The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-08


q providing that the commission shall havl
the inspection Of railroad companies alt
shall Inform themselves ~ TO the cOmpli
nnce Of railroad conn anles with the proyig
ions Of their charters, and providing that
. nothing herein provided shall excuse any
company from. any Of the liabilities or pen.
allies of the law OF the state for neglect OF
any OF their duties by virtue Of the action
: Of such commissioners. Adopted.
Cotton offered an amendment to the sub
stitute, giving the commissioners the poHer
to make intersecting railways make connec
tions. Rejected. =
Ayers offered an amendment to the 9th
section, providing that as soon as the com
missioners make their report 1t shall be the
duty of the secretary of state TO forward a
copy of said report TO each member elect
1.-THE legislature. Adopted.
Labatt offered an amendment providing
that any failure of the commissioners TO
make their report entire shall subject them
to a fine of $40 for each day such neglect
continues. Adopted;
AS amended, tho 9th section was adopted.
Frank offered an amendment to section Z,
striking out 81 900 prescribed as PEN
atty for each day the railroads neglected to
repair their railroads when notified by the
commissioners, and insert $500. Adopted.
Taylor offered Ian amendment to Nection
s, striking out that part which provided
that in no case shall tn, damages TO- in
dividuals be less than $50, when such dam
age is caused by neglect to comply with
the regulations presented by the commits
sioners. Adopted.
Section was adopted.
Upton offered an amendment striking
out section 10, which authorizes commits
sioners to subpoena witnesses for the pur-
pose of obtaining testimony.
Hill offered an amendment to the amend
ment, providing that witnesses shall receive
So per day and cents per mile for attend
anCe, and in case witnesses refuse to attend,
making it the duty of the county judge to
issue attachments upon application of the
commissioners, for said witnesses. Adopted.
The question reverting upon the motion
to strike out the section, the ayes and nays
were called for-ayes, "a; nays, 81,
Hill moved to strike out section IL.
Adopted.
Stagner offered an amendment to strike
out the proviso in section IL, which permits
railroads, under different and distinct or
CARNATIONS, at intersecting stations, to fix
rates without reference to the schedule of
charges on the balance of the road.
Cochran opposed the amendment, and
said the bill would never have come from
the committee.room if that proviso had not
been included in it, and he was surprised to
find that now one of the committee proposed
to amend the bill. He insisted that COM
| petlClOn WAS lD6 llle OI tThue, anu uOtuluS
should be done to interfere with it.
Taylor favored the amendment.
Foster, of Limestone, supported the
amendment, and said that in his opinion
the proviso in the bill legalized discrimina-
ton, thus thwarting the design of all rail-
road legislation.
Nash hoped the amendment would not
be adopted, and insisted that interesting
points had right to ask for the proviso.
They have contributed their moneys in
order to secure this competition, and now
they should not be deprived OF that privi-
lege. He said that the city of Dallas had
paid not less than $4,000 in order to Sc
cure competing roads.
Wurzbach opposed the amendment, and
was not in favor of passing law which
would benefit certain towns In the state to
the great detriment of others.
Lakewood contended that the proviso
was the keynote and turning point OF the
whole bill, and if stricken out he would not
support the bill.
stricken out the bill would be worthless.
Stagner said: 1.-THE section, as it is in
my opinion, legalizes discrimination. ?
can see no reason why LuliRg, Seguin and
San Marcos should not have the benefit OF
protection under the spirit and operation
of the law, as San Antonio has, whereby
the latter city absorbed all the wholesale
\
importance"
Pending discussion by Durant, the house
adjourned till 8 p. m.
| EVENING SESSION.
i Hill, by leave, introduced a bill to vail
date certain surveys informally and deiec-
lively made.
Camp introduced q petition from the
citizens of Limestone county, protesting
against the creation of Richland county.
Frymier-A petition for the claim OF
Burnett and Fitzpatrick for balace due
them as lessees of the state yenitentiary.
Odum-A. petition 10 create new
judicial district to be composed, OF the
Green and Nolan, and to fix the time OF
Several petitions were introduced asking
for prohibition.
The special order was the appropriation
bill and the question before the committee
was the adoption of Ayers amendment,
which appropriates $4,000 to the Agricul-
turaI and Mechanical college for various
purposes.
Rosenthal offered substitute appropria-
| ting about $25, 600 for the various purposes.
The following items under the substitute
were adopted For the purchase of stock,
81 600 pig pens. S25; fencing purposes,
$500; trees and shrubs, etc., S2oO; engine
house and cooking room for feeding stock,
$500; pump and piping, $50; sugar cane
mill and eyaporator, 5000, mules,
horses and wagons, $500; feed and cutting
y unchinos, eco; steam feeding tank, s75;
water tank, SIS; stockmen, S55; five la.
borers. 81 800; appropriation for additional
expenditures, 5000.
Pending further consideration, the com;
mittee rose, reported progress. and asked
leave 10 sit again at 3 p. m. tomorrow.
General Porfirio Diaz and suite, having
/ been conducted to the capitol, were formally
introduced TO the house by Speaker Gibson.
| Adjourned till $50 tomorrow.
CAPITAL cHRoNIcLIEGs.
Northumberland Martin, who has
been quite Ill for several days, Is improsing;
The Seventeenth adjourned on April
FOOLS day. and the probability is the
Eighteenth will do the same.
The new secretary Of the board OF educa-
| ton, Hon. b. NJ, Baker, has his hands full
attending 10 the duties OF his Office without
assistance. He needs clerk, and the leg
/ islAture should, py all means, provide one:
Mr.. Baker makes an excellent officer, and
/ the educational interest will not suiier al
his hands.
i The supreme and appellate courts con-
i veDe In this city on April lst, and have
large amount Of business on the dockets.
somehow the opinion obtains that rail-
road legislation, at least that PAT OF ~ ap-
pointing a board OF railroad commission
ers, will 20 over for the Nineteenth legisla-
ture 70 wrestle with. Mr.. Terrell's railroad
bill, published in full in the HERALD sew
eraf DAYS ago, will be the fortunate one II
any Is passed, the majority Of the legisla-
tors preferrine Il 20 ChenOweth'e.
Lung troubles continue 70 prevail in the
/ city and surrounding country.
Farmers are busy preparing Tor crops
some already planting corn. As general
thing, small grain had 10 be replanted.
The Texas Milling and Smelling com.
many. Of Gainesville. fled an amendment
10 their charter today increasing the capi-
IA stock.