Arizona republican., 1899-02-01
Goldberg Introduces a Bill to
 Fix Them.
MR. ADAMS AGAIN REBUKED
His Efforts for prOmiSCuouS Congrat- uIation of Newly Elected Sem aforS Vetoed by the House. Donau'S Bill to SubSidise inc Daily Papers of Phoenix Meets rier- lied and Early Death.

One of the most important matters of legislation that will come before the legislature was launched in the coun- cil yesterday by MT. Goldberg, who introduced bill establishing the max imum rates of freights on railroads. The bill is No. IT. It was read a sec | ond time and sent to the printing con- mittee with an order for 800 copies. The bill is as follows:
 Section 1. All railroads in this ter ritory are hereby declared to be public highways, and all railroad companies and railroad corporations are hereby declared to be common carriers. The term railroad as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation, receiver, trus- tee or other person operating a rail- road, whether owned or operated under contract, agreement, lease or other wise, and the term transportation shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage of goods; and the term railroad corporation shall be deemed and taken to mean all corpo- rations, companies or individuals now owning or operating, or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad, in whole or in part, within this terri tory, and the provisions of this act shall apply to all persons, ferries, com panies and associations, whether in corporated or otherwise, that shall do business upon any lines of railway in this territory.
 'fSec. 2. That each of the railroads operating and doing business in the territory of Arizona shall charge no higher or greater rate of charge for the transportation of freight and pop erty in carload lots, as herewith set forth in Schedule A. from any point in said territory to any other point in said territory than is by this act estab- lished as the maximum rate for the distance hauled and the maximum rates for the transportation of said freight and property in carload lots by railroad, from any point in said terri tory, to any other point in said terri tory, ae declared and established to be as hereinafter in said Schedule A set forth, for the distance therein named, and any higher or greater rate or charge for the transportation Of said freight, than that in this act fixed and established, is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful. Twenty-four thousand pounds shall constitute a minimum carload of all the freight mentioned in this act, unless other wise specified in said Schedule A Where the rate of freight charge is established in said Schedule A as so much per one hundred pounds, the said railroad companies may charge for the full minimum carload, notwith- standing less amount of freight than the minimum carload weight be placed in such car by the shipper, provided that the car furnished by said railroad company for such shipment have a car rying capacity of such minimum car load weight and said railroad compa- nies may charge at the same rate per hundred pounds for any excess of such minimum carload weight of freight placed in such car by such shipper
 Upon all shipments of live stock the maximum rate of freight to be charged per car as fixed and estab- lished fI Schedule A is the charge for standard cars of a length not less than 29 feet, and not exceeding S01s feet; for cars of less than 29 feet in length, not more than 94 per cent of the amount per car fixed and estab- lished in Schedule A shall be charged; for cars over 3012 feet, to and including 32 feet in length, 104 per cent of the amount per car fixed and established in Schedule A may be charged; for cars over g feet, to and including 3S feet, inches in length, 107 per cent of the amount per car, fixed and estab- lished in Schedule A may be charged; for ears over 33 feet inches in length, 110 per cent of the amount per car fixed and established in Schedule A may be charged. Upon shipments of sheep in double-deck cars 25 per cent addi- tional to the rates above may be charged. The charge for any distance between the distances mentioned ill Schedule A shall be that for the next greater distance therein mem tiOned.
 "Sec. 5. That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall do, or cause to be done, any act. matter or thing in this act prohib- tied or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter or thing n this act required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured there by for all damages sustained in conse- Quence of any such violation of the provisions of this act, together with costs of suit, and a reasonable attorney fee shall be fixed by the court in which the action is tried, or to which it may be appealed, which attorney fee shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs in the case; provided that in all cases demand in writing on said com mon carrier shall be made for the money damages sustained before suit is brought for the recovery of the