Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18
Pay o. TICKET k[N
Passenger Departments Consider
Question Of Advance Of Salary
Of Ticket Sellers
Dropping 81 Commissions Has Re.
duced Their Pay to Low
Figure.
Many Now Receive Less Than One.
Third Of Former Salaries
Other News

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 1s.-Prospects for
a general advance of the salaries OF
railroad ticket agents whose incomes
We're reduced as result of the rail-
roads decision to abolish commissions
on passenger traffic were conside rably
yesterday at the convention
of the American Association Of General
Passenger and Ticket Agents. OH1cials
of some OF the strongest railroads on the
continent started the movement for the
advance. which, for policy's sake, was
not made a feature of the conventions q
regular business. One passenger mana
ger admitted that the interests of de-
serving ticket sellers We're being looked
after. but said that an open movement
for an increase in their salaries might
evoke the wrath of the financial powers
that We're responsible for the adoption
of the anti-commission agreement.
Some railroads already have raised the
salaries of their ticket agents, but the
great majority of agents. perhaps $1,000
or more, have been forced to get along
on incomes in many instances one
eighth of those of the commission days.
Men whose salaries and commissions in
dividually aggregated $500 or more a
month now get only $50. $l5 and $780,.
The adoption of the anti-commisson.
agreement hit the agents in Chicago.
ST. Louis. Indianapolis and other large
railroad centers the hardest.
just what planssthe champions of the
ticket sellers cause will form to bring
about the advance in salaries is not
known. One passenger manager said
that he probably would recommend that
the salaries of agents to be named by
him on his road be advanced.
The general passenger agents in their
sessions started movement to have a
general adoption of paper baggage
checks. doing away With the brass
checks now in common use. The cost of
brass checks is great. and they are con-
ceded to be more inconvenient TO the
public than the less weighty paper
checks. The matter was referred to
the General Baggage Agents of North
America for recommendations.
Considerable discussion came up over
the question of the legality of refusal of
excessive amounts of excess baggage Of
fered by one person. The matter was
turned over to the general baggage
agents for recommendations.
Altho no definite action was taken by
the general passenger agents in regard
to the matter, 1t is likely that the re-
duced rates authorized for the Worlds
Fair al Chicago will be adopted for the
PAN American exposition at Buffalo.
The men chosenias officers of the assoc
lciation for the ensuing year are: II. C.
Townsend of the Missouri Pacific, pres
Iident. James r.. Wood of the Pennsyl-
vania. vice president. and A. j. Smith Of
1.-The Lake Shore. secretary. Asheville.
n c. was selected as the place for the
| next meeting Of the association. and
John Francis Of the Burlington & Mis-
souri, road vas chosen to deliver the ora
1 ton.
James r.. Wood ad lressed the associa-
4 tien last night on the relationship be.
tween the railroads and the public. II
\ the afternoon the officials were enter.
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