The San Francisco call., 1910-07-10
Gossip of RdiIWaymen
LTHoUGH fishing has been the


fraternity during the weekend
periods the devotees of pedestrianism
have been having their fling. 1t seems
an unnatural thing for railroadmen to
take to walking. especially when they
are provided with ANNALS. but George
Nave commercial agent of the Chicago
and Northwestern, and ]. F. Simmons,
ticket agent of, the Northern Pacific,
bid fair to outrival the feats of Ed
ward Payson Weston.
Nave and simmons started to walk
to San Jose and back the Saturday be-
fore the fourth. They reached the Car
den City on the morning of the fourth.
having stopped in several of the dry
towns along the way. Nave refused to
walk back and insisted that Simmons
accompany him on one of the local
trains. Yesterday Nave complained
that he had not been in the limelight
to any extent and began to tell of the
fish he caught while on the trip
Had there been a semblance of truth
| in Nave's story about the fish it would
have been published. Simmons is to
be congratulated for his truthfuiness.
Freight and passenger traffic on the
volume any previous record in the his
tory of the system, and if the ratio of
increase shown thus far is maintained
for the remainder of 1910 1t will be the
greatest the Pennsylvania has ever
known. Official figures for the first
five months of this year show that the
freight tonnage was almost as great as
for the corresponding period of 1907,
which was the banner year in the his
tory of the lines. The movement of
freight the first third of the year ex-
ceeded that for the first four months of
1907, but a decrease in May made the
total of five months slightly less than
for the same period of three years ago.
Shortly after the beginning of June,
however. the movement again was
without precedent in tonnage and the
expectation is that 1T will. continue.
Reports indicate that passenger traf-
fic is larger than in any previous year,
which is something of puzzle to the
officials, as 1t is entirely without prece-
dent. Every through train is carrying
at least one extra sleeper, as well as
coach or two, and some of them even
more. while travel by the Is hour train
is averaging so per cent more every
day than before.
Paul Shoup, assistant general man
ager of the Southern Pacific, left yes
terday morning on business trip to
Chicago.
Another month and the Western Pa
cific will open for passenger business.
Equipment is arriving on the line every
day and the organization of the passen-
ger department is we'll under way. E.
L. Lomax, passenger traffic manager, is
now in the east arranging for the es-
tablishment of agencies in the large
90 sfo f.ffi nd h fc ro<, "a
real work will begin in earnest.
Several new appointments in the
cities around San Francisco and on the
coast are expected within the next two
weeks. An agency has been established
at Oakland within the last two days
and force at the Oakland pier of the
company will soon be on the ground.
Recent changes in the organization
of the operating department of the
Union Pacific give to Charles Ware.
general superintendent: C. E. Fuller,
superintendent of motive power and
machinery; r. l.. Huntley, chief engi-
transportation. and T. NJ. Orr, assistant
to the general mana ger. the uniform
titles of assistant general manager.
Effective at once the national lines of
Mexico will discontinue the use of
through bills of lading in exchange for
shippers original dray tickets or initial
line bills, on export shipments, either
by land or water. 1t will cause much
trouble all over the United States, es-
pecially at ports where export ship
ments are delivered to rail carriers.
In addition to this change the Mexi-
can lines exact an increase in the di-
visions they have had from foreign
lines. In some cases they insist on an
increase of 10 per cent and in others
as high as 80 per cent. American lines
are helpless in the matter. The laws
of Mexico require surrender of the
original bill of lading by consignee on
delivery of shipments.
Pop Lyman of the Chicago Great
Western paid his prize fight bet yester-
day at the Transportation club. There
were only three. including Pop at the
luncheon, and Condor insists that ii
was only a part payment.
AT meeting of the directors of the
Texas Central railroad company at
Waco meeting of the stock holders
was called for next week to execute a
mortgage for $20.000,0 900. The money
will be used in extending and improv-
ing the road