Show REGULATING STREET RAILROAD COMPANIES Number of Them Doing Interstate Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state Business Rapidly Increasing Washington Nov Nou- 0 25 It 5 1 U l Is It Jul IJ beginning to become lecome known that the thc street railway companies cOnJ of time the country coun coun- try y are leep deeply concerned about the time legislative power of conre congress 8 over ot-er o er thorn them through tho tim Interstate atatu Commerce In laws WH No 0 class of or corporations has been more mome silent about their thell af ar- ar fairs tails finances management methods etc Ote than the time Street railway compa compa- companes companies nies nes of or some somo cities clUe More Mont or less lees ef effective of- of laws la 1 havo hav boon been passed in tim va various various t va- va rious cities and amid stales states to ui-ce ui them to lo lako take the time public Into their h conn- conn dence l' l generally with wih Indifferent r rt- rt suits suIt Now It happens happen that about 20 per percent emit cent ent of ot time the cur car Ct companies companie ot or tile tho country countr do 1 interstate business and time tho proportion in In th t po position tUn la iii II conS con con- ant t lY p l S cI ilnA r I V tW r fb 10 c tM 18 ape c l ST 6 1 in It work A of vt op operating rutn ex- ex pent mt-as mt un prepared d and tc to ill street ct railway experts and also the proper authorities of ot states with wil the flit view JW of or b bringing about uniform meth Otis oll Till This representing the lie rigid analysis ll which statisticians w Us arc are wont to apply appU to such Huch situations evidenced evi l c a u purpose to drag crug from tint tho companies an nn amount of ot information which would be bo highly troublesome to toman man luau many of them to produce It I would woul bo bl possible to figure absolutely whether to ni any aimy company operating ull under r tills this system stem t tem could coul haul passengers for n ml given and continue con con- l in iii business An As a result of the invitation to tho time states states to join in making mak mak- tug ing and an enforcing a uniform system replIes s were received cd from roam 28 8 states of which IS gave ga substantial sub assurance assur assur- ance that the they will adopt copt time the plan pIau de developed lc- lc do- do b by the Interstate authorities Seeking Uniformity The Time tenor lor of ot the tho ito correspondence as asa asa asa a whole makes plain that within a avery avery er very short time after tho the Interstate Commerce commission shall all have Is Issued Is- Is sued I its regulations governing gO interstate inter sUel state concerns mo most t of oC the time interstate roads oads wil III bo be bl d U under uner exactly the tIne I same lal lUteS r arid and uniformity will wil bo hi-c 0 se- se sec c eta I ed cl |