Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-01-28
The New Railroad Bill.
,r TT PROPOSES AND WHAT
W n npE AKER WILSON SAYS OF III.
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rho celebrated fight Of last session over
IL" wilson railroad bill and lis suose-
inc J,feat in the House, are still Iresh
4u..nha, nnblic mind, and require no further
III ~. ion at this time. On Friday last,
n iHer"ier wilson introduced another rail-
'p.IhiI l. known as House bill NO. 3oI,
I"'" nonsis of which is rs follows:
lh Ths hin is entitled ga bill 10 establish
Unable maximum rates of charge, TO
i..,.;Ja for the correction of abuses, 10
lro,ent unjust discrimination and eXtor-
Ii;,, in the rates of charges by all railroad
'''onnanies and corporations heretofore or
Eorrlfter created by this or any other
nt..tr. aud organized within or without
Ills State, and operating any railroad or
',ilwav, WIDELY within, or partly within
and partly without, this State, for the
transportation of passengers and frelghts,
10 protect the just rights OF the pnoi'c
concerning the same, and TO enforce the
same by adequate penalties.
II is first made unlaw full for any com
many or corporation, whether operating
itseif or operated or leased by any othcI
company, to charge for passengers Vi
trein Int more for shorter than ior Il ION
cr distance i'm the same direction. 1t sii'.il
be the duty of every railway company 10
keen constantly posted, III conspicuous
,Iars i'm all its ticket offices and freight
and messenger depots, printed copies OF
,he second and third sections of this act,
which are embraced in the foregoing SELL
tance. together with table of distances
h.twecn each and every station OF its road,
,hc same to be printed i'll legible type.
All persons shall have equal rights III
shipping freight; and the same facilities
for arriage, storage and handling freight
and transporting it with reasonable Gls-
match to the point required,S shall be
,,iyen to all; and DO company shall direct
r. or indirectly allow any rebate or draw
lack 10 one person that is not allowed to
all alike. No company shall increase lis
charge after January OF each year.
A station shall be established ut every
town of 800 or more inhabitants, where
,be road passes through or within half
mile: and such station shall be established
within three months after this act goes
into effect, and every thirty days delay,
or failure thereafter, shall be separate
otirusc.
The remainder of the bill is devoted to
rcnalticS. For any otfcnse against the
provisions of this act, the offender shall
for The first offenSe, upon conviction sEall
lie fined not less than $4,000 nor more
than SIC. 900; for the second, not less than
$4,000 nor more than $4,000; for the
third. not less than Sl5, 900 nor more than
$40. 600: and for every oflensc thereafter,
$4,000. each fine 10 be at the discretion of
the Jury. Blu. ifany company shall VII
lilly violate any section of this Ordl-
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friture of its charter, and it may he pro
cycdel against as TO Judgment Of custer
and final execution.
The Circuit Court of each county thro'
which road passes, shall have iurisdic-
ton and shall especially give this act in
charge of the grand jury. The Judge, If
hc deem it necessary, shall employ special
COUNSEL to assist the Prosecuting Attorney
in such eases.
The above is the substance Of the new
railroad bill. The difference between it
and the last one is, that it carries no riders
and has but its one object. Speaker Will
son said of it last night:
at is in my opinion the imperative
duty of this Legislature to pass this bill.
The determinations practicei by railroads
against the citizens of this commonwealth
are proving ruinous not only to the inter
csts of the citizens themselves, but will
prove very detrimental to its prospects.
TO give YOU an idea of these infamous
transactions: 4 stock dealer paid $50 per
car for shipping stock over the Il. d o..
railroad from Mineral county, in this
State, To Baltimore, while Il stock dealer
over in Central Ohio paid only $40 per
ear to the same point. Another instance;
II costs $1.2J per barrel less 10 ship oil
from Parkcrsburg to Cincinnati, and
thence 10 New York, than it did TO ship
IRON Parkersblng direct. might multi
ply instances by the hour, but only aG-
tuce these to give you an idea of some of
the burihen, that our shippers are COM
pelled TO carry, in this line of their trans
actions with these railroad companies.
The charters granted to these companies
were for the benefit Of the State, and
when our own people arc so grossly dis
eliminated against, il is high time for the
Legislature 70 take the matter in hand and
compel the corporations 10 extend to
thi, people all and better facilities than
are given to Western States, to the cXclu-
sion and tlctriment of our own. Home
interests are paramount TO foreign. and
the interests OF this as yet undcvclopet
State are paramount to those of our neigh
boring Western States. The policy OF
these roads under present condition Is to
bring Western States nearea Eastern
markets than our State, and 1t Is suicide
Tor Us 10 permit it.
"My bill has for its object the compel
ling OF all roads in our limits to haul and
transfer all freightS as chcaply from one
point as from another, for instance: !
want these roads TO haul cattle, coal and
grain Just rs cheap from Grafton east
as they do from this city. Competition
compelS low rates here and ! want the
same beneficial provisions extended to
those of our people who are engaged i'll
shipping all over the State, and especially
at those points where the benefits of COM
petition are not felt This is my bill and
| would like to know the man who, with a
knowledge of these things, would refuse
10 vote for il.
FIVE DEATHS IN THE INGLE FAMILY IN
Two WEEKs-Never in the history of
this little citv has the hand of aiilictiOn
been more heavily placed than upon Rev.
O>bOnrn Ingle, rector of All Saints L.
/. Church. When the diphtheria first
showed its virulent shape here, the lovely
children of this gentleman were the first
TO succumb to its powers. Yesterday
morning the angel of death entered his
home aud took from his loving family,
Antoinette, an interesting little girl of
nearly ten years. She had been sick only
4 few days when her suffering ended in
the sleep of the innocent and just. She
follows TO Heaven four younger sisters
and baby brother, she and four Of these
children having died in the past two
weeks. Seven months ago, Mr.. lnglc
was surrounded by nine children-as good
and apparently as healthy as could have
been found anywhere in the world. To-
day, he follows to the grave the body of
tho sixth child ,.IO Inns hppn taken from