Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-12 | Page 11 | For Published Time Tables

Tor Published Time Tables. Senator Franklin C. Piatt of Painted Post. N. Y., has Introduced a bill In the legislature at Albany, which, In line with the recommendations of tho public service serv-ice commission, socond district, so amends the railroad law as to compel the publication in newspapers of railway time tables. Complaints from all sections of the stale aro on flic at the office of the commission because the railroad time tables aro no longer published in the papers. pa-pers. Senator Piatt's bill provides that . in cities of tho first and second class every railroad and corporation having a. station sta-tion In such city "shall cause to be published pub-lished In such newspapers as the public service commission having jurisdiction shall designate, a local time table Indicating Indi-cating thf time of arrival of all passenger passen-ger trains which stop at such station nnd the lime of their departure therefrom." there-from." In cities of third class and villages, publication Is required in all newspapers having a general circulation. A provision is made whereby the railroad rail-road corporation may appeal to tho public pub-lic service commission for relief if any newspaper charges for such advertising more than the minimum rate charged for general advertising In similar space. Railroads violating the provisions of the bill will bo liable, if the measure becomes be-comes law. to a fine of $25 a day, the penalty being cumulative.