Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
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'VUFF WATERMELO|vS
WHEN CARS PILE UP
Broken Flange Causes Costly
Freight Wreck on Northern
Central Branch

Traffic on the Baltimore division of
the Northern Central Railroad was
delayed until noon to-day, because of
freight wreck at New Cumberland
early this morning. Nine loaded box
cars were piled up. Potatoes, water
melons, produce, general merchandise
ana Wreckage were scattered over the
tracks. No one was injured
The wreck occurred about 2 o'clock.
A broken f1ange on one of the cars on
a northbound car threw the car from
the tracks. Eight other cars piled
upon 1t. Three were loaded with wa
termelons bound for Pittsburgh. Two
cars contained potatoes. The wreck
caused considerable excitement and
nearly the entire population of New
Cumberland was out. The early ar
rivals received a watermelon treat:
Wreck crews from Marysville and
York worked until noon to-day getting
the tracks in shape to resume traffic.
one track was opened at o'clock
this morning. Outside of the damage
to the cars it is estimated that $1,000
and $4,000 worth of merchandise was
destroyed.
Third Warning Given.-The Penn
sylvania Railroad has again notified
other railroads that it will no longer
accept from lines with which 1t con-
meets, any passenger cars which do
not meet the requirements of the fed
eral safety appliance acts. This is
the third notice from the Pennsy.
To meet the federal requirements
for passenger cars, the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad has, since the details of the
laws were made known in 1911, been
AIDING TO its cars the appliances de-
manded. All cars have now been
euipped at a cost of $t44,217.
To equip its locomotives and pas
senger and freight cars with the safety
appliances required under the federal
laws WILL when completed-the COM
pany has until July /. 1916 to equip its
freight cars-cost the PENNSYLVANIA
equipped at n most of $144,217.
Union Pacific Melon Carvey. - The
Union Pacific Railroad Company be-
gan yesterday the payment of it's long
deferred extra dividend of $4,000,
600 Baltimore and Ohio stock and
cash.
Owing to the court decision render
ed last week every holder of Union
Pacific common stock was entitled to
call at the company's office for his
pro rata distribution of the great
melon" which consisted of S12 par
value Baltimore and Ohio common
and $2250 par value preferred. to-
gether with 50 in cash. or a total of
$3.50 for every share of Union Pacific
held.
Higher Passenger Rates.-What is
believed to he a step toward higher
passenger fares in this country was
taken yesterday by the Interstate
Commerce Commission when in a de-
cision on a formal complaint, a dec
laration was made that a passenger
who thinks rate he has paid is too
high must show that the rate is un-
reasonable before he can attack part
of it, Hans Trier attacked a rate of
S11.50 he paid for a ticket from
Clinton, Iowa, to Henning, Mimi, via
st. Paul. The Clinton-to-St. Paul rate
is separately published Trier found
that by adding the Minnesota statutory
mileage age to the st. Paul rate the
result would be a combination $1.66
less than he paid. -.s''
Commissioner Daniels, who wrote
tho opinion, pointed out that the
commission has no jurisdiction over
the Minnesota leg of the journey and
that in the absence of a showing that
$11.50 is too high for such a journey,
the passenger is not entitled to sug-
gest that the State rate should be used
as factor in making up the fare for
an interstate journey. Daniels holds
an interstate fare to be indivisble, ex-
cept for the purpose of enforcing the
long and short clause of the law.