The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-26


z-oul ne ONLY substantial SSia -
bs sEec,e5 ~ the eaac,-ent 81 one
o. these bills viii be tAe creation
o. ssver2l hundred nice government
Offices. Tie p7eS.de1, wil have
the appointment o. : boiler inspe~
tor general and tNo assistants The
Interstate Co1me0ce Commission
c2a appoint the three hundred local
inspectors without the Intervention
o: the civil service. Incidentally,
the inspectors BY exercising their
rigb, % withdraw locomotives from
service a, any tine for tests and
inspection would have j, il their
power seriously 10 cripple the oper-
alton o. the railroads
Enjoying equal popularity with
the boiler inspection idea is the
attempt 10 restore the late lament
ed pass TO its former vogue. Seven
bills have been introduced TO give
certain privileged classes the right
10 ..de free. These range all the
way from Confederate veterans TO
publishers.
Senator Penrose has introduced
a bill giving certain colleges $4,000
10 use in determining the hammer
blow, centrifugal lift and tangential
throw Of counter balances. As vari-
Gus colleges, railroad companies and
mechanical engineers have already
gone into this subject pretty fully
without waiting for government all,
the value of this scheme except TO
the colleges that get the money. is
not apparent.
Still another proposed measure is
one providing for full crews Four
bills have been introduced on this
subject, and four more limiting the
hours that a railroad man is TO be
permitted to labor One of these
bills, introduced by Representative
Murphy of Missouri, imposes a pen
atty of 5000 for permitting any EN-
ploye TO work more than eight
hours without taking a rest OF six
teen hours.
Other proposed laws require sleep
ing cars to be equipped with safes,
provide for the federal incorporation
Of railroads, the preparation Of uni
form freight classification by the In
terstate Commerce Commission, the
physical valuation OF the railroads
by the commission, prohibit the
transportation OF the products of
convict labor. and establish com.
mission 70 investigate labor dis.
putes.
One of several bills on the sub
ject of block signals, empowers the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
order any railroad to install them
on Onefouth OF its lines by July
|, 1912. Another introduced by Rep
resentatiye Martin, of South Dakota,
specifies dimensions OF locomotives.
cars and distance of structures from
track.
Another class of bills deals with
freight claims. One by Representa-
tive Roden6erg, of Illinois, incorpor-
ate the Freight Claims Clearins
house, which will create several of.
flces with salaries of $4,000 a year.
The incumbents of less desirable
but more numerous places are to
adjust freight claims by shippers
promptly. Another bill by Repre-
sentative Madison of Kansas, is
meant 10 compel railroads to pay
Just claims within ninety days. II
they fail to do so the claimant may
add his attorneys fee to his claim. /
The bill provides no test by which a
'just' claim can be identified
A bill by Representative SABBATH .
of Illinois, provides for federal com-
pensation for deaths and injuries on .
railroads, all claims to be paid with .
in thirty days. Funds are to be
raised by levying a tax of ten dol
lars on each car and locomotive.
In 1908, there wer- 2,3O2.O55 cars
and locomotives on the railroads OF
the United States, so that this tax
would amount to the sum of S23.-
0OO, 900
Various bills in house and senate
provide that rates may not be rails.
ed before October /, 1910, and auto.
postpone any increase in
rates against which protest is loGg.
ed. A bill by Representative Stev-
enscn of Minnesota provides foc
the appointment of a receiver TO
operate a railroad during strikes.
One by Representative Hardy of Tex
as, compels railroads to transfer
freight to wharves on rivers and
lakes, while another by Representa-