Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-15
RAISE FOR RAILWAY CLERKS
Mere Pay Ordered br hartman for Tbo,c
Under Hundred a kouth.
lhINthSE WILL Be TEN PER CENT
ntou Pacific Grants Ten Per Cent In
MI Telcgrnph Operators On
All western Union
Business.
GREASE WILL Be TEN PER CENT

E a general Increase In tho salaries Of
..rh# ON the Hartman system Of rail-
us is announced TO- Dc made soon. Tho
Vision authorizing the advance has been
AIDE and 81 H. only a matter of time until
. .Ho schedule becomes effective on the
Mon and Southern Pacincs and other
loads Of this system President Ripley of
Iuo santa Fe recently was quoted as say
.N- similar salaries would be raised on lhe
s'u'g Fo and the SAN Pedro roads
clerks uu railroads generally have been
satisfied with their salaries for a. long
'.. and in some quarters. New orleans
."' tnahu, FOR Instance they have dis
.r...l tho ad,isoblity Of making demands
... more p"N. 40 New Orleans the s,uu-
u.I. ,r>-iailizcd into a tangible overture.
While the railroads all over the country
htvo been making millions ana paying inn
n"nsc dividends as we'll ms making vast
Improvements all along the line, the pay
OF the clerks and the men who get 500 or
less a month has not been raised, but in
many instances is less than It was some
yoUrs ago
II is understood the raise will be 10 per
cent and is not az this time to apply TO
the trainmcn, whose pay IS governed i'm
many instances, 10y agreements with the
unions TO which they belong but to clerks
limo and employees in general.
General Manager Mohlcr is I'm Portland
on an extended business trip and is not cx-
pcctcd home until some time next week
II is known however, his idea is always
TO be as liberal as possible with the men
under him, and II the other Hartman lines
arc to raise the pay OF the clerks, Mr.
Mohler will not be the one to stand i'm the
way on the Union Pacific.
Commissions 10 Operators.
I'm pursuance OF a moro liberal policy the
Union Pacific Railroad company has de-
nidod TO grant the telegraphers employed
Nnn Its lines between Omaha and ogden 10
per cent commission on all Western Union
Telegraph company business handled by
them at the various stations, the aggregate
amount of the percentage not to exceed SIS
per month. This has been a bone OF con-
tcuuon for years between the employees and
the company, not only on the Union Pa
cihc, but on railroad lines all over the
country. 1t has been considered at various
times by tho order Of Railroad Telegra-
pliers and on different lines has been made
% part OF the telcgraphers' schedule. Here
tofore the railroad telegraph operators have
been forced to handle this business and to
assume the responsibility connected there
with without any remuneration aside from
their regular salaries.
Danger of Rate War in Iowa.
A rate war is imminent in Iowa. 1t is
alleged the Burlington aud Great Northern
have attempted TO cut rates from points in
Iowa to St Paul and Minneapolis and Du-
luth in line with the reduced rates put into
effect i'm Minnesota by the railroad and
warehouse commission Of that state from
"a ll points within tho state. A protest has
come from the Northwestern and NIiwau-
kee President Hill Of tho Great Northern
and First Vice President Miller Of the
Burlington had am all-day session Monday,
but It could not be learned what the out
como was.
rho railroad and warehouse commission
Of Minnesota rccenth pladc a reduction of
the rates within the state averaging 20
per cent BY means OF this reduction Mr..
Tin conceived the idea Of shifting the
course Of the grain from the south and to
Chicago TO s.. Paul and Duluth, thus Sc
curing "a direct point of shipment of his
Inc. This was "a hiE slap al Chicago, and
Chicago was going to resent it,
New Train Service Rules
Th. new rules book of the Union Pacific
,ya'u-scryicn Iral is out and the men of
rrn Hartman lines now work under uni
form rules which were adopted at a joint
wra.trr in Denver Of the general superin-
'rEruts Of the various Hartman lines
According TO S. T. Morris, head of the
cumming board Of the Union Pacific, men
% the tr7iu service need have no appre-
l,.s,ou regarding the new rules which
.,v will be required to learn. The rules
via be far less complicated than those
r,r.t Store issued all unnecessary repetition
Ivins" eliminated and the rules said to be-
.rr simplest and clearest ever issued OF
tau Union Pacific The examining board
WI hc. reorgaRized and win begin about
tic first Of the Year in the work Of exam
lrIrr employees as to their proficiency il
t.v train regulations.
Guarding Ice Shortages.
The Union Pacific is guarding agains
am ice shortage during the coming sum
in,r and to that end has a large force OF
MA NJ work building a dam across Tho
Laramie river at Laramie that a much
larger crop might be harvested than il
f.r-ror years. The company is tearing on
lic Old dam and putting I'm a new one, tab
ing i'm four or five acres more Of space
than i'm former years The company d
also nreparing TO install additional switch
ing tracks at that point that refrigerato
,ars might be iced there There is
natural basin near the side Of the dan
which the company will eventually fll witt
water for its ice supply
Union Pacific improvements.
W lille building shops and commssar
houses and improving its lines aroun
Omaha, the Union Pacific is also maxim
vast improvements on other parts OF it
lines. On the Wyoming division It ma
started the construction Of over seyent
new buildings which include twenty-fou
section houses, two new depots, one q
Pine Bluff and the other at Superior
new coal camp in Sweetwater county, tw
new ice houses at North Platte, ten too
houses, four charging stations for the ele
trio block system, and many other bull,
ings Most Of these viii be built duril
;ha wtnter.
New Tarin sheets
Tariffs have been hlcd with the Inte1