I have a CPR British Columbia Coast Services Commerical Traveller's Ticket
Victoria to Vancouver as well Furlough Ticket for passage of one person in
uniform of Navy, Army Air Force or Nursing Sister from Vancouver to Victoria.
Have some stamped employee, party, special, holiday special and I believe
tickets for the clergy but I can't locate that one quickly. I also have a
ticket for an I.O.O.F Excursion, there were a lot of variances and a lot of
different type of tickets including meal tickets.
The marine side of the railway companies used the same type of ticket and would
issue interline tickets for other parts of the company as well as connecting
carriers including buslines, transfer from CPR wharf to Union Depot etc.
Ross McLeod Calgary.
Hmm, interesting. Another part of the system I never have heard about
before. I wonder what other varieties of special tickets existed over the
years?
Rob Kirkham
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From: "KVRailway" <kvrailway@shaw. ca>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:56 PM
To: <cpsig@yahoogroups. com>
Subject: Re: [cpsig] what's with the "Indian" Ticket on eBay
I'm pretty sure that this ticket was a ticket issued for a local member of
the First Nations reserve at Savona. The federal Dept. of Indian Affairs
would have paid for the ticket. It would be marked 'Indian' so that the
ticket couldn't be presented by a non-Indian. Such tickets would have
ways
of turning up bargained away for a bottle of booze or whatever, otherwise.
These tickets would have been quite common in areas where there are lots
of
Indian reserves. In those years, most First Nations peoples were living
at
poverty levels and would not be able to afford an ordinary ticket. Hence,
the Dept. of Indian Affairs would provide a certain amount of
transportation
for band members with legitimate needs to get to town and back out to the
reserve.
I would say that this ticket is a real unusual collector's item and well
worth grabbing. I've never seen one before.
Joe Smuin
1. - "Joey, the secret to telling a good railway story is to always try
to
stick just as close to the facts as possible." --- (the late) Cliff
Inkster; CPR Engineman, raconteur and philosopher.
2. - The secret to contacting Joe by email is to be sure to insert "Joe"
or
"Smuin" into the main text portion of any message you send to him, and
thus
your message should percolate through his spam filters.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Kirkham" <rdkirkham@live. ca>
To: <cpsig@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:13 PM
Subject: [cpsig] what's with the "Indian" Ticket on eBay
This came as an odd find on e-bay this evening! Can anyone explain what
the intent of an "Indian" ticket was and say anything about when they
were
used and in what circumstances. They're new to me,
the link to the Ebay auction follows:
http://cgi.ebay. com/Canadian- Pacific-CPR- Card-Stock- Indian-Ticket_ ;
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Rob Kirkham -
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