Evening star., 1897-04-16
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Interesting Ruling of the Joint Traffic Asso-
citation.
Passengers Travelling mt Extra Speed
Will be Required to Pay
Excess Fares.

The Joint Traffic Association has made
ruling that seems likely to affect the Balti-
more and Ohio and is interesting to all
people travelling between New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Cincinnati and ST.
Louis, and especially who wish to go from
one of these sections to the other via Wash
ington.
A circular, of which the following is a
copy, has been issued:
Il. That on all passenger service con-
suming less than twenty-three and one-half
hours between New York and Cincinnati
il Gliding first-class, second-class, theatri-
cal and party business, excess fare OF 81
for each hour or fraction thereof less than
twenty-three and one-half hours shall be
charged between New York and Cincinnati,
to be added to the authorized and establish
ed fares, standard or differential, as the
case may be, whether the service be by
soma train or be broken in whole or in
part.
That on all passenger service con-
suming less than thirty-three hours he
tween New York and St. Louis, including
first-class, second-class, thea trical and par
ty business, excess fare of 81 for each hour
or traction thereof less than thirty-threc
hours shall be charged between New York
and st. Louis, to be added to the author
iHed ana established fares standard or diff
ferential, as the case may be- whether the
service be by solid train or be broken in
whole or in part
A Recent Ruling.
The Joint Traffic Association made a
ruling last winter regarding rates. and the
Erie applied for relief, asking that fares be
regulated in accordance with the time made
by through trains between Chicago and
New York. The standard time was fixed 1T
tWenty-eight hours, the time from ST Louis
Is thirty-three hours, while from Cincinnati
Il nd haIf
Erie claimed that trains beating the stand
ard tune should charge excess passenger
rates Ihe claim was sustained regarding
Chlcago ard now Cincinnati is on the same
basis.
Will Affect Fast Trains.
This ruling rather puts a damper on fast
trains. From ST. Louis the PENNSYLVANIA
and the Big Four each has one train that
Will charSe 81; the c. and 0. has one train
VIA the Big Four route; the Pennsylvania
one train that will charge 81; Also the Big
roar, while the Pennsylvania Limited will
nave 10 cnafSe - extra, which, with the
:. dilerentlal against the b. and o., makes
- extra to Gotham by the limited train
From Cincinnati the Big Four and Penn
sylVania each has one train that will
charge 81 extra: also the b. and O. and
G. and O. The Pennsylvania and Big Four
each has train that has to charge 81
extra, while the Pennsylvania has one
that will require So extra fare. The b. and
o: from st. Louis will have no train that
VIII charge extra. The standard rate from
CINCINNATI is SIS via the Big Four and
pennsylvania: 81 via the c. and O.. and
SIG over the b. and o. and Erie: from st.
Louis the rate via the Big Four and Penn
sylvania is $23.Jo: the Il. and O. and c.
ana o., 81 .oG. Thus it will be seen that
the man who takes the Pennsylvania linn
tied TO New York from ST. Louis must
pay 81 more than if he took the best b.
and O. train. and 81 extra out of Cincinnati
lSOyai I.jn 4
than If over the G. and O. The new sched-
ule must be effective before June l. The
Erie out of Cincinnati is on the B. and o.
basis. 1t Will be interesting to see whether
or not the new ruling will lengthen the
TIME. The tendency has been to shorten it
between ths west and the east.