Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-12-29

rejected by a vote of 1884, s5 to
l59, 5e3. Stuffed crew" bills were
vetoed by Governor Foss of Massa-
chusetts, Governor Cruce of Okla
homa. Governors Hughes and Dix of
New York and Governor Harmon of
Ohio.
In the fiscal year 1914, l66 rail
roads operating 2O4. 6l0 miles, re-
ported an expense of $4.05l, 533 for
compliance with 'stuffedcrew leg
islation. This amount equals re-
turn of 5 per cent on $50, 900, 900 of
capital. These companies reported a
total expenes of sos, 7o3. 1888 in con-
sequence of legislation regulating
operation, equivalent to decreasing
their basis of credit $50, 900, 600.
Railroad statutes in force in New
York, to end of 1906, make up an
octave volume of 1872 pages and in
Pennsylvania, to end of 1907, more
than 700 octave pages. One state re-
quires cuspidors in passenger cars.
An adjacent state prohibits this prac-
tice. This state is traversed by
carriers passing thru the "cuspidor"
state One state requires screens in
the windows of passenger cars, and
these cars traverse neighboring state
where screens are forbidden.
Is states have legally asserted
the ir right to control bond and stock
issues of railroads operating within
their limits and, doubtless, this num-
Der will increase. In 1918 the Ari-
IONA Corporation Commission, by
withholding approval for an intended
sale of two-year notes by the South
ern Pacific, left that company no al
tentative but to issue one-year notes,
the result of the change in plans
causing loss of $275, 600 to the
Southern Pacific. The Railroad Com
missions of Kansas and Texas, upon
occasions, have made their approval
of certain railroad security issues con-
tingent upon the expenditure of a
fixed proportion of the proceeds with
in their respective borders. Recent
ly, the New York Cent cal-which has
only total right-of- way in Illinois
of l42 miles, altho it operates 6, 034
miles of first track-was taxed 5000,
600 by the state of Illinois as con-
dition precedent to its approval of ar
intended financing.
During recent hearing before the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com.
merce, in the Shepard bill to abolish
the doctrine of the Shreveport case,
was emphasized. While Louisiana
was protesting against this bill, tele
grams of protest from st. Louis ant
Kansas City commercial bodies were
received and read. St. Louis con
tended that the Shepherd bill woult
permit Illinois to exclude St. Loui.
from the comm cree of that state
Kansas City claimed that it would b'
excluded from the markets of X nsa
and Oklahoma A Tennessee con
gresham appeared and protested tina
the bill would enable Arkansas t
exclude Memphis from its markets
while Louisiana was protesting the eX
, clusion of its business men fror
markets in other states. The Vir
ginia Commission was complaining
, before the Interstate Commerce Com
; mission against North Carolina 70
discriminating rates, its chairman
Judge Prentice was favoring the adoE
Y tion of the Shepard bill before tn
o Senate Committee referred to.
| 1881, 776 reports of all kinds wer
filled with Federal, State and otht
authorities during the year endin
O June 80, 1915. The preparation (
i these reports cost the carriers mar
millions of dollars.