The San Francisco call., 1910-10-08
AVlLA TO PERMIT
BOOTH TO TALK
Boss Given Hook as Banquet
POSTMASTER in Favor of
Clyde Colby
r HERE will be something doing to-

HERE will be something doing to-
night at the banquet of the Cali
fornia Association of Traffic Agents
IN the Palace hotel when Clyde Colby,
general agent of the Erie supplants
sam Booth of the Union Pacific as
POSTMASTER a position that Booth has
held for many years There will also
be something doing when Sam Booth
discovers that Henry Avila, passenger
agent in the local Union Pacific Office
is the chairman of the committee that
made Colby POSTMASTER.
since the transportation men of San
francisco first organized into a social
organization Booth has always been
CHOSEN to preside at the banuuets He
has made a good toastma ster on every
occasion, but there is no explanation
for giving him 'the hook" at this stage
of the game
what Booth will do to Avila remains
10 be seen. The latter at the last mo-
ment. however, remembered his hoss
and Booth is down on the program for
speech. He can talk on any subject
he may choose. except on the Union
Pacific.
The banquet is to follow a baseball
game to be played this afternoon be-
tween the members of the association
and the members Of the Transportation
club on the ST. Ignatfus grounds. G.
Benjamin Condor will twirl the sphere
Tor the Transportation club, and sew
eral bets have been made that Condor
Will not last more than three innings.
Condor pitched for the TRANSPORTATION
club in Santa Cruz a month ago. and
he didn't give the Monterey team a
hit. The story was passed around
later that Schmidt of the Missouri Pa
cific had bribed the Monterey players
to miss every ball. This, Condor de-
MES, declaring that he will prove his
Skill this afternoon against the traffic
agents.
Besides the toasts of Colby and the
Grafton by Booth, e. L. Lomax. passen-
ger traffic manager OF the western Pa
cific, will speak. Addresses will also
be made by w. A. Bissell of the Santa
F'e, A. g. d. Kerre1l of the Pacific Mail
steamship company and H. c. PiculelI
of the Baltimore and Ohio.
the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake, with headquarters at Chicago
is in the city for "a few days.
Joseph McIlroy general agent of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. returned
yesterday morning from short busi-
ness trip to Watsonville McIlroy is
growers. and he says they will give the
San Francisco visitors big time on
the 10th.
G. NJ. Levey, vice president and gem
eral manager of the Western Pacific
is in Salt Lake City on a business trip
1t will require 500 extra tourist cars
to accommodate the large tourist travel
that is expected to come to the Pacific
coast within the next few weeks.
senger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
with headquarters at New York, is
spending few days in this city prior
to returning to his home. Porter was
In charge of the special Pennsylvania
train that brought Prince Stun back
to this city.
General Freight Agent Citizens of
the Missouri Pacific has announced the
appointment of j. r. Duckworth to be
general agent at Pueblo, Colo, vice J.
L. Amos, transferred to the PhiladeI-
phia to succeed L. F. Klein. who re-
signed to accept service with the IlIi-
nois Central. ]. j. Kavanaugh is ap-
pointed commercial freight agent at
Salt Lake City, succeeding Duckworth,
and c. G. Johnson is appointed com
mercial freight agent at Monroe, La.
succeeding Kavanaugh. All of the ap-
pointments are effective October Is.
The Western Pacific has just issued
new booklet entitled Seeing the
Western Pacific" 1t tells in a CON
else manner the facts about the West
ern Pacific and furnishes accurate in
formation concerning the country
which the new road traverses. The
first part is a description of the build
ing of the road the difficulties en-
countered by the engineers, construc-
tion features and scenic wonders. The
second part contains a separate ac-
count of each station on the road.