The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-15
AUTO TRANSPORTATION
TO Be REGULATED BY LAW
BILL WOULD PLACE CONTROL IN
HANDS OF UTILITIES
COMMISSION.

The proposed law bringing all auto
stage lines and all auto transpOrta-
ton companies operating in the state
under the control of the public util-
ties commission was introduced in
the house of representatives of the
seventeenth legislature by the com
mittee on railroads. carriers and other
public corporations. Congdon of Ada
county is chairman of this commit
tee
The measure affects all automobiles,
jitney busses. auto trucks. auto stages.
auto drays or transfers. taxicabs ho-
tel busses. sight seeing busses or mo-
tor propelled vehicles transporting
persons or property anywhere in the
state for compensation. For the pur-
poses of this act these carriers are di-
vided into two classes.
Two Glasses Designated.
Class 1 includes all auto transport
tation companies operating for the
of persons and prop
erty for compensation on any of the
public highways of the state between
fixed terminals or over any regular
routes.
Glass > includes all auto Transport
tation companies operating for the
of persons and prop
arty for compensation on the public
in this state, in any city OF
own. and not between fixed termin-
ais or over any regular route.
Under the terms of the act the pub
ic utilities commission is given pow
81 to regulate this traffic by such
'ules and regulations as it sees fit to
prescribe.
Endorsement Of the bill has been
;iven by practically all the auto trans
'ortation companies operating in the
tate
Companies operating under the con-
itions prescribed for class l vehicles
hall not do so without a certificate of
and necessity issued by
he commission saying that such SER
ice is necessary to the public con-
enience
Glass companies must secure
eIlull from Auc puDlic UTILITIES GUM
any
Must File Statistics.
Application for certificate under
lass must designate the highways
yer which the company intends to
perate, describe briefly the cars to
re- used and tell the number Of pass
ngers such will carry They must
lso set out a schedule of rates that
re to be charged together with a
ime schedule if they have one.
Certificates win not he transferable
ithout authority of the commission
nd the term of the certificates will be
0 years.
Carriers will be required to carry
ability insurance to the extent of
1000 for each and every vehicle OPP
rated for any recovery for damage to
roperty of any person transported.
hey shall also be required to furnish
ability for personal injury in the
mount not to exceed $4,000 for any
ne person injured and $4,000 for all
ersons injured as a result of one
Fl of negligence.
Fees for the operation of class
otor vehicles for hire in a city of
IS than 5000 shall be fixed at IS and
o if the population exceeds 5000.
his fee is estimated on a car of three
ms rated capacity or less. If the
ting is greater an additional fee of
for each additional rated ton shall
charged
Glass 1 vehicles used in transporta-
IN of property shall pay a minimum
.ense fee of $S5 for cars of one ton
pacity or less and for each addi-
NAL ton or fraction thereof an adj
tional fee of IS per year shall be
arged. Class 1 vehicles used to
ansport persons shall pay a mini
nm fee of $50 for cars having a
atng capacity of 8 or less passen-
rs If the car seats more than
additional fee of SO cents per pass
ger per annum will be charged.
These fees shall be paid to the COM
ssion and turned over to the state
,asurer to be credited to the state
ghway fund.