Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-12
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for the collection of damages for goods in transit from the delivering carrier Under the present law payment is often
 avoided and made difficult to collect
 without costly suit, because the deliv-
 ering company will lay the blame on
 the intermediate roads Under this
 law it shall be unlawful for the delv-
 ering road to collect the amount of tho
 freight till the amount of damages has
 been determined and settled. The car | Tier shall not be allowed to hold the
 gods because demand is made for
 the damages.
 The railroad is protected, however, by
 q provision that in case the consignee
 demands damages, when he receives the
 goods he shall put up bond amounting
 to twice tho freight charges, the en- tire amount of which he shall lose if the case is settled against. him and the
 damages or loss of goods alleged shall
 be found to have not been sustained.
 In case the damage or loss of goods is
 established, the amount of the bond less the freight charges shall be returned to
 him, plus the amount of the damages Bridge Projects
 | An effort was made in the house Tuesday to amend the Woolf bill allow | ing Maricopa to issue $6O,000 in bonds for bridge across the Salt at Tempe, by striking out the word Tempe. Woolf was much agitatcd and arose to state that his objections to such an amend ment were that it changed the entire purpose of the bill
 This was apparent, as the bill was for the benefit of Tempe. Webb inserted an amendment for the county to issue $30,000 in bonds for bridge across the Agua Fria between Phoenix and Buck eye. It is likely that some changes will be made in the council.
 The legislators have decided that the bridge over the Gila at Florence is of territorial importance as it will connect the railroad side of the river with the prison site. $l5,000 appropriated two years ago was found too small. The Florence bridge will make, one connect ing link in the road from Phoenix to Tucson, and witsl r bridge over the Salt the worst obstac., IT automobile tray lc between the aces will be elim- mated At preat.,- autos must be fer ricd or hauled in wagons over the Gila. | Four or five persons have been drowned | trying to cross the Salt in the past | month and others barely escaped with l their lives.
 The Statehood Commission
 Hunts suggestion for statehood | has met with hearty approv- al Two members from each county, if | energetic, should be able to gather a vast amount of data relative to the re- of that section, which, if pre- sented in proper form and entertaining ly compiled, should establish Arizona s right to statehood.
 Supply Bill
 The Duffy. bill for the protection of home manufacturies as originally intro duced, did not meet with the approval of the older heads of the council. Mir Goodrich saw in its provisions for the purchase of territorial supplies of home firms where the cost was no greater than now by bid, the creation of a for the benefit of the whole sale houses of Arizona. Uncle Ben ,alled attertion to the fact that if this became n law in that form, if goods should decrease in price for the next wo years, the taxpayers would be pay fN~ tha -h.,o olJ no | aid that it would certainly make the uppfies cost more than now ard that ie did not believe in playing into the lands of a few wholesalers or manufac- urers who could charge what they saw it.
 There was an impression that this Jill was for the benefit of the H. H. deNeil company, of> which Brady Neil is stockholder. MeNeill was n interested spectator when the bill anne up in the house. was passed under :, , he suspension of the rules. and has ever been printed The matter was re- erred to the judiciary committee of which O'Neill is. the chairman.
 County Examiners The Weedin bill providing for the ap- ointment of county examiners by the oard of supervisors to make examina ions of the books of the county of cials is now in the hands of the gov . rnor and will probably be vetoed. It is to take the place of the public The county examiners shall ' eceive $l0 per day while employed, nd thc cost would be about the same : 8 at present. The district examiner i'll was sidetracked, but your cores :, ondent was under the impression that his was the bill passed. At the last ' loment the district examiner proposi :, on and the Bourne public examiner " ct were thrown overheard and the 7 ther railroaded through in hurry and assed up to the governor before the |. sn-day limit should expire. n Weedin's district irrigation bill isl 7, so now in the hands of the governor. :, IT. Weedin fears he may veto it on ', ersonal grounds, since the member ., 'om Pinal has been so active in the ., polishing measures. It is a very long ., |