The San Francisco call., 1910-04-01
SANTA FE DEAL
ROUSES LOVETT
Southern Pacific President
Ready to Fight the
Pennsylvania

NHOENIx. Ariz-, March 31.-President
IRobert s. Lovett of the Southern Pa
cifc spent an hour in Phoenix today
following his return from an Inspection
of railroads in Mexico. He departed
later to inspect the Phoenix Eastern
President Lovett is accompanied by
large party of Southern Pacific OF
ficials.
When his attention was called today
to a statement that the Pennsylvanla
railroad might enter California oy ac-
quiring control of the Santa re- JuusS
Lovett said:
Let it come l guess we can take
care of ourselves.
He expressed the opinion that the
talk of the Pennsylvania acquiring the
Santa Fe was intended principally Tor
circulation among stock exchanges
Judge Lovett said that the Phoenix
Eastern would be completed as soon
as Secretary BaIltnger approved the ap-
plication for a right of way through
Box canyon on the ella river on Bal
linger's decision hinged also the pro-
posed construction OF the Colorado
Arizona line.
"Ott." known to people outside the
railway world as Adolph Ottinger, is TO
be the host at a bear barbecue
Saturday. April 2, is the time.
Shorty" Roberts resort the place, and
railroad row is preparing for the feast.
Previous to the banquet Ottinger will
relate his thrilling experience, endured
while trailing the subject of the barbe-
cue in the wilds of Alaska. Warning
is given to those who partake OF the
bear, however, that they should insist
upon "Ott'' telling how he brought the
game TO this city, and how. while he
was asleep, several of his friends white
wa nf
convinced OFT the next morning that
he had captured polar bear.
The party will start from the Flood
building at 1870. Saturday. and will
parade through the city in tallyho
for an hour before starting for
"Shorty's."
Frank Adams, travelling freight agent
of the San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt
Lake. was in the city yesterday for a
few hours.
The Baltimore and Ohio has author
lied an expenditure of 100000 for
erecting a new freight station and pro
viding additional freight terminals at
Wheeling. w. Va. These Improvements
are part of the general plan for bet
ter traffic facilities in West Virginia,
announced several weeks ago.
Large crews of men are now working
on permanent bridges along the washed
out section of the Southern Pacific in
Nevada and in a short time the tenn
pOrary tracks and bridges viii be torn
up or abandoned
The Kansas City. Mexico and Orient
railroad has made application to the
,state land commissioner to purchase 24O
acres of land in Texas in the valley
of the Rio Grande, near Preside del
Norte, where the international bOun-
dary will be crossed.
1t is stated that the road will lay
out a town and establish extensive
terminals there. The crossing point is
about IS miles from the nearest rail-
road point, and il is considered an
ideal location for a town, being about
200 miles below FL Paso and nearly 500
miles from Del Rio. the nearest town
of Importance on the river on the east
The Mexico division OF the road is
now being built up the ConChos valley
from Chihuahua to connect with the
main line under construction through
Texas. The altitude of the proposed
new town and port of entry is about
$500 feet.
]. NJ. Moses. city ticket agent OF the
Santa Fe, who personally conducted the
Santa Fe's recent excursion to Mexico.
returned Wednesday evening and is
back on the job.
ne complaint or the Associated job
bers of Los Angeles against the South
ern Pacific and Santa Fe, over the rates
to the San Joaquin valley will be
heard by the railroad commission I'm
Los Angeles April Is.
F. J. Wheeler. general agent of the
Salt Lake route al Los Angeles. who
has been in the city for several dsvs
left yesterday for the southern part of
the state
Several important changes in the
lpcal Rock Island service were an
nOunced yesterday by General Agent
F. w Thompson
p. A. Zeigenfuss. for a number of
years travelling passenger agent. has
been advanced to the position OF dis
trict freight and passenger agent at
Oakland l. A. Bell Jr.. formerly with
the Gould lines. who recently Joined
the Rock Island forces. is made soIic-
iting passenger and freight agent at
Oakland. and Charles n. Fisher chief
clerk for several years in the Southern
Pacific passenger department under
District Agent Abner Mann, will be-
come travelling passenger agent
Fisher is one of the most prominent
rairoadmen on the Pacific coast and
has host of friends all through the
state. Bernard Stokes will succeed
l. A. Bell Jr. in the local passenger
department