The San Francisco call., 1910-09-13
NICKEL PLATED
JUBILEE COMING
the Bank Is Opened
How Those Rail Birds
VIII Begin to Sing
:. BELL, district freight and pas

BELL, district freight and pas
senger agent Of the Salt Lake
route, has been collecting nickels
for the last six months and within the
next few days the bank viii be filled
and there is a good time coming TO the
railroad fraternity.
The bank which represents cash
register and receives only nickels.
holds just SO, and it is on this that
Sell has extended an invitation,
through the railroad column of The
can, TO the transportationmen.
II would like TO call their attention
o-the fact that the bank can not be
opened until SO has been deposited,
and If a few of them viii come into the
Office and deposit their spare nickeIs
we viii have the good time earlier"
says Bell. in concluding his invitation
The state railroad commission will
hold its regular monthly meeting this
afternoon.
r f. Smythe, general freight agent
Of the Kansas City Southern, who Wis
tied in this city last week. is contem-
plating opening an agency on the Pa
cifc coast
J. II. Pearman. district passenger
agent Of the Western Pacific, returned
yesterday morning from a visit TO Los
Angeles.
II st John Waggaman has been pro-
NOTED from chief rate clerk Of the sun
set-Central to travelling freight agent
Of the Houston East and West Texas.
G. r Herr. assistant general passen-
ger agent Of the Western Pacific. re
turned last night from New York
r. z. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager OF the Southern Pacific.
returned yesterday morning from Chi
cago. where he attended meeting of
the general managers of the Hartman
lines The report that the Hartman
lines we're discussing retrenchments is
unfounded, he says
The Illinois Central is to make = six
months test Of a new invention for
delivering and picking up mail by fast
trains.
The division ohaces of the Union Pa
cific al ogden are to be removed Octo-
Der 1 to Green River, wyo.
Paul Shoup, assistant general mana
ger Of the Southern Pacific. in charge of
electric lines, returned yesterday from
Los Angeles.
H. X. Gregory, assistant general
passenger agent Of the Santa Fe. has
been appointed chairman. and Norman
". Hail. contracting freight agent OF
the Santa Fe: Henry Avila. passenger
. agent OF Zhe Southern Pacific and WI
liam F. Schmidt, general western agent
of the Missouri Pacific. members of
committee to arrange for a midwinter
excursion OF the Transportation club TO
the Yosemite valley
The committee has been appointed at
this early date so that all arrange
Tments can be perfected in time and the
mem bers Of the club notified. Arrange
ments are 10 be made so that the
members can take their wives. the in
vitation having been extended by viii
liam Babb, manager of the hotel at Ell
Portal
Captain W H. Payson, president os
the Northwestern Pacific and assistant
TO the president OF the Santa Fe. re-
turned Sunday from Chicago.
As published a week ago in The Call.
The interstate commerce commission has
announced a postponement until De-
cember j Of the effective date OF the
orders IN the Pacific coast cases. This
was done at the instance OF the Pacific
Coast jobbers' and manufacturers asso-
citation and the trafic bureau of the
Merchants exchange, so that the mer-
chants can complete purchases and con-
tracts for the coming spring prior to
the change in rates and for several
other reasons, all important to Pacific
coast jobbers.
= The request was for an extension of
the orders effectiveness to May /, 1911.
but this the commission declined TO do.
Both the traffic bureau and the jobbers
and manufacturers' association are of
the opinion that the relation Of rates
TO Reno points ordered or foreshadowed
IN the Reno cases and the San Fran
cisco distributive rate case is unjust
10 the coast
That the Sacramento Reno rate is
sour times as high per ton per mile as
me Chicago-Reno rate, while Chicago
and Mississippi river common points are
the greatest competitors of the coast
cities IN this territory. is one Of the
arguments Of the Pacific coast ship
pers-