Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-09
40 COMMISSION
CATIONS THE DIFFERENT
ROADS, LIE ny NILE.
4 Katy and 10 erandc statement.
bis walnut IN of Much Deneht
y the Ron IL rs Wen ns the
PubIic--some Figures.

Sustin. Tex. July THE railroad
commission has resumed the functions
| thlt are suspended by the Legislature.
and some lively and very important
WORK may be looked for In the i'm
ntdinte future. The decision Of the SUI
| p1<<lne court practically sustalns every
contentlon OF this commission. and the
<fihunal ls stronger Today than when
the Federal Judge dlsregarded the law
and set aside a hundred decisl ns to
III ~ the commission with an inJunc-
lion, It is stronger because II Is APP
| proved by the highest judicial tribunal
IN nc land: II IL stronger because Its
poWfrs and the scope of Its
uuuts are enlarged by the bond law
p4Fed BY the last legislature. and 1t
| Is 8tronger because the whole people
Of BIC state are backing II with a
moral and business force that makes 1t
<upreme and impregnabe
Ihls Is a great point gained by the
uti6e lion. The decree settles the con-
rututlonality Of the law. narrows the
morRin for obstruction and litigation,
brushes away the mlsts and doubts as
20 the powers OF the commission; duiets
Sactious contentious: educates the peo-
pie and teaches the railroam companies
some lessons that Will be valuable TO
dout1ess will be. the means of bringing
the roads and the commission into
closer relations. klndller Intercourse
and FULLER comprehension Of the pur-
poses of the law and the rights OF all
| parties under Its far reaching provl-
sions
In Spirit OF Fairness.
And Furthermore, as the commission
kIQW, IN the light of experience and JUS
RlpMT'G .gf ha
Hdministered In a spirit of fairness and
N jNctice to all parties, without permit
| ting Unnecessary burdens to be levied
upon the people. as Imposing unreason-
able or ruinous conditions upon the
I. railroads, 1t is to be hoped that the
Ilpeople and the railroad companies will
80 study their mutual interests and
kbuslness relations as TO be enlightened
10 the fact that they are virtually de-
pendent for prosperous and profitable
fesults, and that they should be friends.
Working together for the comm good
OF AL. There should be no disposition
on the part OF the roads to Cypress the
tpeople or to exact from their customers
[hny unequal or unjust levies for trans
portation while on the other hand, the
people should be willing to allow rea-
souable and Just traffic rates and fair
dealtngs In all matters with the roads,
and Tolerate no semblance Of dishonest
3rdemnnds as confiscatory proceedings,
leither through the courts or other
|3wise
M Valuation Of the Roads.
For a little over a year past the com
a1ission has been engaged In a most
impoftant work, added to their duties
~ the railroad bond bill-that of ascer-
aiming the exact value Of each and
..svcry railroad In the state. This was
|Nnode necessary for the reason that
''in4 pilroad officials could not or would
10t Furnish the required data, and for
ne additional and paramount reason
hat valuation was important as the
iasis OF rate making. Early after the
.lpn1sage OF the bond bill the commits
non placed two competent railroad en-
pnefrs In the field to measure and val
ie VERY line in the state. Many of
ne foads have been gone over valued
Ind passed to record IN the secretary OF
!, it4tes office, without material obiec-
||ions or suggestions from the COM
= This Is herculean work and when
'---ompleted, Will be OF inestimable value
$50 the commission, to the people OF
,exos and to the railroads themselves
The expert engineers go over each
DAD nnd make their valuation mile
|fnS mile, Every item OF construction
Il4nd Equipment for each mlle-each
'articnlar and separate mile valued
Len present cost The right OF way. the
ranchise, the grading, the ties,
'rhe cplverts, the bridging. the rails
i--pikes. frogs, switches, station houses
.epots. laborers' Implements, rolling
Ifntoch, everything has Its place in the
3rK eoi umns Of figures and the nggre-
nfea show the total FOR each partlcu-
A. mile and for the e1tlre road None
fthis work is done by the averaging
ystem but each particular mile Is
Iuinoered and made to show Its exact
4, 'alttr
~ The Valuation OF two roads ha, t,.,
'--,cen completed and the great books OF
3Itxures turned into the commission.
|yp'hese are the Missouri, Kansas and
fexps and the Rio Grande, and the
Stompahies were yesterday served with
me usual ten days notice to file pro-
Tr3t OF objections to the commissions
kaluauon.
~ Is Iie Following order and notice. this
tWhy issued shows the valuation OF the
MSifsourl, Kansas ana Texas,