Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
s. OPOVERS
GRANTED|N
NEW PACT
Roads Will Restore All Old Forms,
but viii Not Pull Books on
Trains.

The long standing mileage pull
ing dispute between the railroads OF
Georgia and the travelling men was
settled before the Railroad Commits
sion Wednesday, by an agreement
that is regarded generally as a big
victory for the latter.
While mileage pulling" has not
been obtained in complete form with
in the State, it has been obtained in
large substance.
Under the agreement. which was
proposed to the Commission by the
railroads, and which was acquiesced
in specifically by the various travel
ing mems associations. the Railroad
Commission has withdrawn its order
of November 8, 1918, which prescribed
mileage pulling" in Georgia. and
which was resisted in the courts by
the roads, only to be finally affirmed
adversely to the roads in the SUI
preme Court.
The Commission has also with
uTdWH It's Iuies ilsls ACAAii4h5 NAO
roads to show why they had not vio-
lated standing order of the Com
mission in Withdrawing, Immediately
after the mileage pulling" order, all
interchangeable forms of mileage,
good on intrastate business.
To Replace All Old Forms.
The roads have agreed to replace
within ten days all the old forms of
intrastate and interchangeable mile
age, good as formerly, on all intra-
state business.
BY June /, or as soon before that
time as may be practical, the roads
have agreed to issue form of trans
portation to be known as "stop-over
tickets" These tickets shall be good
only between designated points, but
shall permit stop over privileges
within those limits, as passengers
may elect.
They shall be obtainable at any
ticket office Of the company, upon ex-
change for mileage strips. There is
to be no actual mileage pulling" on
trains, however.
Under this agreement a passenger
wishing to go from Atlanta to Macon,
for instance, may exchange his mile
age strip for a ticket good between
those points, but all conductors shall
be required to allow him to stop of at
such intermediate points as he may
elect provided the entire trip is ac-
complished within five days
All of the old regulations as to bag
gage. etc, have been restored under
the Commissions order approving the
agreement. issued on Wednesday.
End of Long Struggle.
Wednesdays order marked the cul-
mination Of several years Of warfare
between the railroads and the travel
ing men, in the matter Of mileage
pulling" and the end Is regarded by
the travelling men as big victory, as
1t gains for them all they have asked
for, even though it shapes itself final
ly in a little different form from that
asked
, The roads agreeing entering into
Wednesdays consent order are the
Southern, the Louisville and Nash
VILE, Seaboard Air Line, the Atlantic
Coast Line, the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic, the Memphis and Bir-
mlngham, the Central Of Georgia, the
Georgia Southern and Florida, the At
lanta and West Point and the Macon,
Dublin and Savannah
The other parties TO the consent or
der are the Georgia Travellers Pro-
tective Association, the Commercial
Travellers Association, and the Geor-
gia Travellers Association.
The order was made effective in ex-
ecutive session of the Commission.
after a hearing from all parties con-
cerned.
The agreement was reached after
weeks of negotiations, and was en-
tirely amicable and free from feeling
in its final aspects. --