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Show SPAIN'S CANNY RAILROADS. Visitors Have to Pay for a Ticket Merely to Go on the Platform. In Spain the railroads do not lose a chance to make a little profit, even in the case of non -travelers. When you see somebody off in that country you must pay for the privilege. The railroads all sell billetes de anden, which are good for the platform only. These cost generally five centimos, equivalent to a cent in American money. ' Just why this is done it is hard to see, because persons entering a train cannot very well avoid the conductor, who is always making trips to inspect the carriages. If a person attempted to steal a ride in a carriage he would have small chance of getting away wit it. If caught he would have to pay a penalty of Just twice the fare between be-tween the point where he was discovered discov-ered and the point where tickets were last inspected. |