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A cub ect OF oons,derxble discus.
sion abroad among those interested in
the economies Of railroad mausxe.
ment is tho z,ne system of railway
tariff, which WAS introduced originally
in Hungary in 1889 by NJ. Bsso.s,
Hungarian Minister Of Ra,iwsys. At
frat It was applied 70 passenger traffic
only. but it, success in that department
WIS ~ imms iiase and 90 great, that
within short time it was extended 50
- to include freight traffic also. Tho
innovation WAS instituted upon the
Hungarian State railways; the compe.
iiIion Of these, however, COMPEL. d
privste lines to reduce their fares, 90
that nov the system obtains prscti.
cally throughout Hungary. In
similar manner tho Austrian line.
which came into competition with
those Of Hungary were compelled to
meet the now system Of tariffs, tho 70.
suit being that It has been extended
over oil Of tho Austrian State lines 90
Tar ~ the passenger traffic is concerned
Austria Hungary 10 tho only nation
In which tho system has been adopted
up to the present time. II has excited
considerable ATTENTION Of late, however,
IN Russia aud EugI land, aud there has
been more or lees talk in favor OF its
trial there; IN fact, it has already been
inausurased upon . short line in
Ireland.
The some system consists 10 divid.
ing railway regions into zones OF
sPpro ximstely equal distance within
which . passenger goes to any part q.
. fixed price. 1t is, indeed, simply
the method in general use in tins
county upon the horse, electric and
cable trsmway lines, aud tho elevated
railway in New York. applied upon a
larger scale. In Hungary, tho terri
tory, with Buda Pesth IS center, 10
divided into II zones, most Of which
are about 10 miles broad. The first,
twelfth and thirteenth, however, in.
clude an area about Is miles wide,
while the fourteenth comprises all tho
territory between l4O miles from the
capital and 457 sniles, tho end Of the
railway system. Tho fare to any
station in the 6rst zone, by pssliA
tnentsry or omnibus trains, correspond.
ing to our local trains, 10 about rs
cents first class. 20 cents second class
and l24 cents thiri class. BY quick
or express trains the fares are: first
class. 20 cents; second class. rs cents;
third class, Is cents. Passenger
from one station to the NJ x..
OF next but one. do no, pay full rate
for tho some. These fares rise up to
the twelfth s,ns by proportions,sI
amounts. la the thirteenth zone the
fares (from Buds Pes,h) by the par.
isme"t.ry trains sr-: First class,
- 40; second class. $2.55 third GLASS,
81 20; aud bv quick trains - 10 first
clsss, 1915 second cl..s, aud t2O5
III "a class. The maximum fArea for
any journey above lao miles ara g 80
frss class. by slow trans. and e4.65 ny
quick trsins. A passenger can thus
J"urney from Buda P~sth TO tn.
R.,umanian frontier, . distance of $50
miles, for o 80 6sss class. or one-h~lf
that amount second class, which 1.
pr .hsbly che lowest railway rate in the
world. Il 10 calculated that the
lvssage reduction Of fares under the