Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-06
Pullman Rates
Will Be Increased
BY Associated Press

New York, Feb. Con March ! q
new and higher rate for Pullman conf
partment and drawing rooms occu-
pied exclusively by one person will go
into effect, unless objection is raised
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
Notice of the new tariff adopted by
practically every railroad in the
United States has been filed with the
commission. Instead of charging a
single railroad fare and a single draw
ing room fare, as heretofore, the roads
will now charge for exclusive use of a
drawing room by one person double
the rairload fare plus single drawing
room fare, and for Pullman compart-
ments for the exclusive use of one
traveller the present charge of one
railroad fare plus the compartment
fare will be increased to one and a
half railroad fare plus the present
compartment fare. For long trips this
Will involve a very considerable in
crease in expenditure per passenger.
Suspensions Ordered.-As an after
math of the fatal accident at Cone
maugh recently, when No. 19 plowed
into a cabin and light engine, killing
three trainmen, Superintendent Rob-
ert T. Morrow. of the Pittsburgh di-
vision, yesterday suspended Engineer
E. j. McNally, who had charge of
guilty of failing to observe properly an
automatic signal. c. Scheidel, his fire
man, was suspended for twelve days.
Engineer Charles A. Wingard and
Fireman b. r. Merkley, of the Young
wood locomotive. were also censured
for overrunning a fusee. They should
have stopped and removed the fusee,
according to the rules of the road.
The conductor and flagman of the
Youngwood local, who were both
killed. were also found to have been
neglectful in not dropping a fusee
themselves Had they dropped a
fusee the fatality would not have oc-
Cured, for no matter how thick the
fog the engineer of No. 19 would have
seen the light on the track.
Readings Coal Output.-The Read
ing's output of anthracite last month
fell 242,000 tons short of that in jan
uary, 1913. The production q year
ago, 1.257,132 tons, was, however,
above the average. That was due to
short stocks, owing to the suspension
of the previous Spring. Mild weather
is given as the cause for the reduced
production of this January. The
mines, of late, have been running on
short time. The Reading collieries will
be idle the rest Of the week after
/! to-day. Those of the Susquehanna
Coal Company shut down yesterday
for the week.
Nfilt 7. Robinson, preference
freight conductor and well-known
leader of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, who resides at 214S Susque-
hanna street, was badly cut about the
head and face last night when struck
by a track fence near Eddington, n. j.,
on the New York division of the Penn
Sylvania Railroad. Conductor Robin
son was leaning out to see a signal.
He was given medical attention at Ed
dington and came home on his train.
Wears a New Beard.--John r. Pott
district passenger agent of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail-
road. was here yesterday, wearing a
the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
says: "Mr. Potts stocky frame, his
age and general appearances have led
his friends to declare that his latest
acquisition brings him into a striking
resemblance to Andrew Carnegie, and
number of friends who called upon
him yesterday greeted him with
Andy instead of the customary
Jack MIR. Pott is aged "a, but says
he has definite plans for at least
twenty-one more years of activity with
the st. Paul"
Will BE PrOmoted.-Notice was is
sued by Trainmaster w. Brooke
Moore, of the Middle division, yester-
day that Passenger Brakeman A. S.
Speese, A. Millar and II. II. Doebicr
are eligible for promotion to conduc-
tor or will. at date to be, announced
in few days, be sent to Philadelphia
to take the auditors examination for
promotion. The first two are Harris
burgers