The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-03-30
CHEAPER RATES ON
SOUTHERN LINES
Two Cent Rates Are Effective
April !
ALL MUST BE EXCHANGED
Passengers Must Exchange Mileage At
Ticket Office For Regular Ticket.
New Rule VIII Effect
Large Saving.
AL MUST BE EXCHANGED

In regard to the special rate mileage
books a circular sheet has been issued
which reads in part as follows:
Effective April l, 1908, in line with
the Inauguration upon the part of cer-
tain railway companies in the greater
part of the territory south of the
Potomac and Ohio, and east of the Mis-
sissippi rivers (Which include Georgia
and Alabama), of a uniform straight
passenger rate, both for intra and in
terstate travel, of 2h cents per mile,
duced passenger rates will be offered
to the travelling public by many Of
these and other roads in the sale of
mileage transportation at lower per
mile rates.
This mileage transportation, offered
al these reduced rates, is of various
character and denominations:
/. Interchangeable 1000 mile individ-
uaI tickets, good for transportation
over the entire line selling the same,
and many other roads, parties to the
arrangement, for the individual use Of
will be sold for $40, which is at the
rate of cents per mile. This trans
rortation Is good for both intra and
interstate travel.
2. interchangeable 1000 mile firr
tlckes, for separate journeys of not
more than five CD persons members
CT employees of the firm or corporation
whose individual names appear there
on with the understanding that the
same will be honored for transportation
only for the individual use or passage
OF one of such persons on the same
train at the same time, and that 1t
shall not be honored for transporta-
ton for the use or passage of more
than one such specified person on the
same train at the same time, will be
sold for $40, which is at the rate of
cents per mile. This transportation
is good for both intra and iterstate
travel.
3. Five hundred mile state family
tick cts, good only within the state IN
which sold, and on the line selling
the same, for transportation for the
use of heads of families and depend
ent members thereof, either singly or
collectively, the names of such family
to eb furnished at the time of purchase
and entered on the ticket, will be sol
for SLIPS, which is at the rate of "A
cents per mile.
Cannot Be Used On Trains.
rangement whereby all of these forms
of mileage transportation, voluntarily
sold by these roads on or after April
i, 1908, at these reduced rates. are to
be exchanged for the regular pa
sage" tikcets at the regular ticket Of
flces, except from stations where thee,
are no agents, or where the agent Is
rot on duty, or for any other valid
reason making it impracticable for the
passenger to have his or het mileage
exchanged for a passage" ticket, n
which case conductors will honor the
mileage transportation for passage N
trains.
1t will be observed that while the
lines selling this mileage transporta-
ton afford the travelling public the
advantage of securing transportatio
in these respective quantities. and of
this respective character, at these re-
duced rates, (much less than the
straight rate), motto els given that such
form of transportation will not be ac-
cepted on the trains, but that the hold
ers of such mileage transportation
will be required to exchange such mile
age transportation at the ticket Of
fees of the railroad company for the
regular form of passage" ticket -
quired for use on the PARTICULAR jour
ney to be made except at stations
where there are no agents, or where
agents are not on duty, or for any
other valid reason making 1t impra;-
tlcable for the passenger to have ais
or her mileage exchanged for the
passage" ticket.
This is a new practice. for the first
time introduced into this territory.
although it is one which has prevaile1
heretofore in many parts of the coun
Try and has proven very satisfactory,
both to the travelling public and the
railroads, the public having readily lc-
.ommodated itself to tn same and be-
ing glad thereby to get the benefit Of
such reduced rates However bein,
new here the purchasers of such mile
age transportation should take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
After all, 1t means that the railway
companies selling such mileage trans
portation are selling the purchaser an
order for certain amount of trans
pertat.on, which the passenger gets at
reduced rates and at rates lower than
prescribed by law. This mileage" or
Ger will be recognized as the pur-