The state herald., 1900-10-05
Tickets, tickets!'

spective hiding places f6r tho bits Of
pasteboard necessary for a ride. A
drummer, who was telling an old story
TO new man, pulled his mileage book
out Of the first pocket he put his hand
into. The old man across the aisle had
loss experience and more trouble
Runmasing around in all tho pockets Of
his coat, vest and trousers, without
catching glimpse Of his ticket, he
turned frantically to hrs overcast. ran
sacked that garment in vain. plunged
into his valise, scattered ,ts contents,
and finally sank back in his seat, hope
less, detected, exhausted. Then tho
conductor came along and picked the
old mans ticket out Of his hat band,
whore il had first been placed so 1t could
not be forgotten.
The incident had been observed and
enjoyed ty two other passengers. The
conversation turned toward railroad
tickets, and one Of tho pair remarked: !:
ut sssms strange any ono should have
difficulty in locating his ticket: surely
the Burlington prints enough Of them" ("
"Yes. I supposs 1t does print ssvsrs.
Thousand"
"Sevsral shsuGahd! You want 10
gusss again! have bssn doing . littls
figuring, and fnd that the tickets the
Burlington issued Last year, II placsd
end to end, would resch from St. Paul
70 Chicago. . distance Of 4so miles.
After csrpstisg the route Of It's electric.
lighted limited between tbess cities,
there would bs dive s,lss OF tickets left
over 10 cover the aide traoks."
-Thsts pretty long strip Of paper"
II ksow 1t. but think ny csleuls-
tious are oorrsot. have sons figures
In ny note hook, and. II you like, veil
lock them over together. Thsss figures
show the number Of tickets issusd By
the Darlington from the Omaha gsusral
of,css during the last year. Firss, let
us look At the mileage books. ! asd
there ssrs II 800 4 thsss Losks put out.
soos oi then, thoss costsiu,ng 5000
n,ilss. measure just twsnty -s,x fest when
pulled out. But the 1000 mile books,
more oomuoply sssp, arc pins test long.
Thsss STRIPS Of asilsass arc printed oa
ess pIsos Of paper nowadays, aud the
oeustssfsitsr hss not ~ easy . tssk -
vhsa several strip Of paper we're pasted
tasssthsr 70 make ap one book. II We
plsos tbsss il,Soo strip4 Of mileage end
10 cod, they will extend down the track
for twenty miles.
perhaps II would be more fun 10
pile the mileage books one on top OF
another, - ws used To Do With blocks
ifths mileage books would remain on
ssp Of each other ~ should have stack
higher than any church s,espls you ever
s~w-2s7lf feet. Suppose you under.
take N us~ ~ thsss n,lsass books.
Some Of them caata,u 1000 mil.s; oth~rs
1000 aiies. sod few, 1000 miles. In
the LOT there N trsnsports'ion for
l0.ioo. .''oD miles n you ride 900 miles .
day tor s'x'y years you'll Just about sss
eli Jour books. Or suppose yos want to
study oil tho Burlington lines. There
are s,006 miles of railroad 10 the Bari.
,nnton system. and yon could make I 3is
trips over |, all before your mileage save
out.
"But mileage iicke,u nrs not the only
on-. IN the ticket cn-.. There are
others. The iick-'s most commonly
Used b, Burlington station sgsnts for
travel bsi~scn points on that line are
known ~ hook tickets. One hundred
" 'bvm rc bound together In the form
of . hook, and on issuing the 'kkst tho
ssrhis writes In the name " thu starting
point and VI the destination. or These the
Burlington. ticket man a, Omaha used
t5alNo last year Allowing ~ fpr one
'eoh IN h~,vbt. ss should have n monu.
uspt NJ tickets towering iso feet iu ,he
aiv.
"wbefey-r tbs ,icke, sales from m.
station IN ano'hsr ars very numerous.
amt ,bs demand regular. card iick.;+
takc the place ~ Mok hcke's. Of 'he
former ris, nl,ou, i.0v0.o00 ~vr- used
last year. A stack ~ no card tickets
MEASURES eight inches IN height. By
little cslouistion' ss Bnd the years