The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-03-11
In Kentucky To Two and
Half Cents a Mile.
A NEW DEPARTURE BY |. 8 n.
Railroad Company Which viii
Be Appreciated BY Gen.
eral Public.
Is TO TAKE EFFECT VERY SOON

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Railroad Company of a voluntary
reduction I'm the rate of passenger
fare in Kentucky to two and one
half cents per mile:
The Louisville G. Nashville Rail-
road Company announces its inten-
tion to reduce, In the immediate flu
ture, mot later than May /, 1910
the passenger fares on it's lines i'm
the State of Kentucky to maxi
mum of 21s cents per mile.
Action Voluntary.
This action on the part of Ken
tucky's principal rail carrier is vol
untary and is taken in order to
equaliZe the rates in its home State
with the rates effective or to be
made effective on or before the date
mentioned in the States of Tonnes
see and Alabama.
This Company adheres to its be-
lief that a Scent fare is not wholly
remunerative and is not unfair to
the public. Nevertheless, in defer
ence to public opinion, particularly
in other States, the management has
decided to apply the lower rate in
the hope that increased volume of
traffic will save material losses, and
pursuant to promises heretofore CIV
en- the people of Kentucky it propos-
es to place Kentucky on the same
basis as other States. Should the
reduction prove disastrous, the Com
pany will appeal to the Railroad
Commission for such establishments
as will be fair under all conditions.
Extent of Traffic Affected.
The reduction to be made will
apply to all of the lines operated by
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Company for it's own account in the
State of Kentucky, with the excep-
ton of few branches and new
lines on which passenger business is
not now remunerative or is conduct
ed at loss.
The reduction will be made effec-
tive on lines which now are pro-
duCing over nine-tenths of the Com
panys total passenger earnings in
the State of Kentucky; thus will af-
feet nine-tenths OF the Company's
passenger business.
Reduction Applies To Both Inter-
state and Intrastate Traffic.
The reduction proposed in Ken
lucky will not only apply on intra- !
state travel between points within |
the State, but will also apply on in
tertate traffic over the same lines to
and from points within the State
and through the State; also. as sim
liar reductions have been or are to
be made on the principal lines of
travel in the States of Tennessee
and Alabama, the effect on inter
state travel on the lines of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Company will be to substantially es-
tablish maximum fare of 21a :,
cents per mile from the Ohio river
to the Gulf of Mexico.
Reduction i'm Revenur.
Some ideas of the reductions to
De made by the Company In it's pas
'enger fares may be had when 1t is
that the reduction in
Tennessee and Alabama
will represent an annual reduction
N passenger revenues of about
$500, 900. In Kentucky alone. the
annual reduction in revenues will
AMOUNT to about $4,000 on inter-
tate traffic, and about $25O.OOO on
traffic, or to total
mount OF about S3S0,000.
Illustrative Changes In Fares.
The following list of existing
ares and the proposed new fares, Is
Illustrative OF the reductions whi;h
viii be made:
Present New
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