The San Francisco call., 1910-01-15
Gossip of RaiIwaymen
uNH HAT is a steinfest?'' asked
w H K. Gregory assistant gen

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\xf H. K. Gregory, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the
Santa Fe, as he perused his invitation
to the steinfest to be given in the
rooms of the Transportation club to-
night.
but according to the names at the end
of this invitation I guess it'll be pretty
good"
why. don't you know what stein
fest is?" asked Max Podlech.
Say, Jim, Mr. Gregory don't know
what steinfest is. Did you hear that,
Duckworth?"
Well what is steinfest?" asked
Gregory, curiously.
'Ha, ha." laughed Podlech. why,
a steinfest is an invitation to get
drunk. 1 intend to remain away"
Paul S. Weaver. travelling passenger
agent of the Rock Island in Cincinnati,
agent at Nashville. He will be sue
ceeded by Frederick A. Haas. city pas
senger agent at Buffalo.
1t is said that the Pacific and Idaho
Northern has been purchased by the
Weyerhauser interests, which have
large timber holdings few miles from
the terminus of the road, and that it
will be extended to their holdings and
on to a connection with the Northern
Pacific.
T. M. Schumacher, vice president in
charge of traffic of the western Pa
cific, will leave for the east in a few
days. In speaking yesterday of ap-
pointments to be made by him, he said
that he might make one before leaving
but would not promise.
Statistics just completed show that
from January 1, 1900. to the same date
this year, not single passenger was
killed on the Lackawanna as the result
of a train accident.
During this period the road carried
193,787,224 passengers, equivalent to
twice the population of the United
States and equaling that of Germany,
England, France, Spain and Italy. Each
passenger travelled an average of 19.1
miles.
Passenger trains made 69,34O.sOS
miles, which is equal to operating 1927
separate trains from New York to San
Francisco. and the equivalent of one
continent continuously for more than
54 years.
C. S. Brown. travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Colorado Mid
land, with Office at Los Angeles. is in
the city on business.
said Charlie" Chisholm, head of the
train service bureau of the Southern
Pacific passenger department, when he
came down to the Office yesterday morn
ing. The event took place Thursday
morning, and Charlie" went down to
the office. although he had been given
a holiday, and started to brag about
the new girl.
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Union Pacific railway com
pany held in New York yesterday Will
liam Stewart Tod was elected to MEM
bership to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of John s. Kennedy.
W. H. Snedaker. general agent of the
Illinois Central left Thursday night
valley. The trip is purely business
one, as there are no airships flying in
that region.
The Mexican or Vera Cruz company
has under consideration plans for
building a new bridge over the Bar
ranca de Metlac, one of the scenic
points on its line. 1t is proposed to
erect structure which will unite the
two sides of the deep valley in a direct
line, making a cutoff of about 10 miles.
The height of the new bridge will be
about 400 feet.
returned yesterday from a business
trip through the Sacramento valley.
The funeral of Henry G. 'Thompson.
general agent of the transcontinental
scrip bureau in this city, will be held
this afternoon at o'clock from his late
residence, I'LL Brush street, Oakland.