The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-23
. WHAT IS DONE ELSEWHERE
Originator of Minnesota Movements
Points Out Low Fare Cities. S.

Duluth is much interested in the
lower carfare conference between the
officials of the street railway companies
doing business in the twin cities sand at
! the head Of the lakes, and the repre-
-sentatives. Of the city councils Of Min
neap9iis, st. Paul, Duluth and Superior.
The Duluth delegates to the conference
have given the subject much attention
and have secured a mass of general in-
cities. s1~.-@-+::.S-
It was Alderman 81. Lyle of Duluth
who proposed the joint committee, and
!! # any material results are achieved,
t the :, greater part. Of the credit win fall
to him. Mr.. Lyle supplies TIL g j our
ma l. with the following statement OF
certain cities which do better by their
patrons than a straight Scent fare:
All Under Scent Fares.
FIVE for $l-Akron, Ohio; Washington,
Philadelphia, = Milwaukee, Trenton.
n. j.; Wilmington, Del; Reading, Pa;
Terre Haute; Ind; Springfield, Ohio:
Lancaster, Pa; Indianapolis, Detroit.
Winnipeg. Seattle, Youngstown, Ohio:
Canton, Ohio; Fall River, Mass; Rich.
m mo- Va.;, Des Moines, Waterbury.
Conn.,. Saginaw, Mich; Cleveland.
Twenty-Five tickets for $l-Quincy.
ILL.,; Lincoln, Neb. $3.50
Ohio. -; .E.&,-.. -: -
Eight Industrial tickets for SIDE.
-trolt, Winnipeg. s'>s
Iwe3dty:seven tickets for Sly ungs.
Three:cent fare Cleveland, on ons
line Of forty miles.
ren--Rockford, ILL.,; Denver; Little
Rock, Ark; Detroit; Winnipeg; New
Haven; Worcester, Mass; Lynn, Mass;
Salt Lake City; Omaha, s Is cents;
Bridgeport, Conn; Portland, Me-, free
fare in the outskirts; Newark, N. j., g
cents; Elizabeth, IN. j., thirty,three
tickets for, 81; Springfield, Mass; To-
ledo, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio, all child
rem between 5 and IL years, half fare,
tn three fares res for 81; Los Angeles, Cal,
kane, Wash; Youngstown, Ohio, thir-
tty-three tickets for ST.; San Antonio.
Tex; Mobile, Ala; Lowell, Mass; Hav.
erhill, Mass; Chelsea, Mass; Canton.
Ohio, children under IL years. g cents:
Buffalo, N: Y, children under IL years.
3 cents; Dayton, Ohio; Fall River.
RP ~ high klehm S, ,va;i Wilkesbarre,
land; Toronto, Paducah, KY; Balti.
more; Dubuque, Iowa; Taunton, Mass:
Waterbury, Conn, 8 cents; Louisville.
KY; Rochester, N. Y, thres
cents; Saginaw, Mich, eight tick
cts for 70 cents; Des Moines, Iowa,
children under IL years free; Dallas.
Tex; Springfield, ILL.,; Columbus, Ohio.
3 cents; -Holyoke, Mass; Syracuse.
N. Y. cents. = 80
This, Alderman Lyle says, is not a
complete list Of the cities in the United
States enjoying the benefit of reduced
rates. It simply suffices to show that
concessions have been granted in all
parts OF the country and that the COM
panles nave not suffered by such re.
auctions.
What Mayor Cullom Said.
Il In his message to the city council
OF Duluth, Mayor Cullom said in part:
tOf eighty-n nine cities that have
been asked to give data on this sub
#lect, twenty one report that the trac-
ton companies sell six tickets for e
quarter, and one seven for quarter,
all with transfer privileges. Eight of
them sell what are called industrial
tickets during certain hours in the day
for workingmen, fifty-six of these cities
sell schoolchildren tickets at 215 cents,
In a majority Of cases, and in few
cases at3 cents a passenger.
80 BY the census reports straight s.
cent fares with transfer privileges In
the majority of cases are used in about
two-thirds of the cities in the United /
States for the ordinary passengers. !
One-third of the cities give to all their