The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-06

Sugar-Twenty-1ve per cent Increase
without fiat rate variations.
campmert of the Grand Army or the
Republic at Portland, Ore, and the
United Confederate Veterans reunion
at Tulsa, Okla. Both of these or
ganizatiOns 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.
der provides that the following mini
mum number of tickets should he
bought for drawing room COmpart'
ments or sections:
Two adult tickets for drawing
room in a sleeping car; two adult
tickets for a compartment.
One and One-half ticket for a Sec
ton; five adult tickets for exclusive
occupancy of drawing rooms in par
lOr car.
Passenger fares by water routes or
by rail and water are to he 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
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 25 per cent increase in freight
charges will apply generally to class
and commodity rates, bur minor varia-
TORS will be necessary in many cases,
For instance, where certain relation.
ships exist between rfva! commercial
centers the 25 per cent increase. will ap-
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 we're
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 $1OO to nearly 5000 each.
Scale Of Increase.
Train employees, including members
of the leading brotherhOOds, will re-
ceive approximately the following pro-
pOrtiOnal increases over 1915 pay, or
their equivalent when pay is based on
miles operated: Passenger engineers
II per cent; passenger firemen and
helpers, % per cent; passenger conduc'
tors, 15 per cent; passenger baggage.
men, 3S per cent; passenger brakemen
and flagmen. 40 per cent; freight engl-
neers. Is per cent; freight firemen, and
helpers. "a per cent; freight cOnduc.
tors, 20 per cent; freight brakemeG
and flagmen, 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 $45 a
month; SIS increase where the rate
was from $40 to $50 month; $40 in
crease where the rate was less than
$40 month.