The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-02-04
full CREW BILL HEARING
.RaiIroaders Appear Before
- Minnesota Body
Sepator Opposed to Using OF
Kerosene Lamps BY Rail-
roads In Depots


=, roads In Depots
st. Paul, January H.-Scoring
state railroad and warehouse regula-
tion Of transportation rates and serv-
ices, Duluth city officers before the
house committee on public utilities,
today protested against any extension
of commission Jurisdiction over pu-
! bile Utilities. A bill to authorize the
commission to hear complaints and
, regulate interurban street railway
service, which was under considera-
| ton, was laid over week to be
amended by the author to affect only
! st. Paul and Saltwater as was origi-
/ nally intended. s.
Hearing On Full Train Crew Bill.
Railroad men, both officials and EN-
ployes, crowded the big north retiring
room of the house of representatives
today when the committee on rail-
against the full train crew bill. \
Spokesman for the companies, in
opposition to the bill, were F. w.
Root, attorney, and w. F. Foster, su-
pertntenient Of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul; C. L. Nichols, gen
eral superintendent Of the Northern
Pacific; w. J. Every, general claim
agent of the Northern Pacific; C. H.
Lindstrom and F. e. Tillquist, spoke
for the trainmen In favor of the bill.
The officials argued that with mod
ern improvements, such as air brakes
automatic couplers and other safety
devices, the smaller proportionate
mum Der of men now employed can op-
crate modern freight train with far
greater ease and safety than a full
crew could operate ii in other days,
when brakeman had to set his brak-
es by hand, climb down between cars
to insert or remove the old fashioned
hand operated coupling pin.
The trainmen on the other hand.
contender that with the long trains
Of loaded cars now pulled BY the great
mogul locomotives the dangers of
operation are greatly Increased and
that for safety as well as for the ex-
peditious operation of trains and the
speedy moving for freight, the size of
the crews should be increased rather
than diminished. The committee took
the bill under Amusement.
Ban On Kerosene Lamps.
Senator A. s. Larson Of Sandstone
has decided that the kerosene oil
| lamps with which the railroad COM
panies light their depots In the vii
lagos are a disgrace to the state and
menace to its prosperity.
What good does it do the people
or our villages and towns to erect
: white ways and light their places of
business with big electric lamps, IL
me stranger arriving within our gates
is TO be greeted by smoky and smell
ly oil lamp in the depot, where he
gets his first impression of the town ~
asked Senator Larson this morning
and he forthwith handed the Iieuten-
ant governor bill requiring the rail
road companies to instalk electric
lights In all their depots. The bill
was referred to the committee on
railroads.
Favor Soldiers Bonus Bill. .~..
The legislature today went on rec
ORD as in favor of the passage Of the
federal soldiers bonus bill, when the
state senate passed a joint resolution
memorializing congress to pass the
Fordney adjusted compensation bill
now pending in the United States
passed by the house. The Vote In the
senate today was unanimous.
A total OF fourteen bills were pass.
ed by the senate today.
Inc Gillian bill changing the weights
OF new corn was amended, so as to In
liar bill, without the optional proyi-
sion, was defeated Yesterday in the
house. AS passed today, the Gillian
bill fixes the legal weight Of new corn
at eighty pounds to the bushel from
October to November 80, and seven
ty-hye pounds from December / to
pounds the rest Of the year. The bill
gives the buyer the option of buying
at the new weights. -,
The senate passed the house bill IL d.
censfng and bonding the SO called
rscalpers" trading at the South st.
banl n s.ockgyards. Senator sagengss
grain and feed commission merchants
also was passed. The bill increases
the bond Of grain dealers to $25,000
and Of hay and straw dealers to 49,.
600. = =
Fishi1na Season Changed.
Senator Turnham's bill changing
the date Of the open season for fish
ing from May / to May. II; twas pass.
ed. The bill is intended to afford ad-
ditional protection to. fish during the
spawning season. A bill opening the
season for prairie chickens in 1921
each alternate year thereafter was
recommended for passage by the sem
ate in committee as a whole. -!
Senator Gooding's bill permitting
the use OF the federal as well as the
state census In Classifying cities, was
passed. 1t was amended by Senator
Kingsburg, SO as to provide that five
per cent could be added to federal
census figures for classification pur-
poses. The amendment will permit
Winona, which has a population Of
1913, according to the United States
census to get into the second class
city list, the minimum Of which is 20,-
900.
The state -four mill bill was
amended so as to provide a revolving
fund of $4,000 instead Of $4,000 for
it's operation. AS amended the bill
was recommended for passage. .Thir-
Ity new bills were received by the sen.
ate today and referred to committees.
Arrives From Oversees.
Mrs. II. w. Pinney Of this CITY has
received word that her sister, Miss
Clairo Kolsos nna..a li~..x .-cSI