The San Francisco call., 1910-09-15
CUT RATE MADE
FOR BOOK FEST
Transportation Men Reduce
Charges for Meals to Sc
cure Volumes

\ BOOK fest is the next entertain
~ ment to be held by the Transporta-
ton club, September "a is the date
set by' the entertainment committee,
and its members have been busy for
week securing talent to amuse the
rallroaders. The library of the club
is being established and every member
ehdt attends is required to bring a book
or set of books. A cut rate has been
established on the meal that is to be
furnished-but only in case a book is
brought. Those who fail to bring the
volumes must pay the full price for
the feast.
seventy carloads of apples left Wat
sohVlIie saturday for eastern points
and Yesterday the information lea loed
out as to the reason for such a heavy
shipment.
The rate on this fruit has been ST.
put when the last classification was
issued the rate was published at s1.40
and the apple growers arose with a
HiShty protest. It was all a mistake
OF the printer, but nevertheless it re-
CURED 80 days for correction. During
the 80 days about 800 cars were shipped
at the $1.40 rate
Now that the rate has gone back TO
u the movement is very large. and
lhe question has arisen whether the
Interstate commerce commission will
cents excess paid while the change was
being made.
i: c. Peck, general passenger agent
OF the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
LAKE with headquarters at Los An
hn oifr
ing of passenger officials.
r. w. Thompson, general agent of
the Rock Island lines, has returned
from trip to the southern part of
the state,
j. w. Conner, agent of the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas, with Office at
Guthrie, Okla, is in the citv on
visit with Mrs. Conner
The new trackage arrangement he
.ween the Frisco and the Southern Pa
cine which is to go into effect Octoher
i, is looked upon as Important ~ 4bs
business and industrial interests of q
large part of the country, and as beine
OF particular Benefit to the railroads
that are parties to the contract
Ihe announcement is made that in
return for the use of the Frisco,s +raci-
City. Mo-, the Southern Pacific is ~
allow the Frisco to operate tram
service over its Houston and Texas
Central line between Fort Worth and
Dallas and Houston, and over its CAL
weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
line between Houston and Galveston.
The Frisco is to operate its trains
over the Santa Fe's track between
Paris and Dallas, thus affording
direct entrance to the latter city for
its ST. Louis line
1t is reported that the Southern Pa
cific is also seeking to secure a route
into st. Louis from Texas and that it
is not improbable that the present
trackage arrangement that exists be-
tween it and the Frisco may be ex-
tended to embrace the latter's st. Louis
line.
George Snyder, president of the Cali
fornia Association of Trafic Agents,
has appointed the following to the
executive committee: A J. Wells.
Harry N. MacGregor, J. E. Warren. s.
M. Tate and L. NJ. Allen. new com
mittee has also been established To he
known as the appeals and grievances
committee. 1t will be comprised of
Harry Landerkin, j. Fl. Lyman and E.
H Torpey.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
G. f. Herr of the Western Pacific re-
ports that there is a large inquiry in
the east about the new line. Eastern
agents of the company are booking
many winter tourists over this route.
p. K. Gordon, general agent of the
passenger department. of the Washing
ton-Sunset route and the Southern pa
cific steamship lines in New Orleans. |
left Chicago last night for this city.
James Horseurgh Jr., general pas
senger agent of the Southern Pacific is |
at Yellowstone national park.