The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-02-23

Our feHoW pag0enger Win tine annu.Is
oa 81 trip pear u ust wS
which. II bought at regular rates would
cost $4o.0oo0oo annually. Win shortly be-
como. q memory. The time 10 coming
portation win be oniciais and employees
travelling on their own oompany's lines.
Indeed. some presidents seriously pro-
pose to discontinue al passes. even an
vesant Fish Of the Illinois Central has
said: "The pass II the emily way of get
ting value out Of the treasury Of rail-
road company without leaving q vouch-
err" Certain 1t 1: that the deadhead has
are anxious to be rid Of him.
Beginning with the first Of the present
year the railroads east OF St. Louis and
Chicago undertook the experiment OF
holders. Some of the companies weak
ened and 1t II uncertain how Tar the
agreement reaches, but II al passes were
abolished except to the employees u that
riders. representing transportation worth
$50 900.
The lines in the South and West are
waiting to see how the experiment works
there. as it unquestionably will in time.
the roads in other sections OF the coun-
try will follow suit Railway managers
have been slow to make record Tor
kc6Dluk lallH WlEn G2Cu OtuCAsf OoS otAkSo
their agreement two years ago to aboi-
ish commissions to ticket agents. there
is no doubt that they can i've up 70 any
pledge they may make among them-
selves Ives II they really w n,s to Keep It on,v
the 100000 employees Of American rail.
ways, but possibly 80 per cent, OF AL
the Congressman, Judges. leg1siators. IN
short most ofiiceholders, National. State.
municipal and county. practically all the
newspaper editors and other politicians.
press attaches. publishers Of every kind
from programs to the great dailies, pro-
moters Of fairs and expeditions, theatre,
cal and circus advance agents. shippers
and the next Of kind OF all these and
thousands more beside. 1t II fact that
every eighth passenger on q railroad train
Is a deadhead. The average Is Ave dead
heads on every passenger train In the
United States II this vast amount OF
free transportation could be evenly dis
tributed. there would be free ride Of
twenty-five miles once . year for every
The average fare Is cents per mile
and q so cent trip for every inhanttant
would be practically s4oooo.ooo worth of
transportation.
The discontinuance of passes. however.
would not add anything like that sum to
the net earnings OF the roads. Indeed.
It IL doubtful IL the net would be In
creased more than 5000, 900 annually. but
even In an aggregate OF $t2S goo. goo which
Ing operating expenses in 1900. the sum
ufSS, 000, 600 II well worth considering. II
would pay ons-sixth Of the railway
Every pass nsued by railroad must
be charged to some ssccount" -employe.
exchange. advertising, political, PERSON
al, complimentary or something. One
persistent young man when asked to state
the account on which pass could be
issued to him. replied. Check" That
was an exceptional, confession.
Generally speaking, the dead heads.
like ancient Gaui. are divided In three
cling is approximately;
Empioyes.. =. ~ ~ ~
Exchange .. A.. :............4O .0oo, 0Oo
Political and advertising. SOC. 900 900
These figures are not mere random
guesses, but are based on the data OF a
typical 1900 mile system. and they are
rather under than over the absolutely
correct statistics. II such could be OBJ
tanned.
Employees will not be cut or for long
time. II they ever are. the companies
win have to reimburse them Tor money
And should an employe want to visit
some point on his own road. he would
discover company business calling him
there. The most feasible plan yet pro-
Dosed is to issue mileage books in lieu
of passes. and keep a strict account OF
the quantity used by each employe.
Vice-President Paul Morton Of Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe says: There
should be no passes printed-not single
President Samuel Spencer Of the South
ern Railway, says that employees ought
to pay fare just as they pay hotel bills
and put the cost of the tickets in thelr
expense accounts. when travelling for the
Former President s. r. Galloway OF
the New York Central. told the Indus
trial Commission that he was opposed
to passes. Il would cut the whole thing
of tomorrow IL l had my way" he
stated.
President M. e. Ingalls, OF the 'BiE
Four" thinks that every railroad should
pass its own employees. but II they want
pay their way. and IL 1t Is on railway
business they will be repaid upon vouch-
ers for their expenses"
OF the five dead heads for every pas
change pass. That is, he is either EN-
ployed by another road or he secured his
pass through request made by another
road. Heretofore, every general omcer
from twenty to one hundred ANIMALS
good over roads from one end Of the
country to the other. In addition to the
general officers the travelling representa-
tives and many division officers have an
ruals good on all the roads in their ter
ritory. Soliciting agents excepted. rail-
way officials seldom have occasion In
the course of year to use more than
ten or a dozen exchange passes. The
burden Is heaviest on the large system
and particularly on those lines which
lead to New York and Chicago.
This Is the era of railway conferences.
Formerly business between the roads
was conducted chiefly by letter and tel
egraph. Now the officials confer once
or twice a month. Hardly a week passes
that railway officials d, not hold some
meeting. These conferences may be
called anywhere between Boston and San
Chicago. st. Louis. Milwaukee, st. Paul.
Omaha, Kansas City. Denver and other
cities. Oncials of Southern roads hold
at least SIX meetings a year In New
York, one or two in Chicago and others
at different cities or resorts between the
Potomac and the Gulf. Traffic officials OF
the large systems are seldom at home
seven DAYS consecutively. MANY Of them
are usually accompanied by a secretarv
or a chief clerk. Abolish passes and
their fares will amount to a considerable
sum- not important to the long lines
but quite drain on the small comoa-
MES
Commercial freight agents and trav-
cling passenger agents use more free
train TRANSPORTATION than any other set
of men. They frequently ride 5000 miles
a month"; but they viii not average more
than 5000 miles. With exchange passes
in their pockets. they will jump 200 miles
to solicit two carloads of freight or half
q dozen passengers Cut on the passes
and personal solicitation of business will
he reduced. However. 1t il not likely
nj thfa Panaa any material redlC-