Semi-weekly herald., 1917-02-19


Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway company and Jacob NJ. Dick
inson, receiver of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railway company,
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway company, the Union Pacific
Railroad company the Colorado Mid
land Railway company and George
w. Vallery, receiver of the Colorado
Midland Railway company, the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway company, the
gColorado Springs and Cripple Creek
District Railway company, the Mid
land Terminal Railway company. the
Cripple Creek and Colorado Spring,
Railroad company, the Denver, Lara
mie and Northwestern Railroad com.
pany and Marshall 3. Smith. receiver
of the Denver, Laramie and North
western Railroad company, and the
Denver and Interurban Railroad com
pany, hereinafter referred to collec-
lively as the "Rairoad Companies. /"
parties of the first part, and the
Colorado Stockgrowers' Association
and the Colorado State Board of
Stock Inspection Commissioners, par
ties of the second part, for the pur-
pose of facilitating the prompt settle
ment of claims for damage for cattle
and horses killed or injured upon the
right of way of the Railroad Com
panies parties hereto;
Witnesseth. That
ARTICLE /
The Railroad Companies severally,
agree as follows, to-wit:
Section /. From and after the First
| day of April, 1917, to waive all ques-
tons Of legal liability and, as soon as
the facts involved can be ascertained.
to settle all claims for cattle, horses
and mules killed subsequent to April
first, 1917, on their respective railroad
rights of way, at points where such
rights of way are not fenced or where
fence is out of repair to such an ex-
tent as not to turn stock, upon the
basis of the following schedule Of
values; provided however, that where
the Railroad Companies have built
fences and maintained the same in
good repair, and animals crawl thru
or break down the fence, the Rail
road Companies will not be required
to pay for such animals, if killed or
injured.
(a) Calves under months of
age ......-,.....,.-.................-.$ $3.50
OBJ Calves over 6 months and
under l year -..............-.. 25.00
(c) Yearlings, both sexes ..... 1900
(d) 2-year-olds, both sexes ...... $500
(e) Cows, dairy and range.
years old and over $3.50
(f) Steers, 3 years old and over $500
(g) Cows with sucking calves
under 2 months old ., $3.50
(h) Registered cows, one-half of ac-
tual value
U) Bulls one-half of actual value.
DHorses and mules, one-half of ac-
tual value.
Animals crippled to such an extent
as to necessitate killing, to be paid
for on the same basis as animals kill
ed.
Animals crippled, but not to such
an extent as to necessitate killing.
to be paid for on the basis of actual
depreciation in value.
In arriving at the ages of animals |
killed, animals between twelve G2)
and eighteen 1S) months of age shall
be considered and treated as year !
lings; animals between eighteen Qs)
and thirty t30) months of age shall
be considered and treated as two
year-olds; and all animals over thirty
(30) months of age shall be consid-
cred as -year-olds.
Sec. 2. To issue uniform instruc-
tions satisfactory to the parties of
the second part and subject to modi-
fication and change as experience
may require to all section foremen
requiring them to make complete rec
ords of all animals subject to the pro-
visions hereof killed or injured by
trains, such records to include,
amongst other things, full and COM
plete descriptions of animals killed
or injured, and of the brani or
brands upon all such animals, and re-
quiring section foremen to cut out
that portion of the hide of animals
killed containing the brand or brands
and to tag the same so that they may
be identified, and to preserve all such
records and portions of hides contain
ing said brands OF the section house
on the section on which the killing
occurred, for period Of three months