Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-05

campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Portland, Ore, and the
United Confederate Veterans reunion
Mt Tulsa, Okla. Both of these or
CARNATIONS are permitted rates of one
cent a mile, and for various state
meetings of the veterans two cents
will be charged.
Children under five years of age
will be carried free, as at present, and
those between five and twelve will be
charged half of the new higher fare.
Communication fares, which are raised
ten per cent, are construed to apply
to persons having daily or frequent
occasion to travel between their homes
and places of employment or educa-
tional institutions.
To discourage the use OF heavy
sleeping and parlor cars the new or
mum number of tickets should be
bought for drawing room compart-
ments or sections:
Two adult tickets for a drawing
room in a sleeping car; two adult
tickets for compartment.
One and one-half ticket for sec
ton; five adult tickets for exclusive
occupancy of drawing rooms in a par
lor car.
Passenger fares by water routes or
by rail and water are to be increased
proportionately with the higher rail
charges.
Excess Baggage Charges.
The basis for computing charges for
excess baggage is to be one-sixth of
the normal passenger fare, with a
minimum of IS cents per 100 pounds
and minimum collection of % cents
per shipment.
The director general provides fully
for the redemption of tickets and mile
age books purchased before June 10
and rendered invalid after that date
tive. Unused portions of mileage books
and unused or partially used tickets
will be redeemed at their original pur-
chase rate.
The % per cent increase in freight
charges will apply generally to class
and commodity rates, but minor varia-
tons will be necessary in many cases.
For instance, where certain relation
ships exist between rival commercial
centers the % per cent increase will APP
ply to the longer distance and the rate
to the nearer locality will be the same
&c
ent schedules. In this way charges
for many short hauls win be raised
more than % per cent.
100000 Get Wage Raise.
General pay increases for nearly
two million railroad employees were
announced by Director General Nc
Adoo, effective June l and retroactive
to last January /, carrying out substan-
TALLY recommendations of the railroad
wage commission. The aggregate of
the increases probably will be more
than S3OO.OOOO00 a year. half of which
will be distributed within a few weeks
as back pay in lump sums ranging
from about 500 to nearly 5000 each.
Scale of Increase.
Train employees, including members
of the leading brotherhoods, win re-
ceive approximately the following pro-
portional increases over 1915 pay. or
their equivalent when pay is based on
miles operated: Passenger engineers.
IL per cent; passenger tiremen and
helpers, % per cent; passenger conduc-
tors. 10 per cent; passenger baggage
men. 50 per cent; passenger brakemen
and flagmen. 40 per cent; freight engi-
neers. Is per cent; freight f1remen. and
helpers. 81 per cent; freight conduc-
tors. 20 per cent; freight brakemen
and fiagmen. 40 per cent These men
must aso deduct increases granted
since 1915.
Special rates of pay are provided for
office, messenger and chOre boys. and
similar employees under eighteen
years, as follows: Twenty dollars in
crease a month where the pay in De-
cember. 1915. was from $50 TO S45 a
month: S15 increase where the rate
was from $50 TO $50 a month; SO in
crease where the rate was less than
$50 month.