The San Francisco call., 1910-04-28
Gossip Of RaiIWaymen
TIE traffic organization of the

TIE traffic organization of the
Western Pacific will be completed
in three weeks. T. NJ Schumacher,
vice president in charge of traffic, left
last night for New York, where he will
confer with other officials of the COM
pany and complete preparations for
beginning of passenger traffic in June.
A part of the equipment for the new
road is already at Salt Lake City, and
will be placed in operation as soon as
the officials are ready. A portion of
the passenger equipment of the Denver
and Rio Grande will probably be used
by the Western Pacific until all the
new cars are ready.
Z. Z. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Southern Pacific,
returned yesterday from Los Angeles.
where he has been for several days
with his family.
The Mexican government has granted
concession to Alberto Lagorreta to
build railroad between Queretaro
and San Jose Iturbide. The line will
be about so miles long and will traverse
a territory in high state of agricul-
tural development and lacking in
transportation facilities LagOrreta
will build the line with his own funds,
it is said. 1t Will connect with the
National Railways of Mexico at Quere-
taro.
The Railway and Engineering Re-
view of March IL prints an excellent
description of the Western Pacific rail-
road construction.
The annual meeting of the traffic rep
faff - oil Cf
lines is scheduled to take place in this
city June Z.
II. L. MetcaIf, chief clerk of the
operating department of the Southern
Pacific company. was yesterday granted
an indefinite leave of absence by Z. E.
Calvin, vice president and general
manager of the company. Metcalf
plans to take a trip to the southern
part of the state for his health, which
has not been the best for several
months on account of the confining ma
ture of his position.
During Metcalf's absence F. w
Huller viii take up his duties. Met
calf will probably remain away from
San Francisco a year.
The railroad fraternity is anxiously
awaiting news from Fresno, at which
place Lew Stanton of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul and sam Booth
of the Union Pacific are sojourning.
when either of these two railwaymen
get into a city there is going to be
something going on. but when both
of them reach the same place at the
same time, telegraphic dispatches are
expected.
c. L. Sivley has been appointed gen
eral attorney of the Illinois Central to
succeed w. S. Kenyon, who recently
resigned to become assistant 10 the
attorney general of the United States
Sfyley has been assistant general So
licitor of the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley since 1907. with headquarters
at Memphis In his new position he
viii have charge of litigation on the
Illinois Central system in the states
south of the Ohio river.
President Willard of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad is understood to have
recommended recently to the board Of
directors the purchase of $4,000 new
freight cars, which will involve prob
ably an expenditure of between SIS
900 and $40, 900. This recon-
mendation has not been officially acted
upon by the board. but it is under
stood that the directors favor it.
The canals or the state OF New YORK
will be opened for traffic May 15. ex-
cept the Black river canal, which will
not be opened until June 1.
c. H. Hitchcock Jr. has been ap-
pointed general freight and passenger
agent of the Salt Lake and Ogden,
with office at Salt Lake City. succeed
ing f. III. Worsley, resigned.
J. r. Cahill, city passenger agent Of
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
at Boston, has been appointed district
passenger agent, with Office at Pitts
burg, Pa, succeeding L. II. McCor-
mick, promoted.
An officer of the Oregon Short Line
writes that surveys have been made
for an extension of the present sec
ond track from Salt Lake City north
to Farmington.