Arizona republican., 1906-08-29
NO MORE PASSES
 AFTER THIS DATE
Some Doubt AbOut Privilege bu,
 Roads Will Take No Chances.

Passenger officials of the Atchison. Topeka &s Santa Fe railroad have de- eided to discontinue the issuance of interstate passes after the 28th of this month and have sent out renewed in- structiOns to all agents of the company to take every precaution possible to avoid violation of the law in the mat ter of determinations, says the Albu- querque Citizen
 Orders were given over year ago." said J. M C1nnell, general passenger agent of the Santa Fe ito all agents to be careful in regard to making dis criminations. These orders were re- peated the first of this year, and here after it is our intention to guard against this as strictly as possible"
 A fine of $5000 and imprisonment for term of two years may be inn posed as the penalty of a violation of the interstate law recently enacted by congress. Railway officials have no in-
 tention of courting a chance 10 have the penalty imposed.
 An instance of the manner in which
 the new law works came up a few days ago. A lady bought a round trip excursion ticket from Chicago to Fl Paso for one fare plus two dollars The tickets were sold to all purchasers with
 the understanding that they were good
 only for continuous passage in both directions. On the return trip the lady
 was taken sick on the train and it be-
 came necessary for her to leave the | train at Kansas station. She did not
 have a great deal of money and she was cared for at a hospital in a char itable manner. She made a request to
 be allowed to continue her trip to Chi ! FrrH-s
 st:tutes discrimination under the new
 law. and for that reason cannot be all lowed. Heretofore the eXtenuatfng cir cumstances have been taken into con sidcration in cases of this kind and the passenger allowed to proceed on the trip without further cost. In this case. however. the lady will have to pay her fare from the Kansas town to Chicago. ! Passenger officials have not yet ! formed an absolute decision in regard to the latitude allowed them in regard to tEe issuance of transportation. and
 for that reason it has been decided to cut out the further issuance of trans pOrtation for interstate trips after August 2S. Time transportation all ready outstanding is. in the opinion of the officials. valid until January 1. un- l der the terms of the new law, and will | liOL Dt AllOitSteN ulilESS gwen llullCe to take it up by the interstate commerce ] commission
 The decision to not issue time or an nual passes to newspapers after the 18th of this month has been made 1 The exchange of transportation for ad- ! vertising space must hereafter be
 made on a strict dollars and cents basis, a newspaper being allowed no ] more in value in interstate transporta- | tion than is paid for in advertising l space in the paper at current rates. 1 Politicians and all others not includ-
 ed in the interstate law as being en- ! titled to use interstate passes will be i cut off from the use of such transpor- l tatiOn also on the 28th of this month l pending the final decision as to the l construction to be placed upon the law i in regard to the latitude to be allowed l the railways in the issuance of sucf 1 transportation between the 2Sth of this
 month and the first of next January. al l which time there is no question as tC ! the meaning of the law.