Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-02
THE RAILWAYS.
MEETING OF THE TICKET BROKERS
OF THIS CITY.
They Will Protest Against the Proposed
Amendments to theInterstate Commerce
Law-Their Views-A Warner Excur-
siNn--Notes of the Rail.

The ticket brokers, 'scalperss" OF this
city held meeting Monday night to
discuss the proposed amendments to the
Interstate Commerce law. They claim
that these amendments, if adopted, will
drive them out of business Chas. ].
Lehman acted as chairman and Ed. j.
Morris as secretary. The meeting APP
pointed committee to work with other
committees appointed by similar meet
ings in other cities, to expose what they
regard as the iniquities of the measure
before the Congressional committee.
They offer the following statement for
publication:
For long time the workings of the
Interstate Commerce Commission have
been so mysterious that suspicion has
been fomented to the effect that it had
become a big machine, guided by the
heavy railroad corporations towards the
absolute suppression OF all competition.
This tendency of the commission was
made Enthusiastically manifest by the in
PRODUCTION into the House, ostensibly by
the House committee on commerce, of a
bill amendatory OF the Interstate Conn
merce law. The introduction makes a
carrying of injured persons and attend
ants free, and the giving of reduced rates
to families of employees. This is the
film spread to hide the handwriting of
the railroads, but it is futile, as the con-
text shows that it has been prepared by
those corporations, and injected into the
House by the Interstate Commission and
into the commission by the corpora
tiOns. Its main provision is series of
sweeping and radical prohibitions
against making any effort to secure pas
senger patronage by any railroad COM
pany, man, employee or agent. 1t in
hibits any railroad from paying any
salary or any commissions for the sale
of tickets, but allows corporation to
station certified men at certain points to
hand out tickets automatically and to
take in the amount of cash prescribed
by the Interstate Commission under the
dictation of the respective railroads. 1t
further makes anyone who shall accept
an agency personally amenable to the
law should he in any way solicit patron
age. A fine of $1,000 is prescribed for
any man who shall in any way negotiate
tickets other than to ride upon. This it
will be readily seen places the travelling
public where for a long time the rail
roads have been itching to have them
at the railroads mercy. On the other
hand, by neat arrangement, the big
trunk lines have the amendments so
fixed that they can apportion the carry
ing of emigrants among themselves.
Excursions and Notes.
The regular weekly Warner excursion
arrived yesterday morning over the
Santa Fe route with the following pas
sengers; ]. HI Warmsley AD.J. Warm
sley, s. F. Warmsley, Hurdland, Mo.
Sergeant Barrett and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Rockwell, Providence, r. L.; D.
j. Roberts, Chicago; B. A. Lockwood,
Des Moines; A, Daniel, A.. Peese, Lima,
o.; Marc G. Donavan, Independence
Miss Elmira Mayer Chicago; Mrs. J. B.
Wand, Miss Emma Dubbers, Kansas
City; Mary Shreiver, Chicago; Geo. r.
Safer, Lizzie Safer, John w. Safer, Oak
Valley; D. w. Burns, Racine, Wis.
James Foster, Detroit, Mich. j. w. But
ler, Des Moines; R. i. jerks, Joliet; D.
w. Slower, Peoria; J. w. Murphy, Miss
Ethel Rockfelt, Miss J. n Link, Chi
cago; R. S. Lunts, Ft. Madison; Mrs. j.
A. Cooper, Joliet; s. w. Adams, Ken
osha; j. T. Mcdonald, j. A. Edwards,
Chicago; r. w. Mason, Kansas City !;
Miss l. Douglass, Chicago.
Miscellaneous News Of the Rail.
T. B. Burnett, general superintendent
of the Peoria and Pekin Union railroad,
is visiting General Manager X. FL.
Wade of the Southern California, in
this city.
The overland on the Santa Fe was de-
layed about seven hours yesterday by
difficulties experienced in Arizona from
storms prevailing in that Territory.
General Manager Wade, of the South
ern California, yesterday narrated a sin
gular instance of the way commodities
skip about the country before they get to
their final destination. Large focks of
sheep are raised and pastured in Lower
California and are driven over to the
vicinity of San Diego in the United
States to be clipped. The wool is then
sent from San Diego to Ensenada, where
there is factory that makes it into
cloth. The cloth is then shipped by
water back to San Diego, where it is
bonded and sent up by rail to Los AM
geles, and from here to Ell Paso and
down to the City Of Mexico. 4
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