Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1907 — TWO-CENT RAILROAD FARE NOW IN EFFECT. [ARTICLE]

TWO-CENT RAILROAD FARE NOW IN EFFECT.

■~~vnly two-cents-a-mile now on railroads to points in Indiana, that is tickets bought within the state to points also within the state. But interstate traffic -will be at the rate of 2| cents, it is announced, and it is not likely that round trip tickets will be sold. li they are there will be no reduction on such tickets, but they will simply be double the one way The Monon has cut out its oneway fare for round trip Sunday tickets, party tickets, etc., and if you buy a ticket through to Chicago, you will pay as much as heretofore. However the rate to Haujtpond is now $1.04, commutation tickets between there and Chicago can usually be secured for 25 cents each way. If you are going outside the state you must go to the trouble to purchae a ticket only |p the nearest point to the state line to reap the advantages of the 2-cent rate, and then purchase another ticket after crossing the state line to go on, and if the state you are going to has a 3-cent rate it may be cheaper to pay the old rate at your starting point and then save the trouble of buying two tickets. At least this plan is usually best if you are unaccustomed to traveling. Ohio, of course, has a 2-cent rate, and if you want to go to some point there and are up to snuff, that is know just what point to buy your tickets, you can save a few dollars under this law. Between local points, however, the new law will prove quite a saving to travelers, but tickets must be purchased, as where one pays on train 2| cents will be charged, but a rebate check redeemable at any office of the road will be issued for the excess fare.