The San Francisco call., 1910-03-02
Gossip of RaiIwaymen
= HE tenants in the inside" Office
of the Flood building were forced

of the Flood building were forced
to call in an expert accountant
yesterday afternoon to figure out the
pro ratas. Joe McIlroy insisted that
Condor was shy Is cents on the towel
bill, while Condon insisted there was
a balance coming to him, as he had
paid for the soap during the month
of February.
Jay Adams and Harry Snyder nearly
mixed 1t over the telephone bill. Sny
der had squared the telephone collector
and Adams had paid the man who
brings the spring water, and as there
was a difference. of q cents the expert
had to be called in to see how much
each should contribute toward the sal
ary of the janitor Condon's signature
requires considerable more ink than
that of the others in the office and an
effort was made to force him to pay for
35 per cent of the ink, but to no avail.
The expert is still working on the
mixup, while Condor is trying to get
his expense account straight. He says
that he hates to charge such sums to-
his company and fears that they will
not be o. KID. The milk bill has not
yet been presented.
e. E. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Southern Pacific.
is due to return this morning from
New York, where he has been in at
tendance at the merger hearing.
b. H. Trumble, commercial agent of
the Illinois Central, with office at Port
land, was in the city for a few hours
yesterday on his way back to Port
land.
r. NJ. Schumacher, vice president in
charge of traffic of the Western Pa
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several weeks, will return to this city
next Saturday.
With the opening of spring one of
the biggest homestead movements to
the west which the country has ever
witnessed, according to railroadmen,
promises to begin. There are millions
of acres of fertile government land
still open to settlement in many states
In the west, but it is growing more
scarce each year, and thousands are
planning to come west this year to
take up claims while there is yet
opportunity for. choice.
Impetus has been given to this move
ment by the throwing open of six In
dian reservations in some of the best
parts of the western country. The
remarkable success of the settlers in
practically all of the dry farming dis
triets has also caused a vast interest
in lands which until recently were
considered fit only for grazing pur-
poses, and as result the eyes of,
prospective settlers are turned not only.
toward the reservations but to other
sections of the other western states
where vast areas await the home
steader.
The reservations to be opened this
spring include five. for which draw
ings were held last fall. These are
the Flathead in Montana. the Coeur
d'Alene in Idaho, the Spokane in Wash
ington and the Cheyenne River and
Standing Rock reservations in North
and South Dakota The majority of
the successful participants in the
drawings on these reservations will
come west to settle on the claims as
signed to them. and nearly all of them
will get valuable lands.
The Pullman company representa-
tives and members of the state railroad
several days relative to the recent
raise in Pullman rates No agree
ment has yet been reached and no
action will be taken by the commits
sion until the regular monthly meet
ing next Tuesday. Although the Pull
man company has shown willingness
to reduce some of the rates to the
to do so.
E. H. Lamb, contracting agent of the
Wabash, who has been i'll for the last
two weeks, is again on the street at
tending to busines.
e. F. Bennett. Southern Pacific ticket
agent at Vfsalia, and his wife are in
the city on their honeymoon trip.
Confirmatory of the reported inten-
tion of the San Pedro. Los Angeles
and Salt Lake to reconstruct it's line
through Meadow valley is the follow
ing telegram received at Salt Lake City
yesterday by Thomas Kerns from w
A. Clark, president of the road:
"Engineers report construction of safe
high line in Meadow valley wash prac-
ticable and moderate cost. and esti
mate of restoring present plans for
temporary resumption .of traffic $780,
0e0 Special committee advises put
ting force of engineers in field. have
instructed them to act vigorously on
both propositions