Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-08-20

ceht. from tho regular tariff formerly
in use. Return and annual tick~ts
AID The like are. however, abolished
unnes the new eyst<m.
The introduction OF this o. stem into
Hungary Was brought about by the
'nsd+quste patronage received BY the
State railways under the old regime,
there being y deficit Of t0UO,UOU, in
round numbers, under fixed charges
/" the year preceding the adoption of
The zone or regional tariffs. NJ.
baross. having carefully studied the
matter arrived Ut the conclusion that
the passenger tariff of the roads was
not what 1t should Do. As the country
WAS comparatively sparsely settled
and poor there was no Other way to
awaken aud stimulate tho desire for
travel among its inhabitants than ny
chespeni"g the pssse"g~r fares. THIS
WAS dune, with the r-su'ts to which
We have alr- sdy called attention.
Tho statistics Of the Hungarian
State railways for the years prior to
and after tho adoption Of the zone
system shows moro clearly the degree
Of success which lit attained. Fr,m
August p, 1888, to July 3l.t, 1889.
the total number Of psss- myers carried
was 5,l85.227; from August LIT,
1889, TO July 3lst, 1890, l3.O6O,75I,
showing the enormous increase of
7.S74,524. The number of PIECES of
a9xsg- carried increased rom 465,.
759 to 603,06O. The receipts fr"m
passengers in the year 1888 10
amounted to $4,2G5. 7O4; in 1889 90,
A6.l65,O47, an increase of SS99,343.
The total receipts from passengers
and luggage in 1889, amounted to
$4,43S. 1919; in 18s9.9o to %, 436, 546,
an increase Of e99S,347.
The Austria" z ne system 10 worked
in somewhat different manner from
the Hungarian, though based upon
the same principles. The differences
are unimportsnt, however, relating
merely to tho standard rate Of fare
and tho .ize OF tho cones, which the
Austrian Government found necessary
to limit in extent and increase il
number. With a Tow exceptions the
zone tariff 10 applicable to al State
and private lines worked by the
Government. II is based On tho fare
ct on- kreutz-r (ahout J cen,) per
kilome'er, for third class passage two
kreutzers, second class; and three
kreutz-rs third class. In the case OF
express trsins these rates are increased
30 per cent. Tho number Of zones
into which tho railway region is ii,
vited - 2S. The first 50 kilome,ers
10 divided into five zones OF 10 kilome.
tiers each; the next 30 kilometers 10
divided into two zones; while the
eighth zone Is 20 k;lomete,s in extent.
The distance from 100 to 200 kilome.
'ers il divided into four zones, after
which tho width Vi each gone !. 50
kll"meters. so that thu 2S,h zone 10
$50 to 1000 kilome,ers from tho cen
trail point. The system was inaugsr
sted in Austria juno 18th, 1890, aud
no figures Of the results of i.s FRS,
years operations are yet ut hani. l,
was we'll received from the &. ct and
the number Of passengers ut once in.
creased very prrceptibly, even ex-
ceedinRly so A. times. In the month
Of August, 1890, six weeks after the
introduction Of the system the NUN.
her OF passengers carried was l,7OO,.
sos greater than in tho same month
IT the preceding year. the increase
amounting to about 81 per cent. The
Adoptio" OF this system in Austria i'm
piled N reduction Of fares Of so per
rent. 80 per cent. and SO DER cent I
Tor third, second. and first class fares.
respectively, on ordinary t,.ins, and
40 per cent, IS per cent, and 20 per
cent on fast trains.
Conditions in this country, with It's
vast railway systems are, of course,
enormously different from those pre-
vailing in Austria and Hungary, vet
the resnl's obtained there are so i'm.
p 'rtnnt - g. merit the attention of
railway manag.rs in the United States.
1t II bv no means unlikely = modi6-
cation OF the system might he adopted
with equally successful results in var.
ious regions i" the vicinity Of each Of
our larger cities Wherever the plan
has ben inaugurated upon urban aud
suhurhsns 'rsm~avs, with an accom-
panving reduction in fares, a larger
increase of traffic and in the earnings
OF the company hes occurred.