The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-26

and Kansas City through Spr4nlesNAasaa BGo. The work is to be couaplsted al time for the fall grain movement
 
 The New Orleans Assocsa4ion aE Commerce has subscribed $22,b00 tc feH freight trahac bureau which win coA= duct an active campaign for fo rate on pig Iron from Eirn1tng aazzs Ala The Public Service Comnataaion ordered a rate of %1.76 to Mobile and this ranlkles because it had been more and New Orleans has to pag s9sa ton. The interstate tha1s bsconaaH 8 discrimination i'm favor o9 nGp6aAg and introduces new chapter Tn eha Shreveport case recently decided t the United States supreme court
 The last Of the ccsts in the lElstrua rate litigation with the radlroads whien was begun in 1905 has been paid. the Burlington being taxed with more EhaN @20, ,O00 Of the total which es5ceeded 600, 12 roads having been involved iu the fight
 Instructions have been issued b General Manager Long of the Psnn- l sylvania recalling attentions Of de- parfments to the rule requiring that aa men must pass physical exarainsstlen before being employed pernaaleutly and that except in case Of energsneg Fit must govern even for temporarg service
 The Southern has completed inc iris staIlatfon of a block signal system be- tween Seminary and Orange. Va, miles, giving that protection over cou- ble track from Orange to WasninEtuEl. Altogether the company now. has Aa miles Of double track thus protecteE and 120 miles more are to be aaoea
 Tn the matter of the couaplatut ae the IrvingtoIl, ". D.. Board of Trade against the Lehigh Valley for not siV- ing passenger Service to New Icr& over it's freight branch from 1Ev1ns- ton, the case has been argued before the state Utilities Commission ana submitted but decision is not expect ed for several months The railroad company has been unwilling to ccna- ply with the demand for passenger the freight trafIlc- In addition cer~ tain facilities would have to be ins stalled and the communication would oe $9 per month. ss being added 10 charged between West Elizabeth ana New york. and as shuttle train would and West Elizabeth. where passengers would have to change carssS the time for the trip to New York would De 53 minutes Therefore the. company given # would not be satisfactpry e the public.
 If interested roads approve propos sition agreed upon by transportation and accounting officers 8 new scheaule of rates ranging from S3 to S Zoe handling cars hired on other than r mileage basis win become eHectlve- Where owners participate in the buaI- ness the rates will be from three to five cents a 1z1ile, according to the size and character Of the car The appointment of J. W. Esverman ss hFst vfce-president and general manager of the Cotton Belt has been officially an nounced. effective July l. when ". Ns Nen will enter upon q leave of ab- sence. and his position wtl be abohsh- ed.
 Tourist travel to the west ia noW much better in many instances than at the same time a year ego. and In excess o3 what had been anticipated at this period of the season for such trafic-
 While the Utilities Commission e PennsyIvania has assented to a leas8 Of the Northern Central by the Penn sylvania the necessary certificate will not be issued until the accountant Of the commission has completed an in- vestigation of the financial statemeutB made.
 The Alton has asked the Public sea@ vice Commission for permission to is- sue bonds to the amount of S586 1000 to reimburse it's treasury for expendi= the acquisition of new property and 4e oSI4fiae