Show PROSt CUTIN ROADS C I 1 mm UNDER 28 HOUR LAW in many cases cattle have been con fined fifty or sixty sixt v hours I 1 1 washington feb 14 the department depari of justice is about to proceed against a number of railroads railroad for yip lations of the law relating to tho the shipment of cattle this law provides provide s that cattle shipped in interstate commerce shall not be confined to jo cars longer than twenty eight hours consecutively without their being unloaded for feed feel rest and water except in cases where a request Is previously made the time may be extended to thirty six hours hous in many cases it Is alleged alleg ged have been confined on cars without rest food or water for fifty hours and in some cases sixty hours it Is the purpose of the government to insist upon full maximum penalty of under the old law which derx permitted no eVen extension slon of time the department prosecuted about 1200 cases of violations of the twenty eight hour law and ana in each case the railroad pleaded guilty and paid the minimum penalty of 1100 the railroads railroad 9 to be prosecuted Drose ent and the cities in which the suits wll wil be bel brought follows new york chicago st louis at buffalo atchison topeka santa fe in colorado I 1 Clit chicago cago burlington quincy in nebraska N eb chicago milwaukee st paul at chicago I 1 chicago rock ro k island pacific in kansas v st louis louls at cleveland southern pacific in san francisco I 1 lake shore michigan southern in buffalo to the northern pacific in st paul |