Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
Sweeping Increase Made
In Railroad Rates
Rates in Both the Freight and
Passenger Department are
Boosted Upward

Freight and passenger rates
are increased on an average of
25 per cent by Director General
McAdoo. in an announcement of
fective June 10 and 25, given out
by H. c. Hallmark, assistant
general freight and passenger
agent for the Southern Pacific
company.
Specific rates on passenger
service on local travel in this dis
trict on ordinary coach travel
will not be increased because the
fares are all over three cents per
mile. Passengers riding in
Pullman standard or parlor car
will, under the increase, pay
16 2-3 per cent additional to the
regular fare. Those in tourists
will pay 8 2-3 per cent additional
on the regular fare. The gov
ernment war tax already in
force will be in addition.
The three cents a mile uniform
rate applies to local as well as
transcontinental travel and in
the latter case, where the rate of
transportation is less than three
cents mile it will be raised to
three cents a mile.
FREIGHT INCREASES.
Ore rates will 20 up 25 per
cent. Coal will be increased so
cents per ton. Lumber will be
increased to a maximum of 81
per ton. Flour will be about &c
per hundred in increase. Sugar
will be increased % cents per
hundred. Livestock will be in
creased 25 per cent with maxi
mum of SIS per car.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULES.
A complete change of schedules
on Southern Pacific trains thru
Lordsburg will go into effect on
Sunday, June 2. Following is
the passenger schedule:
Westbound.
No. 1O1 leaves at 1l:20 a. m.
No. l leaves at 1910 p. m.
No. 100 leaves OF 1903 p. m.
Eastbound.
No. 4 leaves at 1925 a. m.
No. 102 leaves at 1915 a. m.
No. 110 leaves at $40 p. m.
The Apache Trail" will run
on train No. 100, operating a
standard sleeper three times a
week from Ell Paso to Globe, out
of Ell Paso Sunday, Tuesday and
Friday nights, and a similar car
will leave Globe the same nights
for Ell Paso, being handled into
Ell Paso on train No. 102.
Trains No. 101 and 102 will car
ry through equipment consisting
of one tourist and three Pullman
cars. Train No. l will carry
standards, tourist and two
coaches. Train Nos. 100 and 110
will carry standard, tourist and
two coaches.
Train No. a will carry a coach
TO accommodate local travel be-
tween Yuma, Tucson, Lords
burg, Deming and III Paso.
WAGE INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES.
General pay increases for near
| ly two million railroad employees
were announced this week eff
fective June lst, and are retro
active to last January l, carry
ing out substantially the recon-
mendations Of the railroad wage
commission. The aggregate of
the increases probably will be
more than $500, 600, 600 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.
The principle of the basic g.
hour day is recognized, but ow-
ing to the eXigencies of the war
situation, hours of employees are
now actually reduced and over
time is to be paid pro rata; future
adjustments of pay are to be
made on the basis Of 8 hours.
In addition to the ordinary
scale Of increases, day laborers,
employed mainly on track work,
are to get at least 2 IL cents an
hour more than they received
last December. Women are to
receive same pay as men for the
same work.