The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
Gossip Of RaiIwaymsn

and horticultural demonstration
train, operated under the direc-
tion of the Southern Pacific com
pany and the University of California,
has been made up and will start from
Sacramento next Tuesday morning. The
equipment includes five cars, con-
tanning comprehensive exhibits TO
be used in demonstrating. various
phases of agricultural and horticultural
work in this state.
There will be lectures and demon
strations at Auburn, Newcastle, Pen
ryn and Loomis, on December IA. at
Rocklin, Fair Oaks, Folsom and Placer
Vile, on December Is; at Diamond
Springs, Shingle Springs, Latrobe and
Sacramento, December 16; at Florin
and Elk Grove, December IL and IL; at
Calf Acampo. Lodi and Stockton, De-
cember Is: at Stockton, Oakdale, Mil
ton Waterford Montpelier and Merced.
December 20; at Atwater. Livin ngston
and Turlock, December 21; at Ceres,
Modesto, Ripon and Manteca, December
%, and at Lathrop. Tracy, Bethany,
Byron and Brentwood December Is.
The Santa Fe is at present drawing
part of it's tie supply from Japan. Dur
ing the last year about 100000 white
oak ties have been bought, for use on
the lines west of Albuquerque
The Canadian Pacific this season sent
out about half a million bulbs, mostly
to station agents, who beautify the
grounds around their stations. On the
western part of the company's lines
prizes offered for the best kept sta
tion gardens after the fashion in vogue
on the Boston and Maine road
A new trunk line railroad, from st.
Louis to Texas, Arkansas and Okla
homa points, was the proSect announced
at st. Louis yesterday b! c. F. Moore.
president of the recently organized
Manufacturers railway of ST. Louis.
Moore stated that efforts TO obtain the
co-operation of the Missouri. Oklahoma
& Gulf Midland Valley and Fort Smith
& Western roads are under way These
roads have been feeders for southwest
ern trunk lines. The construction of
new terminals in st. Louis, ILL.,, belt
line about East st. Louis. ILL.,, and the
operation of car ferries are also indi-
Gated in the plans announced by Mr..
Moore.
The Grand Trunk Pacific railroad has
abandoned its plan of building branch
line from the Yellowhead pass, at the
summit of the Rockies, to Vancouver,
paral1eling the route adopted by the
Canadian Northern.
The Grand Trunk now proposes to
build a longer route, having made ap-
plication to the dominion parliament
for an amendment to the company's
act OF Incorporation and seeking for
legislation authorizing the new route
and an issue of bonds to the extent of
$4,000 mile.
The Vancouver line will run south
from a point on the main line between
Moose lake and Teete Jaune Cache to
Clearwater river and then along Bona
parte river, Seaton and Anderson lakes
and Lillooet river. or the Snequamish
river to Vancouver.
coast of the Erie, is in Sacramento on
a business trip.
The Rock Island, Frisco. Trinity and
Brazos Valley. and sundry Oklahoma
lines. have requested the interstate
commission to permit the concentration
and storage of cotton from Oklahoma
points in Houston at the present rate.
The request is made at the instance of
firms and farmers of Oklahoma.
Two thousand dollars has been ap-
propriated by the American railway as
sociation for expenses of delegates to
the eighth session of the international
railway congress. to be held at Berne,
The employees in the city ticket of
fees of the Southern Pacific company
have concluded arrangements for their
annual Christmas dinner. to be held in
downtown cafe December IS.
The Scientific American tells of the
plans of an ingenious inventor to re-
1ieve the monotony of subway travel by
mounting continuous roll of pictures
at each side of the subway, the pictures
to be illuminated by means of lamps
placed behind them. The circuits of the
lamps would be successively opened
and closed by means of contact plates
at each side of the cars and tracks. In
this way the traveller would be enter
tained as If he were sitting in a moving
picture show
o. c. Van Zandt auditor of the Gulf
and Interstate, at Galveston, has been
appointed acting assistant secretary,
yith offices at Galveston.
c. III. Jenkinson, local treasurer of
the Oregon Short Line at Salt Lake
City, has been appointed assistant
treasurer, with Offices at Salt Lake
City, and the title of local treasurer
has been abolished
In New York City alone there are
more than 100000 Jews, making the
metropolis of America the greatest
Jewish center in the world The prop
erty holdings of the Jews in New York
eypeed 1900 600 l00 in tha sin gle jteu1 Of