. Electric railway journal . M or ten times the usual pre-war fare(10 pfennig) in unit-fare cities. The Grosse BerlinerStrassenbahn at last accounts is charging 70 pfennig,which at the pre-war rate of exchange would meana 14-cent fare instead of its old 2*-cent fare. To temper the wind for the regular rider, the man-agement sells an eight-ride ticket for 5 M (500 pfen-nig), whereas eight individual rides would cost M(560 pfennig), the reduction being 12 per cent. Theparticular ticket reproduced is marked as good foreight rides taken before Dec. 31, 1920, either for onerider at a time or fo
. Electric railway journal . M or ten times the usual pre-war fare(10 pfennig) in unit-fare cities. The Grosse BerlinerStrassenbahn at last accounts is charging 70 pfennig,which at the pre-war rate of exchange would meana 14-cent fare instead of its old 2*-cent fare. To temper the wind for the regular rider, the man-agement sells an eight-ride ticket for 5 M (500 pfen-nig), whereas eight individual rides would cost M(560 pfennig), the reduction being 12 per cent. Theparticular ticket reproduced is marked as good foreight rides taken before Dec. 31, 1920, either for onerider at a time or for several who make use of theticket in common. The conductor makes a perforationin one of the lettered sections in the group markedFirst trip, Second trip, etc. There are twelveletters in each section, and the conductor selects forpunching any letter he wishes in each trip. Among the interesting regulations printed on thisticket are the following: Animal and baggage chargesmay be paid for by punchings on the ticket; tickets. Untie tubrt Eight-Ride Ticket op Berlin Street Railways Sold at 12Per Cent Discount Over Cash so crumpled, folded or mutilated as to make inspectiondifficult are void; no refund is made for unused tripsexcept in case of a fare increase, when payment willbe made within six weeks thereafter, either at theheadquarters or the operating carhouses. The lastprovision clearly prevents the presentation of old ticketsfor new and higher fares. Warnings on Coal Washington Officials Suggest Its Pur-chase Now to Avoid Possibilityof Its Shortage Later TWO warnings have come to thejoint fuel committee of the nationalpublic utility associations that it wouldbe very desirable for the utilities tobunker coal at this time when it caneasily be obtained. One of these warn-ings was sent on June 24 by Edgar , chairman Interstate CommerceCommission, to G. W. Elliott, secretaryof the national committee on gas andelectric service, and reads in part asfollows: As you doubtless
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