Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-17
MAINE.

Nlln the auJOurnHent ol lhe haih0 Legislature only two weeks away, no railroad restrictive legislation has yet been passed. Two bills prohibiting members Of the Legislature or State officials from accepting passes from railroads are pending.
 An effort is being made to compel the Bangor & Aroostook road, 4S2 miles in length, and the Washington County road, with 133 miles of track. to adopt a 2-cent mileage. Neither is likely to be successful.
 NEW HAMPSHIRE.
 Although the platform adopted by both the Republican and Democratic platforms in this State last fall de nlewded legislative action which should keep railroad and other corpo- ration influence out of politics. noth- inS has been done in that direction durinE the ten weeks in which the New Hampshire General Court has beer ir session.
 The State Senate passed an act for bidding the issuance of free transpor- tation to legislators by railroads, but thz House killed it.
 MASSACHOSEl D.
 The possibility of a general Jaw compelling the Boston Elevated Rail way Company, which very nearly con troIs the surface. elevated and sub way car service in the city, to take EnhSe of any other road that may care nter the city, is the most import matter of restrictive legislation
 iins here.
 $'he Legislature this year is unusu- xgly free from bills of importance seek ing to restrict railroads and pubic utility corporations. Bills to regulate the sale of gas in or about Boston, which have been features of the legis- latiye year for several winters past, have not appeared upon the surface this year.
 H CONNECTICUT. .g 4 multitude of bills, relating to rail- roads and other public utilities corpo- rations were introduced in the present Legislature, but the large majority ere killed in committee, and it is be- keved that few of the remainder will oe passed by both houses.
 The only bill that has yet passed T the house is one which provides that in 4f case of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad increases it's capi- J tal stock the stockholders shall share in the debentures. Hearings on bill providing for the abolition of the rail road commission and the creating of board of railroad and telephone com 1nissioners are being held. RHODE ISLAND.
 Rhode Island has been siHgularly free this year of any acts designed to curb or discipline public utilities. Those which were introduced during the last five years, save one, have sleDt in the pigeonholes of committees on Special Legislation, and botn branches of the General Assembly have refused flatly to take them from the committee.
 NEW YORK.
 Never before in the history of the State capital has so much legislation relating to the regulation of railroads and ether public utilities been intro duced as during the present session ot fhe Iegisiature The railroad com 7niftees of both houses and the other ,,ublic service committees are choked with the mass of bills. There are fI0 bills on the subject of railroads alone,
 The most important of the public utilities legislation. of course, is the page-Nerritt bill of this week, carry ling out Governor Hughes recomnien- 8lafions for two public-seryice commits EIE Eions- One is to have authority over Eew York City. and the other over the Amainde- of the State. There are ss1veraI freight demurTage bills. Biils fer 2-eent fare on all the steam raii- roads are very popular. There, are at least half a dozen of them
 NEW JERSEY.
 Numerous bills have been introduc- cd in the New Jersey Legislature this winter looking toward the placing of restrictions on. the railroads and public ufility corporations of the State.
 The most drastic have been aimed at the railroads and one Of them pro xides for the creation of State Rati- road Commission to have complete control over the roads of the State, great power being accorded by the bill. Another provides that freight cars must be furnished for all shippers when demand for the same is made. There is also Q z-cent rare Ollis
 DELAWARE.
 There will be no legislation of re strictive character upon corporations CT public utilities passed by the pres ent Legislature Of Delaware al this session. There have been plenty Of bills in the House to provide for 2-cent fares. for eight-hours day. for semi -lnonthiz- payment of wages and for in- creased taxation. and. while most or them will pass the House, they will die in the Senate Committee.
 MARYLAND.
 The session oi the Maryland Legis- Iature was notable for tho legislation directed at railroads and other public service corporations. though there ~as nothing of an extreme kind attempted.
 One important act which was pass ed provided that any railroad in the State which charged a flat rase of more than cents a mile should be re- 9nired to sell mileage books for trips