Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-11
Lumbermen Who Cen
ter at Kansas City
Push Measure
Proposes to Create Liability
on the Part Of TranSpOr-
tatiOn Companies Fall
Ing to Furnish Cars

The Southwestern Lumberman's
Association Of Kansas City, Mo-, asks
The Journal to publish the following
bill introduced in Congress to compel
and regulate the carriage Of Interstate
freight on all railroads engaged in in.
ter-state transportation, and more
especially intended to create liability
on the part Of railroads engaged in the
business of common carrier where
they fail to furnish cars. The full
text of the bill is as follows:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of
every railroad company engaged in
carrying, or in giving bills Of lading
for carrying, personal property, and
live stock, between points in different
states or territories, upon written ap-
plication by any person for the car.
riage of any such property or live
stock over the railroad of any such
company, or over such railroad and
any connecting line or lines of rail.
road to any point in another state or
territory, to receive and commence
thereof within Ave days after the offer
of delivery thereof for such carriage,
and any failure to receive or com.
mehce the carrying thereof within
five days after the offer of delivery
thereof for such carriage, and any
failure to receive or commence the
carriage Of such property or live stock
by any such company in any case
shall entitle the person making such
application to recover from such com
pany, for each car necessary for such
carriage, for each day after said five
days during which such failure shall
continue a penalty of ten dollars, re.
coverable by such persons as plaintin
against said company as defendant
by a civil action in a circuit court Of
the United States for any district in
which such company may have an
Office and agent for the transaction of
any business. upon whom summons
therein may be served.
Section 2. The provisions Of the
next preceding section shall apply not
only TO the initial railroad carrier to
which such application shall be made,
but also to any connecting railroad
carrier engaged in such carrying of
personal property. and live stock on
any railroad line or part Of line be.
tween the point of the terminus of
such initial carrier and the ultimate
point of shipment TO which connecting
carrier said person shall make a writ.
ten application for the continued
carriage of his property or live stock
by such connecting carrier.
Section 3. Il shall be the duty of
every railroad company engaged in
carrying personal property or live
stock between points in different
states or territories, whenever so en-
gagged as sole carrier, or as an initial
or connecting carrier in such carriage,
to transport and haul all cars fur.
nished TO any shipper for such car.
riage over its line of railroad from
the starting point 10 the point Of desti.
nation thereon of such shipment, in
such number of days of twenty-four
hours each as will equal the number
resulting from the division by the
number fifty, of the total number OF
miles OF carriage of said shipment
over its line Of railroad by such com
pany with or without any remainder
by such division, and for each ad
ditional day occupied in such carriage
over and above such number in com
pletng such shipment said company