Evening journal., 1906-08-01
P. R. R. GRANTS
CONCESSIONS
Declares a Flat Rate Of $40
For a IOOO-MiIe Ticket and
2l-2 Cents Per Mile
EFFECTIVE in THE FALL

After a years agitation on tho part Of
the travelling public the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has announced thu-
the Board OF Directors at a meeting held
yesterday at Broad Street station decided
upon two concessions TO the public.
The first is the issuance of a l0Ol-mle
ticket at the fiat price Of $40, valid on an
the Pennsylvania lines east Of pittsburgI
and Erie and good for use by any person
from family or association. The present
mileage book Is the only form OF mileage
sold by the Pennsylvania Company. II is
valid over six railroad systems besides
the Pennsylvania, is non-uansferable
and requires deposit Of $40 to guarantee
book win remain in force in addition to
the new one which will be on sale Sep
temher /. or thereabouts.
The second concession Is the putting
into effect over the Pennsylvania lines
east of Pittsburg and Erie rate Of "a
cents per mile for single fares. Under It's
charter the company may charge, and has
done so. three cents per mile for throush
passengers and three and ono-half cents
for way passengers. This viii go into
effect sometime in November.
Represents Millions Of Money.
This change I'm the rate OF fare charged
by the Pennsylvania Railroad spells mill
lions less receipts. Not including its west-
ern lines. the company last year carried
81. .7i3.000 passengers The number OF per-
sons carried one mile amounted 90 the
tremendous total-2, 252. 10000. Consequent
iy. when the company begins 10 figure GA
q reduction IN fares IL takes into account
this greater aggregate.
Had every passenger last year paid 4
straight fare OF cents q mile. the Penn.
| sylvania's Eastern lines would have col.
/ lected from this source alone }6i,T6i2 o
Had II charged only cents a mile th'
income would have fallen TO Si5.oioOlo. 4
| reduction OF half cent q mile for ever.
| passenger would mean loss 10 the com
pany OF just Sil l.2o020 or course no
every one paid q straight fare on cent
s. last year. the price Of return trip ticllc,
being considerably less than that
The Pennsylvania Western lines las
year carried 2s.3ilO00 passengers and
carried S23, $1,000 a distance of one mile
on the entire system, therefore. the mum
Der OF passengers was i210sif0l and th
number OF passengers hauled one mil
reached the srupendous total of 30l5,h2'
O0o Half a cent a mile on that vast army
amounts to "A sum OF Si5SUoio
Average Fares Paid.
on the main line Of the Pennsylvania
railroad last year the average fare Pc
mile paid by each passenger was oni'
n 2.07 cents. This. OF course, included tn
gront numbers who rode ON pnsses an'
who paid nothing The average fare oi
the united railroads of New Jersey whiol
includes tho line from Philadelphia e
New York. was 1.s6 cents. The average
fare paid on all the Eastern lines was 90
cents and Il cost the company l6S cent
TO carry them. according TO Presideu
Cassatt's own statement.
Proposed legislation fixing the maximum
rate of an fares within the state az
y cents a mile forms part of the platform
OF an the political parties Of the State
and It was freely declared that the actioi
Of the railroad was taken for the pur
nose Of forestalling such legislation.