, 1873-01-09
Insufioionoy Of tie Existing Lawa---
Bills Prepared to Ror,ody
Dofoots.
The Railroad Cases in the MoLean
and Kankakee County Courts.
lnaexiblo Freight Tarifls...Statisths Of
Railroad Construction, Cost, Earn.
iugs, and Expenses.
The Inspection OF Grain in Chicago.
Warehouse Fra11ds---Tl,e Gases
Of the IOWn Elevator slnd
Mum s. Scott.

"tIiC1IONSC i iitNAS@~-IAo OASE9
Of the Io,vn Elevator and
Mum s. Scott.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. OFFICE or nA1LnolD AND !
WAnEHouaE COMMISSIONERS,
SrRIHaF1ELD, Dec. ], 1879. J
10 1s Erccency John IT. Palmer, Governor cfl'li'ois:
Wo hayo stated in our last report, mado to
Your E1oellency OIL tho 1at of December, 1871,
TINT no found our courso bcsot with difficulties,
nrislng from tho fact that tho laws under which
ITO nro to net lacked System and symmetry, and
presented many ohacuritios Of language anl
meaning, while the remedies provided for every
violation Of the laws woro mostly con1nod to tho
person actual]y aggrtoved, mud, in 80 far as they
Indicated public prosecutions 10 be instituted by
tho Commissioners, wore, with one or two OK
coptions, 80 indoinito--p1 1oyiding no particular
penalty, and giving no cluc in which way they
could be prosecutcd-a3 to provo practically, in
many inaiances,
1.'suFF7o1ENT.
Upon o,lr inquiry, put to- tho Attorney Com
eral Of tho Stato (see report Of 1871, page Coy,
as to how nc should proceed, unlsr tho net Gre
nting the Conmaaion for violation Of my Of
tho provisions Of naid net, tlat oliicar replied
|. (aeo pago G7) sa follows:
IN this connoc hon. cro ariao uoyeral grpvo legal
hin net TO whic4 my attention has been called must DO
instituted really for tho purpose Of receiving certain
renaltica mud thc kind of rorcdy bo sought or the
not be presumed by tie Court. In this regar tho act
that fear It nsst be ament:t before actionn for s
violation tcxccg; unucr Section le) can po instituted
nnd successfully prosecuted
flo anys fu:thor ION pal5c G8):
THO offences named III sad net wore not n.slcuean-
orr orr o. 1w a tnSy aro , no. 1lsap9
1nanlcr Indicated or pointed out by Tic net crcatug
ao otsnee nsa to a9t n my judgment fas 10 give
ton 10 be brouGl andis. iu ;hs reercct ycry crude
aud Imperfect.
In one instance only IL q u!'ccitlod remedy pro-
viuoti, i'll Section IL OF tho act, when railroad
+ companies Wilfully full to furnish reports.
The exceptions heretofore alluded to,-that is
to any, where tho public romody is unmlataka-
blo-aro tho provisions Ill tho passenger faro act
which proVltlou Tor IN information III the nature
! OF n quo aoarroufo, and Judgment of forfeiture
| OF charter IL Two Judgments hayo boon obtained
by private persons iu an action Of debt; and y
similar proyieion in tho net forbidding dscrin-
fnation IN tho clarg for froght,-tho latter act
not requiring any previous convictions.
| Finding this to bs tho condition Of tho Inv,
/ NC have, Whenever complaints wcro nlaxlc as to
discrimination In fi1Igslt-chargcs (ald t,oy woro
| numorous), mud as to ovcrchargos tor 1'asson-
|
those provisions which eayo them certain aud
,,rr,isto1ab,o roroo5, ,fror;,o +fo,, o,or, ay
u''4lis'aHao4o to'uous, oneil1!s tnam osely M ~
slstsneo IN our poWot, aha saslng sheaa az tno
that tho poraona aggrioYcd proforrol rather to
| submit than to onoaro IN q, conto.t w;ta 1,o,ror.
+ comnanoa W. rosorto5 W. tno ,o.t ali r on1,
W. ,eaoleu ~ '''' 1SA a''u o'''s
The oommlusionars in ori,cr to ouf,,reo tho
~. on.;t]od .s A., ~ ~ 1,ro,.ot ;sorn;-
~: ens.s.ou ~ ass W ltusout "lIuss a1solIu
by the dinoront railroads i'll thiR State for tho
TRANSPORTATION Of frei,ht on said roads," aonroy-
ed Anril y 1s71, in forco .1nlv ! 1a5t having
so,a;s.aa =, !. ~ n.a2
tcceNeu !niofniallon VI II F!otaolon u luz nlh1
section Of tho said act by tho Chicago Il Alton
Railroad Company, applied to tho Circuit Court
of Mclean County Tor Ioayo to file IN informa-
tion in tho naturo Of q,,o ,carranto against said
company 1of SUCH Holatloh. IN ING o1!t day oi
December, 1871, pursuant to leave therefor
granted Buch information WIS filed in saa Court,
setting forth that said Company Ind repeat
guy a"uepoisou ~" i"noo. ito'a o'i,'Aeo "
Lexington, distance OF 11o miles, and charged
therefor tho SUM Of 95.G5 por H. feet as toll
mud compensation for sucl, TRANSPORTATION and
th.t d,r;,,r1 tho o,,,,o t;,o a. ao;a ,ofo,,7..I
sAa'' ou'4n6 :no s'.4o' 'no ea1o ao.0,uaAs
!ranspoEtea nKe lnn1oes 1iom cnlcaso 70 b'oon-
lngton, Instance t1o miles) greater than from
Chicago to Lexington, anu charged Tor such
tsansportatlon 20 pos N , deet, ana no moro. m
Inc lumpos transported TO bloomington oyor Tue
ioaa passeu .ntoua ~ n'3ltgtoiii lhe ueiG1a''ans
pleaaeo, aamistlnS tno 1aeea allegea IN t4o ~
formation, hntHs1tlne up uYerhactso1 tiDo Loel6--
latnfo 2 py wnch u Maa Incorporated, UNI insisted
that It had tho fiGnt 10 TX tulls 1or tho trans.
Rortasion OF properly @ ~ ?ts asaese.on, anu tnat
tno ae1 OF ARta Z. i1il' u III 9loialion OF the
contract maao WITH II W TIC Lesasla'
| Luf1 Ill 1lB GuHlLGT} ulu III, tutItlO1Ct