The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18
Gossip of RalIwaymen

HE glass IN the rear door OF the
Office of the Rock Island is broken
again. 1t seems impossible to keep
a whole pane of glass in that door, and
+. w. Thompson, general agent, has
ABOUT resolved to stop buying new
glass.
The door has been broken three
times within about six weeks, and
every time by different person. Some
say that it is because of the location
Of Thompson's private office, which is
! about four feet from the door They
say that they always have to open
the door wide and then go around a
corner to see if Thompson is in. while
II the glass is broken they can look
right in.
1t looks as if the glass would re-
main broken.
Jay Adams. Pacific coast passenger
agent of the Nickel Plate, returned
saturday from a trip over the south
ern part of the state.
A concession has been granted by the
| Guatemala government to David E.
thompson, president of the Pan-Amer-
| lean railroad, to build the international
! bridge to be used for railway and
| highway traffic over the Suchiate river
| between Mexico and Guatemala. The
Mexican government has already
granted permission to build the bridge,
| which will be used principally for an
entrance for the Pan-American into
| Guatemala.
! Edmond r. Gregory, travelling pas
! senger agent of the Santa Fe at Los
Angeles, and son of II. r. Gregory.
assistant general passenger agent of
the Santa Fe, is in the city for a few
days.
1t is unoff1cially reported that the
| rate on canned salmon to Chicago and
west, which, it was reported, was to
be reduced again TO 65 cents. will NOT
| be changed, mainly, it is said, because
! of the protests of the fruit shippers,
who insist that they should secure
! reduction canned fruits If re-
! duction is made on salmon.
Another railroadman was made
happy Saturday night when Reginald
Graves, city passenger agent of the
Salt Lake route, received a wire that
his wife would arrive about o'clock.
| Graves, however, Will have a difficult
time in explaining the robbery of his
fat, which occurred week ago.
The Transportation club has decided
to give Dutch dinner to ]. r. Weeks.
! traffic manager of the Union oil COM
| pany Saturday night. Weeks will
around the world. stopping at various
ports to establish asphalt plants for
the company.
/ The construction of several new lines
| of railroad and extension of existing
lines through virgin timber belts of
| eastern Texas will soon be started. One
is promoted by the Southern lumber
| company, which is obtaining right of
way to build road from a point in
Caddo parish, Louisiana, to Jefferson,
! Tex. While this road will be con-
structed primarily for thefpurpose OF
utilizing a large tract of timber which
it will penetrate, it will also perform
a regular freight and passenger serv-
ice, it is stated.
Another new line is the Memphis,
! Dallas and Gulf, projected to run be-
tween Memphis, Tenn, and Dallas. 1t
is said that 1t will traverse a virgin
timber region OF Arkansas and eastern
Texas. The construction of this road
has been in progress for some time in
| Arkansas, 45 miles, between Ashdown
and Murfresboro. being completed
4 and in operation. The survey will soon
be finished.
The route is already located for more
than 900 miles. The proposed road will
have a total length of about $50 miles.
According to the statement of w. w.
Brown, president, cash bonuses aggre-
eating $1,Os5,OO0 have been raised in
aid of the enterprise.
1t has been held by the interstate
commerce commission that carriers may
not defeat their published through
fares with party rate tickets. The case
before the commission presented this
situation: The tariffs of certain car
riers provided 10 party fare from
, point A to point B. but no such fare
from B to c. Upon inquiry whether it
would be legal to ticket party of 10
, from A to c on the basis of party fare
from A to B and the individual fares
from B to c. when such combination
makes less than the joint through in
dividual fare from A to C, the commits
sion held that, while a party of 10
acting on their own initiative, would
have the right to use the party fare
J from A to B, and to purchase such
.. transportation as it available from II
to c, the carriers may not ticket them
through from A to c on such a combi-
! nation, and thus defeat their own pub
lished through fare.