The San Francisco call., 1910-07-14
Gossip of RaiIWaymen

bash, who has been making an in
spection trip of the Gould system.
particularly the Western Pacific. left
Tuesday night for his home via Port
land and Seattle. He was highly
pleased with the latest of the Gould
lines and said that the Western Pacific
would inaugurate an exceptional pas
senger service.
C. Fahey, terminal agent of Morgan's
Louisiana and Texas, with headduar-
ters at New Orleans, is in the city for
a few days This is Fahey's first visit
to San Francisco for several years. He
could present no argument in favor of
New Orleans for the Panama exposi-
tion in 1915.
The Santa F'e- has ordered apparatus
to equip 460 miles of its line with tele-
phone for dispatching trains The out
side construction work Is already un-
der way and eventually all traffic and
all Grain movements on the Santa Fe
will be directed by telephone. At pres
ent 2.275 miles of the line are so
equipped.
B. ]. Rowe. assistant general freight
agent of the Illinois Central, with
headquarters at ST. Louis, was visi-
tor in the city yesterday. He is max
ipg an Inspection trip of the offices of
the Illinois Central on the Pacific coast.
w. ]. Shotwell assistant general
freight agent of the Western Pacific,
made hurried trip to Sacramento
Tuesday The Sacramento office of the
Western Pacific is making good and
Shotwell has been called to the capital
several times recently to assist in the
ma II Inc Of =hi incr or
routings.
Clyde ". Colby of the Erie is brag
ging about the accomplishment of the
freight department of that road during
the month of June. The latest report
from the head office shows that out of
295 fast freight trains run during that
month on the Erie, 2s1 reached their
destinations on time.
The Santa Fe is enlarging upon its
farming instructions to farmers on it's
lines. The road has secured Professor
H. NJ. Bainer of the Colorado expert
ment station, to assist Professor ]. d.
Tinsley in the agricultural demonstra-
tion work. Professor Bainer will be-
gin work in the panhandle district of
Texas soon and will devote the most
of his time to that section. While Pro-
fessor Tinsley will give the greater
part of his time to the New Mexico
districts.
E. M, Pomeroy. Pacific coast agent of
the Star Union line of the Pennsylvania
lines, returned yesterday from an ex-
tended trip throughout the east.
The Northwestern Pacific is arrang-
ing for a special train for August for
the annual jinks of the Bohemian club
R0hami3n Monte
The special will leave this city 3:15
p. m. on August 5, returning the even
ing of August Z.
Harry Isaacs, assistant general bag
gage agent of the Santa Fe. with head
quarters at Los Angeles, was in the
city yesterday on business.
H. C. Piculell, formerly with the Bal
timore and Ohio at Omaha, has been Sc
1ected as the successor to Edwin An
dersoh, as Pacific coast agent of that
new duties today.
G. A Mauk, general agent of the Ari-
zona Eastern at Globe, Ariz.. who has
the distinction of being secretary of
the Globe chamber of commerce and
state, is visiting with relatives at Wat
sonville.
i. n. Nelson, city passenger agent of
the Santa Fe at Chicago, is in the city.
He is in charge of the train bearing the
delegates to the chemists convention.
G. W. Luce. general freight agent of
the Southern Pacific, is In Chicago en-
gagged in checking up the recent
changes in rates made by the interstate
commerce commission.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
has reduced the number of freight
crews in active service on both the
Philadelphia and middle divisions and
is preparing to reduce the time in the
extensive shops in Harrisburg. The
reductions are due to dull traffic, it is
said.
w. A. Becker has been appointed
general passenger agent of the Queen
and Crescent and the Alabama Great
Southern, succeeding the late w. c..
Rinearson.
Isaiah Wheeler, general colonization
agent of the Union Pacific. with head
quarters at Omaha, is in the city.