Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-10
comprehensive Resolu.
ions Adopted at B0s-
ton Transportation
Conference
Calls for Certificate Public
convenience and Necessity
Liability Insurance Gov.
ering Persons and Property
Also Provides for Two
Forms of Taxes, Usual Mo-
tor Tax and Equitable Tax
in Exchange for Franchise
Rights

RoStOIl, Dec. u C ANC" Eng
land transportation conference, be-
fore adjournment tonight, took
a.ps to pcrpetuate itself through a
,ermanent transportation council,
and adopted resolutions urging state
,svu,ation of common carrier motor
vsb,cles and their coordination with
tho older methods of transportation.
gerinning with the general state
ment that adequate transportation
facilities Of all types are essential
10 the continued progress of eco
mimic. social and civic life In the
1 New England states" the adopted
,esolution declared 1.-The public in
lfereyts will best be served through
ihs cooperation OF the rail, motor
and water carriers rather than
through unregulated and wasteful
competition"
Regulation Of the common car
risr motor should be vested in n
state authority charged with the
task Of providing the public with
the transportation that 1t requires,
such control to be placed with the
existing commissions of the various
states.
"As o pre- requisite to the opera
ton OF the motor vehicle common
carrier, the owner thereof, should be
] obliged: A, to receive q certificate of
public convenience and necessity,
provided that lines in bona fide OPP
ustion shall be presumed to
10 necessary to public convenience
49,; b, to take out liability insurs
ance to indemnify injuries to per-
sons or passengers or damage to
property or cargo resulting from
negligent operation.
"The state regulatory bodies hav-
Ing this control should be vested
with the powers they exercise in
controlling other forms OF public
utilities. Taxes on motor vehicle
common carriers should consist Of:
A, those imposed in the particular
state upon motor vehicle =: b,
proper and equitable taxes in ex-
change for franchise rights, provid-
ed that II such taxes are adopted
amounts equivalent to those paid I'M
der A should be deducted.
Legislation should be enacted
enabling steam railroads. trolleys.
shipplnb companies and other public
utilities to acquire, own and operate
motor vehicles In conjunction with
their regular lines OF business. Reg
ulation Of highway traffic, including
size, weight and seed of motor We
hlcles should be lodged with state
highway departments and made as
Uniform as possible. The develop
snent OF highways designed to meet
the economic traffic requirements
mould be continued under the pres
ent plan of federal and state CO.
operation.
1T is recommended that the pub
NC authorities OF the several states
charged with common carrier reg
alation join In the formulation OF
Uniform state statutes for Legislative
consideration in order to place these
motor carriers under reasonable con-
Tol'.'. In the furtherance Of eff
hclency and economy in the handling
freight that the motor traffic APP
point committees to act with SINH
mr committees of the railroads to
make a comprehensive and unbiased
Sudy OF the problem.
:, resolved, that IN order to con-
anue the relations established
through the New England transpor-
au9n conference a permanent COM
@i''ee should be created to be
Known as the New England trans
Fortation council and consisting OF
%ual representation from each OF
me several agencies represented In
sas conference together with rep
,nshtatives from the gneral publeic.
Aesolved further that its work
ssould be simply to correlate the
.uors OF existing transportation
1tneies and not in any sense to con-
sutute a new or REORGANIZATION"