Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Ligonier Echo
Wednesday, October 2, 1907
All Railroads Now Two-Cent Rate
Pennsylvania, Ligonier Valley and P. W. & S. New Fare Rates
To Latrobe 22, Somerset 52 Cents
Will cost $1.02 Railroad Fare to Pittsburgh, 42 Cents to Greensburg The New Rate Will Cheapen the Cost of Railroad Fare Considerably and Be Quite a Financial Loss to the Corporations
October first at midnight the two-cent-a-mile rate as required by the law passed by the last legislature and signed by Governor Stuart went into effect. The Pennsylvania Railroad, the Ligonier Valley Railroad and the Pittsburgh, Westmoreland & Somerset Railroad all started in with the two-cent rate yesterday, which reduces the cost of travel considerably in this section and all over the state and will lessen the income from passenger traffic considerably unless there is a decided increase in the amount of travel. So long as this law is in effect it will cost 22 cents to Latrobe and 8 cents to Wilpen over the L.V.R.R. On the P. W. S. it will cost 52 cents to Somerset, the distance being 26 miles. Heretofore the rate was 35 cents to Latrobe over the L.V.R.R. and 85 cents to Somerset over P. W. & S. Both these roads had special rates which were considerably changed. The two-cent rate has been forced upon the railroads of Pennsylvania by the
law enacted by the last legislature and the P.R.R. Co. and all other railroads of the state have adopted the two-cent-a-mile rate under protest. The matter will be carried to the supreme court of the state and likely to the supreme court of the United States for final decision and in the meantime two-cent rate will be adopted by all Pennsylvania railroads.