Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-06
RAILROAD LEGISLATIcY,
Formulation OF a Railway and Warehouse
b. Commission ELL by the Railroad Com
NJ naittee OF the House,

the railroad committee reported back all the
bills referred to them with a recon-
! ,nendation that they be indefinitely post
poned and recommended the passage OF
bill for an act relating to railroads, providing
for commissioners, prescribing their powers
| and duties; regulating railroad transportation
and providing some OF the rules Of evidence and
practice in actions relating thereto 1t is al
together too long to print in full and it need
not be- printed for clear idea Of its provisions
may be obtained from synopsis,
The bill provides for ali elective railroad
commission, of two besides the present COM
| missions, to which reports shall be made by the
railroad companies in the usual form, and which
shall have certain specified powers OF nspec-
ton, supervision, inuuisitien and prosecution.
That is to say, the commission may inform it.
self IS to the conduct of railroad corporations
and their relations, with shippers, by ex-
! animation OF their books and accounts, which
! are to be open to it at all times. 1t is 10
hear complaints of neglect, OvercharSc, or dis
! elimination, with judicial power to compel
the attendance Of Witnesses, to arbitrate be-
| tween railroads and shippers, >and IN It's dis
. erection enforce the punitive clauses OF the
bill against the former by process IN the
state courts. In all cases arising under the
Dill, the state is to conduct the prosecution
| ny the attorney general and county at
! ,orneys; and all penalties, which IL the
H~4N@A" ~ VAIN
, county III which the case is tried These pro-
! Visions of the bill are fl miliar CROUCH as the
| features Of the Massachusetts AID Iowa rail-
road laws, which conceive the railroad com
MISSION as q supervisory ana arbltratnS power
between the railroad and shipper, whose main
! function Is to secure wholesome publicity in
their mutual relations and bring cases of injus
tice and unfair discrimination to the knowl-
edge OF the roper courts
Other sections prescribe the duties and obi
cations of railroad corporations under the act.
Sections Is to IL Inclusive are subst tntially
/ borrowed from the Iowa Law also, and are in
tended to prevent dis nominations Of all kinds.
Section Is requires railroads to accept and for
ward all grain or other commodities offered
within 3 reasonable time, and without dlscrlna
ination between persons and corporations Of
fering it II also contains the provision thai
any person desiring tC erect an elevator OF
warehouse Gu railroad track shall be permit
ted to do 50, and afforded shipping facilities.
Section II prohibits discrnna'. 'nir undue
delay III the forwarding Of freight and its
transfer from one railroad to another. and de-
claras that greater charge shall not be nltde
for tho transp ortation of freight Tor 4 shorter
distance than for longer distance from the
same station; nor that moro favorable terms
Shall be granted to one person. firm 0" cor
poration than to another 1oc the sam" sc r7ice.
The first prohibition is 8 modification of the
principle Of the Reagan bill that long hanl re-
auctions shall not be permitted. section %,
makes it mandatory upon the conn, issOn t,2
establish schedule Of rates for every railroad
doing business i'll the state. Tnis section j:
given III fnl:
Sec. g (Schedu!es1 The ra;lroa! and
warehouse commissioners are Eernnr directed
to make for eacl, Of the railroad corporations
doing busness in this state, as 1901! az rlac.l
cable, schedule Of rca3ona BILE na2lnHjn rates
Of charges for the aNaportatiuH Of pas seig'l's
and fvcghtS and cars each Of said rallroate;
and said schedule shall, in all suits brought
against any slch railway corporations where
in is IN any way involved IT,. char
ges Of any such railroad corporation for
tho tn r transportation OF any .t''4 H;s
elimination in relation thereto Re deemed
and taken III ali courts of this htiIo IS 91rl.a
1acJe evidence that The rates therein fixed
are reasonable maximum rates OF charges !oT
the transportation OF passengers and frc!9ht3
and cars upon the railroads for VIII, CHI saldsG}etl
ules may have been respectively prepaid said
commissioners SHALL from time to t., as often
as circumstances may require change and re-
wise said schedules. When any acnetui"5 s'ai
have been mad, or revised, as atocsAl!, II shall
be the duty OF said comlniss toner's 70 ttu51 pub
LEGATION thereof t.; he made fer three s,':"".-
siYo weeks, in some public newspaper publish
ed in the city Of st Paul in this state Al such
sci alules, heretofore or hereafter made, pur-
porting to be printed 2 nd published az a1ore-
: said, shall b6 received and held III all such
suits as pri1na facie the schedules Of aid COM
lnissoners, without further proof than the
production Of tie schedule desired to be used
: as evidence, with y certificate ui the 'allIcad
tha schedule u,e,.,yoJ nv then, for the rail
roo, cnnononi ~ cor,,or.t;o, ti,arn;n named
and hat tho SAM, has been ,mnlislIed as .e
onired Nv law sta tiuo the n!,. Of the paper
; in which the same was published. together
with the date Of such pubhcauDn.
? In the Grand Amy OF the Ael'l-hc IN hln'
nesc ia, the roll OF newly clecCed o'ncer5 I,a'si
o. w. - Tl,', ,.or n;as .,n',o.,,,7c~
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cr-n,nn,,,acr G,,,.~ (;ant;ni3 j,rsorrl
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o,,;ru+r, t;n,, ,;,',.. Mn,,tror,,rv cf s.
petnr I {, NrIsnn Of h.sr,r \. H. Rec,1, OF
g%tnn, Of Sn7i,r y>!r.,, Gclc,.a,.'. to III, ia
, tioaal crlcampunert. t. Vi. 1tl'1nai: Of Nmne-
I apoiis, c. &. Whitney Of Marshall. }. S!mon:tn
OF St. Paul, Col. Sessions o; Nhntanolls, j. 4.
: Jacklin OF Watcrvi!ie ". J. Sutherland OF Ars-
tin; aceeat., at large, L. Nj. Pope Of M"nkato;
: alterna,e5 Comrades Johnson, Scarf, M,ln ard
! Skinner; alternate al large, Capt. james Can
, encampment at Excelsior.
ro,o nr.r1a s,,+ ,;n,.e,f ot,,.r o,,c7ont,|,y
OF ntentlonally, MS no' known "nleh' ~ IN
snrn o h, transacton with an aecl,t Of
harvester comnony which orc1r,jcI t.;nsiC er
able Of the forenoon, and both gentlemen wen
to dinner Alter dnnef o,, soIo one ,a1oro ha'
business and found him lylng on his face with
pistol in hand and bullet hole IL bis head baci
: CT the right ear. Inc jury 'e'u' ''>i I" W 0'o
OF acclden'al SAooli''S' -.
= 1.ooh c,,,ss,a s,,n,ol during The year end
l.. 49,, w" ozy c.r 1,,1s Of stock from opst<,
my "AN' -. 80. WV, ~. "a. w. ,,,;,1 ab,ut s7, ooo VII