Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-06
RAILWAYS.
Efforts to Reduce the
Price Of BerthS.
ALL TEXAS ROADS EXCEPT KATY
USE PULLMAN CARS.
CONTRACTS DIFFER.
ASSOCIATION ROADS PAY MILEAGE
BUr RECEIVE oNE.HALF OF
THE NET PROFITS.
Rock Island and Southern Pacific
Are OF This Ciasr-otber Texas
Lines Not In It
CONTRACTS DIFFER.

An investigation here yesterday In
the matter of the proposed movement
for a reduction Of 20 per cent In the
price OF sleeping car berths re-
voolod the fact that II has not
extended very far into Texas. About
al! that has been done In that dlrec-
ton Ia the reception OF a letter from
General Passenger Agent Ford OF the
Pennsylvania by General Passenger
Agent CASTOR Meslier OF the Texas
nnd Pacific. and possibly some others,
asking for an expression Of opinion
In the natter.
Az IL well known every line IN Texas
uses Pullman sleeping cars. with the
exception OF the Katy. which cancelled
7 It's contract few years ago and pro.
] cecded To put on Wagner slceperg.
While the Held In this section II COW
cred by the Pullman company with
/ the above single exception, there Is "A
! difference In the provisions Of the re.
| spectiyr contracts not generally known
| aud understood. The Pullman com
! pnny contracts with what arc termed
| Association" ana "npn-nbsocia ton"
| roads upon what IL 20 all purposes
y common basis, but there Is a marked
! difference
| owns a ohe-hnlr Interest In ench Pull
Z man sleeping ear operated on ITS Inc.
| These roads pay to the Pullman COM
| pnny, under TIM terms OF their com
tract 3 cenlu per mile for every mile
run by Pullman sicepIng car In adj
dltion to thla the Pullman company
! collects the berth fees, and after the
| payment of AL the cxpcnFrs NJ opera
! ton the railway company receives ono.
| half OF the entire net revenue derived
from the sleeping car service.
| Non-assoointion roads are those
which ray the Pullman company
! cents per mile for each and every mile
travelled by Pullman sleeper with
| out my final recourse OF te Jackpot,
ms is the case with association roadR.
| The .Gn2etle's Information n tat
! the only association rhada In TcS1p.
/ barring any Arrangement the Katy may
| have with the Wagner company, arc
| the Rock leland and Southern Pacific
! interests. The Rock Island operates
| rorty-seVen Pullman sleeping cars on
! Sta entire system. and owns n half m
/ tercpt In each OF them with the Pull
| man company
The Southern Pncinc eystcm also op.
crates a large number Of ,hcsc cars.
and own n throe-fourths Interest IN ali
/ that run regularly on the sveten.
| Nhrcc-fourthH ownerst IN is the uimost
] limit allowed by the pullman company
! and under those conditions the ipnd
owning TINT amount in the cara oner.
! atcd my the cents milenge and F.t
/ thtee-rontths OF the net earnings nrtcr
| All EXPENSES have been provided for
! When the subject OF reduction In
| the price OF upper bcrthp wns brought
10 the attention NJ the luke OF poll-nnn
| recently his eSoellency vouNhsafed the
! Information that the operation Of these
cars waa not near 50 profitable ~ WINS
Imagined by the vulgar herd He nd
mi'ted That the Pullman comrany had
been able to declare large divldends
~ the face OF gencral fepress'on
thht has pnralrsed many OF the lead.
Ing intprests OF the country, but he
eays these dividends were earned by
outside interests. such ~ shows etc
Of course the several ruhlic car red.
ily understand why the nike OF Pull
man should object TO n e5 per cent re-
duction IN the price OF upper bor'hs.
ps such n reduction r'ust necessarily
Impair revenues A 20 ner cent re-
ducNnn In upper berths means lower
herths at - pnd upper ones Mt $3.50.
II tnenna the flllnw ur ~ alear Ing cars
ma consequent cutting nm OF mile
nre on extra cars II means n roesI-
bile reduction OF ~ 10 ncr cen, In the
revenue FROM easoelatinn roads AMI
perhaps more from hon.aeso~iation
roads. ~ It will tend to cut on tie dc.
mnna for extra rars conseu'ent nrnn
travellers refusing to occunv uppAr
bertha nj the same price ma are charged
Tor lower ones.
Another. p'int that suggests It,
self In this connection 10 whetN-
the price or upper bcr,hs vii
| stimulate the PATRONAGE of slsenihr
cars ~ the nolnt that win Justify Tho
reduction There are an,ne MS lnrE-
headed railway people IN Fort worth
az can be found In the Union, ana there
| are among them those who do no, hrs.
| ithte TO exnreas the opinion that n is
an experiment ~ doubtful expedIercv,
The fact that there onne preveileA
the very same nrices as those now 70.
Ing ngltateA-that IL, when TIVE rail.
| ways operated their own sleArers nna
the snme objections were urged /, tho
upner ronsfs as are Rrpuci at thls
| time, 70 pointed 10 M an evidence that
the scheme II imprhctiNahle,
| St'il there Ia M doubt but Tint thar
! should eytst a difference In the nrjees
charged for the accommodatio They
are FAR from being equal, AMI I've n,en
| who has IN take what IA loft br HE
rlrre fortunate tellow.unveler stoS,a
| not be eomnelled 10 paw 40 much Tor
| the inferior accommodations he is
! forced 10 accept.
II Ia nlso n seif.ev,aent nrnp,s,,,n,
that the present situation wo-ks ,~u~h
| OF n herashin on the wceker Iinrs'
whlch ARE fo-red to nay trlhnie Ia the
/ puilman companv--in snine l-e,nnoee
for hauling more ears than any re>es.
{ stv rails for. Such lines FEEL move in.
terest IN a movement calculated 10
lessen their exnerse pcronnt
II seers. however. differences exist
among. railway peorle % 10 what 10
| really best. THO rnhiic thinks That 70
for lower herths. sihn for unrer ONES
ana a porter not continually on the
lookout for "hacksheesh" would be
about the proper caper
MATTER OF COTTON RATES.
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