Show COMMISSION CRITICISES TICKET VALIDATION METHODS WASHINGTON Nov 2 Over must have been paid to railroads for the validation of tickets at the twenty validation validation valida valida- tion agencies on the Pacific coast during the period from 1901 to 1909 inclusive according to the interstate commerce commission but these funds arc now nowhere nowhere here reported as part of the passenger receipts of railroads handling the busi busl- ness This is clearly says t ile interstate interstate inter inter- state state- commerce commission in the course of ot the decision on validation matters an announced announced an- an yesterday in which the commission commission commis commis- sion avoided passing on the question of its jurisdiction over validation matters matters mat mat- and failed to find any pooling of frel freights or divisions of earnings The commission says that during the period mentioned the twenty Pacific coast agencies validated 1 tickets and confiscated because not presented present present- ed d by the proper persons and that but for forthe forthe the validation requirements the Instances of improper use of these tickets doubtless would have been much more numerous The commission believes belleY S that purchasers should always be informed on the face of the ticket the amount of the validation fee It also believes that validation In Inconvenience Inconvenience In- In convenience could be lessened For In Instance Instance In- In stance a passenger leaving In the morning morn morning morn morn- ing might be allowed to validate his ticket the night before |