The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
Gossip Of RaiIWaymen
RAFFTC DIRECTOR ]. c. sTUBBs
of the Oregon railroad and nav
ioa+ion and tba Orac,op or5 y7,e1,

| RAFf1C DlkECIOR j. C. SIUBBS
of the Oregon railroad and nav
igation and the Oregon and Wash
ington announced the following ap-
pointments yesterday. effective Janu-
airy /, 191O
R. E. Miller, to be traffic manager of
! headquarters at Portland; w e. Co
man, TO be general freight agent. of the
o. r. & N, with headquarters at Port
land; F. J. Robinson to be assistant gem
eral freight agent of the o. R. & N,
with headquarters at Portland; w. D.
Skinner. to be freight and passenger
agent of the o. & w, with headquar-
ters at Seattle.
The above changes in the o. r. & n.
are said to be the forerunner of i'm
portant changes of the traffic depart
ments of every Hartman connection.
The new terminal railway of the
southern railway at Chattanooga, Ten
nessee, was opened December 1. The
station is to be used jointly by the
Southern railway. Queen and Crescent
l
Georgia.
The Chicago and Alton in connection
with the Burlington and the Northern
Pacific. has established line of daily
through Pullman sleepers from st.
Louis to Seattle. This line serves en-
route the cities of Lincoln. Edgemont,
Hot Springs. Deadwood. Sheridan Bill
lings, Livingston, Butte and Spokane
E. E. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Southern Pacific.
will leave for New York this morning
to attend the hearings in the famous
merger case. 1t is said that Calvin
will appear as a witness during the
course of the hearing.
g. A. Dawson, manager of the Star
union line of the fast freight lines of
the Pennsylvania system and c. l.
the pennsylvania lines are in the city
on an inspection trip throughout the
western country.
G. S. Pentecost, division passenger
agent of the Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific, was yesterday appointed assist
ant general passenger agent off the
road, with headquarters at Kansas City.
Arrangements have been perfected
whereby freight may be shipped to Vic
toria direct from New York, via the
Mexican steamship line from Salina
Cruz to British Columbia
1t is also said that a steamer of this
line has been loading at Salina Cruz for
Victoria some cargo brought from New
York under this arrangement The
freight is transported from New York
to Puerto Mexico. by steamships of the
Ar,,a .;,o<at, L Tarr ife,,
transferred to the Tehuantepec rail-
way and transshipped at Salina Cruz
to the Canadian-M Mexican steamers
An average of 25 days is required to
bring freight from New York to Vic
toria in this way.
William H. Schmidt, general western
agent of the Missouri Pacific system in
this city. returned yesterday after
trip through the northwest lasting sew
eral weeks.
Joseph McElroy, general agent of the
Katy in this city, will leave this
morning on a business trip through
Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
The deciduous fruit rate between
California points and Boston and New
York and common points has been re-
duced from S1.45 to S1.40 per 100
pounds. excepting that on straight or
mixed carloads of peaches and grapes
the rate will be $1.25.
The reduction on Pittsburg and Buff
falo and Cincinnati common points will
be 5 cents per 100 pounds on dried
fruits. excepting on pears and peaches.
which will be $1-20 per 100 pounds Z
The rates to Chicago and points west
thereof win be unchanged.
The agreement between the. Union
Pacific and the Northern for the use of
the latter's Portland Tacoma tracks
for the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific trains has been signed and the
Hartman lines will begin to operate
trains into Seattle on January 1.
The Western Pacific railway Will be
opened to freight in Chicago today, ae-
cording to an official announcement
made Several train loads of freight
are scheduled to leave there today and
they will be delivered to the Western
Pacific at Salt Lake City