| Show ANOTHER A ATTEMPT IS MAD QI GET A SO DEAL FOR f. f J I UTAH HOUSE DOUSE GIVEN ii NEW RAILROAD BILL It Fixes Maximum Rates for forthe L. L L the Carrying of Passengers Passengers Passengers gers and Freight SPECIAL ECIAL ATTENTION IS PAID TO COAL GOAL few Measure Is Much Like That Now Fending Fend Pend- I ing In Senate Except That It Does Not Provide for Commission to See I That Law is Enforced i 0 Another attempt to secure a square deal fr from Ill the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads for the business interests of Utah is made in a bill by Representative Braxton Barnette of Juab county The new bill biB has much in ill common with the public service service service ice commission bill biB now pending except that it does not provide pro- pro 1 T r U vide for a n commission to enforce the law r I The bill biB fixes the actual rates at which passengers W. W g gers rs and certain of freight may Day be he carried earned The bill has for its object the correcting of abuses and the preventing of discrimination and aud extortion in rates of oft t fc freight 7 and pas passenger enge tar iV x fi t i w. w ti VW rs f a Q bl bits the lI f a y rato In x of rov ea i J. J 1 1 n bo rU furnished d by bythe f 7 the e railroad Tl without between n Gh rB and ond an ano Interchange o of at between respective lines Unes for tor or ortho tho forwarding of de freight and pas pas- 1 cn ers Is ts provided for tor The bill re repeals re- re feals peals certain sections of tto tio pr present laws aws and provides p penalties for tho violation vio yb- lation latton of Its terms The carrying of ot coal In particular I Is dealt with In detail in tho the bill The Therl oars cars rl used aro arc divided Into two classes those with a capacity of or less than pounds and cars with a a. capacity of more than that amount Following are tho maximum rates per ton as provided by tho the bill Bituminous or soft coal in carloads In tn cents per ton of or 2300 pounds first column referring to cars of ot not over pounds' pounds capacity and the second I to cars of over pounds' pounds capacity 4 Kinds of at Coal 1 t I 0 0 c o t. t I t 1 1 f l' l miles or un under er 25 25 O 30 Ov Over r 10 not over or 25 46 45 55 40 50 Over 25 not ov over r 50 65 6 80 60 75 eO 50 not over IGO 95 80 Over not over IO Over 0 not over 30 Over not over 01 40 05 2 Xo No higher charge shall be made for for- a al 1 than lesser thua Wr dr a greater u no nor nol for Cor a a. car of or lessor than for a car carof carof of oC greater load capacity On and after aeter the first day of January 1911 the rates named for cars of over pounds load capacity shall appl appI on all cars car The public service commission bill makes very similar provision both a as regards passenger and freight trans trans- It laid down a rate rato of two Und and a n half halt cents for passenger er traffic and In the matter of coal rates stipulated stipulated that no higher charge chargo shall be made malic for any lessor lesser than for an any greater distance A similar provision I Is made In ln n the Barnette measure Regarding coal rates the public servIce ice bill lIllI provided that each of the railroads railroads rail rail- roads or common carriers in tho tha state of ot Utah shall charge for Cor the transportation tation of passengers no hl hIgier Ier or greater rate than 2 cents per mile and except for coal shall charge e no higher or greater g rate for Cor I tion of ot freight than those which were In existent and effective on January 1 1 1907 a- a bUshed In carriers carriers' tar tar- iffs curre cune jn said date That each i of or the railroads or common carriers carrier I In the state of oC Utah shall shah charge foi t the tra of or coal from any I point In said state to any other point in said state no higher or greater rate of toll or char charge c. c than Is by this act l fixed as the reasonable maximum rate for the distance hauled or service I per per- formed Tie The Barnette bill Is apparently care caro cares s CuB fully drawn and should It become a Continued on ICI Page Inge e night flIght I ht f fi i UTAH HOUSE GIVEN NEW RAILROAD BILL from Pago Ono I law lac It could hardly fall fail to have o the tho extent tent tho the effect of or curtailing to some c almost absolute power of oC tho the railroads of ot Utah Tho The one material difference between this measure and the public service commission is that the Braxton Braxton Draxton Brax- Brax i for tor tho the ton bill makes no provision pro creation of at an any bod body to look after the enforcement of ot tho law as laid down |
