The daily sentinel., 1912-12-24
DON'T CUSS YOUR LEGISLATOR FRIEND;
He CAN'T GET PASS EVEN FOR HIMSELF

DtHNtEs lBtt. Z lNt conductors
on the Rio Grande Western slope
trains are just geftiHg used To SAYING
tickets, please. inl ln1l OF passes
please. laughed aau lmoEu rail
road official yesterda. while explain
ing just what this nov dnti-nass reg
ulation that Colorad1 railroads have
recently agreed to WHI mean To the
travelling public-or the travelling
public that was.
rs there any loaD-hole In the
thing" asked a reporter
Not single on Why. after
January | | couldnf give my own
siep-sister a pass anywhere in Col
orado. We are goiug to live M to
the letter of that Interstate commerce
law. and that means that only rail
road employees and members of their
families dependent members. too.
will be given free TRANSPORTATION on
any of the Colorado railroads. II
means that the neWspapprs will no
longer be given Transformation in eX-
change for advertising. II means
that politicians will hp obliged 20 pay
fare just like other folks. II means
that everybody rides on regulation
ticket from now on,
To test this, just try Worming
pass out of your One ready friend
Time was when the legislators not
only furnished Their families with
free tickets, but all those who claim
ed to have voted for them. This
viii no longer be possible If your
friends in the legislature tells you
that he cannot get you pass, believe
him II is the gospel truth. He cant
even get himself one
A II nf tho annual 1IG-zHg hnysp hanp
called in and no more will be is
sued. After January ! it will be sad
tidings If any person climbs aboard
n train with a pass cmtched in his
mitt and expects to get anywhere on
it. 1t will mean dig up and cash
receipt from the conductor.
Unless one has been around the
Denver railroad offices frequently il
is hard TO appreciate Just how big this
anti-pass thing is--iusr what II
means in cutting off Tayel i'm Color
ado. To be sure. the people who
have real business throughout the
state will pay their. fare without pro-
test and get used to it in short
time. 1t is going 10 be hard for some
of these old boys, though. who
haven't paid n cent OF fare since they
first went away to college.
Already the effect Of the new or
.dinance can be noticed. II is sweep
ing. The Colorado a Southern runs
n night Pullman sleeper to Trinidad,
and for years it has been Il matter
of almost impossibility to get a berth
on that car unless engaged for days
ahead of time. And real ticket pro-
duced in that crowded sleeper was
thing of curiosity. Nobody ever had
fAly
Now it is easy to ge, a berth any
car is almost empty. The passhold-
ers refuse to begin spending their
money just yet for travel
The Rio Grande train that leaves
for the western SLOPE about . O'Clock
is always packed full OF passes. The
Salida sleeper seldom has real
ticket on it. Why, -taey tell funny
one on Mr.. Mcfarland. city passen-
ger agent for the Rio Grande.
A man came into the office one
day to inquire the tariff to Mont
rose
II don't know what it is" said Mr..
Mcfarland, and turning to a clerk,
said, DO you know what the rate
10 Montrose is?"
No" said the clerk, never sold
ticket TO that place. Everybody
rides on pass when they go to
Montrose."
Which may be bit exaggerated,
but nevertheless is very near the true
condition of things.
Last Christmas week on Rio
Grande passenger rain leaving Den
yer at dusk carried according to
badly harassed conductor, SO passes,
and the conductor was so indignant
because few of the pass holders had
signed their tickets. This Christ
mas week it will be very different.
There won't be that many passes
on all the Rio GTande trains. Peo-
pie will be using the fag end of their
free transportation 10 get home on
this being permitted them by the
railroads. But no new tickets are
being issued. If you see some ardent
man kissing a bit OF blue paper good
by as he hands it TO the conductor
on his particular train, don't think
him suddenly bereft of reason. He's
only moaning his bereavement of
free tickets. 1t is probably the last
one he will ever have in this state.
1t isn't question of unwillingness
on the part of the railroad officials.
1t is sheer inability to act against
the orders of the government. The
Colorado & Southern, Santa Fe and
Denver & Rio Grande. three railroads
who operate mainly in Colorado, have
agreed to leave the government no
further opportunity for indicting
them.