The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen


II believe in patronizing all kinds Of
enterprises said the prominent rail-
roadman, as he seated himself IN
BARRIERS chair. Now doyour apostro-
| phized worst"
And they did
They cut his hair, shaved Off his
beard and mustache, curry combed his
| face, manicured his eyebrows, soaked
his hands in boiling water, reformed
the tilt in his nose, polished his ears
and. feet at the same time. and after
an hour freed him from the chair and
presented a bill for $14-
This is an outrager cried the promi-
| nent railroadman, but as four OF his
friends declared it was cheap for all
paid the bin, swearing that he would
never again enter a barber shop
IT will shave myself" he said. and
atop Of Comb. This comes from be-
ing filled with civic pride. Imagine
$14 for one barbering"
F. L. southack, chief clerk in the
office of J. @. Barlow. assistant chief
engineer of the Southern Pacific, was
in reminiscent mood yesterday and
when I was a boy of about 1S was
determined to see Abraham Lincoln.
He was on his way to Washington to
be inaugurated for the second time. and
passed through Trenton, n. ]: He was
| in a coach drawn by six white horses,
and my companion and crawled
on the coach. Lincoln saw US, arose
from his seat, shook hands with both
of US, and made some pleasant remark
The cheer that went up at TINS tSyoat act OF
1t was so spontaneous aItendeo
also his funeral at Springfield, which
was one of the most impressive slgnt;s
that this country has ever Witnessed
w. r. Alberger of the Tonopah and
Tidewater will take two Pullman car
Il 4
| into Nevada to display the possibilities
of that state Every man who goes
into Nevada on this excursion, ne
thinks. will be booster for MS roaa,
and he is already figuring out now
many extra gondolaS and big engines
will be required to haul the TT trafnc re- re-.
sulting from this visit me parry
will leave here on February ~ ano
return February %. The following are
going on the trip: -.
e. P AnewaIt assistant general freight
agent San Francisco; J. r. Hayden, industrial
agent. San Francisco; r. W. Hobart genera
agent Fresno; H. r. Sterne, general agent,
7. 81. Warrington, general agent. sacramento;
n. w. Hall, chief contracting agent san fra4-
cisco; +; A. Bell b l. Jones' L. 8 GslIeSo ReS5'
contracting agents. San Francisco; Q. f. Cora1.
o. NJ. Kellogg, contracting agents, oakland;
". G. Dozier Jr.. agent. Stockton; L J. Haney.
L. McPhertridge. travelling agents. Fresno; John
L. Blair, travelling agent, San Jose; B. F. NC
Danneii, W J. shattuek. travelling agents. San
San francisco; W. Bermen, rate. clerk, San
Francisco; II. II. Francisco, general agent Los
Angeles; W. II. 'Daum, Industrial agent, Los
Angeles; W. H. Dowler, general agent, San
Bernardino; E. B. Stuart, agent, San Diego,
]. R. Hanna. G. Clifford Payson. rrayeiRg Hg
agents, Los Angeles; t. z. Chambers, ~ w.
Conway, ]. W. Glasgow, P. H. Houck. contract
ing agents. Los Angeles; G. h. Adams, cnler
clerk, Los Angeles
The reports received In the general
| offices of the Southern Pacific yester-
day from the different divisions were
| better than was anticipated owing to
the heavy rain. All trains were NOV
| ing on the coast division. All was Wen
on the western division and with the
exception of the line between Wood
| land and Marysville the road was In
fair shape. The Shasta division was In
| good condition. A bridge one mile west
of Orris on the San Joaquin division
was washed out by the rain Thursday
night, but was repaired Py noon
yesterday.
Although the Kansas City. Mexico
| and Orient has not completed its line
| further than Chillicothe, Tex, from
Kansas City toward Mexico, it Is giving
| the older lines an example In handling
Mexican traffic. and especially in
| handling the export wheat movement
from the northwestern and Kansas
wheat fields to Mexico. Nearly every
| tended for Mexico arrives at Fort
| Worth and Is delivered to the 1nterna-
/ tional and Great Northern by the. Fort
/ Worth Denver line, the same having
! been turned over to the Denver by the
| Orient line at Chillicothe, where the
two lines connect.
Actual construction work has been
commenced on the Pennsylvania West
| ern, a cutoff over which all east and
west bound traffic of the Pennsylvania
will be handled to eliminate this class
of traffic from the Pittsburg district
proper. 1t will afford also a through
| line from Harrisburg and Philadelphia
| across the state of Pennsylvania to
points in Ohio. The connection will be
made over the low grade division of the
Buffalo and Allegheny to Driftwood,
| thence over the Philadelphia and Erie
division by way Of WilliamspOrt and
| Sunbury to Harrisburg and Philadel-
| phia. The cost of building the road
from Enon to Redbank and establish
| ing terminals will be S3, 100000. 1t
will be So miles In length.
E. o. Mccormick. assistant traffic
director of the Hartman lines left
Los Angeles Thursday for Riverside.
| According to D. w. McCIymonds. Pa
| cific coast manager of the Pacific Fruit
Express. 200 carloads day OF oranges
are going out from the southern part
| of the state to various eastern markets.
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