Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-25
MORE RATE RULINGS.
Tho Interstate Commerce Commission
Hands Down Decisions on Va
rious Points,

Washington. Oct. 10 A series of orders
have been issued by the Interstate Com.
merce commission relating chiefly to the
construction Of section q of the recently
enacted railroad rate law. In substance
the rulings follow:
A contract. agreement or arrangement
between common carers governing "A d.
vision between them of joint rates on in
~terstate business is a contract, agreement
or arrangement in relation to traffic, with
in the meaning of section q of the act to
regulate commerce. and n copy thereof
must be filed with the commission.
Where Joint rate Is in effect by n given
route which is higher between any points
h the sum of the locals between the
same points. by the same or another route.
such higher joint rate may. until Decem-
Der 81, be changed by reducing the same to
the sum of such locals. but not otherwise.
upon posting one day in advance n tariff
OF such reduced rate and mailing a copy
thereof to the commission.
Rates for a series of daily excursions,
such series covering a period not exceed
ing thirty days. may be established on no.
tice of three days. as to the entire Sc
rics. Separate notice OF the excursion OF
each day covered by the series need not be
given.
Round trip tickets on the certificate plan
may he issued at reduced rates and their
use be confined to the delegates OF a par
ticular convention or to the members OF
n particular association or society upon
the condition that n certain number OF
such tickets shall be presented for return
trip before tho reduced rate for return trip
will be granted to any. The commission
suggests that the rule should provide that
not less than 100 tickets shall be presented
for valuation for return trip before re-
duced rates will be granted to any. Round
trip tickets on the certificate plan may also
be issued to government employees going
home to vote and returning to Their em-
ploylnent.
Tho provisions of tho act relative to tho
Issuance of free tickets. free passes. free
tr~ansportatious or free carriage to en-
ploycs of carriers apply only 10 persons
who arc actually in the service Of the car
ricrs. and who devote substantially all OF
their time TO the work OF business of such
CARRIERS. Land ard immigration agents.
unless they are bora fidc and actual en-
ploves Representatives of correspondence
schools. ngonis OF aeeiHcnt or me ins'ir-
aucc companies, agents of oil or luhricat-
ing companies. etc. are not within the
Glasses 10 which free or reduced rate
transportation can be lawfully furnished.
But the commission does not construe
tle. law as preventing q carrier from CIV
inr necessary free transportation TO a
person travelling over its lin" solely for
The purpoec of attending to the business
of, or performing p autN 'inposed on the
carrier nor from giving free carriage over
its lines to The household ana personal eff
fects of AN r|anplvNc who IS REQUIRED TO re-
move from orc place TO another at the in
stance of or in the interest of the carrier
bv which he Is employed. Nor does the
commission coustrue the law as prevent
ing a carrier from slNihs IRE" or reduced
rate OF carriage over its line to contrac-
tors for material. supplies and men for
use in construction, Improvement or re-
newal work on the lines of that carrier.
Providing such arransefnent for free or
reduced carriage are made a part of the
speciications upon which the contract Is
based and of the contract itself.
The provisions Of The act relative to tho
Issuance of free or reduced rate transport
tation to ministers of religion do not apply
10 or include members of the families Of
- -A4I.f N.tfhnr do tho y-r