Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-21

travelling men ia thar State which
rs equally prevalent in Florida. and
should be remedIed at once Says
The Journal:
'One Of the greatest hardships
which the travelling men Of Georgia
have to endure at the hands Of the
railroads is the requirement that af
ter having purchased thousand or
wo-thousand.mile book as provided
for BY the agreement between the
railroads and the commission some
months ago, they must exchange the
necessary amount OF mileage for a
special ticket before the prospective
traveller Is allowed to get on the
train
I'VE called attention TO this Unjust.
ice at the time and insisted that II
would be a violation OF az least the
spirit Of the agreement
Experience has shown that the In
convenience Of using mileage in this
way Is even greater than was antici-
pated at the time and there Is a
very earnest demand on the part Of
the travelling men OF the state that
there shall be a return TO the old
system Of using mileage
IL was one Of the principle adj
vantages In purchasing mileage
books that the holder Of them could
get on the train and decide even
while he was on board. where be-
would make his first stop. n he
changed his mind, and decided to trav-
el a station or SO farther. after be
was on board, 1t was an easy matter
70 have so much more mileage pulled
from HIS book, without Inconvenience
And yet this was the very smallest
part Of the convenience. To put ri
adversely It Is not the most neon
venient feature that he cannot do this
any more. The fact 10 that since a
passenger n required TO produce his
mileage book and exchange 80 many
coupons for a regular ticket, II ire
quently happens that he has to stand
IN line waiting his turn at the ticket
window until Il Is literally too late
to catch his train. II he IL compare
lively late IN arriving at the station
ne secs his train pulling out because
he has not time 10 80 through the
red tape OF making the exchange.
This Is not an imaginary instance.
We are Informed that things like this
occur n actual experience every day
when the whole theory OF mileage
books. as they were formerly issued.
was TO avoid this Inconvenience and
delay.
Under the old system the travelling
man could send his mileage book to
the station, along with his baggage
aud have the latter checked, which
was great convenience IN the early
hours al the morning.
I'VE repeat that the entire arrange.
ment IL contrary 10 the spirit o. the
agreement into which the railroads
entered when they offered to Issue
these mileage books. ii wuu paturai.
" expected that they would carry
with them all the privileges which
have been associated with them in
the pass
rs this studied EFFORT on the part
Of the railroads 70 discourage the use
Of mileage books rs much as possibleg
30 they wish 10 force the travelling
men 20 pay the higher rate incident
TO the purchase OF regular tickets
rather than DO subject TO the addi.
tional Inconvenience OF making this
exchangeS
III looks very much as n that were
the case,
"At any rate we feel that X Ia
matter which should be taken up by
the raiiroEd commission We have
asked. from the very beginning. that
the railroads make these mileage
books subject 20 an the privileges and
convenlenccs which formerly marked
them.
"They have persistently refused %
IA 50 voluntarily. and now we feel
chat the commission should take np
ne matter
There b no reason why 4 iFaye'tr
should he compelled 81 buy TWO tick.
ga Va order 10 mako ene lrln una
This red tnpe shoNla he Abandoned