The San Francisco call., 1910-08-25
WESTERN PACIFIC
OFFICIALS DEPART
inspect Terminal Facilities That
Will Unite the Road With
Steamship Company
Magnificent Pier Last Link in
Chain From Rockies to
the Orient
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bound over the new great artery of
transcontinental travel
More important and more interesting
to the visiting officials, however than
belt lines freight yards, terminals and
shops, was the final link which makes
the Gould project a world enterprise
the docking facilities afforded the
roads great sea ally, the Tenyo Kisen
Kaisha, at pier No. "a Here was
viewed for the first time the great
strategical objective point toward
which Could and his associates with
their millions had been working for
years-where rail and water meet and
which means the realization of a TWEEN
tieth century dream OF finance-the
completion of new highway across
land and ocean from Salt Lake City
in the east to far off Yokohama in the.
oriental west. Here was viewed the
future wonder house in which will be
stored the treasures of China and
Japan. where silks, tapestries. the
wrought treasures of art and the
products of genius will be cleared and
sent broadcast through the Americas
while from it's doors and across the
seas will be sent the sinews of yankee
commerce.
LEAS II ON TUG
Sharply at 1870 o'clock. in five large
automobiles the companS officials and
the newspapermen left the Offices OF
the the road in the Mills building and
sped to the Mission street wharf where
the tug Arabs was in waiting With
First Vice President Schlacks were
Second Vice President c. M Levey, As
sistant General Manager j. ". Mulhern
Freight Traffic Manager Harry NJ
Adams, w. II. Avery of the T. K k
Passenger Agent Lonax; w H Dayen-
port. general agent in this city$ A
Dickinson from the New York Offices;
Major s. X. Hooper, general passenger
agent of the Denver and Rio Grande;
Charles Cook of the Fairmont hotel
Frank L. Webster of the Denver Post
Frank c. Farrar of the Rocky Noun
tain News, Jay G. Eilliard of the Den
yer Republican, A S. Andrew of the
Pueblo Chieftain, w. A Scully of the
Colorado Springs Herald Telegraph,
Kenneth c. Kerr of the Salt Lake Trib-
une. Edward A. Charlton of the Salt
Lake Republican, W. j. Sloan
OF the Salt Lake Telegram, J. ". Hyde
of the Salt Lake Deseret News, c. r.
Erwin, president of the firm of Lord &,
Thomas of Chicago; Edwin j. Clark of
the Elko Free Press, Charles w Hor-
nick of The Call Ernest S. Simpson of
The Call and a number of local cor
respondents.
TURN TO SLIP
The nose of the tug was pointed
north along the water front, past An
gel island and Alcatraz, up to Belve-
dere, around Fort Baker and into the
choppy wash of the Golden gate Turn
ing here, a run was made in front of
Fort Mason to Point Richmond and the
terminal of the Santa Fe Turning south
along the east shore of the bay, the
docks of the Key Route and Southern
Pacific We're viewed, and then a close
turn was made to the Western Pacific
slip and east shore terminal. Without
as much as pausing, the little tug
poked through the spray and sunlight
west aeros the bay to Hunters point,
where the dry docks, ship building
plants and iron works clouded the sky
with the smoke of industry
Under a slower headway the party
was brought along the south water
front, past the western freight ter
minal of the new road. just below the
Western sugar refining company's
plant and then up to pier "a, where the
first landing was made. The officials of
the road declare the pier to be the
finest piece of engineering of its kind
Sin San Francisco.
MEET STEAMSHIP OFFICIALS
On returning to the Mission street
wharf at 2:30 the party was taken di-
rectly to the offices of the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha in the Flood building. where
General Manager Avery presented the
members to Vice President K. Okowa
and Managing Director NJ. Shiraishi
After short stop there lunch was
served at the Fairmont hotel. General
Traffic Manager Lomax presided at the
luncheon and short addresses were
made by Freight Traffic Manager Ad-
ans, Major Hooker, Charles Cook, Ken
meth c. Kerr and General Manager
Avery of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha
At the close of the lunch final trip
was taken in the machines to the
freight yards at Eighth and Brannan
streets, where the company has in
stalled a network of tracks and sheds
on eight square blocks. Two large
brick buildings already on the ground
will be occupied with freight depart
ment offices and warerooms The yards
are so situated that a direct franchise
connects them on the south with the
western freight slip and another on
the north with the state belt line thus
putting the new road in direct COM
munication with every important in
duStry in the city and also with its
own wharf and transatlantic facilities
In the words of Lomax, the company
has acquired a maximum OF efficiency
and service with minimum of equip
ment.
OPERATING AGREEMENT
The operating agreement between
the Western Pacific and the Togo Kisen
Kaisha begins February L, when regu-
lar freight and passenger service to
the orient will be established. At the
present time and for some months past
the transcontinental freight shipments
have been running on a regular sched-
ule. Passenger traffic has now opened
and when the steamship company ends
it's relations with the Southern Pacific
the belt halfway around the globe will
be completed. To facilitate business
relations the offices of the Toyo Kisen
kaisha will be moved into the Mills
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