The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-06
NEW MILEAGE TICKET
ADOPTED BY ROADS OF THE CEN
TRIAL TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION.
An interchangeable Scheme That VIII
Be Used by About Seventy
Different Railways.

CHICAGO, June 5.--The roads of the Cen
trail Passenger Committee have taken ac-
ton regarding the issue of an interchange
able mileage ticket that will be received
with great pleasure by the travelling men
of the country. They have decided that,
commencing about July Is, they will issue
an interchangeable mileage ticket which
will be good all the roads in the terri
tory of the committee. Nearly seventy off
ferent lines have signed the agreement and
the tickets will be placed on sale just as
soon as the roads can make their arrange
ments for auditing the tickets Chairman
Donald, of the Central Passenger Commit
tee, will have all the tickets in his possess
sion, and they will be printed by him and
issued to the roads as they call for them.
house on the tickets and the chairman Will
have nothing to do with them directly after
which are to handle them. There is great
satisfaction among the roads in the Cen
trail Passenger Committee, which have for
nearly two years been working to secure
the adoption of an interchangeable mileage
ticket over the practically unanimous con-
sent that the roads have given to the plan.
At one time last week it was reported that
no action would be taken regarding the is
sue of a ticket but the thing is now def
nitely settled and the tickets will be issued
and on sale by the middle of July at the
latest.
The prospects for an all-around fight be-
tween the ChicagO-St Paul lines are i'm
proving every day. The situation is very
serious at present and there seems to be
no chance for it's betterment. The lines
outside of the association deny in the most
emphatic manner that they are in any way
responsible for the Generalization existing
in the rate situation between Chicago and
st. Paul and declare that all of the trouble
is caused by the low rates that are made
secretly by the association roads They say
also that they would like nothing better
than to have the association roads carry
out their threat of cutting the rates openly
to meet the reductions that have been made
secretly. They say that if the association
roads once cut the rates openly they will
have the hardest kind of time getting
them back to the old point. They will not
of restoration Of rates until the lines out
side of the association have been granted
everything they demand.
The Western roads have determined to
make a determined effort to get rid of the
homeSeekerS' excursion that may have been
advertised to be run during the summer. 1t
has been found that these excursions do not
stimulate travel in the least and their only
result is to demoralize the rates. A meet
ing having for it's object the abolition of
these excursions, was held about a year
ago, but it resulted in nothing. 1t is likely
that another meeting will be held in a short
time and some of the roads will make
very bitter fight against the continuance of
the excursions. 1t is not likely that they
will succeed in having stop put to them
for this year, but it is probable that very
few if any of them will be run next year.