. The Street railway journal . ling baggage offeredby the electric line, the steam road receives almost no localpatronage from traveling men having several pieces of bag-gage. The electric line is so located that the cars pass theprincipal hotels in the terminal cities as well as in the smalltowns. Arrangements have been made whereby trunks arereceived at these hotels and are put off immediately in frontof the doors, so that when he uses the electric line the travel-ing man is relieved of the necessity of paying one or twodollars in transfer charges. Baggage up to 150 lbs. is carriedfree, and
. The Street railway journal . ling baggage offeredby the electric line, the steam road receives almost no localpatronage from traveling men having several pieces of bag-gage. The electric line is so located that the cars pass theprincipal hotels in the terminal cities as well as in the smalltowns. Arrangements have been made whereby trunks arereceived at these hotels and are put off immediately in frontof the doors, so that when he uses the electric line the travel-ing man is relieved of the necessity of paying one or twodollars in transfer charges. Baggage up to 150 lbs. is carriedfree, and the point is made to carry trunks on every car. H. per cent reduction from the regular round-trip rate. Chil-dren between the ages of 6 and 12 are given a one-half tickets with no limit as to the age of the purchaserare also sold at one-half the regular rate. The use of schooltickets is limited to the hours between 7 a. m. and 5 p. m.,and a certificate is required from the school superintendent 1 * it< p»» tin. STANDARD CAR USED ON THE WINONA INTERURBAN RAILWAY S. Hickey, general superintendent of the system, was for-merly a steam road man, and regards this convenience totraveling men as of the utmost importance. For weights inexcess of 150 lbs. the excess charge is 20 per cent of theticket fare. The regular fare is approximately 2 cents per mile. How-ever, round-trip tickets good for thirty days are sold at a 10 INTERIOR OF STANDARD CAR or teacher. At the present time freight in car-load lots can-not be handled because of lack of facilities, but express carshave been ordered and it is the intention to build up anextensive freight traffic. An independent station and ticketoffice is maintained at Warsaw, but at Goshen the companyand the Northern Indiana Railway Company have a unionstation. At Milford the station is in a hotel, and at anotherpoint a restaurant man acts as agent. New stations will bebuilt at New Paris and Waterford, and small way stations orshelte
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