The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
MYSTERY RULES
'SNED'S' MOVES
lllustrious Illinois Central
Agent Holds PoWwoWs

HE office of the Illinois Central
has assumed the title of the of
flee mysterious" since W. H. Sned-
aker. general agent. began to arrange
for special accommodations for the
knights Templar conclave.
The members of the local comman-
dery enter the Office now, whisper to
mysterious manner to the rear. where
they are presented to the illustrious
"Sned."
Its the most mysterious thing you
ever saw said Clyde w. Colby. general
agent for the Erie, whose office ad-
joins the Illinois Centrafs- They walk
in, make all sorts of signs and. after
giving the password. they are allowed
to confer with Snedaker, who fixes
them up in the Knights special train.
If they are high up in the order 'Sned'
always gives them an upper berth. A
little while ago three of them came in
at the same time. 1 don't think they
were very high up, for after all the ar
rangements had been concluded they
went across the street for few min
utes- Four degrees were conferred
No definite date has been set for the
fall meeting of the interstate commerce
commission, but it is expected that the
first session will be held about Septem-
Der Is. With the exception of Commits
sioners Lane and Clark, who are in
Europe attending the international
railway congress. all the commissioners
are within "a hours call of Washington
should their presence be needed. The
commission practically has wound up
all it's pending business and no deci-
sions will be handed down for several
weeks.
Jay Adams. Pacific coast passeng nger
agent of the Nickel Plate. returned yes
terday morning from a trip through
the southern part of the state. Adams
reports an unusual amount of passen-
ger travel in that section of the state.
E. L. Lomax. passenger traffic mana
ger, and HI NJ Adams, freight traffic
manager of the Western Pacific. are
expected to return to this City about
Monday. They left Chicago last Sun
day and are travelling slowly, inspect
ing the line on their way out. Things
are expected to bum in Western Pacific
circles on their return.
K
in connection with the new service Ii
is giving over its Puget sound exten-
sion. has begun its campaign of colon
ization with a vim through the pub
lication of a comprehensive and pro-
fusely illustrated book on the state of
Washington.
The New York Central has closed
deal for 10000 acres OF coal lands in
Indiana and Pennsylvania. The av-
erage price paid was s45 an acre. In
addition options were taken on 5000
acres, to establish towns in operating
the tract.
The Gould lines freight officials, who
have been in conference in St. Louis
for the last week. are on their way
home.
Irrigation" is the title of a new
folder just issued by the Southern Pa
cific. The booklet is handsomely illus
trated in colors and includes deserip-
tions of irrigable lands in California.
Nevada, Oregon and Arizona and of the
projects in Imperial valley and of the
Kuhns in Sacramento county.
New freight yards, to cost between
$4,000 and s25,000, are to be estab-
lished at Omaha by the Union Pacific.
Following the closing of the Colorado
Midland agencies and the transfer of
their business to the Burlington the
same policy is being extended to the
agencies of the Colorado Southern lines