East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-12

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legislature gave the railroads six
months time In which to prepare for
the demurrage clause and on next
sunday. August IS. that six months
will have expired and the law will be
effective. The principal features of
the demurrage section are as follows:
Section 26. In furnishing cars no
discrimination shall be made in favor
of any person or place, or any COM
modify except livestock and perish
able property.
When the owner, manager or ship
per of freight of any kind shall make
written application to the railroad to
supply cars to be loaded in carload,
lots with freight of which said rail-
road is a common carrier, 1t shall be
the duty of such railroad to supply
cars so applied for within the time
herein prescribed.
If the application be for five cars
or less, the number of cars applied
for shall be furnished to the appli-
cant within five days; If the appli-
cation be for more than five cars
and not to exceed 10 cars, the num-
Der of cars applied for shall be fur
nished to the applicant within 10
day; If the application be for more
than 10 cars and less than 80 cars,
the number of cars applied for shall
be furnished to the applicant within
10 days; If the application be for 80
cars or more, the number of cars
applied for shall be furnished to the
applicant within 20 days.
Sail cars shall be suitable for the
purpose for which they are ordered,
and shall be furnished at a con-
venient place for loading, at the point
where required by the owner, man.
ager or shipper making application
therefor.
Any such application must be made
to the railroad upon whose line Of
railroad the shipment originates.
Every such application shall state the
number of cars wanted, the time
when and place where desired, the
kind of freight to be shipped and the
| final destination thereof The place
where said cars are desired to be
loaded for shipment shall be at some
station, switch or siding on the line
of the railroad to which application
is made. The application for cars
may be made to any officer or gen.
eral agent of the railroad required to
furnish the same, or to an agent of
the railroad at the point nearest the
station, switch or siding where said
cars are to be furnished.
The time herein stated for the de-
livery of cars mentioned in any such
application shall begin to run from
the hour of a. m. of the next day
following the day of the receipt of
any such application by the railroad
to which it is given.
When a car or cars are applied for
under the provisions of this act, and
are not furnished within the time as
herein required, the railroad so fail
ing to furnish such car or cars shall
be liable and held to be Immediately
indebted to the person making appli-
day or fraction of day per car ap-
piled for and not furnished within
the limit Of time as herein prescrib-
ed, until such car or cars are fur
nished.
And in addition thereto, any such
defaulting railroad shall be held IL
able and held to be indebted to
the person making such application
and not receiving the car or cars
therein applied for, within the time
and as herein required, in the amount
of the actual ramages, any such ap-
plicant may sustain, except as in this
section of this act stated.
Each and every applicant shall full
ly load and have ready for shipment,
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the car or cars applied for by him
within 4S hours after such car or
cars have been furnished by the rail-
road at the point designated in his
application therefor; and upon failure
to do SO, he shall forfeit and pay,
upon demand, to the railroad fur
nishing the same, the sum of 80 per
day, or fraction Of day, after the
expiration of said time for loading
for each car not loaded and ready for
shipment as aforesaid.
When cars have been furnished
and loaded It shall be the duty of the
railroad company to promptly re-
move the same from the point where
loaded and to deliver the same to the
connecting railroad or to the person
or persons to whom they are consign-
ed, within a reasonable time.