The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-09

santa Fe railway from Galveston to Fort
Worth, we will find that the road crosses,
intersects or connects with nearly
all OF the railroads of the state. At
Galveston the Santa Fe connects with
the Galveston, Houston & Henderson rail
road running rom Galveston to Houston.
The Santa Fe railway could not only give
tickets and collect fares on that railroad
but by virtue of the fact that it crosses the
central at BRENNAN and again at Morgan,
it could take charge Of the Central and sell
tickets TO any point on it. BY virtue of its
superior merit for crossing the Sunset nj
Rosenberg, it could collect fare and sell
tickets over the Sunset to any point on Its
line from Louisiana to San Antonio. The
Santa Fe crosses the International at Mia
no, and by reason of this meritorious cir
cumstance it could collect fare and sell
tickets to any point on the International
from Longview TO Laredo. At Banks the
Santa Fe railroad crosses the narrow gauge
system, the Texas L st. Louis railroad, and
Of course could collect fare and sell tickets
over it. The Santa Fs next crosses the
Missouri Pacific at Temple, and at Fort
Worth connects with the Texas x Pacific
and Trans-Continental and the Missouri
Pacific railways, and boundless field and
source of revenue is thus ouened to the
Santa Fe.
But the advocates of the bill claim that
this section has some merit in it in cases
like this: A passenger at Austin wishes to
go to Galveston via the International and
Milano and the balance of the way by the
Santa Fe. 1t would be convenience to
this passenger, they say, if the Intsrna-
tional at Austin would sell through
ticket to Galveston, and check baggage to
the same place; that it works hardship on
the passenger for the International to de-
cline to sell ticket or to check baggage
farther than Milano, the place at which the
passenger gets Off its road The movers of
the bill proceed upon the idea that the end
justities the means, and propose to remedy
this supposed inconvenience by forcing the
international and Santa Fe into an unwill-
ing partnership, snd to make them the
agents of each other, and to compel the
International to issue O through ticket to
Galveston and check the baggage to the
same place and collect the fares, and pro-
poses to compel the Santa Fe to honor and
respect the ticket. What right have We to
thus consolidate separate and distinct roads
and force them int unwilling partnerships?
1t is true individuals frequently form
partnerships, but does this give us the right
to force all mankind into partnerships,
or render it just and right that
we should do so? 1t will he
observed that there 10 also provision
in section 3, providing that no railroad
| shall discriminate against another road
crossing or connecting with or interesting
it, by through bills OF lading, but the term
otherwise is somewhat too comprehen-
sive and indefinite for us to understand it
at all. II is hard to see what is meant by
this section. | would conclude that IL
would enforce case like this: The g., II
4 II. railroad runs from Galveston to Hous
ton; from Houston there are two competing
lines to Denison, the Central and the In
ternational and its connections. II this
provision means anything it means that
the G., II. d. II. railroad cannot discriminate
between the Central and the International
by through bills of lading on freight de-
livered to it at Galveston to 60 to Denison
but must merely convey the freight tC
Houston, and when it reaches there mus
not discriminate.
This bill may he a fine enterprise for the
Santa Fe and Galveston, but the other roads
and the remainder of the people of thu
state can Justly complain that it is agains
their interest When we impose upoI
sheriiis, collectors, administrators, guar
dams or trustees the disagreeable duty o
handling other peoples money without re
quiring bond and security, but no bond o
security is required Of the Santa Fe railway
but 1t is merely required to account in nc
cordance with railroad usage for what
receives belonging to others, but what thi
usage is none of us know, but We do know
that no road co uld compel the Santa Fe /
settle except at the end of n law suit
The title of the bill should be changed s
as to read IAN act to enable the SAINT
Fe railway to administer upon the othe
J roads Of this state without bond or securt
ty.h What right have we to thus consti
J tute the Santa Fe the administrator OF TIL
other roads and make the Santa Fe genera
, freight agent to collect and handle tn
money of ali the other roads? If this
, not confscation, what is It'll
r We are told that we can lawfully do thi
, because railroads often, by mutual agree
ment and contract, make agreements r,
speeding through tickets. The Central c
I International use an agreement or EXPIRE,
t preference, but must call the two railroad
3 together to settle by chance, arbitration o
> otherwise which shall have the freight.
| A bill to regulate hotels should next /
: IN order, providing that the travelling pul
t lie should be met at the depots by an ager
g of the state and fairly and eluitably Il
: signed to the respective hotels, without di
i elimination.
o The senator from Rusk, the father of Il
c bill, has told us that Colonel Pierce, OF IL
s Sunset, told him that since the advei
r of the International at San Anton
d 1t has diverted 400 car loads Of freigl
II from the Sunset route, and he tells us TIL,
o this provision is intended to correct thi
y which he is pleased to consider q gre
8 abuse.
g A few years ago the Sunset route was Il
n only road to San Antonio and possessed
q monopoly OF conveying trade, and Ill
n other roads or individuals, used its privileI