Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-31
RAILnOAD RATB6.
Senator Haines New Eli to Rssuists
Them.

oLi 10 amend chaptef 81 OF the Eevis
Statutes and to regulate railroad fares ard
rates has been presented to the Legislature
by Senator Haines Of WsterviIie. The
second secsion declares unlawful every
| unjust charge made by railroad for sran g.
porting Passengers or property.
Section third provides an amendment 10
section 8 Of chapter 81 Of the Revised
Statutes so that It complies with the fol-
loving sections Of the rev bill;
Sec. 4 IL any railroad shall directly or
indirectly, by any special vote, revo;e,
drawback, or other device, demand
charges, receive or collect from any person
or persons a greater or less compensation
for any service rendered or 10 be rendered
IN the transportation Of passengers er
property than /, charges, demands, receive
or collects from any other person or per-
sons Tor doing like contemporaneous ser.
vice in a like kind OF Irafc, OF under t.e
conditions and .imilar circumstances, suc b
railroad company shall be gully Of NJ ia i
discrimination, which is hereby prohibited
snd declared to be unlawful; provided bow
ever, that 1t shall be construed as unjust
discrimination by the trAnspof tation at 4
less rate per one hundred pounds in car lois
than is charged for freight Of the same
kind in less than car lots.
Section Eve provides that any ralros!
guilty Of unjust discrimination in rates
shall be liable 10 damages TO the party
injured.
Sec. /. Every saeh railroad COMPANY
shall furnish equal opportunities for trans
portation to all passengers, and no cempanY
operating fifty miles Of main line railroad
or main line connecting railroad, and whose
annual receipts for local passenger traffic,
according to its 1890 report, be in excess
of $1,000 per mile, shall charge or receis,.
a rate in excess of three cents mile for
the transportation of any passenger owe;
IL years old, nor in excess of on
half that sum for any person undo =
II yesrs Of age, and such railroti
shall convey ftee Of charge $50 pounds
of baggage for every passenger over ]
years of age and Is pounds for every Or
under that age provided also that no saCh
company shall be obliged to sell any tick
for n less sum than cents; provided vi .
that the company may charge for any
ticket or the passage of any passenger, paid
upon its trains, ia excess of the shove, rate
of 10 cents, for which il shall give receipt
and for which receipt said company shall
refund said 10 cents when the tickets ara
presented at stations where tickets are sold.
Such railroad company shall cell mileag2
or computation tickets of not less than go
miles transportation, at 4 rate OF two cents
per mile, each passenger being entitled -
the transportation of $50 pounds of bag
gage.
The seventh section amends section ia,
chapter 81, Revised Statutes, so that the
board shall be required to report to tha
Governor all urjust tolls charged by any
railroad, or any unjust discrimination in the
transportation OF property or passengers.
That they shall recommended any deduction
that they may deem ne cesssry. and all per
ons managing raileost, sasll give the
board as the latter shall request.
No'ss
Ex-Governor Marble was at the Stas
House yesterday.
Among the legislative visitors Friday
was VIM. G. Davis Esq. Of Portland.
Everybody seemed glad of the djorrn
ment over Saturday. The legislative paper
has been going at lively pace the past
week
The House has amended the Senate
plan to extend the time for admitting pri-
vste legislation till Feb. Ia. The senator's
think it jus. as wei to extend the time as
TO allow the matter to come in under sus.
pension of the rules.
Supervising Architect Collett. who has
been in the city the past nine months look
ing after the work upon the State House,
leaves this morning for Boston. Mr.. Col
lett has made many warm friends during
his stay in the city.
Postmaster elect Merrill of fairfield
and wife and Mr.. W. II. Emery, Register
Of Deeds in Somerset county, MIS-. f G.
Low Of westboro, Mass . and Mr.. and Mrs.
d. W. Allen Of Fairfield we're the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Emery Yesterday.
Mrs. Allen will remain in the city during
mex, week.
The petition for bridge aeross Atkins
bay to F. Popham was heard by the COM
mi,tee Yesterday afternoon. Hon. H. 81
Heath appeared for the petitioners, and
Hon. 0. D. Baker fer the town Of Phipps-
burg. 1t i. claimed that the bridge would
shorten the distance from Fit Popham 20
Bath about three miles. The Temons.rsnls
contend that the town cannot aft ord 10 build
the bridge. and that the burden of 90 doirg
would fall upon them.
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