The herald., 1897-04-16
THE ANTI-SCALPER BILL
RAILROAD TICKET BROKERS
AGAINST 1T
Summer Trains and Catalina Island
Excursions to Be Started-Local
Railway News

The local members of the American
1 Ticket Brokers association are actively
at work circulating petitions protesting
against house bill No S0 which they
claim is intended to destroy ticket bro
kerage. The petitions are being largely
eigned by leading business men and
| already several hundred names have
been sent to Senator White. The bill
which was introduced by Mr.. Sherman
OF New York. has already passed the
house and Is now in the senate. The
| ticket brokers in their petition set forth
| four reasons why such law should not
enacted.
First-The bill would destroy a ma
tional and legal right to dispose of ones
own property in the open market.
second-It would enable the strong
railroad systems to shut out weak lines
on through business, and thus destroy
competition.
Third-It would send citizen to prs-
on and brand him with infamy for dis
posing OF his own property while impos-
ing no penalty upon the railroad COM
pany for failure TO redeem tickets as pro-
vided
Fourth-The business Of ticket broker
age is directly in the interest of the trav-
cling public. Section five Of this proposed
bill is the only portion that is considered
not Objectionable.
H. r. Duffin, chairman of the local as
ISOLATION, in speaking of the matter said
yesterday afternoon: Every member
of the American Ticket Brokers asso-
citation from the ATLANTIC to the Pacific
seaboard has been instructed by our
president to at once begin work securing
petitions to the senators of their-respec-
tive districts and leave nothing undona
that will help defeat the Infamous meas
ure now pending in the senate. The
Travellers Protective associa ton which
has a membership of over 700, 900 men,
bers has also taken legal steps to help
us kill the bill 1t is in my judgment un-
constitutional and is class legislation. Ii
it should pass and become a law the as
sociation would get stay of proceedings
and appeal to the supreme court of the
United States"
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
H. F. Norcross. local representative
for the Hotel del Coronado, states that
commencing yesterday the two upper
floors of the hotel will be closed for the
summer season and a reduction of rs per
cent made in rates.
The Mount Lowe Railway company
will run daily excursions to Echo
Mountain house from April 18th to 2sth,
including La Fiesta week, at reduced
rates.
The summer train service over the
be inaugurated commencing on next
Sunday.
A. D. Shepherd, assistant passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific, is expected
back in few days from San Francisco
The Southern Pacific will run their
first excursion this season to Catalina
island on Sunday, April 25th. The train
will leave Arcade depot at a. M, re-
turning it will arrive at 730 p. m., al
lowing a stay of four hours on the ISL
and.
General Manager w S. Nevin and Su-
perntendent w. B. Beamer of the
Southern California railroad left yester-
day in the formers private car for an
inspection of the road bed as far as San
Diego.
W. H Person. well-known travel
ing passenger agent of the Burling-
ton system. with headquarters in this
city. arrived here yesterday after pro-
tracted stay in North Dakota. He ex-
poets to soon enter the employ of an
other company
T. A. Grady, the well-known excur-
sior manager of the Burlington route,
with headquarters at Boston, arrived
here yesterday via San Francisco. He
will remain for Fiesta.
w. J. Jarvis private secretary to
President Perkins Of the Burlington
railroad company, has arrived in South
ern California on a months pleasure
trip. He left yesterday for San Diego,
accompanied by Mrs. Jarvis.
w. S. Jordan. special agent for the
Nickel Plate system, arrived yesterday
with a party of eastern tourists. They
have apartments at the Nadeau.