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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING,- FEBRUARY 13. K27.
FORCE FAIR SERVICE
FROM THE RAILROADS
Vyhat Approval of Commission
Bill by Governor Will Mean
V ' to Shippers. .'
NO DISCRIMINATION
V AND NO REBATES
Tariff Brhfdtilrt - Mast ; Jk ' PC-ted
Ulm PnMh fan Sm Thnu
' Xegtlgra. Shipper W ill Abo Be
" Compelled to Do Bis Part,
, ....
If the Chapln railroad commission
bill la approved by Governor Chamber
. Jain, aa la generally expected, railroads
' will b regulated In Oregon In a man
ner similar to the control exercised by
the states of Texas and Wisconsin.
lrnvl1on rgsrdlng--mDilcHjr ;jf rate
schedules are similar to those of" fhe
Interstate commerce" commission, and
have already been complied with by the
Southern Pacific and O. K. A N. com-
- panlea In Oregon In conformity with
the federal law effective .. since last
August. Many other interesting "frro-
viajuni vi me rcKii w -win ev i w u
effect as aoon as the coventor's slgna
ture Is attached.
On application of a shipper or- oa the
Initiative of the commission, a rata may
., ba reviewed and changed pending ap
peal by either partyto the -Malta. A
demurrage charge of 12 per day may
- ba collected by a ahlpper falling to re
ceive a car within the legal time, or a
railroad may collect the same fins from
- a ahlpper falling to load a car on time
or from a consignee who is similarly
delinquent. - .' ."' :
Waat Hew taw Oorers. -All
hearings will be open, and any
person may attend and be heard, or
may appear by attorney. A railroad
in me nanaa oi a rvyviwr w i "
Ject to all the provisions of the law
the same as II owned by a corporation
er-indivldttalr
thla prior to the first day of April of
this year.' All schedules and rates of
charses for every kind of 'transports
tlon, and for switching, "transfer, stor
age and all other services by the rail
roads snd their subsidiary companies.
muat bs displayed in a pubiio place in
every station where an agent Is main
tained. Joint rates whenever made with
any connecting company must also be
slmllsriy posted, and In a manner con
venient for the public's Inspection. Ten
dars' notice must ba given of any
chance tn existing schedules, by ths fil
ing of the new schedules in a publlo
place at every atatlon, unless tna com
mission shall on, hearing prescribe a
less time. -..-..' i i
The railroad companies or aubsldlsry
companies are prohibited from charging
or collecting front sny person any
greater - or less compensation for the
transportation of passeogers or freight
or for any service, than is printed tn
the schedules wnicn may do 11 ins
time in force and posted for publlo In
spection in tha stations of the company.
aVebatea prohibited.
Under tbs law a railroad muat fur-
nlah-tflhe shipping publlo JJeaeonablsl? " ZlZZZnZZL ZZ
suatervioe, eVuWsnt and facll- tV0??"!?:
Itlea for the moving of tna commerce or
the state, and the transportation of all
passenger. All "rebates to shippers, or
discrimination between shippers or pas
sengers Is prohibited. The charges maae
by ths railroad or aubsldiary companies
for carrying - peasengers ana ior- an
services In tha receiving, switching,
storing, transfer and refrigeration of
freight, aball ba ."reasonable and Just,
and every unreasonable charge for such
service Is prohibited and declared to be
unlawful." .
Thla is th language f tha. Ur, and
pursuant to It tha eommlsston, on bear
ing cdmplaitrt of any person aggrieved.
may abrogate or moairy tna umawrui
rata rule or practice -of . th railroad
company, or impose a fin of not less
than. 1100 nor mors thsn 1 10.00 for
each offense, to be paid by the railroad
company into the state treasury.
I of or persona engaged In work of hos
pitals, iliarluble ami eleemosynary in
stitutions, officers and agents of Incor
porated relieves, destitute persons, em
ployes of car lines snd telegraph or tel
ephone companies. United Btatea recla
mation service and livestock industry,
United States lnsDectors. newsboys on
trains, witnesses in any legal Investlga
tlon tn which the railroad la Interested,
persons or attendants In cases of rail-
road wrecks, and la cases of epldemlo
or calamity.
Free transportation may also be given
a shlppper for any man h may desig
nate to accompany a -carload of live
stock, fruit or property requiring an at
tendant, provided there be no discrim
ination between shippers.
ltnst JTovid Oood raolUttes.
Adequate sidetracks, spurs, depots.
buildings and terminal facilities must
be built and maintained by railroad com
panies to render reasonable servlo to
shippers - and nubile. On complaint or
any person interested, tha commission
msy order such facilities put in. ca
tion houses and connecting tracks at
railroad crossings msy be required by
the commission. toT be Tullt"and-mahi-
talned at Joint expense by th railroads,
for convenience of passengers and for
ths receiving and transfer of passen
gers, bagKags and freight,1 and ade
quate service at such places. .. - '
Grade crossing disputes may, be settled
by the commission, and it may designate
safety appliances to be constructed and
maintained. The commission is empow
ered to Impose and collect Into th treas
ury of th stats a fins of I30O per week
The transportation of passengers snd
. property, .... receiving .and - delivering
freight, -refrigeration and icing. Pwr
ago and transfer, and all charges in
connectionwith These services, -nrs-stttv
Jct to control byth commission. It
will also have jurisdiction in th regu
lation of practices snd 'eharg'v of ter
, mlnal companies, tanR 11ns an ajjilt eom
panlea, sleeping csr companies private
car companies, express companies, fast
freight lines, so celled, and any asso
. elation or corporation assuming duties
of a common carrier on any railroad
, within th stst of Oregon. This In
cludes lnterurban electric roads, but
not companlea that do an exclusive
street car -business, on city streets.
. zveiuier aoes n innuu iuiiiiiwu
that are not doing business as .common
carriers. 1
rest Bat Sehadal.
- The rallrosd - freight iramo oepart
ments, snd also th passenger depart-
menta. will immediately prepare to eon
enra , the law's nrnvialon reaulrlng
the posting In all railway stations of
schedules f charges f of th carrying of
freights an' passengers. It is mads the
fluty of every railroad company to do
postal Bates Wermieslbla.
' Nothing in ths act is meant to be
construed to prevent concentration,
commodity, transit and other special
contract rates, provided all such rates
are open to all shippers for a Ilka kind
of traffic, under similar conditions ana
eiroumetaneea. out fcuch rates shall be
sivede- t ths rommlwiilofi'i orders un
der this head and covered by ths Iaw7
Wuppt Also BsgnJated.
In th furnishing-of ears to shippers
on demand no discrimination can be
made in favor of any person or place
or for any commodity, excepting for
livestock or perishable property. If the
application 4s for five cars, thsy must
be furnished within five daya: If for
more than five and not sxeeedlng M
care, the railroad company has 10 days;
if for mors than 10 cars and less than
JO cars, the - railroad company baa IS
days; If for 10 or more cars, they must
be furnished within 20 days.
Ths application mnst ba mads tn writ
ing by tha owner, manager or shipper of
the freight, and th cars must be fur
nished at a place convenient for loading,
at the point required by th shipper,
but must be at some switch or siding
on the line of th road to which ap
plication Is made. Any application for
cars must be mad to th railroad on
which ths shipment originates. The ap
plication must state the number ot cars
wanted, the time and place desired, and
the kind of freight to be shipped and
Its destination.
But wo to ths shipper who calls for
more cam -than hs can -load- wlthla 48
always under supervision and regulation
, i , ... . . i uiurv cars uraii Ma can .van- wniim to
States, or to the state of Oregon, or any
municipality, or for any charitable pur
pose, exposition or fair, or for property
or commodities of railway employes.
K educed rates, commutation tickets r
mileage may be sold to anyone, provided
all persons applying therefor under sim
ilar conditions ar given th same rates.
That la to say., a special rat to any
convention, or. a low excuraion rate.., or
a cheap mileage book or, commutation
ticket. sold -to any person -under certain
provisions, most be sold to-anyone will
ing to comply with th same conditions,
-jrr-f T&s Iossibls rree Ust, . . . . f .
Free transportation or reduced rates
may be given employes, officers, sur
geons or attorneys of th company, and
members of their families, or .to former
railway employes who msy hsv be
come Incapacitated for service, and their
families, or to stats or district officers,
county Judges and sheriffs, -ministers,
railway T. M. C A. secretsrles. Inmates
he begins paying S3 per day demurrage
per car not so. loaded to the railroad
company. If ths railroad company, on
th other hand, falls to deliver to him
at the time and" place- desired -toe-number
of cars applied for in writing, h
may' collect from th company fcf per
day for each absent car. Tha tlm In
each case begins to ran from T o'clock
a. m. th day following receipt of ap
plication or car. The shipper who falls
to receive a can. or cars on-time, may
also hold tha railroad company liable for
actual damages sustained by reason of
Inability to ship his commodity. The
shipper. In sul lg to recover- damages,
must show that hs bad on hand at th
tlm th ,klnd and amount of freight
for which th cars were required by
him. No car demurrage can be collect
ed from a railroad company when de
livery of the cars "was prevented by
strikes, wsshouts. accidents or publlo
calamlty--But lack ot sufficient motive
powsr, cars, equipment, terminal facili
ties, terminals or repair shall not exon
erate tna railroad company from fur
nishing cars to the ahlpper. nor for pay
ment of demurrage or damages.
The railroad commission Is given the
power, on hearing, to suspend for con
tlnuous periods of 30 days those sections
of the act relating to demurrage, but
no part of the law shall be suspended
unless good and sufficient cauas is
shown. It Is on this provision that the
mull railroads of tha state will hang
their hopes. In order to receive sny
consideration from tha commission, they
probably will first have to get a reason-
abls amount of equipment to carry on
Independently the business of their lines.
Irrespective of the equipment that has
heretofore been furnished by th trunk
lines. -
After thsy have secured reasonable and
adequate equipment, and should their
cars be drawn off ot their lines In ths
service of the shippers of ths state for
transcontinental or state traffic, they
will bavs under th suspension section
of ths law a protection from unreason
able demurrage penalties, aa It Is . be
lieved they will not be held to pay de
murrage under conditions that ejrould b
ruinous to a small railroad that Is ade
quately equipped. .--
- ' Most Bspoct Aoddeats.
A shipper who may by any untoward
event bar been rendered unable to
meat th law's requirements aa to load
ing or unloading also has recourse to
ths commission to absolvs him from
paying demurrage charges and for sus
pension of til provisions of this sec
tion of th law for a period of 30 days.
o m Junction eaa Issus staying -as-
suspending any order of tbs commission.
except n.fronppltcat1un to clrou't
court, notloa to th commission, and a
hearing, and ths furnishing of adequate
bonds executed In fAVor nf th -nMamls,
Ion. ' Either party In any suit lnvolv-1
ing th commission may, within 0 days
after the entry of any decree, tak aa
appeal ,to the supreme court of Oregon,
and the case shall have precedence over
all other civil suits of different " char
acter. ' . '; ..
' In eases of accidents in which human
Ufa or limb ar lost, or involving seri
ous damage tor property, the- railroads
are required to make an immediate and
detailed report of th accident and- Us
causes to th commission. .
CHILLED EYES IN DAKOTA
TURfl TOWARDS OREGON
Commercial Club Receives Nu
merous Inquiries From Sec-
tions That Feel Winter. 1 v
In its first delivery of tnali yesterday
morning th Portland Commercial club
received 11 S letters from 10 -different
statas and three Canadian provlncea. -
Among th inquiries 18 were from Min
nesota and 12 from North Dakota, in
dicating tbat tha severe winter had had
tha effect of stimulating tha deslr for
Information about a milder climate. -;
" 11 .i 1 .
. . , We're Bought Ott. Armstrong
Th tailor. Us's going to get rich in
Iowa. We're going to make Portland
man look rich in swell garments cut
by our Mr. Schaefer, for aLx and a half
yeara cutter for "Nicoll th Tailor. He
ought to know how. 4. C Bchaefer 4k
Co, Raleigh building, Blxth and Washington.;-
. ;,-7:-;, .. - ......
WxefsiTe Btook Caaasa Ooods.
Allen Lewis' Best Brand, , -.. ;
a i as
JllllA 'II1:
.iliiixJ I!
Provides for heating your Kitchen in the same
manner thatyou do your Dining Room. Do away
with coal stoves altogether; install a Gas Range
A GREAT DEAL" CHEAPER
BY FAR THE CLEAFtER
CONSIDERABLY ORE HANDY
, t
a - !
Many people believe that qwcll warmed Kitchefl
canbej3btained"oriiy byusing a coal stove. Fal
lacy, pure
Das so Many Advantages In GjoMn;, that
Furnace, Hot Water or Steam Heat coal 1
be put in the Kitchen very profitably.
Gas is clean; is always reay for service; is easily
'regulated ; is economical; is convenient; is re
liable; saves dust, ashes, soot, stove pipes, coal
bins and many other nuisances. ;- -
EOR-WIMlR-OIa-SUrXIEa-USE
FBTTHand
YAMHILL
FIFTH and
YAMHILL
v.
nctioin.'
If I: were permitted to tell you what will tran
: sleep before you would buy all the lots in that vicinity you could'carry. 1 . . . : N
r -
You might take a hint
from the fact that I sold
lots in South Omaha about
the time the packing houses
located there, for $500 each,
thatsoldwithinihreeyeare
after for $10,000 each. Study
the picture. '
Another hint might be
found in the experience of
persons who bought lots at'
St Johns about the time
the O. R. CSi, N. branch en
tered ;there for $500 each,
that cannot be bough t to-"
day for ; les'sthan $10,000
each. Study the picture
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SHOWING UNIVERSITY PARK AND VICINITY
UNIVERSITY PARK:
surrounds McKENN A
- JUNCTION and we are
selling lots in that vicinity
for $20 0 for 25x 1 0 0 f eet, ;
-ten per cent cash, balance
$5 . monthly on each lot
No interest if all payments
be paid on or before due.
Prices subject" to advance ;
any day. Francis I, Mc
v Kenna, . agent office at
University ; Park Station
on St Johns car line: Phone
Woodlawn 239 out of
order as usual. ' No up
town office. . - -
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