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Show Trolley Express and Freight. (S. E. Moffett in March McClure's.) "There is no. troublesome red tape about the trolley freight system. The Cleveland & Eastern railway, for instance, in-stance, handles milk on Its forty-mile line at a uniform rate of 2 cents per gallon for any distance. The farmer buys packages of tickets at that rate. When his milk is shipped it pays its fare like a passenger. A 20-cent ticket Is handed to the conductor for each ten-gallon can. The conductor punches . the tickets, and passes them on to the office. The company returns the empty cans free. j |