The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-09
The Sunset to Adopt the Gate Sys.
TEN of Ticket Collecting
COMMISSION RATE MEETING CALLED
weekly ana Monthly Earnings judicial
decisions -Pintsch Gas Plant.
Headlight Flashes.

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morning from, <, ,,,a 49,,
i'''h o. LOUIS ana chicago,
""eie 'hcS spent a week investigating
the operation of the gate system of ticket
collecting I'm vogue on tho chtca,o ord
| Alton road
,rba 49, 3,
and obtec,s - - n.eni we work'hss aims
cxclnsi,oIw ~ ,,,n W. weie t'sry explained
sundav Eohr,.'r,. VI i"e rost Oh
tion Of no Sa,',i,' 80 W ',le a''el'-
live 400 a,-d -, 't nv oii'ei",s SOME
! hy H., ~, - W., =" '". No"Iu NC ieai "eu
| inst whot 49, S pe.r''ol' "ppvaieu " ne
! - W. ~. "Vuic was III
| co,,e,,,,,,.,s ,,.. 'iie manning ol me
m, pa99rHser trai ne
49,, W. win the olhcers oil tne
s,i, "uu Ai.oh' upon "iiich me me
| - -" Von IN Ao'ct l"t seNerai
n,,,, W we Pracucal results
~ ~ ~ iaN uraoly impressed win
,.,o.t9.',. 80 - my e'eiih'heu 10 IN
,'r Va 'nei WIN Wow OF auopt-
20 o,r,ii,',,,, WI Wv ou,'9'''
a., .. "i'Isis' " committee composed OF
i,i' .oe''tu,''e s aooNe 'heHtioheu'
- - sV'oO.vn " siai' 81 LUIS ana STUDY
."u o'oi a''o's VI tne new system IN de"
No, ~ VI VI. ''aes ~ 'ic N'i'c"So anu Al'oh-
ne .epo,t Vi thls committee Is so taNof-
az NV p.a'i .n"t IT nus oeeh aeclued
" So i" "a uiHi "h 'le 9ou'h'rh facluc
! 49, ''.N 4'' 49, -
az "i"'i0' AZ 40 carry "d'c as PRAGUE
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N. +, arhs was interviewed by report
/ " vi me iust 9eS'cruay te'a'lNo 10 the
s"'c System Oh uchtl 'ollecuHH ana inc
| result OF the committees investigations
| 'o salu'
Ai'er thoroush examination or inc
| Waclloo III erect Oh the chicago ana Alton
! we llHu thht II greatly facllltates the
llsiUuiIlk VI IltSSolENfE III large numbers.
/ prevents JosthnS ana confusion and abso-
/ iuiely provinces against INJURY 10 paSSrn-
gers crowding on ana off trains There
are so many commehhahle features IN tho
/ system that II is hhrd matter 10 discern
| the most hp'ahse. me Gay we passed
/ over the thlchGo ana Alton was very
pad DAY Tor such OBSERVATION inc wehth-
er was cold ana drearv and snow was
raining all along the me ana II was
thought mat Inc system Woud 50 deihy
mo hahdhhg OF passengers ms to make
IL nncomiortahlo' nut ms ldch was soon
disptlled so accustomed TO the operation
OF the system were the travellers that
when the time came to get on the tram
everybody ABOARD understood Just what
was expected of them, and those desiring
to alight moved down the aislos IN per
feet order, to be followed by passengers
boarding the train at that station; the
result being that the aisles and platforms
were cleared IN snort order TO make way
for those coming in the other direction
stood on the platform 10 Watch tn'
operation AZ all the principal stations. anc
found that they turned tho passenger
on and off the train with moro CELEBRITY
ana less CONFUSION than ~ possible VIII
a lack OF tho system. IT Is an absolute
protection against injury ana recommends
user hRhly 10 INC consideration or al
railroad managers, II for no other reason
! talking nffRHrq
the Chicago and Alton and their opinion
was confirmed by the conductors ana
other tralnmen' where IL was iound lha'
CONSIDERABLE Opposition 10 the adoption
of the system existed among railway en-
ployes at hrs'' 1t Is now on record mat
conductors, running on one of the diVis'
ions of the road I'm Missouri on part
OF the Inc where the system had no'
been inauturatcd at the beginning ap
pealed to the management OF the roma te
extend the system, after witnessing Us
successful working on the other divisions
The public also has hegiln TO fullY np
preciate tho service, ana seem hcarull
in favor OF IT, with possibly nm individual
here and there TO express dissenting
= opinion. The gate system IS the ad2pta'
ton OF the principal followed by the Eng
fish railroads. ana In It's erect the same
ms that practiced AT IN" larger stations
ana depots IN the Jhlied S'ateS No
English system, and, so ! am told me
same practiced on the European comm
ont is FOR passengers 10 eNhihlt ther tlcN
cts before reaching the platform IRON
which tho train leaves ne must agaif
show his ticket to the guard VINO assigns
him to the proper class compartment an'
is compelled to surrender ms ticket ~
/ the station where ne leaves me ua'n' lh'
American practice nj large dcpo's ~ io'
passengers to exhibit thelr tickets a, .h'
sale pr'orp poa' NUS w Y,. 1,ii.,',
and other cities, tickets are exhibited &c
the station gatckeepcr or rather deposh
cd in receptacle where ny we operator
of a lever the ticket Is cancelled ana 90
, posted IN n secure place II VIII seem
therefore That the gate system m'Rn
he property called moditcnuon OF a,
the systems above Described llhSinuoi
as passengers are required 10 again s,'o"
their tickets on board inc traln, al Wh,oi
time they are punched ana 'neh c9llcc,e'
by the gatekeeper at destination, ny 'hl'
method the proper ueke'ing OF an passen
gers on board 10 assured, ana more VIM
given the conductor 10 utt'lu !" M "st,
duties, which are becoming more nuner
Gus every day, IN looking ait'r we coln