Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-10-19
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In response to a letter sent to the State
| Minnesota railway and warehouse COM
mission by Gov. johnson, the commission
sent notices to all railroads operating IN
the State directing them to show cause
why rates on coal and farm producte
should not be reduced.
Thu Ohio Attorney General rendered
an opinion to the State railway commits
| sion to the effect that railways have no
| right to charge the usual ten-cent excess
. fare when cash fare is rendered, even
| where the company refunds upon presen-
! tation of the conductors receipt. 4
/ A new convenience for women travellers
! on sleeping cars has been introduced on
the Northern Pacific railway. It consists
of a large bag made Of tough paper, with
! strings at the top for closing it. Into this
| receptacle the traveller may put her hat,
| gloves, wells, light jackets and similar ar
| ticles of apparel which are not in use in
the car. Then the bag is hung up out of
, the way and its contents are kept free
| from dust and cinders throughout the trip.
On and after Oct. / the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg will charge only
2 cents d mile within the State of Ohio.
Travellers from that State, upon crossing
the line, will be charged with a higher
rate, and tickets from points out of Ohio
will be figured at the 2-cent rate only at
the Ohio line. The Baltimore and Ohio
| and the Western Maryland announce that
I they will issue 1,00O-mile transferable
tickets for $50, good for any number OF
persons.
The persistent public demand for lower
fares ON steam railroads that has prevail
ed for several years has at last been ac-
| coded to by the management of the Erie
| Railroad Company, and commencing Nov.
i. the maximum rate per mile will be two
| and o~ne-half cents. The action of the
Erie in thus voluntarily reducing its
| fares is a commendable one. The asser-
| ton here may not be amiss that passen-
| ger fares in this country, accommodations
considered, are already cheaper than in
| any other country in the world. Italy
| has perhaps the cheapest steam railroad
| fares of any of the foreign countries. The
State of New York has an average per
square mile population of 1873, Pennsylva-
| mia 1877, whereas in Ohio, where a two
| cent rate law has recently been enacted,
the average per square mile population il
only %. compared with Italy's legal rate
Of 3.47 cents and an average per square
mile population of 293.
The Great Northern Railway Company
was convicted in the United States Court
for the western district of Wisconsin at
La Crosse. of violation of the statute re-
aniring safety appliances on cars.
The Goulds have decided to reduce the
time for completing their new Western
Pacific line from Salt Lake City to San
Francisco, SO that it will be in operation
by Jan. /, 1909, with through passenger
and freight trains from San Francisco
to Baltimore. Work is now in progress
in Nevada and California, and forty-seven
miles of track has been laid west Of Salt
Lake City.
Ine Chicago and Northwestern Railway
is to begin work early next spring on a
new Chicago passenger station destined to
be the largest and most COMPLETE, with
one possible exception, in tbe United
States. This was announced the other
day when the company's officials made
public the location of the great new pas.
senger4 terminal for which preparation has
been progressing secretly for five years.
The new station will occupy three solid
blocks, taking in all the space between
Canal and Clinton streets and extending
! from West Madiaon to Lake street. The
| improvement will cost not less than 500
!, 100000 at the terminal point, e~xclusive
OF other ~e1tensi-e Improvements.