Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-09
PROVISIONS OF REAGAN's BILL.
How the Color Line and Rates of Trans
DortatiOn VIII be Affected

portatiOn VIII be Affected.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The inter State com
merce bill, as it passed the House to-day
provides that it shall be unlawful for per-
son or persons engaged alone or associated
with others in the transportation 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 indirectly to charge to or receive
from any person or persons, any greater or
less rate, or an amount Of freight, compensa-
ton, or reward than Is by them charged to,
or received from, any other person or persons,
for like and cOntempOraneous service in the
Carrying, receiving, delivering, storing, or
handling of the same. All charges for such
services shall be reasonable, and any person,
or persons, having purchased a ticket for pas
sage from one State to another, and paid the
required fare, shall receive the same treat
ment and be afforded equal facilities and ac-
cOmmOdatlons as are furnished all other per-
sons holding tickets Of the same class, without
discrimination.
THE COLOR LINE.
But nothing in this act shall be
construed to deny TO railroads the
ton for passengers as they may deem
best for the public comfort and safety, or to
relate TO transportation relating to points
wholly within the limits OF one state, pro-
yided that no discrimination is made on ac-
count of race or color, and that the furnish
ing Of separate accommodations with equal
facilities and equal comforts at the same
charges shall not be considered dlscrimina-
ton, nor shall any railroad company or its
officers charge to or receive from any person
who is to be conveyed from one state or Terri
tory into another any sum exceeding cents
per mile for the distance to be Travelled by
such person; and all persons engaged as
aforesaid shall furnish without discrlmlna-
tiOn the same facilities for the carrying, re-
ceiving delivery, storage and handling OF all
property of like character carried by him or
them. and shall perform with equal expedl-
tion the same kind of service connected with
contemporaneOus transportation thereon as
aforesaid.
CONTINUOUS CARRIAGE.
No break, stOppage or interruption. nor any
contract, agreement or understanding shall
be made to prevent the carriage of any prop
erty from being and being treated as one
continuous carriage in the meaning OF the act,
from the place Of shipment to the place OF
destination unless such stOppage, Interrupt
tion, contract, arrangement or understand
ing was made in good faith for some practical
necessary purpose without any intent to
avoid or Interrupt such continuous carriage or
eYade any OF the provisions of this act.
Section prohibits drawbacks.Or rebates to
shippers.
Section forbids pooling combinations.
Section prohibits greater charge for
short haul than for longer haul which in
clude the shorter one.
Section requires freight schedules to be
publicly posted.
Section applies this act to all transpor-
tatiOn, whether it be confined to one or sew
eral roads.
Section provides civil penalties for Infrac-
tiOns OF this law, ana prescribes that no cases
brought under it shall be removed from State
70 United States courts.
Section prescribes criminal penalties
which may be imposed upon individuals who
carry on transportation business and who vio-
late this law.
Section o declares that this act does not ap-
plv to transportation wholly within one state,
and section 10 kefnes who are emDraced IN
the words person or persons used herein.