Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-12-29
GIVES AN OUTLINE
THE REPORT OF the RAILROAD
COMMISSIONERS POINTS
TO LAWS WANTED
Tue INSPECTION OF GRAIN


METHOD of Weighing, Grading
and inspecting Grain
For Shipment
Pierre-The board of railroad COM
missioners has made report to Gov
ernor Vessey recommending legisla-
ton which they believe should be
passed by the coming legislature.
In regard to telephone companies
the commission recommends that the
law be amended to make the provision
for filing certain information with the
commissioners apply to all companies
instead of to those only which have
been organized since the act went
into effect. The same recommendation
is made concerning the provision re-
quiring all telephone companies to file
schedules OF all rents and charges and
all rules and regulations and prov d.
ing that proposal schedule of rates
shall be. filed ten days before taking
effect The commission also rec M
mtalds that the penalties for non-com-
pliance with the laws be made to 0p-
crete against culpahle Off ers aid
agents OF the companies as we'll as
against the corporation itself. The
board desires authority to prescribe
the form and method of bookkeeping
to be adopted by the telephone c"m-
panies SO that it may be able to deter
mine the volume of business done and
the value of telephone property.
THE board also desires An appropria-
fin,, n lr1n IL tn M 1nct i'm form a =
ton with view to making rates for
the companies in this state.
EXPRESS COMPANIES.
Concerning the express companies
the report Of the commissioners says:
THE efforts of the board of rail
road commissioners to make a com
plete schedule of rates for the trans
portation of express freight by the
different express compan es doing
business in this state were futile for
the reason that in the actions institut-
ed against the board by the several
express companies in the United State
circuit court for tho district Of South
Dakota. it was he that the board
of railroad commiss.one S of this state
had no authority under the stature
press rates, and that the statute die
not apply to the Wells Fargo Express
company 1t is desirable that a FIJI
and complete jurisdiction be enforce
upon the board OF railroad commits
sioners to regulate express compan es
and make schedules OF rates for them
and in order that this may be accom-
plished, this board recommends tina
the general act regulating ccmmol
carriers sections 431 479 of the Poi t
cal Code. be amended so as to include
express companies within its prov
sions.'
Other recommendations of the boar,
are as follows:
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES;.
In its annual report for tie yea
1908. this board recommended tia
section 4s5 of the Political Code b
SO amended as to provide for Gems
fee to- produce revenue sufficient t.
defray the expenses of a Thorough an
efficient system of warehouse AM
STALE inspection. In that report /
was recommended that the fees f.
public warehouses be fixed as follows
For each elevator or warehouse Wit
a capacity of 10000 bushels unde
license fee of $500; from 10000 to is,
600 bushels a license fee of S. co
from Is 900 to 90 0O0 bushels licens
fee of $500; for 10000 bushels or owe
a license fee of $1,000. The board i
still of the opinion that this re ON
mendation should be adopted and II
act passed by the legislature fix n
license fees at the above amounts.
The experience of the board ais
leads it to believe that all public ware
houses doing business in this sta
which regularly engage in the storag
Of grain should be compelled to fl
bond. At the present time on
those elevators which store ain to
a compensation are compelled to M
up a bond. 1t is within the knowledg
Of the. board that number of elevat
ors doing business in this state a tual
IL store grain although they do no
charge a. compensation for storage
GRAIN, WEIGHING AND INSPEC
TON OF.
Tnan Is Large amount of graf
shipped ,aem South Dakota points int
North Dakota AID ether states ives
and tg the coast At the pre- en-
time there is no method provided Ut
der our statute for the weighing in
spectioa and grading of such gra l
In the opinion Of the board. grea
benefit. will accrue to the citizens q
this. state by the establishment
weighing and inspection stations
order that grain shipped into No It
Dakota: and states west Of the Dakota
may be properly weighed. inspe tie
and grated before 1t leaves the stat
JOINT RATES.
At the present time the board {
railroad commissioners has no author
ity to make joint rates except upo
complaint of some person interesse
in the. joint rates, and then only
the board authorized to make indiyit
ual joint rates and not general o.
der or schedule fixing Joint rate
Pierre-!Articles of incorporat G
have been filed and a cEarte j
sued to the United States Wha
a.r oo,v,Dapv of IJnron with can