The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

HE complaint of the associated
| jobbers of Los Angeles against the
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe
railroads, in which it is charged that
Los Angeles is Disseminated against
in favor or San Francisco. was set for
hearing on February 1e in the rooms of
the supreme court, Los Angeles, at the
regular meeting of the railroad COM
mission yesterday.
Permission was granted to Wells,
of charge lady bugs and other insects
sent out by the state horticultural
commission to farmers
The matter of the Los Angeles and
San Diego Beach railway, which re-
fused to file an annual report with the
commission. was placed in the hands of
the attorney general All water car
riers, bay and river. have been granted
until Marcn 1. this year, to file their
tariffs.
The commission will meet again
Thursday afternoon.
Can j. W. McClymonds, general agen;
of the Pacific fruit express, skate
Every one in the Flood building from
the ground floor to the twelfth is ask
ing the question There are six young
women in the Flood building who can
answer the question. but they are si-
llent
McC1ymonds escorted a party COM
prising the telephone operators of the
Southern Pacific to Truckee last Sun
day and treated them to a skating and
skeeing carnival. Much difficulty was
experienced by the young women when
they attempted to use skees. Their
skirts were in their way, but McClym-
ones remedled that by porcuring male
apparel for the party
TT was great time,' those who
were there say. but there isn't one
who will tell what kind of skater
McClymonds proved to be.
rhe Oregon Short Line has just re-
ceiyed FIVE hundred so ton cars which
have an inside width of feet and 2
! inches, which is the maximum allowed
for clearance limits, as the extreme
width over all IS but 10 feet 6 inches
! The height of the cars is 9 feet 2
! inches, which IS also in excess of the
average boxcar The cubic capacity is
| 1870 feet A feature of the new cars
| is that the under frames are of steel
which is something new in boxcar con-
strdction. The weight of each truck
| is S.016 pounds and each car weighs
4s,1s3 pounds.
When buildings now in progress OF
erection are completed, every division
on the Santa Fe will be provided with
reading rooms exclusively for the use
and benefit of the employees of the COM
pany. Besides this the company is
| spending $4,000 yearly for the enter
| rical way. Four concert companies
and number of lecturers have been
| engaged to make the Santa Fe Circuit
| this winter. The 80 reading rooms are
equipped with 40 billiard tables. Is
pianos ana 10000 volumes of reading
matter.
The Union Pacific is to have new
| headquarters building in Omaha. II
/, has been talked OF a long time, and is
now a sure thing, bids for it's con-
struction having been authorized. It's
estimated cost will be $1,00O,00O and
the plans are to be drawn by Jarvis
Hunt of New York and Chicago. When
completed all the company's offices will
be located in the structure instead OF
being scattered over the city as they
are now, requiring heavy rentals to be
paid.
The Chicago Great Western will soon
lorget that it is the Maple Leaf route
the use of this descriptive pseudonyfn
having been placed under the ban by
President FELTON,.
The new limited train of the Santa
Fe will be inaugurated today, leaving
this city at $50 in the evening and
arriving AT Chicago at 1890 a. M on
the third day. The train carries both
Pullman palace and tourist drawine
room sleepers and shortens the time
for second class passengers by II hours
|
| The Santa Fe will spend $685. 900 OF
more to demonstrate the practicability
of dry farming in the wastes of New
J Mexico. Homesteaders in all parts OF
! the territory will be aided.