The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
Gossip of RaiIWaymen

lust % days ago yesterday Jack
Inglis, contracting freight agent
" for the Union Pacific, began a
fast to cure a bad case of rheumatism
Yesterday he strutted around the Flood
building and told every railroadman in
the building of his accomplishment
Its just 20 days since I started ii
and today l felt slight pang of
hunger. I've lost 20 pounds. l weigh
just ia and l feel better than l have
for the last Is years. I'll probably eat
tomorrow
Another railroadman who had heard
Ihglis story, followed him around the
building and took straw vote as to
the truthfulness of the yarn. Forty-six
railroadmen in all were visited and Al
of these gave as their opinions that
lnglis should be given the third de-
gree" 1t was the unanimous opinion
of the entire row that something should
be done to Jack.
]. w. Mulhern, recently appointed as
sistant to the vice president and gem
eral manager of the Western Pacific,
was yesterday appointed superinten-
dent of the western division of that
road, with office at Sacramento, vice
c. III. Ketcham, resigned to go with
the Southern Pacific. The appointment
becomes effective today.
Competitive examinations of appli-
cants for two of the eight regular
Frauk Thomson scholarships will be
conducted during the latter part of the
present month These scholarships,
each of which amounts to $500 year.
weIe, established in 1907 and endowed
in the sum of 100000, by the three
children of the late Frank Thomson,
formerly president of the Pennsylvania
railroad, as a memorial to their father.
They were designed to afford to sons
of the living and deceased employees of
all the lines of the Pennsylvania an
opportunity for a technical education
so as to better enable them to qualify
themselves for employment by the
company"
Each year since the establishment of
the fund, two scholarships have been
awarded. With the two to be awarded
this year, there will be a total of eight,
which number will be maintained in
succeeding years.
The examinations correspond in gen.
eral to the entrance requirements of
the scientific departments of the higher
class of universities, colleges and tech
nical schools. They are open to the
sons of some 100000 men; that is, to
the sons of all employees living or de-
ceased of the Pennsylvania railroad
lines.
OF the six persons at present holding
Frank Thomson scholarships three are
students at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, one is at the University of Mich
igan, one at Yale university and one at
Harvard. The college entrance exam
ination board of New York will act for
the railroad company in conducting the
examinations.
j. w. Immons has been appointed
freight agent of the Southern Pacific,
with headquarters at Fresno.
Amos Burr. travelling passenger agent
of the New York Central lines, who has
been laid up for several weeks with a
broken ankle, has improved so that he
can walk about and attend to his duties
The resolutions of the national as
sociation of railway commissioners
adopted at the last annual meeting
were adopted by the state railroad com
mission at its meeting yesterday after
noon.
The matter of compelling the local
express companies to file their tariffs
with the commission was referred to
the attorney general for an opinion
These companies insist that they do not
come under the Jurisdiction of the com
mission.
The regulation relative to half rate
on returned goods was discussed. and
will probably be adopted by the com
mission. The next meeting will be held
at Stockton Friday
/. L. Van Loon has been appointed
Southern Pacific agent at Modesto, vice
f. C. Humphrey.