Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-08
TICKET BROKERS CAUGHT.
CLEyERLY DOCTORED KNIGHTS TEN
PLAR TICKETS WILL BE REFUSED.
Clever Work by Chairman Foote, of the
Local Association. and Effective Sup
port Given by Ticket Agents
Other railroad News.

Pronting by some experiences with Chris
tian Endeavor business, Chairman George
H. Foote, of the Kansas City Passenger
Association, kept his eagle eye upon the
knights Templar business, also centering
at Boston. Mr.. Foote was not long in discov-
ering that there was gilt-edge ticket in
the market, relating to the knights Temp
athe brokers for Chicago-Kansass City and
Chicago-Topeka traffic. The article was
so good that the brokers kept II well pro-
tected and 1t was some time before Chair
man Foote could get possession of a sample
copy, but he finally succeeded.
The brokers pursued a very shrewd plan.
They purchased a number of Knights Tenn
plar tickets in Topeka, reading from Tope-
ka to Boston and return, via Chicago, with
notice 10 purchasers and an exchange order
on Chicago printed betwsen and attaching
the going and the returning coupons, the
going trip not being limited to August 27,
as regular knights Templar tickets should
have been limited, but the return date
October being properly, stamped;
the middle of the ticket (Which order rep
resented the round trip fare from Chicago
20 Bostonl and pasted the two Topeka
straight round trip ticket from Topeka TO
Chicaso. which was placed on the market t
at 81, or IS less than the regular round
trip rate from Topeka TO Chicago. The ex-
change orders We're doubtless sent to Chi
CagO, where they We're used for Chicago
Boston business and found ready sale for
that purpose. The rate received for the
Chicago return ticket, plus the price re-
celved for the exchange order in Chicago,
footed up considerably more than the orig
inal cost of the tickets and left the broker
a very handsome margin.
When Mr.. FoOte learned that more than
100 of these tickets had been purchased in
Topeka and that large block of them had
been sent to Kansas CITY, he realized the
danger, that threatened Chicago Kansas
City business and Immediately pro-
ceeded to call a meeting Of local
representatives Of the Chicago lines The
meeting was held yesterday afternoon and
the situation was thorourhly canvassed. It
was discovered that in the contract there
was n clause declaring the ticket void If
altered In any way from the original issue.
and on this point the local lines all agreed
to post the doctored tickets and dii SO YES
tsrd2y afternoon. They will not be hon.
orel either on the going or the returniue,
trip isld, as a result The brokers are filled
up with costly stock that viii be a dead
loss to them.
While the brokers are primarily guilty of
this manpulation, the scheme could not
have been carried out successfully without
the aid OF certain regular ticket agents I'm
both Topeka and Chicago. In the former
place there was an agreement to leave of
the going limit and In the latter there was
an agreement 10 accept the exchange order
after. 1t was detached from the regular
The successful uncovering and blocx,nr.
OF this scheme reflects great credit upon
Chairman Foote and upon the representa- :
tives OF the Kansas City lines and again
calls attention 10 the fact that Kansas Citv
Is the only city in the country that has an
association that means anything.