The San Francisco call., 1910-04-22
Gossip of RalIwaymen
MOTHER

\ MOTHER eastern railroadman
g. A who is a recent addition to the
Flood building row has been taken
lin. and on an old one at that
= C. Benjamin Condor, general agent
p. of the Chicago and Alton and numer-
GUS other Hawley lines. was recently
given several cars Of freight by Jim
- Keller, traffic manager for Baker &
Hamilton Among the list was a load
of endless chains coming from the
Endless chain company at Spring
Held. o.
T. Chains are pretty weighty and the
rates help the railroad companies to
keep the wolf from the door, The
gent in Springfield was notified and
few days later Condor received a
Nire asking the street location Of the
Endless chain company in Springfield
Condon picked up the telephone to
cam up Keller and then he realized
that he had been stung. That's why
condor and Keller We're eating lunch
together at the Transportation club
on Condon-the other day
Passengers travelling over the Sierra
railway are loud in their praises Of
the scenery along the route. on the
main line the fields are filled with wild
and spring foliage. The scenery on /
the Angels branch is at its best and /
must be seen to be fully appreciated
James J. Hin has assured the cover
nor and the railway commission of 1
Washington that immediate steps will /
he taken to avoid future trouble with
snowslides on the line Of the Great 4
Northern The points at which the /
disastrous slides Of the last winter oc- /
these and other points not already ade-
QUately protected viii be covered with I
sheds at once.
A. A. Hapgood. city passenger and /
ticket agent Of the Southern Pacific at
san Jose, was in the city yesterday.
The Association Of Railway Tele-
graph Superintendents will hold its an /
nuaI meeting at Los Angeles on June /
20. instead Of on May 20. as heretofore /
announced.
In the last two days Of March the
movement Of colonists westward and
nOrthward through St. Paul was heav- I
ier than ever before in a similar length I
Of time and the number of pieces of /
baggage passing through the station /
was 1000 During the month of March |
1000 cars Of immigrant movables |
passed through, of which one-fourth I
was destined for Canada
Otto Meers. who was with the First
California volunteers during the civil /
war and who is president Of the Sill /
rerton and Northern and several other /
mountain railroads in Colorado, is in /
the city for a few days on his way /
home from Honolulu.
r NJ Schumacher. vice president, and /
W. J. Shotwell, assistant TO the vice 4
president Of the Western Pacific, re-
turned yesterday.
Among the recent informal rulings |
Of the interstate commerce commits 4
sion is one TO the effect that free 1
transportation may not lawfully be
given to the officers and employees OF |
a bridge company which makes annual 1
reports, but files no tariffs, because /
' it is a incorporating company.
A. s. Hughes, general traffic man
ager Of the Denver and Rio Grande,
is in the city on his way back to 1
Denver.
Phil x. Gordon. Pacific coast agent
Of the Washington-Sunset route, Left
last night on a trip TO Portland
C. Haydock. commercial agent of the
Illinois Central at Los Angeles, is in 1
the city in charge Of the Los Angeles /
delegation Of knights Templar.
Warren Holten, city passenger and
ticket agent Of the Southern Pacific at /
Oakland, has returned from a visit |
through the east.
Rolling stock and equipment to cost
millions Of dollars viii be ordered by 1
The oregon Short Line at once. Con- 4
tracts are now being made in the east /
FOR the delivery of II locomotives, 81 |
passenger cars and 1,473 freight and /
maintenance cars. All of these cars !
viii be Of steel.
Rock Islands total expenditures on ]
eolffpment and betterments this year /
wiz aggregate over S11,O00,e00. The |
greater proportion Of this is TO be for
new equipment, some of which already /
has been ordered. The appropriation |
for equipment alone is $7,500,000. Lo-
.comative orders viii ipclude S4 freight |
engines and so for passenger service |
Fifty-nine locomotives are to be or /
dered at once, comprising 25 Pacific /
fvpe passenger engines. weighing 22e,- /
coo mounds, and 81 consolidated freight /
engines. weighing 20s.000 pounds.
The general Improvement program /
win involve the expenditure of |
s.. 0OO, 600, including the construction of |
about $50 miles of new track. The total /
rail order will include $4,000 tons of |
rails. Of which 10000 tons will be So /
nound steel. One hundred miles of the |
illinois division, as recently noted, are
to be laid with 100 pound rails. the
heaviest manufactured. New ballast
ing will cost 100000
Take the family for a Sunday outing |
on the Ocean shore Railway Miles of /