The San Francisco call., 1910-10-02
"BILIY"WARD
PICKS DEAD ONE
Van Cott Retaliates With a
Marvellous Porcelain
Fish Srory

low that Billy Ward of the Pei
M ton water wheel company has sue
ceeded in putting one over on Van
Cott. said Van Cott has retaliated in
putting over a fish story on Ward.
1t seems that Ward visited with
friends across the bay few nights
ago and that he was ushered into a re-
ception room in which was a small
aquarium Floating around in the
water was a fish that looked TO Ward
like a dead tomcod.
Ward wanted to see If 1t was alive
or dead and Immediately pulled off his
coat. rolled up his sleeve and made a
near dive. He brought up a porcelain
fish. and. of course, Immediately became
disgusted.
Employees of the Santa Fe through
out the country are contributing
toward monument to the late ]. e.
Hurley, general manager of the Santa
Fe lines. who died in Europe recently.
Railroad officials and employees riding
"deadhead" hereafter must make way
for the general public in reference to
sleeping cars and berths on the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines, in accordance with
recently issued order.
u. H.
of the Western Pacific, who has been
in New York for several weeks, is ex-
pected to return to this city Monday
or Tuesday.
The Northwestern Pacific will make
several changes in time on October IL.
The suburban schedule will not be af-
fected to any extent, the extra summer
trains being the ones that are to be
taken off.
John NJ Crawley, traffic manager Of
the Nevada, California and Oregon,
with headquarters at Reno. is in the
city on a business trip.
william F. schmidt, general western
agent of the Missouri Pacific, returned
yesterday from a trip to Los Angeles.
B. A. Harnett, acting agent of the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha, who will leave on
October for a two months trip to
the orient was rendered luncheon by
several of his steamship friends in
downtown cafe yesterday.
Joseph N Harrison, Pacific coast
! pa ssenger agent for the Washington
Sunset route, announced yesterday that
T. F. Fitzgerald, formerly with the
| Texas and Pacific in Los Angeles, had
been appointed travelling passenger
la gent of the washington Sunset route
| in Los Angeles to succeed Grove Ketch-
um. who resigned to take service with
Phil K. Gordon and the Sunset lines.
Fitzgerald is one of the most popular
railroadmen on the Pacific coast and
the news of his appointment will be
the cause of many congratulations from
his friends in the game. James HI.
p Mason, travelling passenger agent of
the washington Sunset at Los Angeles,
comes to this city with Harrison, sue
ceeding C. w. Jennings. who also goes
with the Sunset lines.
f. J. Tretheway has been appointed
travelling passenger agent at Los An
geles, succeeding Mason; j. w. Hey
wood becomes city passenger agent in
this city, vice ]. E. McFadden and Nor
ris vinson becomes secretary.
A party of travelling passenger agents
from Seattle, Portland and the Pacific
northwest are due in this city Tues
day on their way to Dallas, Tex, where
they will attend the thirty -eighth an
nual convention of the association of
passenger agents, to be held October
10 and H. The party is in charge of
George H. Andrews, president of the
association.
r. w. Blanch, city passenger agent
for the New York Central lines, left
Yesterday for two months trip over
the lines of his company.
The Santa Fe yesterday began oper-
alton of its new line in Texas from
Lubbock to Lamesa.
Dare Morgan. travelling passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific at Sacra-
mento, was in the city, during the early
part of the week.
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The meeting and banquet of the Cali
fornia Association of Traffic Agents
has peen postponed until Saturday
october s. The members OF the asso-
citation will play a game of baseball
at 2:30 o'clock on the same afternoon
with the members of the Transporta-
tion club at the st. Ignatius grounds.
G. BENJAMIN Condor, the Mysterious
MitcheII' of the railroad fraternity,
will pitch for the Transportation club
The committee in charge of the ball
game and banquet has prepared for an
extra large crowd, but has notified the
memhers that their acceptances must be
sent Immediately. A varied program
of entertainment has been arrang nged,
association talent being all that will
perform.
Prior to the banquet meeting will
be held in the rooms of the Transports
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