The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-27
COMMISSIONER
A QUESTION OF
DRINKING CUPS
MATTER OF DISPENSING TO THE
TRAVELLING PUBLIC SANITARY
DRINKING UTENSILS PASSED
UPON BY THE STATE BODY.

4 I'll hoOPSCA4OCA 20 last, IuS IIOI1Ud
railroad commission gave a hearing to
representatives of all railroads in
Florida doing an interstate business on
the question of furnishing sanitary
drinking cups to the travelling public.
At that hearing all of the railroads
| were represented by counsel, and at
| that time all who desired to be heard
were given an opportunity of express
ing their opinions. After hearing all
| who desired to be heard, the said mat
| ter was taken under Amusement.
| The question was settled at meet
| Ing of the commission which was held
| one day the past week, but the chair
man, r. Hudson Burr, filed a dissent
ing opinion. The question of properly
heating and lighting of coaches was
settled at the same time and in the
same order. This order, No. 420, to-
gether with the dissenting opinion of
Chairman r. H. Burr, follows:
Commission Order. So
And now on this day, the said mat
ter coming on for further considera-
| ton, the said railroad commissioners,
being fully advised in the premises, do
consider and adjudge that Rule IL of
the Rules Governing the Transporta-
| ton of Passengers, heretofore adopted
and promulgated by the railroad COM
missioners of the state of Florida, and
now of full force and effect, be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows, to-wit:
II. All railroads and other companies
| owning or operating passenger coaches
(Which shall include sleeping cars and
chair cars) are required:
Cd To heat them whenever neces-
sary for the comfort of the passengers
CD To light them sufficiently after
dark.
60 To keep in each of such coaches
sufficient supply of good drinking
water for the passengers, and to keep
each Of such coaches supplied. with
suitable and serviceable sanitary or
sterilized drinking cups, which shall be
placed or kept so as to be at all times
easily accessible to passengers, and
which may be supplied from dispensing
or vending machines or otherwise, and
said cups may be furnished free, or,
at the option Of the carrier, charge
of not exceeding one cent for each cup
may be made by the railroad compa-
MES whose duty it is made to supply
the same.
ca To keep them in a clean clean and
sanitary condition. /
Coz To see that no passenger is per- /
mitted to monopolize more than one
seat when seats are required for other |
passengers. In sleeping cars the sale |
of one berth shall entitle the passen- |
gers, when the berths are not made up |
in section, to one-haIf of the section, |
but the sale of a day seat shall en- |
title the passenger to but one seat in |
a section. 1t is hereby made the spe- |
cial duty of all train conductors and all |
sleeping car and chair car conductors |
in their respective cars to enforce this
fifth paragraph of Rule II. but a fail-
ure by them so to enforce it will he |
deemed violation thereof on the part
of the company.
And it is further ordered that the
said rule as amended shall become eff
fective on the 22nd day Of November,
1913.
Done and ordered by the railroad
commissioners of the state of Florida !
Commissioner Burr dissenting) in ses-
sion at their Office in the city of Tai
lahassee, the capital this goth day of |
October, A. D., 1913.
R. HUDSON BURR,
Chairman.
Dissenting Opinion.
In the matter Of amendment of pas
senger rule No. II, which matter was |
heard on September %, and covered |
by the commissioners order No. 420, |
file 1868, dated October 20, with refer |
ence to the furnishing by railroad COM
panies of suitable and serviceaIble SAM
tary or sterilized drinking cups, COW +
cred by section of the said amended
rule No. IL.
l do not agree to the final conclusion
reached by a majority of the commits
sioners and 1 do not approve the au-
thority carried in this section, which
permits railroad companies to charge /
one cent each for the cups.
Two qiIrOad rom ma pipS N fha q
are now furnishing free cups the Flor
ida East Coast railway and the Allan
tic Coast Line railway, whose combined
mileage in the state is 2,191 miles,
about one-haIf of the railroad mileage
in the state.
The Seaboard Air Line railway is
supplying good Cylindrical cup from
a slot machine at one cent each.
The balance of the roads in the state
are charging one cent each for com
mon envelope cups that cost in guam
titles not to exceed eighty cents per
thousand.
For many years railway companiesi
have furnished drinking cups and
glasses for the accommodation of their
passengers and since the United States
treasury department has condemned
the use of the public drinking cup and
ordered the railway companies to dis
continue it's use, think that the rail- :
way companies should be required to
furnish suitable sanitary or sterilized1
drinking cups to be dispensed from
suitable vending machine free, or by
means of distribution to each individ- {
ual passenger by the agent, or con-
ductor with each ticket at the time OF !
the sale and delivery Of ticket to the I
passenger.
The Florida East Coast Railway ,
is now supplying to its pas
sengers free a cylindrical paraffine cup,
from a sanitary Cylindrical
slot vending machine, placed in each
coach, or other public place,
in which they are required to furnish