Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
HALL OF KNIGHTS WHERE TIL PEACE CONFERENCE MEEfs

reason given for the order is desire to
secure uniformity, and the more business
BIKE appearance of the smooth-shaven
face
1t was reported from Omaha that the
unorganized clerks and stenographers of
the Hartman railroads had received a 10
to 20 per cent increase in wages, taking
effect Immediately. This action, it was
stated at the Union Pacific headquarters,
was in recognition of the heavy advance
in the cost of living.
Charles VI. Schwab of Pittsburg is
credited with being of the opinion that
the steel rail now in use is not of the
right material or shape to support the
fast and heavy trains of the present day.
He says the only solution he sees is a
nickel steel rail, which, it is estimated,
will cost three times as much as Besse-
mer. Come nickel rails have been used
on the Pennsylvania road and while the
results were not entirely satisfactory,
they they showed that nickel rail could
be produced that would surpass all others.
An official of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany has declared that on a recent run Of
lAit CiAHJ lN0ule uNbI from
New York to Chicago twenty rails were
broken by the train.
In the May number of the System
Magazine Edward 2. Ripley, president of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
way Company, treats of the mutually of
interest between the people and the rail
roads. He takes the ground that the rail-
rhn ~ IL
ed business proposition, and that only
as it succeeds as such can it satisfy it's
own stockholders or efficiently serve the
section through which it runs He points
out that it is to the interest of the rail-
road TO develop in every possible way the
resources and industries along its line.
thus inducing travelling and settlement
ard increasing the prosperity of the peo-
pie whom it serves. On the other hand
he contends that tie welfare of the peo-
pie depending ON a particular railroad for
service requires that the road be so con-
Quoted IS TO enable it to maintain its
equipment and service in fiTst-class shape
and pay fair dividend upon its stock
The first statement from the Pennsyl-
vania lines west of Pittsburg concerning
the effect of the new 2-cent fare law on
their business has just been issued on
behalf of the Cleveland and Marietta,
which is entirely in the State of Ohio. 1t
shows that during 1906 the passengers
carried increased 1919 per cent. and that
the number of miles travelled increased
1880, but that in spite of this the pas
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per cent. The report hints that before
long the passenger service will have to
be curtailed if the 2-cent rate remains.
By 81 to Q. the New York State Senate
voted for the bill already passed by the
Assembly to compel railroads over 80
miles long TO carry passengers at the
uniform rate of cents mile.
Through its attorney John G. John
son. the Pennsylvania railroad filed a bill
in equity against the county of PhilGdel-
phia to prevent it from demanding PEN
alties for violations of the new 2-cent
fare law. which is 10 go into effect Oct. /.
The plaintiff urges that the lower rate
will do great injustice 10 the stockholders
BY rendering the passenger business nom
compensatory. 1t also declares TIE bill
to be unconstitutional.
The federal grand jury at New York
has handed down indictments against tine
Rock Island. the Ontario and Western.
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul and
the Western Transit Company, the last
being the late connection OF the New
York Central, all for having granted re-
hates to the American Sugar Refining
Company and to the Arbuckle Coffee
Company. Already the New York Cen
trail has paid more than 100000 in fines
ON similar charges and the sugar trust
has paid a like amount.