Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-15
RAILWAY LEGISLATION.
Regulatory Bill in the General Assembly
Introduced by Mr.. Quigley-
'rrespondence OF Every Evening

Stan Correspondence OF livery LNshha-
STATE HOUSE, DOVER, April. Is.
The committee on public highways
reported favorably TO the House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday afternoon . House
substitute for Representative Qulgieys
bill relating to railway corporations. Its
provisions include the following:
Every railway corporation formed under
CHAPTER Is Of the Revised Code shall
cause signal boards to be placed and
constantly maintained at such pubic
highway where il is crossed by the railway
at the same level, but such boards need
not he put UP in cities or towns unless
required bv the authorities thereof.
Ii shall be unlawful for any railway
corporafion to operate any trolley car
between Wilmington and Delaware City
having on il at the time it is put In opera
tion wheels with a hattened surface.
Every passenger car operated In tins
State BY any railway corporation shall
be equipped with adequate heaters, and
/ all cars shall be kept comfortably heated.
The passenger fare charged by any rail-
way corporation shall be uniform on all
| the lines of such corporation within thc
/ State. and no corporation shall make a
greater charge for passenger fare outside
+ Wilmington than Is charged by 1T IN VII
4 mington, and no railway corporation
shall be permitted TO change IFS present
| collection zones In order to avoid the
| provisions hereof.
From ard after the expiration OF one
year from the approval of the act IT shall
! be unlawful for any railway corporation
| to have or maintain within the limits OF
New Castle hundred any elevated bridge
! as a means of passing over the night OF
/ - t,,sx vafiu-az-S Tnft-
| road corporation, and any and ail such
! bridge or bridges within said hundred now
used by any railway corporation Tor the
! purpose aforesaid shall within one year
I from the date of the approval OF this act
| be removed, or such railway corporation
shall pay,'in addition 10 any other penalty
hereinafter provided. fine Of $40 per day
/ 70 the State for each day such bridge Is
I continued M use after the expiration oi
/ the wear as aforesaid, and the railway
\ corporation Heretofore using such bridge
1 shsll thereafter be permitted TO cross wltf
! its tracks and cars the right OF way and
| tracks of the intersecting railway or rail
road corporation st an even grade or on
J the level. and the railway corporation
which Heretofore maintained such ele'
waited bridge shall thereafter. at the
point OF intersection, either MAINTAIN
/ watchman or fiagnlan or shall bring each
/ car 10 Ii full stop upon approaching the
intersecting corporations tracks, ane
one Of the crew shall go ahead Of biz
/ car and ascertain whether there Is any
J locomotive, car or other approaching
4 danger before crossing.
Any corporation violating OF permitting
! any OF It's employees or agents TO violat'
anv of the provisions of the act shall. IL
| addition to subjecting itself to any dam
ages that may be caused by such violation
/ be guilty Of a misdemeanor and upon con
/ viction the reof be fined for each violation
not less than 500 nor more than 500