New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
AMONG THE RAILROADS
Notes and Comment Concerning
Men and Traffic Affairs.

North Dakota is the great wheat state
.ha Northern Pacific. At Barney and
.'.u,orck the harvest began on July %,
% consequently II is practically out OF
nav At De Lamere, Buchanan and
w the work was started five days
- Al half dozen or more other
~o,r,s the binders were first heard on or
ut August !. The 18th Of the month Is
=. latest date mentioned in Mr.. Clelands
..oorts for the beginning Of the harvest
~ number Of men required runs all
49,. o,av from 10 TO 800. The latter num-
-. will be needed in the vicinity OF
80 where the work will begin on
.~s,,st % The wages there are given as
80, e 80 10 s. a day. At Edmunds the
+.rr,ers need only about fifty men. but
ars willing TO pay from IS to 81 day.
bennington leads the list in the matter Of
Zoos offered. $ day being the maxi
I'm. In the whole state no one is offer
ing less than s a day
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
,os announced its colonist fares for the
,sr,od from September Is to october 10,
,,.,usiye. The rates. conditions Of h:r!.a-
,lo,s etc. are practically the same as
,os, spring. according 20 J. B. De Friest.
the general Eastern agent OF the COM
,any IN New York.
India has established railway schools
7rbich have continued TO grow In popu-
,sr,tv. and in 1912 the attendance was the
largest recorded. At the close last year
,bsre we're s,6S2 children and s,HH APP
,-.ntices and workmen attending these
.chools The total number OF railway en-
,loves in India at the end OF last year
was 6Ss,I22, OF which 1850 were Euro-
rasns lOOss Anglo-Indians and 5n.oS
rsre Indians. The record OF accidents In
india during the calendar year of 1917 Of
a fatal nature from causes beyond the
control of the railroads Is given at oo2
ner million OF passengers travelling, an
average Of in 2,1sS,0oo.ooo miles travelled
The assessed value of railway property
IN the State Of South Dakota, according
70 an announcement OF the State Tax
commission, increased from zoo, 900 In
1919 10 S24. SOL in 1913, an average OF
S952s g mile
II is reported that President scnan OF
the Missouri, Kansas Texas has an
rounced that the recent action OF the At
torney General Of Texas in insttuting
suit against the company and subsidiaries
for violation Of the antitrust law VIII
necessitate the suspension OF all improve
nent and extension work on the system.
The officials of the Ann Aroor Railroad
have notified the Michigan Railroad Com
mission that they will contest the state
2-cent fare law IN the courts. There Is
now pending suit before the master IN
chancery in Michigan by the Duluth
South Shore & Atlantic attacking the
2-cent fare regulation.
Suits are being prepared by the Attor-
ney General OF Oklahoma against the
principal railways OF that state 10 collect
refunds on passenger tickets sold during
the last three and one-halt years for the
difference between the 3-cent fare COL
lected and the 2-cent rate sustained by the
s,Axeme Court decision. The amount IN
question is estimated 10 be over SS.oooo.
The Santa Fe Railway system an
nounces that II will put in effect low rate
colonist fares to California from Septem-
Der % 20 October TO- the rate being $S
from Chicago.