The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
IS. P. TO RUN
| NEW fTEAMER
River Boat Seminole to Be
Put on the Run to
Sacramento
CLEVELAND LEADER

w Southern Pacific will place in
operation the river steamer
Seminole, which is scheduled to run
alternately with the Navajo, now run
ming between this city and Sacramento.
The new steamer, which will be larger
than the Navajo. is being built by the
Southern Pacific at its shipyards at
West Oakland
The business of the Navajo has
grown to such an extent said F. E.
Batturs. assistant general passenger
agent, yesterday, that the new steamer
can not be placed in operation too soon.
Every night at Sacramento there are
several who can not get accommoda-
tion prevails in this city in the morn
ing.
The Pennsylvania's voluntary relief
department will have a pension branch.
The plan provides that each member
shall contribute cents a day in addi-
tion to dues to insure a pension of SIS
month voluntary at so years, after
80 years service, and compulsory at
20 years. If there is enough money S5
a month will be added to the pension
every three years. Members becoming
incapacitated by sickness or accident
will be pensioned at once. No pensions
will.be made the first year. 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 members would pay
S715, 400 annually.
John A. Gill, the newly appointed
travelling freight and passenger agent
of the Southern Pacific at Reno, left
last night to begin. his new duties.
F. A. Waters. general right of way
and tax agent of the San Pedro, Los
Angeles and Salt Lake, whose head
quarters are in Los Angeles, was in the
city yesterday attending to business
for his company.
In addition to the sale date already
announced for colonist tickets the
Santa Fe will sell colonist tickets Au-
gust rs to September inclusive This
is in addition to September Is to Oc-
tober Is. The same rates and privi-
leges for colonist tickets sold last
spring will prevail. Immigrant tickets
for use of passengers from New York
will be sold at Atlantic ports one day
in advance of the sale dates announced
Stopovers will be allowed and the final
limit will be October 81.
H. e. Henneberry, formerly connected
with the San Pedro, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake road at Los Angeles. has
been appointed chief clerk in charge
.
Office of the Western Pacific.
G. L. McManus, joint freight agent of
the Santa Fe and Rock Island at Dal-
las, has resigned to become general
agent at Brownsville of the ST. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico, and superin-
tendent of the Rio Grande, a % mile
road running between Brownsville and
Point Isabel.
BY building only about IL miles of
track from LIojave and Keeler the
Southern Pacific will establish line
from Ogden to Los Angeles While
published maps of the company showed
this to have been done, the new work
mentioned is not yet finished, and will
not be Immediately.
What the real object is has not been
disclosed, but it is supposed to be to
shorten the haul on fruit and other
southern California products to the east
and other freight from the east to the
coast district mentioned, thus escap-
ing the Truckee summit. The distance
from Ogden to Los Angeles via Hazen
New, and Keeler will be 966 miles
while the line via Sacramento is several
hundred miles longer and includes the
climb over the Truckee summit The
Keeler cutoff is susceptible of a fur
ther reduction to $50 miles by addi-
tional shortening of the lines.
This new development has been kent
very quiet and public knowledge of the
work avoided. Now that 1t is approach
Ing completion it attracts much atten-
ton In railroad. .circles and the opinion
obtains that some new and sharp COM
petition will follow.
Colonel George r. Thompson. citv
passenger and ticket agent for the
Pennsylvania lines at Houston and
Galveston, has been appointed to a
similar position with the Vandalia
line at East st. Louis. The territory
of which he has had charge has been
added to that of C. A Baird of san
Antonio.
L. M. Jones, assistant superintendent
of telegraph of the Santa Fe system
has been promoted to superintendent in
place of c. III. Gaunt, who resigned to
enter the service of the Western
Union.
H. M. Adams. freight traffic manager.
and E. l.. Lofflax, passenger traffic man
ager of the Western Pacific, are ex-
pected to return to this city Monday
1t IL reported from New York that
H. J. Rhein, general passenger agent of
the Big Four, will succeed Gerrit Fort
as general passenger agent of the New