The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-25
GENERAL NEWS.
IssO>E Es.S.


AsWo1. r. Tor the government Ou QUIZ
I.r,sd Z. rant Railroads.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., April Il. The
House Committee on Railways and Canals
to-day adopted a report Of the sub-commit-
tee on Representative Schleicher's bill to
provide for cheap transportation of freight
! between the Atlantic Coast and the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys, and agreed to re-
port the bill to the House with favorable
recon ne ndation. The committee also de-
cided To report the bill authorizing the
| Washington, Cincinnati x St Louis Rail
road company To construct narrow gauge
railroad from tide water Ia the cities Of st.
Louis and Chicago.
The House Committee on Public Lands
to-day agreed TO report To the House with a
I vorable recommendation, Representative
Wi.gginton's bill for the relief of settlers on
public lands, and TO provide for the repay
ment of certain fees to the Commissioner paid
on void entries of public lands. The bill
reported from the House Pacific Railroad
Committee to-day to establish a board OF
Pacific Railroad Commissioners, provides
that Charles Frencis Adams, j., of Massa-
chusetts, Albert Fink, of New York, Thos.
NJ. Cody, of Michigan, and their sue
cessors TO he hereafter appointed, are here
by constituted board Of commissioners to
be known and designated as
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS,
who shall hold their Offices from the date
OF the enactment of this law until three
years from the first day of January next :;
before the end of said term and Of each sue
cceding term of three wears, the President
OF the United States shall nominate, and
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint three Commissioners of
said board, who shall hold their Offices for
n term of three years from the expiration
OF the preceding term. In case OF any va
cancy in said board occurring by declination,
resignation or otherwise, the President
shall, in like manner, appoint 4 commits
sioner for the residue of the term, and he
may, in like manner,
REMOVE ANY COMMISSIONER.
One Of the Commissioners of said Board
shall he skilled in the management and op-
Grafton Of railroads, and said Board Of
Commissioners shall have general suler-
vision of the roads OF the Central Pacific
Railroad the Union Pacific Railroad Co :;
the Kansas Pacific Railroad and the Dem
yer Pacific Railroad Co. the Sioux Pacific
Rairo,d the Burlington and Missouri Pa
ci6c Railro d Co.; the Western Pacific and
the Central Branch Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Co, and of all railroad corpora
tions which shall hereafter
RECEIVE ANY AID
in lands, bonds or credit by an act of Con-
gress, granting the same, or renewing OF
continuing any grant heretofore made
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city Of Omaha, Neb.. where its records shall
be kept 1t shall be the duty of said COM
missioners. from time to time and as often
as need be, to examine the several roads of
saidcorporations, and their books and papers
and to inform themselves of the condition
of said roads and of their rolling stock, sta
tons and station-houses, and OF the manner
in which they are operated, and of the
RATES AND CHARGES
for which they transport freight and passen-
gers, and of their connections and relations
with each and with other roads, that they
may know whether said corporations, re-
spectively, furnish the public and each
other safe and convenient accommodation,
at reasonable and proper rates, and per-
form and discharge their duties to the Gov
eminent, the public and each other, and
fully perform and accomplish the purposes
for which they were established, and in &C.
cordance with the various acts of Congress
under which they organized
AND THE LAWS OF THE LAND.
After consultation with the Of
fi'ers of the corporations interested, said
Commissioners shall proceed to establish
rules and regulations to govern the opera
ton and management of the roads of the
said corporations, and shall supervise the
Observance thereof, 40 as to afford and Sc
cure to the Government and the public all
the advantages Of inter-communication
travel and transportation over said roads,
as well as to secure and enforce the recipro-
cal rights and duties of said corporations,
which rules and regulations shall govern
said corporations in the operation and man
agement OF their respective roads until the
same shall be revised, altered or anuulled
by said Commissioners or by decree of the
the Circnit or Supreme Court of the United
States. The bill further and fully details
the method of enforcing the powers OF the
Commissioner The Commissioners are
each to receive $4,000 per annum, and he
allowed clerk at g, 500 and Office and in
cidentsl expenses, the came to be borne by the
railroads in proportion TO their gross receipts.