The San Francisco call., 1910-07-08
Pop lyman TO
PAY FORDINYER
Railroad Row Asks if Jeff's
Ardent Booster Will
Come Back Again
New York World

q ONE months ago Pop Lyman of
the Chicago Great Western was
- being considered as candidate
for president of the Transportation
club. He was backward about an
held back too long his name did not
get the consideration it should have
received. However, Lyman insisted
that he was as young as any of the
boys and maintained that he could get
into condition in short time.
He said that Jeffries was younger
man than he and that Jeff was coming
back into the game. When he made
that statement C. Benjamin Condor of
the Chicago and Alton argued that jeff
couldn't come back. The result of the
argument was a bet of a dinner for
about 10. Well, last Monday it was
demonstrated that Jeff couldn't get
back and yesterday was announced as
the date of the big feed at Pops,
expense
Ten sat at the large table in the
clubs dining room and heard about
didn't show up and Condor is wonder
ing if Lyman will come back.
III. G.. Bush. traffic manager of the
Colorado Midland. with Office at Den
yer, was in the city yesterday.
George w. kerwin. agent of the
Kanawha Despatch at Denver, is in the
city on visit.
Are railway opera ting signals be-
coming SO numerous as to impair the
safety of operation2 A report on this
question is to be submitted at the fall
meeting of the American railway as
sociation by a committee composed of
representatives of the American rail-
way associatio American railway en-
gineering and maintenance OF way as
sociation and the Railway signal as
ISOLATION. If possible the committee.
which held a meeting in Chicago re-
Gently, is expected to inaugurate a
movement toward uniformity in rail-
way signaling in the belief that 1t will
promote safety of operation. 1t is the
opinion of many operating experts that
one position of the semaphore of a
block signal should mean the same
thing on every railroad in the United
States in order TO prevent confusion
when operating men go from one road
to another.
the Chicago and Western Indiana and
of the Chicago Belt railway. is in the
city for few days.
John d. Isaacs. consulting engineer
of the Hartman lines, with headauar-
ters with julius Kruttsehnitt at Chi
cago, is in the city on visit.
The Union Pacific has just issued two
interesting folders, one on the trien-
nial eonclave of the Knights TempIar.
to be held at Chicago in August the
other on. the fourteenth annual ce1e-
bration of Frontier days at cheyenne,
Wyoming, August "a. 25. 26 and 27.
Both folders contain descriptive arti-
cles on the country and cities reached
on the trip and many handsome illus
trations of the various middle west
cities.
James B. Kent. travelling freight
agent of the Wabash. returned yester
day from vacation trip to Lake
Tahoe
A. H. Payson, president. and w. S.
Palmer, general manager of the
Northwestern Pacific, will return to
this city today. They have been ia
specting the work on the extension
between Willis and Eureka
Phil K. Gordon. western passenger
agent of the Washington Sunset route.
is in the southern part OF the state.
Nearly all the off1cials of the Western
Pacific are out of the city with F. A.
Delano, president Of the Wabash. who
is on an inspection trip of the Could
lines. The party Is expected 70 reach
this city Saturday morning
c. A. Long and F. w. Smythe. man
ayers of the Smythe auto service.
which company conducts an autonao-
bile line between Sherwood, on the
Northwestern Pacific. and Eureka.
were in the city yesterday.