Show POWERS OF OF- OFA A TOLLGATE There There is an an old fashioned toll bridge up up at t Sarat Saratoga Saratoga Sara- Sara t toga ga N N. T. T It has been in the habit of charging i 25 5 cents for permitting automobiles to cross it or r rather ther to go through ugh it for it is one of those old- old S fashioned covered wooden bridges AI r The owner of of an automobile refused to pay pa A Ait suit it w was ws s begun and Jd n now now w Justice Spencer of the Supreme court of the State has declared that under the e charter chart r no toll can be colle collected ted for an automo- automo N bile p re Jn In Th his decision he says The c company's right to ex exact lct toll is confined to the animals and vehicles specified in the act of conS conf conferring con con- S ferring f the thc franchise It t f seems to us that that may be g good od law but t we e think the bridgemen made a a great mistake They f. f f l' 1 fi I i t t ought to have asked the owner of the automobile what power horse-power the engine represented and that the toll ought to have been accor according ing to the horse horse- power For For- instance e if the toll is s so much for say a four four- horse tea team it ought to be ten times that amount for fora 1 auto and the claim set liet for forthe forthe forthe a forty power horse powe lse-powe cIa m setup up the the co court Ut mIght ought to have been that u under der the charter they had av right aright to charge for or horse powerS It It was vas not a v very ry bright bridge company and ancl Judge Judg Spencer must be a a avery very stupid d Judge The charter was was' given that a revenue might be collected by the bridge owners The fact that the vehicles vehicles' Y were wre re charged d according to the number of f animals animal th that t might be attached attach cl to them shows show fully the intent intent intent in in- tent of the law so that if a vehicle comes along without without with with- out any visible animals but at the same time bringing bringing bringing bring bring- ing with it what hat is equivalent to forty f horses then th n that vehicle ought to be charged charge ten t times as much muchas as a horse four horse four coach I j Jk For the intent and purpose of the law Jaw Hath full relation to the penalty 0 It seems to us a clear case case s Suppose s some me one shot should d come come by in a vehicle and for a a amot mot motive ve power had two horses homes cop cop-cea concealed d jn a box above the vehicle would not t the e toll be due on that 1 Now Nov suppose instead of the two horses concealed there it was 3 a a machine equal to forty horses should It t escape T People are growing dull in the East It i in is a cl clear ar arc c the charter cliart r of the bridge had direct reference reference refer refer- ence enc to what hat might bring r ng th the vehicle to it and if istead i. i in hi instead stead stad of two horses or four foul horses the concentrated power of forty horses was pulsating ng with life in the machine then the toll ought to be charged according accord accord- ing y |