Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-08-10
Entered Mt the Postoffice al Staunton, w
as second class mail matter.
Friday, August 10. 1906.
A WISE RAILROAD.

The following statement comes not
from the headquarters OF the rem.
r. Rd:
1.-THE Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany on September will place on SAFE
i 600 mile tickets at the nat price oi
800. or 2 cents mile, and these LICK.
ats will he a valid on all lines east OF
Pittsburg and Erie. The interchange.
able mileage book, at present tne only
form of mileage sold by the Company,
is valid over six railroad systems De
sides the Pennsylvania. but 10 nom
transferable. and therefore requires a
deposit of 81 to guarantee It's exclusive
use by the purchaser. The new ticket
will be accepted for travel upon This
company's lines only. upon presenta-
ton by anyone, making it available Tor
use by individuals, firms, families or
associations.
THE management has also decided
to reduce the maximum one way Iares
to 81 cents a mile upon all passenger
traffic east of Pittsburg and Erie, al
though under it's charter the company
has the right to maintain charge OF
cents mile for through passengers,
and 81 cents for way passengers. AS
The inauguration of this policy Will
involve vast amount of preparation,
the exact date when it will 60 into Ell
feet cannot now be determined, al
though it is expected this Will not pe
later than November l.
The Pennsylvania this early in ad'
vance has issued the foregoing notlnca
ton. 1t can see through a stone fence
or brick wall as far as any other cor
poration, if not further, that is when IL
wants to.
The Penn. saw fiat rate of miles
staring it and it's side lines-in fact all
the railways-in the face. 1t now
moves as far as it thinks advisable In
order to block that move on the part OF
the people. that is, 1t is going as near
cent fiat rate as it thinks necessary
In order that it may say, 1--WE have
done in substance what you ask. Why
worry yourselves and us with legisla-
ture calculated to cause hostility and
possibly delay?"
1t will be observed that it is not con
cedipg very much. The Penn. has a
charter right to maintain rate for
through passengers and 81 cent rate
for local, still it has not maintained
that rate. 1t has for long time pro-
fessedly sold tickets at cents, but it
has compassed them about with so
many prOvisOs, and given passengers
so much trouble and worry over them.
that cent tickets were not very desir
able They have been creating lot
tery in New York in favor of a fellow
of the name of l.. 2. Farmer which
should have long since been broken up,
and would have been had it been in
New Orleans or any southern city in
stead of New York. This creature 1t
is said has taken from the people thou
sands of dollars He has been taking
chances on mileage books being lost or
used by others than the purchasers,
which Is a mere gambol a perfect lot
terry and the Penn. and it's associate
lines are sharing in the rake off. They
have been the Louisiana Lottery"
crowd which has filched these i'll
gather gaines. Had any other than
one so far above the law as the Penn.
r. Rd. inaugurated so diabolical rob-
berry, Uncle Sam 3 secret service peo-
pie would have had handouts on them
long before this. 1t is asserted also
that the refunding of the $40 is in the
nature of a rebate and there should be
prosecutions accordingly. But the
Penn sees the baud writing on the wall.
The Penn. r. I'd. does not have to go
to the ant for wisdom, but learns 1t
from your uncle Cassatt.