El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-27
MORE IF YOU
GO ON SLEEPER
New Rates Are Based on
Coach Travelling; No
Cheap Excursions.

Pullman travellers viii hereafter
I have to pay more to ride than those
who travel in the day coach or in the
tourist car, according to the new order
/ Of director general AIcAdoo, as re-
I ceived in Fl Paso by the E. p. * S. w.
/ general office. The matter is thus
dealt with:
Passengers travelling in standard
sleeping cars and parlor cars shall be
/ required 70 pay an additional passage
/ of sixteen and two thirds (l6 2-3l per
cent of the normal one way fare and
( passengers travelling in tourist sleep
] ing cars an additional passage charge
of eight and one-third IS I'D percent
Of the normal one way fare. The fore
going charges are in addition to those
required for the occupancy of berths
I'm sleeping cars or seats in parlor
cars"
No Special stopOver.
El Paso is knocked out Of its stop
over privilege. according 10 the fol-
lowing paragraph:
"Stupoyers on one way tickets, side
trips at free or reduced fares, dis
counts by use Of excess baggage per
mits or excess money coupon books
and the sale Of one way tickets bear
ing limit I'm excess OF time necessary
to make trip by continuous passage.
shall be discontinued Optional routes
may be used only when specified in
tariffs"
Excursion Rates.
Railroad officials are not vet able
TO figure out the exact rates that viii
apply on round trip passenger rates
hereafter, but. inasmuch as the rates
are not effective until June 10, most
Of those contemplating summer trips
will take advantage Of existing rates
prior TO that time, Il is believed In
regard TO round trip rates to Califor-
mia. IL Is believed they Will remain
about what they are at present except
that those travelling in Pullmans may
have TO pay a little more The order
Of Mr.. McAdOo says round trip and
tourist fares shall be established on
just and reasonable basis, bearing
proper relation to the one way fares
authorized by this order"
Railroad men take il that they
may make the rates for such round
trips and submit them, as in former
days for approval The order OF Mr..
McAdoo prohibits special excursion
rates for all conventions save those
Of the G.. A. r. and L. c. V. for whose
national gathering rate Of one. cent
mile each way is granted TO the vet
Grams and their immediate families;
for their state conventions. a rate OF
two cents mile each way is granted Z
Three Cents n Nile.
In reference to other excursion OF
reduced rates. the order says:
section s. Passenger fares and
baggage charges; This order shall ap- ]
ply 20 all the passenger fares both in
tersrate and intrastare Of the railroads
under federal coutrol- no existing
fare equal TO or in excess Of three 80 I
cents per mile shall be reduced All
fares nov constructed on a lower ba- Z
sis than three go cents per mile shall /
be advanced to the basis Of three 90 T.
cents per mile All fares which are on 4
a lower basis than the said existing /
or advanced fares, as the case may be. I
such IS mileage or excursion tickets Z
shall be discontinued: these require I
ments are subject to the following
exemptions.
No Cheap Rates.
AZ The provisions Of sections I TO I
p Of the act 10 regulate commerce. T
which authorizes free or reduced fares D
or transpo may be observed eE- d
cept first that no mileage ticket shall {
be issued at rate that viii afford I
lover fare than the regular one way
tariff fare, and except, second. that
excursion tickets may be issued only I
10 the extent and on the terms set
forth in paragraphs 3 and c below
B- Round trip tourist fares shall +.
be established on a just and reasoua-
bic base bearing proper relations to
The one way fares authorized by thfs'
lrde- and tariffs governing same shall
be filed as promptly as possible with 4
ne interstate commerce commission" /
Paragraph @ is the one granting re-
1uced rates for the L. c. Y. and the
,. A. r conventions.