Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-11
MAINE NEWS. IN BRIEF
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.

in all of the railroad stations will be
removed Immediately.
The porters on the Boston and Maine
passenger cars have been laid off until
the change of time in the spring.
H. F. Burpee, who has been assistant
general freight agent of the Washing
ton county road. has been promoted to
general freight agent.
Carrot Vliet, assistant master me-
chanic of the Grand Trunk railway,
has removed from Gorham, n. H., to
Portland and is now residing in the
Deering district.
James LawlOr, clerk in the stores de-
partment of the Grand Trunk at Port
land, has accepted a position in one of
the general offices at Montreal as
stenographer. Mr.. Howard of Port
land, will have charge of the new store
department at Deering.
A new system of delivering oil and
supplies to the locomotives has been
introduced on the Grand Trunk rail-
way. Engineers wanting supplies make
application with a check for the
| amount, keeping themselves a dupli-
| cate of the same. At the end of the
month checks and duplicates are COM
| pared and any mistake easily rectified.
Up in Rochester, n. Y, it may be as
sumed that the management consider
| it a waste of valuable time to listen to
complaints by passengers as a recent
rule provides the paying of 81 at the
company's office by the person making
| the complaint, the 50 to be returned if
| a ;e. IN he i,lSf
not the accused employe is to receive
| it. 1t is natural to hear that the rule
is very obnoxious.
| One new wrinkle" connected with
railway improvements was introduced
on the Duke of York's royal train. This
train, it will be remembered, was COM
/ posed of nine cars, the first two being
| baggage cars, one dining and the 9TH
ers special sleeping and drawing room
| cars. These cars were connected With
| a complete telephone system so that
without going the length of the train
| to give meal order from the rear car
| to the dining car the telephone came
| into action.
The average employe who has to go
| on duty uniformed breads the day to
| cODle WueU lie has W nave d lCW oilC
| as he has to pay for it from his hard
earned cash. The Grand Trunk used
| to give their conductors a uniform and
cap twice a year, but the system was
abolished. The most recent arrange
ment tending to relieve the employe of
| this expense has been carried into ef-
feet by the Louisville & Nashville,
where 200 employees in the passenger
car service were presented with uni
form. These are given to employees who
have been in service five Years or more
or where services rendered have been
| satisfactory.
| On the Delaware, ~Lackawanna &
Western road anew system of paying
station agents is to be given a trial.
Hereafter they will be paid in proper
ton to the business at their stations.
While this stimulates the activity of
the employees it does not upon a pass
ing consideration appear quite fair.
The D., L. & w. road does large ST.
burban passenger business, and it is
presumable the management want to
control the greater part of this bust
ness. OF course the best profitable part
of railroad income is derived from its
passenger traffic for they handle them
selves whereas freight must be handled
on both ends.
The railway and the ticket scalper
are always at merry war. The latest
thing to beat the road on the scalper's
side and to beat the scalper on the
roads end is what each study. The
most recent event comes from west
ern roads dealing with a passenger
who had bought a scalper's paste
board and was trying it on the man be-
hind the punch. In order to prevent
erasure Of dates, signature or time
limit conditions the Southern Pacific
issue their tickets upon paper OF spe-
cial make so constructed that the least
contact with acid will make yellow
spot and as the shade is delicate tint
of pink it turns the spot into yellow
fshade. Now what did the scalper &c
to accomplish desired erasure? He
didn't do thing but make his erasure
and then put the whole outfit into ar
/ acid bath and he had a brand new
shaded ticket. yellow in place of pink
The ticket being presented on another
: road the conductor was not conversant
| with the s. P. standard shade SO would
thave accepted 1t had not he noticed Q
, different name on the woman's bag
| than there was on the ticket.