St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-01
DEvIsEs RAILROAD TICKET.

Agent 1avsats Loag-Dsssance FORM
That saves Time aaa Money.
What 10 expected TO revolutionixe
the universal psssenger.ticket system
now In use 10 the Parker junction
coupon ticket. the fruit Of the inven-
tive brain Of william 8. Parker. tick
ct agent at the union depot here. an
ottumwa (iowa) correspondent OF tho
New York Herald says. The new
ticket 10 now In the hands Of the COM
mittes on universal tickets. and tn
worth will probably be acknowledged
by the acceptance OF the ticket.
Aside from the fact that II shortens
tho cumbersome long ticket. the new
ticket. Il Ia said. will prove . boon to
the railroads adopting t. II cuta
down printing bills. lessons the s'ss
of the ticket holders In the ofiices and
practically does away with nine
tenths OF the clerical work Of tho
ticket seller now necessary.
The new ticket is In tho form OF q
small booklet. fastened together by
brass clasps. and 10 sufficiently small
10 be carried In the vest pocket.
BY using the Parker junction tick.
OF the railroad offices will no longer
have TO keep In stock from 1000 to
1900 different forms Of tickets. but
viii have to employ not more than
forty-nve forms. Five forms cover all
the business east OF Chicago. while
twenty-six forms supply the want OF
visitors TO western cities. no matter
how circuitous q route may be taken.
Another feature of the Parker tick
ct Is that the passenger knows exact
ly what he or she purchases. II does
not require a veteran railroad man to
understand Il. and when large cities
are reached the passenger will not
have to suffer the irritable inconven-
ience now necessary by awaiting the
process that 10 necessary for the long
tickets to go through at the hands OF
the gatekespers.
To the railroad company the new
ticket win appeal a. q great saver not
only In once room but In fixtures as
well. The present tickets for long
passage needed q case seven feet high
by six and q half feet wide. while the
Parker system will need only a small
box nine inches vide by eighteen
inches long.
When patron calls for q ticket
from Ottumwa TO New York with q
stopover privilege at Buffalo. and
passes east Of Chicago by two or
three routes, all that Is necessary for
the agent to do is to reach into the
Chicago and eastern drawer. pull out
two or three different forms. and,
placing them together. put the book.
let under the punch to apply the brass
clasp. and II IL surrendered to the pa
tron.
The conductors will be able to work
the Parker ticket In the same easy
that tickets from Ottumwa to
Abba are worked. AL that Is neces-
sary for the uniformed men to do is
10 take a hasty glance at the trans
portation. punch II where necessary.
or take on the form that has been
and hand the booklet back to
The passenger.
Mr.. Parker has long been trying to
devise an improvement over the old
system of tickets. but had not worked
steadily on his invention before last
september. Since that time. however.
he has perfected the scheme. and Il
70 now In the hands OF the ticket
committee of the various roads. Mr..
Parker has been In the railroad busi-
hess for the last thirty-oue years and
has been an agent at the union depot
here for twenty yeara.