The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-01
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Indianapolis. March 1.-The fight be-
tween the shippers and the railroads
in this general assembly is on, and
will probably be waged with vigor
from now on until the end Of the ses-
sion. Late yesterday afternoon the
senate committee on railroads report
ed out the so-called shippers bill for
passage.
And IN this report there Is the
recommendation that section five, the
reciprocal demurrage section, be omit
ted from the bill. Over this section
Will the fight come.
From the very start the railroads
have made a determined fight against
the section that provides for reciprocal
demurrage. This has been the one
point that the objections to the bill
have been centered in by the railroad
men.
House Stands by Shippers.
In the house their objections were
unheeded. The house committee of
which Elliot OF st. Joseph county was
stantially as the bill was sent to them
and as the shippers wanted it, con-
tanning the section Ave, providing for
reciprocal demurrage.
In this form the house bill advanced
to engrossment and in this form the
oill passed. 1t is now in the senate.
and the one change that the senate
committee made is the one important
been contending for
In brief this section provides that
railroads shall be penalized for not
delivering "empties" when shipper
orders them, and provides, also that
when a consignee unloads his car in
"a hours, he shall be given credit for
So on the car. inasmuch as he has As
hours in which to unload Over
against that the railroads charge So
a car for every day or fraction of a
day over As hours that the car re-
mains unloaded. This is under the
present law, and the reciprocal demur-
rage section Of the bill now before
the senate, just aims to give the ship
per the benefit of the converse of the
present law-give him q credit for
quick work, just as he is penalized for
slow work in unloading. The question
will be fought out on the hoor OF the
senate.
Commission Reports on Wrecks.
The report of the railroad commits
sion on the Sanford Woodville and
Fowler wrecks mention of which was
made In these dispatches yesterday
contains five recommendations. two Of
which are covered by bills introduced
in the house and senate yesterday i'm
mediately after the report was sub
mitted.
One recommendation Is that there
should be greater familiarity by EN-
ployes with the rules governing the
operation OF trains" It urges freouan4
examination of men on these rules.
that a convention of operating officials
trainmen and the members of the com
mission be held every year; and that If
be made misdemeanor for any train
man to be intoxicated while on dutv
The second recommendation was
that roads having a gross earning of
$4,000 per mile be compelled to install
block system within the next two
years. Both of the two recommended
tions were embodied in bills introduc-
ed
Inc tnird is tnat no man should he
employed as a telegrapher unless he is
q years old.
The fourth is that the reckless de-
mand OF the public for high sneea
trains should not be acceded to bv the
railroads" The last recommendation
IS that companies should spend more
money for keeping up their equipment
Public Depository Bill Through uouse.
The public depository bill introdue-
ed by Representative Woodnn passe5
the house yesterday. Along with this
passed the bill giving the county treas
urer more salary, in view of the fact
that they will no longer get anv in
terest on the public funds.
All the way along the line these two
bills are expected to go through. It
is understood that they have passed
inspection from leaders Of the repubu
can party, and that all of them have
agreed. The depository bill is sub
stantiaily as the Parks senate and
Woodfill house bill were In the first
place. The salary bill is specific