The San Francisco call., 1910-12-20
CHECKS DELAYED:
SO IS SHOPPING
Canadian Pacific Employees
Slow in Buying Their
Christmas Presents

of the Canadian Pacific, started out
Christmas shopping yesterday aft
ernoon. and besides spending about a
half hours time during his lunch hour
spent S5 cents in local and 10 cent
store.
rs that the limit of your purchases.
Joe?" he was asked
Wen" he answered. for the present
Our checks are due and not here and
CONSERVATION reigns in the Office. I'm
going to call up the postoffice this aft
ernoon and tell them to rush things a
little"
W. NJ Cook has been appointed chief
clerk in the Offices of General Agent
w H Davenport of the western Pa
cifc in this city.
H. A. Jackson, assistant general
freight agent of the Great Northern.
with office at Portland was in the city
yesterday on his way to Los Angeles
with his family.
When Gerritt Fort resigned as gem
eral passenger agent of the New York
Central, and was sent back to the Union
Pacific as the chief of its passenger de-
partment the fact that he did so with
the higher title of general passenger
traffic manager was interpreted as
meaning that his authority would not
always be confined to this one road
alone of the Hartman system.
This has been recently confirmed by
iris hoi
the Oregon Short Line, and now 1t is
the further opinion of railroadmen that
he will eventually be empowered to
direct the passenger affairs of the Ore
gon Navigation and the Seattle and
Spokane branches.
Howard Truslow. passenger and
freight agent of the San Pedro, Los
Angeles and Salt Lake road at Santa
Barbara, is in the city for few days.
]. f. Hedden, formerly general su-
perintendent of the Tonopah and Gold
field, more recently with Fitz-Hugh.
Luther company, a railway equipment
firm in New York. has accepted posi-
tion in this city with the Railway Sup
ply and Equipment company.
The legal department of the North
western Pacific fled a demurrer yester-
day with the state railroad commits
sion in the action of William Paff and
other Tiburon residents against the
railroad, in which it was sought to Sc
cure reduction in the passenger fares
between this city and Tiburon and a
better ferry service.
The demurrer sets forth that the pc
tition of Paf does not set forth suf-
ficient facts to cause an action and
that the railroad commission has no
Il icfin inn in ha fer of
service.
Judge f. V. Brown, counsel for the
Great Northern, with office at Seattle,
is due to arrive in this city this morn
ing on his way to Los Angeles.
On Sunday, December 25. the Santa
Fe will make a radical change in its
passenger train service from San
Francisco.
The changes are approximately as
follows:
Train No. 10. which formerly left
San Francisco at 7:15 a. m, running
kersfeld, will leave at $3.50 a. M
new train, No. II, will leave San
Francisco for Stockton, Merced, Fresno
and Bakersfield at a. m.
No. AZ, which leaves San Francisco
at p. m. and is known as the Fresno
local, will leave here at the same hour
and will run through to Corcoran via
Visalia.
The Tourist Flyer from San Francisco
at p. m, will leave at 5:45 p. m.
The California Limited, leaving at 10
p. M, will leave at D. m.
Train No 80, for Stockton. leaving at
1:25 p. m. will leave at lis p. m.
Train No. 3, westbound California
Limited. will arrive at San Francisco
at 1890 p. m. This train formerly
reached San Francisco at 8:45 a. m
No. II, new train from Bakersfield.
will reach San Francisco at $40 a. m.
The $50 a. m. train from San Fran
cisco will make connections at River
bank for Oakdale, Jamestown, Sonora
and Tuolumne and at Merced for Yo-
semitic valley.
The p. m. train from San Francisco
for Corcoran via Visalia will carry a
cafe observation car through to
Fresno. From Fresno the train will
leave at 6 p. m. and carry a sleeping
car through Visalia, Tulare to Cor
back to Fresno via Hanford. This car
will reach San Francisco at $50 a. m.
"The Latest Railroad Across the
Continent" is the title of new PAM
phlet just issued by the passenger de-
partment of the Western Pacific The
booklet is a history of the building of
the Western Pacific from the time the
project was first suggested up until
the time of the actual completion OF
the road and the running over it of the
first passenger train. 1t is profusely
illustrated with views taken during
the special trip last August by repre-
sentatives of the press.