Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-03

Imrd-That the rates per mile for fisst-class pas.
sengers over each of the above designated distances
or sections shall be uniform for all distances nclud
ed between the termin of said sections and the
charge Tor the transportation OF frst-cass passen-
gers over Two or more sections shall be the aggre-
gate OF the said charges over the several sections
proVlded, that each railroad company in this State
may, az Its discretion, establish such excursion
communication, passenger-mieage and round-trip
rates as 1t may deem expedisnt and proper and
provided, further, that any railroad COMPANY NAV
De authorized TO charge not i-ss than rs cents Tor
one passenger per trip between two stations ON
said road.
Fourth-The rate for second class passengers
shouid not exceed = per cent, and the rates for
third-cass passengers shall not exceed 80 per cent
OF the charges for frst-ciass passengers over the
same distances and on the road.
flfth-lu fixing the rates of fare for passengers
the distance shall be estimated at the nearest whole
number OF miles, and the charge shall be estimated
at the nearest multiple of five cents
Sixth-Any passenger on any train, upon a re-
quest made to the conductor of the train upon
which such passenger may be travelling, shall be en-
titled TO receive layover ticket COED for twenty
days.
In explanation of the schedule presented.
General Stoneman said By reference to the
annual report of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company for 1880, it will be seen that the
average charge per mile for passengers on
that road and its branches is g SO cents per
mile. BY reference to the proposed schedule
of fares on all the broad-gauge railroads in
the State, the lowest rate is 81 cents per
mile-a quarter of a cent per mile more than
the average rate now charged. 1t, therefore,
follows that if the official statement of the
Central Pacific Railroad is true, and we have
no right to assume otherwise, the general
average Of the proposed schedule is greater
than the general average of the existing one,
and therefore no injustice will be
done to tAe railroad by its adoption.
The low average OK 296 cents
per mile for passengers claimed by the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad results from reck-
oning the $500, 2S9 ferry passengers between
San Francisco and Oakland as part of the
6,S42, 81 passengers claimed as carried by
rail. If the calculation should be based upon
the 1879, lis through and local passengers
carried by rail, the genera. average would lie
correspondingly increased, and would be
found to be far above the average rates of
railroads throughout the United States OF
the eight roads in the State If Illinois, taken
as an average of the roads in that State the
lowest rate per mile for passengers is 2 II
cents, on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, and the highest is Log cents, on the
Cairo and Vincennes. By examination of
the present schedule rates on the Central Pa
cifc and Southern Pacific roads, there is but
one instance where these reads charged less
than cents per mile, or less than the pro-
posed average per mile for passengers. The
highest rate in the proposed schedule is %
cents.
In concluding, the Commissioner stated
that the disputed rate was between Willows
and Knights Landing. An examination of
the existing rates through California shows
that there was no general principle or general
formula in the manner in which they had
been arranged He expected that the rates
presented in the schedule would be modified
by a consultation with other members Of the
Board. It was the intention to fix fair and
just rate for passengers, founded on common
justice, common sense and common law.