Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-02-21
The Railroad Amendments.

For the information of our readers
we give below the section Of Nc
Nuts bill for the regulation of rail
road freight charges which failed
to pass the Senate last, the vote
being % to %, the President moi
voting, and our Senator, Mr.. Bemis
voting in the negative. Also the
Kcables amendment, winch was
adopted in the House through mis-
take, which mistake, however, that
body refused to rectify by reversing
its action. The Senate on Tuesday
refused to concur. The section OF
I the McNutt bill is as follows:
SEC. 81. For the transportation
of wheat, in quantities not less than
a car load of ten tons, according 10
custom, the same to be loaded and
unloaied at the expense OF the ship.
per, ten (lO) dollars per car for any
distance under twenty (20) miles;
for any distance of twenty miles and
under thirty (3O) miles, five cents
per ton per mile; for any distance
of thirty (30) miles and under fifty
| (5O) miles, four cents per ton per
mile; for 4 distance of fifty (5o) and
under seventv-five (75) miles, three
cents per ton per mile; for any dis
lance of seventy-tive (75) miles and
under one hundred (loOy miles, two
and three quarter cents per ton per
mile; for any distance Of one hun.
dred (loo) miles and under one hun.
dred and fifty (l5o) miles two and
one'half cents per ton per mile; for
any distance Of one hundred and fit
ty U5O) miles and under two hun.
dred (200) miles, two and one-quar-
ter cents per ton per mile; for any
distance of two hundred (2oO) miles,
and under two hundred aud seven
ty-fve (275) miles, two cents per
ton per mile; and for any distance
of two hundred and seventy-iive
(275) miles and over, one and four
titths cents per ton per mile.
For the transportation of all other
grain in bulk, and feed, ten per cent.
less per car and per ton per mile
than is allowed for the transporta-
ton of wheat.
The Keables amendment de-
clares:
"'rhat no railroad corporation or
gained or doing business in this
State under any act Of incorporation
or general law of this State now in
force, or which may hereafter be
enacted, shall charge or collect for
the transportation of goods, mer-
chandise, or property on its said
road, for any distance, the same, nor
any greater amount, as toll or com
pcnsation, than is at the same time
charged or collected for the trans
portation of similar quantities Of the
same class of goods, merchandise
or property over greater distance
upon the same road; nor shall such
corporation charge different rates
for receiving, handling, Or deliver
ing freight at different points on its
road, or roads connected Herewith,
which it has a right to use; nor
shall any such railroad corporation
charge or collect for the transpOrta
ton Of goods, merchandise or prop
erty over any portion Of its road,
greater amount as toll or comp ensa-
ton than shall be charged or col
lected by it for the transportation
Of similar quantities of the same
class of goods, merchandise orprop-
erty over any portion of its road of
equal distance; and all such rules,
regulations or by laws Of any such
railroad corporation as fix, prescribe
or establish any greater toll or com
pcnsation than is herein before pre-
scribed, are hereby declared to be
void"