The San Francisco call., 1910-01-07
tSHOOTS DECOYS
FOR WILD FOWL
Jules Clerfayt' sLittte Mishap
Leads Him to Go Hunting
With Searchlight
EREAFTER when Jules Clerfayt
goes duck hunting he will carry

a searchHght.
The searchlight is. an unusual
weapon with which to hunt for mall
lards. but Jules confesses that it is
necessity. A few days ago he jour
neyed to the marshes down the PENN
sula and after sitting up all night wan
dered out to the marshes and finally
located a flock of about 20 ducks.
Zine shooting" was the expression
that fell from Clerfayt's lips, and it was
fine shooting for about 10 minutes un-
til he discovered that he had shot up
about Is valuable decoys.
Clerfayt took another journey yester-
day morning. journey to an cleo
trio establishment where he purchased
a pocket searchlight to be used to dis
tinguish real ducks from decoys.
The new general agent of the Haw-
ley lines is to be j. A. Martin of the
Iowa Central and of the Minneapolis
and st. Louis, according to report
circulated along the ;'row" yesterday.
A p. stewart. district freight and
passenger agent of the Chicago and
Alton and the Toledo. ST Louis and
Western, is to be genera. passenger
agent, according to the report. Mar
tin has been general eastern agent of
the aforementioned roads for some
years past. and was at one time with
the Wabash at st. Louis.
B. A. McAllaster, land commissioner
of the Southern Pacific. has been called
east to assist in the redemption of the
mortgage bonds of the Central Pacific.
The Salt Lake route plans to run
train through to Goldfeld today, going
from Los Angeles to Cotton on the
Southern Pacific tracks, from Cotton to
Daggett on the joint Santa Fe and Salt
Lake tracks. and from Daggett to Gold
field via Las Vegas. The officials of
the company hope to have the lines to
Riverside and San Bernardino open for
business in a few days.
The surveys for the proposed extern
sion of the Tonopah and Tidewater be-
tween Goldfeld and Ely. New, has been
completed and proposals for bids for
work to be started at the Goldfeld end
will soon be advertised The branch
will run east from Cuprite. The appli-
cation for a franchise near Ely has
been temporarily withdrawn
The double track steel bridge across
the Susquehanna river at Havre de
Grace, built by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad company, was opened for traffic
yesterday. The bridge cost more than
$2,Ooo,ooo and is over mile long.
Charles H. Eckhart. who resigned
yesterday as vice president and gen
eraI manager of the Southern Railway
Will become vice president and superin-
tendent of operation of the following
railroads: Chicago and Alton, Toledo,
st. Louis and Western. Minneapolis and
st. Louis and the Iowa Central. which
are known as the HawIev railroads.
His headquarters VIII, be in Chicago.
The case of the associated jobbers of
cifc and Santa F'e companies, alleging
discrimination in the matter of the
rates over the Tehachapi, will be heard
by the railroad commission February
16. The regular monthly meeting of
the commission will be held January IL.
A special meeting will be held at
Marysville, January 10.
The directors of the Cleveland. Gin
cinnati. Chicago and st. Louis railroad
company, known as the big Four
road have declared a semiannuaI
dividend of 2 per cent on the common
stock. The last dividend on the
security was in March, 1908, when
dividend of 1 per cent was paid.
The railway commission of Texas has
called on the railways in that state to
furnish accommodations for colored
passengers equal to those furnished to
white passengers. 1t is stated that the
commission has received complaint
about the facilities afforded to colored
passengers, which states that the Jim
Crow coaches are seldom through cars,
though it costs rs much to ride in them
as in the through cars for whites 1t
is alleged that compartments for col
ored people are often uncomfortable.
cold and not provided with water; that
Iavatories are not provided with soap
ever provided and that it Is very diff
cult for colored passengers TO get any
thing to eat en- route.