Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — RATES FOR SLEEPING CARS. [ARTICLE]

RATES FOR SLEEPING CARS.

Question Up Again Before a.Sub-Corn* mittee of tkc Hsugc. The question pf taking steps toward reBueingtbe rates charged"by sleeping and palace car companies was thrashed over by a sub-committee of the national House Committee on Commerce. A bill introduced by Mr. % Corliss of Michigan was before the committee, but after a long debate it was decided to strike out all after the first section of the bill and report that section to the full committee for consideration. s The first section proposes to extend the interstate commerce law so as to include sleeping or palace cars operated by common carriers engaged in interstate commerce.