The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-21
Gossip of RalIwaymen
r. Hill GORDON of the Washington

n Hill GORDON of the Washington
Sunset route told what he said was
a real occurrence on his last trip
to FL Paso He was sitting in the din
ing car waiting for his supper when
two strangers came in, and, on account
of the lack of room, were forced to sit
opposite each other at one of the small
tables
They found a common bond in the
effort to secure something to eat and
by the time the coffee was served they
were great friends.
Il wonder If you would do me a
favor" the first man said as he paid for
his supper. The other seemed in a re-
ceptive mood and the first one con-
tinued.
Have you got lower berth for to-
night?"
The man across the table nodded af-
firmatively.
Well, L am travelling with my moth
er, who is rather well along in life, and
I'm anxious to make her comfortable.
Would you be kind enough to exchange
your berth for her upper"
L should be delighted" said the sec
ond man.
Gordon followed them back into the
Pullman, saw the first man introduce
his mother to the man with the lower
and watched the exchange of tickets.
But where are you going to sleep?"
asked the second man.
'Oh, that's all right" was the an
swer; that's my lower over there"
The Southern railway has announced
that it's land and industrial department
will at once resume active work in the
promotion of immigration to the
southern states. The extensive work
of the company in this direction pre-
vious to 1908 was severely curtailed
during the business depression, but
now it is believed that the local situa-
ton warrants renewal of the cam
paign. The company will make use of
the newspapers in the north and west
and of fairs. and will pursue a some
what similar policy in northern Eu-
rope. The company has land and in
dustrial office in London.
number of roads have now report
ed for the entire month of January and
the returns show that the remarkably
satisfactory averages of the earlier
weeks have been we'll maintained. total
gross earnings for all United States
roads reporting for the full month be-
ing s32.S97.1S9. a gain of 1875 per cent
over the earnings of the same roads in
the corresponding month last year.
Almost every road contributes to thu
increase, and on some it is very large.
All the eastern roads that have re-
ported make favorable returns, al
though the gains are not quite so pro-
nounced as in the south and west. In
some sections traffic has been inter-
fered with by weather conditions to a
much greater extent than last year and
this fact makes still more noticeable
the progress that has been made by the
railroads as compared with a year ago.
W. c. Bradley has been appointed
superintendent of the Pan-American
road at Tonala, Mexico
c. H. Beatty of Salt Lake City. gen
eral superintendent of the Salt Lake
and ogden road has resigned
travelling passenger agent of the Inter
national and Great Northern at the
City of Mexico.
The contract for the construction of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget
Sounds branch line to Everett, Wash, |
was awarded Saturday to Horace c.
Henry of Seattle The branch. which
will be - miles long, will leave the
main line at Monckton, and the cost of
construction will be about $4,000 per
mile Work will be begun March Is
and completed in nine months.
The annual election of officers and
directors of the Transportation club of
this city is approaching and several
candidates have already
been mentioned.
l.. r. Jones has been appointed a |
travelling freight agent of the Missouri |
Kansas and Texas at the City of Mex |
leo, succeeding A. p, Japp.
S. E. Burkhead, recently appointed |
of the Colorado lines of /
the Denver and Rio Grande a Pueblo, /
Colo, has been appointed superintend- |
ent of the Utah lines with office al Salt |
Lake City, succeeding A. B. Apperson.
resigned.
The San Joaquin division of the /
Southern Pacific has been extended /
from Mabel. Cal. northward to Haiwee,
Is miles.
The city of Naples will soon be
lighted by electricity secured from
water power. At -Volturno $4,000 |
will be generated and car