The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-05
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Formu,atasn Of Railway aaa WAREHOUSE
oeiAu1ssioa NH BY tAe Railroad SsA.
saittee Of the 1euss.
In d > Minaessi4 Hous. Of Representatives.
the railroad COMMITTEES reported back all tho
bills referred to theiii VIII : recon-.
mendation that they be indefinitely post
poned and recommended the passage Of
bill for IN oct relating 70 railroads, providing
for commissioners, prescribing their powers
and duties; regulating rsilroxd transportation
and providing some of tho rules Of evidence aBa
practice in actions rotating thereto It IL a.
together too lor6 to print In full and it need
not b. printsa fer eiear ies Of ito provisions
may be Obtained from synopsis' =,
The bill provides for an elective railroad
~ sssass II 3 %.s the
shall have certain specified pow e!s II Msgss
tion, supervision. inquistion and prosectitioW
That - 10 FAY, the commission may inform it.
eeJ as to this conduct Of railroad corporations
anc sAkiF f.latisqe fith shippers, by e1-
animation Of their books sra atctntatsa Which
are to be open to it At all times. Il r. ts
heaf complaints of neglect, overchsrge, or dis
etfthIthatitii, wiz. judicial power to compel
the 1t. sndShfo &c &itnesseI; ~ arbitrate BE-
tweea railroads sp1 sliibpGvV AID In II. dis
erection enforce the puiiitivS clsHsda 6 th6
bill against the former by process ID tfd
bill, the state IL to conduct the prosecution
BY the attorney general and county A.
t5rre.s; sn.l, slf penalties, which are In tao
form OF fines, shall atctte te the benefit of the
county in which the case is tried. .Eltsse pro
visions Of the bill are familiar enough IL he
features of the Massachusetts, and Iowa rail-
road laws, which conceive the railroad COM
mission as . supervisory and arbtrating power
between the railroad and shipper, whose main
function is to secure wholesome publicity in
their Mutual relations and bring cases ofinjus-
tice and unfair discrimination "a the knowl-
edge Of the proper courts.
Other sections prescribe the duties and obli-
cations Of railroad corporations under the act
beeiens 1n to ~ Inclusive are substantially
borrowed fr0h1 ths: Iowa law alsu, and are in
tended to prevent discrini!nstions Of oil kindg.
Section Is requires railroads to ACCEPT End fer.
ward all grain or other commodities OfferG0
within reasonable time, and without discrim-
ination between persons and corporations Of
fering it 1t also contains the provision that
any person desiring to erect an elevator or
warehouse on 4 railroad track shall be permit
ted to do 60, and afforded shipping facilities.
Section ! Z prohibits discrimination or undue
delay in the forwarding Of freight and ite
transfer from enc railroad to another, and de-
E!ares that greater charEe shall not be made
ior the TRANSPORTATION of ffeight for 4 shorter
distance than fer l9nger tlistancS from the
same station; nor thai more favorable terms
Shall be granted to one person, arm Or COR
boratio2 than to another for the same sc fssicd
The first prohibition is modification OF the
principle of the Reagan bill that long haul re-
ductions shall not DO permitted Section -,
makes it mandatory upon the commission to
doing business in the state. This section is
given in full:
Sec. 25 tSchedules,l The railroad and
warehouse commissioners are hereby directed
to make, for each of the railroad cortcrstions
doing business in this state rs soon as practi-
cable, q schedule Of reasonable maximum rates
OF charges for the transportation of passengers
and freights and cars on each of said railroads
and said schedule shall, in all suits brought
against any such railway corporations, where
IN Is in any way involved the char
ges OF any such railroad corporation for
e Or ess o1 cars Of any d
elimination in relation thereto, be deemed
and taken IN all courts Of this state a. prima
facte evidence that the rates therein fixed
Are reasonable MAXIMUM rates of charges for
the transportation Of passengers and freights
and cars upon the railroads for Which saidsched.
tles may have been respectively prepard: Said
commissioners shalt from time TO time, is often
as circumstances may require, change and re-:
wise said schedules. When any schedules shall
have been made or revised, as aforeaid, it shall
be the duty of said commissioners to cause pub
lication thereof to be made for three success
sive weeks, in some public newspaper publish
ed in the city of St Paul. in this state All such
schedules, heretofore Or hereafter made, pur-
porting to be printed and published as afore-
said, shall be received and held in all such
suits as prima facie the schedules OF said conf
missioners, without further proof than the
production Of tho schedule desired to be used
~ evidence, with certificate of the railroad
commissioners that the same is truo copy of
road company OF corpoTat;on s therein nsmed
apd that the same has been published a. re-
CURED By law, stating the name of the paper
in which the same vas published, tesethe,
with the date of such publication: