El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
TEN DOLLARS
TO Ell PASO
And Return Fixed As the
Rate To the Convention
AFTER THE SCALPERS

AFTER THE SCALPERS
Hoping To Checkmate Them In Any
Efforts They Make To Speculate
In Tickets.
The following letter from General
Passenger Agent l.. J. Parks, of the G.
II. & S. A., was received by Secretary
Russell of the chamber of commerce
this morning:
Mr.. E. E. Russell,
Secy. Chamber OF Commerce.
Dear Sir:-Referring to your letter
of February 18th, regarding the meet
ing of the State Teachers association
TO be held in Ell Paso in June:
beg to advise that both the Texas
X Pacific aud our line will offer u
blanket rate of $40 90 for the round trip
from all points as far east as Sherman,
Terrell and Houston, adding one fare
10 the $40 90 rate from points beyond.
The rate being so extraordinarily low,
we will have an arrangement to place
as Ell Paso and will give q receipt
therefor and will extend the limit to
return at any time up to and including
30 days from date of sale, the journey
TO be begun on the day the ticket is
taken out of deposit.
You will realize that this Is very
liberal rate, as our one-way rate from
Houston, for instance, is $500. L
shink in view of this fact the authori-
ties at Ell PasO should be appealed
to by the citizens to
pass an ordinance to absolute
ly prohibit the scalping of tickets dur
ing the teachers meeting. This is due
to the railroad companies, whose re-
venues are predatoriiy attacked by
ticket scalpers whenever there is
Convention of any size being held in
cities for which railroads make low
rates. Can you not agitate this matter
and secure the passage of an ordinance
such as we have had passed at San AID.
tonic, Galveston, aud Ty Ter for the varl-
Gus occasions when large crowds were
attracted by the excursion rates?
| enclose for your information copy
of the ordinance that was passed at
Houston. and will state that the senti-
ment of the public was so much in
favor of ii that IL was passed over the
mayors vote.
Tue authorities at Tyler when they
held their fruit festival expressed the
true spirit in stating that they would
arrest ticket scalper who attempted /
TO violate the ordinance and would rot !
have time to try him until after the |
festival was over. This remark, of |
course, is not to be taken seriously, as
the writ of habess corpus is open to
any citizen, still it shows that the
authorities were determined to at
least harrass the scalpers into quitting |
their business, aud they wer" @'ccess-
full in carrying out their 1drG.
If we can get the %, otectl we think
we are emitted to in this matter. we
will advertise the rates extensively
throughout the state and believe we
can tax the capacity OF Ell Paso's
hotels, ETC., in taking care OF the
people. Besides this we will offer
stop-over privileges on the return "trip
for the teachers, they to select such
points at which they may wish to
stop over aud spend q few days of their
summer outing.
Very truly,
l.. J. PARKS.
Following is a copy of the ordinance
referred to:
IAN ordinance to prohibit the sale
or transfer within the city Of Houston
of railroad tickets or other evidences
of the right to travel on or over any
railroad within this state by any per-
son other than duly authori zed agent
of the railroad issuing same without
written authority from such a railro Dad
to do 80.
"Be it ordained BY the mayor and
aldermen of the city of Houston in
council assembled.
Section l. ANY person or corpora
ton who shall within the corporate
limits of the city of Houston sell, bar
ter, or offer to sell, barter or transfer,
to any other person or corporation any
railroad ticket or other evidence, of
tt right to travel on or over any rail-
road or part thereof, within this state
without first having obtained the con-
sent or authority in writing OF the
issuing the same, so to do,
all be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or and upon conviction thereof shall
for each offense be fined in any sum
not less than fifty dollars $4,000 nor
more than one hundred dollars
$4,000: each sale, barter or transfer
shall be deemed a separate offense
within the meaning of this ordinance.
''Section 2 THE ordinance shall TAX Q
effect and be In force from and after
it's passage"
It is not asked that the ordinance
shall remain perman ntly In force, but
that it shall be enforced for the period
covered by the special excursion rate.
W. A. Reinhsrdt, travelling passen-
ger agent of the c., b. & S. A, ar
rived this morning from Houston to
confer with the local committee hsv
ing the convention matter in charge,
and convention committee of the cham
Der was called at O'Clock this after
noon to permit such conference.
TELE6RApHERS 60 WEST