The San Francisco call., 1909-03-21
Gossip of Railwaymen
7 AAIES BRYCE, British ambassador
and political economist. left Los

and political economist. left Los
IJ Angeles Friday morning en-
route to this city. He will spend
a day at Santa Barbara. Paso Robles
and Del Monte and probably will arrive
in this city tomorrow. He is travelling
IN aS special car and is accompanied by
his family and a secretary. n. r. Mar
tin, district passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific at Los Angeles, is in
charge of the Bryce party. Martin is
well known in this city.
Railroadmen are very modest. Few
officials who attain high places in the
service of a railroad corporation are
fond of accepting credit for successful
advertising campaigns or for beneh-
cent methods adopted after their sug
gestion. James Horsburgh Jr, general
passenger agent of the Southern Pa
cihc, is just this sort of a man. Al
though he denies that he is responsible
for the adoption of an official raisin
day. his colleagues and prominent raj
sin men give him credit for the origI-
nality. He is ably assisted by Fred
Shoup, F. l.. Batturs and by the heads
of all departments who have taken
great interest in the raisfn day plans.
C. c. Winningham. a Chicago adver-
tising man, who will devote much time
to planning the publicity. gives Hors-
burgh credit for the raisin day plan.
notwithstanding, the buck is being
passed" by Horsburgh. He never was
accused of this trait before.
w. F. Herman. general passenger
agent for the Cleveland and Buffalo
transit company. which owns a line of
steamers plying between Cleveland and
Buffalo. is in this city. Herman has
many friends in San Francisco.
According to James Horsburgh Jr,
travellers who spend the various sea-
sons abroad drop something like $780,
100000 into the Golfers of innkeepers
and entertainers in Europe 1t is also
reported that $3.50 900, 600 is expended
by tourists in>Europe. who take treat
ment at the many spas. Horsburgh be-
lleves that this money should be spent
In the United States. Often he has
suggested that tourists could enjoy a
chain of entertainment from New York
to this city, spending most of their time
IN California, where the real wonders
are to be seen. Horsburghs idea is to
nave series of season carnivaIs
planned which will keep the tourist
busy for. weeks during a trip from San
Diego to Shasta
James Ripley. president of the Santa
Fe, and party Of railway officials in
that company spent night in Santa
Barbara recently, during which time
they INDUCED in a game of bridge
whist. AT that particular game Ripley
is an adept.
serious faced reporter, wrapped
UP in his work on a Santa Barbara
newspaper, requested an interview with
Ripley, and the latter called the young
man into the card room
And what are they doing here?"
asked the writer, as he cast a sus-
picious glance in the direction of the
railroad officials who were playing with
Ripley.
Doing me-" replied Ripley. as he
pulled down high hand and proceeded
to haul In every trick that came along
After an inspection of the Santa Fe
system and it's branches in this state
George T. Nicholson, third vice presi-
dent of the road; w. j. Black, passen-
ger traffic manager, of Chicago, and
John j. Byrne, assistant passenger
traffic manager, of Los Angeles. left
this city Friday night for their re-
spective offices.
1t was reported at Santa Fe head
quarters in this city yesterday that
the trip will result in the adoption OF
several new plans for the extension and
Improvement of the system in CaIifor-
mia, which may be started in early sum-
mer and completed before the rains
set in.
A general reorganization of the
Southern Pacific traffic forces in Ari-
zona is expected to follow when Ralph
c. Stubbs. newly appointed Arizona
traffic manager. who will succeed NJ.
o. Bicknell April 1. takes office Sew
eral of the local officials of the com
pany will leave today for Arizona to
inquire into the need of a change in
the territory, and it is expected that
upon their return to this city plans
for the reorganization will be recon-
mended.
This has been a busy week in South
ern Pacific circles. E. e. Calvin, gen.
eral manager of the western division
of the system, has been in the south
comforting with Z. II. Hartman for a
week and is not expected to return
until tomorrow.