Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-06-13
HOW RATES ARE RAISED
PASSENGER RATES.


Tickets and mileage bought before
June 10 will be redeemed at the orig
inal price.
Soldiers and sailors on leave at their
own expense pay cent mile.
PULLMAN RATES.
Three and one-half cents mile will
be charged In addition to Pullman and
parlor car rates.
Two adult tickets for a drawing
room and two adult tickets for com.
partment must be bought.
Five adult tickets must be bought
for exclusive use of a parlor car draw
Jag room.
FREIGHT RATES.
Wheat, other grains and -four In
creased % per cent. not to exceed Q
cents hundred
Live stock-lncreased 20 per cent,
not to exceed cents a hundred.
Meats--Increased % per cent, except
that the rates from Mississippi river
points TO Mississippi river territory
remain as the rates from st. Joseph.
Mo.
Coal-Increase of 10 cents net ton
up to so cents. where the rate Is So
or more.
Coke-Increase of 10 cents n net tor
up to rs cents, where rate is SO.
Sugar-Twenty-five per cent increase
without fiat rate variations.
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Portland, Ore, and the
United Confederate Veterans reunion
at Tulsa, Okla. Both Of these or
CARNATIONS are permitted rates of one
cent 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
der provides that the following mini
mum number of tickets should be
bought for drawing room compart-
ments or sections:
Two adult tickets for drawing
room in sleeping car; two adult
tickets for compartment. 49,
One and one-half ticket for J DC
ton; five adult tickets for exclusive
occupancy of drawing rooms in par
Tor 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 25 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
when the higher fares become effec-
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 win apply generally to class
and commodity rates, but minor varia-
| lions will be necessary In many cases.
For instance, where certain relation
ships exist between rival commercial
centers the rs per cent increase will APP.
ply to the longer distance and the rate
to the nearer locality will be the same
number of cents less, as under pres
ent schedules. In this way charges
| for many short hauls will be raised
more than 25 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 1, carrying out substan
TALLY recommendations of the railroad
wage commission. The aggregate OF
the increases probably will be more
than $500. 100000 year, half of which
will be distributed within 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 brotserhoods, will re
ceive approximately The following pro
portional increases over 1915 pay, OF
their equivalent when pay is based or
miles operated: Passenger engineers
IL per cent; passenger firemen ant
helpers. 28 per cent; passenger conduc
tors, Is per cent; passenger baggage
men, 80 per cent; passenger brakemer
and flagmen, 40 per cent; freight engi
neeTs, Is per cent freight firemen, anC
helpers. "a per cent; freight conduc