St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-08
A NEW TICKET DODGE.
Passengers Given First-Class Passage on
SeoOnd-O Glass Tickets From st. Paul
to Chicago.
significant Visit of Milwaukee Of
hcials and Others to the West by
Special Train.
Continuance of Work on the st. Paul
d Northern Pacific Montana
Horse Exchange.
Advance I'm second-cIass Tickets

AufaGce In SecOnd-C1ass Tickets.
As was mentioned in Yesterdays GLOBE,
there is considerable trouble among the
east-bOund roads in the different methods
each has in dispOSng of its tickets, but yes
terday something was discovered which
caps the climax. 1t was stated positively
that both the Omaha and Chicago IL North
western roads are allowing passengers to
ride first class on secOnd-claSS tickets. 1t
was first learned that the latter company
was doing this from Chicago on tickets to
St Paul and Minneapolis, but now asSer-
tons are made Just as strongly that the
Omaha is doing the same thing on east
bound business. This is done by raising
the second-claSS tickets to firSt-claSs grade.
\ second-claSs ticket is sold to a passenger
for the regular secOnd-claSs rate, and the
company puts on a private mark which the
conductors and agents understand. and the
passenger is allowed to ride first class. BY
doing this the road is really cutting first
class rates $3.50, or the difference between
first and SecOnd-claSs ticket.
This, it is claimed. has been going on for
only short time, or since the managers
agreement was annulled by the withdrawal
of the Minneapolis 81 st. Louis. Though
the passengers with the second-claSS ticket.
which has the Omaha private mark placed
near the stamp, ride, first class, they are
not allowed the privilege of occupying a
Pullman sleeper. Just what the Milwau-
kee & st. Paul company will do in regard
to this matter has not yet been developed,
but it is stated that the Albert Lea, to-day.
intends TO accuse the Omaha of doing bust
ness in this way, and will want TO know
what the private mark is and why it has
been using il. The Milwaukee q st. Paul
has been making inquiries about the round
trip tickets from Chicago to ST. Paul. of
which only One-half is sold as single ticket
and the other coupon placed in the hands
OF Scalper, full report of which was
given exclusively in the GLOBE of yesterday
morning. This affair and the raising
Of second-claSS tickets to first-clasS
ones will probably be brought
before the Northwestern and Omaha
roads for explanation at the same time.
About a year ago the Milwaukee q
St. Paul, the Omaha and the Albert Lea
each brought into requisitiOn a small card
to do nearly what the Omaha is doing now.
The card was given the purchaser of a sec
ond-claSS ticket to present to the conductor.
On the card there read: ION the presenta-
ton of this card you will permit bearer.
holding second-clasS ticket, st. Paul or Min
neapOliS to Chicago, to ride in first-class
coach over this line. This card does not
give privilege of parlor or sleeping car.
The conductor who lifts this ticket will pin
this card to coupon and return to ticket
auditor with other ticket collections"
This card system was adopted by one of
the roads and in very short time the other
two caught on" and had some of the same
kind printed. However. when the man
ayers agreement was brought into effect, the
cards were dispensed with, and each road.
it was supposed, sold tickets legitimateIy.
until this discovery of the way in which the
Northwestern road is selling. These soc
ond-clasS tickets, though, are not sold by the
Omaha TO everyone but only to those
TO whom they cannot sell without giving
some extra inducement to travel by
that line, and it is mostly done
on sales that are made to points east of
Chicago, but it is claimed that the North
western road sells, right in its Chicago
ticket Office, Second-class ticket with the |
private mark attached raising it to first |
class. TO either st. Paul or Minneapolis. |
For the last three weeks the passenger |
business from st. Paul east has not been |
running very smoothly, and nearly every |
day city ticket agents are making assertions |
that the rate to certain point over a GER
tain road was cut. The Milwaukee, Omaha |
and Albert Lea have each been accused at |
times, and it is very probable that rates |
have not been strictly maintained by any of |
them. There IS no agreement in effect, |
however, compelling any of them to adhere |
strictly TO tariff, and rather than have any |
one 60 over competing route the agent /
will often throw little off with the caution |
not to give it away" but the other agents |
''catch on"