New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-17
FROM ALBANY.


ALBANY, Tuesday March Is, 1853.
The ASSEMBLY in Committee of the Whole last
evening considered, amended and reported progress
on MI PARsoNs's bill to regulate freight by rail-
road in this State. This bill as it now stands
requires that each Railroad Corporation of the
State shall publish tariff of freight charges for
the trani ipOrtation Of all kinds of freight which
they carry or propose to carry extending from the
18th day of April to the 30th day of November in
each wear which shall be desl gnated the Summer
Tariff; and another extending from the lst Of De-
cember to the l4th of April following, which shall
be DESIGNATED the Winter Tari-the rates of the
latter rot to exceed the former by than 20 per
cent The bill provides for giving due publicity to
the Sc tariffs in the State paper, in county papers
through which the road passes, and in handbls.
The pnblshed rates of prices for carrying all
kinds of freight tie entire length Of given road
shall be the governing rates at which property o.
the same description and kind may be transported
for any shorter distance, and the rates for the
shorter dstance shall b. pro rata with the govern
ing rates for the whole distance, except that prop
erty transported over roads which more than
100 miles in length may BE- subjected TO an extra
charge of not more than 100 per cent 1t carried
only 10 miles; Of % per cent II carried over III and
less than % miles, Of % per cent if carried over %
over so and less than 100 miles; of ID per cent II
carried over 100 aud less than $50 miles; and of ~
per cent if carried over $50 and less than $50 miles.
Any road the entire length of which does not ex-
ceed 100 miles, may make an additional charge OF
20 per cent on freight not carried more than lO
miller, and 80 per cent If carried over III and less
than % miles: but property carried Tor less dlS-
tance than ~ miles may be charged Tor lO miles,
Any railroad corporation which shall refuse 10 com
e. a. h..a lIuh La IN
penalty of $500 per day for each and every day 1t
shall so neglect or refuse, which shall be sued for
and collected by the Attorney General, upon notice
If such neglect or violation of the provisions OF TINS
act, in any county where the Oiense snail nave been
committed and the funds arising from such SUITS
shall be applied to the enlargement OF the Erie
Canal. The act is to take effect 80 days after lts
passage.
The object sought to be accomplished by this act
is the equalization of treights. The act, It VIII be
seen, does not undertake 10 say what shall be the
price for carrying barrel of -four any other art
Gle OF freight the whole length of any railroad IN the
State: but does insist that these corporations, Whcn
are the creatures of the Legislature, shall not, Tor
the purpose Of attracting business from rival lines,
or for other objects charge higher price for carry
ing barrel OF -four from Rochester to New York
than they do for carrying the same article from
Buffalo TO New-York. People along the line of
TdlITbdu cOIHpMLl duu NOT NllHoul ChuS'i II
the statements made in the Assembly be true, that
these corporations in the habit of taking freight
the whole length of their roads at runou' rates ior
the purpose Of swelling their aggregate business Dy
attracting trade from rival lines, aud then making
up their losses by charging exOrbltantiy Tor way
freight.
Mr. PARSONS made strong and forcible speech
in support of his BILL as did also Mr. Speaker AL
Word, who stated among various facts showing the
necessity for legislation for the protection oi
freghters along the lines of Railroads, that the Cen
tral Railroad Company charge only one lorh shH-
ling more for Transporting barrel Of whisky from
Cleveland. Ohio IL tide water at Albany than they
do for transporting similar barrel OF that nutri-
tOus liquid from Seneca Falls n Y, 70 Al0any-iess
than half the distance from the former pAce-ahu
that the Rome aud WatertOwn Road vii take
barrel of flour during the season 0f lake ana canh
navigation from Cape Vincent, on Lake ontario
TO Rome on the Erie Canal, 10 Oneida COuhi! lol
eight cents while they charge thrty-t"o cents (ou
times as much) for transporting oarrei ol houi
from point on their road eight miles nearer "
to Rome than Cape Vincent, and that the same coL-
pany charge only Sl9 for the use OF ireiSht @ COZ
IRON Cape Vincent 10 Rome, while the! chaI2 90
per car Tor shorter distance he reason or tis u
just discrimination is to be found III the TACT 'hat ne.e
Is competition from Cape Vincent Whence Iieisn'
may go BY lake to OswegO. and thence 0! o'"es9
and Ere Canal or by Syracuse ana osMesG ",'a ~
Central Railroad to Rome, while from any PoiIt on
the Rome aud Watertown road south OF Cape ' III
cent there is no such competition. ..I;
There appears TO be very little oppos ~ .nla
bill IN the Assembly as far a can Judged Ho,n
the debate, which was mainly on amehllnent.
Intended 10 add 10 its efficiency ana presume II
will pass that body essentially III It's Preign1 loIll
Noticed also In this debate, general Leaning
toward the establishment of tolls on railroads the
Jaw aboshing such tolls being PolntedIy cohdenned
by several of the members who spoke ou Tue DILL
and especially by the speaker 49,, ,.,
After the railroad freight bill had oeeh disposed
Of. the session was euIyened BY number oil
speeches on questions of privilege, which always
give members the privilege OF talking