Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-22 | Page 19 | Railroads Hot on Trail of Scalpers

RAILROADS HOT ON ON- TRAIL OF SCALPERS Utah Common Carriers Will Remain in the Railway Protective Protective Protective Pro Pro- Association Utah railroads have decided to re remain re- re main maln with thc the Railway Protective as association as- as sedation and continuo continue the work of ot preventing preventing pre pre- venting enUng ticket scalping The association association association tion Is composed of ot most of ot the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads of the thc coun country tr and Is designed to keep per persons ons from selling unused portions of or railroad d tickets Utah Is now aIJo about t the thc only state In Inthe Inthe the Union which has no o law a against ticket scalping According to to D. D S S. Spencer assistant general passenger a agent ent for the thc Ore Ore- Oregon Oreon on Short Line the tho railroads have not felt the lack Jack of ot i sucha such uch ucha a statute because the federal law covers cov coy ers most of the cases where this busness business business busi bus ness Is practiced There Is not enough local passenger business In the thc state to warrant anono any any- ono trying to make money scalping railroad tickets as the tho margin of ot profit prot on an interstate ticket It If soul sold bj by b a scalper would be small Several convictions conviction under the federal law against tho the selling of ot railroad tickets have been n secured during the year ear and the practice Is a precarious one Men Ien who formerly went BO so far tar as to pay for tor Jobs as hotel runners porters porters por por- and bellboys so they could get In touch with the traveling public and thus find customers for tor second-hand second railroad tickets said Mr 11 Spencer are growing scarce The number of ot men cau caught ht scalping tickets lately has trl frightened would-be would violators ot of the la law Recently a prominent business man of ot Salt Lake was caught engaged In scalping his railroad ticket He was greatly perturbed when whon officers of ot the law got after atter him Owing O to his prominence prominence prom prom- and his pleadings the railroads decided not to prosecute te him