The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-10

,.tivs source. Iii said that one Of the !
causes Of
THE LATE MOVE OF THE PESSsTLvASIA
coNPASY
In putting up passenger rates tothe West
a PhiladeIp6ia and reducing them At
BalEimare, vas thai it vas discovered
that many Of lheir through passengers
from New York we're ayailing themselves
Of the low rates prevailing At Rhiladel'
phia BY purchasing local tickOt . The
latter city, and then procuring cut-rate
ticket from there and re-checking their
baggage. For instance, any one wishing
to 20 from New York TO Chicago via the
Pennsylvania route would, il buying 8
ticket in the former city, Be to5csd % pay
S24 for il. By purchasing local ticket
from New York 70 Philadelphia and
then q SD ticket from there TO Chicago,
be would effect Q saving Of about 81. Last
week, when the Pennsylvania Company
advanced The fare from Philadelphia TO
the Western points 70 the standard pre-
yalinR before the var, the price OF .
through ticket to Chicago vas raised
from SIC 70 So. And now it has been
found out that through passengers for
the West from Philadelphia boy local
tickets from there 70 Baltimore, and pur-
chase one Of the latest cut-Iate tickets Tor
the balance tthe trip. Atrayeller doing
this pays So Is for q ticket to Baltimore
and SIS for . ticket from Baltimore to
Chicago, making the through fare Sll 10.
The difference Is in favor OF the paSsen-
ger in doing this and buying q through
ticket at Philadelphia is just $40 s..
There IA sometimes little delay in the
rechecking Of baggage and other incrn.
yeniencc, but then on the other hand
there Is the saving Of nearly One-halt the
fare. The same economy can, Of course,
he praCticed in prOpOrionate manner to
st. Louis, Cincinnati, and other comPeti-
tive points, Numbers Of through pas
sencers from New York TO the West are
also reducing their travelling expenses
BY purchasing tickets from New YOrkto
baltimore and theneD 70 destination. In
going To Chicago in this way they can lay
over in Baltimore for couple Of days
and put up in . frSt-claSSe hotel, without
it costing them any more than ilthey had
paid S2i for through ticket at New
York, There's millions at ~ for the
passengers, but not q dime for the Penn
sylvania Company, and the latter are
finding 1t out to their sorrow.
A BALTIMORE TICKET scALPER
| Is OF the opinion that the members Of his
"profcssion" have been Of great benefit to
the travelling public by making them
know their rights and how to maintain
them against the imppsitiOns OF railroad
corporations. lie says that he trequeRtly
travels on coupons Of old tickets, which
he purchases at nominal figure, In
coming from Philadelphia 70 Baltimore
last week he presented one Of these TO the
conductor. II was distinctly stated on
the coupon that II was mot good il de-
tached" from tho other portion Of the
ticket. On account Of the ago Of this
particular coupon he anticipated some
trouble, but the conductor said nothing.
Had he objected the ticket scalper said
he had q set speech ready for him, cover
| Inc n balfdozen or more judicial decisions
that coupons were good for tho distance
between the points named on them,
whether they were detached or not. He
also said that ticket sold with the
understanding that It was good only for
the trim "irom Washington to baltimore"
were lust a. good for the trip from Balti-
more TO Washington, and that the prin-
ciple, applying u course TO any two
points on q railroad, had been so decided
by the Courts. lIe argued that ticket
scalI,ers were Of course not liked by rail.
road companies, because they (the scalp
ers) utilized thousands Of dollars worth
Of tickets annually That would otherwise
have gone to waste, and thus increased
the profits Of the companies. A Balti'
more & Ohio official in speaking OF the
disadvantages attending
t 1R1TED TICKETS,
related an incident which he said had
come undOr his own observation. A
travelling agent for one Of tile leading
houses here, wishing to make q trip to ".
Louis for his firm, provided himself with
one Of the $40 fOrty.eight hour tickets Of
the Pennsylvania Company. lilo would
have preferred to have gone via the BAL
timoro & Ohio, but thought $6toO much
Of difference. lie bought his ticket In
the morning, with the intention oil start.
ing that night. Before departing, he de
tefmincd to have good time With few
conviyinl spirits, the result Of which was
that he arrived at Calvert Station about
ten minutes after his train had left. The
consequence was that he was forced to buy
another ticket. There are two morals "a
this story, one by the Baltimore Il Ohio
and the other BY the Pennsylvania Com
pany. The former Is: "Never to buy u
limited ticket" and the latterl "When
you do, don't go on spree and miss the
train" There was
NO CnANGE IN PRE1GIrB
on Saturday. 1tiSexpectcd that with the
opening Of the spring trade shipments
from Baltimore TO the West will be much
heavier than they are now. Large cargocs
of salt are now on the way here from
Liverpool and West Indies, and Eome Of
tile vessels will probably arrive hi. week
The greater portion Of this Enlt has al.
ready been disposed Of and will leShipped
Westward ns soon us II arrives, The
schedule rate to Chicago Ia 81 cents per
100 pounds, but II il being shipped at 10
At tho freight office Of the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad II wAS learned that the
steamer George t. Elder, Of tie Old Do
minion Line, left New York on Saturday
Mt D r. NJ, with 1900 tons Of through
Western freight, and would probably dis
charge her cargo Mt Locust Point this
morning. The llattetas Is now loading
Mt New York and will sail for Baltimore
to-day or tomorrow.