Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06


Section 5. That on the first day of April
of each year. or on the Monday following,
if said day fall on Sunday, the said board
shall meet in the state house at Topeka.
and devote the said month of April and
such other time as shall in their Judgment
be necessary, to hearing all persons. COM
panieS and corporations who desire 10
present evidence and 10 make arguments
| thereon in regard to any freight rates or
| ClaSslilcauonS IN the state of Kansas and
with regard TO any Determinations that
may occur in the charges for shipment of
| property by railroad companies in the state
| Of Kansas and in regard to the schedules
| heretofore i'll force as 10 freight rates and
| Cl2SSifications in the state of Kansas. Hav-
/ ins satisfied themselves on said subjects
| on the first day of May or as soon there
| after as may be possible, the said board
I SHALL proceed TO prepare schedule OF
| rates 10 be charged for property shipped
over railroads in the state of Kansas and
| of the ClasSificatioUs 10 be made of the
said property for shipment. a schedule be-
| Ing prepared for each railroad doing busi-
EesS in the state of Kansas. Having pre-
pared the said schedule, they shall have
| the same printed. and on the first day of
| May or as soon thereafter as is possible
| they shall cause the schedule of each road
| TO be served on the said railroad company,
| and for twenty days thereafter the said
parties 50 served shall be allowed to file
| in the office of said board at Topeka. writ
| ten protests against any portions OF said
! schedule. supported by affdavits and such
| written argument as they desire TO offer.
! II shall be the duty of the said board TO
/ consider the same and similar protests
/ coming from any persons. and having
! made such revision in the aforesaid sched-
ule as they deem Just. if any: they shall
on the FIRST day OF July Of each year or
| as soon thereafter as is possible, having
| heretofore printed the corrected schedule
| anew, if any corrections be made, cause
| 10 be served on each railroad company do
| ing business in the state of Kansas the
| printed schedule of claSsifications of prop
crty 10 be shipped over said road and
| rates 10 be charged for transportation of
| the same in the state of Kansas. 1t shall
! be the duty of each railroad company 10
| pest indoors at each station for the receiy-
! ing OF freight or other articles of trans
! portation. q printed copy of the said sched-
| uie within twenty days after the reception
| of the same. The schedule heretofore de-
! Scribed shall. ten days from the time
| served upon the said company. be the
classiiicatons made of all property ship
| company and the highest rates TO be
! charged by said road or company. The
board shall at the same time and in like
| manner prepare and serve upon the roads
interested schedules of ClasSiiicationS of
! property and of joint rates for the trans
pcrtaition1, lot, Of such property over such con-
and the board shall have power TO appor-
tion such rates among the companies in
terestcd on petition OF any such company
and notice 10 the other company or COM
panies interested.
Existing Rates Made Maximum.
Section c. That until the revisions provid-
ed for in this act shall be made by the said
board of railroad commissioners the sched-
ule of ciassitlcations of property shipped
| by freight in the state of Kansas shall be
the same as We're in force December 81
| 1891, and the charges then in force on any
| road snail be the highest rates 10 he charg-
al by said company and the said schedules
TO be thereafter made annually and the
amendments before the first annual sched-
ule Is issued shall be the classifications to