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Show Railroads to Try Cheap Winter Passenger Rates Chicago. The railroads propose to popularize winter travel by reducing passenger rates during a portion of the winter, according to a statement made by H. W. Siddall, 'chairman of the Trans-Continental Passenger association. asso-ciation. The reduced excursion rates made during the summer have convinced the railroads that people will travel if the cost is brought within their present pres-ent means, and the western roads propose pro-pose to try it out on winter travel for a time by making a one and a quarter quar-ter rate to the winter tourist points In Arizona, California, Washington, Oregon Ore-gon and British Columbia, on sale between be-tween November 1 and December 22, with a return limit of January 25. It is expected that the experiment of these low winter rates will demonstrate demon-strate to the railroads a means of creating more passenger traffic, and that the lead of the western roads will be followed by those serving other oth-er sections. |