The San Francisco call., 1910-02-03
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

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w dominoes with the president ef
the clubg' asked an eastern
railroadman visiting at the Transpor-
tation club the other day.
Why, that's c. T. RunyOn. presi
dent of the Mill Valley and Mount Ia
malpais road" answered his host He
plays good game of donrfnoeS, doesn't
heT'
Il wasn't paying particular attention
to his skill. but at the way he insists
In laying the donlinoes. He appears t.
want them to be in crooks and curves
and will not stand for a straight
line
If YOU had ever taken trip over.
his line or had read any OF the roads
advertising matter you could see the
reason easily was the answer
y T. Henderson, travelling passen-
ger agent OF the Compagnie Generals
Transatlantique. with of7ces in New
York city, is visiting on the Pacific
coast.
With a membership Of 14s.s6S men
out OF approximately $4,000 employees.
the Pennsylvania relief fund paid OUT
in December, 1893, s166,1O9.4O. Accord-
ing to the report for December, issued
yesterday. there has been paid in bene-
fits since the relief funds were astab-
4 - L
On the lines east of Pittsburg ard
Erie in the month OF December pay
ments to the amount of S1s,473.40 were
made TO members of the relief fund.
In benefits to the families OF members
who died S4S.2S2.2O was paid. while
to members inca Facilitated for work the
benefits amounted TO $6S.19I.20. The
total payments on the lines east OF
Pittsburg since the relief fund was
established have amounted to see
O31,S61.20.
In December the relief fund OF th~
lines west of Pittsburg paid out total
of s50.236. of which sci, SEQ was for
the families of members who died ana
s2S.7S6 for members unable TO work
The sum of s7,441, ,s51.6f represents the
total payments OF the relief fund OF
the Pennsylvania lines since IL was
established in 1889.
w. III. Snedaker general agent of
the Illinois Central in this city. left
last evening for Chicago for confer
enee with the officials OF his road.
Chicago. Milwaukee and Puget Sound.
with offices at Seattle, is in the city or
a visit
William r. Wheeler. manager OF the
merchants exchange traffic bureau
sunday night for Washington. where
they will argue for san Francisco in
the Reno rate hearing
Investigations into the charges
against Wilder Colby OF riding in an
auto, preferred by Clyde Colby, were
temporarily suspended yesterday pend
ing the return OF Clyde Colby from San
Jose. 1t appears as IL the defense
would win its case, in which event the
Erie representative will be compelled
to purchase several Transportation
tion.
Several private ears with parties OF
capitalists are bound for this city and
will arrive within the next week j. :
and ". s Kuhn of Pittsburg. with a
party of IL bankers, are coming out to
inspect the Kuhn reclamation projects
| in the San Joaquin and Sacramento
valleys. ID. c. Jackson will arrive here
in the private car Cypress February 3
Among the other prominent people
coming in private cars are Major $. l..
n. Slocuna. second cavalry. military at
tache at St Petersburg, and II. s. Van
Duzer,
The railroad commission is now in
it's new offices in the ferry building and
the most complete system OF tariffs
ever gotten together since the commits
sion was first made state body has
been gathered BY Secretary Walter D
Wagner
The commission now has three
rooms. one large room being used ex-
elustveIy for sessions of the commits
sion. The Offices have been cornpIetelv
refurnished with Sp to date desks and
Ming cases and there is not paper in
the office that cam not be found Within
Is seconds, 50 complete is the new
system
Secretary Wagner personally has
supervised the Installation OF the SyS-
tenn. and eastern rsliIroadmen who have
visited ~the office declare the system
perfect Wagner has been compliment
ed by the members OF the commission
for his efficient work
The stock holders OF the St Louis.
Iron Mountain and Southern voted yes
terday to increase the capital stock 10
( s190.e00-00o. The increase is $50 O00-
oe0. The absorption OF q auxiliary
lines and an Increase OF ss5.eoee0e h,
the bonded Indebtedness. out OF whica
the lines win be improved. were voted
on faverabIs-