The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-20

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S,I re ,oI lnuuscnNc 70 " , ~" af
a. WI a'i 'anu'u tAPositIuu may u1 ,i' "a. 4,
elo sa'o sss'Vn' tho causss Wnich leu ~ III ~
ds,n cru a., 10 iesui.s' IN uois a. ,Tan
.ue"'oi ~ connie ily reulaIhS 10 'IiD ti"l'ae
pudhe VI NieW, ied'ins II 10 others WIZ a.. a.. .
p.NsI1n. " eHiiSIteeh you from an opul"'un~
s'aiiup1,n.; , ,
mo r an e .'e liberty W 9oera
a, su,ieut % vi SaH'Ss ,Iitun %
ra1Iasse' asene VI .ho lineage any 49, =
a"ittoeu' WHEN was tlaue before th1 HI2 3
commission III lHoA uitrr a'i W.
.no sHlle circumstances ana cohul.lohs LA ,rn
euniloht the Scutncfh faclhc today, ~ NC
81! pcrrcptlDie onerence Dtlhs that ~ ~ :,
,hdtiun hau 10 deiehd the Gatc system after
WV COMMISSION hau ordered INC gates re-
| l ii,, WHO inc southern faelne SEEKS 10
49, 49, soui hoho,aoie coihihittee run tahius
SUN SUI oN'rclie action WDich Wouiu. III an pIop-
apIn.y' pe the prasueai ehect OF iaNor"pie
suonser apoiosy lor inc generous use nope
10 MAKE OF Mr. Chariton argument VIII pe
.uuupu ~ ths l"cl thht IL preNaleu potn win
.hc iHiiroau commission ana the attorney
henr,ai vi nne state OF MISSOURI, anu us
iuAul,, tn9 Nhicaso ahn Alton rniiroaa Is touuy
III tne enJoyhleht OF the unrestrlcte1 ,ignt u
use snid system both in the states OF Missouri
| ana Illinois.
,,s "a'' Nnui ' is tne inventor anu tooh ms
iuca from the English system OF tram en-
q ~ ,sl ana Vestlouled trains OF AmeriIi'
in bhslhhu' passengers can not get 10 tne
I IIalhS without the inspection; Oh tickets oy
sate keopefs ana tram guards ooth oetorc
Sutetihe inc Tram at starting point ana leav-
| NE tnenl at destination. Indeed, you are an
eiuteIy locked III your car, ana can not get
out Wltnout the especial permission OF Inc
suaru at any station. inc expense OF en-
leisure, ,ish such as those under which the eng.
mn system IL worked ana the machinery
neressaty 10 operate IT,, would prove not only
inlpf f on American railways, but 81
most bankrupt them to inaugurate similar
sEStem' Tor the vafticular reason to be ef-
| itetVc; every station, great ana small must
DC enclosed you can imagine what this wouln
ch'hll on the southern PACING, Tor instance
where we nave zo9 stations between New or.
rams "nu III faso' ana great number or
tneh stations where there is very little II
my travel you might well ask the ques-
, tlon II enclosure ana other vast machinery
nave proven profitable In Europe and on the
continent, why would not the same plan prove
! eiua,'y prohtaole IN America? This question
1,,..ta ~, tp W wy tI't tHut ~ hte'tL
ml"a Of rnilwoU nrd ,ueiG a'o pm n o69 0
people: in America We have 10000 mics Of
railway and 7o,ooO,0OO people; or In other
o,,nt W on'"pnt ,sun WIN Great britain, that
while only one-nlnth of the railway MILEAGE
lVestibule doors are our gates)
ne .hcaRo ana Alton IS inc pioneer Their
tjrol win ours eyen ,oS, "a'u We" 'hvi.-
to the extent that the feeling and opposition
TO the Gates hrst manifested itself with n
ciSi ,ravaia,s op'ap1 u, , OF coinher-
fore the Missouri commission substant,atc
/ this fact but II was corrohornted Nv NJ
| Lyons proprietor and editor of Tho Con,
mercal Traveller of st Louis who toid me Il,
my cftice la the city of Now Orleans du,nr
/ the Elks reunion In the nrosencn Of I, p,c,,,
Der of the Travellers Protective association
of New Orleans that no was ono Of the nrin,o
promoters and instigators Of tbe war against
the Chicago and Alton gates
This element excited tho antnronism of IA,
people by playing upon their eyor-nrevaiIine
prejudice and aversion Ia raiIrcnd cornnra
tons, and with them through the medium Of
complninfs netltions ana indiii,o1 ,ou'u". w
succeeded in securing peremntory mn nv1s,,
from tho railroad commission ordering ~,
immediate removal of tho rntrs vnrv nuch
as | am given to understand tho same ineu
cnce In Louisiana is irving To nccomnlisb 4,
this case through tbc nedi,,,n ~ ~ XII :, 40
fore your honorable commi,tec '''' '
As to tho causes which led I'M IN tho adam
ito, -, ,h ~, .,.., =, ~ ~ w "P
'"o e"'o sSS'e"' ny tne southern IA
enc, beg to explain that investigations
covering n period of eighteen n,on+bs durirc
,ho vnors ~ isaiah ,,,,o,,.,, NJ. 80 80
80 VI ''''-''' ueVeiope" that unusual
'r""us were oolng icrpctrated upon the c1m-
pany by ticket scalners dishonest t,,yelors
and emnloves ia co,nho, 49, A., !, NJ,
,,,a,.a,.'.' ~V''"' ''' "'s', II WAS
"''css"lS 10 appoint Tram agents, whose es-
pecal duties were to examine closely all
coupon tickets and renort ,mmediat,r m,
;rr,,,,,i,,t,t 49, "'
49, '""' Wes"htea themselves.
lhfough the fundamentally OF this system
TWO sCaipcrs were convicted In the courts OF
New YORK ana sentenced to the pcnitcntary
at sing Sing for countericiting fifteen thou
sahu southern Racine tickets. PRINTING
mouse m New YORK, ticket scalper In At
lanta, Ga, another In Houston, Texas. and
another ~ san Antonio, Texas, were impli-
cated-eiEht persons In ALL
IN addition to this. in the past two years,
nearly TWO thousand tickets have been dis
honVreu ON trains leaving New Orleans for
various causes, |, O., alterations, fraudulent
mahlpuiatons, expiration OF limitations, plug
slmg, etc
Fhe business Of ticket scalping has become
prcgnated with frauds OF every description, 50
much SO that the highest court In the land
has pronounced Il a fruitful source of crime
eleven states have declared against Il by The