The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-12-01

iold IN use b, such corporation, whether owned
or operated under o contract or lease bv srob
corporation.
Then there are the Reagan bill require.
ments that schedules Of rates shall be
posted up, and shall not be changed with
out 1--we days notice. The idea is that all
persons for the same work, in equal volume,
snail be ON the same footing, aud shall nav
'he same rates, which rates shall be known
10 every one interested aud not he CHANGED
without ample warning.
Concerning pooling" the bill does not
take any decided position, except SO far as
10 say that all contracts or agreements for
The pooling or division of earnings shall be
submitted to the Railroad Commissioners;
ana If their objections, if any, be not re-
moved the Commissioners shall call upon
the Attorney-Gcneral to conduct and insti-
tute such legal proceedings as may be neccs-
&iry Power is given the Commissioners.
III making examinations under the Act.
TO compel the attendance of witnesses. and
TO compel railroad officers, agents, &c, to
make the reports required Ore very
Important provision for the protection of
small stockholders is as follows:
eEc. OF. On the application in writing Of n
nlrecior, or OF any person or persons owning one
h'eth part OF the entire paid IN capital stock of
any corporation operating railroad. or the
bonds or Other evidences OF indebtedness OF such
mil t,,a
of its paidin capital stock tho Board of Railroad
commissioners shall make an exaninatio into
the books and financial condition Of said oor;o.a-
ton.
The provisions against discrimination by
any railroad against any connecting rail
road at one Gifts terminal stations or nj any
intermediate point are intellgently strin-
gent, but we do not see that they arc ur-
lust or unduly severe. All the provisions
relating to discrimination look to securing
this end-that every shipper OF freight
shall have right to send it, at equal rates.
over whatever route he may elect, SO long
as the connecting roads are willing to take
the freight at equal rates. Provision is also
made against any discrimination in any
way by a railroad against lines with which
it connects.
salutary change is made in the provi-
sions relating to the running Of trains OH
Sunday, which is construed to include the
period between a. NJ. on that day and 4
a. NJ. on Monday. Trains delayed l,y acci-
dent can run to the point at which they
usually stop on Sunday, and construction
trains may run to repair damages or in ex-
traordinary emergencies.
To check outside control the hill pro-
poses that where one-half or more of the
line Of railroad is within this State n
of the directors shall he citizens
and residents of the State, and in all other
cases onc.third of the directors shall bc
residents
For preventing accidents the proviso rs
are very elaborate, looking particularly to
The regulation of crossings, the County
Commissioners being required to inspect
crossings, &c, and direct necessary changes
TO be made, which changes can be enforced
by the Circuit Court. The trains are re-
Iuired to be equipped according to the
law, and must have brakes and COM
pletc set of tools for use in case of acci-
dent. The use of naptha, or of oils or
other material that will ignite at less than
'oO' Fahrenheit is prohibited All the
regulations relating to passenger and other
traffic are minute, and are taken mainly
rom the laws, we believe, of other States
where they work well. No new railroad
,an be opened for public use until it shall
have been certified to be in fit condition.
The responsibility of railroads for mer-
,handise delivered to them is defined and
liked, and there is this stringent provision:
SEC. 81. Every railroad corporation shall
forward merchandise consigned or di-
-ected to be sent over another road connecting
With its road according to the directions con-
aimed thereon or accompanying the same, and
hnll not receive and Toward over its road any
merchandise consigned, ordered, or expressly
iirected to be received and forwarded by IA diff
crent route.
The bill does not ignore the rights of the
and provides severe penalties for
riding without paying fare
md for obstructiDG or injuring the line.
When any act is done III such manner as to
'ndanger life the punishment is by i'm
orisonment in the Penitentiary for not ex-
,eeding two y years. To put persons OBJ
al iriD nd 70 OF rnilr 10 .
tion to make their claims effective, there
S this important section
SEC. Ill. Whenever q cause of action shall
rise against any railroad corporation for per-
onal injury sustained by any person or persons.
md such cause OF action shall be prose cutcd TO
Judgment 10y persons persons injured or his or
heir legal representatives, raid judgment slInll
elate back TO the date when the cause Of action
rose, and shall be lien as OF that date, OF equal
orce and effect with the lien Of employees for
wages. upon the income, property and franchises
II said corporation. enforceable in any Court OF
ompetcr- Jurisdiction. by attachment or levy
nd sale under execution: Provided, any action
rousht under this Section shall be commenced
within twelve months from the time that said
injury shall have been sustained.
The manner in which highways shall be
irossed by railroads is carefully prescribed,
md ample authority is given the County
to see that the public safety
y provided for.
Penalties are provided for all viola
ions of the law, and where damages
lave been sustained, Gas in the case of
for freight the amount to be
ecovered is three times the amount of the
lamage, provided that the damage shall
lot be assessed at less than $500 This is
AIKEN from the Reagan railroad bill, and
8 intended to prevent railroads from dc
ying, as they do, the claims of persons
whose actual damages amount to only a
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