The San Francisco call., 1910-03-31

WHET APPETITE.
Joy in Prospect That William
F. Schmidt Is Planning
Oyster Luncheon

ITO celebrate the throwing away OF
| his crutches--and possibly other
events-william F. Schmidt gen.
eral western agent of the Missouri
Pacific. is planning an oyster lunch
con for the members OF the Trans
portation club. So far the entertain
ment has reached only a stage of con-
Iversatton-
1t is planned to get it on paper in a
/ few days and then arrange the invita-
tions. George Nave is arranging the
| invitation list, and the local trans
portation men had better be friendly
with George.
Besides the invitation list. Nave has
prepared another most interesting list
which is bound to attract traffic men.
r. r. Higgins, commercial agent OF
/ the Southern railway. with offices in
| this city, left Tuesday evening for
/ Los Angeles. where he will meet j.
NJ Culp, vice president. and l. l.
Graves, general freight agent of the
company and personally conduct them
/ to this city. The Southern railway
/ is paying considerable attention to
California and looks TO il as one OF the
| largest consumers of southern pro-
ducts and also as heavy producer OF
foodstuffs and manufactures. required
by the steadily growing new south
The consolidation in the near future
of the Oregon Electric and the United
Railways is intimated in an unofficial
statement made recently by Judge c.
R. Carr counsel in Portland for the
Hill roads. 1t is said that John F.
Stevens, former chief engineer OF the
Panama canal. will head the combina-
tion. The consolidation is important.
as il marks the active competition OF
the Hill lines in the business OF the
Willamette valley. heretofore monopo-
lized by the Hartman lines.
T. j. wyche. chief engineer OF the
western Pacific. left yesterday morn
ing for Salt Lake City.
The Baltimore and Ohio has awarded
a contract for the construction OF an
extensive freight terminal at Chicago
Junction, o., on the main line OF the
Chicago division. which viii be the
largest terminal west of Brunswick.
Md. and the second in size on the
system.
The Improvement will cost in round
figures 81 100000 and includes a gravity
or hump classification yard having
a capacity OF $500 cars. with necessary
yard buildings, scales. etc, and reser-
voir of zoo. 100000 gallons capacity.
perhaps the largest ever constructed
for railroad use.
The new freight terminal will con-
tain receiving and classification yards
for eastbound and westbound traf1c,
the capacity OF the former being 1000
cars and the latter 1900 cars.
c. L. Kennedy. commercial agent OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
and ]. B. Hanson. general freight agent
of the Duluth, Mesaba and Northern.
are touring the coast in HansOn's pri-
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city at present and are being conducted
by l. E. Syanton, general agent of the
Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul
E. o. Mccormick, vice president OF
the Southern Pacific. in charge of traf-
fc. left yesterday afternoon for the
south. where he will meet the other
officials of the company, who are on
their way to this city. n
For the six months ended with De-
eember, 423.000 immigrants reached the
United States. indicating for the full
calendar year an increase in popula-
ton from this source OF 100000 people.
AS has been the case for several years,
the greatest number came from Italy.
OF these $4,000 immigrants, 121,5OO
settled in New York state, others seat
named: Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,,
Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, etc. The
number of immigrants arriving in
February, 1910. was $3.50, OF which
44'4ss were males and 1s.4s7 females
A new sleeping car line has just
been established between Chicago and
the copper country via the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Copper
Range roads, via Claiming and Nc
Keever.
Paul Shoup left yesterday evening
for Los Angeles, where he will be for
several days
The Baltimore and Ohio has COM
pleted arrangements for formally
taking over the Chica go terminal trans
fer company, which in the future will
be called the Baltimore and Ohio Chi
eago terminal railroad.
Plans for financing the Lehigh VAL
ley and the declaration Of a melon"
to the stock holders were contained
in a dispatch from Philadelphia yes
terday, which stated that the interests
in the company had agreed upon an i'm
portant plan of financing.
The arrangement is said to include
a declaration of q so per cent cash
dividend, or S25 per share on the $40
100000 Lehigh Valley stock, which will
repay a part OF the improvements to
the property made OF late years from
the eompany's earnings.
1t Is further proposed, Il Is said. to
give the stock holders an opportunity
TO take for each share they hold an
other share of stock at its par value
OF $50, which will furnish money for
the cash dividend and for still further
improvements and the redemption Of
ss.00o.000 OF second mortgage per
cent bonds maturing next September.