The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-06
Reasons Why the Passenger Fares on the
Railways Cnder the ID. y. D. 81 A.
Mana agement Should Not be
Disturbed.

Management Should Not be
Disturbed.
Under the existing tariff tho following
named concessions sre onjoyed by the
travelling public. and the arrangements
specified below fer their comforts and
convenience ars provided.
Regular round trip tickets good for
thirty days from date OF Issue are on sale
at all stations al reduction OF ten per
cent from double the one way rates.
Regular tickets at rate Of three cents
per mile are sold TO parties OF ten or
more travelling together between any
stations on the system, and rate OF two
and one half cents per mile is made for
parties numbering forty or mere.
One thousand milo tickets are
sold a rate OF two and one
half cents per lnile. These tick
cts are made good for man, his wife
and children, and are valid for twelve
months from date of issue. They are
accepted for passage on the D., 5. S. q
A. Ry., the Mineral Range and Hancock
and Calumet r. RS; also on The Mime
apols ST. Paul tS S. s. Marie Il. Y, aud
on that portion of the Chicago, MiwaR-
kee IL st. Paul Il. r.. north of Femblnc
To Ontonagon inclusive. Five hundred
mile tickets are sold on the Mineral
Range aud Hancock tS Calumet Il. RS at
rate OF three cents per mile, and are
made good for firms, their families and
employees. Resident clergYmen and
Sisters of Mercy, ara supplied with GER
tifcates emitting them to purchase
tickets at half ratas, when travelling on
the d., ). ). & A., the Mineral Range
and Hancock e Calumet r. Rds. The
Michigan Mining School is materially
benefited by the granting OF certificates
TO its professors and students enabling
them to purchase tickets at half rates
between all stations on the three rail-
ways named. Special tickets are on sale
on sundays at the several towns on the
Marquette Range to the City Of Mar
QUettC and roturn at rates ranging from
two cents per mile down to less than one
cent per mile, according to the distance
covered. 1t is proposed to issue Sunday ex-
cursioa tickets from Houghtop aud Han
cock 10 Red Jacket and Lake Linden at
the low rata of so cents for the round
trip, and to apply the same arrangement
from Red Jacket aud Lake Linden to
Houghton and Hancock. Reduced fares
for meetings, conventions and publ,
gatherings are made by this company on
a much more liberal basis than by any
other railway IN the state. Special trains
are run whenever the occasion warrants
the extra service, and the excursion
fares made for such avents by the D., 5.
5. 'S A. R'y. were very much lower than
those authorized by any olher railway in
the west. An excellent train service Is
provided. The passenger equipment
used is OF the best. and tho speed main
tanned by their passenger trains is equal
to that OF the first class lines OF the
country. The above Is what the man
agement has done and is doing for the
travelling public Of the upper peninsula,
while the results to the company during
1894 show an actual deficit Of Sc, 230.3i,
that Is tho expenses Incurred In prouiding
for,pdssen0er traffic in,fS94 tCtre 1880. 81
in ercess of the total receipts from this
branch of the cOmpdny's butiness The
above figures are positively correct as
they are taken from the sworn state
ments rendered by the company to tho
Interstate Commerce Commission. III q
reduction from one cent per mile from
the loca! passenger tariff OF railways
under the -. s. s. & A. management Is
ordered, IL will mean a large shrinkag,
In passenger receipts, and they will OF
necessity be obliged to materially curtail
expenses. for IL under their existing
tariff they suffered an actual loss OF
SO 230.34 for the twelve months ending
December 3lst, 1894, they must meet the
inroads on their passenger revenue,
threatened by the proposed reduction In
tariff, discontinue tho special rates. con-
cessions. excursion fares and otter privi-
leges granted the public, as well as re-
duce their passenger trdi,, seruice doion to
The actual requirements Of the business.
In view Of the above, would 1t not be
better to allow the existing passenger
tariff to stand? The business man who
has occasion to make frequent Journeys,
will continue 10 purchase mileage books
at rate OF two and one half cents per
mile; contractors and lumberneR Will
be able to secure the SINE low rate for
their employees; Ministers, Sisters oi
Mercy. Professors and Students Of Michi-
gan's Mining School will still bs accord
ed the special concessions that now Oh
tain for them; the pleasure seeker will
enjoy the Sunday excursions at the very
low rates now In effect; the miners aud
wage earners will continue the time
honored practice OF adding "a rideon the
railway" to the enjoyment OF their oc.
casional holidays, and at sucha fare as
will enable them TO take the entire
family for the outing, while the people
generally will obtain the many advan-
tages new secured tn them by the present
excellent train service, for IL must not
DO forgotten that ian efficient passens er
service Is essential to the building mp OF
any new section Of country, to the sue.
cessfull transportation OF mail and ex.
press matter. and to the developments toi
the agricultural. mining and manufactur.
Ing interests OF the eountry."