The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28


holiday" said W. c. DonnellS
with a sad smile, "and 1 know,
also. that all. the railroad offices will
be closed. But what is that to a mar
ried man?
What does holiday mean to mar
ried man." he continued. "I shall
spend mine making kindling wood 1t
is only the bachelor who can AFFORD
a holiday. Billy Berman thinks he Is
going to have a holiday Poor chap, he
isn't married long. He will go up to
his rancho and pick the rocks of his
farm. That is for being married. II
he had been single he would have gone
to Shasta springs. Then there Is Pedro
Sails. Pedro owns a hotel, and he will
have to stay at home and pare potatoes.
AS to J. Bonaparte Duffy. don't
know what he will do. He probably
ises of taking people on trips to the
jolly up act. Mr.. Anewalt will un-
doubtedly stay at home. He would
have to make speeches at some town IL
he did not swear he would have to
stay at home.
The young ladies of the Santa Fe;
hum! They all go fishing. For what?
That's what I'd like to know"
j. W. Thompson of the Rock Island
made this important announcement yes
terday, showing that his company is
prepared to eater to business, sport and
sentiment. He says the Rocky Noun
tain limited in both directions will be
equipped with competent stenographers
who will render gratuitous service to
patrons. This will enable businessmen
to complete unfinished office detail en-
route to and from Colorado. This serv-
ice in the west is exclusive on the
Rock Island line.
Another feature which will be In
augurated is telegraphic baseball score
service. The results of the various
games in the National, American and
Western leagues will be forwarded by
telegraph to the Rocky Mountain linn
tied, Golden State limited and The
Mountaineer-in both directions, and in
formation will be posted as early in the
evening as IT Is possible to receive 1t
in buffet library observation cars, or
buffet cars.
No other western line has announced
the intention of giving such service,
and in these days of such popular in
approval. says Thompson.
Both the stenographic and the base
ball score service will become operative
with the summer schedule, June s.
Passenger Traffic Manager c. s. Fee
of the Southern Pacific believes in
education. and carries 1t further than
most traffic managers of great rail-
roads.
He does not mind in the least play
~ =
will leave here on June with a class
of twenty promising district freight
and passenger agents for the Alaska
While there the young men from Tue
stockton. Reno, Oakland. Riverside:
stnSs the isr and nd on an thsr ssG return urn
will talk intelligently about the dis
play, how to get there and how to live
while there. Fee will attend also the
meeting which opens June s. and viii
then leave for Chicago with James
Horsburgh Jr. to enjoy summer
outing.
Latest reports as TO the progress
made by the Western Pacific show
that up tes te Wednesday i,a night there & re-
Track laying Is being done at four diff
ferent places. but with the arrival of
new track laying machine June Is
I
which should bring the road to COM
pletion some time in September. The
track is now 43 miles above Oroville
and up to Rock creek. where a steel
bridge 416 feet in length is to be built
at once. This leaves a gap of So miles
from, Rock creek to near Clio. The
track ahead of there is laid four miles
to the Beckwourth tunnel. The track
in Nevada Is now 35 miles west of VIM
nemucca, and the chief engineers office
sent up large force of men yester-
drY rr.s1r al
lines west from Winnemucca. There is
now gap of 62 miles to complete be-
tween Winnemucca and Battle Noun
tain and another gap of 1853 miles from
four miles west of the Beckwourth tun-
mel west of Winnemucca. Forty loco
motives of the consolidation type are
expected on the coast In July and
August, and the Western Pacific Is pre-
pairing to run its first trains between
Oakland and Salt Lake early in Oc-
tober.
Commencing June s. the Santa Fe
will start another through train to
Chicago. leaving here at 7:15 a. m. The
present trains to Chicago start from
here at p. m: and 10 p: m.
Guy v. Shoup. who resigned some
time ago from the legal department Of
the Southern Pacific, has returned 70
the fold and has resumed his place
among the lawyers of that corporation.
r. A. Donaldson. assistant general
passenger agent OF the Southern Pa
cific, has returned from trip to the
north