Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-25
Railroad Retrenchment.

before Il6y received me particulars
of the wreck from an operator that
had been sent there.
Railroad Retrenohment.
Close students of the present COM
mercial and industrial situation are be-
ginning to suggest that too much Is
being made of the apparent depres-
sion in railroad traffic. 1t is true that
general commercial interests have
been and are still being affected to
marked degree by the heavy reduction
in expenditures of the railroad com
panies generally throughout the cotin-
try At the same time the loss is a
comparative one, the comparison be-
ing made with period Of phenomenal
prosperity and activity. The increase
in the cost of operating the railroads
since 1898 has been from $l39,000,000
to $300,0 100000 year, SO that there is
still room for further lessening of out
lays before the figures Of six years
ago are reached.
Division at Laredo.
Work On the necessary improve.
ments for the establishment Of the Mil
wauke division point at Laredo be-
gan last week 1t is expected that a
ten-stall round house and seventy
foot turn-table will be among the i'm
provements. Five new tracks varying
from 1,4o0 to $500 feet in length have
been provided for The work Is to be
completed by August Is. A steam
shovel to be used in the work at Laredo
passed through the city today.
Baggage Rates in st. Louis.
The ST. Louis association of general
passenger and ticket agents met Satur-
day and received full statement from
George ]. Tansey president and gen.
eral manager Of the St. Louis transfer
company, with regard to the new rates
for the transfer of baggage, which took
effect June 10 in st. Louis.
Mr.. Tansey announced that the
tariff in existence for fifteen
years past had been carefully revised
in view of the growth of the city in
all directions and that it compared fav.
orably with the baggage rates in other
large cities throughout the country
The transfer company had to bear
heavy operating expenses, increased
cost of labor, equipment, supplies and
maintenance. Offices for the convent
ence of the public are established al
506 Chestnut street, and in the West
End at 4710 and ALP Delmar avenue
in addition to the Union station Office
and the baggage storeroom at Nine
! teenth and Chestnut.
Basis of New Scale.
The new scale of rates is based upor
| the distance from Union station, the
city of st. Louis being divid.
ed into four districts, and the
charges are as follows: First
district. bounded by Cass avenue
north. Lafayette avenue south and
vandeyenter avenue west-Each trunk
35 cents; hand baggage, Is cents eact
piece; minimum wagon load, Sc. Sec
ond district, Arsenal street south
Kings highway west. Palm street
north-Each trunk, GO cents; hand
baggage, so cents; wagon load, SIP
Third district, Chippewa street south
Hamilton avenue west, Kosuth avenue
north-Each trunk rs cents: hand bag
gage 35 cents; wagon load, SIS. Fourth
district Meramec street south. Floris
SAINT avenue north-Each trunk, 81
hand baggage, 40 cents.
Sleeping Cars dc Luxe.
| The Canadian Pacific Railway ha
lust put in commission the first of
batch of new sleeping cars, witt
which to reinforce its already larg
stock. The continual increase Ii
transcontinental travel the growin
popularity of the Canadian Rookie
and the filling UP of the northwest ha
compelled the company to establis
double daily service from oceal
to ocean, which has been instituted b
the departure from the Windsor Sta
ton, Montreal Of the Imperial Limite
running as an evening train and as
daily To meet this expanded servic