Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10

pnyeiclaue ana surgeons, ana mempers
passes or franks or free service be-
tween such telegraph and telephone
their officers, agents employees, attor-
neys. physicians and surgeons, and
members of their families, nor to pre-
sion rates. and telephone and telegraph
companies to make reduced rates tenn
porarily. II extended to all corporations
and persons alike.
(b) Except as in this act otherwise
provided, no public utility shall charge,
less i or different h compensation % i for any
product or commodity furnished or TO
be furnished, or for any. service rem
tolls. rentals and charges applicable to
such product or commodity or service
as specified in Its schedules on file
such public utility refund or remit d.
rectly or indirectly in any manner or
by any service any pSSrtien OF the
or person any form Of contract or
aeeme ana eharges as OR any % rule or S reguiation
except such as are regularly and uni
formly extended to all corporations and
telegraph. telephone or cable. subject
to the provisions of this act, may be
classified by the utility into day. night.
repeated, unrepeated, letter. CONNER
cial. press, government and such other
classes as are just and reasonable, and
d1fterent rates may De charged TOT lne
different classes of messages; and, pro-
vided. further. that nothing in this act
shall be construed to prevent telegraph.
telephone and cable companies from
entering into contracts with. common
carriers for the exchange Of services
at rates common to all common car
Section is. Every telegraph and
telephone corporation shall print and
file tiis.P or cause to be filed & with theIcom. a
rates, fares, Tolls, rentals, charges and
classifications for the transmission Of
messages or conversations between all
points within this state upon its lines
and between all points within this
state upon every line leased, operated
| leased, operated or controlled by 1t
within this state and upon the line of
any other telegraph or telephone cor;
poration whenever through line and
joint rate shall have been established
any xeep saGn THIS act
vided. no public utility shall. as to
rates, charges. service, or In any other
| son or subject any corporation or per-
son to any prejudice or disadvantage: ,rt
maintain any unreasonable difference
as to rates, charges or service. either
os erSse SSsss Gs as hss
power. rs electric light and gas COM
|
changes and plants in different local
titles, and toll charges for telephone
service between different localities;
need not be observed, and geographical
location of exchanges toll stations and
plants may be considered in fixing
| rates by telegraph, telephone, heat, wa
ter power, electric light and gas COM
| panies.
| Section 20. Nothing in this act shall
se tsef so he per
mitted by the commission, from any
economies. efficiencies or improvements
| which it may make, and from distribut :
| ing by way of dividends. or otherwise
| disposing of, the profits to which 1t
may be SO entitled.
| be taken to prohibit a corporation or
person engaged in the production. gen.
sratiop or te,e
| graph or telephone service. from es-
tabiishing a sliding scale of charges;
provided. that a schedule showing such
scale of charges shall first have been
filed with the commission and such
schedule and each rate set out therein
sha shall be taken to prohibit any such
| corporation or person from entering
into an Arrangement for fixed period %
| charges for heat. light. water or power
| or telegraph or telephone service: In
relation to the dividends to be paid to
| profit to be realized by such person
| or corporation; provided, that sched-
|
| such arrangement shall first have been
| filed with the commission and such
schedule and each rate set out therein
Section 90. Every common carrier
| shall afford all reasonable. proper and
equal facilities for the prompt and ef-
| ficient interchange and transfer of past
| sengers. tonnage and cars, loaded or
| empty. between the lines owned, oper-
| ated, controlled or leased by 1t and the
lines of every other common carrier,
and shall make such Interchange and
transfer promptly without discrimina-
tion between shippers. passengers OF
carriers either as to compensation
| charged. service rendered or facilities
afforded. Every railroad corporation
| shall receive from every other railroad
corporation. at any point of connection
freight cars Of proper standard and
same either to destination. If the desti;
| nation be upon a line owned. operated
or controlled by such railroad corpora
tion. or to point Of transfer according
to route billed. IL the destination be
| upon the line of some other railroad
corporation. but this act shall not be
carrier to give the use of it's tracks
or terminal facilities to another com
shall be Construed as in any wise linn
iting or modifying the duty of COM
mon carrier to establish joint rates
fares and charges for the transporta-
tion of passengers and property oyer
the lines owned. operated, controlled
l
| common carriers, nor as In any man.
ner limiting or modifying the power OF
the commission to require the estab,
lishment of such joint rates, fares and
| charges.
Section 23. GAY No common carrier
| or any officer or agent thereof. or any
person acting for or employed by It.
shall. by means Of known false billing
classification. weight. Weighing. or re-
port of weight. or by any other device
| or means assist. suffer or permit any
| corporation or person to obtain trans
| portation for any person or property
between points within this state at less
| than the rates and fares then estab-
lished and in force as shown by the
| schedules filed and In effect at the
time No person. corporation. or any
| officer. agent or employee of cor
| poration shall. by means of false bill
| Ing false or incorrect classification
| false weight or Weighing. false repre-
| sentation as to contents or substance
| of a package. or false report, or state
ment of weight. or by any. other de-
| vice or means. whether with or with
| out the consent or connivance of a
| common carrier or any Of Its officers