Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-10

Massachusetts has now more miles of
electric railway than of steam railway
lines.
Lake Shore officials announce that
their large freight yards at El6hart, Ind,
and Collinwood, Ohio, are now open.
Import rates will be higher next year.
All the Atlantic port rail lines have as
scented to the advance Of 10 per cent in
the inland rates.
Shipments of oranges from California
this season are estimated at $4,000 to
10000 car loads. Last year they were
5000 car loads.
1t is announced in Chicago that the
officers of the roads operating west Of
Chicago are determined to inaugurate
a reform in the system of reserving Pull
man berths in advance.
Articles of consolidation of the
Youngstown and Southern and the
Youngstown and Salem, under the name
of the former, have been filed with the
Secretary Of State of Ohio.
The Texas railroad commission has
ruled that certificates of weight I'll cotton
from point of shipment to destination
shall take precedence and then afidavits
of railroads and consignee in the order
named.
At the invitation of the trunk lines the
advisory committee of the western immi-
grafton bureau will meet with the repre-
sentatives of the trunk lines at New
York at an early date for a general dis
cussion of the Immigrant situation.
At the last meeting of the Central
Passenger Association the roads discuss
ed the proposition to discontinue the
practice of granting reduced rates for
merchants meetings in the larger cities.
A SIMILAR proposition is pending before
the Trunk Line Association.
The production Of steel rails in the
United States in 1902 was 2,S76, 293 tons,
which is only a slight gain over 1901,
but it is much more than double the out
put of any year in the country's history
previous to 1890 In 1869 there We're
only s.616 tons of steel rails produced in
the United States. and those were at
the rate of S132 a ton. In 1902 the price
was SIS a ton.
Third Yice-President William G..
Brown of the New York Central confirms
the reports that the roads making up
the Vanderbilt system have dropped a
large number of men from their shop
payrolls. This does not mean the inau-
guration of any new policy on the part
of the management" says Mr.. Brown.
at is simply a business step taken to
suit certain conditions growing out Of
the industrial situation"
hold In
York last week between the import COM
mittee of the trunk line association and
a number of traffic officials Of western
roads. The object OF the rleeting was
to fix all import rates or : stable basis,
such as will prevent the shipment Of
foreign goods TO points in the West at a
lower rate than is made for the same
class of articles from points in this coun-
try. 1t was agreed TO establish a fixed
rarif of rates from all ports with the
rates from Baltimore as the basis, the
gulf railroads to have 10 per cent diff
ferential in their favor.
The Canadian Pacific is to put in a
through tariff on grain from the Cana
dian Northwest TO the Atlantic seabcard,
making a reduction of cents per 100
pounds.
According to the annual report Of
President Whitcomb, the Wisconsin Cen
trail earnings in the general freight de-
partment increased during the year end
ed June 80. S564.295.
Receipts OF grain at Chicago for the
nine months this year we're 16S, 163, 297
bushels, an increase of 4, DIS. 497 bush
els. or an increase of 32-S per cent over
the same time last year. Receipts Of
-four were s. 195. All barrels a decrease
Of 416.SS1 barrels, or nearly 10 Der cent.