The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-15
ACCUSED BY OTHER LINES OF Do
ING MUCH OF THE CUT
TING.
IT'S SAID THAT ITS TICKETS
CAN BE USED TO SCALP THE RATE
ALL ALONG THE
LINE
BETWEEN CHICAGO AND NEW DIRK
Three Lines Announce They VIII
Not Honor the Tickets Unless
Given Full Proportions.

The Chicago, Burlington & Northern
denies that it is implicated in the
"scalper deals" whereby carloads Of
reduced rate tickets to the Atlantic sea-
board went into the hands of Chicago
brokers Saturday and Sunday. The
BurlingtOns assertion that the tickets
placed on sale by it's city passenger
agents were of the iron-clad, personal
description type seems to be borne out
by the facts. This, then, leaves the
Milwaukee road to bear the accusa-
tions.
Tickets were found in local scalpers'
offices yesterday. This brought out a
new phase Of the situation, and one
wholly unexpected. 1t was said yester-
day that the st. Paul brokers bought
up many tickets. The tickets were
stamped Good only one day after date
Of purchase" Thus tickets bought Sun
day by the brokers and sold by them
Monday would be salable. 1t was said
that the ST. Paul brokers sold many Of
these tickets to persons going as far
as Chicago. The purchaser paid $31
for the ticket. On reaching Chicago
the purchaser received a rebate of $23,
making a rate Of but So from st. Paul
to Chicago. The Chicago brokers then
took the balance Of the tickets and
scalped them to New York. 1t was
claimed yesterday that the Milwaukee
did not require even the one day transit
limit to Chicago, but the local officials
deny this. Assistant General Passenger
Agent J. T. Conley, Of the Milwaukee,
says that it is quite probable that
some of the tickets found their way
into the hands Of scalpers, but not more
than 100 of them
One passenger official declared that
no less than $15,0 900 was taken over the
counter Of the Milwaukee city ticket
office Saturday, and that one agency
secured over 300 tickets for the use
of Chicago scalpers. The city passenger
association is at work trying to find
evidence against the Milwaukee. If it
is discovered that there are tickets in
the hands Of local brokers, the other
lines will Immediately cut the rate to
Chicago to foil the brokers. One line
yesterday said they had in their pos
session two tickets, which had been
secured by their special agents from
the brokers. The evidence, they said,
was sufficient to warrant the accusa-
ton brought against the Milwaukee.
Another official said:
Saturday afternoon man came into
New York. 1 told him to bring in his
ten people and he could have the
tickets. He said he wanted the tickets
for his own use. He then asked if
there was a transit limit on the tickets,
and on being told that there was a
three-day limit he went down to the
city ticket office of another road, and
we had a man follow him. We saw
him buy and pay for twenty tickets,
none of which had more than a one
day transit limit Some of them may
have had no limit at ALL
Yesterday there was no selling go
ing on at the rate Of s3050. 1t was fear
ed Saturday that some of the roads
would break away az continue the
sale over until Monday, but there was
no evidence of this. Nearly all of the
city offices were open Sunday during
the morning, and the sales were fair.
Nothing has yet been announced re-
garding the inducements to be offered
the ST. Paul school teachers at the end
Of the week. One road said that no
rates might be offered, for the reason
there had been little or no request for
them. The teachers Of the st. Paul
schools are none of them sure of THEN
positions another year, they say, and
owing to this the teachers do not care
to risk unnecessary expense.
CHICAGO, June 1.-THE Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad has
placed on sale in ST. Paul round
trip ticket, unlimited in all respects
save date, which is good via Chicago
to New York, for $1,000. A number of
Chicago scalpers have bought heavily
of the tickets in st. Paul. and throwing
away the st. Paul-Chicago coupon,
have placed them on sale in this city,
with the effect of cutting the regular
fare very heavily. The ticket is $3.50
under the regular rates, and, as stop
overs are allowed upon it, it can be
used to scalp the rate all along the
line between Chicago and New York
The Erie. Nickel Plate and Grand
Trunk have announced that they will
not honor the tickets unless guaran-