Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: punches
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike…
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike…
19 Jul 2018 |
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"Lancaster, E., & M. Turnpike Co. The gate keepers must punch the spaces. Gate - 1, 2, 3, 4, 4½ , 5, 6, 7. Horse Team - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Cattle, Etc."
An unused ticket for the Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike Company, which operated a private turnpike in Lancaster and Dauphin counties in Pennsylvania. Sections of what are now Pennsylvania Route 230 and Pennsylvania Route 283 eventually replaced the turnpike.
See also a rotated version of the ticket .
Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Road Company Ticket
19 Jul 2018 |
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The Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Road Company was in existence from 1805 to about 1917 and collected tolls along a road that extended from Berks County through Lebanon County and into Dauphin County in Pennsylvania.
The punches on this ticket indicate that it cost 5 cents for a trip in Lebanon County between Annville (or Sporting Hill?) and Sunny Side, a distance of 3 (or 2¼?) miles.
Berks & Dauphin Turnpike Road Co.
Dimes - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.
Rates
For 1 horse and carriage - 1½ cts. per mile
For 2 horses and carriage - 2½ cts. per mile
For 1 horse and sleigh - .75 cts. per mile
For 1 horse rode or led - ½ cts. per mile
For 1 horse and sulky - 1 cts. per mile
For 1 wagon per horse - 1 cts. per mile
For bicycle - ½ cts. per mile
From Junction - Mls.
to P. & R. Crossing - 1
to Swatara Station - 1¾
to Palmyra - 5
to Kreider's Mill - 9¼
to Annville - 10¼
to Sporting Hill - 11
to Cleona - 12
to Stony Side - 13
to Lebanon - 15¼
to Wernersville - 34¼
to Robesonia - 31¼
to Womelsdorf - 28¼
to Waterloo - 26½
to Stouchsburg - 26
to Owl Creek - 22¾
to Myerstown - 21¾
to West Myerstown - 21¼
to Half-way - 19¼
to Narrows - 18¼
to Avon - 17¼
Cents - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.
For a similar item, see Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike Company Ticket .
The Lee House Meal Ticket
26 Mar 2018 |
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"Meal ticket, the Lee House. This ticket must be presented to waiter at each meal. Guests cannot secure meal without presenting this ticket. Good only to person issued. Name: Kuntz. Room no.: [200?]. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner."
Good for a Ride Only on Ridge Avenue Railway
25 Apr 2016 |
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"Good for a ride only on Ridge Avenue R.W. Good for a ride over Penn'a R.R. from Ridge Avenue to Centennial Station."
See also Good for a Ride on Ridge Avenue Railway :
No Losers: Push, Push, Push, Push, Push
29 Jul 2013 |
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