The evening times., 1900-06-28
Rail TRAVEL IN EUROPE
Information for Americans Who
Intend 20 Go Abroad.
Consul LiefeId- at Freiburg, in n Re
port to the State Department, De-
of Germany. Switzerland, and
other COuntries-COst OF Tickets.

e Theophilus Liefeld. United States
Consul al Freiburg in a report to the
State Department, writes as follows:
AS the present summer will witness 2
great exodus OF travellers from the Unitei
States TO the Inter 1stionaI Exposition at
Paris ard to Europe in general, a few
words concerning some Of the accommOda-
tions and conveniences Of travel in oeauaI
Europe may be Of interest and value.
LAS IS probably known. the railroads OF
Prussia and Saxoay carry four classes Of
passengers, and those Of sOu; ;he-n Germany
taad Europe generality three classes. The
rate OF travel in the several classes is ap-
p-cximately S, 8. {, ani , pfennings per
kiIOnetTe, a pfeEuiug being about one
fourth OF Z cent and q kilCmetre apprOxi-
mately two-thir5s Of a nile The slow
trains carry all classes OF passengers, whie
the express trains carry only the first and
secolC-sOE2etime the third. As travel
ing on a fast train is considered luxury
an extra ticket. OF ZUschlag. must be pur-
chased for that privilege
in general. tickets are valid Cn the
day of purchase only: but excursion tick
cts good for three or ten days-the limit
depending or the distance-can be Outlined
at ali times at any station, aud the ticket
return Tie price Of such round trip
is always the price OF the ticket for one
way in the next higher class E., ticket
SOOd for second class one way is valid
for third class going and returning. one
SOcC for first class one way 5 good for
second class both ways; but a round trip
first class costs usually the price of first
and third one way.
The above remarks pertain to travel In
general, but there are certain special ar
rangements which can be taken adv ntage
Of and which accordingly deserve mention:
In WurtteDbsrg. it is possible t0 pur-
chase ticket or pass for the railroads
Of that Kingdom only, valid for fifteen
days. the prices being. respectively. IS.
30 and 20 marks (S10.7L $714. and $4.76).
This would enable traveller to travel as
be pleaSes anywhere within the limits OF
the Kingdom and stop at any station as
long as he pleases. all depending on the
time OF expiration of the ticket
In Switzerland an arrangement like
the above was introduced two years ago.
Immediately after the main lines Of
travel came into the possession of
the Swiss Government, and is called
the general Announcement. passenger
desiring one of these tic&ess which is
IN reality pass for money paid, can OBJ
tain II at any station after having given
due notice. which at the main stations
need be but two hours in advance These
passes are issued for fifteen days. thirty
days. three months. and for longer periods
OF time, the most popular form being the
15-day ticket. which is offered for SlI5S
first class. $S.10 second class. and S5.79
| third class To obtain one of these gen.
eTal a5Onnements. il is necessary to pre-
sent an unmOunted photograph, which will
/ be affixed TO the ticket as means Of iden-
( tifcation and to render the ticket non.
transferable. Ninety-six cents must be de
posted. which will be refunded if the
ticket is returned to any station within a
half day after the limit has expired When
ii is considered that the cost OF a ticket
from Basel over the st. GOtkard Railruad
10 the Italian boundary line and return is
almost as much as the price of one Of
these 15-day passes. the advantage of pro-
curing a ticket by means Of which the
| whole country can be visited and all ex-
ceDt few private and mountain rail-
roads patronized is obvious.
For many years, Baden has been con
sidered model state in Germany. oG &C
I count of its enterprise and generally D-o-
gressiVe spirit. This is seen especially N
the railroads. which are equal If not su-
| perior to any in Germany Some wears
ago, Baden introduced a system of mile
age books, which is very popular among
! all classes Of people. These books. called
Kilometerhefte.' are sold for S1425. s9.52
! and S5-95, respectively, for the three class
es, good FOR members Of family or frm
for one year from date of issue. and good
for 62l-37 miles on the state roads OF Ba-
den and for express trains, without extra
| fare While 1000 kilometres may seem
long distance, and hence the purchase
of kilometTe book may seem inadyisable
such is not the case, as can be readily
learned by studying the distance stated
in the time table-for instance, the Gis-
tanee from Heidelberg to Basel is 1865
miles and from Basel to Constance 80
miles, from which * Immediately becomes
evident that one kilometre book would
not suffice for a party Of three even when
travelling one way only from Heidelberg