New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
NEW FORM OF RAILWAY TICKET.
THE INTERCHANGEABLE MILEAGE CREDIT Sfs-
TEN OF THE WESTERN ROADS.
rom The Railway Gazette.

From The Railway Gazette.
The interchangeable mileage credit system,
was announced 70 be Put ~ use fi, on ne Iows Wis
consin Minnesota and some contiguous ierI!ioi! On
November TO- and the Commercial! travellers III .naS
at two cents a mile. with no large adva a EEK e%-
penditure of money the mileage ooOh d oI on al the
roads. which authorizes local ticket agents to issue
credit checks with ordinary raeafng Two thou.
sand miles and costing. say s1O the pas pas, -
in his credit fheGSS bureau aG at chicago and
the bureau sends the PASSENGER rebate % m H,o
The 1ssied into leather pocketbook and the
passenger must pay 80 cents tor hh,oing b credit
checks sesg oneRS Of each has e Be signed
and given up the conductor IN Prnu ,b lo o
ese ses are three cents mile or higher the pas
senger has 10 pay out $50 more than the net e'o S
OF ms s,o as in the case Of $50 tcke; with slo
vabste This last-named form is sun on saie, , as
also the iV sgnnts and conductors must begin TO
wonder whether Job In the engineer oLc M 10
o.ioS <oridee strains would not be prelerapie ~
iher present work which grows more eTy
with each change In ticker asrsnser PRESENTING
credit Si9 d9 bns to be 20 dd out in duplicate
means OF agsnts nave to carry stock Of slips so
RAJ messengers from stations wnere no uchv
are sold shall not be deprived OF '"e'' p''''0'
prWnese, ost noticeable thing about the continual
mileage ueket ae Of new and Improved tickets
S. t sc literally too numerous 10 menuoil ui-
iess ot1e words in the contract are unlimited ana
ne must read through them before ne cSn teI, dO
SS,hs or Browns except in some little detail
which serves chiefly as basis lot p Pa arrnu
The latest candidate for favor is the o,Irpbs
t,npet'" which we find described In ColumDus
lOhioC paper. This. we are toid mas a NH mos,
,,Iaiv he selected as the standard ticket by the
Central Passenger Association The mileage cs on
sicn his name on the mileage al his leisure ne
then presents I. to ticket agent ana STATES n
Mileage from the upper half of the mileage strip,
gives the portion IN .he WITH HfOS an rubber
Stamp the destination Of the passenger. lie then
returns the book to the owner ,,,.- ..oo,.ouos
''The conductor OF the train lifts the uncovered
portion OF the mileage strip. which must neoes-
ary be Of the same plumber Of s as b sna, oe
duplex form. and the PASSENGER signs on the BACK
in the Of the Of b, ticket over
form s that agents are not 1o req1TeG TO
the possibility OF error in TRANSFERRING the number
OF the mileage book 10 the exchange ticket. The
s shoDG not IN be aS thar
the issuance of an ordinary card ticket While the
two. the champions OF the Fort ticket are making
O strong fight for its adoption, a fact explained
by the royalties which accrue to the patentee Of
When II is considered that most OF this tedious
OF thwarting the schemes Of conductors and com
mercial travellers who inclined TO combine to
mile ride. II is not surprising that people
sert that railroad business is conducted in very
unbusinesske way
The INTERCHANGEABLE mileage ticket OF the Central
Passenger Association has been In over
Two months and its sponsors appear to feel very
much encouraged The requirement that tickets
must not be used for trips over two roads
has been modified where necessary, thus removing
one Of the chief obstacles their success and the
Chicago, indianapolis and Louisville has agreed to
come into the agreement. all the roads from Chi
, cago to Clncnnati and Louisville having consented
70 uniform time for through passenger trains.
The drummers have complained at the time lost In
getting exchange tickets at functions, where mile
age-tcket holders by the dozen often appear at the
: .ounter all at once. but they seem 20 have SUBJ
means used 10 meet them, the main object that
was had In view when the ticket adopted,
that of throwing the scalper out Of business seems
to have been at least partially successful for we
read that In Columbus two or three brokers out OF
the I'VE In the city have gone out Of business and
yimIlar reports come from Indianapolis and Cincin:
natl Notifications In the regulations for the Of
the ticket are. believe still under consideration