Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-05-08
Employees Want Trains Run
With all Hands Necessary
for 0perationi Other Labor
Legislation May Come Up,
MOTOR VEHICLES
NEED REGULATION
Certificates of Registration
Shall be Granted by SeCre-
tary of State on Proper Ap-
p|ication Made by Owners.

| tdlJ VI OlotO Oit iOiIo' NJ
pICation Made by Owners,
Especial Dispatch 10 the Morning journal. ,
| Santa Fe. IN. NJ, May much
interest is being manifested by the
representatives of organized labor in
the progress of legislation at this
session designed to promote the well
fare of the workingmen of the state.
Several measures of this sort have
been introduced in the legislature,
and the three representatives of or
ganized labor in the legislature.
Messrs. Skidmore, of Colfax; Nichols,
of Curry and Tripp. Of San Miguel,
are giving their time and attention
to pushing these bills.
The bill in which the labor inter
ests are perhaps most interested is
the one recently introduced by MT.
Chaves, of Torrance, known as the
full crew" bill requiring all rail-
roads to have their trains manned
with a full complement of employees.
The bill recites in its title that it Is
designed to promote the safety of the
travelling public and of EN- gloves on
railroad trains. and its advocates as
sert that it Is a measure in which the
general public is perhaps more vital
ly interested than organized labor.
A public hearing Will he given by
the railroad committee of the house
on the bill Thursday afternoon at
$3.50, and it Is expected that repre-
sentatives of both the railroad COM
panies and of the labor unions will
appear before the committee 10 make
arguments on the bill. r. d. Skeen,
the state legislative ,resentative OF
the brotherhood OF railroad Train
men, is in the city and will remain
here throughout the session. He will
appear before the committee and
urge that a favorable report on the
bill be submitted.
Mr.. Slkeen ana Representative Skid
more made addresses last night at
largely attended meeting of the Santa
Fe lodge of the Carpenters and Join
ers' union. They spoke ON the gener-'
al attitude Of organized labor to cap
ital, and urged the formation of
closer and more cordial relations be-
tween employer and employee gem
orally.
The Automobile BnI.
OF general interest to auto enthusi-
asts is House Bill No l32, introuuUeo
by Mr.. Labadie, of Guadalupe coun-
ty, defining motor vehicles and pro-
viding for the registration Of the sanlu
and of motor bicycles and uniform
rules regulating the use and speed
thereof"
The act provides that every owner
of a motor behicle or motor bicycle
shall, within ten days after he be-
comes the owner thereof file in the
office of the secretary of state an
for a certificate of regis
giving description of the
including the name of the
maker, the factory number, style ana
motor power. and shall pay TO the
secretary of state registration fec
for each calendar year for each mo-
tor bicycle registered of $500. The
registration fee for motor vehicles Is
according 10 horse power, |
the fee for cars of less than 25-horse- |
power being S4.00 year: for cars
from 25 to S5-horscpower. $500, for !
cars from 35 to 50-horscpowcr. $500. |
and for cars Of more than so horse
power 600. Electric cars are taxed |
a flat rate of $500 q year.
Provision Is made for the assign
ng OF numbers to each car register
ed by the secretary Of state and for /
number plates which must
be displayed on the car. Every car
travelling on public road at night Is
to carry two white lights
.isible at least zoo feet in the direc-
ion in which the car is going. and
lne red light visible IN the reverse
direction. Cars are also required to
De equipped with good and sufficient
brakes and a bell, horn or other sig
lal device.
Speed Regulations
The regulations as TO speed are
'ather peculiar, i'm that no definite
peed limit is laid down. II Is pro-
'ided, however, that if the rate of
peed of an automobile in the busi-
less portion of n town or city cx-
.eeds ten miles an hour. or II In the
'esidence portions Of a town IL ex-
eeds fifteen miles an hour or If IN
he settled up sections outside a town
n city IL exceeds twenty miles an
lour. or IL at any place II exceeds
twenty-five miles an hour, such rates
4 speed shall be prima facie evil
lence that the person operating such
motor vehicle Is running at "A rate 81
peed greater than Is reasonable"
he same rule is applied to any per
on going around q curve where the
view is ohstructed at a
reater rate of speed than six miles
N hour. Racing on the public high
rhy is nrohibited under penalty Of
10000 line.
Provisions Is also made for the ex-
mination Of chauffeurs and for the
ranting OF licenses 90 them. and no
rofessitnal chauffeur is allowed to
@ busness under the act without
avingI first received certificate
rom d o secretary of state and paid