US856904A - Transfer-ticket. - Google Patents

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iipliciitioii tahiti November `ninoinlu,

titl Vlniproveiiieiits in TransferTickets, o which the followingv is :i description, ieter ence being' lnid to the necoinpnnying draw-- -olijeirt to prevent ridii ing :ind to the letters `:ind 'tigt'. iniirked thereon.

lhis invention relzites to trnnste on streetl cnr lines, :ind luis for its res oi" i'eiereiice rs tor u Viriooipiil ite/tl pe- Vl for :in unlin riod l'or pziynicni ot :i single hire.

A further olriect o1l the invention is to provide :i trainsl'or o -h'iiiiture tlnitit. nini he iised for pnssngttroni thel n; :ing line *to the destiinitioii` even ii'lii-rtthe iliiissentfer niiist.;

t'iiii'el on the cnrs otr: lines.

A still further oliiect ot' the in `ntion is to provide ii. tiiinst'er ticket with inezinr tor indictling' iippr;ixiiiiiitelj' the point :it nhicii ii passenger lionrds the ein'.

A still l'iirtlier olricrt et' the intention is to provide zi ticket with ninter tor indicatingi` the niontli, ihiy, hour :ind t'riirtion ot hour to which the use ot' the irniist'er is limited, il iiizitt'er heinei so :niiinged-ns to permit con ienient seleotion rind pinichingl' hy t'lie con ductor or other person.

llt'ith these :nid other oliioets in vien', the invention consists in the novel construction und nrraingenieot ot parts hereinsiltei' descrilied, illustriitrd in lli-e ricconipiani?ini;l drawing' :ind piirticnhirli' appended clninzc i iiiunilier ot intersecting t istood i ions ot t t i Vy mi 55110111 lilily ly.

triiiisler ticket einhodii Lhe invoiitioii.

The iieconiiziniiiirf driin'ine illnstriites ii ln the upper ceniizril poi ion oll the tieket .lis ai spzice ll in which is printed the noni@ ot' the compiuti' :nid iiiiittcr stating; the eoiidi- Jrions uiidefwhicli t i und :it tht` upper lett 7 t l the cotidnrioi: En the ticket illnstriited`r this spzice 2 lieizis theworils l "'lriiiisl'er issneil by the Punnlion 1nine.7` The printingon other tickets issued by the lait thoiY nini' lie more Jatented June 1l, 1907.

reiiiiiining4 lines would 'oe suhstzintizilly -t-iicy suine. the .ininie` heineh changed.

Vln tho loner lett linnd corner is :i spnce il in which is printed the word 5pm-inl" :ind inzitten' ,indieiiting the direction ot' travel, iisnzilly "North, South, Exist :ind lVest, this portion ot' the ticket being' punched lii the conductor when issued on special or einergency oeciisions.

Aty the right houd end ot' the ticket is n, spiicc t in which niziir he printed :in iY suitiilile device tor showing li'i" punch iinirks theI ippioxinizite linie :it which :i enr nniy lie diie :it inn' transfer point. When the ticket is issued, the ronductor should punch tlie lioui' :ind the iiiinute nuirk nenrest the tinie he is dite :it the junction where the piissengrer is to nike :inoher ciir :ind the conductor ol' thi second czir tirst :iscertiiins win-ther the prisseiiiger wishes to lie tizinsl'eired to ii third line or not. ln the hitter cnse, lie tiikes npthe ticket, lintY itl ii passenger is to he iigiiin triinslei'red, the second condiiciornill punch the hour ind ininute neit 'est to the tini :it which his ein' is due :it the point chere the possengei is to trike the third cnr, :2nd on the third cnr7 und, it' iiecessiiiirv :i fourth nud litth cnr,

the nie process iii:i lie repented.

i the spneo 5, :i t i he central portion ot' the t,y is printed the nniiies ot'tlie inontli :ind

nui'neinls iront Vl to ill tor iiidicnting; the dnjfs n i olv the clezn'n'irv lie-tween junction points` n :i :l eiicii cono is distingnislinlili' designnted troni tlie others liy the nonies ot' the streets, ronds, or hind innrks tit opposite ends of Said zones. 'Flinsl t'or iiistzince, the tiisty none is indionted by tlioii'o'rds "Pi\\i.do.- \lziii.lc., these indientingn Zoni-l extrnding troni Primm .l'tinction to Minion Junction", While the second zone indiezited hy the words ",hiin. .lefwlnph these indicating Minion Junction :it tflin lit'iginiiing ot' the zone :ind hiptii street or crossiingr :it the end ot the none. The entire route nini' lie divided into ns niiinjY zones :is thought iiecossnry und when :i tieket is issued to :i passenger, :iy punch niziik is inside indicntiner the zone in which the passenger boarded the ein', :ind it' an utten'ipt mude by the passenger after completingr :t circuit olA the road, to continue his ride without payment ol :mother ture, the lect will be evident to the conductor.

In the space 7 beloui the montliquid-day;

panies compelthe companies to .Carr passengers on any or on :ill intersecting or crossi ing lines which muy be necessary lor the pasv senger to use in traveling from one point to another, und in nniny instzuiees the passenger lree to choose his own route, even though it be almost, if not entirely circuiy tous. This, under the usual torni o transfer tickets, compels the issuing ot s transfer on :1 transfer, so that the identity of the payee ol' the lere is lost. Under the present system oi issuing s trsnsl'er on :t trsnsier, many passengers will continue riding lor several hours nnd'in tact there is nothing in many oi the systems :its :it present used to prevent the psssenger from riding continuously for an unlimited period. ,lt is otten held, however, where franchises do not specifically enjoin ride including` not more. than one con'iplete i circuit by any route or combiner ion oi routes, and one of the principui objects o! the present invention is to enable n enr conductor to readily nser-rtniin when n` passenger holding @L trensier'ticltet has arrived within the zone in which he boarded the cnr on which his trip moy havecommenced. For instance, as the nza-nie of the issuing zone bus been punched7 any Aattempt to poss beyond such one or tendering s. transfer originally issued in that zone for tare, may be, by the use of this transier ticket, cireumvented, and another tare demanded, or the oil'ender may be prosecuted for attempted freud on the carrier.

"lhc transfer ticket forms a complete and accurate record of the trip ol! the passenger from the time he. boarded the vfirst csr, giving the zone of boarding, the name of the line issuing the ticket', the name ol: tbe second line and. the time ol" transfer, and name ot each subsequent line on which the ticket is used. euch conductor punching the name of the line on which the ticifet is to be next tendered for faire as well the time his car is due at the point oi intersection with sind line.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Potent, isz

A tare receipt for issuance to a passenger, said lsre receipt constituting :i continuous transfer ticket arranged for the detection of circuit riders :ind having s group otl spaces bearing naines or symbols indicating transfer points st intersecting lines and being further provided with another group oln spaces separatel and independent of the transfer point symbols, each ot such latter group of spaces bearing names or symbols indicating Zone through which the issuing csr travels, the names or symbols in each ot the Zone spaces indicating both the beginning and the end of s Zone and the last nume or symbol in esch of lthese spaces being repeeled us the tirst nume in the next succeedthe practice, that a, passenger is entitled to s l ing spzree, sind zones covering' the entire distance through which the issuingT ca travels said tickets being arrztnged Vl'or transfer to intermediate or intersecting lines und bselr signin to the issuing line.

ln tostimony,whereof l allix my sign :tt/ure, in presence oi two witnesses. i

'LEVI T. PEUX. lllitnesses:

(non. BROWN, M. P. ltonnvsor`

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