Arizona republican., 1914-02-20
Will Call on Railroads to Show Cause Why Order Making Effective Peo- ple's Wish Should Not Be Issued
HEADLIGHT WILL
 NOT BE PRESSED
Body Can Now Exercise Judgment as to Orders That Are Necessary and Practicable Other Mat ters Up

Believing that the people by the referendum vote on the three cent fare law are desrous of seeing such q law in effect, the Arizona corpor- ation commission will make a spe- cial order in the near future requr- ing the railroads to transport pass cngerS in the state for three cents for each mile travelled. An order citing the several railroads to appear before the commission and show cause why such an order should not be issued will be published today by the commission, setting the date for hearing within the next fifteen days
 In the opinion of the state supreme court handed down Wednesday the power of the corporation commission to fix and regulate by order all rates, schedules and tariffs, given by the state constitution, was upheld, and the three-cent fare law, passed first by the state legislature, after ward affirmed in a referendum vote by the people and subsequently pass cd by the second special session of tie legislature was declared uncon- stitutional. It therefore falls to the commission to act in the matter and they will call on the companies to appear and will issue orders covering the case as soon as is practicable. The status of the three-cent fare law at the present time is nil In other words there is no such law The case before the federal courts will automatically be vacated, and until an order covering the matter 1 is issued by the commission the roads will have little on the old score to trouble them. However with the is suance of the order by the comms- | sion the case will again go to the l courts there to be argued and settled. The order which will require the 1 companies to show cause why the 1 three-cent fare should not be ordered 1 by that body is being prepared this | morning by Commissioner Cole and 1 Assistant Attorney General Hardy, and the orders will be sent to tha companies today. They will set an early date for the hearing of the l case before the bodv
 | The hearing in the three-c cent case i will be Of especial importance in l that it will involve the physical valu- ! 2tion of the railroads in the state. It l is likely that a special hearing will
 be held to fix the certain valuation 1 and that the valuation handed in by the companies as the basis for | their tax roll will only partly be l used in this case. It is certain that | the valuation in one way or another
 will be the basis for the enactment
 Of the order
 Beside the three-cent law the opin-
 ion handed down by the state sup
 reme court will in all probability af-
 feet several other laws now in the
 ninth appellate court of the United
 States at San Francisco Among
 these are the full crew law, the
 headlight law, the minimum car law
 and the train crew qualification law
 all of them referred to the people land passed
 l The order issued by the commis-
 sion to the companies which is in
 preparation this morning. will also
 cite the companies to show cause why orders should not be issued bl
 the commission embodying in effect
 the laws above named The hearing
 will in all probability be held at the
 same time as is that of the threc
 cent fare bill.
 In the case of all the orders issued
 by the commission it is more thar
 likely the words of the laws declared
 unconstitutional by the supreme
 court will be used, and that all sucl
 laws will be issued by the commis- sion in the form of orders to the
 companies. There is one likely ex-
 emption in the headlight law. whicl
 tie commission say they have ful
 cause to believe is impracticable.
 We will embody all the laws il our orders,' said Commissioner Col, yesterday since they are what tn, people have signified as their will , and since We believe they are right
 We will lay especial stress on tn, , three-cent fare, and that will in al | probability be the first of the order