The San Francisco call., 1910-07-26
Gossip of RaiIWaymen

Sam Booth, general passenger agent
of the Union Pacific, put over a good
one on l.. III. Nutting, general eastern
passenger agent of the Hartman roads,
during the convention of the passenger
officials of those lines last month.
1t was after adjournment had been
taken az Del Monte and the crowd was
on the way to Tahoe Between Truckee
and Tahoe Nhtting began to feel of his
face and was heard to remark that he
could stand shave Booth overheard
the remark and dswinked at Tom Ander-
son of the Galveston, Houston and San
Antonio.
"You can get shave at Tahoe all
right he said. If the squaw is work
ing
'Squaw?" queried Nutting-
Yes" said Booth. they have a
squaw up there for a barber. but she
goes off fishing whenever she gets the
inspiration, and sometimes the guests
at the tavern have TO wait for several
days to get a shave
This is a great country you have
out here" commented Nutting. Il sup
pose that the manicurist is also
squaw."
NO" said Booth, "the manicurist is
buck. He's the squaw's husband"
Nutting reached the tavern prepared
to allow the Indian to scrape his face
saw the white barber in his white suit.
R L. Ford, commercial agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul. with
headquarters at Spokane, was in the
city yesterday. He and Lou stanton
searched all yesterday morning for
each other and finally came together at
the Transportation club at noon-
The annual report of the Missouri
railroad commission gives statistics
showing that 353 persons were killed
and 1886 injured as the result OF ran,
road accidents occurring In missouri
during the year ending July so, 1903.
This is an increase over 1908
One hundred and twenty-five mem
bers of the knights of Columbus le1t
yesterday over the Santa re Tor que,
bee. Stops will be made at the Grand
CANYON. Chicago. Niagara Falls and
MortreaI. Tourist Agent David F. Sup
pie is in charge of the party
II is rumored that ]. M. Gruber' gen.
eraI manager of the Great Northern ls
to be made first vice president IN
charge of operation. an office that has
been vacant since August 1sof.
G. A. Mauk. general agent of the
Arizona Eastern at Globe, who mas oeeh
visiting in this state for the iasL tWo
weeks, left last night for his home
city
7 A. Hayward. formerly general
agent of the West Point route or AT
Ianta. Ga. has retired from the raii-
road field and has purchased large
ranch near Hayward in this state he
will settle there with his family
F. Coons. commercial agent of the
Rock Island lines at Los Angeles, was
in the city yesterday in conference Win
F. w. Thompson
There is a total single track railway
mileage in the United States of 2S6.SoS
miles. an increase over the previous
year of s.215 miles. according to the
summary of the twenty second annual
reDort of the interstate commerce COM
mission. covering the fiscal year ended
Tuna 20 1909 The total number OF
EMPLOYEES on the payrolls of the steam
railroads of the country was l,5O2.Sz".
on Increase of 6654S over the previous
wear and an average of 63S per each
100 miles Par value OF railway prop
erty was s17. .S6S,sS5. OF this amount
s1a III Ss7.733 was outstanding. rep
rasentinS a Capitalization of s59.259 per
-,iTa of line. of the total capital out
standing there existed as stock SI,6sS,-
97S 545 of which S6.21S.3S2,4S5 was
common and S1.467,S96.060 was pre-
ferred: the remaining part, S9,S01 ,o90,-
500 represented funded debt or the
total capital stock outstanding 1923
per cent paid no dividends
". X. McAlIister, general agent OF
the Southern Pacific at Denver, was IN
the city Yesterday with his son. He
will leave this evening.