New-York tribune., 1909-08-29

and by freely allowing claims for overc.larges and
for damages when made by big shippers-clans
which they dispute even into the courts. n made
by small shippers"
II know from my own experience" unused Busy
Man. how confusing the or eight hun
dred commodity rates quoted by the railroads to-
day. Now, if these were changed 10 class rates the
number could be reduced 10 less than fifty. with
vast advantage To the small shipper. But what
can the commissioners do when judges
Here's a more cheerful topic" interrupted Con-
stant Reader. Railroads ordering cars
and rails in volume which has been unknown for
several years. The Chicago & Northwestern has
ordered expenditure OF $4,000. the Santa re
s., scoooo The Chicago & Northwestern's purchases
will include 10 steel passenger and l25 heavy
passenger engines These latter are planned TO
haul fourteen heavy Pullmans at a rate of sixty
miles hour. The order is also for SOD freight
cars. including $500 box. 25co gondola 6O0 Tefrig
orator. 800 ore 300 fiat and 800 stock cars.
The Burlington is in the market for 1000 freight
cars, and has 5000 box and 900 refriSera-
tors due in October. as well as a number Of heavy
engines. The Great Western bought 800 last
week. and other roads are also In the market for
and engines.
David Y. Thompson, United States Ambassador
10 Mexico. is trying 10 buy for approximately
100000 gold the Pan-American Railroad. The
transfer is TO be entirely in his own name. but II
is understood that the plan is 20 turn over the
entire system TO Hartman part of the chain
OF roads 10 extend continuously from Brit!Sh 20
lumbia TO Central America This denied. how
ever. Extensive plans of Improvement and extern
sion have already been mapped out 10y the pro-
spective owner. Great additions to the equip
ment viii at once be made. there having been
prepared list of many cars and locomotives
to be ordered at once from st. Louis"
IF Hartman keeps on refusing to divide the
profits OF Union Pacific among the stockhold-
ers and continues TO them for buying I'm other
lines, the Stock Exchange may fnd itself day
dealing in the shares of one railway only"
chuckled Busy Man. Now, how about the avia-
tors? Those gentlemen 10 be running the
money kings and the big politicians hard for first
place in the public eye these days"
Indeed. yes" responded Constant Reader. cit
recorded that when the British Chancellor of
the Exchequer was introduced at the Rheims aerial
carnival TO Bleriot the aviator who few across the
English Channel. Bleriot. who was adjusting his
motor, simply nodded and continued his work
Many old records broken and new ones were
established at the carnival for height swiftness
and endurance OF flight, both in biplanes and mono
planes. The thousands of spectators who came
from far and near were thrilled 10 six or more
machines circling about in the air at the same IN
stant The first fine for reckless flying was i'm
posed. The judges mulcted NJ. Lefebvre in the sum
OF 81 for breaking the rules OF the meet by doing
fancy stunts. cutting figure eighs with his machine
over the grandstand
'Aerial police lasso aerial 10Y riders are not
far away" saic Busy Man. "And / suppose we
may live to see aerial held in captive bal
looms for the trial of the miscreant speeders The
Sunday monoplane rowdy who will for fun drop
sand chimneys. peanut shells on our lawns or
oil, petrol water our clothes will have to be
curbed also.
walter weman." continued Constant Reader
who started from Sptxbergen sail over the
North Pole In his big dirigibIs balloon America,