The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-18
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tho hands Of a governmental n gency The
brief on this subject va $ not read nu w
viii bc made a part OF the record q lne
committee Senator Newlantdls, spoke POKE la; at
length in favor OF the resolution which
liz Introduced last winter which provides
for the incorporation OF Ill railroa com
panies under national law, VIII certain
condi tons not only permitting bit favor Or
in ,r the consolidation, of railroads, the
valuation saT1t of ali railroads Inter-
tates Commerce Commission rates ,t
e applied as as ito, 81 yield an Annual return
81. not less than four per cent. OF, such
valuation. The Members OF the committee
nrcscnt, were Senator Elkins, chairman,
and Senator'S carmack, clapp. g ilo ON,
Dolliycr. sEorak er, lean and Ncrla n !,
Will Not Do Much.
There ls,.no prospect that the committee
t,,ill ID much IN the way Of mapping out
ilosisla ton OF the cha ter demanoSd by
|tho9people. n Tie COMMITTED 4is NOT pencyea
to- BE favorable to thai kind 81 = ne
sentiment of, the Senate, the ~ puplichlh
side at least, n Is not fayornble TO regu-
E,utlon4 Of ties by the government Pos
sibly$some Democrats who have declared y.
for II do not ut Heart want it. q Re
publca n senato or is quote ed as having sald
since, the Congress adj ourned that w NAT
wn 3 deemed the sentiment OF the country
I'm favor Of rate legislat ION turns 81 OUT 70 70
have been only emotion. 1sslh MS epls!1alllh.
mat manner OF dfsniissing the subject
Fin which there has been more puaL -. =,
| iterest manifested 'than'1n any other winch nc
| has arisen iflflhnny years, is characterls-5
| IA Of the majority side OF the Senate I'll
win do no more in the way OF cnactlns
llcgislation along the lines ecolrnenued
bylthc notwithstanding railroad rates e,
than may be thought necessary to stu
public clanor, Senator Elkins, S,s Gu AR y
man of tic committee, lost no oppolrFtt'ul, W,
nifty last winter to declaref that ne agreed
With the President that a law comforting
mon some governmental body the power
To fix rates was needed. bot he inya ri
| ably coupled with this declaration q
| lcnirthy statement Of reasons why the
Congress Should not attempt to 90 any
thing or. tho kind. f.1. VI,
1T was thought Wien the Congress ad-.
ljourned tlrat the committee would pc In
i session n. greater portion OF the yacatioH
considering the subject Of proposed rate
rerulntion. but 1t Is said now that tho
4 CHANGES are that not more than two weeks
will be spent on IT. There will be no
i trips to various cities for the purpose OF
obtaining data. \ The shippers, and 7 no
railroad men who appeared before he
committee last winter gave 1t oil the In
! formation that could be secured any
where, and nothing would be- gained by
/ hearings held away from Washington,
1.-The committee Is authorized to report
A by .bill Tor. otherwise. It is understood
4 1t will report n BILL. It is perfectly well
understood that the. committee, unless
4 tho sentiment Of the body undergocs u
remarkable change wi lSnot report q meas
4 urc givlngirthe Interstate Commerce Conf
4 mission 4 he power TO .flX. rates, EJs
Complaint Filed, ..s
4 The Interstate Commerce cp9]lpission
to-day received n complnint by Engleliart
ana & Hitchcock, OF Atlanta, against the
4 louisville and Nashville Railroad, he
1 southernmtlo Clyde Steamship, Company,
and the New York Central and Hudson
river Railroad Company alleging TINT. by
wrongful class lcation on st cam i. Hers
4 they are subjected by efendant roads 10
unjust and unreasonable discTimin atton,
|prejudice and disadvantage ms agasnst
other shippers, ii They pray that tho de-
4 PENDANT roads may loe, required to answer
i tho complaint. remedy the eYi u cqmpla In
4 Cd of and refund to thom tho oycrciaEge
represented by the alleged wrongful .flas'.
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