The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-05
MAX KRAUSS ON
MILEAGE BOOKS.

Chairman of Railroad Committee
Il. p. 4. Working for Concessions.
Mr. Max Krauss, the indefatigable
chairman of the Railroad Committee
of the state Travellers Protective As
ISOLATION, and member of the Com
mittee on Railroads of the national
organization, was in Savannah yes
terday and talked Interestingly about
his work for the securing of inter-
changeable mileage on the important
lines of the Southeast.
Mr.. Krauss represents one of the
largest houses in the South and trav-
els almost constantly, in Florida and
Georgia, but finds time to do a great
deal for the 7. P. A, and is one of
its most enthusiastic members. He has
for some time been actively working
for the establishment of a system of
Interchangeable mileage books on the
principal railroads of the southeastern
section, and his efforts have been sue
cessful in a large measure
There are now railroads with a mile
age of over $4,000 miles that issue the
interchangeable books and this has
only been accomplished by excellent
work on the part of the Railroad Com
mittee. There are three important
roads yet out of the agreement and
Mr.. Krauss is leaving no stone I'M
turned that might add to the chances
of securing the desired change.
Resolutions were passed at the last
meeting of the national organization
at Indianapolis in which members of
the T. p. A. are asked to take notice
that a final request would be made
to the railroads that were holding off,
and then If they continued to refuse
this convenience to the travelling men
all members of the 7. P. A. should en-
deavor to patronize as much as posi-
BILE the companies which had made
concessions and endeavored to accom-
modate the travellers. This set of
resolutions will be very generally dis
| tributed if there is not soon an in
| clination on the part of several roads
to enter into the agreement. Mr..
/ Krauss said that the action of the
T. p. A. would not be in a spirit of
retaliation, but simply for the pur-
! pose of assisting those roads that
showed an inclination to assist the
travellers.
Mr.. Krauss is one of the most pop
ular travelling men in the South and
knows the people in all sections. His
appointment on the national board is
regarded as a compliment to Savan-
nah, and it is very satisfactory to
every member here.
That he is a tireless worker for the
good of the order is admitted by every
one, and his recent work in connec-
ton with the Jacksonville Board of
Trade, by which a very important
train between that city and ITALIA
hassee was retained, after having been
ordered discontinued, on account of the
dull summer season, is regarded as
almost unique. The train was of the
greatest convenience to travelling men
in Florida and it's discontinuance
meant much annoyance and discom-
fort to them.
The train was ordered off the sched-
ule, but after some correspondence
with Mr. Krauss, who took up the
matter up on request of President Gar
ner of the Jacksonville Board of Trade,
the Seaboard Air Line decided to keer
the train going "even at a loss as
Traffic Manager Cost said in his let
ter notifying Mr.. Krauss of the de-
cision. adding that 1--WE are DESTROYS
of according every facility possible tc
the members of the T. P. A., as well
| as the general public"