Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-16

Ah' SfNn' 'l"'ui OF ishiiNAl ares
Awriter IN Tho Century has compiled
from tho Hungarian government report
m abstract Of tho zonn sys,om % rail.
way fares which II adopted in August,
1850. The suecas Of thy syrtem has
been 70 remarkable that railway mon
from all rartsof tho world nre fastening
10 Hungary 10 learn tho workings Of
this new method. Under this plan long
dStaMe fssea ara only, ono alta of what
they woro before. whilo short distance
are one-half ioes. Yet, strange to say, In
spite Of those sweeping reductions the
revenues OF the railroads have been sub.
stantiaily increased. 10 great Is tho rush
Of travel since the zono system went into
operation.
Tho zone system cuts down expenses
by doing away with q multiplicity Of
railway Offices and ticket agents, ~ well
rs with the printing Of 80 many different
tlckohl
Tho writer In Tho Century thus do
acIibea tho systemi
Prom Hungary vo have a suggestion Of reform
In railway mAnsgsmso, which promise. 10 rsyo
latioui.s the Iaalsnzar business
Tia "foes tArih. a. u Il called va. pat 10
opsrauoa In Hungary on AuS l. 1881. II has
ihefrfurc, but triif cEpcflnnoa 10 Justly ti
pfadticabiiky, but the results thus Tar have b.ou
% r-paAf sabls that ~ HIcccsa seems 10 h. a.
snod The method consists q division Of The
terii1fy % Hungary into fogrtsen coacsntrc
NHsaaNa -. d
The mi sous Includes all stations within "
kilomeiAr. -io's miles from tho ocatsr; The so
oni, all more taan y AID iua than -. al tho
sbaoi uteepi the first tho twelfth AMI the Lllfs
teenih are Is kuomoterz OF a iuia more than ,
iaiaa IN rldihi TIE Tires nAmci arc 70 klouie .fi
IA hFeadth. sfi tbo fosfis-nth inclails ali sta
tioaa mofs thaa " kllms.crs froa. the captai
No fare regulated ~ The nimber u ilnci
which tho uavalss anieu o. Or slaaa duuns NE
I0urnsy f.sdueins Eulieus - ,sria. the rat, Il.
" 70 and 10 eanla per mons fOr fnt sscond and
third class rasaangen. rvspeeilvcly. n ons starts
iron nudAle.i And crosses thrcs a,nci hetra,vi>
therefore, Is knornsts~, &C about - nlss, " he
kofa nst lass hii fare VIII ~ 20 casts. u second
class y ccnts, " third clasi - centl
For bcl traaie, whoa The traveller dos not
cra-,l the boundary II any sone thars are special
rates. n no goa- only 70 tho nearest station. tue
charsa VII 10 ~, y anil cent?. n o. tho ~ ind
liailon fJon NJ. starting polut II. and oaHtsi
ITO the third station, the full rates Of the sous
an charged.
The greatest REDUCTION. however. Is IN the long
distances iof all stations more than IN knS.
masters $50 miles-fron budapest the nies are
tho same. Al stations bsy 0ni that distance are
ruckoned Ia tho fourtsrnth 11na Il costs un more
touaNol from nutapest 70 iifassa which u ~ kllo
mei-rs d,sapt, than 10 Nagy varad, the distance
q which h only ~ kilpmster. To ihh furth,-i
poat tn mliaa from tho cap,tal the farOs q tbs
three classes are. Tor oriinAfy trains y ~ q ~
and ti.gc Al this rate tho iir.t clAs. iage tom
New lork 10 Chicago would b. only about 81. and
the third class fare about $3.50
Tue former rsisi q tho Hungarian railways h,
tween "a, two psiuts nov under consideration
we're giGel 81 - and "a Tue faga u, thNrs
iors lssl than one arm Of What It was under the
GA system
Que fact Il Clearly duuonsiratoI that rpduccd
Passenger faros greatly stimulate passenger trat
hs Aad are advantageous " tho companies
There are Indications eaoush " this fact IN the
experience u American railways but the man
ayers srv slow 10 at upon thauL PshAr- tina
striking hiStIutIon from Hungarian railway hi.
toy nay qaleken their apprehension.
1ho eaoaomio and indull tal a. vantage u such
low fArcs shonld bc o,NlIua 70 all Whatever
tends ~ promot' the mobility Of labor "a In he
inteEes, NJ thrn and i-sce, HIee.Ally IL this
tn- 10 thssa um-a, WHEN through changes 4
fashion ifuduciian 4 coustantly shlftiug. 10 the
work people throNn out Of empl1ymsn, In zoe
pla-- could easiiy and eheaply rua1osa to sons
othsr place where AboTyrs an wanted suAaria Z
vosh b. rslisvei, l.auI1rsn liEainllhod. and q >
onngeslion 81 lahof, out % which rnAnV dirnall.
ties arise, greatly rsdNced. Tue hi.n rates q
ralroai fsro EFsyaat u. too ulorpasat Of lbtr.
Ald aErrasaio May OF our 0ossl ~.