The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-13
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Pennsylvania to AXE the Lead
In Submitting the Law B fsE
5$IJ to the Courts. 3gs
NEW WASHINGTON l; . \ STATION 4 ]. y
.Lackawant1a Is Disp etl,s;e \ With " 18th.
Telegraph perato'rs and an
Install Telephones. .BS

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Telegraph Operators and AZ
Install elepllcnes.
Y An agreement 10 soon to be 4 cached be- e.
tweer, the counsel of5leading roads OF the .t
&country to test In the courts the conslti-
tutonality 81 the new railroad IL ra l te.
Several legal Representatives. OF leading
railroads have been In w ashlngton con-
iferring With the Interstate Commerce
Commissioners on the plans Tor putting la
tho new law into operation this month.
The general trend OF their talk Is that
the Pennsylvania will take the lead IN
the matter OF ubjecting the law 70 q
test In the courts. y; II i % ss3 M
Three Important provisions OF the new
law are TO be d ttacked in turn. The seq
stion 81 the rdte law which ma kes the
initial carrier Responsible to- shippers 8i il
| Enkely to be the first point Of legal at
| tack. n The other section which nu thorizes
The Interstate Commerce Commission to
lsdetsrmine what Is aS just and reasonable
charge for services rendered to the owner
OF property transported will be attacked
as On III teri ference w tn privats contract.
to be constituttonally faulty
NJ Section 8 OF the new railroad freight
law requires common carriers to file with
the n Interstate Commerce Commission
schedules showing rates between different
|&points on their own routes and between
|8points on their own routes and points on
atheFroutes OF other carriers BY railroad
pipe line or by wa ter. when u Q through
Srate has | been esta blished N Chairman
Knapp, OF the commission, has sent to
Gall tho railroads OF the country o cir
GUAR letter directing their intention to
the provision OF the law. Promising that
existing schedules must be changed to
bring them into full compl iance With the
Law, he suggests that the n necessary
changes can be made most sat isfactortly
and with the greatest degree OF lnifor-
nifty through the prompt ction and CO.
operation OF rail the carriers subject to
the law. To that END, such carriers are
request ed Immediately to confer through
special committees or their representa-
tives ain traffic associations. and to pros
pose5t sthe commission meth ids Of pro-
Ecedure respecting the changes necessary.
The points to IA be covered include the
simplificau ion OF present rules and regu-
Elations and Of excep lions to the applica-
ton OF specified Il rates. III the definitive
statement OF Joint routes upon which
through rates are to apply IS and appro-
PIRATE means OF certainly ind icating evil
dence Of concurrence III Joint through
rates both to the commission and to the
public. while showing the services and
the various charges required by the law
to be published. 5sA. isa
The Washington Union station, which
e., 49, f%n,4-9
minals in the world, is nearing compile
ton, the engineers estima ting that co
per cent. OF the work was finished on
June 10, 1905. In handling the work three
separate divisions have been! made, the
terminal depot building. the north ap-2
proach and the south approach, each be-
ing considered as a separate piece Of
work. Construction OF the north appr oachs
and depot building was assigned to the
Baltimore and Ohio. while the south
approac h.j and q portion OF the Magruder
connection was assigned to u the enn-8
sylvania RI abroad. This arrangement
was effected in order to avoid confusion
and controversy with the operating de-
partments Of the two roads upon whose
respective territories much OF the work
has been done. VI & sls \.
The north approach embraces the main
train yard OF thirty three tracks, power
plant, express building coach yard With
a capacity OF about $50 cars, engine and
repair yards with the ne cessary n engine
house and shop facilities, tog Their with
the Metropolitan and Washington branch;
connections for the Baltimore and Ohio
and the portion X OF the 8 Niagruder con-
nection which was not undertaken by the
Pennsylvania. 81 Ks 81. 81,
| The south approa oh en- braces the fgirderi
covered work under the Plaza he tunnel
under Capitol It'll and the connection
with the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
washington Railroad on Virginia Avenue.
The concrete foundations Of the depot
buildings, which, over the greater por-
ton, are about forty-fve feet In height.
are completed and tho greater part Of
the material for filling around and be-
tween to q depth In places Of thrty-ave
feet has been delivered. The granite and
brick work Of the east end OF the build
ing Is about 90 per cent completed, and
as practically oil steel work In this
structure has wall arings, = I can only
permits There will be about zoo tons
OF steel IN the building, about 80 per cent
Of which Is on the ground 4 and about
70 per cent, In place, the concourHe
trusses having q span OF 130 feet being
all In place. ..a.5
The masonry walls forming the limits
OF the terminal occupation and north ap-9
pronch arc all completed with the iex-
cept,on Of short gaps near 4 Il 4 Street,
through which the trains OF the Balti-
more ana Ohio Railroad are handled
All material required to I'LL this space
to tho track levels, except IN II street.
has been delivered, and upon ~ portion
Of this space tracks are now being laid
A system Of terra Gotta condults Tor me
Accommodation OF all electric wires with
Ing the city l!mita Is being installed 1 the
work at this time being g bout 90 \ per
cent, completed II n
Official announcement has been made
that the Iacknwanna Railroad VIII aat
an early date, dispense with the services e,s
OF telegraphers on lta system ana WI w
control the movement OF, trains Wltn ~
automatic block signal system and the
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