The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06
The New Mileage Book.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
Trusting to your forbearance and the in
diligence of your army of intelligent pa
irons permit me to reply to an article in
your issue of the I'd. signed ALFRED Clark, y
with reference 10 the interchangeable five
thousand-mie ticket. The gentleman need
have no difficulty in locating the associa-
ton of which he pleads ignorance, as ii
has been in existence nearly as long as his
extended and honora BILE career as "A COM
mercial traveller With no attempt at pri-
ority, the writer WIS in the harness twen-
ty-five years as commercial traveller
without a break. and. safe TO say. travelled
more miles during that time than my
brother knight of the grip will cover should
he add thirty years more TO his string, and.
without being egotistical. believe L have
devoted more time. and money to secure
concessions for my fellow commercial trav-
elers than any other commercial traveller
in the United States. Interchangeable mile
age has been the goal of the great major
ity of commercial travellers and business
mems ambition for years, and pride my
self with being ever foremost In its adVO-
cacy believing II practicable just and
equitable to all parties in interest.
The writer has never been in the en-
poy of any railroad company. nor its ac-
cessories, but. on the contrary. at all times.
a stanch uncompromisinS, unpurchasable
advocate of commercial travellers rights,
consistent in the nature of demands made.
respecting equally the rights of others. No
reference is made in my communication to
Mr. Mccormick or any commercial traN-
eler being in the employ of railroad cor
pOraticns. directly or indirectly, and, If the
gentleman is the commercial traveller
claimed for himself he has had more than
800 invested in mileage tickets, for the av-
erage travelling man carried from five to
twenty mileage tickets under the old sys-
TEN. To profit by the reduced rate at which
m 'leage tickets were sold. No one claims
the present fiVe-thousand-milei interchange
able ticket is perfect, but II is claimed to
be step i'm the right direction and exact
~ in line with demands made by CONNER
cial travellers and If the gentleman and
his friends will devote the same time and
energies toward the correction of existing
Inconsistencies in the present Interchange
able ticket il would be more To their credit
than vilifying those who nave struggled
for years to obtain that which is believed
to be the greatest good TO the greatest
IA few. The gertlern..ns illusions to expert
ments. investments and total losses are UNI
worthy of notice. being entirely without
foundation in fact.
restrictions that will confine mileage tick
cts to legitimate channels, and no one is
so blind as those who possess the sense of
seeing and refuse To see. INTERCHANGEABLE
mileage is the solution OF the problem TO
confer upon commercial travellers merited
recognition The method TO be employed
I'm it's use is a matter of friendly and con-
sistent adjustment, mutually considered,
and not arbitrary denunciation.
Chicago Feb. L. ID. X. CLlNk.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
4. jackson has taken charge of the train
over the Louisville division of the Penn
sylvana lines which runs daily between H.
fianapolis and Madison, and has removed
his family 10 Madison.
New York city has thirteen scalping Of
ices Chicago fifteen. Cincinnati nine. Kan
sas City seven. indianapolis five and the