The San Francisco call., 1910-01-05
Gossip of RaIiwaymen

HE name of the railroadman
guilty of the following is with
held for reasons best known to
the row:
local railroadman with a reputa-
tion as practical joker walked into
the room opposite the entrance to the
Flood building barber shop few days
ago and asked for a hair cut and
shampoo.
This is the Office of the head ianitor.
not a barber shop" was the greeting
he received.
Head janitor, did you say? Well.
that's all right; get busy"
The freight and passenger agencies
of the Frisco and the Eastern Illinois
in this city have been abolished.
James Webster, general freight agent
of the Nickel Plate, and w. A Terry
general freight agent of the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie. have been appointed
assistant freight traffic managers of
the New York Central lines, with head
quarters in Chicago.
w. II. Payson, president of the North
WCStCLA dC1DC, LCtQintQ yesterday TO
be present for the annual meeting of
that company, which is to be held
today.
News was received in this city yes-
terday by Carleton C. Crane, general
agent of the New York Central lines,
that the ice bridge had formed at Nj
agara falls,
Oscar Murray, president of the Bal
timore and Ohio, rendered his resigna
ton yesterday to take effect January
II. Daniel Willard, vice president of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
was elected to succeed Murray. The
resignation of Murray had been pre-
dicted and expected for some time and
no surprise was caused by the an
nouncement.
Willard who is 40 years old. is a
railroadman of wide experience. He is
regarded as particularly efficient as an
operating official. In view of the fact
that the Baltimore and Ohio is in close
competition with the Chesapeake and
Ohio, one OF the rising Hawley roads,
this ability especially commended him,
1T is said, to the Union Pacific inter-
ests.
Willard began his career as a track
laborer on the central Vermont in 1879.
familiar with the ground, as he for
merly served the road as assistant
general manager under Frederick ID.
Underwood, now president of the Erie.
w. nj. German, traffic manager of
the ST. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pa
cific railroad. died at Ration, N. NJ.
yesterday after being i'll three days.
He was 43 years ole and brother of
0P
Rock Island.
f. H. Plaisted agent of the Oregon
Short Line at Salt Lake City, is in the
city for a few days.
w. D. Lincoln. chief clerk in the
general freight offices of the Salt Lake
route at Los Angeles. is in the city
for few days. !.
]. T. Langley, Portland. for num-
ber of years master mechanic for the
Oregon division OF the Oregon Naviga-
tion, has been appointed master me-
chanic and an assistant general man.
ager of the Oregon and Washington at
Seattle. L. Frank Gordon of Seattle
has been appointed claims agent.
Lumber shippers overland are prac-
tically at a standstill. The early
storms in the Mount Shasta region
stopped the cutting of timber a full
month earlier than usual, and as a
result eastern buyers arriving In Cali
fornia to make purchases for spot
movement were very much surprised
when they discovered that dealers have
no stock to offer. The transportation
companies were also surprised, after
contemplating their tonnage to learn
the reason for the decrease.