The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-19
APPLICATION OF
RAILROAD LAW
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Makes Public Its 0pin-
ion on Various Matters.
REAL MONEY MUST BE PAID
APPLIES TO PASSENGERS AND
FREIGHT.

Washington. Sept. 1S.-In an opinion
made public today the interstate COM
merce commission takes important &C
ton on constituting the new railroad law
and providing general rules applying to
Joint tariff rates on new lines and to
Communication, mileage and excursion
rates. The rulings are as follows:
Payment for transportation-noth
ing but money can be lawfully received
or accepted in payment for transporta-
ton subject to the act. whether of pas
sengers or property. or for any service
in connection therein. It being the opin-
ion of the commission that the prohibi-
ton against charging or collecting a
greater or less or different cOmpensa-
ton than the established rates I'm effect
at the time precludes the acceptance
of services, property or other payment
! in lieu of the amount Of money speci-
| fled i'm the published schedules.
Notice of changes in rates--Where
| two or more connecting carriers estab-
! lish a Joint rate which is less or great
er than the sum of their local rates,
such joint rate is a change Of rates and
requires a notice of thirty days. In
such case the joint rate when duly es-
tablished and in force becomes the only
lawful rate for through transportation.
Ruling for New Roads.
New Roads-On new lines of road
including branches and extensions OF
existing roads, cut rates may be estab-
lished in the first instance, and also
joint rates to and from points on such
new line without notice, on posting g
tariff of such rates and filing the same
with the commission.
Round trip excursion rates-It is the
oc he
visions of the amended sixth section il
respect of the publishing, filing. and
posting or tariffs apply to the mileage
excursion and emulation rates author
lied by the twenty-secOnd section. Sucf
a rate when first established or Offered
Is held to be a change of rates which
requires a notice of thirty days. NJ
reason appears why this notice should
; not be given i'm the case of mileag,
rates. communication rates, round triI
rates. or other reduced rates, which
, like ordinary passenger rates, are es
tablished for an indefinite period and
appear to be matter of permanent pol
icy. Strictly excursion rates, however
covering a named and limited period
are Of a different character in this re
gard, and may properly be established
/ on much shorter notice"
) General Order.
To avoid the necessity for special APP
= plication in cases of this kind, the com
mission has made a general order fix
, ing the following named time of notic
, of round trip excursion rates, and car
r riers may govern themselves accord
, ingly:
Rates for an excursion limited to
. designated period of not more thar
three days may be established withOu
. further notice upon posting a tariff Gu
day i'm advance in two public conspic
uOus places i'm the waiting room Of eecl
station where tickets for such Cxcur
siOns are sold and mailing copy to tn
I commission.
Rates for an excursion limited to
designated period of more than tire
e days and not more than thirty day
may be established upon a notice o
] three days in place of the thirty days
, notice otherwise required by tn
p amended sixth section.
D Rates for an excursion limited to
r designated period exceeding thlrt
days will require the statutory motto
S unless shorter time is allowed in spe
= cial cases by the commission"