Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-15
TIE RAILROADS

The arrest of William A. Steinbore,
/. the Chicago ticket scalper, for sell..s
forged passes on the Illinois Central, is
regarded by railroad men as a most IN
portant one.
The officers who have been working n
this case claim to have ascertained who
printed the counterfeit passes and who
forged the names of the railway officials
Who countersign passes. 1t is known
that other brokers in Chicago have been
supplied with forged passes by the per-
sons who gave them to Steinborn.
The printing of the counterfeit Illinois
Central passes was done in ST. LOUIS,
but the numbering of them was done in
Chicago 1t is stated that one of the
persons engaged in the work has made
a complete confession tO agents of the
Western Passenger association. in the
hope of escaping the penitentiary. There
! is a law IN illinois which makes it
penitentiary offense to forge or sell
! forged railway passes, in addition to the
statute which applies generally to tickot
! brokerage and the general law against
forgery.
We have known for many years that
a certain man has been forging railway
tickets and passes. but have never been
a BILE to catch him red-handed," said an
official of the Western Passenger as So
cation. Il think now chat we will be
bic TO land him in the penitentiary.
| with some of his associates in crim>.
! For the past two years this gang has
apparently made a speciality of handling
forged passes of the Illinois Central cons
pany. These passes have been sold at
various places along IT'S line, but only A
few We're disposed of in Chicago until
about three weeks ago. About the time
| these passes appeared certain persons
came from St. Louis, whom We always
watch. In due time the results of our
| surveillance will be apparent
The Victoria. Vancouver & Eastern
railroad. which is said to be a .,ranch
of the Great Northern. proposes to bui 4
a road from Victoria by way of the NJ W
| mining country, on the Smika m an,
and connect with the Spokane Falls x
| Northern at Marcus. The principal diff
| Guilty as to grade is encountered on the
divide between the Similkameen and
Kettle rivers. Several different routes
have been. surveyed, but none seem to
have given satisfaction on account Of
the heavy grades. They are now deter
! mined, it is said. to try the Myers creek
route. The grades are lighter. and be
sides the road will tap the mining dis
itself would be an item of no little inn
porTance.
Both the Canadian Pacific and the
Great Northern are anxious to get Into
the Similkameen and TwentyMile coun
try, and as there is but one pass through
the mountains, the race is to be sw' it
The new company has had surveyors In
the field for nearly a month, and sew
eral routes have been tried line was
surveyed up Baker creek. 10 miles " IS,
of Spokane. but the grade was adjudged
too heavy to be practicable. While here
Mr.. Kennedy collected all the DATA OBJ.
tainable and on his departure espresso
himself as well satisfied with the posi-
bi.i,ies of route through this section
He said that party of surveyors would
be at work here within the next 10 days
and that if the route proved as salts
factory as anticipated, permanent wor'
would begin as soon as possible.