Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-18
CHANGE TIME,
ON SUNDAY
NEW BURLINGTON CARD is 49,
SUED AFFECTING TRAINS ON
MAIN LINE
NO. 9 GOES
LATER
Four Westbound Trains Are Changed
and Two Eastbound Trains Are Ef-
fected-Rate Reduction on Roads
Goes Into Effect on Friday.

Goes Into Effect on Friday.
From Wednesdays Daily.
AT IL o'clock noon an Sunday, July
Il, q new time card will take effect
on the Burlington on trains east and
west bound through this city.
The following are the changes made
an dthe west bound trains affected
thereby:
No will be three minutes later, ar
irving at 4:25 p. M
No. S is five minutes later, arriving
at 1:15 a. m.
4 No. z, the mail, will be made five
minutes earlier. arriving at 8 a. M, in
stead Of 9:05 as previously.
No. 9 will be twenty minutes later,
arriving at LOS p. m.
East Bound Changes.
The east bound changes are:
No. which leaves at 7:15, five
minutes later than the present card.
| No. 8, the mail will be thirty min
utes later than at present.
/ Rate Reduction Friday.
Tne long talked of reduction in in
terstate passenger rates of western
railroads will actually be made next
Friday. Generally speaking, all rates
east of the Missouri river will be on q
basis of cents per mile, while to all
points west of there, rates will be
reduced by the difference between the
present basing rate and the new basing
rate in effect next Friday.
The reduction of interstate fares by
the western lines is the natural result
of the passage of laws by Arkansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa and
Minnesota. The eastern roads pro-
pose to make similar reductions in
their Interstate rates. Their clerks
will meet tomorrow and continue in
session until they have checked up"
} all the interstate fares on the basis OF
the maximum legal mileage of the
} various states.
Rights. Of Men Adjusted.
After several conferences between
the railway officials and the employees
the differences regarding the rights Of
the men on the Burlington division
have been satisfactorily adjusted. The
matter was of great Importance to the
men, but of little public interest. The
terms Of the adjustment are embodied
In the following agreement:
Memorandum of agreement made
Saturday, July Is, 1907, between the
Railroad company, through its general
officers and the employees, through
their grand officers, effective as Of
, July /, 1907 All assignments of men
under this agreement to be completed
not later than July 81, 1907.
In carrying out this arrangement,
J 1t is understood that men who have
\ a ,trf,
to the Illinois, or from the Illinois to
t the Iowa, will be returned to their
original territory first, and then rs
: many men transferred from one first
< to the other as is justified by the mile.
age transferred Men will not be re.
r quired by the company to move from
! their present home.
All train and enginemen, as be
: tween the Illinois and IOWA districts
to be separated at Galesburg. Nc
T more promotions to be made as be
}. tween the Galesburg and Ottumwa di
4 visions. The Quincy, Louisiana branch
to be transferred to the Galesburg divi
9 sions,
The men on the Charlton st. Joseph
!, branch, now part Of the st. JOSEPH
division to have rights on the entirt
: st. Joseph division and to be entirely
divorced from the Ottumwa division
,, ; The rights of the men on the West
= Ottumwa division, which includes the
!, main line and branches Of the Ottum
:. !, wa division west Of Ottumwa and thy
: Albia-Des MONIES branch OF the Bur
lington division, to have their rights
, merged. This is not to apply to en-
!, gineers who came with acquired terri
: tory.
vi The men on the East Ottumwa divi
sion to have their rights merged witt
= the Burlington to Tracy, Winfield tx
Washington, Batavia to Fort Madison
i. and Burlington to Quincy branches .
the Burlington division. This is no
I to apply to engineers who came will
|, acquired territory This is in orde
to provide branch lines to take car,
Il lof old men from the main line, when
flor any reason, they become unfitte,
a. for main line service. but can safel,
/. be used on branch lines.
3 Separate Extra Lists.
Separate extra lists for the Aurora
: Galesburg and Ottumwa divisions t
. be kept at Galesburg. All men nov
on extra list at Galesburg as of Jul
- /, 1907, to sign up for one or the tire
/. divisions.
Present line of promotion as be
a tween regular and extra men, VIII
were in the employ on the Galesbur
= and Aurora divisions July l, 1907 to b
4. continued as long as they remain il
the service.
o Such new men as are employs
from July 1, 1907, to have divisio,
o rights only. East Ottumwa divisio
IL to have 20 per cent of the number .
g trainmen and engineers in the Chico
go-Burlington passenger pool and tina
il the percentage Of the number of me
regularly assigned to that pool Juf
ID /, 1907, to be transferred to the Eas
g Ottumwa division. Vacancies there
If after in that pool to be filed by tn
division whose crews causes the VT
8. cancy.
d One of the three crews of trainme
now running between Burlington an