The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-26
CARRY OUT
 AGREEMENT Formal Order to the
 Southern. coMER's COMPACT RATIFIED President of Railroad Commission Issues Instructions. Makes Effective the Compromise of Some of the Lines of the Passen-
 ger Fare Act ea s-4
 Cents.

formal order was issued yesterday by President Henderson of the Alabama Railroad Commission instructing the Southern and it's allied lines and other railroads that have come Tn 70 en- force the new passenger rates in ac- cordance with the agreement reached recently by Governor Conner. such rates to. become effective December l, 1907.
 The order states what mileage books are to be issued, and the rate per mile, The straight rate will be 3-l cents per mile. Family tickets of 500 miles may be purchased for l-2 cents per mile and 1000 mile books can be pur- chased for 1-4 cents. making the long haul rate nearly as cheap as the form- CT party rate of cents flat.
 The order in full is as follows:
 ."The Legislature of Alabama having passed an act entitled An act to pre- scribe and regulate passenger rates on all railroads other than street rail- roads carrying passengers between points in the State of Alabama. ap- proved February 14. 1907, wherein the passenger rate was fixed at 1-2 cents per mile for adults and the Commits sion having been enjoined by the prin- cipal railroads operating in Alabama against the enforcement of said stat utes, and afterwards said injunctions having been withdrawn by the South : ern Railway, Alabama Great Southern Railroad. Mobile and Ohio Railroad, North Alabama Railway, Mobile and Birmingham Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, St. Louis and San Francisco, they put ting into operation a f-2 cents mile fare, pending the result of litigation in the Federal Court, and afterwards the Southern Railway, Alabama Great Southern, Mobile and Ohio, Northern Alabama, Mobile and Birmingham. Sea- board, Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line. representing that said passenger | fare was too low and proposing to the State authorities to put in operation a l2 S-4 cents local passenger fare for | adults, a 800 mile family ticket at 1-2 | cents a 1000 mile mileage ticket at 2 1-4 cents, and dismissing all iitiga- | tion instituted against the Commission and State officers charged with the duty of the enforcement of said statute; l therefore, in the spirit of concession | the Commission approves said compro- mise rate and.
 '.It Is hereby ordered, the above men. | toned lines shall not charge a greater | rate for the transportation of adult | persons than 3-4 cents per mile. nor a greater rate for the transportation of 1 children of years of age and under 12, | | that the aforesaid carriers shall Issue | c book or ticket containing 500 miles or good for the transportation over 500 | miles of road. to be known as "a fam | fly ticket or book for the transporta- | tion only of such persufis named thera-
 on. and that the charge for such family ticket shall not be greater than 1-2
 cents per mile; that the aforesaid car | riers shall issue a book containing tickets to the amount of 1000 miles to be known as a mileage book or ticket, good for the transportation only of the person named thereon and the. charge for such book shall not be greater than 2 IA cents per mile.
 Tt is also ordered that the aforesaid
 carriers shall not be required to ac- l cept a single fare for less than cents
 and in a case of odd mile the passen-
 ger shall pay cents for the last mile or fraction of a mile. and that said car riers shall keep and sell at their regu- lar stations tickets not in excess of
 the rates prescribed in this order.
 This order to become effective De- cember 1, 1907.
 Charles Henderson,
 President Railroad Commission of Ala I bama."