Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-13

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speech against the bill
Water transportation will be the
rival of land transportation as soon as
the Panama canal is open ed" he said.
II this bill is merely "A convenient
codlfication of laws. 1t could have been
accomplished under the code commits
sion that has Just been established,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1t Is for the better
or worse. / am not wholly informed.
The spirit that prompted this bill was
the attitude that should have been
criticised. IT was designed to offset
The provisions Of the Interstate COM
Inerce act. The measure is voiunin-
GUS, complex and intricate. ] am lg.-
norant Of the application 1t would
have in the matter OF a merger or con-
solidatlon that WAS pulled OF under
the provisions of tho law of l901--the
nlanipUatoTs of the bill will know
better than about that The whole
bill arnpliies the powers of the rail-
roads or they wouldn't be after 1t SO
hot This bin pretends to codify the
laws relating to the powers of rail-
roads and doesn't touch the laws re-
garding the regulation and duties of
the railroads. | have seen no petitions
rolling in her from the people to pass
this bill. II has been criticised strong
ly by certain parts ot the press
IIoLLrNGswoRTH FOR BILL.
HolIingsworth then entered the dis
cusslon as a champion OF the bill, ask
Ing Lawrence II he was suspicious of
the measure.
Lawrence led back by asking If
HoIlingsworth thought the bill would
have been Introduced with the coal and
iron section left out. This was with
drawn after the public began to protest
over the measure.
"Yes I do answered Hollingsworth.
well do not put in Lawrence,
PRIEST, LOVE AGAIN.
President Love then took the floor 10
point out that the clause designating
street car lines as railroads" gave the
Oregon Short Line power TO run it's
through steam trains over the streetcar
lines of Salt Lake City II it wished to-
'Our laws give railroads more pow
or than the laws OF any other state he
declared. II want 10 say right here
that the act passed In 1901, will some day
come back to disgrace this state and
Utah viii be held up to derision before
the nation. We were told at the time
that bill passed that Hartman would
do great things. He needed sloo 100000
TO double track TO Omaha. and to build
a line from Morgan to Salt Lake The
first thing Hartman did with the $780,
100000 he procured through the enact
nent Of that law was to buy inc SOUTH
srn Pacific with y45. 600 of It and
the Illinois Central with the rest of IL,
Just as surely as the sun rises In the
east and sets in the west, Utah Will be
held UP to scorn for passing such an
act, and shall vote against the bill be-
cause 1t is one of the same kind.
NO WATER COMPLICATIONS.
The clause allowing railroads to con-
fiscate water rights had been Withdrawn
but b. X. Smith attempted to reinstate
II. and Senator Seely voiced a vigorous
objection. II own some water rights
he said ''and don't want the railroad
swooping in on me to take them away
Lawrence objected to the railroads con-
demning water for power purposes,
since they are enabled to own and OPP
crate electric power plants.
SeeIy declared he would vote against
the measure with the clause in. al
though he could swallow section nine II
he had to- The clause finally was re-
stored In a form allowing the railroads
TO own water rights for supplying wa
ter to locomotives, cars, yards, and de-
pot purposes.
The roll call showed all members
present with Brinkerhoff, Bullen. Cal
lister, Clegg. Eollingsworth. HulanislSi.
John son. Miller, Park, Rasband, Benuer
X Smith, John z Smith. Walton and
Williams In favor of the bill