Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-18
Pacific Railroad Comm ,s,,on.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE bill reported
from the House Pacific railroad committee to-
day, which was referred to the committee Of
the whole of the House and made the special
order for May 9Th, ITO establish board of Pa
cine railroad commissioners" provides that
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. of Massachusetts,,
Albert Fink, of Kentucky, Thomas NJ. Cooley,
ter appointed, are hereby appointed boaSd of
g to be krown aud designated a.
the Pacific railroad commissioner, who shall
nold their offices from the date of tho
enactment of this law until
three years from the first day Of January,
each succeeding term of three years, the Presi-
dent of the United States shall nominate, and
by and with the advice and consent of the Sen
ate, appoint three commissioners of said board,
who shall hold their offices for term OF three
years from the expiration Of the preceding
occurring by declination, resignation, or other
wise, the President shall in like manner ap-
point commissioner for the residue Of the
term. and he may in like manner
remove any commissioner. One of the
commissioners of said board shall be
of railroads; said board of commissioners
shall have general supervision of the roads of
the Central Pacific railroad company, the Union
Pacific railroad company, the Kansas Pacific
railroad company, the Denver Pacific railroad
company, the Sioux City Pacific railroad COM
road company, the Western Pacific and the
Central Branch IF the Union Pacific railroad
company, and Of all the railroad corporations
which hereafter receive any aid in lands, bonds
or credit by act of Congress granting the same,
renewing or continuing any grant heretofore
made. Said board shall have an Office in the
(city of Omaha State of Nebraska, where its
records shall be kept. 1t shall be the
duty OF said commission from time
| to time, and as often as need to be, to examine
the several roads OF said corporations, and their
, books and papers, and to inform themselves of
stock, stations and station houses, and of the
manner in which they are operated, and of the
| rates and charges for which they transport
freight and passengers, and of their connections
| and relations with each other, and with other
| roads. that they may know whether said cor
! porations respectively furnish to the pub
Ii c and each other, safe and convenient
| accommodations at reasonable and proper
| rates, and perform and discharge their duties
| to the government, the public and each other,
| and fully perform and accomplish the purposes
for which they were established, in accordance
with the various acts of Congress under which
| they were organized. and the laws of the land.
After consultation with the officers of the cor
porations interested said commissioners shall
proceed ito establish rules and regulations to
govern the operation and management of the
| roads of said corporations, and shall supervise
| the observance thereof 30 as to afford
and secure to the government and publish
all advantages of INSTRUMENTATION, travel
and transportation over said roads, as we'll as
to secure and enforce the reciprocal rights and
duties of said corporations, which rules and
regulations shall govern said corporations in
the operation and management of their respec-
tive roads until the same shall be revised,
altered or annulled by said commissioners or
by the decree of the circuit or supreme court Of
the United States.
The bill further and fully details the method
of enforcing the powers of the commissioners.
The commissioners are each to receive ten
thousand dollars per annum, and be allowed a
clerk at s., 800 per annum, and an Office and
1 incidental expenses, the same to be borne by
the railroads in proportion to the gross re-
| ceipts.