The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-04
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A1ttIo'rney y General J! 9 esI y
Complaint ON j 7 y against . . IN j
"A Coast y !. ! Inc 4; I I ~ \;
THE 9 MISSI Y o } N Il
.N'TERSs !: ], s 4 ()RDIE,Rl |, T: +,
Must Appeal July s':'i g stos 4 Show N
Cause Why Law "a Should SNotSs#Sf N
Be Enforc - Ion Wv. . sB. '. M
M IlWaine, 81 = Peters-s syI
bur tos r l'' resent \ III n sss
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SsS Company ss1Ss
N time viii be \ lost by the state s,n
testing the valid! !ty otS q the Churchman
8two-cel1t passenger rate H BILL passed u bySss
the recent session S ofs the Il Legisa tuross a
sAttoney- General 81 A.$s nderaon$s havii sss
started the proce lngs be fore the Corss
Sporation Commission yester day ter AL
noon. NJ n 4 nd erso1t read fore stk I
commission conlo olaint and petit Ion S
based upon the legged u ref ,isal u ofs
Atlantic Coast Line RAJ road Mparly MI
to- sell two- cent ,ileage
HaddonS Gray, q citizen 5 ofs ssssE Ienrico mi
county the office Of the
this ii ". VI
sg The commission recsiv "a and filed the S
petition and III ater entered M s.l, ira az
citing tho 5sA AtlanticS Coast Line to- appear IA
on IA Wednesday JUL y !. 19o6. " hef fores The s
icOmmss Ion to ri 81 low Il, ca ,asS ny fs
can, the pet lon shall mot be gran
ed and q th 81 colnpan rocedee II sal Inst
and required to comp vii tlieS
Ement OF e
resent the State, and Hon
5IlWainc. etersb burg, oil pa
the proc ligs.
Petition iii Il I'LL SIssS
85 Tho etltionS fled by M An derson RI
Iiss as follows 4
no the State Corporati on Comm Mission :S
sSsss The Common veal th drei ~
VIII liam n A. ntlerson, her Attorney As
Genera, comes and by this, her petition
and comp lint NJ Sthe \ nature of an III
formation present to c9nrni
wing facts :t
855 Sg tho first sect Ton II not Spa ssadN N
and pproyed Iarch 15,s Y rinted Ii
cha arter$22sd he lnrns of Ea
1906 copy ofs aat is annexed toRss
this i,et
power Is CON ferrsd ~ hess State Gorppr1s sM
stiong q1tsod
and Spfesc rates.
flin til such tess are resrribed
State Corporal tipn omnii isston ,9 n sts
atiun panldes or Ion
operated by cam, shall Mt a II times Keep
on salt esats each and every sta ON II leage@
hooks lof live shund red y mi lies and over,
which books ma ontatn such reasonn BID HI
Bcontli itiolla and tllc tons as may from
$Corporatl Ion Goinnliss On. IA SS
g The n succe ceed Ing soc tions OF said Is act a;
con tain as will be seen from heir perIaI
fsal, Snumber8o provisions ale flnlng al they sss
nature and effect Of the mileage tickets s
or books, Il which III such 55 trarspo portatlong g
companies BY rs terms are eflulred
ito keep on sale, regulating 4 the lac @S
and limiting the same to the lines Sor sSS
such companies In this State, and giving IN
adequate protection al Ike to tho person iss
entitled to- USE and to the compnnie issuS8
Ing, such mileage books. \.
Both "a Applic tions Re fused
y BY operation Of section 80 of the Con.S Ss 81
Sstitution and section 4 OF the 4 Cod q Soe Ss
1904 said act went j, to frec ! vednes-
day. the 13th OF Jun 1. .s 1906. 4 5 III s
VI $SS On Saturday the &30th day Of Jnr,e,ss
1906. and again on A1ond az, y the I'd day MI
$of&July, 1906. z. u Gray n add don. Esd quire. M
y a citizen and resident OF the county of WE
SH SHenrlco and state Of Vi MIA, app LED fisS
TO Nv. IS Steel, ~ he gent OF II he Atlant1 M
Coast Line Railroad s GO npany " q a he a5s
SRlohmond, v! for two i've hundred miles Ivy
mileage books, such n Us transpo ton S8ass
companies are required by ssaid act a To s9sssSs
issue and keep on sale.s rendering to- said 5sS
agent a ten-doll + legal tende err note ot s
the United S tesf "a n 5plynlent for en- cl Ys
OF the said mileage books, respect tiVe u.
5E The mileage. books hlch said Iia don ssS
sendenvored to purchase on the 30th Of ss5 ssss5
June were for his Q Wn NJ personal ass use se
that which he applied for on the "a sos INA
July, 1906, was for the use Of himself ( and tss
3of his w lfe,s Mrs. Iottie !. Had don, a s$$s
dependent member of his family. whose
name he furnished to said agent OF he S
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad \ Conlpa any s3
at the time ha applied for no ss
same A but snid agent upon both occR-ssSatS
sslons failed and decline ed II to 4 sell said g
mileage books. or either OF them. to Id gtHs}
Haddon,t and informed him that there 3s 3Ss
were no such mileage book or TIC ckeets 5.a
on sale by his compa "a
Petitioners Belief. sI
d Your petitioner Is formed e!teyes ss
ana charges thatSit Is the determine ton s5
and nlrpnse OF the Atlantic Coast Lane gs
railroad Company not 70 place or keep S4a
5ony All eli mileage books as are provided SSss
for by said act OF the General Assembly @
Of Virginia on sale, but % i = bsolnte! VI sssS
ignore The requirements OF said ait ~
regard to the issue and sale or sllc Ia sg assgg
Village books and tic kets, 81 and ~ ssI Q 58
respect to comply with the same
iIrhe said company Is q transpo ta tioN sH sHl
company on corporation opera ted a 4ty sIisS
steam chartered and Il organic ed IA under sss
the laws of Virginia, and owning ana VI
operating line of railway from SAG sss
city OF Richmond TO the North ga FolSns %
State line, # !. s i, , S, BIZ
do not prescribe any max xlmun, or ot her is
rate az charge to t,e made by railroad "a
or other transportation companies fos
tne transportation Of passeng gers; but the @ @s
,Y,nxin,um rate and fare charged by said Me-
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company SIsis
for the transportation Of passengers by Iii III
II over It's line OF railway In this State Ny
is. as petitioner Is informed and aYeys,ss 81
three cents per mile. which rate and tara MN Ss
is tho rate ana fare printed u by sasd M
railroad company In the schedule of rataa ss
and fares which have been ddpted bX 8
SAID company and v, force on and befofn
the lSth OF June, 1895, fon - route ~ IN