Show t KIMBALL RAILWAYS OF WEST VEST Dean of Pennsylvania Systems System's i I. I Passenger Service Looks R Over Lines SAPID RAPID RISE TO HIGH SEAT Began in n Company's Employ 4 I. I L' L Forty Years Ago as 1 I Checking Clerk r Just Jut 40 years ago the first filst of or this C. C L. L entered the tho ren of the thu Pennsylvania railroad as checking clerk In the baggage sage department department depart depart- ment merit at Cleveland Ohio Yesterday visiting Salt Lake rake as assistant general passenger agent of tho the anla lines with rth headquarters at Chicago he was talking of tho the hun hundreds rods of or mil mil- lions of dollars as ns glibly and In as fa familiar Ia- Ia a n. manner as tho the ordinary man sums up his w weeks week's elt's salary after paying paying pay pay- I ing ng- ng his rent and grocery bills Mr J Is on a n. tour lour of inspection I. I tion of ot the tho of or tho Pennsylvania lines Jines throughout tho Pacific Northwest North- North wc west t and Is returning from Seattle and Portland having gone gono west over tho the Hill Hlll lines He lie was accompanied yesterday b by AV W. F. F Yeo traveling past pas- pas t agent for tho the samo same road with at Denver Long ong in lit er Service After serving a 1 year rear In the tho baggage bassage 4 I at Cleveland Mr 11 Kimball entered en en- rl the tho general offices of or the tho roa road I I l and ho remained remain l in the tho Ohio OlIo town Lj 1 until four years cars ago o when ho he took the office Ho He has 1 work of the Chicago jf 7 been in lii the passenger department of tho the road road 7 7 27 years ears As ho he sa says yS s 's he has still a a. nice lot of years rears t to servo O before he lie Is retired from tho the company's ranks at the age of or 70 summers 1 Mr Kimball referred to the recent I victory i tor von by his road in the United i States Supreme court b by which the two cent law of Pennsylvania was vas declared to bo ho e in Its J case and therefore was nullified This applies to the Pennsylvania railroad east enst of ot Pittsburgh said raid Sir Mr Kimball But nut R n is to bo be presumed that other railroads In Ie that and other states will take tako the UlC same course and andl t l endeavor to show that tho the reduction from three to two Cents Lents a n. milo mile was too radical Earnings S 'S of or Pennsylvania There Thero Is no doubt that at two cents a a. mile nille a railroad will carry more moro passengers than at three cents But it whether the increase ills Is questionable m bo be large largo enough h to justify tho decrease decrease de de- de crease In rate And It Is to ho bo re remembered re- re that it costs tho the railroad m more le to haul 00 00 passengers at two cents a n mile mUe than Luau to haul 00 at three cents a a. mile r Tho stockholders are arc entitled entitle to 7 Something fo for the money the they have in invested invested In- In vested d and It is to be tal taken en Into account ac- ac co count ht that U hUo they may be bo reedy- reedy ing- ing ng dividends dl 3 now they often as In tit Inthe r 2 the c ca so o with our road road w went nt for tor many years without getting a 3 cent In re- re Now however tho the Pennsylvania Is in good shape Last year car it had a gross Bross Income of or nearly nearly near near- ly a million a a. da day It pays Its stockholders stockholders stock stock- holders 7 per pcr cent dividends and the rest of its earnings It puts into improving improving ing ng Its Us equipment It has practically rebuilt its roadbed in the past few years and no now has four tracks from Pittsburg to New York with sI six from Philadelphia In It has also reduced grad grades s and eliminated sharp curves until now it has 1 one ono of the best roads In the count country I Millions for Gotham Station It an IS-hour IS train from New to Chicago an and it has never had to Increase tho time since the service was in Installed Last year it na had nad only 10 per cent or of Its trains late lale and with that it 10 per percent cent In the majority of Instances tho the 1 lateness was less than 1 15 minutes I. I It UIt has hos sPent on tun- tun 1 nels nela Into New York at its new rew depot 3 site and tho the building and lot will cost more The depot will not noti i be bo very cry high h above boye ground but hut it will go down deep underneath It has ono one of the biggest est holes bolcs there thero now ever e excavated Tho The depot will require about two years In lathe the completion |