The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-03
TRAFFIC is BRISK.
Big Rush On Rail
roads Running In
to Worcester.
LOTS OF EASTER TRAVEL
G. @. Burnett's New Posi-
ton Or The N. Y, N. H.
s. Fl. System.
LOTS OF EASTER TRAVEL

passenger traffic on all local railroads
running into Worcester was unusually
good the past week, and especially
toward the Latter end of the week. The
increased business was mainly due to
the i6TBe amount of people coming in
fro1n tBe country towns to do Easter
Shopping The fine weather Of the past
Few days had good effect on the pas
senaeF trahlc
Tbs western rate war also affected
the business to a considerable extent.
There has been a large increase on
markings to the Pacific coast. The
trouble that follows the alleged home
seekers, rates by the Great Northern
and the Northern Pacific helps the
business of the eastern roads, who
fight shy of all rate cutting, but who
are in evidence when the profit-sharing
time comes.
The success that has attended the
the cheap-rate movement on the lines
mentioned does not favor their early
withdrawal. This was indicated when
q Joint petition of the other trans-con-
tinentad lines was drawn up and pre-
scented to the Great Northern, request
ing that the old rates be substituted
for the new ones, and was rejected by
President Hill of that road. In his re-
ply he Is quoted as saying that there
were vast tracts of rich farming lands
on the line of his roads that had been
opened for settlement, and N order to
bring them before the public and to
arouse interest in the new territory
among those who were contemplating
q change Of location, he had adopted
what had appeared to him the best
means By which this result could be
realized, that of low rates of trans
portation.
IN addition to the disturbance in the
west. that follows the reduction in the
second -class rates, there is trouble
brewing for the Pennsylvania, and the
Lake Shore regarding the length of
time the roads can make between New
York and Chicago. The weak roads
refuse to advance their rates to the
level OF those in effect via the Michigan
Central. the Lake Shore and the Penn
sylvania roads, and as these roads do
not get business from their weaker
competitors, 1t is believed that they will
go after this traffic through the medi-
UNI Of faster trains-trains that will so
out distance the differential roads that
lIdRGlEIS Will pay ll6 tAlId lWO WI
lars between Chicago to New York for
the strong lines and faster time.
1t is believed In railroad circles that
freight rates are being rigidly main
tained A careful canvass of the mar
ket fails to reveal a single instance
where authorized tariffs are cut Many
shippers are pessimistic however, and
are not Inclined to believe that the
present condition of rates will continue
Innnfh of fixn6
c. C. Burnett assistant supermtend-
ent Of the Worcester division of the
New York New Haven and Hartford
Railroad has been put in charge OF
the department. of employment OF that
road The employment bureau of the
road is new idea in the railroad bust
ness. and provides for the hiring of
help for the road. Many systems have
been IN existence for the best dlsciplin-
ing Of negligent employees of the va
rious roads. Some Of the roads have
what Is known as the Brown system,
which Provides for a plan of marking
when an employee is careless, or fails
to carry out the instruction as he
should When the maximum has been
reached the mans discharge follows.
With the new system in effect on the
New York New Haven and Hartford
Railroad, the suspension system is IA
vored as being the best
Applicants for positions on the road
will now be required to fill out blanks
and present them to the employment
bureau. where the application is placed
on file and when men are needed, they
viii be subjected to physical exami-
nation and selected from the list on file
in the Employment bureau. The sus-
pension system will be enforced, and
each one of the 10000 employees of the
road will be designated by a number.