The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-16
THE As SEND
THEIR SYNP,AT THY
80. -. la.
Heartfelt Sorrow For Their Distressed
Brethren in Galveston.
INTERCHANGEABLE MILEAGE.
Mr. J. n capers, Jr., Appointed
National Chairman OF the Hotel
Committce-Gossip About
knights of the Grip.

has been agitated by the hotel committees
OF the various State divisions. and it is
hoped much good may result therefrom.
See what Mr.. Ed. Holland, one OF the
IexaS brothers. says about it.
In his letter to President Michaux last
Sunday Ed. Holland gave the real reason
WY the hotel servace IN many towns is
SO rank. The one word Ignorance covers
the biggest half. StubbornneSs, careless
ness. ana hoggishness cover the rest. As
Mr Holland says, they have never had
any better at home nor among their
friends, and do not know what constitutes
good coffee. &C. There are several lit
ae towns IN Texas where drumrners are
Glad 70 land at meal time. These are
generally managed by ladies, whose know
Ledge OF good things to eat is way above
par, and Who take pride in the cleanliness
OF their households. The hotels in larger
towns that ara ciassed as good are inva-
Taao!y managed by experienced hotel men;
the others are managed by men who, TOO
lazy TO work, go into the hotel business
10 work the drum and whose exI,-1i-
ence has been gained chiefly through feed
Ing convicts.- You hear these men diiate
upon the glories of fat bacon cabbage and
p-sach cofee, liquid that is secured from
q two hours boil of burned nutterbeans.
MIR CAPERS APPOINTED.
MI j. II Capers, Jr., of Post a, Vir-
ganla Division, has been appointed by Mr.
Theo. Wolff, national chairman of the
Hotel Committee, member Of his COM
mftee. This is a good appointment, and
MT. CaperS will be valuable acquisition
TO the National Hotter Committee. Vir-
gina Division has again been honored by
the appointment of the president of Vir-
Einia Division. Mr.. c. ~. Saunders. as a
member of the National Railroad Commit
tee. one OF the most important committees
in the association. Congratulations are
In fpr he ma in
having SO any members of Virginia Divi-
sion on its most important national COM
mittees as follows: Colonel John S. Har-
wood, chairman National Legislative Com
mittee: c. W. Saunders national railroad
committeeman: John B. Culpeper. ma
tlonal press committeeman; and j. H
Capers. JT., national hotel committeeman.
Since the last T. p a. news column WAS
printed Gasyestorf, Tex. has been visited
by one of the most destructive hurr.-
canes that has swept over the country
for great many years. and while letters
OF con6oleu and contributions are pour
Ding into the stricken city from all over
the United States. Virginia Division. 7. p
A. of America, has extended. through
letter written by Secretary BidSood to MI
D. ". MichauX, president Texas DIVISION,
Houston. It's sy1npathies and heartfelt sor-
TOW for brother T. p. AS in Texas. Post
A, at its meeting last night, also adopted
resolutions OF the same character, which
will be forwarded to the posts at Calves
ton.
/ There Is nothing of special interest at
the headquarters. except the De Long Rice
Secures. the first of which will take place
next month.
The matter OF interchangeable mileage
was brought before the Chamber of Com
merce Thursday night by Mr. J. H War
den, of the Railroad Committee of Post
A, and the Chamber unanimously en-
49, lo{in nf
mittee. In connection with the above the
following will be read with interest by
T. p A members and the business men
generally:
SALE OF MILEAGE TICKETS.
When the railroads composing the Cen
trail Passenger Associations majority OF
those lines operating in the territory of
the Central and Middle States-conceived
the plan for jointly maintaining a mileage
bureau there were grave doubts in some
minds as to the wisdom and general e.
ficacy of the scheme. Railroads had had
implicit faith in their ability to act in
t7ependently of other lines, and most OF
them felt that their ideas We're the best
and there was a wide diversity OF opln-
ions as 10 how the mileage phase of oper-
alton should be conducted But 1t was not
long after the establishment Of the bu-
reau that the roads were convinced OF the
wisdom of their step. Now. they say,
they would find it to be Very difficult for
them to do without the bureau a stats
teal report of the mileage buraau's opera
tons from the time of its establishment
September ]. 1S7, tc the night OF June 80
last, has just been prepared by the officials
Of the Association. 1t shows that IN the
the thirty-four months total of 49, 81
was dtsbursed IN rebates on payments Tor
Interchangeable mileage books The laTg-
est mSnthly disbursement was made last
June when S15l,2n was handed over the
Bureaus counters on the eighth floor Of
the N1onadnock building. The disburse-
ments In the other months Of 1900 We're as
follows: January. s13s.79a: February.
sl2S,S1: March, s1S4,s42: April. 147,G22. and
May. sla2. 277. From September / to De-
cenber 81 1897. the amounts paid out in
rebate aggregated set. $50: from January
to December 81. 1898. sl,SS5, Az; from jan
uary TO December 81. 1899. 81 .5nI,49S. The
number of interchangeable mileage tickets
sold in the thirty-four months was 432, 1885,
Most of these tickets We're bought by
travelling statesmen, thus showing that their
ranks increased. The sales from Sep
TENDER to December 81 1897 aggregated
6N.2sl tickets; in 1898. .796; in 1899, 1856
s14: and in the months of 1900 as follows: