The herald., 1898-02-18
Southern Pacific Ticke
Collectors
TWO DAMAGE SUITS RESULT
GLENDALE LIKELY TO HAVE AN
ELECTRIC ROAD
The Old Story Of the Mt. Lowe Compa.
ny's Right of Way-Mr. Harri-
sons Car Damaged

by two Southern Pacific experts on the
capture Of scalped tickets. For some time
back the Southern Pacific officials have
been agttated over what they thought was
the laxness of the Santa Fe in allowing
passengers having scalped tickets to sue
cessfully use them on that line. The Santa
Fe people in vain argued that they had
efficient conductors, and that very few If
any, secondhand tickets were used on their
line The Southern Pacific continued to in
sist that the opposite was the case, and
at last, to prove their position, offered to
lend the Santa Fe the services of two of
their expert men, who had been in service
for some time. The Santa Fe accordingly
began to believe that 1t might be a good
thing to see If these men could detect any
irregular tickets and accordingly accepted
their services for time. A week ago yes
terday they made their first trip, and, as
a result, the company will nave two $4,000
damage suits to Defend with very little, if
any, excuse. judging from the story OBJ
tained.
On Saturday last Mrs. Proctor and Miss
Ripley. both of Cincinnati, who had been
on a cross-the-continent tour, took the
Santa Fe overland train for their home
Soon after leaving the city their tickets
were called for and were very closely
scrutinized. They were asked to sign their
names again, so that their signatures
could be compared with those on the tick
cts, and they complied with the demand.
Then one of the Southern Pacific experts"
questioned them closely as to when they
purchased the tickets and where, and all
about them, and at last accused them of
having bought them from some traveller,
which they, of course, denied. The more
they protested that the tickets were all
right the more the collector insisted that
they were not what they claimed to be,
and told them that they must leave the
train at Pasadena. So when they arrived
at that place they were put off and COM
PEELED to come back to this city.
Their tickets, 1t happened, were all right,
and, on being investigated by the passen-
ger officials of the company, were found
to be so. There was an attempt to ar
range matters, but the ideas of the parties
concerned were too far apart to make an
agreement possible, so the cases were put
in the hands of Attorneys Creighton and
Rogers, who yesterday drew up the papers
for claims for $4,000 damages in each in
stance, which will be filed today. The at
torneys say that there is no question about
the tickets being all right, and that the
passenger agents admit now that the ac-
tion of the collectors was blunder.
AN OLD STORY
here IldS Dc6n III several papers lately
an assertion that the Mount Lowe Railway
company had no title to that portion of
the line which ran over government land.
This is true, but in this matter 1t Is In no.
wise different from number of other
companies which operate roads on ground
unsurveyed or not transferable by the gov
ernment, in which case, while they have
no legal title. they are never disturbed
and to all intents and purposes are prac-
tically the owners of the right of way. The
whole matter was gone into shortly after
the completion Of the road and was fully
ventilated by the local papers The right
of way can probably be adjusted satisfac-
torily, though 1t is not certain t. at a legal
title can ever be passed, as part of the
line extends through forest reserve Irr
all similar cases the government has not
attempted to disturb any such work which
is of a nature to benefit the public.
Assistant Forestry Agent c. 8. Newhall
is in this city, at work on the question,
and expects that there will be no difficulty
about deciding the matter in an equitable
way.
GLENDALE'S ELECTRIC ROAD
Glendale Is to have an electric road, pro-
vided its residents will put up $500 as a
bonus to the Terminal company, which
will thereupon change its present steam
line to that town into an electric road and
give rapid and frequent transit The peo-
pie of the vicinity to be benefited by the i'm
provement are holding meetings, and 1t ap-
pears as If the project would be successful.
RAPACIOUS HACKMEN
The Minneapolitans went to Redlands
yesterday morning as result of the ar
rangements provided by the Southern Pa
cific company. They agreed to drive to
Smiley Heights on arrival. and sixty-fve
of them lined up at the depot to take the
boo nd ,hIlc driUorc a Z
once came to the conclusion that this was
a good thing and that the thing to do was
to drive 1t along at the rate of q, dollar |
a head. The usual price for the trip is
quarter, though they sometimes charge a
half a dollar. The Minneapolitans are not
and they do not like to be robbed |
any more than other people, so they re-
fused to pay the tribute and were taken |
In hand by Landlord Ritchie of the Hotel
Casa Lomav who got up free entertain
ment for them to compensate them for
their treatment by the drivers, who evil
IDENTIFY thought they were at Niagara
Falls sort of show place. At Riverside
the tourists were well taken care of and
shown the entire country.
HIS CAR SMASHED
Mr.. Mitchell Harrison, the sugar trust |
magnate, who will not travel in any other
way than in special cars and special trains,
which has sent his car, Campania, the
finest that has been turned out of the Pull
man shops for years. to the repair shop of
The Southern Pacific in this city. In going
around the Belt Line at Coronado the car
got into collision with some plebeian freight
cars and had one of its vestibules smashed
NOTES AND PERSONALS
The Minneapolis Journals excursion
party will go to Santa Monica tomorrow
morning and in the afternoon will depart
FOR the north.
Assistant Superintendent Prior of the
Southern Pacific has arranged schedule
If special trains for Washington's birth
lay from everywhere to everywhere in
Southern California, including late trains
rom this city to every suburban point.
Ed Meyers, freight agent for the Balti-
more and Ohio is in the city.
C. ". Ecclestone, formerly of the
Southern Pacific offices in this city, has
oined the Union Pacific force. He will be
ucceeded by A. ID. Fraser.
On every Friday the Santa Fe will ope-
ate an excursion train to Riverside. where
he passengers will be taken in charge by
Ind shown all about the town.
A large Raymond & Whitcomb party ar
lived yesterday.
ory and the Pacific Coast Railway COM
,any Is building a spur track to the site.
The Southern Pacific company is seeking
light of way.
The Santa Fe Is short of motive power,
o great is the business of the line since
he opening OF the Williams tunnel. The
.oaJ faSnfra IL enffralv reIieved and coal