Two-Cent Railroad Fare : And Other Railroad Legislation in Ohio (Classic Reprint) download PDF, EPUB, Kindle

Two-Cent Railroad Fare : And Other Railroad Legislation in Ohio (Classic Reprint) by Henry Apthorp

Excerpt from Two-Cent Railroad Fare: And Other Railroad Legislation in Ohio Every year for the past six years, and nearly every year for the six years preceding, bills have been pending in the General Assembly of Ohio to reduce railroad fare from three to two cents per mile. During these years the bill - these bills have all been, substantially, alike - has been vigorously advocated, and as vigorously opposed, and in the end either defeated or postponed, only to be revived at the next session. Such a bill is now pending in the Senate. It applies to all railroads, and to all distances over eight miles. I have no doubt that public opinion in this State, moved by honest purposes, sincerely favors the bill. Petitions to the General Assembly; resolutions and platforms of political conventions; editorials and contributed articles in newspapers; personal solicitations and appeals; resolutions of traveling men's associations - all addressed to members of the General Assembly, and all urging the passage of the bill, are proof that a great many people want it. It is to those persons who sincerely hold this position, and who are moved by honest purposes to advocate it, that I offer the pages of this pamphlet. It has been often stated, and seems to be quite generally believed, that other States have, by law, established two-cent railroad fare, and the example of these States is cited as a reason for a two-cent rate in Ohio. The State of New York is more frequently mentioned than any other as having such a law. The following quotation from an Ohio daily newspaper, in reference to the Ohio bill and the New York law, fairly shows the general notion on this subject in this State: New York has had a similar law for many ears. It has not been the means of bankrupting railroads there, but traffic has increased more than enough to compensate for the decreased fare. We cannot see why it would not operate the same in Ohio. The people demand such a law and we hope to see it passed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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