Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-15
A RIoW m TnN nROKERs.

numbers of people every day
A BLOW AT THE BROKERS
The passenger departments Of the SAN
tn Fo and st. Louis and San Francisco
railways issued Il joint circular today
that will wipe out one Of the best sources
OF revenue the railroad ticket brokers
have had for many moons. Says the
Kansas City Star:
The second-class fare from Kansas City
10 Los Angeles or San Francisco is SIS
10y the Santa Fc route, of which the St.
I0nis and San Francisco railway II
part. Passengers have decn permitted
10 buy tickets TO San Francisco aud
many Other California points by way Of
Los Angeles at tie same price. and When
they reached Los Angeles they might
then sell the remaining coupon Of their
ticket, good TO san Francisco or else
where, TO u broker for perhaps $40 be-
cause the regular fare from Los Angeles
10 San francisco IS SO. The Kansas
City broker, by selling tie Los Angeles
passenger san Francisco ticket by way
of Los Angeles could allow a rebate and
did allow a rebate Of 50, which was
paid by the Kansas City brokers' cor
respondent in Los Angeles when the
passenger surrendered the Los Angeles
san Francisco coupon of his ticket BY
buying of brokers, therefore, II would Hp-
pear passengers might save 80 ON the
second class fare 10 Los Angeles This
LAS been freely done, but not In that
way. The brokers sold the tickets In
Kansas City az S31, 81 more than the
railway charged, but gave the passenger
q rebate order good In Los Angeles for
50, which the railway company would
not do. Therefore by buying a San Frau.
cisco ticket OF broker q passenger 60
ing 10 Los Angeles could save so aud
run no chances on tie ticket, for Il
wonia De new ticket, just as good as
=, But ills is how Mr.. Nicholson Of the
santa re and Mr.. Wishart Of the Frisco
blocked the game:
10 Connecting lines; You are respect
lully requested TO at once withdraw
from sale. second-cass tickets reading
wa these lines 70 Albuqurrquei Atlantic
nnd Pacific to Barstow; Southern Cali
fornia to Los Angeles, and Southern Pa
enc from Los Angeles 10 1hlare, Goshen,
Fresno, MADEIRA MERGED, Lathrop, Sac.
rainento, San Francisco and all other
points north Of Mojaye
Please continue sale Of hrst-clnss.
single and round trip tickets via this
route
This request does not affect any forms
Of tickets reading by Mojnye direct. nor
nose VIA Barst0w aud Los Angeles and
santa Barbara and other Southern Pa
cihc points south of Moiavc.
Plense correct your rate sheets 10 show
ihat seeond-cllss rates % points on
southern Pacific, north Of MOiaye, do
NOT apply via Albuquerque, Barstow aud
brokers for whom il was specially IN
tended and does away with an opporin-
enjoyed.
Heavy California travel has only lust
begun and with the M1winter fair In
IN q a IL
ana with this loOphOle of profit the lot of
the broker would have been happy one.
BRAKES AND COUPLINGS.
w, l.. Huse Of St. Louis, president
OF the Tennessee Midland, and John
Oyerton Of Memphis, yice-president, have
been appointed joint receivers Of the road.
The Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama
road Is operated by the Tennessee Mid
iand, ana these two gentlemen are ike
wise receivers Of II.
The Western New York and Pennsyl-
vania is credited with having ordained
that every brakeman on The road will
be fined 50 when II Il proved that he Il
guilty Of keeping brakes applied too
long while descending grades, thereby
causing wheels 10 slide and get destroyed
BY becoming lat where he surface
touches the rail.
Inc Arkansls Southern ROAD, together
with all rolling stock and 1000 acres Of
valuable timber !. d, and the milling
plants Of the Southern land and lumber
company have been sold under a decree
Of the Arkansas Federal district court
The road was bought 10 for the stock
holders Of the land company for So, 900,
by Chicago and Boston capitalists.
The Inst rail Of the new Wilkes
barre and Eastern road has been laid,
and construction train carrying several
OF the officers has been sent over the
line between SirOnsburg and Wllke5harre.
The span Of the track was laid on the
north side OF Panther brook .yiaduct,
magnificent structure. lifting the track
on gigantic iron towers 1'i3 feet IN mid
air distance Of 1900 feet. 1iis road,
exclusive Of equipment, has cost $f,OOO,-
600.
Train men, station agents and other
uniformed employees Of the Lehigh Val
ley road are 70 have issued 70 them gold
and enamel buttons 70 u worn On the