The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-06

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pniy reisroaA inrs which would please
~ better than a fhree-ccnt one Il a
spo-ceni fare. provided such a mfs
San b. had without RESTRICTING the
knrescni ~aiisfacsof, posrtnsef tram
~trssce over and through mis- tate
The fallroaGs have eoniended thar
beranss 81 aur thinis settled terri.
tufx snd -ccnreqpous uEhf PASSENGER
bnsinsss q ~thrcs-cent mre would
he fuiuous - thems ina, The small
sssuas ~ould BE- eompellcd - cease
rpnninr passenger trains while the
large ones would ~ forctl 90 suspend
much 81 the leeai lsesn ser,lcc w
o. not know hoa that q. The hrgn.
ment shat aecause q rnilroed can
issue a thrce-thousand-mne coupon
baoa at ~ cents per mile a ean
make = straight thrce-cent rate FOR
i single srsp ticket " not much o. an
arrnment 4 man proposing Il true-
Il three thousand miles on a singie
trip anywhere IN the vnited states
would ees hs ticket al an average of
less han ~ cents.
This mileage matter has been
rhreshed on, ~ snshaer legislatures
and always IN favor of thc contention
~ the railroads. u has been
thresned ont with that result before
several of the same mcn sup
posed ic have been instsrmental IN
rushiue through the lsousr tho ihrc-'-
cent farc bni Of Speaker Romero
Thursday afternoon. Why h. this
sudden changc y heart Why are
men. heretofore unwilling 60 listen
90 any kind " legislation no, actually
sought by thc railroads now mot only
willing but enzer to rush iegisla,ion
which Inc railroads oppose through
the assembly. wlthout Eivins .ac rail-
roads even a pleasuat sn,'leg
We wan, a ,hree-ceni PASSENGER
rate In New Mexicr. The Herald be-
nevcs the big railroads, sach ~ the
santa Re. IA southern Pacific aud
the Rock Island connections. can
grant such a fare without hardship
on their main liner, although We fesl
sure Il would o be fair on some u
the branches. where passenger trains
are operated 81 hish vuens for
small traffic. The smailer roads
could no, afford IL. snd me-. a, least,
the New Mexico Central probably
could not paw the ronductor's SALARY
n q ~recelsed less than Ne present
rate.
However IRIS mas be, We all want
the railroads 10 have "A fair hcarins
There Is a strong suspicion in amt
re expressed very publicly that the
nrcsent' decentralization and the sur
prisins change % heart toward the
railroads which undoubtedly has oc-
CURED IN certain very influential
quarters y inspired by q desire 60
discipline" the santa Fe railroad.
The reasons for this desire are not
so definitely stated set some state
ments rcssrdng them have been
made which appear 90 De reasonable
The people - this state do not
want the santa re railroad disci-
piined" hy any prosram Of peanut
politics The santa FL Is che states
larrest ,aSpavcr Directly aud indi-
recils Il has cen the states most i'm
por,ant development force @ VIII
continue 10 30. We are convinced
that the directing minds Of M, santa
Fe system have kept out of politics.
in this state as In Others alonF its
lines. Tor a good many year. past
that u has no soughi 60 Influence
legislatures ia ~ own hchulf md
thnt ts legislative activity hns been
confined o. uu honest effort O. pro-
tect what il believed be- legitimate
rights Ia q word we believe D. di-
rscung minds 81 thc SANTA fe system
10 Dee mir and sunart
Let las by al means nave three
cent ptsrcngcr rates o. ;hcy can @e
had without injury 90 ourselves and
our Interests. We believe that they
can Hut Boz Eoins after them let us
40 go in the fair and ahovo-b"ard
munnc whih in our experience. at
asst b. rho manner Ia which tho
santn Fc system tends 10 10 busi-
nrss boz this state IT. just another
ease demanding the square deal mo-
more and no less.
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