Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-02
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NEW SYSTEM or PASSENGER FARES
The Postage frineiple Applied 70
Trafflc on Hungarian Railways.

At recent meeting Of the American
Academy oi Political and Social
Science, held in Philadelphia, Prof +.
j, James oil the University Of Philadel.
phia read the following novel and in
iercsting paper:
lie said: For the last nine months
most interesting experiment in rail.
road management has been going op
In Hungary. As result new system
Of passenger tariffs was worked out
aud put into operation Aug. |, 1889.
The method adopted was that common.
" known as the zono-taritf system, 10
which the rates are fixed, not according
TO the number of miles travelled by the
passenger, but according TO the mum.
Der OF zones uaversed or entered upon
during the journey Starting from .
given center, the railroads are divided
into fourteen zones or stretches. The
first zone Includes all stations within
twenty-five kilometcrs of the center.
the second all more than twenty-five
aud less thnn forty etc. each zone after
the first up to tho twelfth being fifteen
kilomcters long, or, rs we should per
haps better say, wide. Tickets are
sold by zones, being good for all sta
tons within the sone.
How radical II change this system im
plies for large part OF tho traffic cap
DO seen In the extreme cascs-i. O., 10
those In which tho reduction has beeu
tho greatest, The fares for all stations
IN the fourteenth zone, which includes,
all stations more than 225 kilometers
from the capital, are 8, $50, and 4
guldcn respectively for the three
classes, corresponding TO $2SS, $2,08.
aud $l.I4, II we had the same rate In
this country II would bo possible to
buy railroad ticket to Chicago from
New York for 1892. The fare from
New York to Philadelphia would be 20
cents.
The simpliicatlon OF the tariff is very
great, Under the old system, tho mum.
Der OF distinct tickets which had 10 be
kept In every large Office was nearly
700. II il now only ~.
The railroad tickets are now placed
OIL sale like postage stamps ut the post.
Offices hotels, cigar-shops, and other
convenient places. Tho public Is
greatly pleased ut tho discarding OF
the complicated machinery OF ticket
selling us practiced under tho old
system,
Tho most interesting thing, however,
In this experiment Is the way in which
the passenger traffic has increased
under the stimulus Of the new rates,
The number Of passengers during tbs
last five months Of 1887 was 2, $3.50, 400;
during the same period OF 1883 il was
1881, 200; while for tho same period Of
lSS9--thc first period under the new
system--it was 5,h6i. 600. an increase
Of over 1873 per cent. The receipts from
tho traffic under the new system were
over - per cent greater than under
the old. In other words. passenger
traffic viii respond TO lower rates.
thing which some railroad managers
have denied.
II would be we'll for our own rail.
road managers who complain that pas.
scnger traffic Is not profitable TO look
into tho matter The American PEG.
Pile, roputcd TO be tho most restless in
the world, do not have nearly MS many
passengers per head OF the population
ms England, and II Is far exceeded in
the number OF passengers TO mile OF
railway by half dozen countries 81
Europe.