The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-08-21
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nsess ~ clergy and clarity rates IN
Texas By faausfy ] 1908. as3 iuiss'
eaausvatie mileage looks ataY be
feg.sales 50 tie bach gFosna at tho
eAuse tlme
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/ t*pluie abolish meat. all TEXAS
/ roads hatc lu.s issued circulars ef~
| tsctlse al once. csnesitng The sale
~ sntrfstats tickets On clergy CERT
fleases and combining the sales on
snch certificates 10 points
oaly on the originating line Since
| Jun IT, wh.n the snti-pass law
vent into effect. all roads have sold
these haif.fate tickets 10 Interstate
/ points. and some has" confined the
sta,s sale to their own line points.
| Now tn. state method becomes gen
eral and tie Interstate IL dropped
entireiy.
General passenger agents are said
To have discussed clergy and chari-
Is rates at their recent meeting In
Houston and considered the aboll-
ton OF these rates entirely after
January /. 1908.
States having 2-cent fare laws in
effect have abolished the inter
changeabe mileage book practice,
which affords a rebate of Il cent
per mile. and 1t now looks as II the
entire Southwest will cut out this
system soon.
Az sample OF the instructions
now being sent out. the following
from General Passenger Agent W.
S. Keenan,. of the Santa We is given
Effective today. agents will be
In the application Of clergy
and charity rates as follows:
THE sale of interstate tickets at
half rate. account of clergy or chart
ty, is discontinued absolutely. There
fore, agents in Texas will not sell
tickets at half rate to holders of
clergy credentials beyond Texas
border In the State of Texas agents
will confine the sale of tickets to
holders of clergy credentials to own
line points, except that tickets may
be sold to International and Great
Northern points via Milano. Please
take particular notice that this dis
continues the Interchange of clergy
rates with other Texas lines save
that OF the international and Great
! Northern.
Agents in Indian Territory will
not sell tickets at half rates to hold
ers of clergy certificates to points in
Texas. They may, however, sell half
! rate tickets under existing instruc-
lions to points on the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa F'e in Indian Territory, and
to points on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa F'e in Oklahoma Territory, but
not beyond Oklahoma border. Agents
in Indian Territory will understand
that the Atchison, Topeka and San
ia Fee does not interchange business
with foreign lines through Oklaho-
ma Territory functions. Therefore,
the sale of Gulf, Colorado and San
Ia Fe clergy tickets must be confined
to Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fee and
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
points
! Agents in Louisiana will not sell
| half rate tickets to holders of clergy
I credentials to points in Texas, but
will confine the sale of such tickets
strictly to points in Louisiana on
the Jasper and Eastern railway.
/ Agents will closely observe in
istructions with reference TO checking
of baggage and check baggage only
To destination of ticket held by pas
senger Under no circumstances
whatever must baggage be checked
beyond destination of ticket
instructions as To the applica.
lions OF charity rates are the same
as applied TO clergy rates In other
words. such rates will be e.,
locally 20 the state in which the bus.
mess originates. Charity rates must
NOT be- applied except upon direct
b authority from this office. This viii
not. however. affect instructions "a
certain agents who hold written au
. ihuriN 40 make charity rates under
certain conditions.
Special rates to inmates of stat,
. aud national homes % disabled vol
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