Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-01
ance OF the members responded at


roll-call.
Upon converting in the morning,
the House went into committee Of
the whole, with Scohey in the chair.
The Hill was read 10y sections. The
committee voted to report iavorahly a
substitute I" See. ), 10y including lum-
Der, shingles, coal. logs, hops, wool.
fruit and melons in the articles upon
which rates are made.
Alhcrts0n and Moore were the lead.
Ing opponents Of the bill and Cline
and Candy led in its support.
The bill was amended so as not to
apply to railroads net more than %
miles in length
Section y as amended, provides that
no common carrier operating line OF
railroad in this State shall charge for
hauling agricultural products in car
load lots from one point within this
State to another point within this
state at rates exceeding the following :
Seventy cents per ton for distances
not exceeding 20 miles; and for each
mile i'll excess Of 20 and up to 81, ,
cents per ton up to 80, ID cents;
up to -, l cent; up to 100, eight
tenths Of one cent; up to $50, seven
tenths OF one cent; and for each mile
in excess OF 80, one-half of one cent
per ton, making the rates allowed
hereby not more than 20 cents per ton
for distances not more than 20 miles :;
for 81 miles, 81 per ton; for 80 miles.
Sl.2O per ton for - miles, l.4J per
ton; for 100 miles, $l.G5 per ton; for
10 miles, - per ton; for 200 miles.
$50 per ton for $50 miles, 50 80 per
ton; for 300 miles. 1915 per ton for
$50 miles, So per ton; for 400 miles,
1928 per ton; for $50 miles, So. so per
ton; for 500 miles. 1915 per ton, with
proportionate differences for interme-
date distances; provided, that no
charge for hauling the freight in car.
load lots in this section mentioned
shall exceed 1915 per ton from any
point within this state to any other
point within this State. Agricultural
products shall be held to include grain
of all kinds, flour, feed, mill stuffs, flax
seed, corn, hay compressed in bales,
potatoes and beets. Hereafter the
charge for hauling hogs and other live
stock, lumber, shingles. coal, logs,
hops. wool, fruit and melons, on
any railroad in carload lots, from one
point within this State to another
point within this State, shall not ex-
coed IS per cent. of the tariff for haul
ing such live stock, lumber. shingles,
coal, logs, hops, wool, fruit and melons,
maintained by such railroad on the 31s
day OF December, 1894. This provis-
ion shall apply to continuous haul
over connecting railroads under a
joint tariff arrangement where such
connecting railroads maintained a
joint tariff on live stock on the 31st
day of December, 1894.
The vote was finally reached near
the close of the afternoon session, and
resulted as follows:
Yeas - Albertson, Allen, Baker
Barge, Baum, Biggs, Bull, Bush, Cal.
low, Catlin, Cheetam. Cline. Cloes,
Collin, Coon, Curtiss, Eddy, Fishburn,
Fentcn, Foster, Candy, Gerry, Glenn,
Goddard, Haffey, Ham, Hatch, Erv-
ing, Johnston. Kegley, Kittinger,
Laing, Lyman, Merchant, Miles, Mills,
Moore, Morgan, Murray, McArdle,
McAuley, Mcdonnell, Nelson, Phelps,
RAIDER. Rogers, Runner, Scott, Sewers,
Smith, Spencer, Scobey. Taylor, ]. G.
Taylor, Temple, Terry. Tu!l, Williams,
Witt, Woodwork, Speaker-61.
Nays-Burrows, Halteman, Han
ford, Heath, Lille. Minis, Reynolds,
Wings.
Absent or not voting-9.
In the Senate, Wednesday, petit
tons were submitted from several
mining unions asking that eight
hours be established as a days labor.
The Washington Water Power Com
pany and the Centennial mills of
Spokane, submitted protest against
the passage of the Helm rate bill. The
communication sets out that the bill
is unjust to the railroad company and
1 that the rate has been arbitrarily fixed
upon without reference to the charac-
ter Of work to be performed.
Petitions were also received from
Spokane against abolishing the office
Of Municipal Judge.
The Senate passed:
McArdle's bill. requiring sawmill
operators to provide guards for the
protection of knot sawyers.
Bush's bill, governing the sale and
conveyance of tide lands OF the third.
class, for oyster planting.
The bills introduced numbered from
331 to 349. inclusive, were:
BY Wilson. for the relief of the
Puget Sound Tug Boat Company.
BY Hutchinson, prescribing the
manner in which public waterway.
may be excavated by private contract
By Wooding. making the commnn
ity property OF husband and wife liza
BILE for the breach of any OF The condi
tons of official bonds when sucl
bonds are executed by husband an,
wife; also bill prescribing penali,
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses; and one relating to the execu
ton of official bonds.
By Miller. of Walla Walla. appro
priating $550.64 for DR.. N. G. Blalock
as President of the Worlds Fair Com
mission.
By yesterday, relating to actions
against corporations.
BY Campbell, relating to the or
gsnization OF corporations.
By McManus, authorizing the Stat
Printing Board to contract with som,
responsible person for the publication
OF Supreme Court reports.
By committee, making abstractor.
liable for erorrs.
BY Shaw, for the transportation Of
prisoners; also bill relating to the
school for defective youth.
BY Miller, regulating deduction
from the terms of convicts in the Pen
itentiary.
BY Taylor, of Pierce, creating ,
q State Commission in Lunacy; also
bill relating to the commitment OF in
sane.
BY Pussy, providing for lien OF
piles, saw-logs and bolts. for towage
By Donahoe, appropriating $1,000
for the State Reform School.
BY committee, to prevent vivisec
ton in common schools and higl
schools and otherwise regulate it il
this State.
BY Donahoe, relating to marriag
licenses.
The Senate in the afternoon passe,
House bills providing for the name
of commencing civil actions; Free
Taylor's immigration memorial;