The Republican journal., 1917-04-05

ONG, IA IL lJxls
Section 2. Whenever a physical connec-
ton has been made between the tracks
of a steam railroad company and an cleo
trio railroad company, either voluntarily
mission. as provided in the preceding sec
ton, such steam railroad company or
electric railroad company shall at reason
able times, for reasonable compensation,
and under reasonable rules and condi-
lions, draw over their respective tracks
the merchandise and cars of the steam
railroad company or electric railroad
company as the case may be with which
such physical connection is so estab-
liShed; provided such cars are of proper
gauge, are in good running order, prop
erly equipped and loaded, and otherwise
safe for transportation; provided further,
If the corporations cannot agree upon the
times at which, or the rules and condi-
tons under which, cars shall be drawn,
or the compensation to be paid, the public
utilities commission shall upon petition
of either party and notice to the other
and after hearing the parties interested,
fix such rules, conditions and periods,
having reference to the convenience and
interests of the corporations and of the
public to be accommodated there by.
Any agreement entered into between any
two or more such corporations under
this section, or any order of the public
utilities commission hereunder. shall at
all times be subject to annument. altera~
ton or modification by said commission
after notice and hearing.
Section 3. The duties imposed upon car
riers and the authority conferred upon
the public utilities commission by this
act shall extend only to an auxiliary serv-
ice by electric railroads and said COM
mission shall not be authorized to require
any physical connection or service herein
provided for in any case where there are
existing steam railroad facilities which
can be with reasonable convenience used
by the persons who desire the above
named electric railroad service. When
ever any steam railroad freight car is
hauled onto the rails of any electric rail-
road company. such car shall be returned
to the steam railroad at the same juno
ton point where taken without other use
than that for (which such car was taken.
1t shall be the duty of said commission
IN making any order for physical con-
nect1on and the service herein provide
for to reasonably protect each steam rail-
road company from 'short hauling it.
self. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed as requiring any common car
rier to give the use of its tracks or ter
minal facilities to another carrier en-
gagged in like business
Section 4. The term steam railroad"
or steam railroad company as used
herein shall be construed to mean any
railroad or terminal company, however
chartered, using steam as it's motive
power. And the term electric railroad
or Nelectric railroad company" as used
herein shall be construed to mean any
railroad or terminal company using cleo
trlclty as It's motive power.-tApproved
March 49, 1879
CHAPTER 4e.
An Act to amend Section forty-eight Of
Chapter ffty-siX of the Revised Stat
utes, relating to inspection of railroads
section fort of ciy
of the Revised Statutes is hereby amend
ed by striking out all of said section and
substituting therefor the following:
section As. The public utilities com
mission, or one member thereof, or some
competent person by said commission duly
appointed, annually, and at any other
time on application or whenever they
tnnk necessary. shall carefully examine
the tracks, roling-stock bridges, via
ducts. and culverts of all railroads; and
shall annually make q report to the gov
ernor of their official doings, therein stat
ing the condition of the road and rolling
STOCK, win such facts as they deem of
pupllc interest or which he may require .
ana all persons managing railroads shall
give the commission such information as
they at any time require. (Approved
March 10, 1870
CHAPTER So
An Act requiring the placing OF warn
ing signs at grade crossings
Section l. Within six months from the
passage of this act there shah he placed
ana thereafterward maintained warning
signs on every highway or other way
within the State approaching a crossing
at grade of such highway or other way
and the tracks of railroad Such
signs shall be placed on each side of such
crossing at such distances as shall he
determined upon by the public utilities
commission and the State highway COM
mission which two commissions are here
by required and vested with the authority
VI causing to be located and maintained
Such warning signs; provided, however
that IN the compact parts of cities and
towns where the conditions mentioned in
Revised Statutes chapter iifty-seyen. sec
tlon seVenty-nine, exist and are observed
ana at all other places where in the
Judgment of the two above named COM
missions such signs are unnecessary. no
such warning signs need be erected
Sectlon = Such signs shah consist of
d dlsc tWenty-four inches in diameter,
the held thereof to be white with a black
border line one inch wide and with blaclt
perpendicular and horizontal cross lines
two and one-half inches wide; the re-
verse side of such disc to be colored
black. In each of the upper or9rter
ings shall appear in black the letter ,sE"
I'VE inches high, three and one-uuarter
lneheS wide, lines one inch stroke Such
Signs shall be placed in conspicuous locu-
tons beside the highway al distance
from
the nearest rail of such crossing unless
local conditions in the judgment of the
TWO commissions named In section one
hereof make it reasonable to cause such
sign to be located at a lesser distance
from said nearest rail
Section g. The person controlling the
movement of any self-propelled vehicle
upon passing any such warning sign To-
Gated more than one hundred feet from,
grade crossing shall reduce the speed
OF such vehicle so that within a distance
OF one hundred feet from the nearest rail
OF such crossing such vehicle shall not
proceed at greater speed than ten miles
per nour upon or over such crossing This
provision shall he deemed to require :,
precaution in addition to those now nre-
scrlbed by law or otherwise REQUIRED
with reference to the duties of persons
on highway approaching a railroad
grade crossing
Section 4 Any person violating the
foregoing section upon conviction thereof
snail be fined not less than ten dollars
and jurisdiction over such offenses Is
hereby conferred upon municipal and DO
ice courts and trial justices within the
State. ~
Section s. The expense of the erection
and maintenance of each warning sign
mentioned IN any section hereof shall he
borne by the State, bills therefor to he
approved by the governor and council,
and paid out of any funds not otherwise
appropriated.