St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-09
INTERSTATE COM MERGE.
The Full Text of the Bill Passed Yes.
terday by the House,
Showing What Railway and Pipe Line Com
panies May and May Not do in Case
it Becomes Law.

| WASHINGTON, Jan O.-tOUOWlnS is INC
text of the interstate commerce bill as it
passed the house to-day:
! Be it enacted, ETC., that it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons engaged alone
or associated with others in the ansportation
of property by railroad or by pipe line or
lines from one state or territory to or through
| one or more other states or territories
| of the United states, or to or from
any foreign country, directly or in
directly, to charge to or receive
from any person or persons any greater or
less rate or amount of freight, compensation
or reward than is by him or them charged to
or received from any other person or persons
| for like and con emporaneous service in car
| rying, receiving, delivering, storing or hand
ling the same. All charges for such services
| shall be reasonable, and any person or per-
sons, having purchased ticket for passage
| from one state to another or paid the required
fare, shall receive the same treatment aud be
afforded equal facilities and account odations
| as are furnished all other persons
| holding tickets of the same class
without discrimination. But nothing in this
act shall be construed to deny to railroads
| the right to provide separate accom- m odatons
| for passengers as they may deem best for
| public comfort and safety, or to transporta-
| ton relating to points wholly within the lin
| its of one state, provided that no discrimna-
| ton is made on account of race or color,
and that furnishing separate accom- modatons
| with equal facilities, and equal comforts at
| the same charges, shall not be con sidered a
| discrimination, nor shalt any railroad COM
| pany or Its officers charge to or receive from
any person who is to be conveyed from one
state or territory into another any
| sum exceeding three cents per
mile for the distance to be travelled by such
persons, and all persons engaged as afore-
said shall furnish without discrimination the
same facilities for carriage, receiving, deliv-
ering, storing and handling all property of
| like character carried by him or them and
shall perform with equal expedition the same
kind of services connected with contempo-
raneous transportation thereof as aforesaid.
No break, stoppage or interruption. nor any
| contract, agreement or undertaking shall be
made to prevent the carriage Of any property
from being treated as one continuous car
rage in the meaning of this act, from
the place of shipment to the place
of destination, unless such stoppages
interruptions, contract arrangement or I'M
Outstanding was made in good faith for some
| practical and necessary purposes, without
tinuous carriage or to evade any of the pro-
visions of this act.
| Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any
| person or persons engaged in the trans porta-
| ton of property as aforesaid, directly or in
directly to allow any rebate, drawback or
other advantage in any form upon shipments
made or services rendered as aforesaid by
| him or them.
| Sec. g. That it shall be unlawful for any
| person or persons engaged in the carriage
receiving storage or handling of property
as mentioned in the first section of this act
| to enter into any combination,
contract or agreement by changes
Of the schedule of carriage in different cars
or by any other means with intent to prevent
! the carriage of such property from being
| continuous from the place of shipment to the
| place of destination, whether carried on one
or several railroads, and it shall be unlawful
| for any person or persons carrying property
as aforesaid to enter into any tract, agree
ment or combination for pooling freights or
| tn pool the freights of different and cUmpe
| ting railroads or 10 divide between them the
! aggregate or net proceeds of the earnings of
such railroads, or any portion of them.
Sec. 4.-That ii shall be unlawful for any
| person or persons engaged In the transporta-
| ton of property, as provided in the first
section of this act, to charge or receive
any greater compensation for a similar
amount and kind Of property for carrying,
! receiving, storing, forwarding or handling
| the same for shorter than for longer distance,
which includes shorter on any one railroad
/ or pipe line, aud the road of any corporation
shall include all the road or pipe line in use
! by such corporation, whether owned by 1t or
operated by thunder contract, agreement or
| lease by such corporation.
| Sec. 5.--That all persons engaged in carry
ing property as provided in the first section
OF this act shall adopt and keep posted up
/ schedules which shah plainly state:
First-The different kinds and classes of
! property to be carried.
Secoud-The different places between
which such property shall be carried.
Third-The rates of freight and prices of
carriage between such places, and for all ser
vices connected with receiving, delivery,
loading, unloading, storing or handling the
same, and the accounts for such service
shall show what part of the charges Is for
transportation and what part for loading,
unloading aud other terminal facilities. Such
schedules may be changed from time to time
as hereafter provided. Copies OF such SEIZED
ues shall be- printed in plain large type at
least the size Of ordinary plea and shall be-
plainly posted for public inspection in at
least two places in every depot where freighls
are received or delivered ;aud no such sched-
ue shall be changed in any particular
except by the substitution of another sched-
ule containing the specifications above re-
quircd, which substitute schedule shall plainly
state the time when 1t shall 90 into effect,
and copies Of which (printed as aforesaldJ
/ a. l.
Eve days notice be given before the same
shall remain in force until another schedule
shall, as aforesaid, be subst tutcd, and 1t
shall be unlawful for any person or persons
engaged in carrying property on railroads or
pipe lines, as aforesaid, after thirty
days after the passage Of this act,
tC charge or receive more or
less cOm peusstion for the carriage, receiy-
ing, delivery, loading, unloading, hauling or
storing Of any property coutemp plated by the
first section of this act than shall he specified
in such schedule as may at the time be In
force.
Fourth-It shall be the duty Of said per-
son or persons engaged in carrying property
as provided IN the first section of this act TO
file or cause ~ be filed aud within fifteen
DAYS from and after the posting OF a copy of
each schedule posted as In this section re-
quIred, with the clerk Of the circuit court Of
the United Stats in and for each judicial
circuit In or through which any railroad may
be operated; aud IL shall be the duty Of said
clerk to flc and preserve the same as part Of
the records Of his office.
Sec. 6. That each and all the provisions
Of this act shall apply 10 all the properly aud
receiving, delivery, loading, unloading,
handing, storiug or carriage Of the same, or
one actually or substantially continuous car
rage OF as part Of such continuous carriage,
as provided for in the first section Of this act,
and compensation therefor, whether sucn
property be carried wholly on one railroad or