The Forrest City times., 1906-06-29


 Commission to Fix Rates.
 Washington.-The following is a synopsis of the important sections Of the Iaiiroad rate bill
 Section one makes the law apply to corporations or persons engaged in the transportation of oil or other com nodities, except water, by pipe line. to those engaged in transportation of passengers O. property by railroad or partly by railroad and partly by Wa ter. between states
 Common Carriers" Defined.
 The term common carrier is de- scribed as follows:
 The term common carrier" as used fin this act, shall include express com p5E!es and sleeping car companies. The tern. 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 ln use by any corporation operating a Teilroad. whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement or lease. and shall also include all switches spurs, tracks, and terminal facilities of every kind used or necessary in the transportation of the persons or prop erty designated herein.
 All charges made for any service re1- dered or to be rendered in the trans portation of passengers or property as aforesaid. or in connection herewith, fhall be just and reasonable; and every unjust and unreasonable ncharge for such service or any parvthereof is prohibited and declared to be unlaw- ful.
 What Passes May Be Issued.
 The section relative to the issuing of railway passes is as follows:
 4. No carrier subject to the proy.s- ions of this act shall hereafter, direct iv or indirectly, issue or give any in- terstaate free ticket, free pass or free transportation for passengers, except to it's officers. agents, employees, sur- geons, physicians. actual and bona fide attorneys, and members of their im- mediate families; to ministers of reli- zion, local and travelling secretaries of Young Mems Christian associations. in- mates of hospitals and charitable ani eieemosynary institutions: to indigent, destitute and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported ty charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation. to inmates of the nc- tional homes or state homes for dis ahied volunteer soldiers and of sol fE ErEf md coil ,~~ those about to enter and those return frg home after discharge, under ar Judgements with boards of managers. aHG female nurses that served during the civil war; to eX-union soldiers and sailors and ex-eonfederate soldiers; and to owners and caretakers of live stock when travelling with such stock or when going 10 point of shipment or returning from point of delivery.
 Exceptions to the Rule
 Provided, that this provision sh3Il rot be construed to prohibit the inter- <h2nge of passes for the officers, agents ard employees Of carriers, and members of their immediate families, nor to prohibit any carrier from carrying 4t sEt ll@t4 s i4tF HAll tAlE ODJtNt VI pl - yiding relief in cases of general cpl eemie, pestience or other calamitous yisitations. nor prevent such carrier from giving free or reduced transpor- tation 10 laborers transported to any place for the purpose of supplying any demand Tor labor al such place.
 Cannot Own Coal Mines.
 All common carriers are prohibited from transporting from one state to another any article manufactured mine1 or produced by the carrier or under its authority. and owned wholly or in part by the carrier; except that pipe Ines operated by oil companies; may transport their own commodities as well as those offered for transporta- ton by competitors.
 Section amends section of the present law sC as 10 make il obligatory on the part of carriers 10 file with the commission and keep open to the public schedules showing all rates, fares and charges between different points on its own rou-e and points on other routes, when a through rate is made
 
 these rates without giving 30 days no- sice of change. II also provides for the filing of all contracts and agreements between different lines.
 Penalties Are Provided
 The penalties provided for violation of these rates are as follows:
 That section of the act entitled An
 
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 The willful failure upon the part o' any carrier subject to said acts 10 file lG~%H~>s~0r-~Vtr~~vr~
 Not So Foolish.
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