We tossed who should paw the car fare
from the ferry Casad lost.
:" Come to the front of the car he
said, it is easier TO get off,
We found it was easy to get off for
him. The conductor began TO collect
fares al the end of the car, and before
he could reach US Casad was at his
destination, and slipped off the car
with You pay He beat the United
Railroads out of nickel and we had
to pay our fares
Now can you beat that? If rail
roadman had to pay, his destination
would have been at the beach. But
everything plays into the hands of the
Standard oil people"
Owing to this being the slack season
for travel to Sausalito. the railroad
company will take its ferry boat Caza-
dero out of commission and give it a
thorough overhauling. New machinery
will be put in. the interior cabins will
be refurnished and 1t will made over
as If new When the Cazadero is put
back on the run it will be the turn of
the Donahue. which will be also thor
oughly gone over and practically made
new boat. In order to accomplish
this the Northwestern Pacific will OIL
the Sausalito run operate boats every
40 minutes, instead of so minutes, as
at present, commencing next week.
With 40 minute service the travel can
be cared for easily with two boats.
but it requires the services of three
| boats to keep the 80 minute schedule.
BY April l it is said that all three
boats Will be again in service. and all
viii be spick and span in time for the
beginning of the heavy summer season
travel.
Thomas Love has been appointed
Joint agent of the Santa Fe and the
| Northwestern Pacific at the ferry
building and beginning yesterday tick
cts were sold from the joint office. The
new arrangement has been brought
about for the convenience of the pub
lie. Is under the old method of divided
offices travellers were inconvenienced
in finding their baggage to check.
The fortnightly bulletins of the
American Railway association shows a
further large increase in the number of
idle cars. There was an increase of
1890 boXcars and 20.779 coal and
gondola cars available and a total in
crease of As, ,436. The increase brought
the total surplus up to 232,o27, the
highest figure since August 19, and
more than double the number reported
as idle on October 2S, which was the
best report of the last year.
The Burlington. ii is said, in order
to connect up its lines in Wyoming and
establish direct route with the north
west, Will build 300 miles of new
road in that territory. This road, it is
asserted again, is preparing to build
! from Guernsey. in the southeastern part
of Wyoming, to Kirby in the Big Horn
basin. Burlington officials are credited
with a plan to have water level line
from Lincoln, Neb., to Yellowstone
park. The proposed extension in Wy
oming will be part of this line. The
road will follow the North Platte river
most of the distance. When the line
roads viii have a low grade route
from st. Louis to the northwest. The
Burlington will have also a pew con-
nection soon with the Northern Pacific.
A branch will be built either from
Coburn, Mont, on the Burlington, to
Billings, Mont, on the Northern Pa
cific, or an extension will be built from
Scribner, Mont, on the Burlington to
Laurel Mont, on the Northern Pacific.
This extension will be for the purpose
of shortening the distance from Den
yer to the northwest.
E. B. Ryan, tax attorney of the
Southern Pacific, is in Nevada before
the state board of equalization.
H. J. Snyder of the Mexican Central
has left for the south on a business
trip.
j. H Wallace, who was for many
years with the engineers department
of the Southern Pacific, has returned
from trip to Europe.