The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-13
OLD GAG GETS
EASY 'COME-ON'
Railroadman Anxious To
Pebble 1900 Lincoln
Penny for S. Bill
GAVE win pay So for 1909 Lincoln

It's an old one brought nearly
up to date, but H. r. Higgins. COM
merciaI agent of the Southern railway.
! soiled three evening dress shirts that
he intended using while in Oroville in
an attempt to earn the five spot"
Higgins. C. Benz Condor. general
agent of the HawIey lines. and J. r.
Holcomb. general agent OF the Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient. journeyed to
Oroville last Thursday in an effort to
wrest from the Western Pacific large
freight contracts. Adjoining the Office
of the hotel is a hrehouse-a place
where liquids can be prOcured-and
after the long and tedious journey from
this city they adjourned 10 the fire.
| house.
Holcomb wandered around the spa
| cious room and let his eyes wander to
/ the walls. where he spied the notice.
We will pay s. for 1909 Lincoln
pennies
Did you see this. Higgins?" he
mo. what?
cast your eyes at the sign on the
wall"
Higgins did so. and then hurriedIy
opened his suit case and, throwing his
wardrobe about the room. selling the
1
| portmanteau.
What are you looking forg' asked
c. Benz. Condor.
why, 1 have one of them in here"
was the reply.
After a thorough search he found a
Lincoln penny dated 1909 and presented
/ it to the man behind the counter.
Does that sign go?" he asked the
man.
sure" was the reply.
well. then. there you are" showing
the coin across the hardwood.
! That's all right" said the man: but
you'll have to get 1908 more of them"
John H. McRae. superintendent OF
the northern division OF the North
Albion, was in the city for several days
last week on business trip. He re-
turned Sunday on the steamer Pomo.
Epes Randolph. president of the
Southern Pacific of Mexico. is in the
city.
/ English and Canadian interests.
| which recently have made large pur-
/ ehases of the stock of the Rock Island
company, obtained representation on
the board of directors of the company
yesterday at New York through the
election of F. Pearson and PercivaI
| Farquhar as directors. These/ were
chosen in place of C. T. Boggs and r.
/ L. SkOfeld. resigned. E. B. Kenna was
elected a director Of the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific railway COM
pany, to succeed r. S. Gable.
The annual meeting of the stock
4 holders of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati.
I Chicago and ST. Louis railway (the
! Panhandle) was held at Pittsburg
yesterday. The report for the year
1909 was submitted, the results show
ing the net operating revenue for
/ 1865 miles of railroad to be $1O,053,115,
an increase of $1,5O3, 1918 over the
previous year.
The total tonnage on all lines in
I creased 6,417.S45 tons over 1908. and ths-l
/ total number of passengers increasedV
! 514,637.
The report shows that the net in
dividend of per cent on the pre-
| ferred and 41s per cent on the COM
mon stock.
| A large number of the passengermen
/ from the railroad offices in this city
are in Fresno attending the meetings
of the Raisin day committee.
| Fac T. George, general agent of the
| Wabash, received a wire Monday from
/ st. Louis to the effect that George
/ Chenet. a prominent sporting man OF
that city had arranged for a special
/ train from that city to San Francisco
( for the Jeffries-Johnson pugiIistic
event One hundred $50 tickets have
already been ordered for the party and
it is possible that another so will be
asked for. The special is to come via
the Wabash and the Union Pacific
]. P. O'Brien. vice president and gen
eral manager; W. w. Cotton. general
attorney, and George w. Boschke. chief
4 ~ orsp oil Of no
navigation company, are in the city to
attend an important conference with
Judge Robert s. Lovett, president OF
the system.
r. A. Murray. connected with the
local Office of the Great Northern, has
been appointed city passenger agent in
this city.
Judge Robert S. Lovett, president of
the Hartman roads. will not go TO
Eureka this trip. He made that state-l
ment yesterday, but followed it with
the statement that he would visit that
city during the coming summer. when
he will visit San Francisco again. He
and his party will journey over the
Northwestern Pacific Thursday, prob
ably returning in time to leave for the
east the same evening.
G. F. Richardson. superintendent Of
transportation or the southern Pacific.
who left several weeks ago to attend
the merger hearing as witness, re-
turned yesterday morning.
George j. Bradley, formerly agsnt-1
of the Southern railway in this city,
but now traffic manager for the Sac
ramento Merchants and Manufacturers
association. was in the city yesterday
on his way to Los Angeles. where he
will attend the session OF the railroad
commission during the hearing of the
complaint of the associated jobbers OF
that city against the Southern Pacific.