Over four years ago the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
decided to carry no more Sunday excursions; to run only such
Sunday freight trains as were necessary to carry live stock
and certain perishable goods; and to stop all Sunday work in
freight-yards and sheds for twelve hours every Sunday.
There was great opposition to this action. A boycott was
threatened by brewers and other shippers, while the adverse
criticisms were abundant and scathing.
The last annual report of this railway gives striking
endorsement as to the success of this policy of reduction of
Sunday business. We are informed that the financial profits of
the roads have increased 100 per cent during these four years;
also, that last year not one life was lost on the whole line
covering several thousand miles, with its many fast express,
mail and freight trains; and there are practically no complaints
from shippers and receivers of freight as to delays for cars, or
delivery of goods.--_The Christian Statesman._
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See SABBATH, OBSERVING THE.