. Railroad traffic and rates . the Mississippi River to theRocky Mountains. (7) The Pacific roads are members notonly of the two associations last mentioned, but also of theTranscontinental Passenger Association, whose name indi-cates the traffic with which it is concerned. There are two passenger associations of the second class—the Michigan and the Associated Railways of Virginiaand the Carolinas; and only five organizations of the thirdclass—the Chicago Passenger Association, the Cleveland,Columbus, Toledo, and Pittsburg Passenger committees—the Pittsburg Committee being connected with the
. Railroad traffic and rates . the Mississippi River to theRocky Mountains. (7) The Pacific roads are members notonly of the two associations last mentioned, but also of theTranscontinental Passenger Association, whose name indi-cates the traffic with which it is concerned. There are two passenger associations of the second class—the Michigan and the Associated Railways of Virginiaand the Carolinas; and only five organizations of the thirdclass—the Chicago Passenger Association, the Cleveland,Columbus, Toledo, and Pittsburg Passenger committees—the Pittsburg Committee being connected with the CentralPassenger Association. Associations of the fourth class,having to do with some special branch of the passenger busi-ness, are well represented by the Niagara Frontier SummerRate Committee and the IMichigan State InterchangeableMileage Ticket Bureau. Mileage ticket bureaus are main-tained by the Trunk Line Association and the Western Pas-senger Association; and while these bureaus are not inde- 168 - ( M^ III, I \. PASSENGER TRAFFIC ASSOCIATIONS pendent associations, they have functions as definite as aseparation might have. The general organization of passenger associations isanalogous to that of the freight trafific associations. The as-sociation has for its membership railroad companies, repre-sented by designated officials, who ordinarily meet in regu-lar session once in two months. This body, the associa-tion, selects a chairman or commissioner of the associationand an executive committee, and creates such other standingcommittees and such bureaus as may be needed. The chair-man of the association is the chief administrative officer ofthe organization, and gives his entire time to the work. Hehas charge of the correspondence, being aided by a secretaryand a requisite clerical force; and he is ex-officio a memberof all standing committees. The best method of illustrating in detail the organiza-tion and working of a passenger association is to describe atypical o
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