Arizona republican., 1911-04-30
GOOD WORK
RECOGNIZED
National Association Of Rail-
way Commissioners
APPOINTMENTS
DePass Chairman of Com
mittee on Rates and Rate
Making -McNair Member
of Another Important
Committee.

The Arizona Railway commission
has received a circular from the pres
ident Of the National Association of
Railway Commissioners. making of
fetal announcement of his appoint
ments to the several committees to
act for the current year and report
to the next annual convention of the
association. on these committees.
twenty in number. are represented all
the members of the Interstate Com
merce commission and some member
or members Of nearly all the state
railway commissions throughout the
country.
The good work of the Arizona COM
mission has received marked recOg-
milton by the appointment OF +. :.
De Pass as chairman Of the commit
tee on Rates and Rate Making" ana
as member Of the car Service, De
murrage and Reciprocal Demurrage"
and of the Express Service and EX-
press Rates" committees, and W. T.
McNair has been named a member of
the Grade Crossings and Trespass-
ing on Railroads" committee.
The committee on Rates and Rate
Making is made up of the following
members: E. 5. De Pass of Arizona.
chairman; Allison Mayfield OF Tue
son, Clifford Thorne of Iowa, Chas.
F. Staples of Minnesota, A. p. Wat
son of Oklahoma, ]. Richard Wing
Of ~
of South Dakota.
This committee deals with the most
important subject that comes before
the association, and one of the duties
OF its chairman is, with the assist
ance of the other members. to COM
pile an exhaustive report of rate
making conditions and to make any
suggestions relating to that subject
that would be of value in establishing
as near uniform methods of rate
construction for the entire country.
as the different local conditions would
permit.
The Express Service and Express
Rates" committee, of which Mr.. De
Pass is a member. is also a very i'm
portant one, the duties OF which are
to investigate the whole subject of
express service, the methods of con-
structiOn Of express rates. and the
general relation Of such rates 10 com
merce requiring fixed service and the
effect of the present system OF con-
tract between express companies and
railroads. This committee will be ex-
pected to enter upon such wide in
Quiry, including necessary conferences
with shippers and representatives of
commercial organizations and CT the
express companies. as will constitute
the basis for a full report with rec
concentrations to the next convention.
Car service. demurrage and recip-
rOcal demurrage are receiving a great
deal of attention at the present time
from both railroad men and railway
commissions. and among it's other
duties. the committee on those sub
jects will report to the next conven-
ton, recommendations as to what
measures should be taken to guard
against periods Of car famine and car
congestion.
The committee on Grade Cross
ings and Trespassing on Railroads"
of which Mr. McNair is a member.
will make suggestions as TO proper
methods Of building grade crossings.
so as to minimize the number of
accidents that yearly occur at such
points and also the prevention of un-
due trespassing on railroads. an
other source Of numbers of fatal ac-
cidents
The National Association Of Rail
way commissioners is now in the 23rd
year Of its existence and the fact
that its annual conventions are at
tended by members OF all state rail-
way commissions, by large numbers
of prominent railroad men and rep
resentatives OF shippers organizations
from all over the country. and also
that all members Of the Interstate
Commerce commission take prominent
part in its deliberations. tends to
show that the Importance of its work
is recognized throughout the country.