The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-09
Railroads Are Advertising the
Buffalo Exposition.
Passenger Officials Preparing to
Handle Great Crowds.
WEST is INTERESTED.
Ticket Scalpers Expect to Reap
a Rich Harvest.
Railroad Y. MI. G. A. Plans a
Vigorous Campaign.

Just now the representatives of roads
east Of Chicago are exerting themselves
IN advertising the Buffalo Pan-Amerlcan
exposition, which opens in three weeks.
ular are being thoroughly canvassed by
the passenger traffic men.
The railroads contemplate handling
enormous crowds from this country west
Of the Mississippi. Officials Of the expo
sit1On declare that 1t will be visited by
q, 600. 900 people between May 1 and Mo-
vember I. Passenger officials of the va
rious railroads make 4 much more con-
sentative estimate of the attendance, most
of them believing it will not exceed H.
000. 00o.
But whatever may be the proper limit
as to the number of people attending, it
Is certain that the prospects are favor
able to an enormous number OF visitors
The financial condition of the common
people, who compose the important ele-
ment of visitors, Is much above what It
was Worlds Fair year. Then hard times
was the cry and a great many who will
be able to go to Buffalo next summer
could not make money matters reach to
visit Chicago. A succession Of good crops
and high prices has swelled the bank ac-
counts of many, and especially does this
apply to Kansans- The people of no state
are more anxious to broaden themselves
mentally than the Kansas people. OF
course It Is useless to say anything con-
corning the good effect which the Pan
american exposition or any institution OF
It's KING can nave upon those VINO VISIT H.
Another factor which is bound to con-
tribute powerfully to the success OF the
exposition IS thlS- During all the sum-
mer months there will be great cOnven-
lions and meetings held at towns within
q comparative short distance from Buf-
falo, and these are certain to draw enor-
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the Baptist Young Peoples union will
hold 4 meeting at Chicago. The Elks will
meet at AlliWaukee, the Modern Nvoodmen
at st. Paul. the National Educational as
soclatlon wall hold its next annual CON
xentOn at Detroit, Inc position winch
Kansas educational methods hold among
those q tne states seems 70 warrant tne
Kansas viii attend the Detroit meeting.
sition.
The railroads are offering every induce
ment to visitors far as sightseeing IS
concerned. The roads between Chicago
and Buffalo are arranging schedule Of
Windy City nearly every hour for the ex-
position This viii be a boon to western
in Chicago with the understanding that
the delay in changing cars win be short
are expecting a share OF the business No
doubt they will not be disappointed.
away The falls are only 50 nils from the
exposition city, and will be Illuminated
The railroad men are anxious to adopt
from handling the tickets sold at reduced
rates and at the same time avoid trouble
Experience has demonstrated that the
best method of preventing the scalpers
from reaping harvest whenever reduced
rates are made account OF big events
is to require purchasers to deposit the re-
turn portions of their tickets at an office
where all tie roads are represented, COM
monty known joint agency. The rule
requiring deposit of tickets with joint
agents does not apply to tickets which
expire by limitation within day or two.
but does to all tickets having longer limit
Tt is predicted that q large majority
of the persons going to the Pan-American
exposition will have excursion tickets linz
tied for only few days and which need
not be deposited in a joint agency, but
nevertheless it is thought that the num-
Der which must be deposited will largely
exceed that of the G. A. r. encampment
last year, which was larger than ever
before.
Ticket scalpers expect to make a lot Of
money during the Buffalo exposition and
hope to find means to Illustrate the plans
Of railroad officials to prevent the manip-
ulatiCn of tickets. A number Of Chicago
Scalpers have arranged to be in Buffalo
during the exposition and others will flock
there from all parts of the country. A
strong effort was made by the railroads
to get the legislature of New York to pass
an anti-scalping law during the present
session, but it failed, for the same rea-
sons that national anti-scalping bill
could not be secured 1t is not likely that
a concerted effort Of the railroads will