Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-01
Carolina can control the regulations
adopted in respect to Interstate
travel. that being a matter anttre,v


travel, that being a matter entirely
under the ultimate control Of tile
Interstate Commerce Commissions
The above recital is made for the
purpose of pointing out, with some
precision, the understanding of the
carriers IN respect to the scope Of |
the South Carolina statute. From
this recital 1t will likewise be seen
that it is manifestly impossible for
carriers having lines in South Caro-
lima to preserve the interchangeable |
. feature of the mileage books and at 1
the same time accept mileage cou-
pons from these interchangeable |
books on their trains. without a
breach of their agreement with the
other participating carriers outside
or South Carolina, and that conse-
quently, II the Interchangeable fea-
ture of these mileage books is to be
preserved In South Carolina at all,
they must be restricted to apply to
the traffic not covered by the State |
or South Carolina, which, as above
stated, embraces only intrastate
travel within that State.
While the carriers operating lines
in South Carolina regard the require
ments OF the statute, even as applied |
to intrastate travel, within that State, |
as invalid, because unreasonable and |
abrldging their right of reasonable |
and proper management and regula-
tions, and for other reasons, they |
have determined not to be actuated
or controlled by a controversial spirit.
but to put into effect a system Of in
trastate mileage books in accordance
with the statute OF South Carolina,
reserving, however, the right Of test |
ing the validity Of the statute by a |
suit begun in the State courts Of
South Carolina. The system to be
kept in effect, however, until the val
idity of the requirement Is authori-
tatively determined.
In the regulations about to be stat !
ed, governing the system to be inau- +,
gurated III obedience to the South |!
Carolina statue, it will be observed
that new 1 900 mile book Is to be |
sold at exactly the same price and /
the same rate per mile as the present
INTERCHANGEABLE 600 mile hool, bnt
is to be confined to intr,state trave,
in South Carolina, and is to be non
INTERCHANGEABLE for reasons barain- !
before stated, while the interchanpe-
able book, so far as South Carolina
is concerned. is to he confned to IN
terstate travel betwesn no;nta IN
South Carolina. and no,nts IN oyber
States.
Regulations IN resnect to tbis mot
ter, effective Nav 1st. 1912 will m
III further ordered be 10 f,1,ows.
There viii be igsuad ! naw 0ao
mile book, at 40 conts ser mile
5000 t,1ly on me trains ur lhe rail.
road issuinE il, and GOOD only WITHIN
the State South Carolina, and not
good for an interstate iourney. even
for the part within the State of South !
Carolina, of an interstate iournevI
and such books will not be inter
chanSeable with any other railroad, |
but will be good only over the lihe
issuing them. Each railroad thus !
issuing mileage .'ckets in South ,
Carolina will sell this new form OF
l 900 mile tickets for its own in
dividual line.
The existing forms Of interchange
able mileage books, (viz., Forms u .
and H. T. and S. l. NJ and also Penny