The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-25
Railroad Rates Fixed By
House.
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on present passenger rates five and
ten years ago when not half the Deo-
pie Travelled as did now. He did not
believe Il reduction of one quarter OF
a cent mile would be an injustice to
railroads or he would oppose it.
MIR. Boney earnestly opposed the bill
and said what was needed was abol-
ishing first and second class rates
and Increase the number of trains.
Laughinghouse. Do you not us Il
manufacturer en- special privileges
from the railroad companies?
Mr.. Boney. Il certainly do not"
Mr.. Hutchinson opposed the bill and
said one reason why thousand mile
tickets were sold at a reduced rate
WAS because such purchasers travelled
more on account of it and the rail-
roads had the use of interest on the
money advanced. Laughinghouse
asked Mr.. Hutchinson If he as a big
manufacturer did not get special
privileges from the railroads and he
said he did not.
In opposing the bill Mr. burlington
said he never had used a free pass,
but had made several good fees prose
cutting damage suits against the rail-
road companies.
MIR. Ballard opposed the bill. saving
that being Il much larger freight payer
than u passenger he was afraid the
roads would charge more freightS and
i'm justice TO his own business he was
afraid to support the bill. He thought
the corporation commission were safe
guardians i'm the matter.
Judge Graham said that the COM
mittee had recommended Il substitute
which he Thought Il reasonable COM
promise and hoped il would pass.
Mitchell stated that he had been
informed that the corporation COM
mission requested the passage of the
bill and he should Vote' for it. although
as Il payer Of Il great deal more freight
tnan passenger fare bills. he felt salts
fled that what the railroads lost in
passenger rates they would make up
in freight rates, and as the people
in the end paid the freight they
would be but little benefited for ten
OF them paid freight where one ever
travelled.
Sticky strongly opposed the BILL
declaring that ii the corporation COM
mission recommended the passage or
the bill they were not doing their
duty i'm not exercising the power they
already had OF reducing rates.
Mcekins opposed the bill and said
i'm his section people were riding on
railroads at four cents mile when
they used to paw fifty cents a mile
ana they only wanted railroads to De
built nearer To them.
Woodland spoke for the bill ana for
his amendment providing for the sale
of interchangeable mileage books Tor
$3.50 for a thousand miles.
HanlSins in speaking against the bill
said he was Il travelling man and
business man and knew that lar~e
proportion of passenger rates were
paid now in advance at two and Il
half cents a mile and the man VINO
bought mileage in large quantities
was as much entitled to q reduction
as was his crockery customers who
got n lower rate by the car load than
the merchant who bought only hftY
dollars worth. He was afraid freight
rates would be raised. He concluded
b. saying he was in favor of the
Woodland amendment but he was
against the bill.
Mr.. Biggs in advocating the bin
said that as Il s~eaker i'm behaf OF
the railroads had stated that they
could not stand the proposed redue-
ton and there was a great demand
by the people for a reduction.
Murphy, of Rowan. offered an
amendment providing that members
of the Legislature should have only
the amount of mileage that they &C
tually oaid.
Mr.. Koonce offered an amendment
Ia this providing that those members
who paid no railroad fare ut all
should collect no mileage from the
state.
WaddiIl offered an amendment pro-
vidins free 1asses for all members of
the General Assembly.
Mr.. Feimster submitted an amend
ment requiring inter-changeable
thousand mile tickets for $500 and
Woodland accepted this amendment.
Mr.. Cover spoke strongly in favor
of he bill and sale the ] eo lie were
demanding relief.
@I,xs Of Z NNftn H.
er amendment requiring members or
the Legislature to pay ten cents u
mile.
Judge Graham urged that the bill
with Feimster's amendment he adopt
Ell, declaring that 9th II amendments
were offered to load the bill down.
Murphy and Naddili withdrew their
amendments.
Wood withdrew his amendment.
The amendment by Mr.. l<oonce de-
nying mileage To members travelling
on free passes was defeated.
Tho Ieimster amendment was
adopted.
The bill then passed its second read
ing on Il roll call with seventy for
Ia thirty one against.
Without objection the rules were
suspended and the bill pasted it,
Third ana final reading.
me fO!l cav on TIE ldllFodu pdS~
scEgor rcdnction hill Was rs follows.
Ayes.-Messrs. sNeSander, Andrews.
Austin. Eiggs, Branch, Britt, Butler.
Byrd. Campbell Canady, Chessoa,
Cowlcs, Cox, Davidson, Davis of
Burke. Davis of Haywood, -Feimster,
I'inncy. Flemming. Fowler. Freeman,
IriZZelle, Gayle, Glenn, Gordon of
Guilford. Gordon of Stokes. Cover.
Graham of Aiamalce Graham Of
Granville, Graham of Lincoln. liam
kins. Hasten. Hawes, Henry, Hoilo-
well. Humphreys, Jones, Joyaer,
kOonce. Laughing house. Little, Lock-
hart. Mitchell. Morgan, Murphy of
Buncombe, Mcfarland. McGilI Me-
Ninch, GIVE. Owens Pinnix, Pitt
Redding. Rives, simpson Of Gates.
Simpson of Union. Stewart. Taylor of
Brunswick, Thaggard, Turner. UzzelI,
Vcstai, Wade. Varburton, Webb,
West of Cherokee, Winborne. Wood
ard of Pamlico. Woodland of Wilson.
Young.-70.
Noes.-Alley. Ballard Boney,
Cunningham, Dobson, Ehringhaus,
Etheridge, Fisher. Grant, Halt