The Mena weekly star., 1907-12-12
RAILROADS MUST
 IMPROVE SERVICE
State Railroad Commission Lays Down Rules to Govern Passenger Trains and Stations Seats for
 Passengers.

Railway Commission, after a meeting and consultation yester- day, issued two orders bearing upon the passenger service fur nished by railroads operating Tn Arkansas. The first of these orders states that all passenger trains shall run on time, with cer- tain designated exceptions. The second relates to accommodations at depots and on passenger trains. An important section of the second order is that conductors of passenger trains shall furnish every passenger with seat.
 The following are the orders adopted yesterday:
 Rules Governing Accommodations.
 .'It is on this day ordered by he commission that, effective January 4, 1908, the following rules and regulations shall take effect and shall apply throughout the state:
 "(a) Obscene, profade or bois- terous language in railroad wait ing rooms or cars in which passengers are transported is pro- hibited by law.
 'slb) All railroad ticket offices and waiting rooms of depots must be kept open during the day, and all ticket offices aud waiting rooms must be opened at least one hour previous to the schedule time for the arrival of night trains, and remain open until IS minutes after departure of the train, and said depots must be kept at all times when open com fortably beated and supplied with wholesome drinking water and kept in a sanitary condition.
 "(c) All railroad companies shall maintain two water closets at each depot in incorporated towns or cities in this state; one for males and one for females, which shall be open during the time the waiting rooms are open, and shall be properly constructed and kept in sanitary condition.
 "(d) Railroad companies shall provide good and wholesome water for drinking purposes in all passenger coaches operated in this state, and are required to keep bulletin boards at all tele- graph stations, and shall post on said bulletin board the time of arrival of all trains which carry passengers. and when any train IS 10 ar more minutes behind schedule time, the time when said train will arrive shall be posted as near as can be obtained, aud the bulletin board shall be changed from time to time so as to give accruate information.
 "(e) The conductor or other proper officer of every passenger carrying train run within this state shall furnish a comfortab ble seat to each and every passenger on said train.
 70 Itis the duty of railroad depot employees and trainmeu ol railroad companies to accord the 2 public polite attention at ali times, and furnish all informa- tion pertaining to the transaction of their business with the pubic
 "(g) All railroads and express companies are required to provids each and every train or station with one or more stage blanks or trucks to be used in unloading baggage from Cars, and rough or careless handling of baggage isl hereby expressly prohibited.
 "(h) All iufrsctions aud viola tions of any of the above rules provisions, T reported 10 the cpnnii~siou, win De given promp attention
 70 All railroad companies operating or doiug any business n tnis State shall, within 30 days from the date thereof, have pub lished on cardboard and keep posted. legi0le copy of these rules in each depot waiting room iu this state"