The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-28
ON F0RAKER'S PLAN
SENATE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMITTEE AGREES.

Final Amsndments Decided Upon a.d tn
Measure Likely to be Fnvorably Re
ported Next Week, Senator Chandler
| Opposition Preventios an Earlier Re-
| pore-Amendment to Limit Pooling
Contracts to Four Ysars-Pains ans
Penalties for Violations of the Claus,
Against Rate Decentralization.
Washington, May 27.-The serate com
mittee on interstate commerce PRACTICAL,
agreed today upon the final amendments
to the Foraker pooling bill, which there
will be an effort made to have reported
at the next meeting Of the committee. tc
be held week from today. The vote:
taken on amendments today leave little
doubt that the committees recommends
ton will be favorable to the measure
when reported. The bill has been perfect.
ed and would have been reported today
but for the opposition Of Senator Chand.
Ter, who is antagonistic to the pooling
bill. He made a speech before the com.
| trusts.
The amendments agreed upon are nu-
merous and important. The first of these
is one OF limiting the existence Of pooling
contracts to four years. Another amend
mend, relating to the orders of 1234566
ment, relating to orders of disapproval by
the commissi0a. will read as follows:
THE effect of any order Of disapproval
whether made upon investigation and
consideration Of any such contract in the
first Instance. or Of any subsequent pro-
ceeding after the same has gone into ef-
feet, shall be to render the contract to
which such order relates unlawful and
uncomfortable after the date so fixed. ex-
cept as to any claims between the par
ties to such contract arising prior to that
date"
There is also ar important change in
the provision relating to favorftism in
the way of rates, false billing, classifica-
ton and weights. In the original bill the
offenders in either case were made sub
ject to punishment only by a. fine Of
$1,000 ard for only one offense.
The section is amended 20 as TO pro-
vide a fine Of 5000 for the first offense
and for 'either fine Of 5000 or i'm
prisonment for one year for each subse-
quent offense."
Section Is of the existing law is amend
ed, by the addition Of the following: That
il snail be the duty Of the commission. II
there shall appear to be reasonable
ground therefor in any case, to inves:i-
gate all complaints in writing. made and
verified as provided In section 10 of this
act, relating to the rates, fares, charges,
facilities or practices Of any common
carrier or carriers subject to the provis-
ions OF this act: and whenever the COM
mission. after due notice to such carrier
or carriers and reasonable opportunity
for them TO be heard, shall find that any
such rates, fares, charges. facilities or
practices are in any respect excessive or
unreasonable or result in any unjust dis
elimination as between individuals, loca..
lilies or articles Of traffic or are otherwise
in contravention Of any Of the provisions
CT this act, the committee shall so report
AMI shall thereupon issue an order re-
quirirg any such rates, fares, charges,
facilities or practices to be changed, mod
flied or corrected SO as to make the same
reasonable and just; and it shall be the
duty &c the carrier or carriers affected
thereby to comply with such order with
in reasonable time az shall be fixed by
the commission: Provided. that the orders
CT the commission shall be restricted to
matters involved in specific complaints in
writing made to said commission as
aforesaid"
MERRY WILL NOT RESIGN.
Chicago, May 27.-The report that Cap
tair J. F. Merry, assistant genera, pas
senger agent of the Illinois Central rail-
read, located at Manchester, would re-
sign and engage in newspaper work is
emphatically denied. Mr.. Merry has been
connected with the passenger department
Of tine Illinois Central for the past eigh-
teen years and will remain. At no time
has he contemplated resigning or going
into the newspaper busiress.
WESTERN ROADS JOIN.
Chicago, May 27.-The Urion Pacific.
Denver and Rio Grande and the Rio
Grande Western railways agreed today
20 join the Western association. This
puts all the roads between Chicago and
Salt Lake and Ogden, Utah, in the asso-
citation.
INTEREST DEFERRED.
Baltimore. Nd, May 27.-The receivers
of the Baltimore and Ohio company to-
day gave notice that payment would be
deferred Of the interest due on June 1 on
the $500, 600 of terminal mortgage bonds
and on the Chicago division sterling loan
OF ST.. The interest due on receivers
certificates and on the Schuylkill river
east side railroad will be met as hereto
fore. The receivers acknowledge that
the properties upon which paymen, Is de-
ferred have been in their control but if
teen months, whereas the interest now
due and that previously paid by hem
covers a period Of eighteen months. and
that the earnings OF the road have not
been sufficient 10 warrant these pay
mentS.