The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-06
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CUTS RATES
Voluntary Reduction of
Fare One Half Cent.
New Rate to Save Thousands of
Dollars to Travellers and Cause
Other Roads to Reduce.

The Louisville & Nashville Rail-
road Company announces its inten-
ton to reduce, i'm the immediate
future, (not later than May l, 1910
the passenger fares on its lines in
the State of Kentucky to a maxi
mum of 1-2 cents per mile.
ACTION VOLUNTARY.
This action on the part of Ken
tucky's principe rail carrier is vol
untary, and is taken in oSier 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 Tennes-
see and Alabama.
This Company adheres to its be-
lief that cent fare is not wholly
remunerative and is not unfair to
the public. Nevertheless, in Difference
to public opinion, particularly in 9TH
er States. the management has de-
cided to apply the lower rate in the
hope that increased volume of traf-
fic will save material losses, and
pursuant to promises heretofore CIV
en- the people of Kentucky it pro-
poses to place Kentucky on the same
basis as other States. Should the re-
duction prove disasterous, the Com
pany will appeal to the Railroad
Commission for such ro;j1justments
as win be fair under all conditions.
EXTENT OF TRAFFIC AFFECTED.
The reduction to be made will APP
ply to all of tho lines operated by
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Company for its own account in the
State o. Kentucky, with the excep-
ton OF a few branches and new Lines
on which the PASSENGER business is
not now remunerative or is con-
Quoted at a loss.
The reduction will be made effec-
tive on lines which now are produc-
ing over nine-tenths of the Com
pany's total passenger earnings in
the State of Kehtucky, thus will af-
feet nine-tenths OF the 'Companys
passenger business.
APPLIES TO BOTH INTERSTATE
AND INTERSTATE TRAFFIC.
The reduction proposed in Kdn-
lucky will not only apply On intra-
state travel between points within
the State, but will also apply on in
terstate traffic over the same lines
to aid from points within the State
and through the State; also. as SIM
liar reductions have been or are to
he made on the principal lines of
travel in the States of Tennessee and
Alabama. the effect on interstate
travel on the illness of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad Company will
be to substantially establish a max
imum fare of 2 IL cents per mile
from the Ohio River to the Gulf OF
Mexico.
REDUCTION IN REVENUE.
Some idea of the reductions to be
made by the Company in its pas
senger fares may be had when it is
understood that the reduction in
Kentucky. Tennessee. and Alabama
will represent an annual reduction in
PASSENGER revenues of about 100000.
In Kentucky alone, the annual reduc-
tion in revenues will amount TO about
$lS0,000 on Interstate traffic, and
about $25O.O0O on interstate traffic,
OF to a total amount OF about $780,
600.
SOME CHANGES IN FARES.
The following list OF existing fares
and the proposed new fares. is IL
Illustrative of the reductions which
will be made:
Louisville to Bowling Green. Pres
ct fare sS.4l New fare S2.Si.
Lebanon To Louisville. Present 2.O2:
New fare l.6S.
Corbin TO WILLIAMSBURG. present so;
New fare "A
Middlesboro to Coymgton. present
6.7i; new STA.
Louisville TO Guthrie pres. +.92; new
fare 40.
Owensboro 10 Russellville present
2.l5; new i.S0.
Henderson TO Hopkinsville. present
2.2s: new 1855.
Louisville to Worthwhile. present
1862; new fare Las.
Frankfort to Lexington. present sc;