The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-11

THE EVENING HERALD,
cali attention 20 tho fact that the San
"a Re lines In New Mexico earn but
sbts.i7 per mile Of line on state
trafic; IN Arizona, S4Ig.ii per mile
OF line; In Kansas. tSi4.93; In Colo
RADIO, tt013.2S: In California. t2s06.f3.
These local earnings Indicate that the
Santa Re earns but $3.50 per day for
I each mile Of line In New Mexico.
which IN distributed among the nu-
merous trains operated.
~ existing rates do not leave a rea-
sonable margin ~ proht for the
Santa Re. which has a fair develop
ment In It's territory. Il must be ap-
[ parent that traffic on smaller lines IN
New Mexico does not pay anything
Rear the cost Of service.
The fares and passenger earnings
Of the santa Re only are cited in the
FOREGOING, a. comparisons OF passon-
ger earnings OF smaller lines Operat-
Ing in this state would be too absurd
~ low for serious consideration.
~ TO the fares charged In adjoining
and other sparsely populated western
states. including the state Of Colorado.
we beg TO submit the following:
LIST: 4 telegram from thc Arizona
corporation commission, showing the
fares locally within that state:
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. n. 1915.
State Corporation Commission.
Santa Fe. \. NJ.
Wire date Atchison, Topeka A.
Santa Re railway four cents: Ari-
IONA ana New Mexico railway
i've cents; El Paso n South
western four cent?; Grand Cam
yon railway elk cents, Morenci
Southern railway six cents; Ray
and ella Valley railroad seven
cents; Southern Pacific four cents.
United Verde and Pacific rail-
way hye cents; Arizona Eastern
railroad, Globe and Cochise di-
vision five cents; Phoenix Hay
den division four cents.
ARIZONA CORPORATION
COMMISSION"
end. a quotation from a letter of
the railroad commission OF Colorado.
showing the fares charged by the rail-
roads therein:
IhrHNHkiN ANNfN w AhAH hAA
vary from "a cents TO 8 cents
per mile according to whether
they are standard or narrow
gauge lines. The various trunk
lines charge 3 cents per mile,
selling one thousand mile or two
thousand mile tickets at . cent
per mile, but pull mileage In col
orndo at 3 cents per mile. There
are only Two large roads opernt-
ing both standard and narrow
gauge Mncs-the Denver a Rio
Grancc Railroad company Z
the Colorado a Southwestern
Railway company. The Denver
x Rio Grande also operates the
Rio Grande southern, "A narrow
gauge line on which they charge
6 cents per mile. out where mile
age Is used they take up seven
coupons for each V miles traV-
eled. ON the other lines the fare
varies from 3 cents to 5 cents per
mile according TO the physical ma
ture Of the country Hhd whether
standard or narrow-gause."
3rd. \ quotation from "A letter Of
the railroad commission OF Nevada,
tht tat'N W '"'' Ht"A''
Relative &C. passenger fares,
will state that the following rates,
per PASSENGER per mile, are In
effect at this time for first class
one way passenger fares.
Bullfrog a Goldncld Il. R.. &C.
Las Vegas a Tonopah n. r.. &C.
Eureka Nevada Ey. .........loc
Nevada-Caltornia-oregon Ry. &c
Nevada central u. R...''t' lV'
Nevada Copper Belt Il, r..
......'. " ana NC
Nevada northern Try. .''.''' &c
:. y. L. \, q ;. l. II Re-. DC
silver Peak r. u. '''''..' loc
southern Pacihc Co. main line &C.
T To"S"aS : : 4 3S'o%S'S i 4. + r.. SC &C