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Show llCEDifiiO RATES lyPEfflfJ Particular Effect of Order in This Section Relates to Pullman Cars. Advaueod passenger rates, as provided pro-vided for under a recent general order of William 0. MeAiloo, director general of railroads of t ho United States, went into effect yesterday on all railroads uuder government control in the conn-try. conn-try. Little chango in local rates hore was made as a result of the new order becoming be-coming effective, as the. order provided that passenger rates should be placed on a minimum of tlireo cents a mile, and the rates in this territory were al- ready on that basis. The change in : rates here alleets travel to long distance j points, over territories that heretofore have had lower than three-rent rates. The particular effect of the new order and. new rates here is to make it more expensive for traveling in the inter-mountain inter-mountain district to take a standard Pullman or observation ear. Under the rules, those who desire the accommodations accommo-dations of Pullmans or observation cars must pay additional mileage besides the regulation Pullman or observation car charge and war tax. The additional mileage for Pullman or observation car is one-half cent a mile, and for tourist sleeper or chair car it is one-fourth cent a mile additional. The advance in fares does not apply to the road to Saltair. The interurban lines are most affected by the new traffic order, as their round-trip round-trip rates were lower than the three-cent three-cent a mile basis, and had to be raised to this basis. The previous round-trip rate to Provo of $2.-15 is now $2.90; to Payson it is advanced from $11.45 to $4. The round-trip round-trip rate from this city to Ogden was $1; it is now $1.10. There are no more reductions for round trips, which are now twice the straight one-way fare, the purchase of round-trip tickets being be-ing merelv a convenience to the passenger. pas-senger. I'o the above ligures must be added S per cent war tax. , As there are no Pullmans on the interurbans, this extra expense is eliminated. Traffic Manager Ross Season of the Orem says: "The application of freight rates to the interurbans is not an absolute ab-solute quantity; that is, there is no general level rise of 25 per cent, The advance in rates varying with the commodities com-modities handled." It is remarked in railroad offices that big interests no longer obtain concessions, but are on the same basis as small shippers; there is no discrimination. The advance of freight on bullion from $10 to $16.50 per ton from Utah common points to the Atlantic seaboard is considered by railroad men as a just advance. |