Rates to the General Conference by I. H. Evans

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 25, 1909

Rates to the General Conference

By I. H. Evans

The General Conference transportation committee has been endeavoring, for some time, to secure transportation at reduced rates for the delegates and visiting brethren and sisters who are planning to attend the next session of the General Conference, to be held at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. The committee finds itself unable to make any practical arrangement with the various trunk lines entering Washington in the matter of securing any special reduction in transportation rates. The officers of the General Conference Committee therefore advise all delegates planning to attend the coming General Conference to arrange their transportation in such a manner as will secure to them the lowest possible rates.

Oftentimes a party can secure a private car for the whole trip by grouping sections of the country together. This is one of the most pleasant ways in which delegates can travel.

Again, most of our ministers will have their clergy permits, and can use them on some of the railroad lines to Washington.

Each section of the country should carefully investigate the matter, and secure the best rates possible. Second-class tickets are now sold in many parts of the country at a reduced price, and still entitle the holder to the privileges of the first-class day coaches, though they do not permit the holder to ride in a Pullman car. Many trains, especially in the West, operate tourist sleeping-cars, and holders of second-class tickets are permitted to ride in these by the payment of the regular price of the tourist sleeper.

The General Conference transportation agents in various parts of the country will be glad to render any assistance possible in securing individual rates, or in grouping together a sufficient number of delegates and visitors to fill a car, so that those attending the General Conference will receive the best accommodations possible at the lowest rates. We hope that all persons who are planning to attend the conference will notify the transportation agent nearest them, or their union conference officers, and thus secure to themselves all the advantages possible in reducing the expense to themselves in attending the conference.

There are mileage books on sale in all the larger offices, some of which are interchangeable, and can be used by any one. These books generally supply transportation at the rate of two cents a mile. I. H. EVANS.