The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-21
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

CHICAGO, Aug 20-Should the special
agent of the interstate commerce commits
sion undertake TO investigate the western
passenger rate situation, with the view to
convicting certain roads of discriminate !
in selling tickets at lower rates to brokers?
In the present state of affairs it is only
natural that the brokers should be stock
ed with tickets which they are enabled to
sell very cheap. When excursion tickets
were selling for Sl2 TO Denver and return
the scalperS were not slow to see that it
was their opportunity. For return pas
sage these tickets were good to October
II. The brokers bought up whole blocks
OF round-trip tickets, paving the full price
of Sl2 each, and sent them unused TO their
agents at Denver The Denver brokers
detached the return portions and sold them
to east-bound passengers at considerable
profit. One road, which was ac-
the brokers, has just discovered that
seventy-five of its knights Templars
tickets were purchased by one scalper in
the manner referred to- The Christian
Endeavor tickets were manipulated in the
same way, and now the five-dollar round
trip tickets issued on account of the
Knights of Pythas encampmept at Kan
sas City are being extensively bought by
the brokers. All the leading roads are the
victims of this sort of competition on the
part of the scalpers, and it is probable that
an investigation will result in the discov-
cry that not Il single company or any of
its agents had been guilty of selling tickets
to brokers at less than the authorized
rates.
General Passenger Agent Townsend of
the Missouri Pacific has replied fully to
M 10 hy-f ba n nd
that his company is selling knights of
Pythlas excursion tickets at 81 for the
round trip between st. Louis and Kansas
City. ln a telegram to Chairman Caldwell
Mr.. Townsend says:
The action of the Chicago and Alton,
in attempting to force four-dollar round
trip rate from ST. Louis to Kansas CITY.
and to place the responsibility on this line
is now fully explained by the fact of the
Alton's having contracted with the Ger
man Veteran association of st. Louis for
special trains leaving Saturday, August
70, at per capita rate of 81 for the round
trip, In addition TO which they Carry a
band OF twenty-eight pieces free, practic-
ally making round-trp rate of about So
As evidence of this statement, we have in
our possession Chicago and Alton tickets
dated August 20, reading st. Louis to
Kansas City and return, and good until
September ID, for which we paid 81 We
will meet the competition offered by pri-
vate rates, and will also use this rate for
baslng purposes in the sale of round-trip
tickets to points west of the Missouri riv-
er, good until September 10"
Chairman Caldwell has authorized all
interested roads To take similar action.
AUSTIN, Tex, Aug 20-The Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railro Dad company of
Texas filed in the state department.
copy of the resolution authorizing the
mortgage of Its property to secure the pay
ment OF an issue of the bonds of said com
pany amounting to $4,000, 600 for construc-
ting, extending, completing, improving
and operating this Halfway, including 500
miles more or less, and branch lines
Intended to be constructed