The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-24

,terly or monthly passes, but the vast
majority of employees are obliged to
ask Tor trip transportation and leave OF
absence whenever they want to ride.
The great volume of ANIMALS 20 to of
.hcers of other lines and are known as
exchange passes. Formerly every road
exchanged freely with every other road,
but now reciprocity is generally con-
fined to lines which interchange
business, and sort of code has
been established which knows few
exceptions. Each road makes up an
exchange list and sends it to tributary
lines in December, requesting ANIMALS
for the coming year for it's president,
vice presidents, general manager, gen.
eral superintendent, traffic manager,
general freight agent and general pas
senger agent. Some roads include
their secretaries, treasurers, attorneys
and chief engineers, but the names of
such persons, as well as division officers,
are usually embraced in supplement
tary list, which is only sent to imme-
date connections, the list undergoing
additions and erasures, as circumstances
require. Presidents of lines closely re-
lated occasionally give each other passes
calling for the transportation of the re.
cipient "and party with special car"
but such courtesies are extremely rare.
the conveyance of special cars usually
requiring special arrangement in each
case.
A TELEGRAPH FRANK.
In addition to railroad passes there
are telegraph and express franks and
passes (see cut ~ calling for accommo-
.dations in sleeping and parlor cars. All
these are mostly issued to railroad Off.
Gals on business basis, and may prop
erly be considered IN equitable trade,
as farmers and grocers exchange butter
and eggs for sugar and tea. Railroads
carry free the officers and electricians
OF telegraph companies, and the latter
do certain amount of telegraphing to
balance the account. Franks are given
to persons entitled to use the wires I'M
der this arrangement. Contracts be-
tween railroad and telegraph compan-
les also have provisions regarding rnu.
tual use of poles and wires, which vary
according to circumstances. The Pull
man and Wagner Palace Car Companies
exchange passes (sce cut c. with the rail-
roads over which their cars run. Ordi-
Adiy idilrodu ollcidlS are given sleeping
and parlor car passes restricted to their
own lines. and such connections as form
through palace car routes. In other
words, the holders can get into
any sleeping car on their own
line and be provided with seat
or berth free to their destination re-
CARELESS of where it goes. A few presi-
dents and vice presidents receive passes
of special form from Sir George NJ. Pull
man, providing drawing-room or sec
ton In any of his cars in the world.
DIR. Webb, of the Wagner Company, also
issues few such passes. Mrs. Pullman
has apass which directs Pullman conduc-
tors to give her such accommodations as
she requests for herself and accompany
ing friends, which might mean whole
car or n whole train. AS n matter of
fact. however, she seldom uses this re-
markable pass, prefcrring to ride in her
husbands special car, which is the finest
in the world.
Passes of various forms are issued to
newspaper men, but, properly speaking,
such transportation should not be
termed free, us it is given in considera-
ton of advertising, under arrangements
more or less definite. People in the