The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-09
NOTE AND COMMENT.

ae As9 S5 G Ss 9 oo 9f be E ssssi 1 so,
companies Unless the city receives due COMPENSATION Two
applications have heen held until the applicants show
a YoE N f9 pa} ae city 0' the worth OF the
1t should be remarked in this connection that undeveoped
cities not expect to exact the payment for fran
cises that fair in larger communities Each must
be setted upon its merits There is no hard and fast
rule that will apply universally
Cleveland, o4io.-Tbe circuit court today dissolved the
city council granting public franchises and
especially those giving the low fare street railway company
Mayor Johnson fought the Injunction suit and re-
strueed as soon as possble.-Ners stem.
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Various New York courts have decided that a theater
ticket IS personal license granted hy
To- the purchaser admitting him to the shoW. il is not
This rule applied Notwithstanding dealer held city
Of the acconmodaton To STRANGERS and %
to buy or sell tickets produced and rejected
Questions of discrimination between persons Who bought
be sold again profit that authorized agents at the
hotels and other places bought tickets be sold again the
unsold se being taken back, and that the money was
refunded by il tickets used in certain
against the ticket seapera
The Chicago Chronicle raises the point: Why does not
this law apply 20 railroad ticets Is railroad ticket any,
thing than license permitting the purchaser 10 ride
the OF the company OF course like the theater
ticket it emitting the purchaser to all the
privileges of the train which it applies but why is not
the contract binding alone the original paresthe rail
road and the ticket holdcrp What right has scaper IN
buy sell ticket without the railroads CONSENT
II on its face railroad ticket is non-transferabe how
can be lawfully transferred any than heater ticket
WITHOUT the consent Of the rairoad The courts should
cause their decisions to Consist these suestions
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The freight rate from New York to Texarkana is Is
kama either The distance from New York by rail is
about 1900 miles The freight from New York City
or little more than double what the charges are to Texa
1900 miles. The rate from New York to Tyler Texas a
distance OF about 1880 miles is $Is7 pounds
II You will investigate tariffs and other rates YOU will
md hundreds OF Determinations just bad that The
TOR over year now.--Denisoa Herald.
That is, outside OF Texas traffic On State
traffic the commission rates equitable and observed
Not only that but the railroads doing great work for
the State All the principal systems spending thousands
annually for development along their lines They under
stand that their interests neparaby bound up in the
material interests OF the people and especially the
pery OF agriculture, example in point was the
effort OF the Sunset Central lines promote the session NJ
the Farmers Congress which held forth at the Agricultural
and Mechanical college Aside from a sentimental support
which in itself be eommendabe the officials Of the
lines observed several phases of the good Samaritan idea
and made possible for large number delegates to at
tend the important session by extending the courtess ~
the roads 20 the selected by the aros
counties along and contiguous routes Two wears
since the congress was enabled to print verbatim report
Of the convention through the generosity of the Sunset
Central lines which bore the expense and which de-
oning similar prefer this year. il Is but natural that
he congress should experience considerable gratitude because
Of the consideration shown by the lines in question
1t this mutually helpful and dependent condition that
has led in the past few harmonious inter.
insins OF thought and action the part Of people