Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Road Company Ticket

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.