The San Francisco call., 1909-12-14
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

A NEW arrangement has just been
n completed by the Erie which will
be welcome news to all California
fruit growers, whereby the manage
ment of that road has made arrange
ments to utilize the pipes by which
the Erie pier in New York is heated
during the winter months, for the cir
culation of a continuous current OF
cold air in summer, SO that the rooms
will be kept cool during even the hot
test weather All of the green and
citrus fruits from California are sold
on this pier, and during the winter
season it is heated by steam to pre-
vent the freezing of oranges and other
citrus fruits.
w. B. Jerome. special agent of the
passenger department of the New York
Central lines with office at Chicago
was in the city yesterday. He is on a
trip over the Pacific coast.
Arrangements have been concluded
by the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and
the Western Pacific, whereby the West
ern Pacific may use the Southern Pa
cific and Santa Fe tracks in this city
This arrangement will permit the
Western Pacific to carry business for
firms whose warehouses are exclu-
sively on the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe tracks.
The recent adjustment of differences
between the New York. New Haven
and Hartford and some of it's clerks,
includes, it is said, the recognition by
the company of the brotherhood of
railway clerks. The minimum rate of
pay has been made s1.S5 a day instead
| of $1.75; the contract is to run for
a year; the regular workday is to be
10 hours; promotion is to be made by
seniority; Sunday work is regulated;
premiums on bonds are to be paid by
the company, and there is clause pro-
viding the right of appeal to the gen
eral manager, with compensation for
time lost if the result of the appeal is
favorable to the clerk.
James German, formerly freight traf-
fic manager of the Santa Fe, has been
made vice president in charge of traffic
of the Rock Island lines F. p Mol
ton, formerly assistant general freight
agent of the Santa Fe, but more re-
Gently freight traffic manager. has
been appointed to succeed German.
The interstate commerce commission
has received many petitions and letters
from railway companies and from loco
motive firemen, asking for an extension
of time for the equipment of locomo-
tives with ashpans. to comply with the
law of 1908, which goes into effect
January I, 1910. The commission how
ever, has no authority to change the
date. Most of the principal roads have
equipped. q large number of their en-
gines with pans which will comply with
the law, and some few roads have
equipped all their engines, but there
are several thousand engines altogether
which it seems likely will not be in
condition to be used legally in inter-
state traffic after January 1. Some
of the gossips say that congress will
probably be asked to extend the date
Edward Chambers, assistant freight
traffic manager of the Santa Fe. who
has been In Chicago at the meeting OF
the transcontinental freight bureau
will return this morning
In the Canadian parliament at Otta-
wa, in a recent discussion of the affairs
of the Intercolonial railway, a state
railway, 1T was stated that 503 em-
ployes had been dismissed after re-
cent election.