The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27

Sarlton crane OF the New York
Central, as he entered his Of
flee yesterday afternoon.
Something doing?" inquired Frank
Lee
Il should say there is,' answered
Crane. Il just passed the Pennsyl-
vania Offices for the fifth time today
and Billy Webster and Bode Smith
are still in consultation. 1 tell you.
fellows, to look out. Webster and
Smith have got their heads together and
when that happens some one is going
to suffer from a practical joke of some
kind. Better keep awake
S. +. Herr, the newly appointed Pa
cific coast agent of the Ell Paso and
Southwestern is in the city on a visit.
Herr is at present passenger agent of
the Union Pacific at Los Angeles.
which position he has resigned, effect
i've December l.
The passenger departments of the
Hartman lines have begun cam
pa1gn by which they hope to divert a
considerable part of the Canadian win
ter tourist travel to California via
VI i'd dIiQ the SH3SIa route. IEG
bulk of this business now goes to
Florida and other resorts on the At
,lantic seaboard, while those Canadian
tourists who do visit southern Califpr-
MIA generally travel via Kansas CITY
E. E. Calvin. vice president and gem
eral manager of the Southern Pacific.
left this morning to meet the special
train that is bearing Judge Robert s.
nf hA
j. c. Stubs, traffic director, and .. o.
Mccormick. assistant traffic director, to
this city. w. S. Palmer, general man
ager of the Northwestern Pacific, re-
turned yesterday from a visit to Chi
go, where he attended the meeting
OF the American railway association.
E. Shillingsburg. district freight and
passenger agent of the Southern Pa
cific at San Jose, who has been in the
city for several days, returned yester-
day evening to the Santa Clara me-
tropolis.
James II. p. Mason, travelling pas
senger agent of the Washin gton-Sunset
route. returned from trip to Mexico
yesterday. He says that the Southern
Pacific of Mexico is rushing work on
its lines in that country. The road is
now finished to Esquinapa and will
probably reach Tepic in few weeks.
The travel is heavy, through sleepers
being run from Los Angeles to Ma
zatlan.
Mason reports that business ar Ma
zatlan is booming and that many
home seekers are going into the sur
country, where there are ex-
cellent opportunities for people OF
means, especially in agricul-
ture. The farm products find ready |
sale and all that is needed is a little
American money and energy.
A. d. Charlton. assistant general pas
senger agent of the Northern Pacific |
at Portland, is in the city on passenger
l.. L. Hyde. assistant general freight !
agent of the Lake Erie and Western. |
is visiting in San Francisco. Hyde IS |
tour of the west.
The transcontinental freight bureau
is now in session in Chicago. G. w. |
with A. H. Rising. his chief clerk; Ed |
ward Chambers of the Santa Fe. J. A. |
Keller, traffic manager for Baker Z |
and J. w. Chapman of the |
Pacific hardware and steel company, |
are in attendance.
c. J. Birchfeld. advertising manager
for the Santa Fe, with Office at Los |
Angeles. is in the city.
W. r. Scott, assistant general man |
ager of the Southern Pacific. is ex- I
pected back from Denver Sunday.
William Whyte. second vice presi-
dent of the Canadian Pacific, is ex- |
pected to arrive in San Francisco this
William r. Wheeler. traffic manager
Of the Merchants exchange traffic bu- /
reau. left yesterday for Washington. !
where he will attend to business of
the bureau.
M. A. Podlech. cashier in the local
ticket office of the Santa F'e, returned (
Yesterday from New York, where he I
spent his vacation.
A. j.. White, vice president of the t
spokane and Inland empire system, IS
\ guest at the st. Francis.