US1111298A - Railroad-ticket. - Google Patents

Description

R. E. CROWLEY.

RAILROAD TICKET.

APPLIoATIoN FILED DEQ. 7, 1909.

` 1,1 1 1,298. Patented sept. 22, 1914.

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Iac'itizen `of the. United States, residing at Galion, in the county ofy Crawford and State `tickets, and one of the lobjectsis to provide a single ticket thatwill` not only designate chaser is entitled to ride, ,but will also identify the portion of theV ycar reserved for the purchaser, this latter 'identifying portion being detachable, and 'being so ,arranged, associated and identiied with the body -of theticket 'that it will 1 constitute more complete protection forthe railroad, the jconductor yand the. honest passenger, while providing yan effective check against the dishonest passenger. n

`A still further object is toprcvide a structure that will prevent stolen tickets or those otherwise wrongfully obtained from being used without the `necessity of requiring conacters of these tickets, as is now the case. y"Several embodiments of4` the invention are wherein t v n Y Figure 1 1s a face view of a ticket-having illustrated ^in the accompanying "drawings,

a simple form ofidentication check.` Fig. 2 is a face viewpof a tickethaving an identifiication 'check ythat can, be used where a lchange ofcars is to be made during a trip. Fig. 3 is a face view of still another embodiment of. the invention. K Fig. 4 is a similar f'view showing the two parts of the tickets separated andv the'blanks not lled in. Fig. l

5 isa reverseview of, the ticketillustrated '4 Figs. 3 and 4 showing the form of ticket to be used on excess fare trains.

VSimilar reference numerals designate corresponding parts inl allqthe figures of the drawings. l l

' Referring rst to the embodiment disclosed in Fig. 1, the ticket comprises a main fbody 3,which maybe printed in any lwell known form, andhaving connected to one end, one or Ymore'detachableV checks or coupons 4, which have printed thereon, the points between which the lpurchaser is enti- 'tled to ride upon'presentation of the ticket 'to the conductor. Connectedv to the oppo' site endof the'body l3Lis` an identification 'check"5, so designated at its outer end', as

`speifieatiqn of Lettersratent. Patented Sept, 22 1914, "Application inea December 7, 190s.

Serial N0. 531,859.

shown at 6. There is also' provided on this kch eck,a blank in which is to be written or printed the destination of the passenger, said blank being so designated at 8.v 'There 1s also a designated space 9 for the dating stamp, and above the same are a series of blanks 10, 11 and 12 thatv are suitably designated, and are intended respectively for the reception of the number of the car, the locatior of the particular reservation, and the number of -the train. Printed across the identification check, `is a statement 13'that the said check is not good for passage, and printed on the `body 3 is a statement that the ticket is v'oid if the identification check is detached Iwhen presented. The various A identification checks have printed thereon the name or initials of the railroad, as indicated at 14, and all the checks have corresponding ticket numbers 15 and form numbers'la. v

The form illustratedin Fig. 2 corresponds inv all respects to that disclosedin Fig. 1, with the exception that the identification check is provided with two sets `of designated/'blanks 10, 11 and 12, 10a, 1la and 12a, whichare employed where a change of cars is to be made, and the trip is to be extended beyond that for which reservations canbe made at the purchasing oilice, the first set o f' blanks 1'0, ll and 12 being generally designated for` the first sleeper, as shown at 16, and the second set being designated the second sleeper, `as shown at 16a. The ticket or Pullman agent will ll in the car number, the location and the number of the train for 'the first section in order that the passenger may be properly identified upon both trains, and may'also have suitable evidence of his right to reservation on the secmade, the passenger can go to the office, secure his reservation on the second sleeper,

Vand have the same properly designated on `the identification check, or `if he has not ond train. When therefore the change is time for thisand can catch his train, by

presenting his ticket to the Pullman conductor, hecan 'secure a reservation. Inasmuch as the other features of the ticketv are the same as that described in Fig.' 1, the same referencenumer'als have been employed, and it will be evident that the identification check may have as many of these changes indicated, thereon, as desired.

The fcrm of ticketillustrated in Figs.' 3,

4:-, and 5, is probably preferred. In this embodiment of the invention, the body of the ticket is designated 17, and the detachable coupons 18 correspond in all respects to those already described. The identification check 19 in this instance, is a separate slip of paper having a tongue 2O detachably secured thereto, which tongue has an adhesive applied to one face, so that it can be secured to the free end of the ticket body 17, and produce the form of ticket above described, but it will be observed that the physical and functional characteristics of the check 19 are the same in all respects as those of the check 5 hereinbefore described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This improvement is of particular value to the ticketagents and to prevent the successful use of tickets stolen. In practice the agent keeps the ticket bodies with their detached coupons in a separate place from the identification checks, the latter, for instance, being preserved in a safe. He only places the two together when a ticket is purchased. As a result therefore, if the main portion of the ticket is stolen, it isvoid without the identification check, and if the identification check is stolen, it is not good for passage.

The railroad company is thus better-protected, and instead ofr conductors being required, or at least attempting to remember large numbers of tickets ,of various types, which a railway company is attempting to prevent being used illegally, the mere presentation of one of these ticket sections, will, in itself, indicate its wrongful use.

At the present time, manyv railroads run special trains, on which an additional fare l is charged, with the condition that if the train is late, a certain amount of that eXtra fare will be refunded.y This heretofore has required an additional double set of tickets and a complicated system requiring much more work on the partof the conductor and the auditors of the various systems. The present ticket can be employed on these eX- cess fare trains without difculty, by printing on the back of the identification check,-a rebate order, as shown in Fig. 5, which can be properly filled in, punchec and signed by the conductor, together with a blank receipt to be signed by the passenger when the amount of the excess fare is returned. And in addition, upon the back of the main body of; the ticket in all forms thereof, as indi-y cated in Fig. 5 of the drawings may be` placed a designated space for the signatureE of the passenger. This latter can be filled in or not,`as the passenger may desire, but it is often of value, for instance, m case of acciz dent, as the conductor will have the namesr of the passengers, and can thereby find'out if any are missing. Furthermore it often occurs that it is desired to deliver messages to passengers on the train, and it isdiflicult -to locate the same. 1f, however, when the conductor collects the tickets,"he writes u on the backs thereof, the locations of the di er` ent passengers directly beneath their signa` tures, he can then find one to whom a message is addressed without difhculty. In addition to the above, all these forms are of the greatest value,` for the identification check when the, ticket is collected, kis retained .by the passenger. He therefore has his reservation certified to, the necessity for a separate receipt, suchas is now :given-,is eliminated, and each passenger has anindividual receipt that vimmediately identies him and his destination so that he cannot by means of the indefinite receipt nowl given,-

ride beyond the `pointto which he has paid his fare. Furthermore, should a passenger miss hisA train en route, Vhe can take va 'sub1y sequent train on his identification check, and

kthe conductor of the succeeding train, `upon inspecting said check is able to determine.

whether or not such is ythe case, and can et in telegraphic touch with the conductor w o holds the ticket to confirm the passengers' rightv to ride. v

An'ther feature of practical importance is employed in connection with the identification check for excess fare tickets.V VAs shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the front side of this check is provided with a place for the dating stamp, lshowing for instance the date of October 15, 1909, as the date of departure of ythe train on which the ticket date, thel excess fare identification check, to be validmust also be provided with a dating space to .show what date the amountof refund due the passenger on his excess fare was authorized to be paid by the last conductor, which, ink the nillustration given wouldbe October 16, 1909. This is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, .which illustrates the reverse side ofthe identification check which Vcontains thel same spaces and designations in all. forms of the invention. l Again, in connection with the identification check for all tickets, another detail of `is to be honored, and as this particular ticket .is indicated as being void one day after practical importance is that of providing Y the identication checks with punching points or spaces, marked 1, 2, 3 and t in the drawings, and which points or spaces are to 'be punched by the first, second, third and fourth conductors, and so on, to show the points from and towhich the ticket 'has been honored by each conductor. This system acts as acheck Von the conductors for the coupons taken by each. l p

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantagesofthe herein described invention will beapparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape,

A proportion and minor details ofconstruc- Y tion, may be resorted-to without departingy from the spirit or sacrificing any of theI advantages of the invention.

Havingthus fully described myinvention,

.what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is zl. Arailroad ticket comprising a body portion bearing a contract form, a detachable destination stub connected to one end of the body portion, a detachable identification check connected with the other yend of the bodyv portion and provided on one face with designations giving the date andnumber of the train ticket and passengers destination, and having on `its other face a rebate form, the said body portion, destination stub, and identification check each bearing identical identification means.

2. A railroad ticket comprising a body portion bearing a contract form and an appropriately designated space Vfor the passengers signature to be affixed at the time of purchase, destination stubs connected to one end of the body portion, and an initially unsigned identification check detachably connected with the other end of the body portion and bearing upon one face a rebate form provided with appropriately designated spacesfor signatures of the conductor Vand the passenger to constitute an excess fare rebate check, said identification check being provided on its other face with desigf nations giving the date and number of the ltrain ticket, the passengers location on the train, and the passengers destination, the said body portion, destination stubs, and identification check each bearing identical identification means.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

c ROBERT E. CROWLEY. Witnesses:

B. Gr. FOSTER,

R. G. BRADDocK.

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addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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