US654261A - Mileage-book and conductor's check. - Google Patents

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No. 654,261. Patented July 24, 19'00. .L A..|oNEs.

MILEAGE BOOK AND CONDUCTORS CHECK.

(Application led July 25, 1898.)

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.1. A. Jones.

MILEAGE BUK AND CONDUCTOBS CHECK.

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To-Ll w JOHN A. JONES, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MILfEAes-sooKAND AcoNDlvJci-ofrs CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,261, dated July 24, A1900.

Application filed J'uly 25, 1898. vSerial No. 686,782. (No model.) Y

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. JONES, a citi'- zen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mileage-Books and Conductors Checks, of which the following is a specification. p

My invention' relates to a combined mileage-book, passengers receipt, and conductors check. Its object is to lfurnish a check upon both passenger and conductor. This object is attained by the means described in the annexed specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of the combined conductors check and passengers receipt of my invention. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the mileagebook of myinvention in the opened position. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the back of a leaf, a front view'of which is shown in the mileage-book, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 Vis a mileage-booky in closed position. Fig. 6 is a frontview of the passengers trip-slip.

Referring to the parts, whichare indicated throughout the views by similar referenceletters, one half of the front face of the sheet A, Fig. l, constitutes the front a of the passengers receipt, the other half of the same the back a of the conductors check, when the sheet A is folded together -along the line a2. In a column a3 upon the front a are printed the names or numbers of the stations along the route. Adjacent to the name of each station is a. column which runs the length of the passengers receipt and is divided into quadrilaterals by lines running crosswise from the successive names, which quadrilaterals contain numbers indicating the distances from the station at which the column starts to the successive stations along the route. In the drawings there are represented to be thirty-nine stations, the distances between the stations from the twenty-eighth on to the end being given in the upper lefthand corner to economize space. Upon the front a there is also'a column a4, divided into quadrilaterals, in which are printed other data, such asv the character of the fare paid, such as that of oicial, employee, free pass, minor, 5to.

Upon the back a. of the conductors check is a column a5, similar to column a3, likewise containing the names or numbers of the stations at the same distances from fthe line a2 as those on the front a, adjacent to which names are columns similar and divided into quadrilaterals similarly to those on the said front containing figures which indicate the amount of the fare between the station at which the column starts and the successive stations, likewise arranged at the saine distances from line a2 'as the corresponding iigures on said front, so that'when the sheet A is folded together along the line a2 the names of stations on the back a come directly under the same names on front a and'the tigures indicating distances between stations come directly over the figures indicating the fares to be paid for said distance.

The half a6 on the back of the sheet A, which constitutes the backof the passengers receipt, has'yal column containing the names of the stations and quadrilaterals containing the amount of the fares between any station and the successive stations arranged similarly to those on the back a of the conductors check, so that the names of the stations come directly opposite those on the front a and the figures on said back indicating the amount of the fare between stations directly opposite the figures on the front a, indicating the distances between said stations. The other half a7 of the back of sheet A constitutes the front of the conductors check and is printed with a table of stations and distances similar to that on front a.

When the conductor collects a passengers fare, of whatever character it be, holding the sheet A in its folded position he punches a hole through both halves of the sheet at the name of the station at which the passenger gets on, in thepcolumn running lengthwise down the sheet from said name, and a second hole in the same column at the pointpwhere it is cut by the li'ne' running crosswise from the name of the station at which the passenger is to get off the car. For instance, if the passenger gets aboard at station l to goto station 14C the conductor punches one hole above the numeral 5 and another below numeral 94 in the right-hand column of IOO Fig. l. Then in column a4 he punches a hole to indicate the character of fare paid. Then tearing the sheet A in two along the line a2 he gives the passenger his receipt, keeping the conductors check himself. The passenger at his destination gives this receipt to the 'station-agent, by whom :it is returned to the central office, to be there compared with the conductors check, which has been surrendered by the conductor. The firsttwo holes punched indicate on the front of both the passen gers receipt and conductors check the distance traveled, it being the highest amount in the column between the two holes, and on the back of both they indicate the fare paid, which is likewise the highest amount between the two holes.

If the passenger intends to use mileage, he purchases my mileage-book B (shown in its open position, Fig. 3) by paying for it, as is usual, the full rate per mile. Before boarding the train he obtains from the agent at the starting-point, upon presentation of his mileage-book, a slip C without further payment of money, said slip being marked in the space c with a stamp which indicates said station and the date upon which the slip is obtained.

-When collecting the fare, the conductor requires the passenger to write his name in column b', adjacent to the numeral indicating the number of trips taken upon the mileage-bookfor instance,adjacent to 2 if it be the second trip-and then in column b, adj acent to the passengers signature and said numeral, he punches a hole. Upon sheet A, besides punching the starting-point and destination, as aforedescribed, the conductor makes a puncture in column a8 to indicate the road from which the book was bought. Upon the back.of the leaf in the mileagebook, a front view of which showing the column b is in Fig. 3 and the back of which is shown in Fig 4, are numerals indicating the number of the trip registering with the similar numerals upon the front, adjacent to the former of which numerals the baggage-master writes the weight of the baggage on that trip and the overweight, the latter figure being obtained by subtracting the weight allowed from the actual weight. At his destination the passenger hands his mileage-book, the slip C, and his passengers receipt to the stationagent, who keeps the receipt, writes the distance traveled and the miles left in the mileage-book adjacent to the conductors punch, stamps slip C with the name of his station, the date, the number of miles traveled and miles left of the mileage, signs his name thereto, and hands book and slip back to the passenger. Whenever the passenger desires to use said mileage-book upon another trip, he must obtain a fresh slip C, which can be done only upon showing the agent at the startingpoint the slips he had obtained upon previous trips, properly executed by the agents at the destinations, together with the mileage-book properly signediby himself and tallying in all respects with the said trip-slips, one of which for every trip is kept in pocket b2 of the book, which is easilyclosed, as shown in Fig. 5, by folding about the line b3 b3, Fig. 3, which indicates the meeting edges of the cover b4 and the leaves b5. j lVhen Vthe book has been exhausted, the owner surrenders it and all the slips, which must be of the same number as the conductors punches in said book, at the proper office to get his rebate on the book.

It is seen that the mileage-book and the trip-slip could in themselves, without sheet A, be used and would be a check upon fraud, since the stamp of the agent at the startingpoint and the signature of the agent at the destination would indicate to the next ticketagent to whom the book was presented for a new trip-slip whether or not the correct amount of mileage had been canceled from the mileage-book on the previous trip before he would issue another trip-slip.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the sheet containing a passengers receipt and a conductors check upon the front of each of which are printed the names of stations and adjacent tothe name of each of said stations the distances be tween it and each succeeding station, and upon the backs of which are printed similarly the names of said stations and figures arranged similarly to aforesaid figures to denote the fare between said stations, the mile age-book and the trip-slips to be used therewith, substantially as shown and described.

2. The sheet having on its face a central line about which it is to be folded, and two similar sets of names of stations arranged at equal distances on each side of said foldingline, adjacent to one of which sets are figures indicating the distances between said stations, and adjacent to the other set numbers indicating rates of fare between said stations arranged similarly to aforesaid figures, and the back of said sheet having the names of the stations opposite to those ou the face and opposite the figures on the face indicating the distance between the stations, figures indicating the amount of fare between said stations, and opposite the figures on the face indicating the amount of fare between stations, figures indicating the distance between said stations, substantially as shown and described.

3. The mileage-book having space for passengers signature adjacent to space for station-agents computation of miles traveled and miles left, and a pocket for holding the trip-slip which is stamped by agent at both ends of trip, in combination with said tripslip and the sheet containing the passengers receipt and conductors check, substantially as shown and described.

4. A mileage-book having leaves upon each of which is a column by punching a hole in which the conductor indicates the number of the trip, upon one side of the column an indicated space for the passengers` signature IIO AIo

colu mn for the passengers signature and the computation of miles traveled and miles left, in combination With trip-slips each containing a space for the stamp, of the agent at the starting-point and an indicated space for the signature of t-he agent at the destination, substantially as shown and described.

.JOHN A. JONES.

Witnesses:

EMMA LYFORD, WALTER F. MURRAY.

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