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Cheap Railroad Fares

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
June
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The experienco of railro.id business1 In 11 tho thickly settlftd rogions is, thüjt tho loweï faivs .-"V jHabed, and tftö uïorc.. frequent thi! tmir. th botter it is for all conctsrnod. Tho raik'oad eoinpany is bont-litocï by thís poliey, becauso whsa once i ts rond is built, tho more use that the roucl can ï.e pit to the botter will the invcstment piove. This yfe w not suSicicutly regímli d in prwitioá by onr railroiid managora, and us a cfiisequenco wa seejival or oompeting röwds Bppintt up to "y:u a part t' tiir busii -s whih by a more liberal ' poliey migbt easily havo boen securoii +o tho oidor road. Tho customors of thö road, of couree, ro benefited by cheap fiares and frequent tiains, as a saving of monuy and timp, and ure nlgo üiaed in thoir business or pleiisure r.ursuits by these advantages The neighburhood of railroads and the State geneWflly, redaoiog tho oost and mnltiplying tho mcans of railroad k-c nnnodation, are advaneed in i5rospority. Jjimd,s are thrown open fer settlement and iinprovemeut, popul'ation is attr.ctol tj nciv loealities, manufactures .sniinp np and iiKiustry thrivcs ; farms b:s 011:0 vülatres. vllagcs towns, and towns eities ; produ.iions increase, property rises in value, tixalion is more dittused and casily bon o ; and al? this as the uk irect rosult of abundan t and low-priced railroad faros. In Iheso r.'.atters tho pTiblic hftva a rigtt to be board, for they confide to the companies the privileges they enjoy.

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Old News
Michigan Argus