The age-herald., 1897-11-17
THE NEW MILEAGE TICKETS They Were Adopted Monday by
 Western Roads. WORKING FOR THEM HERE Railroad Development in the South-A Train Loaded With Baking Powders Left Rich
 mond- Southern's Improvements.

The western railways began using the
 new interchangeable mileage tickets
 Monday morning. It is the invention of
 John Sebastian, general passenger agent
 of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
 railroad. The friends of the ticket are
 enthused cuer the prospects of its sue
 cessful operation.
 By using this interchangeable mileage
 ticket railroad transportation is reduced
 to cents per irrle. The scheme has been
 universally adopted in the west and by the Central Passenger association. The
 Southern and SouIthe aisteIn association
 have failed sa far to endorse the intsr-
 changeable mileage ticket scheme.
 One of the advantages claimed to be
 possessed by the "Sebastian ticket Is
 that it is almost impossible for the scalp
 CTS to handle it. Last year thousands
 of the. tickets were used in the northwest
 and not one was eser found in a ticket
 brokers office. A prominent dealer in railroad tickets ir this city said the scheme was directly traceable tor the Travellers Protective as- sochation. He claimed there was no 4fa-
 billty of the adoption of the scheme in
 this part of the country as it would really
 mean 2-cent railroad fare. The Travel
 CTS Protective association is however
 taking active steps to have the schlsme
 adopted
 RUSH TO THE KLONDIKE.
 According to the Railway Age, figures compiled for railway use show a surprts- ing rush of travel between Puget sound and gateways to the Klondiloe region. Between July IT and September H.
 eight weeks-1,24S people took passage
 for St. Michael, and 7,62S went to Fort
 Wrangel, Junsau, Skaguay and Takou.
 Duning this pe1tod 12.0O0 tons of freight
 was shipped ito St. Michael, and about
 24,O00 tons to other ports, including Brit
 fsh Columbian ports Moreov;r, 3.S60
 horses and mules were shipped nonth,
 1,161 heai1 of beef, and ovel, 1000 dogs. The Railway and Engineering Review
 says:
 "Withtn the last few months the South
 eun Railway company has been spending a large sum of money ln improving the Louisville division and properly equap ping it. In addition ito putting its track tn first-class shape the Southern Rail-
  | its depots, number of them having re- ! ccntly been reparnted and improved. l New depots are in counse of construction l at Stane, Ky. and also ut Midway. Ky" SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT. Sectional feeling. it .s claimed has kept otller parts of tfbs country from giving the south its just dues. The Chicago In-
 ter-Ocean disputes one popular suppost- tDon regarding the development of the south. It says:
 'It Is supposed popularly that there has | belsn less railroad development in the south than in northern states, but the l contrary ds true. From 1880 to 1895 the
 railroad mileage of the Middle Atlantic 1 sbabes-New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- vania, Delaware, and Maryland-.n- | creased 50 per cent, and that of the five mosith central stateas-Ohio, Michigan, l Indiana, Illinois and Wiscomsin-60 per | cent.
 1 But tn the same period the railroad mileage of what are called the M:ssfs- sippi valley states-LouisIana Missis-
 slppi, Alabama. Kentucky and Tennss-
 see-imcreased 100 per cent.. and the rail- l road mileage of the South Atlantic statIss Virginia. North Carolina, South Caro- l Nina, Georgia, West Virginia and Florida increased 12O per cent The average cost of constructing a mile of railroad 1 is $65, ,0O0."
 LAW THAT DOES NOT PROHIBIT. Although Kansas has stringent prohi I bition laws and presumes to enforcs thsm rigidly tine Santa Fe company
 hast year carried 3S,672 tons of wines, liquors and beer Of that amount 17.7g3 tons was consigned to points in Kansas. Evidently this ss an illustration of u | prohibition that does mot prohibit LOAD OF BAKING POWDERS. A freight train consisting of twenty l one cars left Richmond Monday. Trains
 leave Richmond every day, but this one was loaded with nothing else but baking | powder. streamer adorned each side l of the "spec.al" and this was perhaps l the largest shipment of baking powder 1 ever made at once in the United States. | Two cars were consigned each to Mobile I and Montgomery. Four were sent to | Montgomery and all passed through Bir-
 mingham.
 l MORE POINTS NOW OPEN. 1 Further restrictions on account of the quarantine were removed yesterday. The daily bulletin of the Alabama Great Southern is as follows: Southern railway has resumed full train service between York and Selma. and will handle both freight and pas senger business unrestricted by cuaran- tine regulations.
 Southern railway will resume passen- ger train service between Birmingham, Ala, and Greenville, Mss, Thursday, November IS on trains 37 and 3S. "Eutaw, Ala, prohibits the entrance of amy passenger from Greensboro, Ala" ASSUMING SCHEDULES. The following circular has been issued by the Central of Georgia railroad re-
 garding the resumption of ats schsdules
 "Effective Sunday, November IA. the
 operation of trains and 6. between
 Montgomery and Macon, will be re-
 stunned, same having previously been dis continued west of Fitzpatrick, Ala, on
 account of quarantine regulations. We