The Glenwood post., 1923-01-18
FORCE RAILROAD
TO DELIVER CARS
That is the Object of a Bill
introduced by Senator
ca||en This Week
ARE HEAVY PENALTIES

With view of preventing the an
noying transportation difficulties which
have prevailed the past year and
which have caused much financial loss
to farmers ana stockmen, Senator r.
u. Callen of this county has a bill in
the state senate to compel common
carriers to furnish the people with
transportation facilities by way of
supplying cars to take care of ship.
ments of per.shable freight, and max
ing the failure for compliance
With the act percentage fine on the
value Of the goods and products to be
loaded. Senator Callen's bill is as
follows:
Senate Bill No. 26, by Senator Callen.
Be 1t Enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Colorado:
Section l. Shipment of perishable
and semi-perishable products in car
load lots is hereby declared to be a
business affected with the public in
terest.
Section 2. 1t is hereby made, and
declared to be, the duty of all com
mon carriers within the State of Col
orado to furnish cars to growers md
producers of perishable and semi-per
ishable farm products who desire to
ship the same in full carload lots in
accordance with the requirements Of
this statute.
Section 8. The following tesms
used in this act shall be defined lnd
construed as follows:
"Producer'' means any farmer,
farm organization, cooperative farm
organization, or association of farmers
or growers who farm lands and pro-
duce therefrom perishable and semi
perishable farm products.
'Perishable Farm Products" in
clude apples, peaches, pears, apricots,
cherries, and all other orchard pro-
ducts, berries and melons.
"Semi- -perishable Farm Products"
include potatoes, cabbage, onions, and
all other vegetables.
Common Carriers include all
means of transportation, whether sub
iect to the jurisdiction of the State
Public Utilities commission or not,
which transport, and have any facili-
ties for the transportation of, perish
able and semi-pe shable farm pro-
ducts. 1t shall be no defense to any
violation of this act that the perisha-
bic or m!-perishable farm products
are to pass into interstate commerce,
or that the car is to be attached to
train which carries other commodities
in interstate commerce.
"Carn includes box-cars or refrig-
orator cars, suitably, fully and prop
erly equipped for the transportation
of the perishable or semi-perishable
farm pdoduct to be shipped therein.
"Carload Lot" is quantity of
perishable or semi-perishable farm
products which, in weight and other
requirements, constitutes the classifi.
cation of the product according to the
requirements of the Western Classifi-
cation bureau as published and in ef-
feet upon the first day Of September,
1929.
Section A. Any producer desiring
to ship perishable or semi-perishable
present written order to an agent
of the common carrier stating the
perishable or semi-perishable farm
product to be shipped and therein Or
dering such cars as are required to be
placed or set at date not less than
five l5) days from the date of deliv-
cry of the order.
Section 5. Within five days from
the delivery of said written order to
any agent of common carrier, such
common carrier shall deliver and place
upon the track, switch or loading point
designated in said order not less than
one car suitable for the transportation
by freight of the product stated in
said order; and If the order is for
more than one car, the succeeding car
, or cars shall be- delivered at intervals