Show 1 ADVANCE LIVESTOCK RATES OtI Western Roads Agreo on Higher i Charges West of Kansas City J d Chicago Dec 5A proposition was nubnillted to the Western roods today I U by the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe to advance livestock rates from the Missouri Mis-souri river to Chicago from 11 1 cents a hundred to IS4 cents Sua I All the roatli It IB rumored have alg nHId their willingness to accept this l t rate us far an It applies to shipments I west of Kansas City but they decline i to make a leis rate than 22 Ih cents from 1 Kansas City propfr to Chicago The tl Santa Fe however will apply the 1SVG cenl rate nol only on shIpments from fl3 I points wont of Kansaa City but from that f point L I Last August when the Chicago Great Western made Its contrncl wllh Kan d t eaB City packers and reduced the pack Inghonso prorluot rate from 23V4 to lO1 1 1J cents the Atchison reduced the livestock live-stock rate both from Kansas City and from polnlH west thereof to 12 cents a hundred pounds Thin other lines did nol meet the 12rent ate from Kansas f I Oily hut did apply 11 from territory j wont of KanHan City This dlscrlmlna lion mused 1 the recent hearing before L41 the Interstate < ommcrrc commission In this city and which case the commission r commis-sion now has under consideration > f Details of the Pension Interest In the pension RyBlein to be NT1 acloptpd by the Oregon Short L > o and A F other Harriman lines Is very keen I In general outline the ulan Is similar to 4 the RVBtem of the Pennsylvania Illinois IL Central and the Chicago t Northwestern Northwest-ern roads Employee1 who have attained at-tained the age of 70 and been In the c service twenty years or over are to receive re-ceive pensions on the basis of 1 percent per-cent per annum of the average salary received for years previous to pensionIng pension-Ing for each year of service For Instance iE In-stance an employee whonn pay aver ngeu J1000 per annum for ten years I prior to retirement and had been In the inG t service of the company thirty years I would receive u pension equal 1 to 30 per cent of 51000 or 300 per annum i Between the ages of Cl and 70 employees em-ployees Incapacitated for further work 1 may be retired by 1 a pension being se = Iccied by the department ofilccra oft of-t the company provided they I Hhall have been In the service twenty yea ci 1 tr more The employees make no contributions iCEs to tho fund pensions being paid by 1 the company In full and without condition con-dition the employees being nt liberty to engage III other business after beIng be-Ing pensioned should they see nt y Railroad Notes L 0 Leonard has gone East Thf > nock Island has Increased wages I 5 E > n Gray went out on the new line yesterday I Tho railroads have gotten out their I t holiday poutern I Yesterdays thaw came ns a blessing ill to the railroad contractors 1I Tho Northern Securities case In St bi Paul went over until next Thursday pt The new cars were nlaccd In sorvlco l catorday on the Warm Springs line I The abash grants to the striking iboprnen an Increase from October Int In western British Columbia the rIV rand Trunk PacifIc Is osltlnc for Its I J riinchlaoa I George TV TUatlnc the wellknown I railroad man has been appointed chief of the Iruntsportutlon and tnilllr t department de-partment of tho St LotilB expedition Mr RlBtlnc wua receiver for the Colorado Colo-rado Midland railroad and when tho control of that road watt taken out of I the courts Mr Tilstlnr assumed a the rlmlrrnaiiHlilp of the Western freight bureau The Nebraska State Journal ban avery a-very Interesting IntTvMv on the art of advertising from Alfred Darloxv advertising ad-vertising agent of the Union Pacltlc |