The morning news., 1890-03-03
Rail AND cROssTIE

4 bill has been introiucei in the KEN
t1czy H use = tax sle=pnE and clair car
cornpsaies 10 per cent on thelr gross earn
inEs IN the states and % compel their
otnoers % make reports 70 tha auditor
In addition to ais duties IS General Supa--
teoGsnt " 4 Green has been appointed
assistant general manage 4 the Richmond
and Danvllls Railroad Company, and IS
authorized 10 ac1 for toe general ma agar-
When whisky ordered by letter Is shipped
from one county % another bT express ~
.. d. he sale tal-os place II tie county
IN which the whisky Is delivered 70 tue car
rier. and Is no. 8 violation of q pro1loltory
Hqu1T law II force in t1s c11 . 70 'fnlcl
Il Is saippe1. according u the Gecls on OF
the Kentucky superior court II the case OF
Commonwealth IS. Curran-.
The Minneapolis and -. Paul Street Rail
way Company has decided 70 use electricity
IS q motive power. Il VIII adopt the
Sprague system. and contracts have been
entered into fer equippi-g 2O0 miles Of
tFacz- Ile contract calls for 4jJ motors,
t1o on each car. one or each axle. This
viii be the greatest lslgth OF track ever
equipped by one conVany TO operate by
electricity. The CONTRACT amounts 70 about
$4,000 An unused cable plant on whlca
$4,000 has feen spent wss given up when
it was decided 70 use electricity.
". s. Chisholm, Jr.. Esq, viii leave this
morning for HoneryIls, Clnch county, 10
try before Judge Atkinson, Of the Bruins
WICK circuit. an ejec.nsnt case and suit
for damages broughl against the Savannah,
Florida aud Western railway by Clincn
county parties. The first c-ss is an action
begun by two parties through whcse lind
the line of road runs 70 establish their title.
Counsel for the corporation will contend
/ that the Savannah Florida and Weste n
railway came into possession of the right
Of vsy through the Atlantic and Gulf all
/ road, and by color q tItle,n which the
road has held for seven years, will establish
I the title. The second case is a damage suit
/ brought by Bedford Banks lcolorsd), VINO
was injured while aliEhting from a traIr.
/ Mr.. Yates Of Brunswick represents the COM
plaiDants in the ejectment case, and Redden
Smith, Jr., represents Banks in the damage
suits.
A decision Of interest touching the lia-
/ bility OF sleeping car companiss for loss Of
the personal effects Of passengers was
| lately rendered by the supreme court of
/ Nebraska. Toe court said: "a passenger
on entering sleeping car as a guest-be-
cause that Is what he Is in fact-neceSsarHy
must take his ordinary wearing apparel
with him, and some articles for convenience,
| comfort or neceSs t.. The articles when
placed in the care Of the company's en-
| ployes are at the company's risk. Toe
| liability of innkeepers is i'm
posed from considerations of pub
lie policy as a means Of protecting
| passengers against the negligence and dis
honest practices of the inkeeper and his ser
wants. The porter meets the
| traveller at the door and takes whatever ar
ticles he may have with him. He waits
upon him aud the other passengers in the
car so long as they remain therein. The
| traveller is not required to sit in his seat
during the day, but may, if ne so desires, go
forward into the other cars of the train, and
at stations may 60 out on the platform.
His property is left in the custody of the
company, which is liable for its safe keep
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