The eighteenth through twentieth report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, 1890

THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Gift of
Georgia Railroad Commission

THE EIGHTEENTH REPORT
iv of THEDAS
Railroad Commission
of
From July 1 88 to Oct 15 90
Submitted to the Governor Ogt 151890
ATLANTA GA CoNsiTUTTON Job Office 5 1890

0

THE EIGHTEENTH REPORT
OF THB
of
GEORGIA

From July 1 89 to Oct 15 90
Submitted to the Governor Oct 151890
ATLANTA GA Constitution Job Office 1890
INDEX
Report to the Governor 512
Circulars Nos 151 to 177 inclusive 1336
Constitution Extracts from 37
Railroad Commission Actv 1 3842
Code Extracts from 4246
InterState Law Extracts from 46
Passenger Tariff 47
Passenger Rules A 4849
Freight Rules 4953
Depot Rules 53
LiveStock Rules 56
Classification 5577
General Rules11 80
Freight Tariff 8182
Relation of Railroad Companies to Freight
Tariff 83108
REPORT
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga October 15 th 1890
His ExcellencyJohn B Gordon Governor
SirIn compliance with law we respectfully submit the following report of the Railroad Commission since the date of our last report
Attached to this report will be found all the circulars issued by the Commission since the last Annual Report numbered seriatim from 152 to 177 inclusive While a perusal of the circulars will show the object of the issuance of each some are of such general importance as to demand a specific reference in the body of this report
Circular Number 154 creating Class G with a very low rate of freight was intended to encourage the new industries based upon cotton seed as a raw material for manufacturing The rate was granted by the Railroads and approved by the Commissionboth roads and commission bein desirous of building up all local industries possible
At the last session of the Legislature an amendment to the Act creating the Commission was passed giving the Commission authority to supervise and regulate depot and station accommodations Circular Number 159 was accordingly issued to place the railroads and the public on notice that the Commission was ready to enforce the law Since the date of Circular 159 October 9th 1889 there has been constructed by order of the Commission on various roads eleven depot buildings one platform and one agency established and there are now under consideration a number of applications for the location of depots and construction of depot buildings The public welfare has been much enhanced by this grant of power to the Commission
By a rigid enforcement of Rule Number 6 of the Commissions Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight it was found that competition at certain points between roads not under the same management and con
6
trol was lessened and a monopoly of freights was encouraged To obviate this violation of the fundamental principle on which the Commission is founded it became necessary to amend Rule 6 To illustrate the short line between Albany and Savannah is over the Plant System while the longer line between the two cities is via the Central System the rate on cotton from Albany to Savannah is of course less over the short line than the rate via the longer line and under Rule 6 before it was amended the Central System controlling the longer line though willing to do so could not meet the short line rate on cotton from Albany to Savannah without making a corresponding reduction along its whole line The revenues of the Central System would not warrant such reduction consequently the short line had a monopoly of the cotton business from Albany to Savannah and the shippers of cotton derived no benefit from competition in service between the two lines connecting Albany and Savannah This condition of affairs has been remedied by Circular Number 163 amending Rule 6 As new roads are being built and completed other points will derive through this amendment the same benefits that have thus accrued to Albany
On April 29th 1890 through Circular Number 166 notice was given to the public and the railroads that the Commission had under consideration the question of the removal of the percentages allowed certain roads in addition to the Standard Tariff The Commission appreciating the fact that the question was one of grave importance to both the public and the roads determined that the investigation of the question should be as full and free as possible so that the conclusion arrived at would do strict justice to every interest involved
In considering the subject two questions presented themselves to the Commission for solution First the relief of certain sections of the State notably South and Southwest Georgia from a burdensome tariff of rates resulting from percents on the Standard Tariff allowed certain roads on account of the sparseness of the population in sections through which these roads passed and second to so arrange in removing this burden from the public that the revenues of the roads at interest should not be so reduced as to decrease the efficiency of service or retard the many improvements demanded of the roads by their patrons the people
On September 4th 1890 four months after notice that the subject was under consideration Circular Number 170 was issued as a solution of the questions involved This solution was reached only after an exhaustive and patient investigation requiring much time for the consideration ot a
7
mas of facts figures and arguments presented by the roads and for making the necessary calculations
The effect of Circular Number 170 is to give to the people of that portion of the State south and southwest of Macon on the roads of the Plant and Central Systems and the East Tenn Va and Ga Railroad the same rates of freights as the people north of Macon and further gives to the territory contiguous to the line of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad a marked reduction in the rates of freights on that road in other words Circular Number 170 equalizes freight rates throughout the State so far as is possible for the present
On October 29th 1889 the Legislature conferred upon the Commission the power to make just and reasonable joint rates for all connecting railroads doing business in this State as to all traffic or business passing from one of said roads to another While a number of roads had mutually agreed upon a joint rate on business passing from one road to another there was nothing obligatory or fixed in such agreements and difficulties were continually arising as to the making and division of such joint rates thus causing frequently prohibitory rates and unnecessary delays therefore the Commission on the 4th of last September exercised the power granted by the Legislature and incorporated into the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight Rule Number 30 given in Circular Number 171 which rule fixes and makes obligatory the maximum joint rate to be charged on all traffic or business passing over the whole or portions of any two or more roads not under the same control within the State This rule will it is believed do away with vexatious delays in shipments and prove beneficial to shippers
Circular Number 173 removes the percents previously allowed the Georgia Southern and Florida and Savannah Americus and Montgomery Railroads and applies a lower percent along the whole line of each of theie roads
Circular Number 174 places the Atlanta and Florida Railroad under the conditions of Circular Number 170
In conformity to the requirements of the Act organizing the Commission that we shall recommend from time to time such legislation as we may deem advisable under the provisions of the Act we respectfully submit the following
The General Assembly at its last session empowered the Commissioners to require the location of such depots and the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of
8
freight and the public comfort and convenience may require Our action so far under this amendment has been set out in a previous part of this report A bill conferring this power was originally presented as a separate measure with a proper title Afterwards however the Legislature deemed it best to embody the substance of the bill in an amendment to the Act establishing the Commission This was done without any change or amendment of the title of that Act
In one case before us the point was made that there was nothing in the title of the Act to indicate or embrace the subject matter of the amendment In view of the constitutional requirement on this subject we consider the point of sufficient importance to call attention to it and we recommend that the title of the Act be amended so as to remove such objection
Since our last report the Supreme Court of the United States has rendered two important decisions to which it is our duty to call attention We refer to the cases of the St Paul Chicago and Milwaukee Railway against Minnesota and the Minneapolis and Eastern Railway against Minnesota both reported in volume 134 U S Reports
In the former case the Railroad Commissioners of Minnesota had reduced the charges for the transportation of milk between certain points in the State and in the latter they had reduced the charge for handling and switching cars in the city of Minneapolis
The railway companies having declined to conform their charges to the orders of the Commission the latter applied to the Supreme Court of the State for a mandamus to compel the companies to adopt the charges so fixed On the hearing the companies applied for a reference to take testimony on the question of the reasonableness of the rates then in force and those established by the Commission The court denied the application holding that under the statute of Minnesota the rates fixed by the Commission were final and conclusive and that in a proceeding for mandamus there is no fact to traverse except the violation of law in not complying with the recommendations oi the Commissioners and ordered a peremptory writ of mandamus to issue
The Supreme Court of the United States Justices Bradley Gray and Lamar dissenting reversed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Minnesota and held that the question of the reasonableness of a rate of charge for transportation by a railroad company involving as it does the element of reasonableness both as regards the company and as regards the public is eminently a question for judicial investigation requiring due pro
9
cess of law for its determination and further that the statute of Minnesota as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the State was in conflict with the Constitution of the United States as depriving the companies of their property without due process of law and depriving them of the equal protection of the laws
Under our statute the rules and regulations of the Commissioners are enforced by an action instituted by the Commissioners through the AttorneyGeneral in the name of the State for the recovery of the penalty therein prescribed The Act further provides That the said Railroad Commissioners are authorized and required to make for each of the railroad companies doing business in this State as soon as practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates and charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedules shall in suits brought against any such railroad corporations wherein is involved the charges of any such railroad corporation for the transportation of any passenge or freight or cars or unjust discrimination in relation there to bedeemed and taken in all the courts of this State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars upon the railroads
In discharging the duties of the important trust committed to us we feel bound to call the attention of the General Assembly through your Excellency to these decisions and to our own law and to invite a careful consideration of the subject with a view to determine whether additional legislation and if so what legislation is necessary to bring our Act in harmony with the principles enunciated by the Supreme Court of the United States These decisions emanate from the highest tribunal in the country and until reversed dr set aside by the same court are authoritative expositions of the supreme law of the land binding alike upon the States and people
It will be readily seen that much depends on the construction that our own courts may give to our law In the case of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company against the Railroad Commissioners 70th Georgia Reports our Supreme Court said Whilst we hold that the Act of October 14th 1879 he Commission Act constitutional and the orders of the Gommissioners valid and binding yet we are not to be understood as holding that their powers are unlimited or beyond legal control by the proper authorities of the State On the contrary we hold that the powers which Rave been conferred upon them are to be exercised within legal and consti
10
tutional limitations and in such way as not to invade the legal and constitutional rightsof others
In calling the attention of the General Assembly to this subject and submitting the same to their wisdom we have but to add that whatever action it may be deemed advisable to take we will earnestly endeavor to carry out faithfully and impartially the legislative will
An interesting and somewhat novel case brought by Georgia Saw Mill Association against the Savannah Americus and Montgomery Railroad came before us arid was decided A shipment of machinery was made from Milwaukee Wisconsin consigned to Americus Georgia under a through bill of lading The consignees requested that the shipment be stopped at Wishart a station en route fiftyone miles distant from Americus The railroad company consented to this and delivered the freight at Wishart and surrendered the bill of lading The usual charge for the transportation of such freight from Milwaukee to Americus was paid and in addition thereto a charge of seventyeight dollars being the amount of the local rate on such a shipment from Americus back to Wishart was demanded It was paid under protest and complaint was made to the Commission When the case was first presented we were inclined tothink that it related to an interstate shipment and was not within our jurisdiction On a consideration of the matter however we came to the conclusion that we did have jurisdiction of the question If the goods had gone on to Americus agreeably to the original consignment the through or interstate shipment would have terminated When by agreement of the parties Wishart was substituted for Americus as the terminal point of the shipment the same result followed If the shipment had been actually made from Americus back to Wishart it would have been purely a local shipment and subject to the local rate between those points On the merits of the case we held that in the absence of any agreement or contract between the railroad company and the consignees to the effect that if such shipment were stopped at Wishart for the convenience and accommodation of the consignees they would pay the company the local rate from Americus back the charge for such imaginary shipment was illegal and the company was directed to refund the same
We present the following table of railway construction in each of the States of the Union from January ist to October 1st 1890 taken from the Railway Age The gratifying fact appears that Geoagia leads all the States in this work
11
Track laid from January 1st to October 1st 1890
States No Lines Miles States No Lines Miles
Alabama 13 201 Missouri 6 73
Arkansas 7 108 Montana 8 312
Arizona 1 3 N ehraska 4 170
California 1 5 33 New Jersey 5 40
Colorado 6 105 New York 3 22
Florida 5 64 North Carolina 11 226
Georgia 12 323 Ohio 8 58
Idaho 1 5 Oregon 2 12
Illinois 6 98 Pennsylvania 14 155
Indiana 5 49 South Carolino 3 109
Indian Territory 4 89 South Dakota 6 70
Iowa 1 8 Tennessee 6 147
Kansas 4 65 Texas 8 195
Kentucky 8 168 Virginia 8 136
Louisiana 4 127 Washington 15 207
Maine 2 12 West Virginia 2 33
Maryland 2 60 Wisconsin 2 15
Massachusetts 2 4 Wyoming 1 30
Michigan 6 118
Minnesota 3 54 Total39 States 212 3782
Mississippi 3 78
RECAPITULATION
New England and Eastern group 8 States 38 462
Central Northern group 5 States 27 338
Southern group 9 States 65 1443
Southwestern group 7 States 36 638
Northwestern group 6 States 23 644
Pacific group 4 States 24 257
It is shown by the report of the ComptrollerGeneral that value of railroads taxable in this State is 37342078 being an increase since the year 1879 of 27975942 or299 per cent
Numerous complaints have been filed with the Commission since our last report some of which have been adjusted by the parties after the commencement of proceedings and many have been investigated and determined by the Commission
As year by year the people become more familiar with the workings of the law and with the schedules and regulations of the Commission the tendency increases to appeal to the Commission for the redress of hardships and injustice they suppose they have suffered On the other hand we have generally found the railroad companies prompt and willing to correct such wrong when it is made apparent
All the rulings and decisions of the Commission have been acquiesced in by the parties interested and so far as we can see the relations between
12
the public and the roads are satisfactory and harmonious It has been the steady aim of the Commission to promote this result and we are glad to note the success of our efforts in this direction
Respectfully submitted
L N TRAMMELL ChairmanA ALEXANDER S ERWIN Commissioners
JAMES W ROBERTSON j
A C Briscoe Secretary
REFERRED TO IN ABOVE REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga August 5th 1889
Gampbell Wallace Chairman l
L N Trammell V Commissioners
Alex S Erwin J
CIRCULAR No 151
Form B Special Rates
Dear SirEnclosed please find lot of Form Bwhich are to be used in forwarding all special local or joint rates to this office Always send duplicates one copy of which to be filed and the other returned to you They will be numbered after reaching this office
All special rates which you may have in effect and not approved by the Board are illegal
Form B must when necessary be accompanied with reasons for the special rates desired as per last part of Rule 29 of Circular 138 otherwise no application can be entertained
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe CAMPBELL WALLACE
Secretary Chairman
14
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga August 13 1889
Campbell Wallace Chirman 1
L N Trammell Commissioners
Alex S Erwin J
CIRCULAR No 152
Change in Commissioners Tariff and Classification
It is hereby ordered that the following changes in the Commissioners Tariff and Classification be made
1 The following figures will be substituted for those in Class N of Circular No 119 and all articles in Class N will be governed by same
Miles N Miles N Miles N Miles N
5 5 00 75 16 50 190 2950 330 38 50
10 6 50 80 17 00 200 30 00 340 39 00
15 1 7 50 85 17 50 210 31 00 350 40 00
20 8 00 90 18 00 220 31 50 360 40 00
25 9 00 95 19 00 230 32 00 370 40 00
30 10 00 100 20 00 240 33 00 380 41 00
35 12 00 110 21 00 250 33 50 390 42 00
40 13 00 120 23 00 260 34 00 400 42 00
45 14 00 130 24 00 270 34 50 410 44 00
50 14 00 140 25 00 280 3500 420 44 00
55 14 00 150 26 00 290 36 00 430 44 00
60 14 50 160 27 00 300 36 50 440 46 00
65 15 50 170 28 00 310 37 00 450 46 00
70 16 00 180 29 00 320 38 00 460 46 00
2 Live Stock Cattle Fowls alive in coops C L without percentage Live Stock Cattle Fowls alive in coopsL C L without percentage
3 Brooms any quantity without percentage
Class 0 R
3 2
4
Class O R
N
4
5
All circulars and parts of circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
This circular to take effect September 2nd 1889
Byorder of the Board
A C Briscoe i CAMPBELL WALLACE
Secretary Chairman1
15
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September 6 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman
It is hereby ordered that on September the tenth 1889 and thereafter until otherwise ordered the East and West of Alabama Railroad Company be exempt from the operation of Rule No 5 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers and from the operation of Rule No 2 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight and in lieu thereof said railroad company be allowed a minimum charge of twentyfive cents full fare and fifteen cents half fare for the transportation of passengers and as a minimum charge for the transportation of freight the rates prescribed for said railroad for distance of ten miles
By order of the Board
L N Trammell Aiex S Erwin
CIRCULAR No 153
East and West of Alabama Railroad Company
A C Briscoe
CAMPBELL WALLACE
Secretary
Chairman
16
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September 9 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman 1
L N Trammell V Commissioner si
Alex S Erwin j
CIRCULAR No 154
Class G
On and after September 16th 1889 the following column will be known as Class G the present Class G having become obsolete
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
30
35
30
65
70
75
0
85
90
95
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
Per 100 lbs
5 miles 2
3i
31
6
n
6
6f
7
7
71

71 t
n

71
2
71
9
9
H
91
Per 100 lbs
190 miles 91
200 94
f 1 i i 94
210
220
230
240
250
260
270
280
290
300
310
320
330
340
350
360
370
380
390
400
410
420
430
440
450
460
10
P
10
101
10
10i
lof
lOf
11
11
11
11
11
11
111
Ilf
Ilf
Ilf
Ilf
11
nf
Ilf
Ilf
Ilf
12
Also on and after the same date Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed Hulls C R in car load lots of not less than 20000 lbs will be placed in Class G without percentage and per Rule 1
All circulars and parts of circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe CAMPBELL WALLACE
Secretary Chairman
17
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September io 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman
Union Point and White Plains Railroad Co
On and after September 16th 1889 the Union Point and White Plains Railroad Company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
FreightTo classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G and H add 50 per cent to
Commissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 20 per cent added Fertilizers C L not less than ten tons of 2000 lbs each Class M with 20 per cent added
To Classes C D and F add 20 per cent
To all other classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September 16 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman
On and after September 25th 1889 the following change in the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
1 Cotton and Hay Ties C RRule 1 without percentage Class R
Circular No 155 Corrected
After the words To Classes C D and F change the figures 20 to 25
All circulars and parts of circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
By order of the Board
L N Trammell Alex S Erwin
CIRCULAR No 155
PassengersClass B four cents per mile By order of the Board
A C Briscoe
Secretary
CAMPBELL WALLACE
Chairman
L N Trammell Alex S Erwin
CIRCULAR No 156 Cotton and Hay Ties
A C Briscoe
Secretary
CAMPBELL WALLACE
Chairman
18
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga November 26 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman
The following changes in the Commissioners Standard Classification are hereby ordered
1 Stone and Marble Blocks Rough L C LC R without percentage 6th Class
2 Omit figure 6 opposite Cabinet Ware
3 Omit figure 5 opposite Cheese Safes
4 Chestnuts prepaid O R should be 5
5 Paper PulpPule 1C R Class R
6 Omit figure 5 opposite Raisins Strapped
7 Omit figures 4 and 2 opposite Syrups
8 Syrups in cans boxed or in kegs C R should be 4
9 Syrups in glass boxed C R should be 2
All circulars and parts of circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
This circular to take effect December 10th 1889
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe CAMPBELL WALLACE
L N Trammell Alex S Erwin
CIRCULAR No 157
Change in Classification
Correction of Errata
Secretary
Chairman
19
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga December 9 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman
L N Trammell V Commissioners
Alex S Erwin J
CIRCULAR No 158
Amendment to Rules Governing1 the Transportation of Passengers
The following are adopted as Rules No 6 7 and 8 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers and the orignal Rules No 6 7 8 10 and 11 are transposed and numbered respectively 9 10 11 12 and 13
Rule No 6 No more than Standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged passengers to and from flag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale
Rule No 7 When in consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than regular Standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged
Rule No 8 Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices ready and open for the sale of tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply themselves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each passenger twelve years old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over five years old and under twelve 12 may be demanded and collected
Original Rule No 9 of Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers is hereby repealed so that the Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers as above amended will read as follows
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Cents Per Mile
For Passengers
Class A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over 3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age U 2 2
20
Rules Governing1 the Transportation of Passengers
PASSENGER RULES
1 Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty 150 pounds
2 No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure from a station of the train upon which the passenger intends to be transported
3 At junction points where the incoming train arrives so near the leaving time of the outgoing train that it is not practicable for a passenger to procure a ticket no more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged
4 Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger fares if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so but if not no more than the next lowest amount ending in 5 or a shall be charged
5 No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum full or half rate between regular stations when the fare would be less than that amount
6 No more than Standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged passengers to and from flag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale
7 When in consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged
8 Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices ready and open for the sale of tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply themselves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each passenger twelve years old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over five years old and under twelve may be demanded and collected
9 The Commission will consider applications for an advance or reduction in the Standard Tariff for the transportation of passengers but no change in rates shall be of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and published in the newspapers of the State as required by law in Section VI of the Act approved October 14 1879 pvovided that this rule shall not be construed as placing any restriction on the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates on excursion trains or to issue
21
what are called Commutation Tickets provided no unjust discrimination is practiced
10 Tickets on sale at any office in a city must be kept on sale at the Depot Ticket Office of the same railroad at the same prices
11 All assent heretofore given railroad companies to use drawback tickets is hereby withdrawn
SLEEPING CARS
12 The fare for berths on Sleeping Cars shall not exceed for ioo miles or less and for distances over ioo miles shall not exceed the rate o one cent per mile for each berth Provided however that for a lower berth with the upper berth not lowered the fare may be not exceeding 150 for 150 miles or less and for distances between 150 and 200 miles not exceeding 2
13 Each railroad company doing business in this State shall furnish like and equal accommodation to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition
All circulars and parts of circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
This circular to take effect December 18th 1889
A C Briscoe CAMPBELL WALLACE
Secretary Chairman
22
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga December 9 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman J
L N Trammell Commissioners
Alex S Erwin j
CIRCULAR No 159
1 From and after Monday the sixteenth day of December 1889 no change of freight or passenger depots or flag stations from their present location nor the suspension of the sale of tickets or the receiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in use for such purposes will be permitted without the consent of this Commission published in accordance with law
2 Application for the location of depots and the construction of depot buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby
3 A correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said depot with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for not less than one mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as to other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also evidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accommodated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the Commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require the location of such depots and the establishing of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the roads the safety of freights and the public comfort and convenience may require
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe CAMPBELL WALLACE
Secretary Chairman
23
Office of theRailroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga December 16 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman
Rule No 8 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers as published in Circular No 158 is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words
Provided however offices at way stations may be closed one minute before the arrival of trains
So that said rule as amended will read
Rule 8 Where a Railroad Company has provided agents and offices ready and open for the sale of tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply themselves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each passenger twelve years old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over five years old and under twelve 12 may be demanded and collected Provided however offices at way stations may be closed one minute before the arrival of trains
This Circular to take effect December 21 1889
By order of the Board
L N Trammell Alex S Erwin
CIRCULAR No 160 Amending Passenger Rule No 8
A C Briscoe
CAMPBELL WALLACE
Secretary
Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga December 23 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman
for approval the following reduced freight and passenger tariff the same is hereby approved
FreightFertilizers L C L Class K with 20 per cent added
PassengerClass A three cents per mile
Change in Classification
Unlaundried Drawers and Shirts made entirely of cottonper Rule 1
On and after the fifteenth day of January 1890 the following change in the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Fertilizers L C L without percentage and per Rule One C R Class K
Fertilizers C L without percentage and per Rule One C R Class M
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe CAMPBELL WALLACE
L N Trammell Alex S Erwin
CIRCULAR No 161
Union Point and White Plains Railroad Company
4
The Union Point and White Plains Railroad Company having submitted
Fertilizers C L of not less than ten tons of 2000 pounds each
Class M with 20 per cent added
To Classes C D and F add 25 per cent
To all other classes apply Commissioners Standard Tariff
and without percentageC R This circular to take effect January 1 1890 By order of the Board
Class 6
A C Briscoe
CAMPBELL WALLACE Chairman
Secretary
L N Trammell Alex S Erwin
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga December 23 1889
Campbell Wallace Chairman
Commissioners
CIRCULAR No 162 Fertilizer Rate
Secretary
Chairman
25
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga March 4 1890
L N Trammell Chairman J
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
Jas W Robertson J
CIRCULAR No 163
Amending1 Freight Rule No 6
The second paragraph of Rule No 6 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended so as to read as follows But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or lines in order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates between said two points below the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of said roads Provided said reduction shall not make the rates less than the Standard Tariff rates for the shortest line between said points Provided further That before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Commission
This Circular to take effect March 15th 1890
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
26
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga March 4 1890
L N Trammell Chairman l
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
Jas W Robertson j
CIRCULAR No 164
Tariffs for New Roads
The Alabama Midland and the Dover and Statesboro Railroad Companies having applied for a tariff of rates said Companies will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows FreightTo Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent to Standard Tariff
Classes C D and F per note B of Circular No 82
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff PassengersClass A three cents per mile
The Columbus Southern Railroad Company having applied for a tariff of rates said Railroad Company will be allowed to charge as follows FreightTo Classes 1 2 3 4 15 6 A E and H add to Commissioners Standard Tariff as follows
Between o and 40 miles 50 per cent
Between 40 and 70 miles 40 per cent
Between 70 and 100 miles 30 per cent
Over 100 miles 20 per cent
Classes C D and F per note B of Circular 82
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff PassengersClass A three cents per mile
This Circular to take effect March 15 1890
By order of the Board
A G Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
27
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga March 18 1890
L N Trammell Chairman j
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
Jas W Robertson J
CIRCULAR No 165
Correction of Circular No 164
1 Add to tariff of Columbus Southern Railroad Company after figure 5 the figure 6
2 The passenger class of Dover and Statesboro Railroad should be Class C five cents per mile instead of Class A
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlnta Ga April 29 1890
L N Trammell Chairman l
Alex S Erwin V Commissioners
Jas W Robertson J
CIRCULAR No 166
Proposed Removal of the Percentages Allowed on the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Notice is hereby given that the Commission has under consideration the question of the removal of all percentages over and above the Commissioners7 Standard Tariff now allowed railroad companies doing business within this State All railroad companies and other parties interested are hereby notified that if they so desire they will be heard on this question at the office of the Commission in the City of Atlanta at 10 oclock a m on Tuesday May 27 1890
By Order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
28
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga May 27 1890
L N Trammell Chairman j
Alex S Erwin v Commissioners
Jas W Robertson J
CIRCULAR No 167
Amending Freight Rule No 13
Rule No 13 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Rule No 13 When railroad companies are required to load dr unload car load shipments of Classes L M N O and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost of such service shall be paid byshippers
In effect June 16 1890
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga June 24 1890
L N Trammell Chairman J
Alex S Erwin V Commissioners
Jas W Robertson J
CIRCULAR No 168
Change in the Commissioners Classification
On and after the tenth day of July 1890 the following change in th Commissioners Classification will be made
Wagons Farm or Lumber with Axles Hounds Bolsters and Stands ards made of Iron or Steel taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quantity actual weight carriers risk 6th Class
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
29
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga August n 1890
L N Trammell Chairman Alex S Erwin
Jas W Robertson
Commissioners
CIRCULAR No 169
Change in the Commissioners Classification
Circular No 168 is hereby amended so as to read as follows
On and after the twentysixth day of August 1890 the following change in the Commissioners Classification will be made
Wagons Farm or Lumber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quantity actual weight carriers risk 6th Class
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
On and after October the 15th 1890 all percentages now allowed excepting those on Classes C D and F for the transportation of freights originating and terminating in the State over the roads composing the Central System the Plant System and Richmond and Danville System and over the Atlanta and West Point and East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroads shall be removed and said roads will be allowed for the transportation of such freights the Commissioners Standard Tariff with ten 10 per cent added for all distances for all classes excepting C D F J P and Rosin and the rates thus established shall be the local ratesfor the Systems and Roads herein named
By order of the Board
Secretary
Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September 4 1890
L N Trammell Chairman Alex S Erin
Jas W Robertson
CIRCULAR No 170 Change in Freight Tariff
A C Briscoe
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
Secretary
30
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September 4 1890
L N Trammell Chairman J
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
Jas W Robertson J
CIRCULAR No 171
Freight Rule No 30 Joint Rates
The following has been adopted as Rule No 30 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
Rule No 30 On all shipments of freights not governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be greater than the sum of the local rates on such freights less ten 10 per cent for the distance hauled over each road The total rate thus ascertained on such freights from the point of shipment to the point of destination shall be divided in such proportions between the roads over which such freights pass so as to give to each road interested in the shipment its local rate less ten 10 per cent for the distance such shipment is hauled
Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prevent the total of any Joint Rate made under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads interested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work delay in the transportation of such freights or be a subject of appeal to the Commission by the roads at interest
This Circular to take effect October 15 1890
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
31
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September 4 1890
L N Trammell Chairman Alex S Erwin
Jas W Robertson
Commissioners
CIRCULAR No 172
Change in Commissioners Classification
On and after the twentieth day of September 1890 the following changes in the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Soda Ash L C L C RClass K
Soda Ash C L C RClass M
Match Splints packed in cases L C L C RClass 4
Match Splints packed in cases C L C RClass 6
Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone marked matches
O RClass 3
By order of the Board
Freight Tariffs of Georgia Southern and Florida and Savannah
On and after the fifteenth day of November 1890 all percentages now allowed the Georgia Southern and Florida and Savannah Americus and Montgomery Railroad Companies excepting on Classes C D and F will be removed and said companies will be allowed for the transportation of freights the Commissioners Standard Tariff with twenty 20 per cent added for all distances on all classes excepting C D F J P Rosin Spirits of Turpentine and Fertilizers and said Companies will be allowed on Spirits of Turpentine and Fertilizers the Commissioners Standard Tariff on those articles with ten 10 per cent added
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe
Secretary
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September 24 1890
L N Trammll Chairman Alex S Erwin
Jas W Robertson
CIRCULAR No 173
Americus and Montgomery Railroad Companies
A C Briscoe
Secretary
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
32
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga September 24 1890
L N Trammell Chairman Alex S Erwin
Jas W Robertson
Commissioners
CIRCULAR No 174 Change in Freight Tariff
On and after November the 15 th 1890 all percentages now allowed excepting those on Classes C D and F for the transportation of freights originating and terminating in the State over the Atlanta and Florida Railroad shall be removed and said road will be allowed for the transr portation of such freights the Commissioners Standard Tariff with ten 10 per cent added for all distances for all classes excepting C D F J P and Rosin and the rates thus established shall be the local rates for the road herein named
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
On and after November the 15th 1890 the following changes in the Commissioners Classification and Rules will be in effect
Secretary
Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15 1890
L N Trammell Chairman Alex S Erwin
Jas W Robertson
CIRCULAR No 175
Change in Classification and Rules
Machinists Tools Planers Lathes Drills Presses etc Woodworking Machinery Lathes Planing Machinery
C R OR
2 s
Boring and Morticing Machines etc
Ditto packed K D See Rule 14
Ore Iron L C L in boxes or barrels prepaid
3
B
Ore Iron C L
P less 20 per cent
Pyrites L C L prepaid in boxes or barrels
B
Pyrits C L
Telegraph Brackets in bags
Class P less 20 per cent
3
33
CR O R
Telegraph Brackets in boxes 5
Telegraph Brackets C L R
Shingles L C L B
Coal L C L D
Omit Paper product of Southern mills shipped direct from mills
Rice clean in Barrels or Sacks 1 times C
Logs for Saw Mills C L 24000 pounds P
Logs for Chair Timber not over 4 feet long C L 24
000 pounds Class P less 20 per cent
Sand C L 25000 pounds Class P less 20 per cent 6
Rubber Old Scrap 5
Wood Green C L of 8 cords to be billed by cord
Rule 12 P
Wood Dry C L of 9 cords to be billed by cord Rule 12 P
Wool washed in bags not pressed 2
Wool unwashed in bags not pressed 4
Wool washed in bags pressed in bales 3
Wool unwashed in bags pressed in bales 6
Millo Maize in bags or sacks 6
Tacks Iron in kegs or barrels of 6
Beans White Navy Beans in bags or barrels D
Asbestos in boxes kegs bags or bales L C L 2
Asbestos in barrels or casks L C L 6
Asbestos in barrels or casks C L L
Asbestos Cement L C L 4
Asbestos Cement C L L
Asbestos Ore L C L 4
Asbestos Ore C L L
Asbestos Packing in rolls or cases L C L 3
Asbestos Packing C L 6
Asbestos Roofing in rolls or cases L C L 4
Asbestos Roofing C L L
Fowls alive in coops L C L 1 2
Fowls alive in coops C L 1 N
Hearses K D boxed or crated 13 1
Garden Seeds returned over same line by which originally
forwarded 4
Cotton Batting N O S 5
34
The percentages allowed to be added to Classes C D and F as per Note B having been incorporated into the Standard Tariff and as said percentages apply to all Railroad Companies doing business within the State of Georgia said Note B is hereby repealed and all Railroad Companies in this State will charge for Classes C D and F per figures contained in the Revised Standard Tariff
Omit Notes A and F
Omit Explanatory Notes Nos 6 and 7 and Second Paragraph of Rule 20 and change Explanatory Note 8 to 6
Rule No 23 of Freight Rules is hereby amended so as to read as follows
A ton of all articles enumerated except Scrap Iron is 2000 pounds A ton of Scrap Iron is 2240 pounds A car load is 20000 pounds unless otherwise specified For loads above 20000 pounds pro rate at car load rates charged A car load of green wood is eight cords A car load of dry wood is nine cords A car load of lumber and all articles embraced in lumber is 24000 pounds A car load of any articles enumerated in Class P except Wood and Lumber and articles included in lumber is 25000 pounds Shippers to load and unload Provided that when a car is loaded over its marked capacity by the shipper at a flag station the Railroad Companies are left free to charge for the excess a rate that will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property
CORRECTION OF ERROR
Transpose figures in existing columns L and M for all distances between 300 miles and 460 miles inclusive
This Circular to take effect November 15 1890
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
35
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October i 1890
L N Trammell Chairman j
Alex S Erwin V Commissioners
Jas W Robertson J
CIRCULAR No 176
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
On and after November 15th 1890 the following Rules and Regulations governing the transportation of live stock will be in effect
The rates on live stock as given in this tariff are based on the following maximum valuations
Horses and Mules not over 120 00 each
Horned Cattle not over 50 00 each
Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over 150 00 each
Fat Hogs and Fat Calves not over 15 00 each
Lambs Stock Hogs or Stock Calves not over 5 00 each
Race Horses Stallions Jacks Bulls and other high priced animals when shippers are not willing to have the same transported at above valuations will be taken only at the following rates on valuation given
Value from 150 to 400 add to regular rate 30 per cent
Value from 400 to 600 add to regular rate 50 per cent
Value from 600 to 800 add to regular rate 60 per cent
Value from 800 to 1000 add to regular rate 100 per cent
Over 1000 subject to special rate by contract
Live stock will be taken at the released or owners risk rate only when contract is executed by shipper and station agent
Mixed shipment of cattle hogs lambs etc will be taken in car loads at car load rates for cattle but carrier will be released from damage to animals caused by their own acts or to each other and from escape if not haltered suffocation exhaustion from heat or cold
Sucking calves accompanying cows will be charged for at rate for single calves
Sucking colts accompanying mares will be charged for at double the rate for single calves
The word calves used in these Rules and Regulations applies only to calves under nine months old and the words yearling cattle to cattle over nine months and under eighteen months old
Pigs hogs calves etc boxed crated or in portable pens taken at actual weight carriers risk 1st class owners risk 2nd class
36
In no case shall the charge for less than a car load of live stock exceed the charge for a car load
Shippers will be expected to feed water and care for stock at their own expense When food is furnished by carrier a charge will be made for the same and collected from consignee
One two or three cars of live stock will entitle the owner or his agent to be carried free to point of destination of consignment on the train with the stock to care for the same Four to seven cars inclusive belonging to one owner two men in charge and eight cars or more belonging to one owner three men in charge which number is the maximum number of attendants that will be carried free for one shipment
Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Rule No 29 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Rule No 29 All Joint Rates between two or more roads not under the same management or control excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be made only by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or rates and submitted to the Commission by the initial road with a carefully prepared tariff of rates and distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the Commission
This Circular to take effect October 20 1890
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L n TRAMMELL
Secretary
Chairman
L N Trammell Chain Alex S Erwin
Jas W Robertson
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15 1890
CIRCULAR No 177
Secretary
Chairman
37
EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Relating to Railroads
Together with the Law Creating a Railroad Commission
OOISTSTITUTIOKT
ARTICLE 1YSection II
Paragraph I The power and authority of regulating railroad freight and passenger tariffs preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discriminations on the various railroads of this State and to prohibit said roads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties
Par III The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing nor alter or amend the same nor pass any other general or special law for the benefit of said corporation except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution and every amendment of any charter of any corporation in this State or any special law for its benefit accepted thereby shall operate as a novation of said charter and shall bring the same under the provisions of this Constitution Provided That this section shall not extend to any amendment for the purpose of allowing any existing road to take stock in or aid in the building of any branch road
Par IY The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any corporation to buy shares or stock in any other corporation in this State or elsewhere or to make any contract or agreement whatever with any such corporation which may have the effect or he intended to have the effect to defeat or lessen competition in their respective businesses or to encourage monopoly and all such contracts and agreements shall he illegal and void
Par Y No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freights or passage and any such payments shall he illegal and void and these prohibitions shall he enforced by suitable penalties
Par YI No provisions of this article shall he deemed held or taken to impair the obligation of any contract heretofore made by the State of Georgia
Par YII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation
38
The following is the law under which the Railroad Commission was created being Act No 269 Part 1 Title 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 18781879
act
To provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same
Whereas It is made the duty of the General Assembly in article 4 paragraph 2 and section 1 of the Constitution to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discrimination on the various railroads of this State and to prohibit railroads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties therefore
Section I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate to carry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law and one of experience in the railway business After the expiration of the terms of the office of the Commissioners first appointed the term of office of successors shall be six years but at the first appointment one Commissioner shall be appointed for two years one for four years and one for six years The salary of each Commissioner shall be twentyfive hundred dollars to be paid from the Treasury of the State Any Commissioner may be suspended from office by order of the Governor who shall report the fact of such suspension and the reasons thereforto the next General Assembly and if a majority of each branch of the General Assembly declare that said Commissioner shall be removed from office his term of office shall expire The Governor shall have the same power to fill vacancies in the office of Commissioner as to fill other vacancies and if for any reason said Commissioners are not appointed during the present session of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint them thereafter and report to the next Senate but the time until then shall not be counted as part of the term of office of said Commissioners respectively as herein provided Said Commissioners shall take an oath of office to be framed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in any way be the holders of any railroad stock or bonds or be the agent or employe of any railroad company or have any interest in any way in any railroad and shall so continue during the term of office and in case any Commissioner becomes disqualified in any way he shall at once remove the disqualifications or resign and on failure so to do he must be suspended from office by the Governor and dealt with as hereinafter provided In any case of suspension the Governor may fill the vacancy until the suspended Commissioner is restored or removed
Sec II That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of twelve hundred dollars at the expense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atlanta and all sums of money authorized to be paid by this Act out of the State Treasury shall be paid only on the order of the Governor Provided That the total sum to be expended by said Commissioners for office rent furniture and stationery shall in no case exceed the sum of five hundred dollars 500 or so much thereof as may be necessary per annum
39
Sec III That from and after the passage ot this Act if any railroad corporation organized r doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law of this State now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or any railroad corporation organized or which may hereafter he organized under the laws of any other State and doing business in this State shall charge collect demand or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its track or any of its branches thereof or upon any railroad within this State which it has the right license or permission to use operate or control the same shall be deemed guilty of extortion and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
Sec IV That it any railroad corporation as aforesaid shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has the right license or permission to operate control or use within this State the same shall be deemed guilty of having violated the provisions of this Act and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
Sec V That the Commissioners appointed as hereinbefore provided shall as provided in the next section of this Act make reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on the railroads thereof shall make reasonable and just rules and regulations to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State as to charges at any and all points for the necessary handling and delivering of freights shall make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the transportation of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State shall have the power to make just and reasonable joint rates for all connecting railroads doing business in this State as to all traffic or business passing from one of said roads to another and to require the location of such 1 depots and the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of freight and the public comfort may require Provided however That before applying joint rates to roads that are not under the management and control of one and the same company the Commissioners shall give thirty days notice to said roads of the joint rate contemplated and of its division between said roads and give hearing to roads desiring to object to the same shall make reasonable and just rates of charges for use of Tailroad cars carrying any and all kinds of freight and passengers on said railroad no matter by whom owned or carried and shall make just and reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by said railroad companies on said railroads to prevent the giving or paying of any rebate or bonus directly or indirectly and from misleading or deceiving the public in any manner as to the real rates charged for freight and passengers Provided That nothing in this Act contained shall be taken as in any manner abridging or controlling the rates for freight charged by any railroad company in this State for carrying freight which comes from or goes beyond the boundaries of the State and on which freight less than local rates on any railroad carrying the same are charged by such railroad but said railroad companies shall possess the same power and right to charge such rates for carrying such freights as they possessed before the passage of this Act and said Commissioners shall have full power by rules and regulations to designate and fix the difference in rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed for longer and shorter distances on the same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances
40
Sec VI That the said Railroad Commissiohers are hereby authorized and required to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State as soon as practi cable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shall in suits brought against any such railroad corporations wherein is involved the charges of any such railroad corporation for the transportation of any passenger or freight or cars or unjust discrimination in relation thereto he deemed and taken in all courts of this State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars1 upon the railroads and said Commissioners shall from time to time and as often as circumstances may require change and revise said schedules When any schedule shall have been made or revised as aforesaid it shall he the duty of said Commissioners to cause publication thereof to be made for one time in some public newspaper published in the cities of Atlanta Augusta Albany Savannah Macon Rome Athens Americus and Columbus in this State at a rate not to exceed fifty cents per squareof usual advertising space when less than a column is occupied or more than twelve dollarsper column when as much space as a column or more is occupied by inserting said scheduleor change of any schedule so that said newspaper shall not charge for such advertising any rate in excess of that allowed for county legal advertising and after the same shall he so published it shall he the duty of all such railroad companies to post at all their respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people Provided That the schedule thus prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication Provided That when any rate or change is made by the Commissioners that affects only one road or roads in a particular locality the insertion need only be mad in the paper published in one of the cities named nearest where the change is made Act 27th September 1873 Provided That the schedules thus prepared shall not be taken asevidence as herein provided until schedules shall have been prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication All such schedules purporting to beprinted and published as aforesaid shall be received and held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules of said Commissioners without further proof than the production of theschedules desired to he used as evidence with a certificate of the Railroad Commission that the same is a true copy of the schedule prepared by them for the railroad company or corporation therein named and that the same has been duly published as required by law
Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain if the rules and regulations aforesaid have been complied with and to make personal visitation of railroad offices stations and other places of business for the purpose of examination and to makerules and regulations concerning such examination which rules and regulations shall bo observed and obeyed as other rules and regulations aforesaid said Commissioners shall alsohave full power and authority to examine all agents and employees of said railroad companies and other persons under oath or otherwise in order to procure the necessary information to make just and reasonable fates of freight and passenger tariffs and to ascertain if such rules and regulations are observed or violated and to make necessary and proper rules and regulations concerning such examinations and which rules and regulations herein provided for shall be obeyed and enforced as all other rules and regulations provided for in this Act
Sec VIII That all contracts and agreements between railroad companies doing busi ness in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said Com
41
Tnissioners for inspection and correction that it may he seen whether or not they are a violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the rules and regulations of said Commissioners and all arrangements and agreements whatever as to the division of earnings of any kind by competing railroad companies doing business in this State shall he submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and approval in so far as they affect rules and regulations made by said Commissioners to secure to all persons doing business with said companies just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and said Commissioners may make such rules and regulations as to such contracts and agreements as may then he deemed necessary and proper and any such agreement not approved by such Commissioners or by virtue of which rates shall be charged exceeding the rates fixed for freight and passengers shall he deemed held and taken to he violations of article 4 section 1 paragraph 4 of the Constitution and shall he illegal and void
Sec IX That if any railroad company doing business in this State by its agents or employes shall be guilty of a violation of th rules and regulations provided and prescribed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof ample and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person or corporation as may he directed by the Commissioners shall not he made within thirty days from the time of such notice such company shall incur a penalty for each offense of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars to be fixed by the presiding Judge An action for the recovery of such penalty shall lie in any county in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated and shall he in the name of the State of Georgia The Commissioners shall institute such action through the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral whose fees shall he the same as now provided by law
Sec X That if any railroad company doing business in this State shall in violation of any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong or injury on any person such person shall have a right of action and recovery for such wrong or injury in the county where the same was done in any court having jurisdiction thereof and the damages to be recovered shall be the same as in actions between individuals except that in cases of wilful violation of law such railroad companies shall be liable to exemplary damages Provided That all suits under this Act shall be brought within twelve months after the commission of the alleged wrong or injury
Sec XI That in all cases under the provision of this Act the rules of evidence shall be the same as in civil actions except as hereinbefore otherwise provided All fines recovered under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the State Treesury to be used for such purposes as the General Assembly may provide The remedies hereby given tbe persons injured shall be regarded as cumulative to the remedies now given by law against railroad corporations and this Act shall not be construed as repealing any statute giving such remedies
Sec XII That the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this Act shall he deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individuals now owning or operating or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad in whole or in part in this State and the provisions of vthis Act shall apply to all persons firms and companies and to all associations of persons whether incorporated or otherwise that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railroad in this State street railways xcepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore mentioned
Sec XIII That all railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the
42
freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents therailroad receipt to the agent of the railroad that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped upon payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipt If any railroad company shall violate this provision of the statute such railroad company shall incur a penalty to he fixed and collected as provided in section nine of this Act
Sec XIY That it shall he the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for to maketo the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recommend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provisions of this Act
Sec XV That said Railroad Commissioners in making any examination for the purpose of obtaining information pursuant to this Act shall have power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as they may prescribe And said witnesses shall receive for such attendance two dollars per day and five cents per mile traveled by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the place of meeting of said Commissioners to he ordered paid by the Governor upon presentation of subpoenas sworn to by the witnesses as to the number of days served and miles traveled before the clerk of said Commissioners who is hereby authorized to administer oaths In case any person shall willfully fail or refuse to obey such subpoena it shall be the duty of the Judge of the SuperiorCourt of any county upon application of said Commissioners to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend before the Commissioners and give his testimony upon such matters as shall he lawfully required by such Commissioners and said court shall have power to punish for contempt as in other cases ofrefusal to obey the process and order of such court
Sec XVI That every officer agent or employe of any railroad company who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commissioners as necessary to thepurposes of this Act or who shall willfully and unlawfully hinder delay or obstruct said Commissioners in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon them shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense to he recovered in an action of debt in the name of the State
Sec XVII That all laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed
Approved October 14 1879
The following extracts from the laws of the State on the Subject of transportation of passengers and freight by Railroad Companies are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest
A
Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia Section 2083
B
A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is ableand accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2070
43
C
Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all persons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2082
D
A carrier of passengers is hound to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But he is not liable for injuries to the person after having used such diligence Code Section 2067
E
The carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a passenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his own baggage Code Section 2071
E
It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employes to be provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from station to station on their roads when required And it is the duty of the conductor of every passenger train to cause upon application to him all trunks and baggage to be checked from any station to any point of destination on their road or any road running under the control of the company of which he is conductor The carrier of passengers has a lien on the baggage not only for its freight hut for the passengers fare Code Section 2079
G
A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to he taken for the fare paid In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost provided the same he only such articles as a traveler for business or pleasure would carry for his or her own use Code Section 2081
H
Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during the day or night anf lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor or agent of said roads being requested by any passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passengers in each car and light at night and shall pass any depot or station without so doing shall be liable to be indicted in any county through which the road runs and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 4310 of the Code Code Section 4585
I
All common carriers of passengers for hire in this State shall furnish like and equal accommodations to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition Code Section 4586
J
The conductors of all trains carrying passengers in this State are invested with all the powers duties and responsibilities of police officers while on duty on their trains They may eject all persons gambling or guilty of disorderly conduct or using profane or vulgar language and may command the assistance of the employes of the company and of the
44
passengers on the train to assist in the removal of such offending person or persons Code Section 4586 a
K
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than onehalf hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph operator and during the hours when such operator is required to he on duty it shall he the duty of such railroad company to keen posted at every succeeding telegraph station along its line the time such train is behind its schedule Provided That such bulletin shall not he required to be posted at any station until onehalf hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at the station at which such bulletin is required to he kept Acts 18845 p 119
L
The carrier is hound to extraordinary diligence In cases of loss the presumption is against him and no excuse avails him unless it was occasioned by the act of God or the public enemies of the State Code Section 2066
M
A common carrier cannot limit his legal liability by any notice given either by publication or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract and will then be governed thereby Code Section 2068
Jj
A common carrier is bound not only for the safe transportation and delivery of goods but also that the same be done without unreasonable delay Code Section 2073
O
The responsibility of the carrier commences with the delivery of the goods either to himself or his agent or at the place where he is accustomed or agrees to receive them It ceases with their delivery at destination according to the direction of the person sending or according to the custom of the trade Code Section 2070
P
The carrier has a lien on the goods for the freight and may retain possession until it is paid unless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery This lien exists only when the carrier has complied with his contract as to transportation Ije can recover pro rata for the actual distance transported when the consignee voluntarily receives the goods at an intermediate point Code Section 2077
Q
The carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to he made known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will release him from liability Code Section 2080
E
All freight bills or freight lists charged against or to he collected out of any person for whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight charged in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific description before they shall be collectable Code Section 2078
S
Whenever any party shall deliver any freight to any railroad steamboat or express company in this State for transportation it shall be the duty of the company on demand
45
to furnish the party so delivering a good and valid receipt for the same which receipt shall specify the shipping mark or marks and numbers thereon and the weight of such article whenever the value can he estimated by weight and where the value cannot he thus estimated the receipt shall give a general description of such article and shall specify as nearly as practicable the quantity or value thereof and also the place of destination A violation of this law constitutes a misdemeanor Code Section 4604
T
All railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shall he stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the oad that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped on payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipts Code Section 719 m
U
Where there are several connecting railroads under different companies and the goods are intended to be transported over more than one railroad each company shall he responsible only to its own terminus and until delivered to the connecting road the last company which has received the goods as in good order shall he responsible to the consignee for any damage open or concealed done to the goods and such companies shall settle among themselves the question of ultimate liability Code Section 2084
Y
Railroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting road Code Section 719 q They are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive from the connecting road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to which the same is offered and transport said cars to their destination with reasonable diligence Acts 18828 p 145
W
When any railroad company shall cause to be weighed cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged for by the car load such weighing shall be done by a sworn weigher such as is provided under the laws of this State for the weighing of cotton rice and other products When cars are weighed singly they shall be uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time
When lumber or other like article of freight which from its length laps over from one car to another shall be transported the company may cause two or three of such cars so loaded to be weighed together after being uncoupled from other cars and the aggregate weight shall be averaged Provided In such cases the shipper shall not pay less freight than the amount of freight due on full car loads Acts 18823 p 127
X
No railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car on its said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has license to operate control or use Code Section 719 d Nor shall any railroad company discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is sought to be run in
46
connection with any other route shall such company discriminate against such connecting line or in favor of the balance of its own line but shall have the same rates for all and shall afford the usual and like customary facilities for interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike Code Section 719 s
The Proviso to the first section of the InterState Commerce Law reads as follows
Provided however That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property or to the receiving delivering storing or handling of property wholly within one State and not shipped to or from a foreign country from ot to any State or Territory as aforesaid
47
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Cents Per Mile
For Passengers
Class A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over 3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age 2
48
RULES GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Cents Per Mile
For Passengers
Class A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over Over five years and under twelve years of age 3 u 4 2 5 n
PASSENGER RULES
1 Each passenger shall he entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty 150 pounds
2 No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure from station of the train upon which the passenger intends to he transported
3 At junction points where the incoming train arrives so near the leaving time of the outgoing train that it is not practicable for a passenger to procure a ticket no more than the schedule of passenger rates shall he charged
4 Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger fares if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so hut if not no more than the next lowest amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged
5 No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum full or half rate between regular stations when the fare would he less than that amount
6 No more than Standard Passenger Tariff shall he charged passengers to an i from flag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale
7 When in consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standard Passenger Tariff shall he charged
8 Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices ready and open for the sale of tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply themselves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each passenger twelve years old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over five years old and under twelve maybe demanded and collected Provided however Offices at way stations may he closed one minute before the arrival of trains
9 The Commission will consider applications for an advance or reduction in the Standard Tariff for the transportation of passengers hut no change in rates shall he of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and published in the newspapers of the State s required by law in Section VI of the Act approved October 14 1879 provided that this rule shall not be construed as placing any restriction on the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates on excursion trains or to issue what are called Commutation Tickets provided no unjust discrimination is practiced
49
10 Tickets on sale at any office in a city must be kept on sale at the Depot Ticket Office of the same railroad at the same prices
11 All assent heretofore given railroad companies to use drawback tickets is herebywithdrawn
SLEEPING CARS
12 The fare for berths on Sleeping Cars shall not exceed 1 for 100 miles or less and for distances over 100 miles shall not exceed the rate of one cent per mile for each berth Provided however that for a lower berth with the upper berth not lowered the fare may benot exceeding 150 for 150 miles or less and for distances between 150 and 200 miles not exceeding 2
13 Each railroad company doing business in this State shall furnish like and equal accommodation to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition
RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
1 All connecting railroads which are under the management and control by lease ownership or otherwise of one and the same company shall for purposes of transportationr in applying this tariff be considered as constituting but one and the same road and therates shall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road unless otherwise specified
2 DistancesSince a separate rate cannot be conveniently given for every possible distance the law authorizes the Commission to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances Five 5 miles has accordingly been fixed as the limit for a change of freight rates for all distaices less than one hundred 100 miles and ten 10 miles for all distances over one hundred 100 miles The Commissioners reserve the right however to correct the charge in extreme cases which work hardship although the same may not violate the letter of our rules
3 For all distances over five 5 miles and under one hundred 100 miles the followingrule will apply When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so ending shall govern the rate As amended August 15 1888
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 23 miles charge for 30 miles
4 When freight is transported any distance greater than one hundred 100 miles if the mileage does not end in 0 the next ten 10 mile group above shall govern the rate
Illustration For 121 miles charge for 130
5 For distances under 20 or over 250 miles a reduction of rates may be made without making a change at all stations short of 250 miles provided however that when any railroad shall make a reduction of rates for distances over 250 miles the same shall apply tosimilar distances on all the roads controlled by the same company and in no case shall more be charged for a less than a greater distance
6 Regulations Concerning Freight RatesThe freight rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not be transcended by the railroads They may carry however at less than the prescribed rates provided that if they carry for lessfor one person they shall for the like service carry for the same lessened rate for all personsexcept as mentioned hereafter and if they adopt less freight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same per cent at all stations along the line of road so as to make no unjust discrimination as against any person or locality
But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or lines in order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates between said two pointsbelow the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of said roads Provided Said reduction shall not make the rates less than the
50
Standard Tariff rates for the shortest line between said points Provided further That before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Commission
7 The rates charged for freight service by regular passenger trains may be one and a half times that for firstclass freight by ordinary freight trains
8 No railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for transportation by the train for which it is offered
9 Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a single shipment however small
10 No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad companies as to the transportation of freight according to percentages or otherwise
11 There shall be no secret reduction of rates nor shall any bonus be given or any rebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public
12 The rates specified for Ores Sand Olay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are maximum rates but the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted from the operation of Rule 6 Any complaints as to such rates will on presentation be duly considered
13 When railroad companies are required to load or unload car load shipments of Classe L M N O and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost of such service shall be paid by shippers
14 Extra HandlixgThe charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as follows viz
Under 2000 pounds no charge for extra handling
For 2000 pounds and under 3000 pounds 3 00 for extra handling
For 3000 4000 pounds 5 00 for extra handling
For 4000 5000 pounds 7 00 for extra handling
For 5000 6000 pounds 8 00 for extra handling
For 6000 7000 pounds 10 00 for extra handling
For 7000 and over in proportion
15 Fertilizers This term embraces the following and like articles when intended to be used as Fertilizers Ammonia Sulphate Bone Black Bones ground or dissolved Castor Pomace or Fish Scrap Guanos Alto Vella Fish Navarro Navarro Lump Peruvian Soluble Pacific Nitrate Cake Plaster of Paris PotashGerman Salts of Muriate of Sulphate ofSalt Cake South Carolina Lump and Ground Phosphate SodaNitrate of and Sulphate ofTank Stuff etc
16 Vehicles designed for transportation at carriers risk must be properly protected by the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire weather chafing or other injury
17 In no case shall the amount collected on L C L shipments exceed the charge per car load for the same class of goods
18 Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition well prepared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligent plain marking and accompanied with orders for immediate shipping
19 Car Load Rates apply to a shipment of car load or more made by one shipper at one time to one and the same point of delivery to the same consignee although the same may in fact be carried by the transportation company to the point of delivery in lots less than the amount recognized as a car load
NOTEForm BAll applications for special rates must be submitted to the Commission on Form B
51
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
20 Lumber Coal Lime Brick Stone and all articles for which estimated weights are given in Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages L C L will he taken at actual weight when the weight can he ascertained but when the weight cannot be ascertained will be charged at the following estimated weights This not to interfere however with the duty of Receiving Agent to weigh if possible and correct to actual weight
To be used when actual weights cannot be ascertained
White Pine and Poplar thorougly Per 1000 ft inches 24000 4
seasoned 3000 lbs Shingles green per 1000 350 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green 4000 Shingles dry U 300 1
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash Lath green u 530
seasoned 4000 Lath dry 450 t
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash Tan Bark green per cord 2600
green 4500 Tan Bark dry 2000
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned 4500 Fence Posts and Rails
Oak Hickory Elm green 6000 and Telegraph Poles 3500
All other kinds Lumber seasoned 4000 Clay per cubic yd 3000
All other kinds Lumber green 6000 Sand it 3000
Per Car Gravel Stone undressed U per cubic ft 3200 160
Hooppoles Staves and Heading Lime per bushel 80 I
dry car loaded to depth of 50 Coal 80
inches 24000 s Coke 40
Hooppoles Staves and Heading Portland Cement per barrel 400 1
green car loaded to depth of 43 Other Cements CC 300
21 In cases in which the classification of any article is lowered by a percentage Railroad Companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall apply the increase allowed to the reduced classification but in cases in which the classification of any article is raised by percentage Railroad Companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall not apply said increase to the already increased classification but only to the Standard Tariff
22 J5 When any article is too bulky to put in a box car it shall be subject to special contract
23 A ton of all articles enumerated except Scrap Iron is 2000 pounds A ton of Scrap Iron is 2240 pounds A car load is 20000 pounds unless otherwise specified For loads above 20000 pounds pro rate at car load rates charged A car load of green wood is eight cords A car load of dry wood is nine cords A car load of lumber and all articles embraced in lumber is 24000 pounds A car load of any article enumerated in class P except wood and lumber and articles included in lumber is 25000 poundsshippers to load and unload Provided That when a car is loaded over its marked capacity by the shipper at a flag station the railroad companies are left free to charge for the excess a rate that will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property
Provided That when a car is loaded over its marked capacity by the shipper at a flag station the railroad companies are left free to charge for the excess a rate that will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property
24 The regulations of the railroads as to demurrage or detention of cars are matters of police with which the Commission will only interfere upon complaint of abuse
25 A charge of no more than two dollars per car will be allowed for switching or transferring a car from any point on any road to any connecting road or warehouse within a space of three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents
When in the transfer of a car between said points it is necessary to pass over the line of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the roads at interest
52
When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no additional charge shall be made for the return of the eiqpty cars
26 The terminal facilities of a Railroad Company such as depots sidetracks platforms buildings turn tables etc cannot be used by another Railroad Company for any purpose without the consent of the owners
27 All depots situated within incorporated towns andcities in this State must be kept open each day Sundays excepted for the receiving and delivery of freight as follows Prom April 1st to September 30th between the hours of 7 oclock A M and 6 oclock p m Prom October 1st to March 31st between the hours of 7 oclock a m and 5 oclock p m with an intermission in each case of one hour from 12 oclock noon to 1 oclock p m
28 Railroad companies whose lines of road do not exceed ten 10 miles in length may charge from any point on their roadtne rates prescribed for ten 10 miles
29 All Joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or control excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be made only by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or rates and submitted to the Commission by the initial road with a carefully prepared tariff of rates and distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the Commission
30 On alt shipments of freights not governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be greater than the sum of the ocal rates on such freights less ten 10 per cent for the distance hauled over each road The total rate thus ascertained on such freights from the point of shipment to the point of destination shall be divided in such proportions between the roads over which such freights pass so as to give to each road interested in the shipment its local rate less ten 10 per cent for the distance such shipment is hauled
Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prevent the total of any Joint Rate made under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads interested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work delay in the transportation of such freights or be a subject of appeal to the Commission by the roads at interest
EXPLANATORY NOTES
1 In the Commissoners Standard Freight Tariff under the Class opposite to the distance if it ends in 0 anaif not thgn opposite the next greater distance will be found the rate required Example To find the rate for 247 miles on a box of clothing weighing 100 pounds Opposite the word clothing in the Classification is seen its Class 1 in the Freight Tariff under Class 1 opposite the next greater distance 250 miles is seen the rate 75 cents in the column Miles 5 signifies 5 miles or under20 twenty miles or over 15 and soon
2 CHARACTERS
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
5 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class
1 represents 1J times First Class
D 1 represents Double First Class
3 T 1 represents Three Times First Class
4 T 1 represents Four Times First Class
A B C D E F and H c represent Classes A B C D E F and H c respectively L C L represents Less than Car Load
C L represents Car Load
N O S represents Not Otherwise Specified C R represents Carriers Risk
O R represents Owners Risk
3 Articles not1 enumerated will be classed with similar or analogous articles
4 To ascertain the rates allowed any company or any class apply the percentages indicated For instance The percentage allowed the Savannah Division of the C R R on First Class for ten miles is 50 per cent which wouldbe as follows First Class rate 16 cents per 100 lbs 50 per cent added 8 cents equal 24 cents per 100 lbs the rate allowed
53
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
5 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowered by a per cent
the following rules must he observed
FirstIf the rate thus raised or lowered is in either of Classes C D F J or K the
fraction of a half cent must be retained as the following examples will indicate Ex 1Standard Rate 65 25 per cent added 16
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate of 8 cents
Ex 2Standard Rate 95 20 per cent added 19
Total 114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is
115 cents
Ex 8Standard Rate 8 20 per cent added 16
Total96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is
95 cents
Ex 4Standard Rate 55
25 per cent added 13
Total68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the desired
rate is 7 cents
SecondIf the rate thus raised or lowered be in any other Class than those already mentioned omit fractions of less than half a cent and estimate half a cent of more as one cent
Thus Ex 1Standard Rate 17
20 per cent added 34
Total204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20 cents
Ex 2Standard Rate 18
20 per cent added 36
Total216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the desired rate
is 22 cents
ThirdIn making reductions observe the same manner of placing figures before deducting the percentage
6 Narrow gauge railroads in fixing rates on all freights where a rate per car load is
given will count 15000 pounds for a car load and estimate their charge rata with rate allowed on standard gauge
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS
FirstFrom and after Monday the sixteenth day of December 1889 no change oi freight or passenger depots or flag stations from their present location nor the suspension of the sale of tickets or the receiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in use for such purposes will be permitted without the consent of this Commission published in accordance with law
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby
ThirdA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said depot
with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for not less than one mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as to other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also evidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accommodated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the Commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require the location of such depots and the establishing of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the roads the safety of freights and the public comfort and convenience may require
Si
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
The weights given below are estimated and not actual and are used simply to get the rating on Live Stock To illustrate One Horse Mule or Horned Animal is estimated at the same rate as 2000 lbs of any kind of firstclass freight at carriers risk and second class at owners risk Therefore the freight charges for 50 miles on one Horse Mule or Horned Animal is the same as on 2000 lbs of firstclass freight and would be according to the Standard Tariff carriers risk 30 cents per 100 lbs or 6 and at owners risk 27 cents per 100 lbs or 540
EACH
One Horse Mule or Horned Animal 2000 lbs
Two Horses Mules or Horned An
mals 3500 lbs
Each additional Horse Mule or
Horned Animal 1000 lbs
Stallions Jacks and Bulls 3000 lbs
Yearling Cattle 1000 lbs
Calves and Sheep 175 lbs
The rates on Live Stock as given in this Tariff are based on the following maximum valuations
Horses and Mules not over120 00 each
Horned Cattle not over 50 00 each
Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over 150 00 each
Pat Hogs and Pat Calves not over 15 00 each
Lambs Stock Hogs Stock Calves not over 5 00 each
Race Horses Stallions Jacks Bulls and other high priced animals when shippers are not willing to have the same transported at above valuations will be taken only at the following rates on valuation given
Value from 150 00 to 400 00 add to regular rate 30 per cent
Value from 400 00 to 600 00 add to regular rate 50 per cent
Value from 600 00 to 800 00 add to regular rate 60 per cent
Value from 800 00 to 1000 00 add to regular rate 100 per cent
EACH
Calves and Sheep in lots of 5 or more 150 lbs
Lambs 100 lbs
Lambs in lots of 5 or more 75 lbs
Hogs for market 350 lbs
Pigs and Stock Hogs125 lbs
Pigs Hogs Sheep etc boxed actual weight
Over 1000 subject to special rate by contract
Live Stock will be taken at the released or owners risk rate only when contract is executed by shipper and Station Agent
Mixed shipment of Cattle Hogs Lambs etc will be taken in car loads at car load rates for cattle but carrier will be released from damage to animals caused by their own acts or to each other and from escape if not haltered suffocation exhaustion from heat or cold
Sucking Calves accompanying Cows will be charged for at rate for single Calves
SuckingColts accompanying Mares will be charged tor at double the rate for single Calves
The word calves used in these Rules and Regulations applies only to calves under nine months old and the words Yearling Cattle to cattle over nine months and under eighteen months old
Pigs Hogs Calves etc boxed crated or in portable pens taken at actual weight carriers risk 1st class owners risk 2nd class
In no case shall the charge ior less than a Car Load of Live Stock exceed the charge for a Car Load
Shippers will be expected to feed water and care for Stock at their own expense When food is furnished by Carrier a charge will be made for the same and collected from Consignee
One Two or Three cars of Live Stock will entitle the owner or his agent to be carried free to point of destination of consignment on the train with the Stock to care for the same Pour to seven cars inclusive belonging to one owner two men in charge and eight cars or more belonging to one owner three men in charge which number is the maximum number of attendants that will be carried free for one shipment
Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
55
CLASSIFICATION
C R
Agricultural Implements 0 L
not less than 24000 pounds owners to load and unload 4
Agricultural Implements L 0 L as follows Cleaners Cotton Seed Condensers and Feeders Cotton Gin Cradles Grain set up Cradles Grain K D in bundles
or boxed
Crushers Corn and Cob Cultivators K D packed
Cultivators set up
Cutters Ensilage Straw and
Hay set up
Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay K D and packed Distributors Guano set up Distributors Guano K D
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain K D packed
Dusters Bran set up
Dusters Bran K D packed
Elevators Hay
Evaporators Eruit
Evaporators Sugar
Fans Wheat
Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin Forks Hay and Manure Furnaces Evaporator
Gins Cotton
Harrows and Harrow Frames Harrow Teeth packed Hoes in bundles
li
2
3 T 1
1
3
1
3 T 1

3
H
2
li
2
3 T 1 2 1
li
D 1 3 T 1
2
3
1
2
3
4 3
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks 4
Horse Powers K D 2
Horse Powers Railroad or Endless Chain 1J
Hullers Cotton Seed and Clover 1
Incubators K D and packed D 1
Knives Hay packed 2
Machines Hemp 1
Machines Smut 3
Machines H O S See Machines Middlings Purifiers3 T 1
0 R c R
Mills Burrstone Portable Mills Cane Corn Hominy and 3
5 Sorghum 3
Mills Fan 3T1
Mills Fan K D U
Mills with Trains Sugar 3 T 1
1 Mills N 0 S Mowing and Reaping Machines 2
3 Binders and Harvesters wheth
D 1 er combined or separate K
D L C L 2
2 and partly boxed C L 20000
pounds 4
2 Mowing and Reaping Machines
D 1 Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate
1 set up li
Mowers Lawn Planters Corn and Cotton K l
1 D in bundles or boxes Planters Corn and Cotton set 2
1 up Plow Handles and other Wood U
D 1 in shape for Implements box
ed crated or bundled Plow Irons and Mold Boards 4
1 over 20 pounds each 4
li Plow Plates Points Wings
D 1 Castings and Steel same as Bar Iron
3 Plows Gang and Sulky 3 T l
Plows set up N 0 S 1
Plows N 0 S K D 4
3 Presses Hay and Cotton set up D1
4 Presses Hay and Cotton K D 4
Presses N 0 S 2
Rakes Hand in bundles 3
Rakes Horse set up D 1
Rakes Horse K D 1
3 Rollers Field and Road 3
Rollers Sugar 3
Scrapers Road and Pond 3
1 Scythes in bundles 1
Scythes in boxes 2
Scythe Snaths 1
2 Separators 1
Shellers Corn 1
Shovels and Spades in bundles 3
D1 Spreaders Manure set up H
O R
4
1
1
D 1
4
1
3
1
5
D 1 2
5
li
5
5
4
2
2
I
56
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
C R 1 O R
2 Apples Green in barrels or
3 T 1 boxes C L
1 D 1 Apples dried
3 T 1 D 1 Apple Butter
3 Argols in boxes barrels or casks
H 1 Arsenic Crude in kegs boxes or
D 1 barrels Asbestos in boxes kegs bags or
3 bales L C L Asbestos in barrels or casks L C L
1 Asbestosin barrels or casksCL
D 1 Asbestos Cement L C L
3 4 Asbestos Cement C L
3 Asbestos Ore L C L Asbestos Ore C L
D 1 2 Asbestos Packing in rolls or cases L C L
2 4 Asbestos Packing C L
3 6 Asbestos Roofing in rolls or
6 cases L C L
Asbestos Roofing CL Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed See Cotton Seed Ashes Wood
2 4 Asphaltum packed Axes
4 E Axles and Wheels Car Axles Carriage and Wagon Axle Grease B
E Babbitt Metal Bacon See Meats Baggage Army
2 4 Baggage Personal Effects in Trunks Bagging in rolls N O S Bagging N O S in bales Bagging Oil Press
4 E
4 E Bags Burlap Bags Cotton for Plour Bags Gunny Bags Paper Bags Traveling Baking Powders
2 4
4 E Bale Rope Baling Twine
2 Band and Hot Boxes Packed
6 Barilla
4 Barilla Bark and Cob Mills
6 Bark Ground in bags or bbls
M N 0 S
5 Bark Tan in sacks
Bark Tan C L 24000 lbs
6 Barley any quantity
1 Barley Pearl
5 Barrel and Box Material C L
3 Barrel and Box Material L C
4 L
5 r Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
B 10 miles and under 8 cents
Spreaders Manure K D boxed Sulky Plows Threshers and Separators
Trains Sugar
Wheelbarrows Iron Wheelbarrows Railroad Wheelbarrows Wood set up Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled
Accoutrements Military
Acids N O S
Acids Carbolic
Acids Dry
Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed L C L Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed C L Acid Sulphuric in iron casks Acid Sulphuric in tank cars Alcohol same as Liquor Ale and Beer in wood estimated weights bbl 350 It bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbl 50 lbs L C L Ale and Beer in wood estimated weights as above C L
Ale Beer and Mineral Bbls half Bbls or Kegs empty Estimated weight Bbls 100 lbs bbl 50 lbs kegs 30 lbs Ale Beer and Porter in glass packed L C L securely wired and sealed or locked Ale Beer and Porter in packed C L securely wired and sealed or locked
Ale Beer and Porter Boxes Returned with empty bottles Ale Ginger in glass packed securely wired and s locked L C L
Ale Ginger in glass packed securely wired and sealed or locked G L Almanacs and Trade Circulars
prepaid
Alum in barrels or casks Alum N O S Ammonia Sulphate of L C 1 Ammonia Sulphate of C L
Ammonia Waters
Ammonia Water Casks Re turned empty Ammunition N O S Anchors
Antimony Crude
Antimony Metal
Anvils
boxes L C L
C R i O R
O

fof
D

THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
57
C R O R
20 miles and over 10 miles 9 cents 40 miles and over 20 miles 10 cents 60 miles and over 40 miles 11 cents 70 miles and over 60 miles 12 cents For distance over 70
milesR
Barrels empty excepting ale and beer in car loads of 15000
pounds F
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beer estimated weights barrel 100 lbs half barrel 50 lbs keg 30 lbs E Barrels Lime or Flour estimated weight 25 lbs 6
Barrels Paper in nests packed 2 Barrels Paper not nested 4 T 1
Barytes L C L 6
Barytes C L P
Base Balls and Bats 1
Baskets N O S D 1
Baskets Fruit C L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged
for R
Baskets in nests 1
Bath Boilers 1
Bath Tubs Boxed 1
Bath Tubs Unboxed D 1
Bath tubs in Nests 2
Batting Cotton N O S 5
Beans in boxes v 2
Beans white navy beans in
bags or barrels D
Beans in barrels and sacks 5
Bed Cord 3
Bed Springs Woven Wire 1
Beef Canned packed 4
Beef FreshB
Beef Smoked in boxes or barrels 4
Beef and Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300 lbs B Beef and Pork Salted in quarter and half barrels actual weight B Beer and Ale in woodestimated weights bbl 350 lbs half bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbl 50 lbs LCL 2
Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights as above C L 4
Beer Ale and Minerals Bbls half Bbls or Kegs empty
See Barrels E
Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed L C L securely wired and sealed or locked 2
Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed C L securely wired and sealed or locked 4
Beer Ale and Porter Boxes returned with empty bottles 4
Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and sealed or locked L C L Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and sealed or locked C L
Bees in Hives
Bee Smokers boxed
Beeswax
Beets in barrels Bellows
Bells Bell Metal or Brass
BellsCast Iron
Bells Sheet Iron packed
Belting Leather
Belting Rubber
Berries Dried
Berries Green prepaid Billiard Tables and Billiard Table Beds boxed
Binders See Machines Binders Boards in Cases Binders Boards in Bundles
Bird Cages boxed
Bitters in glass boxes or baskets N O S
Bitters in wood N O S Bitters Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75 c per gallon and so endorsed on bill lading Bitters Liquors and Whisky in
wood N O S
Bitters Liquors and Whisky in boxes or baskets
Blacking Shoe and Stove ex cept in glass packed
Blacking Shoe or Stove in glass packed
Black Lead in kegs or barrels Blankets v
Bleaching Salts
Blinds Doors and Frames C L Blinds Doors and Frames L C
L
Blocks Pully
Blocks Shuttle rough
Blueing
Blue Stone
Boats Row and Pleasure
Bobbins packed
Boilers Bath and Range Boilers Engine or any part of Engines or Machinery C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14 Boiler Flues Copper and Brass boxed
Boilers Sectional same as Boilers but not to be taken as Cast
C R O R
D
D 1
3 T 1
H
58
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
C R 0 R C R 0 R
ings 2 Brandy See Liquors
Boilers Steam 30 feet and over Brass N 0 S in boxes barrels
See Buie 14 1 or casks 1 a
Boilers Steam under 30 feet Brass Bedsteads packed 1
See Buie 14 3 Brass Bearings in boxes barrels
Boilers Felting 2 or casks 2
Bolts in Kegs ol 6 Brass Flues 2
Bolts in other packages 2 Brass Scrap loose 2
Boneblack 3 Brass Scrap packed 5
Bones and Bone Dust Brass Valves Boxed 3
See Buie 12 K Brass Vessels in boxes barrels
Bonnets same as Dry Goods or casks 2
Book Oases Iron 1 Bread 3
Books 1 Brick Common and Fire C L
Boots Shoes 1 See Rule 12 C L 30000 lbs P
Borax packed 4 Brick Common and Fire L C
Bottle Covers 3 L B
Bottles 2 Brick Bath 6
Bows and Shafts L 0 L 4 Brick Machines 4
Bows and Shafts C L 20000 Brimstone in boxes L C L 1
lbs to be charged for 5 Brimstone in barrels L C L 3
Box and Barrel Stuff C L P Brimstone C L for manufac
Box and Barrel Stuff L C L 6 ture of Fertilizers M
See Barrel Material Bristles 1
Boxes Ale Beer and Porter Britannia Ware 1
returned with empty bottles 4 if Broom Corn pressed in Bales
Boxes Fruit and Baskets C L L C L B
not less than 20000 lbs to be Broom Corn pressed in Bales
charged for K C L D
Boxes Fruit L C L 1 BroomCorn and Broom Hand
Boxes Cigar empty packed D 1 Jes C L 24000 lbs charged
Boxes Cracker empty returned 1 for mixed D
Boxes empty including Egg Brooms any quantity 4 5
Crates L C L 1 Brushes 1
Boxes empty including Egg Buckets JN O S same as Wood
Crates C L 24000 lbs to be en Ware 1 a
charged for A Buckets Coal 1
Boxes empty N O S 1 Buckets Well 4
Boxes Match wooden 2 Buckwheat Flour 6
Boxes Paper in nests packed 1 Buffalo Robes D 1
Boxes Paper not nested 4 T 1 Buggies See Carriages
Boxes Folding K D packed 2 A Bungs 3
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2 Burial Cases N 0 S l
Boxes Tobacco empty 1 Burial Cases in Nests l 2
Boxes Vehicles Iron boxed 4 Burial Cases K D g
Boxes Vehicles Iron in barrels 6 Burlaps 6
Brackets Insulator 6 Burning Fluid 1 1
Brandy in glass boxes or bas Burr Blocks Finished 4
kets N O S 1 1 Burr Blocks Rough 5
Brandy in wood N 0 S l 2 Butter in cans 1 3
Brandy Liquors Whisky Do Butter in kegs and firkins 2 3
mestic Brandies and Domestic Butter in buckets pails and tubs D 1 8
Wines in wood owners risk Butter Apple and other Fruits
of leakage value limited to in wood 4
75c per gallon and so en Butierine and Oleomargarine
dorsed on bill lading H in Cans 1 3
Brandy Liquors Whisky in Butter and Oleomargarine
wood N 0 S 2 3 in Kegs and Firkins 2 3
Brandy Liquors Whisky in C
boxes or baskets 1 2 Cabbages packed 3 3
Bran L C L C Cabbages loose C L 3 3
Bran C L 25000 lbs P Cabinet Ware See Furniture
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
59
OR I 0 R
Cages Bird boxed3 T 1
Cages Bird K D nested and packed D 1
Cake Nitre L C L 5
Cake Nitre C L M
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt L C L 5
Cake Salt C L M
Caleicake 5
Calicoes 6
Camphine 1
Camphor 1
Candles boxed 4
Candy See Confectionery
Canned Beef packed 4
Canned Goods N O S 4
Cannon 1
Cans empty N O S 3 T 1 Cans empty racked or boxed 1
Cans Tobacco empty 1
Caps and Hats 1
Caps Percussion 1
Capstans 3
Carboys D 1
Card Clothing packed 1
Cards Cotton and Woolen Hand packed 1
Cards Cotton and Woolen 1
Cards Playing 1
Cards Show Boxed 2
Carpeting well covered 1
Carpets Hemp and Rag 1 2
Carpet Lining 2
Carriages See Vehicles
Cars Logging See Logging Cars Carsstandard gauge on wheels passenger coaches 20 cts per mile
box or stck 10 cts per mile flat or coal 7 cts per mile Cars Horse 3 T 1
Cars Hand Lever and Crank Railroad K D 2
Cartridges Metallic 1
Ca ses and Crates Egg L C L 1 Cases and Crates Egg C L
24000 lbs to be charged for A
Cases Show4T1
Casks Iron Ammonia Water Naphtha etc returned empty 6
Cassia 3
Castings Iron See Iron Castings Plaster D1
Castor Pomace M
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
Cattle C L without percentage 3
Cattle L C L Rule 20 without percentage 2
Caustic Soda in Iron Casks 6
Cement in barrels C L L
Cement in barrels L C L B
3 T 1
2
3
4
CR O R
Cement Glue packed 2
Chain Cotton Woolen and
Hempen 2
Chains Iron loose 3
Chains Iron Cable 5
Chains Iron in casks barrels
boxes or kegs 5
Chairs See Furniture
Chalk 5
Chalk Crayons 4
Chalks Prepared 1
Charcoal in bbls or casks LCL 5 Charcoal in barrels or casks
C L not less than 24000 lbs
to be charged for O
Checks Rule 1 without percentage 6
Cheese 4
Cheese Safes or Covers boxed 3 T 1 Chestnuts prepaid 3 5
Chests Commissary 1
Chests Ice 1
Chicory 4
Chimogene same as Oil Coal 2
China Ware 1
Chloride of Lime in bbls or casks 6 Chloride of Lime in barrels or
casks N O S 4
Chocolate 1
Chromos same as Paintings
Chhfas L C L 5
Chufas C L 6
Churns 1 3
Cider and Vinegar in bbls or kgs B
Cider in glass packed 2 4
Cider Mills and Presses 4
Cigar Lighters 1
Cigars boxed and strapped or
corded and sealed 1
Cigars not packed as above not taken Y
Cigar Boxes empty D 1
Cnron 2
Clay in boxes barrels or casks
Xi C L
Clay C L See Rule 12 25000 lbs Clay Burnishing packed
Clay Fire L C L
Clay Fire C L See Rule 12
25000 lbs P
Clay German 5
Cleaners 1J 1
Clocks boxed 1
Clock W eights packed 5
Clothes Lines 3
Clothes Pins 2
Clothes Wringers 2
Clothing 1
Clothing Card 1
Clothing Rubber 1
Clover and Grass Seed C L 4
Clover and Grass Seed L O L 8
pqpm ceq
60
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION

J R 0 R C R O R
Clover Hullers H 1 Copper Ore C L 25000 lbs P
Coal L C L D Copper Ore L C L 6
Coke in boxes barrels or casks A Copper Stills worm crated 1 3
Coal and Coke C L L Copying Presses 2
Coal Buckets 1 Cordage 3
Coal Oil See Oil Cork 1
Coal Tar in Bbls L C L B Corn Starch 3
Coal Tar C L Buie 12 0 Corn D
Cocoa 1 Corn Flour L C L 4
Cocoa Matting 2 Corn Flour C L not less than
Cocoa Nuts packed or sacked 20000 C
L C L 5 Corn Seed in boxes 2
Cocoa Nuts packed or sacked Corn and Cob Crushers 3 4
C L 6 Corn Meal C
Cocoa Oil 2 Corsets 1
Codfish See Fish Cotton in bales J
Coffee Extract or Essence of 2 Cotton Baskets Patent combina
Coffee Green single sack 4 tion of cloth and wood knocked
Coffee Green double sacks 6 down and packed together 6
Coffee Ground or Boasted in Cotton Batting in lots of 100
sacks 3 bales of 50 pounds each 6
Coffee Ground in boxes or bar Cotton Batting N O S 5
rels 5 Cotton Duck 1
Coffee Boasted in boxes or bar Cotton Flour Sack Material
rels 5 known as print cloth in bales
Coffee Mills 2 uncovered 1 2
Coffins N O S H 1 Cotton Lintert or Begins J
Coffins in nests 1 2 Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed
Coffins K D 3 Hulls in carload lots of not
Coffins Metallic 2 less than 20000 lbs per Buie
Coke in Boxes Barrels or Casks 1 G
L C L A Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and
Coke in Boxes Barrels or Casks Oil Cake L C L K
C L L Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and
Collars Horse Bee Saddlery Oil Cake C L M
Collars Paper packed 1 Cotton Seed Mills 2
Cologne 1 Cotton Seed Oil any quantity
Commissary Chests and Stores 1 Buie 1 B
Compounds Washing 4 Cotton Softener Liquid in bbls 4
Compounds Polishing 3 Cotton Waste in Bags 2
Condensers 2 3 Cotton Waste pressed in Bales 6
Confectionery Candy value Covers and Safes 3 T 1
limited to 6 cents per lb and Covers Bottle Paper Straw or
so specified on Bill of Lading 4 5 Wooden packed or pressed
Confectionery Candy value in bales 3
limited to 20 cents per lb and Covers Wooden 1
so specified on Bill of Lading 3 4 Crackers 5
Confectionery N 0 S 1 Cracklings 4
Coolers and Filters Water bxd 1 Cradles Grain Set up 3 T 1 D 1
Copal 2 Cradles Grain K D in Bundles
Copperas in barrels or casks 5 or Boxes 1 2
Copperas N 0 S 4 Cranberries 3
Copper and Brass in boxes Crates and Cases Egg L C L 1
barrels or casks Crates and Gases Egg C L
Copper and Brass Scrap packed 5 24000 lbs to be charged for A
Copper and Brass Scrap loose 4 Creameries 3T1 D1
Copper and Brass Vessels in Cream Tartar in boxes or kegs 2
boxes barrels or casks 2 Cream Tartar in barrels or hogs
Copper Bottoms Copper Plates heads 3
Sheets Bolts Wire and Bods 3 Crockery same as Earthenware
Copper Flues 2 Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Copper Ingots Pigs and Matts 4 Cross Arms 6
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
61
C R 0 R C R 0 R
Crow Bars 5 ware in boxes barrels or casks 2 3
Crucibles 1 3 Earthenware Jugware or Stone
Crushers 3 ware in crates or hogsheads 4 5
Crystals Washing 4 Earthenware Jugware or Stone
Cultivators A 1 packed 1 2 ware loose C L 20000 lbs 4 5
Cultivators set up 3 T 1 D 1 Common Jugware C L 0
Currants 2 3 Egg Cases and Crates L C L 1
Cutch 4 Egg Cases and Crates C L 24
Cutlery 1 000 lbs charged for A
Cutters Set up I 1 Eggs packed 1
Cutters K D packed 3 Electric Light Carbons packed
D L C L 2 3
Dates 2 Electric Light Carbons packed
Deer boxed 3 T 1 C L 3
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2 Elevators 1
Deer Tongue in barrels or boxes 1 Emery value 4 cents per pound 3
Deer Tongues in bales 3 Emery N 0 S 2
Demijohns See Glass Engines Boilers or any part of
Denims Kule 1 without perctge 6 Engines or Machinery C L
Dessicated Meats and Yegetables 4 not less than 24000 pounds
Detergent 4 to be charged for See Rule 14 4 5
Disinfectants in glass packed 1 Engines Caloric Fire Portable
Disinfectants N 0 S in barrels 4 and Stationary See Rule 14 2 3
Distributors Setup n 1 Equipage Military Camp Gar
Distributors K D See Agriral rison and Horse 1
Implements 2 Essences See Extract
Domestics Denims Sheetings Evaporators Fruit 1 1
Shirtings Tickings Cotton Evaporators Sugar See Agri
Jeans Checks Cotton Hope cultural Implements D 1
Thread Yarns and other fac Excelsior1pressed in bales 4
tory products Rule 1 without Exhibitors Boxed or Crated 1 T 1 D 1
percentage 6 Exhibitors Woven or Crated D 1 1
Doors Iron 4 Explosives L C L D 1
Doors and Frames L 0 L 3 Explosives C L 5000 lbs or
Doors and Frames C L B over 1
Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried Extinguishers Fire hand glass
entirely of Cotton without oi grenade packed 1 1
percentage and per Rule 1 6 Extinguishers Fire on wheels D 1
Drills Grain Set up u Extract Bark for tanning in
Drills Grain Packed 2 wood 5
Drugs and Medicines N 0 S 1 Extract Bark for tanning in
Drums 3 T 1 glass packed 2
Dry Goods N 0 S 1 Extract of Indigo in barrels 3
Dry Goods in boxes or bales 1 Fxtract of Logwood 2 4
Dry Goods in trunks crated Extract of Logwood Dry C L 4
or strapped 1 2 Extract of Malt in glass packed
Dry Goods in trunks corded or same as Ale
wrapped 1 Extract or Essence of Coffee 2
Dry Goods in trunks not corded Extract and Essences N 0 S 1
or wrapped D 1 HI
Duck Cotton 1 Facing Iron and Coal in barrels 4
Dusters set up 3 T 1 Factory sweepings and cotton
Dusters A D packed 2 waste in sacks bales crates
Dye Liquid or Wood Liquor or hhds Rule V R
in barrels 3 Fans in boxes D 1
Dye Stuff in boxes or barrels 1 Fans Palm Leaf pressed 1
Dye Woods in boxes or barrels 2 Fans Wheat 3 11 D 1
Dye Woods in stick 4 Farina 2
HI Faucets boxed 2
Earthenware Jugware or Stone Feathers D 1
ware loose 1 2 Feeders 2 3
Earthenware Jugware or Stone Felloes L C L 4
62
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
C R I
Felloes C L 20000 lbs to be
charged for 5
Felt Roofing 5
Felting 2
Fence Wire and Wood combination 5
Fencing 3
Fertilizers C L per Rule 1
without percentage M
Fertilizers L C L without percentage per Rule 1 K
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales 6
Figs in drums 1
Figs in casks or boxes 2
Figures not Iron packed 3 T 1 Filters Boxed 1
Finding Shoe 1
Fire Arms 1
Firecrackers and Fireworks packed so marked 1
Fire Extinguishers hand packed 1
Fire Extinguishers on wheels D 1
Fish N 0 S in cans boxed 4
Fish Pickled or Salted in barrels half barrels kegs or kits 6
Fish Dry Salted etc packed 5
Fish Dry Salted in bundles 2
Fish Fresh B
Fish Sardines and other Small Fish canned in pickle or oil packed 2
Fish Smoked in boxes 2
Fishing RodsD 1
Fittings Iron Pipe in boxes 2
Fittings Iron Pipe in kegs casks or barrels 6
Fittings Iron Pipe in bundles
wired D 1
Fixtures Gas packed 2
Fixtures Grate packed 2
Fixtures Grate loose 1
Fixtures Tobacco 4
Flax pressed in bales 3
Flax Seed 4
Flour in barrels estimated
weight 200 pounds F
Flour in sacks O
Flour Buckwheat 6
Flour Corn L C L 4
Flour Corn C L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged for C
Flour Sack Material 1
Flour Selfraising in packages C
Flues Copper and Brass boxed 2
Flues Iron 4
Fluor Spar L C L 6
Fluor Spar C L M
Fodder See Hay
Foil Tin in boxes 2
Food Preservatives packed 3
Forges Portable 3
O R
5
D 1
1
li
2
C R
Forks 3
Fountains Soda fully boxed 3 T 1 Fountains Soda not taken unless fully boxed
Fowls dressed B
Fowls live in coop C L 1
Fowls live in coops L C L 1
Frames Bed wrapped or crated 2 Frames Door and Window L
C L 3
Frames Door and Window C
L B
Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or
crated 11
Frames loose or in bundles 3 T 1 Frames mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from other
Furniture 3 T 1
Freezers Ice Cream 1
Fruit in cans boxed N O S 4
Fruit in Glass packed 1
Fruit Berries Dried 4
Fruit Berries Green prepaid
Fruit Boxes and Basket L C L 1 Fruit Boxes and Basket C L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged for R
Fruit Dates 2
Fruit Dried Currants 2
Fruit Dried N O S 3
Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches 4
Fruit Grapes prepaid
Fruit Green N O S prepaid or guaranteed
Fruit Apples Peaches not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes L C L
Fruit Apples Peaches not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes C L
Furnaces Evaporators 1
Furs H O S Skins and Peltries See Skins
Furs in bags 3 T 1 Furs in boxes bundles and
trunks strapped D 1
Fuse D 1
Furniture Classification Furniture when in car loads as follows not less than minimum weight to be charged for excess in proportion viz Bedsteads manufactured of pine poplar or other common woods finished or in the white minimum weight 15000 pounds Bedsteads manufactured of W alnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard
O R 1
N
2
3
4
I
D 1
D I
3
1
3
6
1
3
B
O
4
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
63
C R 0 R C R 0 R
woods minimum weight 15 Bureau Glass Frames in bundles 1 2
000 pounds 2 3 Chairs Camp and Folding Seat if 1
Furniture all articles of Furni Chairs K D in bundles or boxes 3 4
ture N 0 S when manufac Chairs N 0 S set up wrapped
tured of Pine Poplar or other or crated H 1
common woods minimum Chairs Opera Iron packed if 1
weight 15000 pounds 3 4 Chairs Rattan and Willow if 1
Furniture all articles of Furni Chairs Cane Splint and Wood
ture N O S when manufac Seat set up if 1
tured of Walnut Mahogany Chair Stock K D in bundles or
Rosewood Chestnut or other boxes 2 3
hard woods minimum weight Cots set up If 1
15000 pounds 2 3 Cots KD or folded 2 3
Furniture when in less than car Cribs K D or folded 1 2
loads and when manufactured Desks wrapped or crated 1 2
of Pine Poplar or other com Furniture N 0 S set up
mon woods as follows wrapped or crated D1 If
Beds Folding wrapped or crated 1 2 Furniture N 0 S K D boxed
Bed Springs woven wire 1 crated or wrapped 1 2
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 2 3 Hall Stands wrapped or crated 1 2
Bureaus wrapped or crated 2 3 Hat Racks K D or folded 1 2
Bureau Glass Frames in bundles 1 2 Hat Racks wrapped or crated If 1
Chairs Cane Splint and Wood Lounges upholstered backs
Seat set up If 1 taken off if 1
Chairs Cane Splint and Wood Lounges Willow or Rattan if 1
Seat packed in pairs 2 Lounge Frames set up if 1
Chair Stuff K D in bundles or Lounge Frames backs taken off l 2
boxes 3 4 Marble for Furniture boxed or
Cots set up 1 2 crated l 2
Cots K D or folded 2 3 Mattresses Hair l
Cribs K D or folded 2 3 Mattresses Excelsior Straw
Desks wrapped or crated 1 2 Shuck or Cotton 3
Furniture N O S set up Mattresses Wire 1
wrapped or crated if 1 Mattresses 2
Furniture N 0 S K D boxed Parlor Frames If 1
crated or wrapped 2 3 Refrigerators 2 3
Hall Stands wrapped or crated 2 3 School Desks and Seats set up 1 2
Lounge Frames set up If 1 School Desks and Seats K D 2 3
Lounge Frames backs taken oft 1 2 Settees same as Chairs
Safes Kitchen set up n 1 Sideboards wrapped or crated If 1
Safes Kitchen K D i 2 Sofas and Teteatetes wrapped
School Desks and Seats set up 2 3 or crated If 1
School Desks and Seats K D 3 4 Spring Beds set up If
Settees same as chairs Spring Beds folded 1
Tables wrapped or crated If 1 Spring Beds K D packed 2 3
Tables K D fiat 2 3 Tables set up wrapped or crated D 1 Ifr
Table Legs Slides Leaves and Tables K D Flat 1 2
Supports 2 3 Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Wardrobes set up wrapped or Supports 2 3
crated If 1 Wardrobes set up wrapped or
Wardrobes K D wrapped or crated D 1 If
crated 2 3 Wardrobes K D wrapped or
Washstands wrapped or crated 2 3 crated 1 2
Furniture when in less than car Washstands wrapped or crated 1 2
loads and when manufactured 3
of Walnut Mahogany Rose Gambia 4
wood and Chestnut of other Game See Poultry
hard woods as follows viz Gasoline See Oil
Beds folding wrapped or crated 1 2 Gauges Steam i
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 1 2 Gelatine 1
Bookcases wrapped or crated If 1 Generators Gas 3
Bureaus wrapped or crated 1 2 Ginger Ground in boxes 2
64 TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
C R 0 R C R 0 R
Gingei in bags 3 Grenades packed n 1
Gins 2 3 Grindstones 6
Ginseng 1 Grits Corn m barrels F
Glass Stained or Signs 3 T 1 4 Grits Wheat in barrels 5
Glass Bottles and Tumblers Grits in boxes 2
common packed 2 4 Groceries N 0 S 2
Glass Carboys empty D 1 Guano L C L K
Glass Chimneys 2 4 Guano C L JM
Glass Demijohns empty not Gum Camphor 1
packed 4 T 1 3 Gum Copal Kowrie and Shel
Glass Demijohns filled not pack lac 2
ed or boxed not taken Gums N 0 S 2
Glass Demijohns filled boxed 3 Gun Cotton D 1
Glass Demijohns empty packed D 1 Gunny Bags 6
Glass Floor Bights rough and Gunpowder L C L D 1
heavy 5 Gunpowder C L 5000 of over 1
Glass Fruit Jars common pack Guns Bifles 1
ed any quantity 4 5 Gypsum Land Plaster Fertil
Glass Insulators packed 4 izer L C L K
Glass Lanterns packed 1 Gypsum Land Plastsr Fertili
Glass Oil Cans with metal jack zer C L M
ets packed 1 Gums Chewing 1
Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under D 1 2
Glass Plate over 7x12 feet 3 T 1 D 1 Hair in sacks 1
Glass Hoofing and Skylight not Hair Cattlefor plastering press
Window Glass 2 3 ed in bales 6
Glass Stained or Signs 3 T 1 D 1 Hair Curled pressed in bales
Glass Vault Lights rough and and Hair Bope 2
heavy 5 Hair Goods manufactured
Glassware fine cut or engraved D 1 1 packed in boxes D 1
Glassware N 0 S 2 3 Hames in bundles or packed 3
Glass Window 14x16 inches and Hammocks and Fixtures 1 1
under 4 5 Hams B
Glass Window over 14x16 Handles NOS boxed or crated 5
inches and not over 32x44 2 4 Handles Broom boxed or
Glass Window over 32x44 crated L C L 4
inches D 1 1 Handles Broom C L not less
Glucose ir half bbls bbls or than 24000 pounds to be
bhds Buie 1 B charged for 6
Glue 3 Handles Broom and Broom Corn
Glue Scrap 5 C L mixed same as above
Glycerine in cans boxed or in Handles Plow boxed crated or
barrels 1 bundled 4 5
Glycerine in iron tanks or casks 3 Hangers 4 5
Glycerine Nitro plainly label Hardware boxed JS U S 2
ed L C L 4 T 1 Harness 2
Glycerine Nitro plainly label Harness in bundles 1
ed C L 3 T 1 Harrows 3 4
Grain D Hats and Caps same as dry goods
Granite See Stone Haversacks 1
Granite Boofing packed 5 Hay Fodder and Straw pressed
Grapes prepaid 1 in bales C L or over mini
Grate Baskets packed 2 4 mum weight 20000 lbs to car
Grate Baskets loose 1 3 load all excess to be charged
Grate Fixtures packed 2 3 for at proportionate rates D
Grate Fixtures loose 1 Hay Fodder and Straw pressed
Grates completely packed 2 3 in bales L C L B
Grates completely loose H 1 Heading L C L 6
Grave Stones packed and pre Heading G L P
paid D 1 2 Head Lights boxed D 1
Grease Axle 6 Hearses K D boxed or crated n
Grease Car in barrels 6 Heaters Steam packed 4
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
65
C R
Heaters Steam not packed 2
Hemp in bales 3
Herbs value not over 10c prepaid 4
Herbs value over 10c prepaid 3
Hessians in original bales 6
Hides Dry loose 1
Hides Dry in bales 3
Hides Dry in bales compressed 4
Hides Green 4
Hides Green salted 5
Hinges and Hooks in barrels or casks 3
Hinges and Hooks in boxes 2
Hives Bee empty set up 1
Hives Bee K D crated 6
Hobby Horses entirely boxed or
crated D 1
Hobby Horses unboxed 4 T 1 Hoes in bundles 3
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks 4
Hods Coal 1
Hollow Ware loose L 0 L 1
Hollow Ware loose shipped separately from Stoves 0 L not less than 15000 pounds to be charged for 3
Hollow Ware packed 3
Hominy except in boxes C
Hominy in boxes 2
Honey in glass or tin boxed 1
Honey in comb boxed 1
Honey in barrels or kegs 1
Honey Extractors crated 1
Honey Section Boxes and Erames in crates or boxes 3
Hoofs and Horns
Hoop Iron A
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts D 1
Hoops Barrel wooden same as Box Stuff
Hoops Truss Coopers 1
Hops baled 2
Hops in boxes 1
Horns
Horse and Mule Shoes in kegs or boxes 6
Horse Powers K D 2
Horse Powers Railroad or Endless Chain 1J
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather 2
Hose Rubber 3
Hospital Stores 1
Household Goods and old Furniture packed value over 5 per 100 pounds and full value expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in cases of total loss D 1
O R 3
1
3T1
Household Goods and old Furniture packed value limitn3 ed to 5 per 100 pounds and So so expressed in bill lading said valuation only to apply in case of total loss L C L o Household Goods and old Furniture well packed C L 20000 pounds to he charged os for value limited to 5 per 5 100 pounds said valuation
only to apply in case of total 2 loss Household Goods and old Fur niture with Live Stock one attendant to have passage 5 free on same train as car C L value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in case of total loss
3
5
4
3
3
5
4
K
EXPLANATIONS
1All Bundles of Bedding Trunks of ClothingHousehold Goods or similar articles not Furniture will not be received for transportation unless packed chests of similar articles must be strapped or securely nailed This does not apply to C L of Household Goods
2 Bills Lading and Way Bills must designate character and number of packages
3 These instructions apply to old and secondhand Furniture Clothing Beddingetc not to new articles
Hubs and Felloes L C L
Hubs and Felloes C L 20000 lbs charged for
Hullers
Husks and Shucks in bales See Rule 12
Hydrants and Fire Plugs
K
I
Ice L C L in casks prepaid
3 Ice C L
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary
Incubators K D and packed
Indigo
Indigo Extract in barrels Infusorial Earth
Ink in wood Ink Printing in wood
Ink Writing Fluid in glass or
stone boxed
1 Insulators packed
C R
1
2
D 1
4
5
n
D
3 T 1 D 1 1 3
3
4 4
3
4
O R
4
6
5
1
D 1 4
fW
66
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
Iron Bedsteads
Iron Castings in boxes Iron Bar Band Boiler and Jail Plate Car Wheels and Axles Wagon and Carriage Axles
Iron Pipe
Lead Bar or Sheet
Iron Wagon and Carriage Skeins and Boxes packed in kegs barrels or casks
Iron Wagon Skeins loose Iron Nails and Spikes Bolts Nuts Rivets and Washers in kegs
Iron Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel wired or
packed
Iron Bolts Nuts Rivets and Washers in other packages Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Progs Fish Plates and Fish Plate
Bolts L C L
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs Fish Plates and Fish Plate Bolts C L See Rule 12 and
Note F
Iron Castings not Machinery unpacked each piece under 200
pounds
Iron Castings heavy not Machinery unpacked each 200 pounds or over See Rule 14 Iron Castings not Machinery or Sewing Machines in kegs or casks Iron Crow Bars and Forgings Iron Flues
Iron Fronts Girders and Beams for buildings
Iron Sheet and Galvanized in rolls or bundles wired or crated Iron Sheet and Galvanized bxd Iron Hoop
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames packed v Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
not packed
Iron Nail Rods packed Iron Nail Rods not packed Iron Picks and Mattocks in bundles
Iron Picks and Mattocks packed Iron Railing and Fencing
Iron Retorts
Iron Roofing in rolls or bundles
wired or crated
Iron Roofing boxed
C R 4 2
of 6 5
of 6 4
f of 6
f of 6 2
f 6 M
0 R C R
Iron Roofing N 0 S Iron Russia in rolls or bundles 3
wired or crated 3
Irons Sad in barrels 5
Irons Sad boxed Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or bun 2
dlds wired or crated 1 of 6
Iron N 0 S boxed or crated 1
Iron Shutters and Doors 4
Iron Sponge purifying material 3
Iron Statuary Chairs and Lawn
Ornaments boxed or crated 1
Iron Urns 3
Iron Vault and Prison Work 4
Iron Wedges and Sledges in
bbls 5
Iron Wedges and Sledges loose 3
Iron Work Galvanized 2
Isinglass 3 T 1
Ivory 1
Ivory Black J 4
Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3
Japan Ware 1
Japonica 4
Jars Glass packed common Jeans Cotton Rule 1 without 4
percentage 6
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5
5 Jellies in glass packed 1
Jellies in cans boxed 4
Jellies in wood N 0 S 3
5 Jugs See Earthenware
Junk and Jute 6
Jute Butts 6
5 Jute Waste or Tailings PC 5
Kainit L C L K
Kainit Gi M
ff 6 Kalsomine same as paints Kegs empty N 0 S same as
5 bbls
6 Kegs empty N 0 S in crates Kegs Ale and Beer empty es 3
timated weight 30 lbs Kettles Large Iron E
4 Kerosene See Coal Oil
Kindlings 6
Knapsacks 1
3 Kowrie Iv 2
Laddersnot over 30 ieet long 1
Ladders over 30 feet long D 1
Ladders Step Lampblack in casks bbls or 2
boxes 3
5 Lamps and Lamp Goods packed 2
Land Plaster L C L K
Land Plaster packed C L M
Lanterns packed 1
of6 Lard 4
Lasts Shoe 3
O R
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Laths actual weight Lead in boxes
Lead in casks or pigs
Lead Black in kegs or barrels Lead Pipe in rolls or reels
Lead Pipe in casks
Lead White same as Paints
Leather loose FT O S
Leather in rolls or boxes Leather Scrap in hales Leaves Powdered in boxes or bbls Lemons
Lentils in hags boxes or barrels Letter Boxes Post Office Licorice in sticks roots or mats Licorice in mass boxed Lightning Rods in boxes Lightning Rods in bundles Lightning Rod Fixtures packed Lemon or Lime Juice in barrels Lemon or Lime Juice in glass packed
Lime in sacks casks or barrels 0 L
Lime in sacks casks or barrels L 0 L
Lime Chloride of in barrels or G8iSks
Lime Chloride of N O S Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and
packed
Limestone same as Stone Limestone ground same as
Lime
Linseed
Liquors in glass boxes or baskets N O S
Liquors in wood O S Liquors WhiskyDomestic Brandies and Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed on bill
lading
Liquors Whisky in wood N
0 S
Liquors Whisky in boxes or baskets
Lithographic Stone
Live Stock C L
Live Stock L C L See Rule 20 Locomotives and Tondersstandard guage on iheir own wheels B5 cents per mile
Locomotive Head Lights boxed
Locomotive Tires
Logging Cars K D or set up C L 24000 lbs Charged for Logging Cars smaller parts boxed
C R i 0 R C R
P Logging Cars set up L C L
5 Logs for saw mills P
6 Logs for chair timber not over
5 4J feet long C L 24000 lbs
4 P less 20 per cent
5 Logwood 2
Logwood C L dry 4
1 Looking Glasses same as Mirrors
3 Looms See Machinery
4 Lumber Dressed or Rough L
C L B
1 Lumber Dressed or Rough C
1 L 24000 pounds See Rule 12 P
3 4 Lye Concentrated 5
8 N1
3 Machinery
4 Boilers Engines or any part of
3 Engine or Machinery C L
2 not less than 24000 pounds to
2 he charged for See Rule 14 4
4 Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presses set up D 1
1 Cotton Presses K D 4
2 Cotton and W oolen except
L Looms set up D 1
Cotton and Woolen except
B Looms crated H
Cotton and Woolen except
6 Looms K D and boxed 1
4 Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Looms 3 T 1
Machinery C L 24000 lbs to
5 he charged for See Rule 14 4
Machinery H O S L C L
See Rule 14 2
Machinists Tools Planers
4 Lathes Drill Pressesetc 2
Printing Presses K D boxed
1 1 or crated 3
1 2 Printing Presses K D notbxd 1
Printing Presses set up D 1
Saw Mills unboxed in parts 2
Saw Mills boxed in parts 4
Shaftings Hangers Pulleys etc 4
Shingle Machines 2
H Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
L C L 5
2 3 Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
C L 6
1 Stamp Mill Machinery loose
1 2 L C L 4
3 N Stamp Mill Machinery loose
2 4 C L 5
Stamp Mill Castings L C L 6
Stamp Mill Castings C L class
M M
D 1 Steam Gauges 1
6 Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
6 Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
Water Wheels Turbine See
5 Rule 14 3
68 TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
C R i
Woodworking Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Morticing Machines set up See
Eule 14 1
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Morticing Machines ect packed
K D See Eule 14 3
Machines Brick 4
Machines Hemp 1
Machines Meat Cutters 2
Machines Mowing and Eeaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate
K D L C L 2
and partly boxed C L20000
pounds 4
Machines Mowing and Eeaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate
set up 1
Machines Sewing unboxed 8 T 1 Machines Sewing or parts set
up crated or boxed 1
Machines Sewing or parts K
D boxed or crated 3
Machines Shingle 2
Machines Smut 3
Machines Washing 2
Macaroni 1
Mackerel See Fish
Madder 3
Malt I
Malt in boxes 1
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude P
Manganese Ground packed 5
Manilla 3
Mantels Iron packed 2
Mantels Iron not packed 1
Mantels Slate packed 2
Maps boxed 1
Marble and Granite Bases and Shafts for Monuments unlettered 3
Marble and Granite same as
stone
Marble and Granite Gravestones and Monuments packed and prepaid D 1
Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels L
Marble Dust L C L in barrels B
Marbles in casks or boxes 4
Marble Tiles 4
Matchesin wood or paperpacked in cases alone inkd matches Match Splints packed in cases
L CL 4
Match Splints packed in cases
C L 6
K C Material for Flour Sacks un R
covered 1
Mattocks and Picks packed 5
Mattresses X 0 S 1
Mattresses Hair Mattresses StrawCotton Shuck 1
and Excelsior g
Mattresses Wire or Woven Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed 1
2 L C L Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed K
C L M
Meal Corn C
Meal Oat in barrels 6
4 Meal Oat in boxes 2
Measures 1
6 Meat B
Meat Bacon Meat Fresh BeefSausage Poul B
try dressed Fish B
1 Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meat in quantities less than 10000
1 pounds must be in bags bales boxes or crates
Meat Cutters Meats Dessicated See Dessicated 2
Medicines and Drugs H O S 1
Medicines Patent L C L 1
Medicines Patent C L 1
Melodeons boxed Melodeons not boxed not taken Melons freight guaranteed CL U
24000 lbs Eule 1 O
Melons L C L 4
Meters Gas boxed Meters Gas not boxed not taken 1
4 Meter Water boxed 3
3 Meters Water not boxed not
3 taken
Mica 3 T 1
Milk Condensed boxed 4
Millet D
5 Millet Seed in sacks B
Millinery Goods 1
Millo Maize in bags or sacks 6
Mills Barilla Bark and Cob 4
Mills Coffee and Paint set up 2
2 Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Flour roller 2
Mills N O S 2
Mill Stones finished 4
Mill Stones rough 5
Mill Stuff Eule 12 L C L C
Mill Stuff C L 25000 P
Mince Meat 4
3 Mineral Waters in wood Mineral Waters in glass or 5
stone packed Mining Cars and Wagons same as Logging Cars 3
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
m
an i
Mirrors 3 feet or under packed 3 T 1
Mats and Rugs N O S 1
Mats Grass Hemp Hair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Mats Oil 1
Matting 2
Mattocks and Picks in bundles 3 Mirrors over 3 feet not exceeding 7x12 packed3 T 1
Mirrors over 7x12 packed 4 T 1 Molasses cans boxed or in kegs 4 Molasses or syrup in half barrels barrels or hogsheads R
Monuments and Gravestones metal packed value not over 30000 prepaid HI
Monuments and OGravestones
value over 300 0 S
Monuments and Gravestones
packed and prepaid HI
Mops 1
Moss in sacks 1
Moss pressed in bales 4
Motes Cotton A
Moulders Hust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
Mouldings in bundles 1
Mouldings common for building purposes 4
Mouldings 1ST O S HI
Mouse Traps 1
Mowers See Agricultural Imp Mucilage packed 2
Musical Instruments N O S HI Mustard Ground in boxes 2
Mustard prepared in glass pkd 2
Mustard prepared in kegs or bbls 3
Mustard Seed 6
N
Nails Brass and Copper well packed in boxes or kegs 3
Nails for Horse or Mule Shoes
in boxes 5
Nails and Spikes Iron in bags 3 Nails and Spikes Iron in boxes 5
Nails and Spikes Iron in kegsf of 6 Naptha in iron casks 6
Naptha Casks returned empty 6
Nitre Cake L C L 5
Nitre Cake C L M
Notions 1
Nutmegs 2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid
Nuts Pecans in barrels L C L 3 Nuts Pecans in barrels C L
Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked
L C L 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N O S 1 Nuts Edible in barrels or casks
N 0 S 2
O R 2
1
HI
2
2
3
V 1
5
5
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas L C
L Nuts Peanuts and Chufas C L O
Oakum
Oats
Oil Cake L C L
Oil Cake C L
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over boxed
Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long boxed
Oil Cloth baled
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping order Olives in glass packed Olives in barrels or casks Onions in barrels
Onion Sets
Oranges and Lemons Ordnance Stores N O S
Ores Iron L C L
Ores Iron C L 25000 lbs
Ores samples or specimens must be prepaid Organs not boxed not taken Oysters in cans or kegs Oysters shell in barrels Oysters shell in bulk C L Oysters in glass packed
Oil Castor in glass packed
Oil Castor in bbls
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in bbls L
G L
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in bbls C L Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in cans Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in cans
boxed L C L
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in cans boxed C L
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in tank cars Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in tank cars or barrels must always be charged at actual weight Oil Cocoa in original packages Oil Cocoa in barrels Oil Palm Seedcrude L C L Class K with 20 per cut added
C R I O K
5
6
6
li
4
H 1
5
K
2
hj 05 I I1 CO 09 M IsD

70
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
1

C R
Ore Iron L C L in boxes or
barrels prepaid B
Ore Iron C L P less 20 perct
Oil Cotton Seed C L any quantity Rule 1 without percentage R Oil Kerosene See Coal Oil Oil Lard and Linseed 3
Oil Lubricating the product of Coal Oil same as Coal Oil
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or cans boxed 3 T 1
Oils in glass or cans packed except Coal Oil and Sassafras
Oil 1
Oils in jars not packed not
taken
Oils N 0 S in bbls 3
Oleomargarine in cans 1
Oleomargarine in Kegs and Firkins 2
Oleomargarine in BucketsPails and Tubs T 1
Packing Asbestos in cases 2
Packing Asbestos in rolls 4
Packing Hemp 4
Packing Metallic 2
Packing Rubber 3
Paintings and Pictures well bxd value of each box not to exceed fOOHI
Paintings and Pictures over
200 in value 3 T 1
Paints bulk in barrels or casks dry 6
Paints bulk in bbls or casks
dry C L L
Paints bulk in barrels or casks
in liquid 5
Paints bulk in kegs liquid 5
Paints in pails or cans packed 3
Paints in pails or cans unpacked 1
Paints Metallic same as Paints
Paper Bags 6
Paper Barrels in nests packed 2
Paper Barrels not nested
Paper Binders Board in cases Paper Binders Board in bundles
Paper Bottle Covers packed or pressed in bales Paper Boxes in nests packed Paper Boxes not nested
Paper cans crated
Paper Card
Paper Collars packed Paper Hangings in bundles
2
O R Paper Hangings boxed C R o a
2
Paper Medicated or Closet 3
Paper Pasteboard Paper Printing Wrapping or 4
Rooting Paper the same as above in boxes C L and L C L B
2
4 Paper in Rolls for manufacture
of bags B
Paper Pulp A
Paper Roofing B
Paper Sand and Flint Paper Stock in sacks barrels 3
HI
bales crates or hogsheads Rule 1 R
2 Paper Straw Boards Paper Wall any quantity in bundles 5
1
4 Paper Wall any quantity in
3 boxes 2
Paper Ware K 0 S 1
3 Paper Writing Book or Blot
ting in boxes 2
3 Paris White same as paint Paste in barrels 6
Peaches in boxes barrels or bags green L C L Peachesin bpxesbarrels or bags R
green C L 0
Peaches dried 4 6
Peach Stones packed 6
Pearline 4
Peanuts L C L 5
1 Peanuts C L 6
Pearl Ash 5
D 1 Peas in boxes Peas in bags or barrels Pegs Shoe in bags 2 D
1
Pegs Shoe in barrels or boxes Peltries See Skins 2
Pencils Slate 3
Pepper and Spices in bags Pepper and Spices N 0 S 3
4 ground in boxes 2
Pepper Sauce in glass packed 1 2
Perfumery Petroleum See Coal Oil 1
Photographic Material Pianos Organs and Melodeons 1
boxed 1
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
unboxed not taken Pickers Cotton Raw Hide 2
Pickles in glass packed 1 2
Pickles in barrels or casks 4
Pickles in cans boxed 4
Picks and Mattocks in bundles 3
Picks and Mattocks packed 5
Picture Backing in Packages 4
Picture Frames unboxed 3 T 1 D1
3 Picture Frames boxed 1
Pictures See Paintings
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
71
Pigs Feet and Tripe Pigs Feet Pickled in barrels
or kegs
Pigs Feet in glass packed
Pine Apples in cans boxed
Pine Apples in glass packed
Pins in cases
Pins Clothes boxed
Pins Insulators
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal N
0 S
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal N
0 S boxed
Pipe and Tile Drain or Hoofing
L C L
Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing C L 25000 pounds Pipe Earthen not Drain L C L Pipe Earthen not Drain C L Pipe Fittings in boxes Pipe Fittings in kegs casks or barrels Pipe Fittings in bundles wired
Pipe Iron
Pipe Lead in rolls or reels
Pipe Lead in casks
Pipe Organs K D boxed same
as Pianos
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral
Pipe Stove
Pipe Tin boxed
Pipe Wood L C L
Pipe Wood C L
Pipes Tobacco in boxes Pitch in barrels L C L Pitch CL
Planters K D in bundles or
boxes
Planters set up
Plaster Calcined
Plaster Castings Plaster Land L C L
Plaster Land C L
Plaster of Paris Plated or White Ware Plates Paper and Wood L C L Plates Paper and Wood C L not less than 24000 lbs Plows Gang and Sulky 3
Plows set up N O S
Plows K D N O S Plow Material See Agrl Imp Plumbago Plumbers Material 1ST O S packed
Poles Tent
Poles and Posts 1 Polishing Powders and Compounds Polish Stove and Shoe packed Polish Stove and Shoe in glass packed
C R 0 K
6 Porcelain Ware Pork and Beef
4 Porter same as Ale
1 2 Potash N O S
4 Potash Ball package
1 3 Potash German Muriate of and
1 Sulphate of L C L
2 Potash German Muriate of
6 and Sulphate of C L Potatoes in bbls or sacks
1 Potatoes C L Poultrv dressed
3 Poultry live C L Poultrv live L C L
5 6 Powder Baking and Yeast Powder Bleaching
R P Powder Gun and other Explo
1 5 sives L C L
3 6 Powder Gun and other Explo
2 sives C L 5000 lbs or over Powdered Leaves in boxes or
6 barrels
D 1 Powders and Washing Com
of 6 pounds etc
4 Powders Cattle Horse or Condi
5 tion Powders Polishing Compounds etc
1 Powers Horse K D
D 1 Powers Railroad or Endless
2 Chain
3 4 Preserves in glass packed
4 5 Preserves in cans boxed
1 Preserves in wood N 0 S
5 Presses Cider
K Presses Copying Presses Printing K D boxed
2 3 or crated
n 1 Presses Printing K D not bxd
5 Presses Printing set up
D 1 2 Presses N 0 S
K Printed Matter in sheets boxed
M prepaid
5 Prints
1 Prunes in boxes or kegs
3 Prunes in casks Pulley Blocks
6 Pulleys
T 1 D1 Pulp Paper or Wood Rule 1
1 2 Pumice Stone
4 Pumps and Pump Material wooden L C L
5 Pumps and Pump Material wooden C L
4 Pumps Hand
2 Pumps Steam and Power Pumps Steam and Power K D packed
P
3 Putty
4 Pyrites L C L prepaid in
3 boxes or barrels
C R 0 R
1 2
B
5
5
5
K
6 R
6 D
B
1 N
1 i 2
3
4
D 1
1
1
4
1 1
3
2 3
li
l
4
3
4
2
3
1
D 1 2
2
1
Til CO

72
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
Pyrites C L P less 20 per ct
Q
Quartermaster s btore 1
Quicksilver in iron flasks 1
R
Radiators not packed 1
Radiators packed 3
Rags in sacks barrels bales crates or hhds Rule 1 R
Railing 3
Raisins not strapped 1
Raisins strapped 2
Rakes Hand in bundles 3
Rakes Horse set up HI
Rakes Horse K IX 1
Range Boilers 1
Rattan 1
Rat Traps 1
Reapers See Agricultural Imp Red Lead Same as Paints
Reeds 2
Reflectors packed D1
Refrigerators 1
Refrigerators thoroughly and completely taken apart and packed in sections 2
ReGins or Cotton Linten J
Retorts Clay 1
Retorts Copper 2
Retorts Iron 6
Retorts Soda Water 4
Rice rough any quanty 1 times C
clean in bblsor sacksLCL
1J times C
Rice C L C
inboxes or kegs L CL 3
Rice in boxes or kegs 3
Rivets f of 6
Rollers Field 3
Rollers Printers 1
Rollers Sugar 3
Roofing Composition 4
Roofing Felt in bundles or rolls 5
Roofing Glass 2
Roofing Granite packed 6
Roofing Iron See Iron Roofing
Roofing Slate L C L 6
Roofing Slate C L See Rule 12 25000 lbs P
Roofing Tile L C L 5
Roofing Tile C L 25000 lbs R
Roofing Tin in rolls 5
Root Angelica in bbls or boxes 1
Roots and Herbs value not over 10c per pound 4
Roots and Herbs value over 10c
perpound 3
Rope N O S 3
Ropej Bed Cord 3
Ropje Clothes Line 3
O R C K
Rope Old Rope Cotton Rule 1 without 6
percentage 6
Rope Hemp or Jute 5
Rope Wire Rosin any quantity Class K less 20percent 4
Rubber Belting 3
Rubber Car Springs loose 4
Rubber Car Springs boxed Rubber Clothing and Rubber 5
Goods N O S 1
Rubber Hose 3
Rubber Packing 3
Rubber old scrap 5
Rug N O S Rugs Grass Hemp Hair Steel 1
U Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil 1
Rustic Work not boxed 3 T 1
Rustic Work crated 1
Rustic Work entirelv boxed 2
Rye S Sacks See Bags D
Saddlery 2
Saddlery Horse Collars 2
Saddlerv Harness boxed 2
Saddlery Harness in bundles 1
Saddles not boxed 1
4 Saddles boxed 2
Saddle Trees not boxed 1
Saddle Trees boxed 2
Sadirons packed in barrels 5
Sadirons packed in boxes Safes Iron each weighing 3000 2
pounds or less See Rule 14 Safes Iron each weighing over 3000 lbs and not over 6000 lbs 4
See Rule 14 3
5 Safes Iron each weighing over 6000 lbsand not over 10000lbs
5 See Rule 14 Safes Iron each weighing over 10000 lbs Special Contract 2
3 See Rule 14
Safes Meat and Pantry set up
Safes Meat and Pantry K D
packed 2
Safes or Covers Cheese hoxed 3 T 1
Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3
6 Sails 1
P St Johns Bread in bbls or boxes 1
Saleratus 4
Sal Soda 6
Salt in sacks L C L B
Salt in sacks C L O
Salt Cake L C L K
Salt Cake C L M
Salt Table 4
O R

fi
1HE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA 73
C K 0 R C K 0 R
Salts Bleaching in hbls or casks 6 Sheathing Metallic boxed or
Salts Bleaching N 0 S 4 crated or in bundles wired 3
Salts Epsom in casks or barrels 5 Sheetings Rule 1 without perctg 6
Salts Epsom N 0 S 4 Shellac 2
Saltpetre L C L 5 Shelters 1 2
Saltpetre 0 L M Shells Sea L C L prepaid D 1 1
Samp 2 Shells Sea C L prepaid 5
Sand C L N 0 S See Rule 12 Shingles L C L B
30000 lbs P loss 20 per ct Shingles actual weight C L P
Sand L 0 L in barrels B Shingles Metallic boxed 4
Sand or Dust Moulding 5 Ship Stuff L C L C
Sapolio 4 Ship Stuff C L 25000 lbs P
Saratoga Chips 5 Shirting Rulel without perctg 6
Sardines See Fish Shirts 1
Sash Doors Blinds C L B Shirts and Drawers unlaundried
Sash Doors Blinds L C L 3 4 entirely of cotton wthot prctg 6
Sash Glazed L C L 1 4 Shoe Findings 1
Sash Glazed C L 5 6 Shoe Lasts 3
Sash Weights B Shoe Pegs in bags 1
Sauce Pepper in glass packed 1 2 Shoe Pegs in bbls or boxes 2
Sauces N 0 S 1 Shoe Polish packed 4
Sauer Kraut in barrels 4 Shoe Polish in glass packed 3
Sausage B Shoes and Boots 1
Saw Logs P Shoes Horse and Mule in kegs 6
Saw Mills unboxed in parts 2 3 Shooks and Heading L C L 6
Saw Mills boxed in parts 4 Shooks and Heading C L P
Saws Circular packed 1 Shorts See Rule 12 D
Saws Drag 2 Shot in bags or boxes 2
Saws Drag with Horse Power 5 Shot in kegs or double sacked 5
Saws N 0 S packed i Shovels in bundles 3
Scales and Scale Beamsunboxed ShowCards See Signs
wrapped i Show Cases 4 T 1 3T1
Scales and Scale Beams K D Show Cases entirely boxed D 1 1
packed 2 Shrubbery See Trees
Scrapers 3 4 Shucks in bales rough Rule12 D
Screens 1 Shucks prepared baled shipped
Scythe Stones 3 from factory or furniture ware
Scythes in bundles 1 house 4
Scythes in boxes 2 Shuttle Blocks rough 3
Sea Grass pressed in bales 4 Sieves Tin nested packed in
Seed Corn in boxes 2 boxes 2
Seed Cotton less than 2000 lbs 3 Sieves Wire packed 3T1
Seed Cotton L C L 2000 lbs Signs Card Metallic or Wood
or over 6 boxed 2
Seed Cotton C L M Signs Glass 3 T 1 D1
Seed Flax 4 Signs Trade boxed freight to
Seed Garden 2 be prepaid or guaranteed 2
Seed Garden returned over Sizing for factories L C L 4
same line by which originally Sizing for factories C L 5
forwarded 4 Skewers wooden 4
Seed Grass and Clover 3 Skins Deer pressed in bales 2
Seed C L 4 Skins Fur and Peltries value
Seed Linseed 4 limited to 25c per lb in bags D1 1
Seed Millet B Skins Fur and Peltries value
Seed Mustard 6 limited to 25c per lb pressed
Seed N 0 S 2 in bales 1 3
Separators 1 Skins Fur and Peltries N 0 S D1
Shadines See Fish Skins Sheep Dry baled 1
Shafting 4 5 Skins Sheep Green in bundles 2
Shafts L C L 4 Skins Sheep Salted in bundles 3
Shafts C L 20000 lbs charged Slate Mantels packed 2
for 5 Slate Pencils 3
74
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
C ft
Slate Roofing L C L 6
Slate Roofing 0 L Rule 12
25000 lbs P
Slates School boxed 3
Slats
Sledges in bbls 5
Sledges loose 3
Slush Soap Stock or si miliar material for manufacturing
soap in barrels 6
Smoke Stacks See Rule 14 1
Snaths 1
Snuff in casks barrels or boxes 2
Snuff in jars packed 2
Snuff in jars not packed D 1
Soap Castile and Fancy 2
Soap Common in boxes 6
Soap Softener Liquid in bbls 4
Soap Stock iD bbls 6
Soap Stone Crude C L
See Rule 2 25000 lbs P
Soap Stone packed 2
Soda in kegs boxes and drums 6
Soda Ash L C L K
Soda Ash C L M
Soda Caustic in iron casks or
drums 6
Soda Fountains3 T 1
Soda Fountain Retorts 4
Soda Nitrate and Sulphate of
L C L 6
Soda Nitrate of C L M
Soda Sal 0
Soda Silicate of 6
Solder 5
Sorghum in half bbls barrels or
hogsheads Rule 1 R
Sorghum Mills 3
Spades in bundles 3
Spelter in slabs or casks 5
Spices ground in boxes 2
Spices in bags 3
Spikes of 6
Spokes and Shafts L C L 4
Spokes and Shafts C L 20000
lbs charged for 5
Sponge D1
Spreaders set up 1
Spreaders K D boxed 2
Springs Bed Woven Wire 1
Springs Car N O S 6
Springs Car Rubber loose 4
Springs Car Rubber boxed 5
Springs Iron Bed in barrels 3 v
Springs Vehicle See Vehicles
Starch Corn 3
Starch except Corn Starch L C
L 4
Starch C L not less than 20
000 pounds C
Stationery 2
Statues3T1
C R i
Staves P
Steam Gauge 1
Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
Steel not packed of 6
Steel packed 2
Steel wired or strapped 5
JSteel Bars each 200 lbs and
over 6
Steelyards K D and packed 2
Steelyards unboxed 1
Stills Worm crated 1
Stone Blocks rough L C L 6
Stone Blocks slabs or dressed and protected L C L 3
Stone or Marble cruhed foundation rough paving blocks rough undressed rubble Class P less 20 0 C L 30000 lbs Stone Curbing C L class P less 20 per cent
Stone Slabs rough and protected otherwise owners risk C L class P less 20 per cent Stone Blocks dressed and protected otherwise owners
risk C L class P
Stone Slabs dressed and protected otherwise owners risk
C L class P
A carload of stone or marble N O S embraces 25000 lbs Stoneware same as Earthenware
Stools Piano 1
Stove Boards boxed or crated 8
Stove Pipe D 1
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed 1
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware including the necessary pipe
L C L 1
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware
C L not less than 24000 lbs 3 Straw See Hay Rule 12
Straw Boards 6
Straw Goods 1
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales 3
Sugar in bags 2
Sugar in boxes strapped 4
Sugar in boxes not strapped 2
Sugar in barrels and hogsheads 6
Sugar Cane prepaid 6
Sugar Grape 6
Sulphates L C L 6
Sulphates Ash and Soda C L M Sulphur in boxes L C L 1
Sulphur in barrels L C L 3
Sulphur for manufacture of
Fertilizers C L M
Sumac ground 4
O K
O R 3
3
3 5
4
5 4
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
75
C R O R
Sumac leaf 0 L estimated
weight 20000 pounds 5
Sweepings and Motes Cotton A
Sweepings Factory and cotton waste in sacks barrels bales
crates or bhds Rule 1 R
Syrups in barrels half barrels or hogsheads R
Syrups in cans boxed or in kegs 4 Syrups in glass boxed 2
T
Tables Billiard boxed D 1
Tacks 3
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels 6
Talc 6
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N O S 5
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs 2
Tan Bark C L 24000 pounds P
Tanks N O S3 T 1
Tanks Cotton Seed Oil etc Iron D 1
Tanks Wood set up Dl
Tanks Wood K D packed B
Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags 3
Tar L C L 5
Tar C L M
Tar Coal in barrels L C L B
Tar Coal C L See Rule 12 O
Tea 1
Telegraph Cross Arms 6
Telegraph Brackets in bags 3
Telegraph Brackets in boxes 5
Telegraph Brackets C L R
Telephones boxed3 T 1
Tents Tent Poles and Pins 2
TerraCotta 3
Terra Cotta in packages 3
Terra Japonica 4
Thread Rule l without per centage 6
Threshers 1
Tickings Rule 1 without perctg 6
Ties Cotton and Hay Rule 1 R Tile Drain and Roofing L C L 5 Tile Drain and Roofing C L
25000 lbs R
Tile Fire tor Lining etc 4
Tile Floor and Marble 4
Tin Block and Pig 5
Tin Foil in boxes 2
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls 4
Tin Roofing in rolls 5
Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles
wired or crated 6
Tinners Trimmings N O S 2
Tinware and Tin Stamped Ware
boxed 4
Tires Lbcomotive 6
Tires Wagon of 6
Tobacco Box Material L C L 6
Tobacco Box Material C L P
D1 4
6
P
6
C R 0 R
Tobacco cases and boxes empty 1
Tobacco Cut in boxes barrels
or bales 1
Tobacco Leaf in cases 1
Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1 3
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
Tobacco Smoking 1
Tobacco Stems prized 6
Tobacco Stems not prized 1
Tobacco Unmanufactured not
prized 1
Tobacco Unmanufactd prized 2
Tongues Pickled in barrels or
kegs 4
Tongues Smoked 3
Tonqua Beans in boxes or bbls 1
Tools Edge 2
Tools Mechanic boxed 2
Toothpicks 2
Tow in bales 2
Tow in bales compressed 3
Toys boxed D 1
Train Sugar 3T 1 Dl
Traps Fly D1
Traps Mouse and Rat 1
Traveling Bags 1
Trees and Shrubbery baled or
boxed L C L prepaid or
guaranteed 6
Trees and Shrubbery baled or
boxed C L prepaid or guar
anteed O
Tripe 6
Tripe Pickled in barrels or kegs 4
Tripoli 4
Trucks Warehouse 1
Trunks single 1 1
Trunks nested or filled with
merchandise crated or strapd 1 2
Trunks empty or filled with
merchandise corded or wrapd 1
Trunks filled with merchandise
not corded or wrapped D 1
Trunks N O S D1
Trunks Sample D1 1
Trunks filled with personal
effects corded or wrapped 3 T 1 1
Tubs N OS 1 3
Tubs Bath boxed 1
Tubs Bath unboxed Dl
Tubs Bath in nests 2
Tumblers packed 2 4
Turbineand Water Wheel Rule
14 3 4
Turnips 3 6
Turpentine Spirits in packages
less than a barrel 3 6
Turpentine Spirits in barrels R
Twine 3
Type boxed 2
Type Writers boxed 3 T 1 Dl
76
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OF
u
C R
Umbrellas boxed Urns Iron 3
XT
Vehicles and Materials for Vehicles as Follows
In all items under heading of Vehicles the term Wagons is intended only to apply to rough cheap farm wagons j with or without sprin g and is not intended for buggies or varnished pleasure or business wagons which articles and articles of like character take same classes as Buggies Trotting Wagons etc
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons C L boxed or well crated charged at not less than 15000 pounds
excess weight in proportion f 3
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons C L loose charged at not less than
24000 pounds excess weight in proportion 3
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons set up
L C L actual weight 4 T 1 Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier
is liable D 1
Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value over 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier is liable D 1 Gigs and Sulkies knocked down boxed or well crated L C L 3 T 1 Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D 1 Carriages Childrens K D in boxes bundles or crates 1
Carriages Childrens set up un
boxed r 3rTl
D i S
Carriages Childrens set up bxd Cars Railroad See Cars Cars Bailroad Hand Lever or
Crank
Cars Street single actual weight Cars Street and Omnibuses two or more on a car not less than 20000 pounds charged for Hearses K D boxed or crated Road Village or Pleasure Carts See Buggies
1 D 1
O R Stage Coaches Omnibuses and C R
Hearses actual weight Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes T 1
Skeins and Springs loose Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes 3
Skeins and Springs boxed Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes or Skeins and Springs in bar 4
rels or casks Vehicle Materials Wood Hubs Spokes Shafts Bows Felloes Singletrees Wheels Bodies 6
unfinished etc etc L C L Vehicle Materials the same C 4
L 20000 pounds charged tor 5
Velocipedes K D crated Vemcipedes Bicycles or Tricy 1
cles set up securely boxed Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricy n
cles set up crated Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricy 3 T 1
cles K D boxed 1
4 Velocipedes set up not boxed or crated not taken
Velocipedes Bailroad Wagons and Carts C L charged 1
at not less than 24000 pounds 4
4 Wagons and CartsFarm or Lum
ber set up actual weight Wagons and CartsFarm or Lum I 1
3T1 ber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quan
tity aclual weight Wagons Childrens same as Childrens Carriages 6
Wagons Street Sprinklers D 1
1 Wagon Parts Wood unpainted K D and packed in crates or
bundles Wagon Tires See Tires 5
tr
Valves Brass boxed 3
D1 Varnish in barrels or kegs 2
Varnish in cans boxed 2
Varnish in cans not boxed 1
1 Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed 1
Vault Lights rough and heavy 5
Vegetables Hessicated 4
Vegetables in cans Vegetables H O S ptepaid or guaranteed 4
Veneering boxed 1
Veneering not boxed D 1
Vermicelli 1
Vinegar in bbls or kegs Vinegar Shavings or Chips in B
bags 5
Vises Iron 4
Vitriol Blue in barrels 5
O R 3T1
i
14
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
77
C R
O R
w
Wadding D 1
Wagon Jacks 3
Washers in kegsf of 6
Washers in other packages 2
Waste Cotton in hags 2
Waste Cotton pressed in bales 6 Waste Jute or Tailings 5
Water Ammonia in iron casks 5
Water Ammonia in glass
packed 3
Water Coolers and Filters bxd 1
Waters Aerated such as Moxie in wood 5
Waters Aerated such as Moxie in glass or stone packed 3
Waters Mineral in wood 5
Waters Mineral in glass or
stone packed 3
Wax 4
Wax Comb Foundation boxed 2
Wax Extractors crated 1
Wax Parafine i
Wedges in barrels 5
Wedges loose 3
Well Curbing 2
Whalebone 1
Wheat D
Wheat Cracked in barrels 5
Wheat Cracked inboxes 2
Wheelbarrows SeeAgrl Imp Wheels and Axles Car 6
Wheels and Vehicles See Vehicles
Wheels Water Rule 14 3
Whips 1
Whisky See Liquors
White Lead and Zinc Paints 5
Whiting 1ST O S 6
Whiting in boxes 3
Whiting in bbls C L L
Willow Reeds in bales 2
Willow WareD 1
Willow Ware Baskets in nests 1
Window Shades 1
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames L C L 3
Wind ow Frames C L B
Wind Mills K D in bundles 3
Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors
Wire Barbed 6
Wire Binding 3
Wire Cloth 1
Wire Fence 3
W ire Goods boxed N O S 3
Wire Mattresses 1
Wire Rope 4
4
4
4
4
4
5
C R I
Wire Screens 1
Wire Telegraph 4
Wire N O S 3
Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures boxed
or crated 3 T 1
Wire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated HI
Wood Green C L of 8 cords
to be billed by cord Rule 12 P Wood Dry C L of 9 cords to be billed by cord Rule 12
Wood Ashes Wooden Butter Dishes packed
L C L 3
Wooden Butter Dishes C L not less than 24000 lbs 6
Wooden Covers 1
Wooden Bottle Covers 3
Wooden Ware N O S 1
Wooden Ware does not include Willow Ware which is D 1 Wood Liquor in barrels 3
Wood Plates L C L 3
Wood Plates C Lnot less than
24000 lbs 6
Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage 5
Wood Screws in casks or boxes 2
Woolwashedin bagsnotpressed 2
Wool unwashed in bags not
preseed 4
Wool washed in bags pressed
in bales 3
Wool unwashed in bags pressed
in bales 6
Woolen Goods without perctge 4
Wool Mineral in bags 1
Wringers Clothes packed 2
Wringers Clothes not packed D 1
IT
Yarn Cotton Rule 1 without
percentage 6
Yarns N O S 3
Yeast in Wood 3
Yeast Cakes in boxes 3
Yeast Powders
Yokes 1
S3
Zinc 5
Zinc Oxide 6
Zinc Paints See Paints
Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
O R
D 1 1
A C BRISCOE Secy
L N TRAMMELL Chm ALEX S ERWIN JAMES W ROBERTSON
Commissioner
Wd
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
STANDARD
Freight and Passenger Tariffs
RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
OF THE
Railroad Commission
OF GEORGIA
As revised by Circulars to Nov 15 1890
A C Briscoe
Secretary
L N Trammell Chairman Alex S Erwin
J W Robertson
Commissioners
Commissioners Tariff
Embracing all Changes and Corrections to date since July i I889
1 PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly and distinctly set forth the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and objections all set forth in writing
In like manner all defenses must be distinctly set forth in writing and the items numbered as above stated
These specifications whether of complaint or defense may be accompanied if the parties desire by any explanation or argument or by any suggestion as to the proper remedy or policy The parties may also be heard in person or by attorney or by written argument upon such written statement being first filed
2 MONTHLY REPORTS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall file in the office of the Commissioners on or before the 20th day of each month a report of its earnings and expenses for the month preceding upon a printed form A
3 POSTING TARIFFS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall post and keep posted at each of its respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of the schedules of freight and passenger rates prescribed for said road by the Commission together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances between stations giving name of each station And when any change in said schedule of rates or classification is made either by the Commission or by any Railroad Company a copy of said change shall be immediately furnished the office of the Commissioners and shall also be posted in the same manner as the above
4 The rates prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in
either direction
NOVEMBER 15 1890
1 GENERAL RULES
STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
P PER 100 POUNDS p er p bl er 100 Lbs I 3er 00 bs
Dis tance 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C 1 E F G H
Miles Ots Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Ots Ots Ots Ots Ots Cts Ots
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 BOO 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 43C 44C 450 46C 12 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 29 30 32 33 35 36 38 39 41 42 44 45 48 51 54 57 60 62 64 66 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 85 85 88 88 88 91 91 91 94 94 1 94 11 14 16 18 20 21 23 24 26 27 29 30 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 74 75 75 75 76 76 76 77 77 77 78 78 78 10 13 15 16 18 19 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 3v 31 32 33 34 35 37 39 41 43 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 59 60 60 60 61 61 61 62 62 62 63 63 63 8 10 12 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 49 50 50 50 51 51 51 52 52 52 53 53 1 53 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 9 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 84 35 35 36 36 37 38 38 39 39 39 40 40 40 41 41 41 42 42 42 43 43 43 6 8 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 81 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 I 38 6 8 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 1 38 6 8 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 38 5 6 7 n 8 8 8 84 9 9 91 Q1 10 10 11 11 Pi 114 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 23 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 27 27 34 5 54 6 64 64 74 74 8 8 84 84 9 9 94 94 10 1 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 38 38 39 39 39 40 40 40 41 41 41 42 42 43 43 43 42 9 IH 124 14 15 15 161 164 174 174 18 18 19 19 20 20 214I 214 23 23 23 24 25 26 28 29 31 31 33 33 34 34 36 36 38 38 40 40 42 42 42 42 44 44 46 46 46 50 50 50 52 52 52 54 54 54 24 m 3f 5 54 6 64 64 6 7 7 74 n 74 74 74 74 8 8 84 84 84 8 9 9 94 94 94 94 9f 9f 10 IO4 IO4 104 101 IO4 IO4 IO4 11 11 11 11 11 11 114 IH IH 111 114 IH II4 IH II4 II4 12 8 10 12 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 10 41 42 43 44 15 46 46 47 47 18 48 49 49 49 50 50 50 52 52 52 54 54 54 56 56
STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
Per 100 Pounds Per Ton Per Car Load Per 100 lbs
Dis tance J K L M N 0 P B
Milks Cts Cts Cts 35 Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 63 54 55 56 57 58 59 59 60 4 5 ki 2 6 j5 7 71 2 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 I 11 9 10 10 10 101 io 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 3 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 7 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 35 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 95 1 00 1 00 1 05 1 10 1 15 1 15 1 20 1 20 1 25 1 30 1 35 1 40 1 50 1 60 1 70 1 80 1 90 2 00 2 10 2 20 2 30 2 40 2 50 2 60 2 70 2 80 2 90 Sfr 305 3 05 3 15 3 15 3 28 3 28 3 28 3 41 3 41 3 41 3 54 3 54 3 54 3 67 3 67 3 67 1 55 80 85 90 95 1 00 1 05 1 10 1 15 1 20 1 25 1 30 1 35 1 40 1 45 1 50 1 55 1 60 1 65 1 70 1 80 1 90 2 00 2 10 2 20 2 25 2 30 2 35 2 40 2 45 2 50 2 55 2 65 2 65 2 75 2 75 2 85 2 85 2 95 3 20 3 30 3 40 3 50 3 50 3 50 3 60 3 60 3 60 3 70 3 70 3 70 3 80 3 80 3 80 1 5 00 6 50 7 50 8 00 9 00 10 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 14 00 14 00 14 50 15 jio 160 16 50 17 00 17 50 18 00 19 00 20 00 21 00 23 00 24 00 25 00 26 00 27 00 28 00 29 00 29 50 30 00 31 00 31 50 32 00 33 00 33 50 34 00 34 50 35 00 36 00 36 50 37 00 38 00 38 50 39 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 41 00 42 00 42 00 44 00 44 00 44 00 46 00 46 00 46 00 5 50 8 00 9 00 10 00 11 00 11 00 12 00 12 00 13 00 13 00 14 00 14 00 15 00 15 00 16 00 16 00 17 00 17 00 17 00 17 00 18 00 18 00 19 00 19 00 20 00 20 00 21 00 21 00 22 00 22 00 23 00 23 00 23 00 24 00 24 00 24 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 26 00 26 00 26 00 27 00 27 00 27 00 27 00 27 00 29 00 29 00 29 00 31 00 31 00 31 00 33 00 33 00 33 00 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 00 8 00 8 00 9 00 9 00 10 00 10 00 10 0 11 00 11 00 11 00 12 00 12 00 13 00 13 00 14 00 14 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 16 00 17 00 17 00 18 00 19 00 19 00 20 00 20 00 21 00 21 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 23 00 23 00 24 00 24 00 24 00 24 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 27 00 27 00 27 00 29 00 29 00 29 00 31 00 31 00 31 00 4 5 5 6 s 7 8 H 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 28 2a 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 26 26 26 28 28 28 30 30 30
RELATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES
TO THE
FREIGHT PASSENGER TARIFFS
The Railroad Companies doing business within the State of Georgia will be allowed to apply the
STANDARD FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TARIFFS
For the transportation of Freight and Passengers in accordance with the following Table
84
CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM
SAVANNAH DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M jST O and R add ten 10 per to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Ogeechee 62 Johnsons
Pooler 9 Rocky Ford 66 Davisboro
Bloomingdale 13 Scarborough 71 Sun Hill
Eden 20 Parramore Hill 74 Tennille
Marlow 26 Millen 79 Robinsons
Guyton 30 Cushingville 83 Oconee
Brewer 35 Rogers 86 Raouls
Egypt 40 Herndon 90 Toomsboro
Oliver 46 Midville 96 McIntyre
Halcyondale 50 Sebastopol 100 Gordon
Cameron 55 Wadley 107 Griswold
Outland 57 Bartow 111 Macon
Augusta Savannah Division
Millen 0 Thomas 16 Bennocks Mill
Lawton 5 Waynesborro 21 Hollywood Allens
Perkins Junction 7 Greens Cut 27
Munnerlyn 11 McBean Eatonton Branch 33 Augusta
Gordon 0 Milledgeville 17 Walkers Crossing
Whiting 9 Merri wether 25 Eatonton
Midway 15 Dennis 30
cent
116
122
129
185
141
146
148
155
162
170
181
192
37
41
43
58
34
38
85
CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEMContinued
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To classes C D E J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Macon 0
Walden 10
Echeconnee 12
Byron 17
Powersville 21
Port Valley29
Everetts 36
Reynolds 42
Butler 50
Howards 60
Bostick 65
Geneva 70
Juniper 74
Bok Springs 77
Upatoi 83
Wimberly 86
Schatulga 91
Columbus100
Distance Table
Perry 14
JVlarshallville
Winchester 39
Barrons Lane 44
Montezuma 49
Oglethorpe 51
Anderson 60
Americas 71
Smithville 83
Bronwood 91
Dawson 98
Shellman 108
Cuthbert 118
Morris 129
Hatcher 133
Georgetown 141
Eufaula143
Coleman 128
Port Gaines140
Adams 89
Leesburg 96
Albany107
Walker 118
Ducker 120
Holts 125
Leary 129
Williamsburg 135
Arlington 142
Cowarts149
Blakely 156
Hilton166
Columbia169
SAVANNAH GRIFFIN NORTH ALABAMA DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Griffin 0 Senoia 19 Sargents 41
Vaughns 8 Turin 24 Whitesburg 46
uims 10 Sharpsburg 25 Carrollton60
Brooks 12 ifewnan35
86
CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEMContinued
ATLANTA DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and B add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Bosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Macon 0 Barnesville 43 Lovejoys 76
Summerfield 8 Milner 49 Jonesboro 82i
Bolingbroke 15 Orchard Hill 54 Morrows 87
Smarrs 22 Griffin60 Forest 90
Forsyth 27 Sunnyside 67 East Point 97
Colliers 32 Hampton 71 Atlanta103
Goggins 38
BUENA VISTA ELLA VILLE DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and E add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Bosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Americus 0 Buena Vista 28 Halloca 43
LaCrosse 9 Zelobee 36 Ochillee
Ellaville 14 Glenalta 38 Muscogee oi
Putnam 21 Cherokee 42 Columbus 64
Wigginnsville 24
87
CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEMContinued
UPSON COUNTY BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and E add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Eosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Barnesville 0 Fambros 6 Stamps 12
Wilkinsons 2 The Eock 8 Tliomaston16
Middlebrooks 4
AUGUSTA KNOXVILLE DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M O and E add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Eosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Augusta
Morris
0 Mayville
12 Sneads
15
CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEMContinued
WRIGHTS VILLE TENNILLE DIVISION PASSENGERClass BFour Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 8 4 5 6 A B E Gr H K L M 1ST O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Tennille 0 Wrightsville10 Bruton 27
Peacocks Cut 5 Meadows Crossing 20 Condor 32
Harrison 9 Lovett 23 Dublin35
Donovan 13 Donalson 25
COLUMBUS ROME DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E Gr H K L M hi O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Columbus 0 Cataula 16 Chipley
Nances 7 Kingsboro 20 W Sul Springs
Fortsons 11 Hamilton 24 Stinsons
Hines 13 Hood 32 Greenville
Rehoboth 15
33
37
40
50
EAST TENNESSEE SYSTEM
EAST TENN VA GA R RBetween Macon and the Tennessee State Eine
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M 1ST O and E add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Eosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Chatnoga Tenu 0
Tyners 10
Ooltewah 16
OBrien 21
Red Clay GrR 28
Cohutta 26
V arnells 31
Waring 35
Dalton 40
Starks i 46
Carbondale u 50
Millers 53
Sugar Yalley 56
Skelleys 61
Beeves 63
Plainville 67
Pinsons ii 70
Hermitage 72
Harpers 76
Rome 80
Atlanta Juncn u 82
Silver Creek Gtr 85
Brice 11 92
Byrds 93
Seney 94
Hamlet 96
Rockmart 101
Vintns Switch 104
Beattys Switch 106
Braswell 107
Macpherson 114
Howelton p 115
Dallas il 118
Rogers Switch il 122
Hiram li 124
Powder Springs li 129
Austell U 134
Mableton li 138
Concord il 140
Chattahoochee il 145
Peyton 146
Six Mile Siding 147
HowellGa 150
Atlanta 152
Eoseland 156
Constitution 158
Moores Mill 162
Ellenwood 165
Stockbridge 171
Flippen 176
McDonough 181
Locust Grove 188
Jenkinsburg 193
Jackson 198
Flovilla 203
Williams 206
Frankville 212
Juliette 218
Dames Ferry 225
Popes 227
Holton 242
MaconGa 242
Eeids 251
Phillips 252
Densons 253
Bullards 258
Adams Park 262
Westlake 268
McGriffis 273
Coleys 277
Cochran 281
Hawkinsyille 291
Alice 285
Fraziers 286
Fews Mill 287
Carnes Mill 289
Dubois 290
Gress Mill 292
Dempsey 294
Woodwards 298
Eastman 299
Amoskeng Mills 301
Godwinsville Ga 304
Leitchs Mill 306
Miller Shearers
Mill 308
Chauncey 309
Harris Mitchells
Mill 311
Mercers Mill 313
Longview 315
Paxtons Mill 317
Chapmans 319
McRae 320
Waff Booth Cos
Mill 321
McYille 325
Towns 330
Holland Whid
dons Still 335
Lumber City 337
Ocmulgee 338
Hazlehurst 344
Johnsonville Ga 349
Graham 350
Pine Grove 353
Prentiss 356
Baxley 359
Wheaton 363
Carters Mill 365
Surrency 369
Breptwood 374
Satilla 379
Enville 383
Jesup 889
Bennetts Still 394
Gardi 396
Pendarvis 399
Sand Hill 406
OBrien P O 411
Sterling 420
Old Depot 429
Brunswick 432
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM
ATLANTA CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D E J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Flowery Branch Odells 44 Cornelia 78
Goodwins 11 47 Mt Airy 80
Boswell Junction 13 Gainesville 53 New Switzerland 83
Doraville 15 New Holland 55 Aversville 87
Norcross 20 W Sul Springs 59 Toccoa 93
Duluth 26 Lula Travis 96
Suwanee 31 Belton 67 Tugalo 99
Buford 37 Longview 74
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D E J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Mahleton 15 Villa Rica 38
Howell 3 Austell 18 Temple 45
Peyton 7 Salt Springs 21 Bremen 54
Chattahoochee 8 Douglasville 26 Waco 56
Concord 12 W inston 32 Tallapoosa 64
91
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEMContinued
NORTHEASTERN DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and E add ten 10 per centto Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Eosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Xula 0 Harmony Grove 20 Center 31
Gillsville 7 Nicholson 27 Athens
Maysville 13
ELBERTON AIRLINE DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and E add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Eosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Toccoa 0 Bowersville 24 Bowmans 38
Eastanolle 8 West Bowersville 26 Hard Cash 42
Martins 12 Eoyston 31 Goss Store 46
Lavonia 18 Fellowship Church 34 Elberton 50
HARTWELL DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and E add ten 10 per centto Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Eosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Bowersville
0 Hartwell
10
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEMContinued
LA WHENCE VIL LE BRANCH PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D E J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Suwanee o Lawrenceville 10
ROSWELL BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per centto Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D E J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Roswell Juncn
0 Roswell
10
93
PLANT SYSTEM
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M 1ST O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Savannah Ga 0 Boston Ga 188 Suwannee Fla
Millers 10 Thomasville 200 Rixford 44
Burrroughs 12 Cairo 214 Live Oak f
Ways 16 Whigham 221 Padlock i
Fleming 24 Bainhridge Jnc 227 Pine Mount g U
McIntosh 31 Fowltown 236 McAlpin
Walthourville 38 Faceville 243 OBrien 44
Johnston 46 Recovery 249 New Branford 4
Doctor town 52 Chattahoochee Fla 258 Fort White 44
Jesup 57 Briganza Ga 104 Orion U
Screven 68 Fort Mudge 111 Newnansville
Patterson 78 Race Pond 116 Hague U
Blackshear 87 Uptonville 124 Gainesville i
Waycross 96 Folkston 130 Drew U
Glenmore 108 Boulogne Fla 136 Lake City U
Argyle 116 Hilliard 142 Ochlocknee Grit
Homerville 122 Dyal 147 Meigs iC
Dupont 130 Callahan 152 Pelham 44
Stockton 139 Dinsmore 160 Camilla 44
Naylor 144 Jacksonville 172 Baconton 44
Valdosta 157 Forrest Ga 140 Hardaway M
Ousley 166 Statenville 151 Albany 44
Quitman 174 Jasper Fla 163 Bainhridge 4
Dixie 181 Marion 168
175
179
184
188
190
197
202
216
226
233
238
249
222
282
211
219
224
232
242
250
258
236
PLANT SYSTEMContinued
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and E add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D E J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Eosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Brunswick 0 Millwood 78 Yanceville 126
Pyles Marsh 10 Eed Bluff 82 Tifton 130
J amaica 16 Pearson 90 Eiverside 133
Waynesville 25 Kirkland 93 Hillsdale 137
Atkinson 28 Westonia 96 TyTy 139
Lulaton 32 Leliaton 98 Sumner 145
Bucks Still 34 Grays Mill 100 Poulain 148
Hahunta 36 Willacoochee 101 Isabella 151
Hoboken 45 Lees Mill 107 Willingham 155
Schlatterville 50 Alapaha 1U Davis 161
Way cross 60 Enigma 119 Albany 171
Wares boro 67 Brookfield 122
NOTEOn business interchanged between Savannah Florida Western and Brunswick Western Railroad Companies said roads should be considered as constituting but one and the same road and rates made on continuous mileage
ALABAMA MIDLAND R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty per cent to Standard Tariff To all other Classes apply Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Bainbridge Brinson
0 Brooklyn 11 Donaldsonville
16 Josephine 21
28
95
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To all Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Morganville 0 Eising Fawn 14 Sulphur Springs 19
Trenton 6
ATLANTA FLORIDA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E 4 H K L M N O and E add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D E J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Eosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Atlanta 0
E T V G June 2
Buchanan 5
Haasville 9
Eiverdale 15
Selina 17
Blalock 20
Fayetteville 24
Woolsey 31
Lowry 35
Kallulah Junction 87
Zetella 40
Williamson45
Zebulon 50
Meansville 55
Piedmont 60
Topeka Junction 64
Yates ville 70
Culloden 76
Knoxville 89
Fort Valley104
96
ATLANTA WEST POINT R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D E J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Atlanta 0 Distance Table Powells 33 Whitfields 65
East Point 6 Newnan 89 LaGrange 71
Red Oak 12 Pucketts 45 Gabbettville 80
Fairburn 18 Grantville West Point 87
Palmetto 25 Hogansville 58

AUGUSTA GIBSON SANDERSVILLE R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
Add twentylive per cent to all other classes except C D and E
Augusta Gary Adventure Gracewood Richmond Hephzibah Bath Blythe
Distance Table
0 Keysville 26 Melle Springs 55
5 Noah 30 Mitchell 59
7 Mathews 32 Hines 31
9 Wrens 36 Chalker 64
11 Stapleton 41 Warthen 70
15 Avera 45 Young 77
99 son 51 Sandersville80
97
LUE RIDGE ATLANTIC R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents Per Mile
freight
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E Hadd 50 per cent
To Classes B C D E J K L M N O P E apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Cornelia Clarksville n Annidale 2 Turnerville 17 8 Ebenezer 14 Tallulah Falls 22

ITY SUBURBAN R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 8 4 5 6 A E H add 50 per cent to Standard Tariff
To Classes B C D E J K L M N O P and K apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Savannah Thomas Pritchards Sandfly 0 Isle of Hope 7 Burnside 12 2 Cedar Hammock 8 Beaulieu 12 4 Betheseda 10 Montgomery 12J 6
98
y
CHATTANOOGA ROME COLUMBUS R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
Chattanooga Mission Ridge Crawfish Springs
Tri on
5 6 A E and H add 20 per iff to all other Classes cent
Distance Table
0 Summerville 45 Summit 90
7 Raccoon Mills 48 Cedartown 99
13 Lavender 67 Buchanan 120
18 Rome 77 Kramer 128
27 East Rome 78 Mandeville 133
33 Silver Creek 39 84 Carrollton 140
COVINGTON MACON R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H and K add 20 per cent Apply Standard Tariff to all other Classes
Macon
Masseys Mill
VanBuren
Roberts
Morton
Grays
Eranks
Barron
Wayside
Round Oak
Distance Table
0 Hillsboro
4 Adgates
7 Minneta
10 Monticello
15 Machen
17 Mafco
21 Godfrey
23 Little Indian Tank
24 Madison
27
33 Florence
36 Florence Tank 42 Farmington
45 Gould
53 Watkinsville
57 Sidney
61 Whitehall
66 Athens
72 1ST E Depot J
82
83
89
92
95
98
101
105
106
99
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add to Commissioners Standard Tariff as follows Between 0 and 40 miles 50 per cent
Between 40 and 70 miles 40 per cent
Between 70 and 100 miles 30 per cent
Over 100 miles 20 per cent
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Columbus 0 Brooklyn 32 Sasser
Ochillee 11 Bichland 39 Oakland
Psalmonds 15 Kimbrough 45 Palmyra
Cusseta 19 Weston 48 Albany
Manta 24 Parrotts 57
Green Hill 28 Dawson 66
y j j
DOVER STATESBORO R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent to Standard Tariff To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
100
v
EAST WEST R R OF ALABAMA Formerly Cherokee
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile
Allowed 25 cents as a minimum passenger chargePer Circular 153
FREIGHT
Apply Standard Tariff to all Classes
Allowed to charge for ten miles as a minimum haul
Distance Table
Cartersville da 0 Pish Creek Ga 29 Hebron Ala 84
Padds 4 Cedartown 37 Grays 87
Stilesboro 10 Berrys 42 Ohatchie 89
McGinnis 12 Esom Hill 46 Francis 92
Taylorsville 14 Warners Ala 48 Singletons 94
Deatons 17 Rowells 58 Ackers 95
Davittes 18 Daileys 57 Ragland 100
Waddells 19 Cross Plains 62 Fairview 104
Rockmart 23 E W June 70 Broken Arrow 110
Pmeviile 25 Sul Springs I 78 Pell City 117
Goddards 27 Dukes 81
101
GEORGIA R R
PASSEIN GERClass AThree Cents Per Mile
freight
To all Classes apply Standard Tariff
Augusta 0
Wheless 5
Belair 10
Grovetown 15
Forest 16
Berzelia 21
Harlem 25
Sawi Dust 26
Dearing 29
Bonesville 33
Thomson 37
Mesena 43
Camak 47
W arrenton 51
Mayfield 60
Culverton 67
Sparta 71
Devereux 79
Carrs 83
Distance Table
Milledgeville 98
Browns 101
Haddocks 106
James Ill
Roberts 116
Macon125
BarnetC
Raytown 62
Ficklin 68
Washington 76
Crawfordville 65
Robinsons 70
Union Point 76
Bairdstown 83
Maxeys 89
Antioch 92
Lexington 98
Winterville 108
Athens 116
Greensboro 88
Oconee 90
Buckhead 96
Madison103
Dorsey 107
Rutledge 111
Social Circle119
Alcovy 126
Covington130
Conyers 140
Lithonia146
Redan160
Stone Mountain 155
Clarkston160
Decatur165
Atlanta 171
102
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other classes except C D and F
Distance Table
Gainesville 0 Hoschton 18 Camps
Candler 7 Mulberry 23 Monroe
Florence 10 Jug Tavern 27 Gresham
Pendergrass 16 Bethlehem 32 Social Circle
Jefferson 23
GEORGIA MIDLAND GULF R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H and R add 25 per cent
To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Columbus Ga 0 Nebula 38 Concord 64
Flat Rock li Warm Springs 12 Stearnesville
Ellerslie 18 Woodbury 52 Griffin80
Waverly Hall 24 Jenkinsville 67 Pomona 89
Mulberry 28 Williamsville 60 McDonough97
Shiloh 34
103

PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add twenty per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added
Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Macon 0 Arabi 75 Melrose 167
Sofkee 7 Marion 85 Jennings Fla 171
fAvondale 11 Sycamore 88 Avoca 176
Wellston 16 Inaha 92 Jasper 180
tBonaire 22 Chula 98 Genoa 198
Kathleen 25 Tifton105 White Springs 00
tTivola 29 Eldorado112 Suwanee Valley 204
tGrovania 35 Lenox118 Lake City 210
Elko 39 Sparks 126 Hagen 220
tUnadilla 44 Adel128 Lake Butler 322
tPinehurst 49 Cecil 134 New River 238
tFindlay 52 Hahira139 Hampton 248
Vienna 57 Mineola144 Brooklyn 256
tRichwood 60 Valdosta 150 Etoniah 264
Cordele 65 Hasher 157 Palatka 285
Wenona 70 Oceana161
LOUISVILLE WADLEY R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other classes except C H and F i Distance Table
Louisville Aldred
0 Moxley 3 Joiner
5 Bethany 6J1 Wadley
9
10
104
MIDVILLE SWAINSBORO RED BLUFF R R Formerly Midville Swainsboro and Mt Vernon
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H add 50 per cent
To Classes B C D F J K L M N 0 P R apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Midville 0 Wiggins 10 Swainsboro 20
Summertown 6 Modoc 15
MARIETTA NORTH GEORGIA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive 25 percent to all other classes except C D and F
Distance Table
Marietta 0 Browns 27 Ellijay 70
Kerrs 4 Mabel 30 White Path 76
Blackwells 6 Ball Ground 37 Cherry Log 79
Hoys 9 Nelsons 42 Blue Ridge 86
Woodstock 12 Tate 45 Mineral Bluff 90
Little River 15 Jasper 50 State Line 99
Lebanon 16 Talking Rock 56 Kinseys N C 106
Holly Springs Canton 18 25 Charles i 64 Murphy 112
105
ROME R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To all Classes apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Rome 0 Bass t 10 W ooley
Freeman 5 Eves 12 Kingston
Dykes 7 Murchison 16
SANDERSVILLE TENNILLE R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
Add 25 per cent to all other Classes except C D and F
Distance Table
0 Sandersville31
Tennille
106
SAVANNAH AMERICUS MONTGOMERY R R Formerly Americus Preston Lumpkin
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and K add twenty per cent
to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added
Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Lyons 0 Copeland 61 Cobb 107
Appleton 3 Abbeville 65 Bagley 108
Vidalia 5 Wishart 70 DeSoto Ill
Mt Vernon 17 Rochelle 76 Lslie 113
Glenwood 22 Pttts 79 Parkers 115
Verbena 24 Seville 83 Huntington 117
Alamo 29 Williford 85 Gatewood 120
Erick 33 Penia 89 Americus 125
Helena 39 Cordele 94 Plains 136
Oswald 44 Lees Mill 97 Preston 146
Milan 50 Coney 100 Richland 164
Horton 54 Clegg 102 Lumpkin 163
Rhine 58 Johnsons 105 Louvale 173
SAVANNAH TYBEE R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A Eand H add 50 per cent
To Classes B C D F J K L M N O P and R apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Palmetto 8 Ocean House 18
LePageville 2 Estill 16 Hotel Tybee 19
Debtford 3 Light House 16J Chatham 20
Bartow 4 Fusbers Point 17
107
SMITHONIA DUNLAP R R Formerly Winterville and Pleasant Hill R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents Per Mile
FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
To all other Classes except C D and F apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff with 25 per cent added
Distance Table
Winterville 0 Pleasant Hill 7
SYLVANIA R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add 50 per cent
To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Rocky Ford Cent RR 0 Zeagler9 Waters 13
Williamson 5 Blackville 11 Sylvania 15
Woodcliff 7
TALBOTTON R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents Per Mile FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
Add 25 per cent to all other Classes except C D and F
Distance Table
Bostick S W R R 0 Talbotton
7
108
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
Apply Commissioners Standard Tariff to all Classes
WESTERN ATLANTIC R R
PASSENGER
For 50 Miles and under 2 12 Cents per Mile
For lOO Miles and over 50 Miles 2 14 Cents per Mile Over lOO Miles 2 18 Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
Apply Standard Tariff to all Classes
Distance Table
Atlanta I Allatoona 40 Calhoun 78
Bolton 7 Bartow Iron Works 42 Resaca 84
Gilmore 10 Stegalls 43 Tilton 91
Yinings 11 Cartersville 48 Dalton 100
Mclvors 12 RogeVs 51 Mont Lily 104
Smyrna 15 Cass 53 Tunnel Hill 107
Marietta 20 Kingston 59 Ringgold 115
Elizabeth 22 Cement 60 Graysville 121
Big Shanty 29 Halls 64 Chickamga Tenn 127
Aeworth 85 Adairsville 69 Cincinnati Jc 132
Ruby 37 McDaniels 75 Chattanooga 138
The Nineteenth Report
The RAILROAD COM MISSION
G I XRG I A
From October 15tii 1890 to October 15th 1891
Submitted to the Governor Oct 15 1891
Atlanta Ga
GEO W HARRISON STATE PRINTER
pRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE
iffgfj
The Nineteenth Report
OF
The RAILROAD COMMISSION
GEORGIA
From October 15th 1890 to October 15th 1891
Submitted to the Governor Oct 15 1891
Atlanta Ga
GEO W HARRISON STATE PRINTER
FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE
1891
INDEX
Circulars Nos 178 to 199 inclusive
Classification
Code Extracts from
Constitution Extracts from
Depots Location of
Express and Telegraph
Freight Rules
Freight Tariff
General Rules
Inspection of Railroads
Interstate Law Extracts from
LiveStock Rules 0
Passenger Rules f
Passenger Tariff
Railroad Commission Act
Relation of Railroad Companies to Freight Tariff
Report to the Governor
Storage and Demurrage
1838
6791
4952
39
65
48
5965
9293 56 46 52 65 5758
55
4048
95120
517
47
REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Oet 14 1891
To His Excellency Wm J Northen Governor
SirIn compliance with law we respectfully submit the following report of the Railroad Commission for the year ending on 14th October 1891
JOINT RATES
In our last report we noted the fact that the legislature by Act approved October 29 1889 had conferred upon the Commission the power to make just and reasonable joint rates for all connecting railroads doing business in this State as to all traffic or business passing from one of said roads to another and that we had for reasons stated in that report exercised this power by adding to the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight a new rule No 30 which fixed and made obligatory the maximun joint rate to be charged on all traffic or business passing over the whole or por tions of any two or more roads not under same control within the State We expressed the belief that said rule would do away with vexatious delays in shipments and prove beneficial to shippers Our expectations in regard to this rule have been realized where the roads have carried it out in good faith but it has met with such determined opposition on the part of some of the roads as to justify us in saying that it has been practically disregarded Numerous complaints were made principally from parties shipping over lines of the Central System of roads that freight charges on this class of business were made without regard to the rule and the reductions therein prescribed were wholly ignored By applying the rule to the shipment in each case of complaint the amount of each overcharge was ascertained and the roads were directed to refund the same In these cases the amount was small varying from a few dollars to a few cents

Under the law establishing the Commission a railroad company may I within thirty days after being notified by the Commission refund any overcharge and thus terminate the case As fast as these complaints were made the notice was given and the overcharge was refunded within the time provided by the law The frequency of these complaints and the persistency with which these overcharges were made convinced us that the action of the road was not the result of oversight or inad1 vertence but in pursuance of a settled policy to disregard the rule The law as it then stood seemed to us inadequate to meet such a case We therefore addressed to the Governor a communication from which I we extract the following By the Act establishing the Railroad Commission approved October 14 1879 it is made the duty of the Commissioners appointed under said Act to recommend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provisions of this Act I In obedience to this requirement we deem it our duty to call attention I to what seems to be a defect in the present law Section 9 of the Act I referred to is as follows That if any railroad company doing business I
in this State by its agents or employees shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer I thereof ample and full recompense for the wrong or injury done to any person or corporation as may be directed by the Commissioners shall not be made within thirty days from the time of such notice such com I pany shall incur a penalty for each offence of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars to be fixed by the presiding judge An action for the recovery of such penalty shall lie in any county in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated and shall be in the name of the State of Georgia The Commissioners shall institute such action through the attorneygeneral f or solicitorgeneral whose fees shall be the same as now provided by law
This circular furnishes the means of enforcing compliance with the rules and regulations of the Commission It will be seen that under its provisions no action can be brought to recover the penalty fixed by law for the violation of such rules and regulations until after notice is given to the principal officer of the railroad company and there is a failure on I the part of said company to render full and ample recompense for any I
7
injury done to any person or corporation within thirty days after said notice Upon its face this provision appears to be not only just but sufficient but its practical operation has convinced us that it is inadequate to effect the purpose for which it was intended For example A circular prescribing certain rates is made and issued by the Commission The railroad company adopts the policy of disregarding this circular and refuses to conform its charges to it The amount illegally exacted from each shipper is a small one but swells in the aggregate to a large sum Perhaps not more than one shipper in a hundred knowing that an illegal charge has been demanded makes complaint to the Commission In most cases the overcharge amounts to only a few dollars in many it is less than one dollar When complaint is made to the Commission and notice of the same is given the railroad company within the thirty days allowed by the law refunds the overcharge thus disposing of the particular complaint and continues the policy of disregarding the rate fixed by the Commission The proportion of the overcharges thus refunded is so small as compared with the aggregate amount collected that practically the object of the circular is defeated and the rules and regulations of the Commission are violated Instances have occurred in our experience where the railroad company has adopted this policy and the result has been as we have stated
The provisions of the Act referred to are adequate and proper where the violation of the order of the Commission is inadvertent but in cases where the rules are willfully and persistently violated in pursuance of a settled policy adopted by the Railroad Company it would seem that more prompt and vigorous means to prevent such violation and punish the same should be provided by the law We recommend therefore that said section be so amended as to authorize the Commission to institute an action to secure the penalty provided by law without giving the Railroad Company notice to make reparation in all cases where the Commissioners are satisfied that the violation of their rules and regulations is willful and intentional It is intended of course that this power shall be cautiously exercised by the Commission and only in cases where the facts show plainly that such course is necessary to prevent the Railroad Company from practically nullifying the rules and regulaions adopted by the Commissioners in pursuance of law
The General Assembly at its present session has amended the Act in
the manner suggested in our communication It is understood that some of the Railroad Companies deny the validity of the law authorizl ing the Commissioners to make these joint rates upon the ground af we have been informed that the legislature has no power to make sue rates or confer on the Commission authority to make them Under the course pursued by the companies prior to passage of the last amendment there was no way by which the Commissioners could have this question judicially determined The roads could make the question by refusing to make reparation within thirty days but as the amounts involved in the complaints were small and the proportion oil shippers who paid the charges without complaints large the Railroad Companies seemed to prefer to settle each case as it arose rather than resist it by legal proceedings
If a similar case should hereafter arise no matter how small may bf the amount involved the Commissioners will be able to invoke a del cision by the courts that will set at rest all questions as to the validity of the law
INVESTIGATION OF THROUGH RATES
The legislature by Act approved October 19th 1890 made it the duty of the Commissioners to investigate thoroughly all through ratel from points in and out of the State to points out of and in the Statfi with a view of ascertaining whether any of said rates are excessive unreasonable or discriminating in their nature After publishing a cirI cular inviting information and cooperation from all persons and places in the State interested in the question of through or interstate rates and after giving due notice to the railroad companies in the Slate engaged in transporting freights of that character we entered upon the investif gation required by the law
It appeared that in making through rates to points in the State the railroad companies recognized certain points usually the most important on the line as through or basing points that the rates to any two oil these basing points are lower than to the intermediate points notwithj standing the greater distance to the basing point most remote from the point of shipment For instance the rates on interstate business thal comes into the State over the line of the Western and Atlantic Railrofll are lower to Chattanooga and Atlanta two basing points than they arl to the intermediate stations on that road that are not recognized as basin
9
points The rate to these intermediate points is usually but not always made by adding to the local rate from those points to the nearest basing point the through rate from the point of shipment to said basing point
We mention the Western and Atlantic Railroad specially simply to illustrate the principle upon which these rates are constructed So far as we know the same principle is adopted by the other roads in the State engaged in the interstate traffic
Conceiving that our duty under the law was to determine whether prima facie these rates were discriminating in their nature or in the language of the Act whether they appeared to be so we felt bound to hold that they appeared to be discriminating especially in view of certain expressions of the Interstate Commerce Commission in cases similar in some respects to those we were considering
Pursuing the provisions of the Act requiring this investigation we notified the railroad companies of this conclusion and requested them to change their rates so as to remove the objection specified They declined to make the change and by the terms of the Act it became ourI duty to present the facts to the Interstate Commerce Commission and appeal to it for relief
The law provides further that the Commissioners shall on application receive the services of the AttorneyGeneral in the work thus devolved on them and we at once reported the facts and our conclusion to the Governor On account of the protracted absence from illness of the AttorneyGeneral the matter was delayed until the office of Assistant AttorneyGeneral was created by the legislature and an appointment made for the place We then turned over to that officer all the facts and data in our possession and he has instituted the proceedings contemplated by the statute before the Interstate Commerce Commission
As we have before stated that Commission has given an expression of its views in cases apparently involving similar questions
In the case of Hamilton Brown against the Railroad Companies decided March 19th 1891 the Interstate Commission after referring to the case ReTariffs and Classifications of Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company 2 Ints Com Rep 461 4702 remarked In view of what was said in that case it is unnecessary here to discuss the propriety of the practice which prevails so extensively in the territory covered by the Southern Railway and Steamship Association of making
rates by adding locals to the established rates to basing points The in herent defect in making these rates is that the Railroad Companies treat I traffic intended to be continuous between interstate points as consisting of two kinds of service independent of each otherthe one to a basing I point on a through rate and the other from a basing point to an interme I diate point on a local rate
The case of James Mayer Buggy Company against the Railroad I Companies decided last July by the same Commission seems to be much in point In that case the complainants alleged that the Railroad I Companies charged the same rate 101 per hundred pounds for trans I porting vehicles shipped by complainants from Cincinnati whether shipped to Atlanta Georgia a distance of 474 miles or to Augusta Georgia a distance of 645 miles and charged thirty cents per hundred pounds more on such vehicles shipped to Social Circle Georgia a dis I tance of 526 miles than when shipped either to Atlanta or Augusta
They claimed first that they ought not to be compelled to pay the same freight charge to Atlanta as to Augusta 171 miles the greater dis I tance and second that they ought not to be compelled to pay thirty cents per hundred pounds more to Social Circle than to Augusta Social Circle being on thesame line and in the same direction as Augusta and 120 miles nearer to Cincinnati
On the first point the Commission held that the carriers might if they chose to do so accept the same rate to Augusta as to Atlanta that the greater distance would ordinarily warrant higher charges to Augusta than would be justifiable to Atlanta still if the carriers to secure traffic to Augusta accept Atlanta rates which afford less profit in proportion to distance there can be no legal objection unless by accepting the same rates to Augusta the defendants may subject any particular person firm t corporation or locality or any particular description of traffic to any undue or unreasonable disadvantage or prejudice It is not claimed nor does it appear that any such prejudice or disadvantage results from the acceptance of rates by the defendants which are somewhat lower than they might legally exact on Augusta shipments from Cincinnati
On the second point the Commission said By the Act to regulate
commerce distance is made a controlling consideratiou in determining the reasonableness of rates and especially in determining relative transportation charges to various stations reached over the same line V
11
This provision of the statute if not qualified by exceptional or dissimilar circumstances or conditions as provided in the statute forbids higher I aggregate charges on Cincinnati shipments to Social Circle than to j Augusta The Commission held further that such exceptional or dissimilar circumstances or conditions did not exist in that case and directed j the defendants to desist from making any greater charge in the aggre j gate on the class of freight mentioned in the complaint to Social Circle than they charge on such freight from Cincinnati to Augusta
The questions involved in the cases pending are important both to the people and the roads and the decisions will be looked for with much interest
RATES ON COAL
In March last the railroad companies advanced considerably the rates on coal from the mines to the points in the State known as through or basing points As the rates to other points in the State are made by adding the through rate from the mines to the basing point to the local rate from the basing points to the other points the effect was to raise the rates on coal to all the points in the State where the coal was received by rail 1 his article has come into such general use both for steam and domestic purposes that any material increase in its cost to the consumers naturally excited great interest and produced some excitement in the public mind
With a view of affording some relief if possible we invited a conference with the railroad companies on the subject The whole matter i was gone into very fully and we were more impressed with the belief after investigating the facts that the basing points as they are called 1 Were receiving undue advantages in rates over other points than that the rates to the basing points were excessive or unreasonable The roads agreed to reduce their rates to these basing points and being of the j opinion that the local rates allowed by the Commissioners Standard Tariff were too high we reduced said rates as set forth in Circular 193 j V hereto attached The roads acquiesced cheerfully in this circular and j fhe result is that the old rate has been practically restored to all points j excePt the basing points where it remains somewhat higher These rates being from points without the State are not subject to our control j We have been informed that the price of coal at the mines has been advanced and the cost to the consumer may be greater than heretofore
12
but we repeat that the effect of our conference with the railroad companies and the issuing of Circular 193 was to restore virtually the rates in force prior to the advance in rates of March last with the exception stated
APPLICATION OF RULEI TO CERTAIN RAILROAD COMPANIES
Rule I of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight establishedby the Commission is as follows
All connecting railroads which are under the management and control of one and the same company shall for the purpose of transportation in applying the tariff be considered as constituting but one and the same road and the rates shall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road unless otherwise specified
The Central Railroad Company and all of its divisions having by leases or other contracts come under the same management and control as the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and its divisions the Commissioners by Circular 194 applied said rules to all of said roads This circular was subsequently amended so as to include the Covington and Macon now known as the Macon and Northern Railroad Company said road having become part of the Central System of Railroads Under this rule the charges for all shipments passing from one of said roads to another are based on continuous mileage and are therefore lower than when each road charged its full local rate
PASSENGER RATES ON W AND A RAILROAD
In February 1888 the Commission on the application of the authorities of theWestern and Atlantic Railroad Company approved special tariff of passenger rates for that road the effect of which was to reduce the rate below three cents per mile for all distances on said road the reduction being greater as the distance increases The old lessees operated thistariff for the remainder of their term
The present lessees soon after taking charge of the road presented an for a restoration of the old rate of three cents per mile alleging that the lesser rate was not remunerative As the change in rates was an experiment inaugurated by the road itself and as a refusal to restore the rate would work an unjust discrimination against that road wegranted the application The local patrons of that road are thus placed on an equal footing with those of other firstclass roads in the State
13
SPECIAL V ASSENGER RATES ON GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND FLORIDA RAILROAD
The Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad recently submitted to the Commission a tariff of passenger rates which was proposed to be put in operation on that road This tariff is somewhat similar to the one in force for a time on the Western and Atlantic Railroad that is it provides a reduction of rates as the distance travelled increases and is in effect a considerable reduction of the general passenger rate of three cents per mile We approved this tariff and the road adopted it whereupon the roads composing the Southern Railway and Steamship Association took exceptions to this step and issued a circular directing their passenger agents to discontinue the sale of tickets to all points on the Georgia and Florida Road and all points reached over that road This circular which has been called The Boycott Circular has provoked considerable discussion and criticism and thus led to legislation on the subject We are informed that a bill has passed both houses of the legislature designed to reach and prevent such action We have not seen the bill but if it has become or should become a law the matter will soon be up either before the Commission or the courts and doubtless some interesting and important legal questions will be presented
RATES ON LUMBER NAVAL STORES ETC
In April last the railroads engaged in the transportation of lumber and naval stores applied for a certain specified increase in the rates of freight on those articles based on the allegation that since the existing rates were established the roads had been subjected to increased burthens in the way of county and municipal taxation and the further fact that the percentages above the standard tariff they had before been allowed to charge had been diminished by the Commission whereby as they alleged their revenues had been greatly reduced
Upon a consideration of all the facts we came to the conclusion that the conditions affecting the lumber and naval stores industries would not justify an increase of rates especially as we thought the present rates under all the circumstances were sufficiently high
We heard at the same time a complaint from the lumber manufacturers against the East Tennessee Yirginia and Georgia Railroad Company gryjyhpg out of a circular issued by that road to its agents prescribing
14
the manner in which lumber should be loaded and secured on the cars The shippers claimed that this order entailed unnecessary burthens and expense on them on account of the number and sizes of the standards and crosspieces required to be used They alleged that as they had to to furnish and pay the freight on these things the effect was virtually to increase the lumber rates
On the other hand the railroad company contended that the rule prescribed only necessary and proper means for securing the load and safely transporting that species of freight and was also a requirement of the connecting lines out of the State to which it delivered the freight
On the hearing before the Commission the railroad company proposed as a compromise that it would deduct from the weight of lumber and transport to all points on its line in the State the standards and crosspieces allowing 400 pounds to the car and back from said points to the original point of shipment free The standard and crosspieces to be shipped back for which receipts should be taken and should be subject to owners risk
This proposition was accepted by the complainants and the case was thus disposed of
Numerous complaints were filed with us by shippers of lumber of overcharges in freight by reason of errors in both estimated and actual weights The question presented some difficulties but on considering it we concluded to amend the rule on the subject No 20 by providing that whenever shippers or consignees of lumber shingles or lathes shall claim an under or overcharge in freight on account of errors in weights the justice of such claim shall be determined by applying the estimated weights of such articles given in the rule to a sworn itemized invoice of the shipment on which error is claimed and the charges shall thus be fixed If in any case it shall be claimed that the rule as thus amended has worked injustice to either party we will investigate the complaint and decide it according to the best evidence attainable
POSTING THE SCHEDULES ETC OF THE COMMISSION
The legislature wisely considered that in order to accomplish the objects intended by the establishment of the Commission it was of the utmost importance that the schedules from time to time prescribed should come to the knowledge of the people The Act therefore pro
15
vides that these schedules and all revisions thereof shall be published in one newspaper in the several cities mentioned in the different sections of the State The Act then declares that after the same shall be so published it shall be the duty of all railroad companies to post at all their respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people
We had reasons for believing that this last requirement was not being fully observed by all the Railroad Companies and in order to enforce it as far as possible we issued a circular requiring the companies to acknowledge the receipt of each circular sent out by the Commission in a prescribed form and to state that a copy had been issued to each local agent with instructions to post the same in a conspicuous place and to comply with its provisions We hope that this will to some extent prevent a neglect of this essential requirement of the law
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT DEPOTS ETC
During the year the Commissioners have endeavored as far as practicable to secure to the public improved passenger and freight accommodations at the several stations where they were required A number of new depots have been erected and some of the old ones enlarged and improved
The Railroad Companies recognizing a necessity foi the improvement of their accommodations of this character have shown a disposition to respond to the requirements of the service and the reasonable demands of thepublic in this respect and are at many places without the intervention of the Commission replacing old and inadequate buildings with others more commodious and convenient
NEW RAILROADS
Since our last report the Rome and Decatur the Albany Florida and Northern and the Macon Dublin and Savannah Railroad Companies nave applied to the Commission for tariffs of freight and passenger rates These have been furnished and the roads are now operating under them Several new roads some of these lines of much importance are in process of construction and are rapidly approaching completion
The following table shows that Georgia is still in the lead in the building of new railroads having added almost two hundred miles of track on twelve different roads
16
TRACK LAID FROM JANUARY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30 1891
No lines Miles GO X 3 O Miles
Mqitip 1 5 Illinois 5 578
NTa7 TTQmrxabirp 2 7 Wisconsin 6 10158
Massachusetts 1 4 Minnesota 5 956
PbnHp Tfllfmrl 1 4 North Dakota 3 10273
Npw Yfvrlr 4 83 South Dakota 4 5471
NTdtf T prcjpv 6 36 05 Iowa 2 27
iitjyv ucipcy Poll Tl Cf 71 VQ m Q 17 171 5 Nebraska 1 255
l cllIlDy 1Vdliltl Morvliuifl 1 3 Kansas 1 2
Wpef VrrorrniP 9 113 Missouri 3 19
Virffimfl 6 14687 Indian Territory 1 6
inrfh riQroliTiil 9 9195 Arkansas 5 695
JLl U1 ILL Vll AJJlllc4i finnfh riorolinii 6 1775 Texas 4 9285
rTporofi a 12 1989 Colorado 3 446
Florida 1 9 Wyoming 1 4789
A lilllilTYiii 6 1595 Montana 2 1035
7 niigiaria 6 695 California 8 11226
T6DI16SS66 8 9335 New Mexico 1 18
TT pufnplrv 3 2925 Idaho 1 20
Ohio 9 1362 Oregon 3 43
Michigan 4 4931 Washington 12 1825
Indiana J 3 1552
Total in 41 States 186 282982
RAILROAD EARNINGS
We present a table showing the gross and net earnings of the several roads named as shown by the reports filed in this office in June Most of them are for twelve months preceding that time some of them as will be seen are for a shorter period
17
Earnings for Year Ending June 30 1891
Central Main Line
Savannah and Augusta Division
Southwestern Division
Sav Grif and North Ala Division
Epson County Division
Columbus and Rome Division
Covington and Macon 10 months
East Tenn Ya and Ga 11 months
Georgia 11 months
Richmond and Danville A C A L Div
Elberton AirLine Div
Hartwell Division
Lawrencevilie Divisn
Northeastern Divisn
Roswell Division
Georgia Pacific
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Sandersville and Tennille
Savannah Am and Montgomery
Sav Florida and Western
Brunswick and Western 11 months
Western and Atlantic 10 months
Sylvania Railroad 11 months
Talbotton Railroad
Wrightsville and Tennille
Gross
3160003 00 232405 63 1161133 42 101481 12 19019 69 50491 00 128821 34 2367346 71 1780023 41 775449 61 61993 11 8274 11 9730 62 9670257 6679 11 325291 18 126796 96 8380 57 491498 76 3457051 95 650490 60 1358726 67 1675 86 10810 87 95461 59
Deficit 2036 31
Deficit 2432 92 Deficit 920 19
Deficit 3085 23
Net
1038040 85 72318 98 200254 18 2148 35 1379 47
25763 42 72799 66 811814 15 382992 05 20193 36 3625 60 393 29
21325 96 1224 11
32929 16
209500 54 1158365 67 267243 59 140638 95
302 94 32876 65
VALUE OF RAILROAD PROPERTY RETURNED FOR TAXATION
The report of the ComptrollerGeneral shows that the value of railroad property in this State returned for taxation for the year 1891 is 49901190 as against 37342098 returned for last year an increase of 13559II2
We attach hereto all the circulars issued since our last report Those that have not been herein specifically referred to sufficiently explain themselves and show the object for which they were issued
The business before the Commission has steadily increased Many questions not here referred to have arisen and have been disposed of either by the decision of the Commisioners or by the agreement and settlement of the parties
Some of these questions have not been free from difficulty and embarrassment but we have endeavored whilst adhering firmly to the law to administer its provisions impartially and justly
Respectfully submitted
L N Trammell Chmn
Alex S Erwin
Virgil Powers J
A C Briscoe Secretary
j Commissioners
1
CIRCULARS
REFERED TO IN ABOVE REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Nov 5 1890
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
J W Robertson
CIRCULAR No 178
Change in Commissioners Classification
On the first day of December 1890 the following changes in the Commissioners Classification will take effect
Omit Stone Blocks rough C L Class P less 20 per cent Omit Stone Rubble C L Class P less 20 per cent
Insert the following
Stone or Marble crushed Foundation Rough Paving Blocks Rough Undressed Rubble Class P less 20 per cent
Empty Barrels excepting ale and beer in car loads of 15000 pounds Class P
On and after same date thirty thousand 30000 pounds will constitute a car load of the following articles in the Commissioners Classification
Stone or Marble crushed Foundation Rough Paving Blocks Rough Undressed Rubble Sand BrickCommon and Fire All the above named articles subject to Rule No 12
A car load of stone or marble not otherwise specified embraces 25000 pounds
All circulars and parts of circulars in conflict with the above are hereby repealed
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
19
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga December 5 1890
L N Trammell Chairman
J W Robertson
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 179
Rome and Decatur Railroad CompanyFreight and Passenger
Tariff
On and after December 15th 1890 the Rome and Decatur Railroad Company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
FreightTo classes i 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten per cent to Standard Tariff
To classes C D F J and P apply the Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
PassengersClass A three cents per mile
By order of the Board
Alex S Erwin
A C Briscoe
L N TRAMMELL
Secretary
Chairman
20
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga December it 1890
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
J W Robertson
A C Briscoe Secretary f l 1
CIRCULAR No 180
Classification Applicable to Ma No Ga R R Co
On and after the first day of Jan 1891 all i percentages now allowed the Marietta North Georgia R R Co for the transportation of the following articles shall be removed and said road will be allowed on said articles the Commissioners Standard Tariff for all distances
Sugar
Coffee green in single sacks
double
Salt in sacks
Apples green in barrels
dried or sacks
Potatoes t
Cabbage in crates or barrels
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Checks Cotton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products
Dry Goods N O S
Dry Goods in trunks corded or wrapped
Dry Goods in boxes or bales
Dry Goods in trunks crated or strapped
Dry Goods in trunks not corded or wrapped
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
21
Office
of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga January 7 1891
Chairman
L N Trammell Alex S Erwin J W Robertson
I Commissioners
A C
Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 181
Amending Rule No 20Estimated Weights The first paragraph of
Rule No 20 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended so as to read as follows
No 20 Lumber Coal Lime Brick Stone and all articles for which estimated weights are given in Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages L C L will be taken at actual weight when the weight can be ascertained but when he weight cannot be ascertained will be charged at the following estimated rates This not to interfere however with the duty of Receivmg Agent to weigh if possible and correct to actual weight But whenever consignees or shippers of Lumber Shingles or Laths or the initial road over which shipment is made shall claim an over or underI ge m freight on account of error in weight the equity of such claim shall be determined by the application of the estimated weights of Lumber Shingles or Laths given in this Rule to a sworn itemized invoice of the shipment on which error is claimed and the charges to be collected or paid shall be thus fixed
By order of the Board A C Briscoe
Secretary
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
2
22
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga January 7 1891
L N Trammell Chairman Alex S Erwin r
J W Robertson
Commissioners
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 182
Investigation of Through Rates
The Legislature at its session of 1890 passed an act making it the duty of the Railroad Commission to investigate thoroughly all through rates from points out of Georgia to points in Georgia and from points in this State to points out of this State with the view of ascertaining whether or not any of said raies are excessive unreasonable or discriminating in their nature The Commission is now engaged in investigating the rates specified and ask the cooperation of all persons or points interested in interstate rates and respectfully invite communications setting forth any of the evils which this act is designed to remedy Such information will greatly facilitate the labors of the Commission and enable it to carry out more fully and efficiently the purposes of the
law
By order of the Board A C Briscoe
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
ISecretary
23
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga January 27 1891
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin l Commisisoners
J W Robertson y
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 183
Rule No 27 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended so as to read as follows
All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this State shall receive all freights offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for between the hours of seven oclock a m and six oclock p m with the exception of an intermission of one hour from twelve m to one o clock p m on each day of the week Sundays excepted
Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than seven oclock a m or later than six oclock p m if they so desire
This Circular to take effect February 2d 1891
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
24
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga February 5th 1891
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
J W Robertson
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 184
Change in Commissioners Classification
On the sixteenth day of February 1891 the following changes in the Commissioners Classification will take effect
c R
Rubber old scrap
Iron Tacks
Brackets wood N O S finished and boxed
Brackets wood in white made of pine or other wood Wainscoting and Paneling wood finished N O S in boxes or bbls owners risk of chafing or breakage j
Wainscoting and Paneling wood in white
Pitch Tar in Bbls same as rosin Class K less 20 percent
5
6
3
3
O

4
O R
R
4
6
By order of the Board A C Briscoe
Secretary
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
vO
25
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga March 4th 1891
Li N Trammell Chairmam
Rule No 9 of Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers is hereby amended so as to read as follows
The Commission will consider applications for an advance or reduction in the Sandard Tariff for the transportation of passengers or in Commutation Rates but no change in rates shall be of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and published in the newspapers of the State as required by law in Section VI of the Act approved Oct 14th 1879 Provided that this rule shall not be construed as placing any restriction on the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby made
Cotton Seed L C L same as Fertilizers L C L
Carboys empty C R D 1 O R 3
This Circular to take effect March 10 1891
By order of the Board
Alex S Erwin J W Robertson
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 185 Amending Passenger Rule No 9
on excursion trains
Change in Freight Classification
A C Briscoe
L N TRAMMELL
Secretary
Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga March 12 1891
Commissioners
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 186
Passenger Tariff Western Atlantic Railroad
In the matter of the petition of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company that the passenger rates be placed at three cents per mile the Commission after careful consideration of the facts and figures presented have concluded that as the present special rates for passenger fares over the Western andi Atlantic Railroad were fixed at the request of the management of said road the refusal to grant the petition under consideration would be making an unjust discrimination against the Western and Atlantic Railroad in fayor of all other firstclass roads in the State and that granting the petition would be simply placing the local patrons of the Western and Atlantic Railroad on an equal footing with those of all other firstclass roads in the State pi
Ordered That the Western and Atlantic Railroad be placed in Class A 3 cents per mile of the Standard Passenger Tariff subject to Rule No 9 as amended by Circular No 185 dated March 4th 1891
All circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
This Circular to take effect on and after March 14 1891
By order of the Board
It is Therefore
A C Briscoe
Secretary
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
27
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga March 24th 1891
L N Trammell ChairmanA
Alex S Erwin V Commissioners
J W Robertson j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No I87
Change in Classification
On and after the 10th day of April 1891 the following changes in the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Hoop Iron 0 c C R 3 of 6th class
Scales and Scale Beams unboxed wrapped C R3O R 5
g t K D packed C R 4O R 6
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
28
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga April 8 1891
L N Trammell ChairmanA
Alex S Erwin V Commissioners
Virgil Powers J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 188
Tariff of Albany Florida Northern Railway
The Albany Florida Northern Railway Company is heieby authorized to charge for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
FreightTo Classes 1 23 4 5 6 A E and H apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added
To all other classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff PassengersClass A three cents per mile
Change in Commissioner Classification
Scales and Scale Beams set up wrapped C R
K D wrapped C R
K D boxed C R
Terra Cotta in packages C R
ArchitecturalC L
packed in casks tierces ethLCL C R
All circulars and parts of circulars in conflict herewith repealed
This Circular to take effect on April 15 1891
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe
Secretary
10 R 2 3 O R 4 O R 6 3 O R 4 O R 6 3 O R 5
are hereby
L M TRAMMELL Chairman
29
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga April 22 1891
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
Virgil Powers J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 189
Change in Classification
The following change is hereby made in the Commissioners Classification
Epsom Salts C R C LClass R
Iron Ore and Limestone for furnaces C R
C L 25000 lbs Class Pless forty per cent
This Circular to take effect May 1 1891
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
30

Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga June i 1891
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
Virgil Powers j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 190
CORRECTED
Savannah Griffin North Alabama Railroad Tarift
The Central Railroad and Banking Company having purchased the Chattanooga Rome Columbus Railroad and proposing to work said road in connection with the Savannah Griffin North Alabama Railroad as one line from Griffin Georgia to Chattanooga Tennessee as the Chattanooga Division of the Savannah Western Railroad Company and on continuous mileage with their system it is hereby ordered that said division be allowed to add twenty per cent to the Commissioners Standard Tariff on all classes except Classes C D F J P and Rosin
It is further ordered that on business passing from and to the main lines of the Central Railroad to and from said Chattanooga Division ten pet cent will be allowed to be added to the Commissioners Standard Tariff on all classes except C D F J P and Rosin and the rates upon all such shipments shall be based upon continuous mileage
All circulars and parts of circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
This Circular to take effect June 10 1891
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L M TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman

31
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta G June 23 1891
L N Trammell Chairman J
Alex S Erwin V Commissioners
Virgil Powers J
A C Briscoe Secretary
V CIRCULAR No 191
Tariff Macon Dublin Savannah Railroad Company
On and after the first day of July 1891 the Macon Dublin Savan nah Railroad Company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
FreightOn Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add twenty per cent to CommissionersStandard Tariff Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
To all other classes apply the Commissioner Standard Tariff
PasssengersClass A three cents per mile
By order of the Board
f A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
82
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga July 3 1891
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin l Commissioners
Virgil Powers
A C Brscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 192
General Rule No 2 is amended so as to read as followssaid amendment to take effect instanter
2 Monthly Reports
Each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Georgia shall file in the office of the Commissioners on or before the 20th day of each month a report of its earnings and expenses for the month preceding upon a printed form A and shall also at the same time file in said office a report of all orders rules regulations and circulars issued by the Commission during the precding month accompanied by a statement showing whether said orders rule regulations and circulars have been duly posted as required by the rules of the Commission and have been put in force on said road said report to be made on a printed form C as follows
Form C
To1
Secretary Railroad Commission of Georgia
Dear Sir
Your circular order No has been received and a copy
has been furnished each local agent of this Company with instructions that he post the same in a conspicuous place and that the same be complied with Yours truly
ofR R Co
189
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L n TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
33
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga July 15 1891
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin L Commissioners
Virgil Powers
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 193
Coal Hates
All percentages now allowed Railroad Companies in this State on Coal and Coke in car load quantities are hereby withdrawn and the said companies excepting the Western and Atlantic and Georgia Railroad Companies will be allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in car load quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under Class L
For one hundred miles and oyer fifty miles Class L less 5 per cent Over one hundred miles Class L less 10 per cent
The Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies will be allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in car load quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under Class L less 10 per cent
For distances over fifty miles Class L less 15 percent
Classification Coal and Coke L C L
Applicable to all roads under existing Tariffs
Coal and Coke L C L packed in boxes bags or barrels Class jJj This Circular to take effect July 27 1891
order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
84
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga July 15 1891
L N Trammell Chairman4 Alex S Erwin V Commissioners
Virgil Powers J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 194
The Commissioners having adjudged that the Richmond and Danville and all of its divisions including the Georgia Pacific and the Central Railroad and Banking Co and all its divisions including the Savannah Western and the Chattanooga Rome and Columbus divisions being under the management and control of one and the same company fall within the provisions of Rule No 1 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight it is hereby ordered that for purposes of transportation said roads be considered as constituting one and the same road and the rates of transportation on shipments of freight passing between said roads or divisions shall be computed as parts of one and the same road It is further ordered that upon all shipments of freight passing from or over the Chattanooga Rome and Columbus division of the Central Railroad to or from any of the above named divisions the rates be I not only computed on the basis of continuous mileagebut that the rates to I be applied shall be those now of force upon the Central the Georgia 1 Pacific and Richmond Danville Railroads
This Circular to take effect July 27 1891
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
85
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta G a July 28 1891
f L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin Virgil Powers
Commissioners
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 195
The operation of Circular No 194 placing the Richmond and Danville System and the Central Railroad System under Rule No 1 is hereby suspended till the istday of September 1891
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 196
On and after the first day of September 1891 the Covington and Macon Railroad Company now known as the Macon nnd Northern Railroad will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight as follows
1 PassengersClass A three cents per mile
2 FreightAdd ten per cent to Standard Tariff on all classes except
3 Circular No 194 is hereby amended so as to include the Macon and Northern Railroad Company in the operation of Rule No 1 said road being in the same system as the Central Railroad and Banking Company and the Richmond Danville Railroad
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
Secretary
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Aug 7 1891
C D F J P and Rosin
A C Briscoe
L N TRAMMELL
Secretary
Chairman
36
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Sept 22d 1891
L N Trammell ChairmanA
Alex S Erwin V Commissioners
Virgil Powers J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 197
Passenger Accommodations
The following has been adopted as Rule No 14 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers
Rule No 14 Railroad Companies are required to open the waiting rooms attached to their stations at least fifteen minutes before the regular schedule time for the arrival of all passenger trains and keep the same open until the actual arrival of said trains These rooms shall be provided with sufficient light and when the inclemency of the weather requires it with fire
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary l Chairman
37
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Oct 14th 1891
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Irwin l Commissioners
Virgil Powers
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 198
Change in Commissioners Classification
The following changes are hereby made in the Commissioners Classification to take effect at once
C R D
c
3
Rice Rough
Rice Clean in bbls or casks
Rice Clean in boxes and kegs
Grapes L C L in bbls boxes or crates
Grapes C L
Excelsior made from Georgia Pine pressed in bales
L C L
Excelsior made from Georgia Pine C L minimum
weight 10000 lbs
Bath Tubs folding wraped or crated
Live StockHorses and Mules C L
Live StockHorses and Mules L C L
Household Goods and Old Furniture well packed value not expressed in bill of lading L C L
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
O R
2
N
2
3
O td
38
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Oct 14th 1891
L N Trammell Chairman
Alex S Erwin Commissioners
Virgil Powers
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 199
Rule No 14 as in Circular No 1971s hereby amended so as to read as follows
Rule No 14 Railroad Companies are required at junction stations to open their waiting rooms at least fifteen minutes before schedule time for the arrival of all passenger trains but at intermediate stations shall not be required to open after ten oclock p m except for delayed trains due before that time and shall keep said waiting rooms open until the actual arrival of the trains These rooms shall be provided with light and when the inclemency of the weather requires it with fire
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
39
EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION of the STATE OF GEORGIA
EELATIUG TO EAILO ADS
Together with the Law Creating a Railroad Commission
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE IVSection II
Paragraph I The power and authority of regulating railroad freight and passenger tariffs preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discriminations on the various railroads of this State and prohibit said roads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and emorce the same bv adequate penalties
Par III The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing nor alter or amend the same nor pass any other general or special law for the benefit of said corporation except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution and every amendment of any charter of any corporation in this State or any special law Tr its benefit accepted thereby shall operate as a novation of said charter and shall bring the same under the provisions of this Constitution Provided That this section shall not extend to any amendment for the purpose of allowing any existing road to take stock in or aid in the building of any branch road
Par IV The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize anv corporation to buy shares or stock in any other corporation in this State or elsewhere or to make any contract or agreement whatever with any such corporation which may have the effect or be intended to have the effect to defeat or lessen competition in their respective businesses or to encourage monoply and all such contracts and agreements shall be illegal and void
Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freights or passage and any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties
Par VI No provisions of this article shall be deemed held or taken to impair the obligation of any contract heretofore made by the State of Georgia
Par VII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation J
40
The following is the law under which the Railroad Commission was created being Act No 269 Part 1 Title 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 18781879
AN ACT
To provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same
Whereas It is made the duty of the General Assembly in article 4 paragraph 2 and section 1 of the Constitution to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discrimination on the various railroads of this State and to prohibit railroads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties therefore
Section I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate to carry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law and one of experience in the railway business After the expiration of the terms of the office of the Commissioners first appointed the term of office of successors shall be six years but at the first appointment one Commissioner shall be appointed for two years one for four years and one for six years The salary of each Commissioner shall be twentyfive hundred dollars to be paid from the Treasury of the State Any Commissioner maybe suspended from office by order of the Governor who shall report the fact of such suspension and the reasons therefor to the next General Assembly and if a majority of each branch of the General Assembly declare that said Commissioner shall be removed from office his term of office shall expire The Governor shall have the same power to fill vacancies in the office of Commissioner as to fill other vacancies and if for any reason said Commissioners are not appointed during the present session of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint them thereafter and report to the next Senate but the time until then shall not be counted as part of the term of office of said Commissioners respectively as herein provided Said Commissioners shall take an oath of office to be framed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in any way be the holders of any railroad stock or bonds or be the agent or employee of any railroad company or have any interest in any way in any railroad and shall so continue during the term of office and in case any Commissioner becomes disqualified in any way he shall at once remove the disqualifications or resign and on failure so to do he must be suspended from office by the Governor and dealt with as hereinafter provided In any case of suspension the Governor may fill the vacancy until the suspended Commissioner is restored or removed
Sec II That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of fifteenhundred dollars at the expense of the State Theoffice of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atlanta and all sums of money authorized to be paid by this Act out of the State Treasury shall be paid only on the order of the Governor Provided That the total sum to be
41
expended by said Commissioners for office rent furniture and stationery shall in no case exceed the sum of eight hundred 300 dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary per annum
Sec III That from and after the passage of this Act if any railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law of this State now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or any railroad corporation organized or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of any other State and doing business in this State shall charge collect demand or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its track or any of its branches thereof or upon any railroad within this State which it has the right license or permission to use operate or control the same shall be deemed guilty of extortion and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
Sec IV That if any railroad corporation as aforesaid shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has the right license or permission to operate control or use within this State the same shall be deemed guilty of having violated the provisions of this Act and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
Sec V That the Commissioners appointed as hereinbefore provided shall as provided in the next section of this Act make reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on the railroads thereof shall make reasonable and just rules and regulations to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State as to charges at any and all points for the necessary handling and delivering of freights shall make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the transportations of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State shall have the power to make just and reasonable joint rates for all connecting railroads doing business in this State as to all traffic or business passing from one of said roads to another and to require the location of such depots and the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of freight and the public comfort may require Provided however That before applying joint rates to roads that are not under the management and control of one and the same company the Commissioners shall give thirty days notice to said roads of the joint rate contemplated and of its division between said roads and give hearing to roads desiring to object to the same shall make reasonable and just rates of charges for use of railroad cars carrying any and all kinds of freight and passengers on said railroad no matter by whom owned or carried and shall make juat and reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by said railroad companies on said railroads to prevent the giving or paying of any rebate or bonus directly or indirectly and from misleading or deceiving the public in any manner as to the real rates charged for freight and passengers Provided That nothing in this Act contained shall be taken as in any manner abridging or controlling the rates for freight charged by any railroad company in this State for carrying freight which comes from or goes beyond the boundaries of the State and on which freight less than local rates on any railroad carrying the same are charged by such railroad but said railroad
42
companies shall possess the same power and right to charge such rates for carrying such freights as they possessed before the passage of this Act and said Commissioners shall have full power by rules and regulations to designate and fix the difference in rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed for longer and shorter distances on the same or different railroad and to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances
Sec VI That the said Railroad Commissioners are hereby authorized and required to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State as soon as practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shall in suits brought against any such railroad corporations wherein is involved the charges of any such railroad corporation for the transportation of any passenger or freight or cars or unjust discrimination in relation thereto be deemed and taken in all courts of this State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights andcars upon the railroads and said Commissioners shall from time to time and as often as circumstances may require change and revise said schedules When any schedule shall have been made or revised as aforesaid it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause publication i hereof to be made for one time in some public newspaper published in the cities of Atlanta Augusta Albany Savannah Macon Rome Athens Americus and Columbus in this State at a rate not to exceed fifty cents per square of usual advertising space when less than a column is occupied or more than twelve dollars per column when as much space as a column or more is occupied by inserting said schedule or change of any schedule so that said newspaper shall not charge for such advertising any rate in excess of that allowed for county legal advertising and after the same shall be so published it shall be the duty of all such railroad companies to post at all their respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people Pro vided That the schedule thus prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication Provided That when any rate or change is made by the Commissioners that affects only one road or roads in a particular locality the insertion need only be made in the paper published in one of the cities named nearest where the change is made Act 27th September 1883 Provided That the schedules thus prepared shall not be taken as evidence as herein provided until schedules shall have been prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication All such schedules purporting to be printed and published as aforesaid shall be received and held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules of said Commissioners without further proof than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence with a certificate of the Railroad Commission that the same is a true copy of the schedule prepared by them for the railroad company or corporation therein named and that the same has been duly published as required by law
Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain if the rules and regulations aforesaid have been complied with and to make personal visitation of railroad offices stations and other places of business for the purpose of examination and to make rules and regulations concerning such examination which rules and regulations shall be observed and obeyed as other rules and regulations aforesaid said
43
Commissioners shall also have full power and authority to examine all agents and epi ployees of said railroad companies and other persons under oath or otherwise in order i to procure the necessary information to make just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and to ascertain if such rules and regulations are observed or violated and to make necessary and proper rules and regulations concerning such examinations and which rules and regulations herein provided for shall be obeyed and enforced as all other rules and regulations provided for in this Act
Sec VIII That all contracts and agreements between railroad companies doing busi ness in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they area violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the rules and regulations of said Commissioners and all arrangements and agreements whatever as to the division of earnings of any kind by competing railroad companies doing business in this State shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and approval in so far as they affect rules and regulations made by said Commissioners to secure to all persons doing business with said companies just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and said Commissioners may make such rules and regulations as to such contracts and agreements as may then be deemed necessary and proper and any such agreement not approved by such Commissioners or by virtue of which rates shall be charged exceeding the rates fixed for freight and passengers shall be deemed held and taken to be violations of article 4 section 1 paragraph 4 of the Constitutionand shall be illegal and void
Sec IX That if any railroad company doing business in this State by its agents or employees shalhbe guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof ample and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person or corporation as may be directed by the Commissioners shall not be made within thirty days from the time of such notice such company shall incur a penalty for each offence of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars to be fixed by the presiding judge An action for the recovery of such penalty shall lie in any county in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated and shall be in the name of the State of Georgia The Commissioners shall institute such action through the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral whose fees shall be the same as now provided by law
Sec X That if any railroad company doing business in this State shall in violation of any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong or injury on any person such person shall have a right of action and recovery for such wrong or injury in the county where the same was done in any court having jurisdiction thereof and the damages to be recovered shall be the same as inactions between individuals except that in cases of willful violation of law such railroad companies shall be liable to exemplary damages Providedat all suits under this Act shall be brought within twelve months after the commission of the alleged wrong or injury
Sec XI That in all cases under the provision of this Act the rules of evidence shall be the same as in civil actions except as hereinbefore otherwise provided All fines recovered under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the State Treasury to be used for such purposes as the General Assembly may provide The remedies hereby given the persons injured shall be regarded as cumulative to the remedies now given by
4 4
law against railroad corporations and this Act shall not he construed as repealing any statute giving such remedies
Sec XII That the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this Act shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individ uals now owning or operating or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad in whole or in part in this State and the provisions of this Act shall apply to all persons firms and companies and to all associations of persons whether incorporated or otherwise that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railroad in this State street railways excepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore mentioned
Sec XIII That all railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the railroad that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped upon payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipt If any railroad company shall iolate this provision of the statute such railroad company shall incur a penalty to be fixed and collected as provided in section nine of this Act
Sec XIV That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for to make to the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recommend from timeito time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provisions of this Act
Sec XV That said railroad Commissioners in making any examination forphe purpose of obtaining information pursuant to this Act shall have power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as they may prescribe And said witnesses shall receive for such attendance two dollars per day and rive cents per mile traveled by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the place of meeting of said Commissioners to be ordered paid by the Governor upon presentation of subpoenas sworn to by the witnesses as to the number of days served and miles traveled before the Clerk of said Commissioners who is hereby authorized to administer oaths In case any person shall willfully fail or refuse to obey such subpoena it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court of any county upon application of said Commissioners to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend before the Commissioners and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by such Commissioners and said court shall have power to punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of such court
Sec XVI That every officer agent or employee of any railroad company who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commissioners as necessary to the purpose of this Act or who shall willfully and unlawfully hinder delay or obstruct said Commissioners in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon them shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offence to be recovered in an action of debt in the name of the State
Sec XVII That all laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed
Approved October 14 1879
45
POWER TO BRING SUIT
ATT ACT
To amend Section 719i of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the same That section 719i of the Code of Georgia of 1882 be and the same is amended by adding thereto the following
The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without noticefor any violation of any of said rules or regulations whenever in their opinion the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of the said Commissioners so that said section when amended shall read as follows If any railroad company doing business in this State by its agents or employees shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof ample and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person or corporation as may be directed by said Commissioners shall not be made within thirty days from the time of such notice such company shall incur a penalty for each offence of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars to be fixed by the presiding judge An action for the recovery of such penalty shall be in any County in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated and shall be in the name of the State of Georgia The Commissioners shall institute such action through the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral or such other attorney at law of this State as the said Commissioners may appoint whose fees shall be the same as now provided by law
The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without notice for any violation of said rules and regulations whenever in their opinion the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of the Commissioners
Sec 2 Be it enacted That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
Approved October 16 1891
AMENDING TITLE OF ACT
ATT ACT
To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of railroads freight and passenger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit Railroad Companiesr corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same approved October 14 1879
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State and it is hereby enacted
46
by the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act be and the same is hereby amended as follows towit 1
After the word tariffs in the second line add the following words And the location and building of passenger and freight depots so that the whole caption of said Act will read as follows
An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passenges and freights and to prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all laws in conflict with the foregoing be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved August 31 1891
INSPECTION OF RAILROAD TRACKS
AHT jSvCT
To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia authority upon complaint made to inspect the railroads of any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if found in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious to provide a penalty for failing to obey the orders of the said Commission and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act the RailroadCommission of this State is hereby empowered and required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in thisState and if the same is found in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of railroads in cases of damage to person or property
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That any railroad failing or refusing to obey the orders of said Commission within the time allowedfor said work shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of the State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the State and his fees shall be the same as now provided by law Suits shall be brought in the county where the wrong or violation occurs
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 17 1891

47
STORAGE CHARGES
AOiT ACT
To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to he charged by Railroad Companies in this State to prescribe regulations for charging the same and to prescribe how suit shall be brought for overcharges and to fix the measure of recovery and for other purposes
Secjiox 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act power is hereby conferred on the Railroad Commission of Georgiy and they are required to fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for storage of freight made and charged by Railroad Companies doing business in this State and to fix at what time after the reception of freight at place of destination such charges for storage shall begin with power to vary the same accordingto the value and character of the freight stored the nature of the place of destination and residence of consignee and such other facts as in their judgment should be considered in fixing the same
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all the provisions of the Act creating said Railroad Commission and Acts amendatory thereof prescribing the procedure of said Commission in fixing freight and passenger tariffs and hearing complaints of carriers and shippers and of altering and amending said tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amending rates and charges for storage as aforesaid
Sec o Be it further enacted That no Railroad Company shall make or retain directly or indirectly any charge for storage of freight greater than that fixed by the Commission for each particular storage nor shall they discriminate directly or indirectly by means ot rebate or any other device in such charges between persons
furer enacted That if any Railroad Company shall violate the provisions 0 this Act either by exceeding the rates of storage prescribed or by discriminating as aforesaid the person or persons so paying such overcharge or subjected to such discrimination shall have the right to sue for the same in any court of this State having jurisdiction of the claim and shall have all the remedies and be entitled to recover the same penalties and measure of damages as is prescribed in the case of overcharge of freight rates upon making like demand as is prescribed in such case and after like failure to pay the same
Sec o Be it enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 17 1891
48
TO REGULATE EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
A32T ACT
To extend the powers of the Railroad Commissioners so as to give them power and authority to regulate charges by Express Companies for transportation to regulate charges of Telegraph Companies for the transmission of messages by telegraph or charges by persons engaged m the several businesses named herein to apply the powers given to said Commissioners bylaw over Railroad Companies to dll companies or persons owning controlling or operating a linear lines of Express and Telegraph and make the penalties prescribed against railroads for violating Commissioners rales apply to the companies and persons herein named whose line or lines is or are wholly or in part in this Stale and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act all companies or persons owning controlling or operating or that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegrap whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall be under the contro of the Railroad Commissioners of this State who shall have full power to regulate the prices to be charged by any company or person or persons owning controlling or opera ing any line or lines of Express and Telegraph for any service preformed by Such company person or persons and all the powers given to said Commissioners over railroa s in this State and all the penalties prescribed against
operating railroads by existing laws embraced in sections of the Code of 188 from Section 719a to Section 719p both inclusive are hereby declared to be of to c against corporations companies or a person or persons owning controlling or operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph doing business in this State whose line or lines is or are whollv or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be made applicable to any corporation company person orp ersons owning controlling o operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph The said Commissioners shall also have power and authority to require said companies to locate agencies at Railroad
Stations
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the powers of the Commissioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons herein re shall apply onlv to charges by express for transportation from onepoint to another this State and messages sent by telegraph from ope point to another m this State
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved Oct 211891
49
The following extracts from the laws of the State on the subject of transportation of passengers and freight by Railroad Companies are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest
A
Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia Section 2083
B
A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is able and accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2070
C
Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all persons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2082
D
A carrier of passengers is bound to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But he is not liable for injuries to the person after having used such diligence Code Section 2067
E
Ihe carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a passenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his own baggage Code Section 2071
F
It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees to be provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers trom station to station on their roads when required And it is the duty of the conductor of every passenger train to cause upon application to him all trunks and baggage to checked from any station to any point of destination on their road or any road running under the control of the company of which he is conductor The carrier of passengers has a lien on the baggage not only for its freight but for the passengers fare Ode Section 2079
G
A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to be taken for the fare paid n case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost provided the same be only such articles as a traveler for business or pleasure woulff carry for his or her own use Code
H
ar ad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers 5ansporte an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during me day or night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor

50
or agent of said roads being requested by any passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passengers in each car and light at night and shall pass any depot or station without so doing shall be liable to be indicted in any county through which the road runs and upon conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 4310 of the Code Code Section 4585
I
All common carries of passengers for hire in this State shall furnish like and equal accommodations to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition Code Section 4586
J
The conductors of all trains carrying passengers in this State are invested with all the powers duties and responsibilities of police officers while on duty on their trains They may eject all persons gambling or guilty of disorderly conduct or using profane or vulgar language and may command the assistance of the employees of the company and of the passengers on the train to assist in the removal of such offending person or persons Code Section 4586a
K
Whenever any passenger train on any raihoad in this State shall be more than onehalf hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph operator and during the hours when such operator is required to be on duty it shall be the duty of such railroad company to keep posted at every succeeding telegraph station along its line the time such train is behind its schedule Provided That such bulletin shall not be required to be posted at any station until onehalf hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at the station at which such bulletin is required kept Acts 18845 p 119
L
The carrier is bound to extraordinary diligence In cases of loss the presumption is against him and no excuse avails him unless it was occasioned by the act of God or the public enemies of the State Code Section 2066
M
A common carrier cannot limit his legal liability by any notice given either by publication or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract and will then be governed thereby Code Section 2068
N
A common carrier is bound not only for the safe transportation and delivery of goods but also that the same be done without unreasonable delay Code Section 2073
O
The responsibility of the carrier commences with the delivery of the goods either to himself or his agent or at the place where he is accustomed or agrees to receive them
9 It ceases with their delivery at destination according to the direction of the person send
ing or according to the custom of the trade Code Section 2070
51
P
The carrier has a lien on the goods for the freight and may retain possession until it is paid unless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery This lien exists only when the carrier has complied with his contract as to transportation He can recover pro rata for the actual distance transported when the consignee voluntarily receives the goods at an intermediate point Code Section 2077
Q
The carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to be made known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will release him from liability Code Section 2080
R
AH freight bills or freight lists charged against or to be collected out of any person for whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight charged in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific description before they shall be collectible Code Section 2078
S
Whenever any party shall deliver any freight to any railroad steamboat or express company in this State for transportation it shall be the duty of the company on demand to furnish the party so delivering a good and valid receipt for the same which receipt shall specify the shipping mark or marks and numbers thereon and the weight of such article whenever the value can be estimated by weight and where the value cannot be thus estimated the receipt shall give a general description of such article and shall specify as nearly as practicable the quantity or value thereof and also the place of destination A violation of this law constitutes a misdemeanor Code Section 4604
T
All railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts p shippers in which shalbbe stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped on payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned m the receipts Code Section 719m
TJ
Where there are several connecting railroads under different companies and the goods are intended to be transported over more than one railroad each company shall oe responsible only to its own terminus and until delivered to the connecting road the ast company which has received the goods as in good order shall be responsible to the consignee for any damage open or concealed done to the goods and such companies shall settle among themselves the question of ultimate liability Code Section 2084
Y
Railroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of thesann gauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond stich connecting road Code Sectioi 3 They are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive irom the connecting road of the same gauge vhen offered all cars consigned to am pomt on the road to which the same is offered and transport said cars to their destina non with reasonable diligence Acts 18823 p 145
w
When any railroad company shall cause to be weighed cars loaded with f shinned and charged for by the carload such weighing shall he done by a swo Zi as isVovided under the laws of this State for the weighing and other products When cars are weighed singly they shall he uncoupled at both
ends and weighed one at a time
When lumber or other like article of freight which from its leng aps ove one car to another shall be transported the company may cause two or three of su cars so loaded to be weighed together after being uncoupled from other cars and t aggregate weight shall be averaged Provided In such cases the shipper shall not pa
less freight than the amount of freight due on full car loads Acts 18826 P
X
No railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State shall make any un iust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car on its said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroadsconnected therewith which it has license to operate control or use Code Section 719d Nor s a any railroad company discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is sought to be run in connection with any other route shall such company discriminate against such connecting line or in favor of the balance of its own line bu shall have the same rates for all and shall afford the usual and like customary facilities for interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike Code Section 719a
The Proviso to the first section of the Interstate Commerce Law reads as follows Provided however That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property or to the receiving delivering storing or handling of property wholly within one State and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as afQresaid
53
Commissioners Tariff
CLASSIFICATION AND RULES
Embracing all Changes and Corrections to date
OCTOBER 1G91
4
55
Standard Passenger Tariff
For Passengers
Twelve years old and over
Overfi ve years and under twelve years of age
Cents Per Mile
Class A Class B Class C
3 4 5
H 2 2
56
GENERAL RULES
RULE 1PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly and distinctly set forth the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and objections all set forth in writing
In like manner all defenses must he distinctly set forth in writing and the items numbered as above stated
These specifications whether of complaint or defense may be accompanied if the parties desire by any explanation or argument or by any suggestion as to the proper remedy or policy The parties may also be heard in person or by attorney or by written argument upon such written statement being first filed
RULE 2MONTHLY REPORTS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall file in the office of the Commissioners on or before the 20th day of each month a report of its earnings nd expenses for the month preceding upon a printed formA and shall also at the same time file in said office a report of all orders rules regulations and circulars issued by the Commission during the preceding month accomcpanied by a statement showing whether said orders rules regulations and cirulars have been duly posted as required bv the rules of the Commission and have been put in force on said road said report tobe made on a printed form C as follows
form c
To
Secretary Railroad Commission of Georgia
Dear Sirs
Your circular order Nohas been received and a copy has been fur
nished each local agent of this Company with instructions that he post the same in a conspicuous place and that the same be complied with Yours truly
OfR R Co
189
By order of the Board
RULE 3POSTING TARIFFS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall post and keep posted at each of its respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of the schedules of freight and passenger rates prescribed for said road by the Commission together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances between stations giving name of each station And when any change in said chedule of rates or classification is made either by the Commission or by any Railroad Company a copy of said change shall be immediately furnished the office of the Commissioners
and shall also be posted in the same manner as the above
RULE 4
The rates prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in either direction
57
EULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFE
Cents Per Mile
For Passengers
Class A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over g 4
Over five years and under twelve years of age 1 2 0 91
PASSENGER RULES RULE 1
Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fiftv 150 pounds
RULE 2
No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure from a station of the train upon which the passenger intends to be transported
RULE 3
At junction points where the incoming train arrives so near the leaving time of the outgoing train that it is not practicable for a passenger to procure a ticket no more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged
RULE 4
Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger tares if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so but if not no more than the next lowest amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged
RULE 5
No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum full or half rate between regular stations when the fare would be less than that amount
RULE 6
No more than standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged passengers to and from flag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale
RULE 7
When in consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged
58
RULE 8
Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices ready and open for the sale of tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply themselves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each passenger twelve years old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over five years old and under twelve may be demanded and collected Provided however Offices at way stations may he closed one minute before the arrival of trains
RULE 9
The Commission will consider applications for an advance or reduction in the Standard Tariff for the transportation of passengers or in Commutation Rates but no change in rates shall be of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and published in the newspapers of the State as required by law in Section VI of the Act approved October 14 1879 Provided That this rule shall not be construed as placing any restriction on the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates on excursion trains
RULE 10
Tickets on sale at any office in a city must be kept on sale at the Depot Ticket Office of the same railroad at the same prices
RULE 11
All assent heretofore given railroad companies to use drawback tickets is hereby withdrawn
SLEEPING CARS
RULE 12
The fare for berths on Sleeping Cars shall not exceed 1 for 100 miles or less and for distances over 100 miles shall not exceed the rate of one cent per mile for each berth Provided however That for a lower berth with the upper berth not lowered the fare may be not exceeding 150 for 150 miles or less and for distances between 150 and 200 miles not exceeding 2
RULE 13
Each railroad company doing business in this State shall furnish like and equal accommodation to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition
RULE 14
Railroad companies are required at junction stations to open their waiting rooms at least fifteen minutes before schedule time for the arrival of all passenger trains but at intermediate stations shall not be required to open after 10 oclock p m except for delayed trains due before that time and shall keep said waiting rooms open until the actual arrival of the trains These rooms shall be provided with lights and when the inclemency of the weather requires it with fire
EULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
RULE 1
All connecting railroads which are under the management and control by lease ownership or otherwise of one and the same company shall for purposes of transportation in applying this tariff be considered as constituting hut one and the same road and the rates shall be Computed as upon parts of one and the same road unless others wise specified
RULE 2
DistancesSince a separate rate cannot be conveniently given for every possible distance the law authorizes the Commission to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances Five 5 miles has accordingly been fixed as the limit for a change of freight rates for all distances less than one hundred 100 miles and ten 10 miles for all distances over one hundred 100 miles The Commissioners reserve the right however to correct the charge in extreme cases which work hardship although the same may not violate the letter of our rules
RULE 3
For all distances over five 5 miles and under one hundred 100 miles the following rule will apply When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so ending shall govern the rate As amended August 15 1888
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 28 miles charge for 30 miles
RULE 4
When freight is transported any distance greater than one hundred 100 miles if the mileage does not end in 0 the next ten 10 mile group above shall govern the rate
Illustration For 121 miles charge for 130
RULE 5
For distances under 20 or over 250 milgs a reduction of rates may be made without making a change at all stations short of 250 miles Provided however That when any railroad shall make a reduction of rates for distances over 250 miles the same shall aPPly to similar distances on all the roads controlled by the same company and in no case shall more be charged for a less than a greater distance
RULE 6
Regulations Concerning Freight RatesttT freigit rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not be transcended by the railrads They may carry however at less than the prescribed rates provided that if they carry for less for one person they shall for the like service carry for the same lessened rate for all persons except as mentioned hereafter and if they adopt less freight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same per cent at all stations along the line of road so as to make no unjust discrimination as against any person or locality
Butwhen there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or lines in order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates
60
between said two points below the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reductions all stations along the lines of said roads Provided Said reduction shall not make the rates less than the Standard Tariff rates for the shortest line between said points Provided further That before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Commission
RULE 7
The rates charged for freight service by regular passenger trains may be one and a half times that for firstclass freight by ordinary freight trains
RULE 8
No railroad company sfiall by reason of any contract with any express or other company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for transportation by the train for which it is offered
RULE 9
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a single shipment however small
RULE 10
No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad companies as to the transportation of freight according to percentages or otherwise
RULE 11
There shall be no secret reduction of rates nor shall any bonus be given or any rebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public
RULE 12
The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goodt are maximum rates but the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted from the operation of Rule 6 Any complaints as to such rates will on presentation be duly considered
RULE 13
When railroad companies are required to load or unload car load shipments of Classes L M N 0 and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost of such service shall be paid by shippers
RULE 14
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as fob lows viz
Under 2000 pounds no extra charge for handling
For2000 pounds and under 3000 pounds3 00 for extra handling
For 3000 000 pounds 5 00 for extra handling
For 4000f 5000 pounds 7 00 for extra handling
For 500Q B 6000 pounds 8 00 for extra handling
For 6000 7000 pounds 10 00 for extra handling
For 7000 and over in proportion
61
RULE 15
FeetilizeeThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended tobe used as Fertilizers Ammonia Sulphate Bone Black Bones ground or dissolved Castor Pomace or Fish Scrap Guanos Alto Vella Fish Navarro Navarro Lump Peruvian Soluble Pacific Nitrate Cake Plaster of Paris PotashGerman Salts of Muriate1 of Sulphate ofSalt Cake South Carolina Lump and Ground Phosphate SodaNitrate of and Sulphate ofTank Stuffy etc
RULE 16
Vehicles designed for transportation at carriers risk must be properly protected by the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire weather chafing or other injury
RULE 17
In no case shall the amount collected on L C L shipments exceed the charge per car load for the same class of goods
RULE 18
Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition well prepared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligent plain marking and accompanied with orders for immediate shipping
RULE 19
Cae Load Rates apply to a shipment of car load or more made by one shipper at onetime to one and the same point of delivery to the same consignee although the same may in fact be carried by the transportation company to the point of delivery in lots less than the amount recognized as a car load
NOTEFobm BAll applications for special rates must be submitted to the Commission on Form B
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
RULE 20
Lumber Coal Lime Brick Stone and all articles fpr which estimated weights ae given in Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages L C L will be taken at actual weight when the weight can be ascertained ut when the weight cannot be ascertained will be charged at the following estimated weights This not to interfere however with the duty of Receiving Agent to weigh if Possible and correct to actual weight But whenever consignees or shippers of Lumber Shingles or Laths or the initial road over which shipment is made shall claim an over or undercharge in freight on account of error in weight the equity of such claim aiallbe determined by the application of the estimated weights of Lumber Shingles
62
or Laths given in this Rule to a sworn itemized invoice of the shipment on which error is claimed and the charges to he collected or paid shall he thus fixed
To be used when actual weights cannot be asbertained
Per 1000 ft
White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned 3000 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green 4000 Yellow Pine Black Walnut
Ash seasoned 4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut
Ash green 4500
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned 4500
Oak Hickory Elm green 6000
All other kinds Lumber seasoned 4000
All other kinds Lumber green 6000
Per Car
Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry car load to depth of
50 inches 24000 lbs
Hooppoles Staves and Heading green car loaded to depth of 43 inches 24000 lbs
Shingles green per 1000 350Lbs
Shingles dry U 300 ip
Lath green U 530 tt
Lath dry tt 450 a
Tan Bark green per cord it 2600
Tan Bark dry 2000 a
Fence Posts and Rails
Telegraph Poles 3500 tt
Clay per cubic yd 3000 6
Sand it 3000 i
Gravel it 3200 U
Stone undressed per cubic ft 160 tt
Lime per bushel 80 t
Coal 80 U
Coke it 40 it
Portland Cement per barrel 400 it
Other Cements 300 it
BULE 21
In cases in which the classification of any article is lowered by a percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff1 shall apply the increase allowed to the reduced classification but in cases in which the classification of any article is raised by percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall not apply said increase to the already increased classification but only to the Standard Tariff
RULE 22
fSipWhen any article is too bulky to put in a box car it shall be subject to special contract
BULE 23
A ton of all articles enumerated except Scrap Iron is 2000 pounds A ton of Scrap Iron is 2240 pounds A car load is 20000 pounds unless otherwise specified For loads above 20000 pounds pro rate at car load rates charged A car load of green wood is eight cords A car load of dry wood is nine cords A car load of lumber and all articles embraced in lumber is 24000 pounds A car load of any article enumerated in class P except wood and lumber and articles included in lumber is 25000 pounds shippers to load and unload Provided That when a car is loaded over its marked capacity by the shipper at a flag station the railroad companies are left free to charge for the excess a rate that will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property
BULE 24
The regulations of the railroads as to demurrage or detention of cars are matters of police with which the Commission will only interfere upon complaint of abuse
BULE 25
A charge of no more than two dollars per car will be allowedfor switching or transferring a car from any point on any road to any connecting road or warehousewithin a space of three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents
68
When in the transfer of a car between said points it is necessary to pass over the line of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the roads at interest
When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no additional charge shall be made for the return of the empty cars
RULE 26
Th terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any purpose without the consent of the owners
RULE 27
All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this State shall receive all freights offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for between the hours of 7 oclock a m and 6 oclock p m with the exception of an intermission of one hour from 12 m to 1 oclock p m on each day of the week Sundays excepted Nothing in this Rule shall be construed toprevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 oclock a m or later than 6 oclock p m if they so desire
RULE 28
Railroad companies whose lines of road do not exceed ten 10 miles in length may charge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles
RULE 29
All joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or control excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in rule 30 Circular 171 must be made only by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or rates and submitted to the Commission by the initial road with a carefully prepared tariff of rates
and distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the Commission
RULE 30
On all shipments of freights not governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be greater than the sum of the local rates on such freights less ten 10 per cent for the distance hauled over each road The total rate thus ascertained on such freights from the point of shipment to the point of destination shall be divided in such proportions between the roads over which such freights pass so as to give to each road interested hi the shipment its local rate less ten 10 per cent for the distance such shipment is hauled
Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prevent the total of any Joint Rate made under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads interested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work delay in the transportation of such freight or be a subject of appeal to the Commission by the roads at interest
64

EXPLANATORY NOTES
1 In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff under the class opposite to the distance if it ends in 0 and if not then opposite the next greater distance will be found the rate required Example To find the rate for 247 miles on a box of clothing weighing 100 pounds Opposite the word clothing in the Classifications seen its Class 1 in the Freight Tariff under Class opposite the next greater distance 250 miles is seen the rate 75 cents in the column Miles 5signifies 5 miles or under20 twenty miles or over 15 and so on
2 CHARACTERS
4 T1 represents Four Times First Class
A B C D E F and H c represent Classes A B C D E F and H c respectively
L C L represents Less than Car Load
0 L represents Car Load
N O S represents Not Otherwise Specified C R represents Carriers Risk
O R represents Owners Risk
3 Articles not enumerated will be classed with similar or analogous articles
4 To ascertain the rates allowed any company or any class apply the percentages indicated For instance The percentage allowed the Central Railroad on First Class for 50 miles is 10 per cent which would be as follows First Class rate 30 cents per 100 lbs 10 per cent added 3 cents equal 33 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate all owed for 50 miles
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
5 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class
1 represents 1 times First Class
D 1 represents Double First Class
3 T 1 represents Three Times First Class
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
5 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowered by a per cent the following rules must be observed
FirstIf the rate thus raised or lowered is in either of Classes C D F J or K the fraction of a half cent must be retained as the following examples will indicate
Ex 1Standard Rate 65
25 per cent added 16
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate
of 8 cents
Ex 2Standard Rate 95
20 per cent added 19
Total 114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired
rate is 115 cents
Ex 3Standard Rate 8
20 per cent added 16
Total96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate
is 95 cents
Ex 4Standard Rate 55
25 per cent added 13
Total 68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the de
sired rate is 7 cents
65
SecondIfthe rte thus raised or lowered be in any other lass thh those alreadymentioned omit fractions of less than half a cent and estimate half a cent or more as one cent
Thus Ex lrStandard Rate17
20 per cent added 34 M
Total 204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20
Ex 2Standard Rate 18 x t
20 per cent added 36
Total216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the desired rate is 22 cents
ThirdIn making reductions observe the same manner of placing figures before deducting the percentage
6 Narrow gauge railroads in fixing rates on all freights where a rate per car load is given will coiint 15000 pounds fur a ear load and estimate their charg pro rata with rate allowed on standard gauge
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC
First From and after Monday the sixteenth day of December 1889 no change of freight or passenger depots or flag stations from their present location nor the suspend sion of the sale of tickets or the receiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in use for such purposes will be permitted without the consent of this Commission pub lished in accordance with law
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby
ThirdA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said epo with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for not less tham one mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as to other roads if any proposingto occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also evidence showing number qf population probable tonnage and passengers to be accommodated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that thp Commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require location of such depots and the establishing of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the roads the safety of freights and the public comfort and convenience may require
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
The weight given below are estimated and not actual and are used simplv to sret T iUUStratS W Horse Male hLS mated at the same rate as 2000 lbs of any kind of firstclass freight at carriers risk and
Theref0rethe freight odles on e Hod
I r Horned Animal 18 the 8ame as on 2000 lbs of firstclass freight and would be
66
and at owner
EACH
Calves and Sheep in lots of 5 or
more 150 lbs
Lambs 10016s
Lambs in lots of 5 or more 75 lbs
Hogs for market 350 lbs
Pigs and Stock Hogs 125 lbs
Pigs Hogs Sheep etc boxedactual weight
according to the Standard Tariff carriers risk 30 cents per 100 lbs or risk 27 cents per 100 lbs pr 540
EACH
One Horse Mule or Horned Animal 2000 lbs
Two Hordes Mules or Horned
Animals3500 lbs
Each additional Horse Mule or
Horned Animal1000 lbs
Stallions Jacks and Bulls3000 lbs
Yearling Catte1000 lbs
Calves and Shleep 175 lbs
The rates on Live Stock as given in this Tariff are based on the following maximum
valuations ir nA
Horses and Mules not over120 00 each
Horned Cattle not over 50 00 each
Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over 150 00 each
Fat Hogs and Fat Calves not over 15 00 each
Lambs Stock Hogs Stock Calves not over 5 00 each
Race Horses Stallions Jacks Bulls and other high priced animals when shippers are not willing to have the same transported at above valuations will be taken only at the following rates on valuation given
Value from 150 00 to 400 00 add to regular rate 30 per cent
Value from 400 00 to 600 00 add to regular rate 50 per cent
Value from 600 00 to 800 00 add to regular rate 60 per cent
Value from 800 00 to 1000 00 add to regular rate 100 per cent
Over 1000 subject to special rate by contract
Live Stock will be taken at the released or owners risk rate only when contract is executed by shipper and Station Agent
Mixed shipment of Cattle Hogs Lambs etc will be taken in car loads at car load rates for cattle but carrier will be released from damage to animals caused by their own acts or to each other and from escape if not haltered suffocation exhaustion from heat or cold
Sucking Calves accompanying Cows will be charged for at rate for single Calves Sucking Colts accompanying Mares will be charged for at double the rate for single C1v6S
The word calves used in these Rules and Regulations applies only to calves under nine months old and the words Yearling Cattle to cattle over nine months and under eighteen months old
Pigs Hogs Calves etc boxed crated or in portable pensdaken at actual weight carriers risk 1st class owners risk 2d class
In no case shall the charge for less than a car load of Live Stock exceed the charge for a car load
Shippers will be expected to feed water and care for Stock at their own expense When food is furnished by Carrier a charge will be made for the same and collected
from Consignee
One two or three cars of Live Stock will entitle the owner or his agent to be carried free to point of destination ofConsignment on the train with the Stock to care for the same Four to seven cars inclusive belonging to one owner two men in charge and eight cars or more belonging to one owner three men in charge which number is the maximum number of attendants that will be carried free for one Shipment
Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
67
CLASSIFICATION
Agricultural Implements C L not less than 24000 pounds owners to load arid unload
Agricultural Implements
L C L as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed
Condensers and Feeders Cotton Jin
Cradles Grain set up3
Cradles Grain It D in bundles or boxed
Crushers Corn or Cob
Cultivators K D packed
Cultivators set up3
Cutters Ensilage Straw and
Hay set up
Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay K D and packed
Distributers Guano set up
Distributers Guano K D
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain K D packed
Dusters Bran set up3
Dusters Bran K D packed
Elevators Hay
Evaporators Fruit
Evaporators Sugar
Fans Wheat 3
Feeders and CondensersCot
ton Gin
Forks Hay and Manure
lurnaces Evaporator
Gins Cotton
Harrows and Harrow7 Frames
Harrow teeth packed
Hoes in bundles
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks
Horse Powers K D
Horse Powers Railroad or
Endless Chain
Hullers Cotton Seed clover Hicubators K D and packed
Enives Hay packed
Machines Hemp
Machines Smut
ghmNO S See Machines Middlings Purifiers3
c R
2
T 1
1
3
1
T 1
u
3 If 2 If 2 T 1 2 1
If D 1 T 1
2 3 1 2
3
4
3
4 2
if
D 1 2 1
3 j T 1 D 1
3
D 1
2
D 1
1
1
D 1
1
u
D 1
C R
Mills Buhr stone Portable 3
Mills Cane Corn Hominy and
Sorghum 3
Mills Pan 3 T 1
Mills Fan K D1 1
Mills with Trains Sugar3 T 1
Mills N O S 2
Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesterswhether combined or separate K
D L C LU 2
and partly boxed C L
20000 pounds 4
Mowing Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate set up 14
Mowers Lawn 1
Planters Corn and Cotton K
D in bundles or boxes 2
Planters Corn and Cotton set
up 1
Plow Handles and other Wood in shape for Implements
boxed crated or bundled 4
Plow Irons and Mold Boards
over 20 pounds each 4
Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel same as
Bar Iron
Plows Gang and Sulky3 T 1
Plows set up N O S 1
Plows N O S K D 4
Presses Hay and Cotton set up D1 Presses Hay and Cotton K D 4
Presses N O S 2
Rakes Hand in bundles 3
Rakes Horse set up D 1
Rakes Horse K D 1
Rollers Field and Road 3
Rollers Sugar 3
Scrapers Road and Pond 3
Scythes in bundles 1
Scythes in boxes 2
Scythe Snaths 1
Separators 1
Shellers Corn 1
Shovels and Spades in bundles 3
Spreaders Manure set up lj
I
3
1
5
D 1 2
5
li
5
5
4
2
2
1
68
TARIFFS RULES AD CLASSIFICATION
C R
Spreaders Manure KD boxed 2
Sulky Plows3 T 1
Threshers and Separators r 1
Trains Sugar3 T 1
Wheelbarrowsfghn3 Wheel barrowSjRailrodd 1
Wheelbarrows Wood set up D i Wheelbarrows Wood K D
and packed or bundled 3
A
Accoutrements Military 1
AcidsN O S vP A
Acids Carbolic vvrrr3
Acids Dry 3
Acids Muriate and Sulphuric in carboys boxed L CL D 1 Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed C L 2
Acid Sulphuric in iron casks 3
Acid Sulphuric in tank cars 6
Alcohol same ass Liquor
Ale and Beer in wood estimated weights bbl 350 lbs half bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbl 50 lbs L C L Ale and Beer in wood estimated weights as above C L 4 Ale Beer and Mineral bbls half bbls or kegs empty j Estimated wreight bbls 100 lbs i bbl 50 lbskegs 30lbs E
Ale Beer and Porter in glass packed L C L securely
wired and sealed or locked 2 Ale Beer and Porter in glass packed C L securelywired
and sealed or locked 4
Ale Beer and Porter boxes returned with empty bottles 4
Ale Ginger in glass packed securely wired and sealed or
locked L C L 2
Ale Ginger in glass packed securely wTired and sealed or locked 0 L 4
Almanacs andTrade Circulars
prepaid 2
Alum in barrels or casks 6
Alum N O S 4
Ammonia Sulphate of L C L 6
Ammonia Sulphate of C L M
Ammonia Waters v 5
Ammonia Water Casks Returned empty 3
Ammunition N 0S 1
Anchors P
Antimony Crude 3
Antimony Metal 4
Anvils 3
O R
D 1 D 1
1 f
4
12
4
6
4
E
4
E
E
E
C R
Apples Green in barrels or
boxes L C L
Apples Green in barrels or
boxes CL
Apples driedy f VI f
Apple Buteri4
Argols in boxeybbisr or casks 4 Arsenic crude in kegs boxes
or barrels 3
Asbestos in boxes kegs bags or bales L C L 2
Asbestos in barrels or casksL
C LVV 6
Asbestos ip bbls or casks CL L Asbestos Cement L G LV 4
Asbestos Cement C L L Asbestos Orb f C I 4
Asbpstos Ore CLL
Asbestos Packing in rolls or
capes L C Lr 3
AsbestosPacking CL6
Asbestos Roofing in rolls or cases L CL4
Asbestos Roofing C LL Ashes andMealCotton Seed
See Cotton Seed
Ashes Wood B
Asphaltum packed 5
AxesJ vv P
Axles and Wheels Car 6
Axles Carriage and Wagon of 6 Axle Grease 6
B
Babbitt Metal 4
Bacon See Meats
Baggage Army 1
Baggage Personal Effects in
Trunksk 1
Bagging in rolls NO S B
Bagging N O S in bales 1
Bagging Oil Press
Bags Burlap 3
Bags Cotton foj Flour 6
Bags Gunnyk 3
Bags Paper6
Bags Traveling kk 1
Baking Powders 3
Bale Rope 5
Baling Twine 3
Band and Hof Boxes packed D 1
Barilla 3
Barilla Bark arid Cpb Mills 4
Bark Ground in bags or bbls
N O S5
Bark Tan in Sack 5
Bark Tan C L 24000 lbs P
Barley any quantity A D
Barley Pearl 3
Barrel and Box Material C L P
Barrel and Box MaterialLCL 6
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
69
O R
C R
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
II miles and under 8 cents
20 miles and over 10 riles 9 eents 40 miles and over 20 miles 10 cents 60 miles and over 40 miles 11 cents 70 miles and over 60 miles 12 cents For distance over 70
miles R
Barrels empty excepting ale and beer in car loads of
16000 pounds P
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beer estimated weights barrel 100 lbs half barrel 50 lbs keg 30 lbs E
Barrels Lime or Flour estimated weight 25 lbs 6
Barrels Paper in nests packed 2
Barrels Paper not nested4 T 1
Barytes L CL 6
Barytes C L P
Base Balls and Bats 1
Baskets N O B D 1
Baskets Fruit C L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged
for R
Baskets in nests 1
Bath Boilers 1
Bath Tubs Boxed 1
Bath Tubs Unboxed D 1
Bath Tubs in nests 2
Bath Tubs folding wrapped
or crated 1
Batting Cotton N O B 5
Beans in boxes 2
Beans white navy beans in
bags or barrels D
Beans in barrels and sacks 5
Bed Cord 3
Bed Springs Woven and Wire 1
Beef Canned packed 4
Beef Fresh B
Beef Smoked in boxes or bbls 4 Beef and Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300 lbs B Beef and Pork Salted in quarter and bbls actual weight B Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights bbl 350 lbs bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbl50lbs LCL 2
Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights as above C L 4
Beer Ale and Minerals bbls half bbls or kegs empty
See Barrels E
Beer le and Porter in glass packed L C L securely wired and sealed or locked 2
Beer Ale and Porter in glass
o R
packed C L securely wired and sealed or locked
Beer Ale and Porter Box s returned with empty bottles Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and
sealed or locked L C L
Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and
sealed Or locked C L
Bees in Hives
Bee Smokers boxed
Beeswax
Beets in barrels
Bellows
Bells Bell Metal or Brass
Bells Cast Iron
Bells Sheet Iron packed
Belting Leather
Belting Rubber
Berries Dried
Berries Green prepaid
Billiard Tables and Billiard Table Beds boxed
Binders See Machines
Binders Boards in Cases
Binders Boards in Buudles
Bird Cages boxed
Bitters in glass boxes or baskets N O S
Bitters in wood N O S
Bitters Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75e per gallon and so endorsed cn bill lading
Bitters LIquors and Whisky
in wood N O S
Bitters Liquors and Whisky
in boxes or baskets
Blacking Shoe and Stove except in glass packed
Blacking Shoe or Stove in
glass packed
Black Lead in kegs or barrels
Blaiikets
Bleaching Salts
Blinds Doors and Frames C L Blinds Doors and Frames L
C L
Blocks Pulley
Blocks Shuttle rough
Bluing
Blue Stone
Boats Row and Pleasure
Bobbins packed
Boilers Bath and Range
Boilers Engine or any part of Engines or Machinery C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14
JR 4 4
4 D 1 1 4
D 1
T 1
H
i
70
TARIFFS RULS AND CLASSIFICATION
c R
Boiler Flues Copper and Brass
boxed
Boiled Sectional same as Boilers but not to be taken as
Castings
Boilers Steam 30 feet and over
See Rule 14
Boilers Steam under 30 feet
See Rule 14
Boilers Feltin Bolts in Kegs Bolts in othei Boneblack
Bones and Bone Dust
See Rule 12
Bonnets same as Dry Goods
Book Cases Iron Books
Boots and Shoes
Borax packed 4
Bottle Covers
Bottles
Bows and Shafts L C L
Bows and Shafts C L 20000
lbs to be charged for
Box and Barrel Stuff C L
Box and Barrel Stuff L C L
See Barrel Material
Boxes Ale Beer and Porter returned with empty bottles Boxes Fruit and BasketsCL not less than 20000 lbs to be
BoxesCracker empty returned Boxes empty including Egg
Crates L C L
Boxes empty including Egg Crates C L 24000 lbs to be
Boxes Match wooden
Boxes Paper in nests packed
Boxes Paper not nested4
Boxes Folding K D packed
Boxes Postoffice Letter
Boxes Tobacco empty
Boxes Vehicles Iron boxed BoxesVehiclesIron in barrels
Brackets Insulator
Brackets Wood N O S finished and boxed
Brackets Wood in white made
of pine or other wood
Brandy in glass boxes or baskets N O S
Brandy in wood N O S
Brandy Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited
J R C7 R O R j
to 75c per gallon and so en
2 dorsed on bill lading H
Brandy Liquors Whisky m
wood JN U S 3
2 Brandy Liquors Whisky in
boxes or baskets 1
Bran L C L C
Bran C L 25000 lbs P
Q Brass NO S in boxes barrels
2 or casks 1 3
6 Brass Bedsteads packed 1
2 Brass Bearings in boxes bar
3 rels or casks
Brass Flues 2
Brass Scrap loose 2
Brass Scrap packed 5
1 Brass Valves Boxed 3
1 Brass Vessels in boxes barrels
1 or casks 2
4 Bread 3
3 Brick Common and Fire See
q Rule 12 C L 30000 lbs P
4 Brick Common and Fire L C
L B
5 Brick Bath 6
P Brick Machines 4
6 Brimstone in boxes L C L 1
Brimstone in barrels L C L 3
Brimstone C L formanufac
4 E ture of Fertilizers M
Bristles 1
Britannia Ware i
R Broom Corn pressed in Bales
1 L C L B
1 Broom Corn pressed in Bales
l C L D
Broom Corn and Broom Han
1 dies CL240001bs charged
for mixed D
Brooms anv quantity 4 5
A Brushes 1
1 Buckets N O S same as
2 Wooden Ware 1 3
1 Buckets Coal 1
1 Buckets Well 4
2 Buckwheat Flour 6
2 Buffalo Robes D 1
1 Buggies See Carriages
4 Bungs 3
6 Burial Cases N O S 1
6 Burial Cases in Nests 1 2
Burial Cases K D 3
4 Burlaps 6
Burning Fluid 1 1
6 Burr Blocks Finished 4
Burr Blocks Rough 5
U Butter in cans 1 3 1
1 2 Butter in kegs and firkins 2 3
Butter in buckets pails and
tubs D 1 3
Butter Apple and other Fruits
in wood 4
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C R
Butterine and Oleomargarine
in cans 1
Butter and Oleomargaiine in kegs and firkins 2
Cabbages packed 3
Cabbages loose C L 3
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird boxed3 T 1
Cages Bird K D nested and
packed p 4
Cake Nitre L C L 5
Cake Nitre C L M
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt L C L 5
Cake Salt C LM
Calcicake5
Calicoes g
Camphine 41
Camphor l
Candles boxed4
Candy See Confectionery
Canned Beef packed 4
Canned Goods N 0 S 4
Cannon 1
Cans empty N 6 S 3 T 1 Cans empty racked or boxed
Cans Tobacco empty
Caps and Hats
Caps Percussion
Capstans
O R
Carboys empty D 1
Card Clothing packed l
Cards Cotton and Woolen
Hand packed 1
Cards Cotton and Woolen 1
Cards Playing
Cards Show Boxed 2
Carpeting well covered 1
Carpets Hemp and Rag 2
Carpet Lining 2
Carriages See Vehicles
Cars Logging SeeLoggingCars Cars standard gauge on wheels passenger coaches 20 cts per mile
box or stock 10 cts p m flat or coal 7 cts p m
Cars Horse 3 p l
s Hand Lever and Crank
Railroad K D 2
Cartridges Metallic 1
Cases and Crates Egg L C L 1
Uses and Crates Egg C L
4000 lbs to be charged for A
Cases Show 4 T l
Vron Ammonia Water
Cassia a eC reurne ety 6
Castings Iron SeeIron
vastmgs Plaster D 1
3 T 1
Castor Pomace jyj
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
Cattle Hogs Sheep etc C L
without percentage 3
Cattle Hogs SheepetcLCL
Rule 20 without perctage 2
Caustic Soda in Iron Casks 6
Cement in barrels C L L
Cement in barrels L C L B
Cement Glue packed 2
Chain Cotton Woolen and
Hempen2
Chains Iron loose 3
Chains Iron Cable 5
Chains Iron in casks barrels
I boxes or kegs 5
L Chairs See Furniture
Chalk g
Chalk Crayons 4
Chalks Prepared 1
Charcoal in bbls or casks i
Charcoal in barrels or casks
C L not less than 24000 lbs
to be charged for 0
Checks Rule 1 without percentage c
Cheesejjj 4
Cheese Safes or Covers boxed 3 T 1
Chestnuts prepaid 3
Chests Commissary 1
Chests Ice 1
Chicory 4
Chimogene same as Oil Coal
China Ware 4
Chloride of Lime in bbls or
casks g
Chloride of Lime in barrels or
casks N O S 4
Chocolate 1
Chromos same as Paintings
Chufas L C L 5
Chufas C L 6
Churns 1
Cider and Vinegar in barrels
or kegs
Cider in glass packed 2
Cider Mills and Presses 4
Cigar Lighters 1
Cigars boxed and strapped or
corded and sealed 1
Cigars not packed as above
not taken
Cigar Boxes empty D 1
Citronpi 2
Clay inboxes barrels or casks
LCL 25
Clay C L See Rule12
25000 lbs p
Clay Burnishing packed 5
Clay Fire L C L p
72
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Clay Fire G L See Rule 12
25000 lbs
Clay Germap
Cleaners
Clocks boxed
Clock Weights packed
Clothes Lines
Clothes Pins
Clothes Wringers
Clothing
Clothing Card
Clothing Rubber
Clover and Grass Seed C L Clover and Grass Seed L C L
Clover Hullers
Coal and Coke L C L in
boxes barrels or bags
Coal and Coke C L See note at the end of Classification
Coal Buckets
Coal Oil See Oil
Coal Tar in bbls L C L Coal Tar C L Rule 12
Cocoa
Cocoa JV1 atting a
Cocoanuts packed or sacked
L C L
Cocoanuts packed or sacked
C L
Cocoa Oil
Codfish See Fish
Coffee Extract or Essence of Coffee Green single sacks
Coffee Green double sacks Coffee Ground or Roasted in
sacks
Coffee Grnd in boxes or bbls Coffee Roasted in boxes or
barrels
Coffee Mills
Coffins N O S
Coffins in nests
Coffins K I
Coffins Metallic
Coke in boxes barrels or
casks L C L
Coke in boxes barrels or casks 0 L See note at end
of Classification See coal
Collars Horse See Saddlery Collars Paper packed
Cologne
Commissary bests and Stores Compounds Washing
Compounds Polishing
Condenser
Confectionery Candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading Confectionery andy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading
c K O R Confectionery N O S
P Coolersand Eilters Waterbxd
5 Copal
u 1 Copperas in barrels or casks
i Copperas N 0 S
5 Copper and Brass in boxes
o barrels or casks
2 Copperand Brass Scrappacked
2 Copper and Brass Scrap loose
i Copper and Brass Vessels in
i boxes barrels or casks
i Copper Bottoms Copper Plates
4 Sheets Bolts Wire and Rods
Copper Flues
11 1 Copper Ingots Pigs and Matts
Copper Ore C L 25000 lbs
A Copper Ore L 0 L Copper Stills worm crated
L Copying Presses
1 Cordage Cork
B Corn Starch
O Corn
1 Corn Flour L C L
2 Corn Flour C Lnot less than 20000
5 i Corn Seed in boxes 1 Corn arid Cob Crushers
fi Corn Meal
2
I Cotton in bales
9r Cotton Baskets Pat combina
4 tion of cloth woodknocked
down and packed together
Cotton Batting in lots of 100
o bales of 50 pounds each
5 Cotton Batting N O S i Cotton Duck
5 i Cotton Flour Sack Material
2 known as print cloth in
1 bales uncovered
i 2 i Cotton Linters or Regins
Cotton Seed L C L same as
2 Fertilizers L C L i Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed
A Hulls in carload lots of not less than 20000 lbs per Rule 1 CottonSeed Meal Ashes and Oil Cake L C L
L
1 Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and
I Oil Cake C L
1 Cotton Seed Mills
4 Cotton Seed Oil any quantity
Rule 1
2 3 Cotton Softener Liqd in bbls Cotton Waste in bales sacks crates or hhds Rule 1
4 o Covers and Safes Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed
4 j in bales
e R 1 1 9
G
K
M
R
4
R 3 T 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
o R
Covers Wooden 1
Cracklings 4
Crackers 5
Cradles Grain set up3 T i
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxes 1
Cranberries 3
Crafes and Cases Egg L C L 1
Crates and Cases Egg C L
24000 lbs to be charged for A
Creameries 3 T 1
Cream Tartar in boxes or kegs 2
Cream Tartar in barrels or
hogsheads 3
Crockery sameas Earthenware Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Cross Arms 0
Crow Bars5
Crucibles 1
Crushers 3
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators K D packed 1
Cultivators set up3 T 1
Currants 2
Cutch 4
Cutlery 1
Cutters set u p 14
Cutters K D packed 3
o K
D 1
9
D 1
D 2 1 3
1
D
Dates 2
Deer boxed3 T 1
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2
Deer Tongue in bbis or boxes 1
Deer Tongues ip bales 3
Demijohns See Glass
Denims Rule 1 without prote 61
Desiccated Meats Vegetables 4
Detergent4
Disinfectants in glass packed i
Disinfectants N O S in bbls 4
Distributers set up ID 1
Distributers K D See Agricultural Implements 2
Domestics Denims Sheetings
Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Checks Cotton Rope
Thread Yarns and other factory products Rule 1
without percentage 6
Doors Iron 4
Doors and Frames L C L 3 4
Doors and Frames C L B Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton without percentage and per
Rule 1 6
Drills
Grain set up ID
Drills Grain packed 2
Drugs and Medicines N 0 S 1
Drums3 T 1
V K
Dry Goods N O S 1
Dry Goods in boxes or bales 1 Dry Goods in trunks crated
j or strapped 1
Dry Goods in trunks corded
I or Avrapped 1
Dry Goods in trunks not
corded or wrapped D1
j Duck Cotton i
I Dusters set up3 T 1
Dusters K D packedi 2
Dye Liquid or Wood Liquor
in barrels3
Dye Stuff in boxes or barrels 1 Dye Woods in boxes or bbls 2 Dye Woods in stick 4
E
Earthenware Jugware or
Stoneware loose X
Earthware Jugware or Stoneware in boxes bbls or casks 2 Earthware Jugware or Stoneware in crates or hogsheads 4
Earthware Jugware or Stoneware loose C L 20000 lbs 4
Common Jugware C L O
Egg Cases and Crates L C L 1
Egg Cases and Crates C L
24000 lbs charged for A
Eggs packed V
Electric Light Carbons packed
L C L 2
Electric Light Carbons packed
c l 3
Elevators 1
Emery value 4 cents per lb 3
Emery N O S 2
Engines Boilers or any part of Engines or Machinery C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14 4
Engines Caloric FirePortable and Stationary See Rule 14 2
Epsom Salts C L R
Equipage Military Camp
Garrison and Horse 1
Essences See Extract
Evaporators Fruit 1
Evaporators Sugar See Agricultural Implements Dl
Excelsior made from Georgia pine pressed in balsLCL 4
Excelsior made from Georgia pine C Lminimum weight
10000 ibs 6
Exhibitors boxedor crated3 T 1
Exhibitors woven or crated D 1 Explosives L C E D 1
Explosives C Ev 5t00 lbsor
over T
74
TARIFFS RULES AND GLASSIFICATION
O K I
Extinguishers Fire hand glass or grenade packed 1J
Extinguishers Fire on wheels D 1 Extract Bark for tanning in
wood 5
Extract Bark for tanning in
glass packed 2
Extract of Indigo in barrels 3
Extract of Logwood 2
Extract of Logwood Dry C L 4 Extract of Malt in glass
packed same as Ale
Extract or Essence of Coffee 2 Extract and Essences N O S 1
F
Facing Iron and Coal in bbls 4 Factory sweepings and cotton waste in sacks bales crates or hhds Rule 1 R
Fans in boxes D 1
Fans Palm Leaf pressed 1
Fans Wheat 3 T 1
Farina 2
Faucets boxed 2
Feathers D 1
Feeders 2
Felloes L C L 4
Felloes C L 20000 lbs to be
charged for o
Felt Roofing 5
Felting 2
Fence Wire and Wood combination o
Fencing 3
Fertilizer C L per Rule 3
without percentage M
Fertilizer L C L without
percentage per Rule 1 K
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales 6
Figs in drums 1
Figs in casks or boxes 2
Figures not Iron packed3 T 1
Filters boxed 1
Finding Shoe 1
Firearms 1
Firecrackers and Fireworks
packed so marked 1
Fire Extinguishers hand
packed 1
Fire Extinguishers on wheels D 1 Fish N O S in cans boxed 4
Fish Pickled or Salted in bbls
half barrels kegs or kits 6
Fish Dry Salted etc packed 5
Fish Dry Salted in bundles 2
Fish Fresh B
Fish Sardines and other Small Fish canned in pickle or oil packed 2
o R
D 1 3
Fish Smoked in boxes
Fishing Rods
Fittings Iron Pipe in boxes Fittings Iron Pipe in kegs
casks or barrels
Fittings Iron Pipein bundles
wired
Fixtures Gas packed
Fixtures Grate packed
Fixtures Grate loose
Fixtures Tobacco
Flax pressed in bales
Flax Seed
Flour in barrels estimated
weight 200 pounds
Flour in sacks
Flour Buckwheat
Flour Corn L C L
Flour Corn C L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged for
Flour Sack Material
Flour Selfraising in packages Flues Copper and Brassboxed
Flues Iron
FluorSpar L C L
FluorSpar C L
Fodder See H ay
Foil Tin in boxes
Food Preservatives packed
Forges Portable
Forks
Fountains Soda fully boxed Fountains Soda not taken unless fully boxed
Fowls dressed
Fowls live in coop C L
Fowls live in coops L C L Frames Bedwrapped or crated Frames Door and Window L
c l
D 1
1
1
FramesDoor and WindowCL Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or
crated
Frames loose or in bundles Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from other Furniture
Freezers Ice Cream
Fruit in cans boxed N O S
Fruit in Glass packed
Fruit Berries Dried
Fruit Berries green prepaid Fruit Boxes and Basket LCL Fruit Boxes and Basket C L not less than 20000 lbs to be
charged for
Fruit Dates
Fruit Dried Currants
Fruit Dried N O S
C R
2 D 1 2
6
D 1 2 2
1
4
3
4
F
C
6
4
C
6
C
2
4
6
M
B
1
1
B
1
3 T1
3 T1 1 4 1 4
1
R
2
2
3
OR

1
I
N
2

4
1
D1 D 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
c
O Rl
Fruit Dried Apples and
Peaches 4
Fruit Grapes prepaid
Fruit Green N 0 S prepaid
or guaranteed
Fruit Apples Peaches not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes L C L
Fruit Apples Peaches not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes C L
Furnaces Evaporators 1
Furs N O S Skins and Peltries See Skins
Furs in bags 3T 1
Furs in boxes bundles and
trunks strapped D 1
Fuse D1
Furniture Classification
Furniture when in car loadsas follows not less than minimum weight to be charged for excess in proportion viz
Bedsteads manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woodsfinishedor in the white minimum weight
15000 pounds
Bedsteads manufactured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds
f urniture all articles of Furniture N OS when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods minimum weight 15000 pounds
Furniture all articles of Furniture N OS when manufactured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum weight 15000 pounds
furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods as follows
Beds Folding wrapped or crated
Bed Springs woven and wire Bedsteads wrapped or crated Bureaus wrapped or crated Bureau Glass Framesin bndls Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up
chairs Cane Split and Wood eat packed in pairs
2
1
1
2
2
1
If
6
1
3
B
O
4
3
4 I
Chair Stuff K D in bundles
Or boxes
Cots set up
Cots K D or folded
Cribs K D or folded
Desks wrapped or crated
Furniture N O S set up
wrapped or crated
Furniture N O S K D
boxed crated or wrapped
Hall Stands wrapped or crated
Lounge Frames set up
Lounge Frames backs taken off Safes Kitchen set up
Safes Kitchen K D
School Desks and Seats set up School Desks and Seats K D
Settees same as chairs
Tables wrapped or crated
Tables K D flat
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
cratedL
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated
Washstands wrapped or crated Furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Walnut MalioganyRose wood and Chestnut or other hard woods as follows viz
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated
Bedsteads wrapped or crated Bookcases wrapped or crated Bureaus Wrapped or crated Bureau Glass Frames iu
bundles
Chairs Camp and Folding Seat Chairs K D in bundles or
boxes A
Chairs N O S set up
wrapped or crated
Chairs Opera Iron packed
Chairs Rattan and Willow
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up
Chair Stock K D in bundles
or boxes
Cots set upA
Cots K D or folded
Cribs K D or folded
Desks wrapped or crated
Furniture N 0 S set up
wrapped or crated
Furniture N O S K D boxed crated or wrapped1 Hall Stands wrapped or crated
Hat Racks K I or folded
Hat Racks wrapped or crated
75
R U R
3 4
1 2
2 3
2 3
1 2
If 1
2 3
2 Q
O
n 1
i 2
H I
l b
2 3
O 4
if 1
2 3
2
3
n 1
2 o
2 3
1 2
1 2
If 1
1 2
1 2
if 1
3 4
1
n 1
1
if 1
2 H 1
2 1 3 2
1 2
D 1 1
1 o
1 2
1 2
l 1
76
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION OR OR
Lounges upliolstered backs
taken off
Lounges Willow or Rattan
Lounge Frames set up
Lounge Frames backs talcen off Marble for Furniture boxed
or crated
Mattresses Hair
Mattresses Excelsior Straw
Shuck or Cotton
Mattresses Wire
Mattresses
Parlor Frames
Refrigerators
School Desks and Seats set up School Desks and Seats K D
Settees same as Chairs
Sideboards wrapped or crated Sofas and Teteatetes wrapped
or crated
Spring Beds set up
Spring Beds folded
Spring Beds K D packed Tables set up wrapped or
crated
Tables K DElat
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated
Washstands wrapped or crated
H
H
r
D 1 1
D 1
4
Gambia f
Game See Poultry
Gasoline See Oil
Gauges Steam
Gelatine
Generators Gas
Ginger Ground in boxes
Ginger in bags
Gins
Ginseng
Glass Stained or Signs3 T
Glass Bottles and Tumblers
common packed 2
Glass Carboys empty D 1
Glass Chimneys 2
Glass Demijohns empty not
packed 4T 1
Glass Demijohns filled not packed or boxed not taken Glass Demijohns filled bdxed GlassDemij oh ns epty packed D 1 Glass Floor Lights rough and
heavy 5
Glass Fruit Jars common packed any quantity 4
O R IO R
3
1 1
o
H
2
H
2
9
u
Glass Insulators packed
Glass Lanterns packed
Glass Oil Cans with metal
jackets packed
Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under
Glass Roofing and Skylight
not Window Glass
Glass Stained or Signs3
Glass Vault Lights rough and
heavy
Glassware fine cut or engraved
Glassware N O S
Glass Window 14x16 inches
and under
Glass Window over 14x16 inches and not over 32x44 in Glass Window over 32x44
inches
Glucose in half bbls bbls or
hhds Rule 1
Glue
Glue Scrap
Glycerine in cans boxed or in barrels h iV Glycerine in iron tanks or csks Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled L C LV
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled C L I
Grain
Granite See Stone
Granite Roofing packed
Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates L C L
Grapes C L
Grate Baskets packed
Grate Baskets loose
Grate Fixtures packed
Grate Fixtures loose
Grates completely packed
Grates completely loose
Grave Stones packed and prepaid
Grease Axle
Grease Car in barrels
Grenades packed
Grindstones
Grits Corn in barrels
Grits Wheat in barrels
Grits in boxes
Groceries N O S
Guano L C L
Guano C L v
Gum Camphor
Gum Copal Kowrie and Shel
Gums N O S
Gun Cotton
Gunny Bags
ti
1
D 1 2
TL D 1
2 o
T1 1 D 1
5 I
D 1 1
4 5
2 4
D 1 R 5 1
1 O T 1
T 1
D 5 B
0
2 4
i 3 1 i
H 2 i f 3 1
1 1
D 1 2 I
6
6
H I
6 F 5
2 K M
1
2 2
D 1
6
D 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
77
Gunpowder CL5000 or over
Guns Rifles
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer L C L
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer C L
Gums Chewing
H
C R 1
K
M
1
1
6
4
6
1
Hair in sacks
Hair Cattle for plastering
pressed in bales
Hair Curled pressed in bales
andHair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured
packed in boxes I 1
Hames in bundles or packed 3
Hammocks and Fixturescx 1
HamsX B
Handles N O S boxed or
crated 5
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L
Handles Broom C L not less than 24000 pounds to be
charged for
Handies Broom and Broom Corn C L mixed same as
above
Handles Plow boxed crated
or bundled
Hangers
Hardware boxed N O S
Harness
Harness in bundles
HarrowsIA3
Hats and Caps same as Dry
Goods
Haversacks
Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales C L or over minimum weight 20000 lbs to car load all excess to be charged for at proportionate
rates D
Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales L C L R
Heading L C L 6
Heading C L P
Head Lights boxed Dl
Hearses KD boxed or crated 14 Heaters Steam packed T 4
Heaters Steam not packed 2
Hemp in bales 3
Herbs value not over 10c pre
paid 4
Herbs value over 10c prepaid 3 Hessians in original bales 6
Hides Dry loose 1
Hides Dry in bales 3
Hides Dry in balesj CQmprsd 4
O R II
Hides Green
Hides Green salted
Hinges and Hooks iii barrels
or casks
Hinges and Hooks inboxes
Hives Bee empty set up
Hives Bee K D crated
Hobby Horses entirely boxed
or cratedwj
Hobby Horses unboxed
Hoes in bundles
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks
Hods Coal
Hollow Ware loose L C L Hollow Ware loose shipped separately from Stoves CL not less than 15000 pounds
to be charged for
Hollow Ware packed
Hominy except in boxes
Hominy in boxes
Honey in glass or tin boxed
Honey in comb boxed
Honey in barrels or kegs
Honey Extractors crated
Honey Section Boxes and Frames incrates or boxes
Hoofs and Horns
Hoop Iron
Hoop Poles
Hoop Skirts
Hoops Barrel wooden same
as Box Stuff
Hoops Truss Coopers
Hops baled
Hops in boxes
Horns
Horse and Mule Shoes in kegs
or boxes
Horse Powers K D
Horse PowersRailroad or Endless Chain
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather
Hose Rubber
Hospital Stores
A Household Goods and old k Furniture packed value over 15 per 100 poundsand full value expressed in bill a of lading said valuation gonly to apply in cases of ttttotal loss
ip Household Goods and old 3 g Furniture packed value limited to 5 per 100 lbs J and so expressed in bill of h lading said valuation only S to apply in case of total
O loss L C L X
pq Household Goods and Old
c R 4
1
6
D 1 4 T1
O R
of 6 B D 1
D 1
1
3T 1
4
K
K
78
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R
Furniture well packed value not expressed in bill
of lading L C L 1
Household Goods and old Furniture well packed C
L 20000 pounds to be charged for value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in
p case of total loss
Household Goods and old of Furniturewith Live Stock
H one attendant to have pasg sage free on same trains as ji car C L value limited to 2 5 per 100 pounds said
valuation only to apply in
case of total loss D 1

a EXPLANATIONS
1All Bundles of Bedding
a Trunks of Clothing House hold Goods or similar articles not Furniture will S not be received for trans2 portation unless packed
S chests of similar articles m ustbe strapped orsecurely nailed This does not S apply to CL of Household h Goods
2 Bills of Lading and WayBills must designate character and number of packages
3 These instructions apply to old and secondhand Furniture Clothing Bedding etc not to new ar
L tides
Hubs and Felloes L CL 4
Hubs and Felloes C L 20000
lbs charged for 5
Hullers 1J
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12 D
Hydrants and Fire Plugs 5
I
Ice L C L in casks prepaid B
Ice C L L
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary3 T 1
Incubators K D and packed D 1
Indigo
Indigo Extract in barrels
Infusorial Earth
Ink in wood
Ink Printing in wood
ink Writing Fluid in glass or stone boed
1
OR
D 1 4
C R j OR
Insulators packed 4
Iron Bedsteads4
Iron Castings in boxes 2
Iron Bar BandBoilerand Jail Plate Car Wheels and Axles
Wagon and Carriage Axles
Iron Pipe of 6 i
Lead BarorShset 5
Iron Wagon and Carriage Skeins and Boxes packed in
kegs barrels or casks of 6 j
Iron Wagon Skeins loose 4
Iron Nails and Spikes Bolts
Nuts Rivets and Washers
in kegs of 6 j
Iron Plow Plates Points
Wings Castings and Steel
wired or packed of 6 j
Iron Bolts Nuts Rivets and Washers in other packages 2 44 Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate
Bolts L C L of 6 j
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates aud Fish Plate Bolts C L See Rules 13 20 M IronCastings not Machinery unpacked each piece under
200 pounds 3
Iron Hastings heavy not Machinery unpacked each 200 pounds or over See Rule 14 4
Iron Castings not Machinery or Sewing Machines in kegs
or casks 4
Iron Crow Bars and Forgings 5
Iron Flues 4
Iron Fronts Girders and
Beams for buildings 4 fof 8
Iron Sheet and Galvanized in rolls or bundles wired or
crated
Iron Sheet Galvanized bxd 4
Iron Hoop of 0
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets
Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed 2
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets
Fronts Fenders and Frames
not packed 1
Iron Nail Rods packed 2
Iron Nail Rods not packed 0
Iron Ore and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Iron Picks and Mattocks in bundles 3
Iron Picks and Mattock i packed 5
Iron Railing and Fencing 3
THE KAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
79
OR
Iron Retorts 6
Iron Roofing in rolls or bundles wired or crated 6
Iron Roofing boxed 5
Iron Roofing N 0 S 3
Iron Russia in rolls or bun
n dies wired or crated 3
Irons Sad in barrels 5
Irons Sad boxed 2
Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or
bundles wired or crated of 6
Iron N 0 S boxed or crated 1
Iron Shutters and Doors 4
IronSponge purifyng matel 3
Iron Statuary Chairs Lawn Ornaments boxed or crated 1
Iron Jacks 6
Iron Urns 3
Iron Vault and Prison Work 4 Iron Wedges and Sledges in
barrels 5
Iron Wedges and Sledges loose 3
Iron Work Galvanized 2
Isinglass3T1
Ivory 1
Ivory Black 4
J
Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3
Japan Ware 1
Japonica 4
Jars Glass packed common 4
Jeans Cotton Rule 1 without
percentage 6
leaps Cotton and Wool mixed 5
Jellies in glass packed 1
Jellies in cans boxed 4
Jellies in wood N O S 3
Jugs See Earthenware
Junk and Jute 6
Jute Butts 6
Jute Waste or Tailings 5
K
Kainit L C L K
Kainit C L M
Kalsomine same as paints
Kegs empty N O S same
as barrels
Kegs empty N OS in crates 3
Kegs Ale and Beer empty
estimated weight 30 lbs E
Kettles Large Iron
Kerosene See Coal Oil
Kindlings 6
Knapsacks 1
Kowrie 2
L
ladders not over 30 feet long 1
O R C R
Ladders over 30 feet long D 1
Ladders Step Lampblack in casks barrels 2
fof 6 or boxes 3
Lamps and Lamp Goods pked 9
Land Plaster L C L K
5 Land Plaster C L M
Lanterns 1
Lard 4
Lasts Shoe 3
Laths actual weight CL P
2 Lead in boxes 5
Lead in casks or pigs 6
Lead Black in kegs or bbls 5
Lead Pipe in rolls or reels 4
9 Lead Pipe in casks Lead White same as Paints 5
5 Leather loose N 0 S 1
Leather in rolls or boxes 3
Leather Scrap in bales Leaves powdered in boxes or 4
barrels 1
4 Lemons 1
Lentils in bags boxes or bbls 3
Letter Boxes PostOffice 9 O
Licorice in sticks roots or mats 3
Licorice in mass boxed 4
Lightning Rods in boxes Q 0
Lightning Rods in bundles 2
Lightning Rod Fixtures pked 2
Lemon or Lime Juice in bbls Lemon or Lime Juice in glass 4
5 packed Lime in sacks casks or bar 1
rels C L Lime ip sacks casks or bar L
rels L C L Lime Chloride of in barrels or casks B
6
Lime Chloride of N 0 S Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and 4
packed Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class Pf less 40 per cent Limestone ground same as Lime Linseed Liquors in glass boxes or baskets N 0 S 5
4
H
Liquors in wood N 0 S Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed on bill of lading Liquors Whisky in wood N 1
0 S Liquors Whisky in boxes or 2
1 baskets i
o R
B
H
30 TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R O R
Lithographic Stone 1 2
Live Stock Horses and Mules L C L 1 2
Live Stock Horses and Mules C L 52 N
Live Stock Cattle Sheep etc C L o N
Live Stock Cattle Sheep etc L C L See Rule 20 2 4
Locomotives and Tenders standard gauge on their own wheels 35 cents per mile Locomotive Head Lights bxd D 1
Locomotive Tires i 6
Logging Jars K D or set up C L 24000 lbs charged for 6
Logging Cars smaller parts boxed 5
Logging Cars set up L C L 4
Logs for saw mills P
Logsfor chair timber not over 4 feet long C L 24000 lbs P less 20 percent Logwood 2
Logwood C L dry 4
Looking Glasses same as Mirs Looms See Machinery Lumber Dressed or Rough L C L t B
Lumber Dressed or Rough C L 24000 lbs See Rule 12 P
Lye Concentrated 5
M Machinery Boilers Engines or any part of Engine or Machinery C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14 4 5
Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presses set up D 1
Cotton Presses K D 4 5
Cotton and Woolen except Looms set up D 1 14
Cotton and Woolen except Looms crated n 1
Cotton and Woolen except Looms K D and boxed 1 2
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Looms J3 T 1 n
Machinery C L 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14 4 5
Machinery N O S L C L See Rule 14 2 O
Machinists Tools Planers
Lathes Drill Presses etc 2 3
Printing Presses K D boxed or crated 3
Printing Presses K D not boxed 1 2
Printing Presses setup D 1
C R O R
Saw Mills unboxed in parts 2 3
Saw Mills boxed in parts 4
Shaftings Hangers Pulleysetc 4
Shingle Machines Stamp Mill Machinerv boxed 2
L C L i Stamp Mill Machinerv boxed 5
C L Stamp Mill Machinery loose L C L Stamp Mill Machinery loose 6
4
C L 5
Stamp Mill Castings L C L 6
Stamp Mill Castings C L M
Steam Gauges 1
Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2 3
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures Water Wheels Turbine See 4
Rule 14 Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Horing and Mortising Machines set up 4
See Rule 14 1
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines etc
packed K D See Rule 14 3
Machines Brick 4
Machines Hemp 1 2
Machines Meat Cutters Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or sepa 2
rate K D L C L and partly boxed C L 2 4
20000 pounds Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or sepa 4 6
rate set up Machines Sewing unboxed Machines Sewing or parts set H 1
3 T 1
up crated or boxed Machines Sewing or parts K 14 1
D bdxed or crated 3
Machi nes S hingle 2
Machines Smut o
Machines Washing 2
Macaroni i
Mackerel See Fish
Madder 31
Malt D
Malt inboxes 1
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude P
Manganese Ground packed 5
Manilla S
Mantels Iron packed 2 4
Mantels Iron not packed i 3
Mantels Slate packed 2 3
Maps boxed 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Marble and Granite Bases and Shafts for Monuments unletteredit
Marble and Granite same as
stone
Marble and Granite Gravestone and Monuments packed and prepaid
Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels Marble Dust L C L in Barrelsfj rJ
Marbles in casks or boxes
Marble Tiles
Matches in worB or paper packed in cases alone marked matches
Match Splints packed incases L C L
Match Splints packedin cases
C L
Material for Flour Sacks uncovered
Mats and Rugs N 0 S
MatsGrass Hemp Hair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa
Mats Oil
Matting
Mattocks and Picks in bundles Mattocks and Picks packed
Mattresses N O S
Mattresses Hair
Mattresses Straw Cotton
Shuck and Excelsior
Mattresses Wire or Woven
Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed
L CL
Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed C L
Meal Corn
Meal Oat in barrels Meal Oat in boxes
Measures
MeatM
Meat Baconf b
Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fish
Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meat in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags bales boxes or crates
o R
D 1
L
B
4
4

6
6
1
3
1
1
1
K
M
C
6
2
1
B
B
B
O R
o
Meat Cutters
Meats Desiccated See Desiccated
Medicines and Drugs N O S Medicines Patent L C L
Medicines Patent C L
Melodeons boxed
Melodeons not boxed not taken
1
1
if 3
n i
C R
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000 lbs Rule 1 O
Melons L C L 4
Meters Gas boxed 1
Meters Gas not boxed not
taken
Meters Water boxed 3
Meters Water not boxed not
taken
Mica 3 T 1
MilkCondensed boxed 4
Millet D
Millet Seed in sacks B
Millinery Goods 1
Millo Maize in bags or sacks 6 Mills Barilla Bark and Cob 4
Mills Coffee and Paint set up 2
Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Flour roller 1 2
Mills N O S 2
Mill Stones finished 4
Mill Stones rough 5
Mill Stuff Rule 12 L C L C
Mill Stuff C L 25000 lbs P
Mince Meat 4
Mineral Waters in wood 5
Mineral Waters in glass or stone packed3
Mining Cars and Wagons same as Logging Cars
Mirrors 3 feet or under
packed3 T 1
Mirrors over 3 feet not exceeding 7x12 packed3 T 1
Mirrors over 7x12 packed4 T l
Molasses cansboxed or in kegs 4 Molasses or syrup in halfbarrels barrels or hogsheads R Monuments and Gravestones metal packedvalue not over
30000 prepaid D 1
Monuments and Gravestones
value over 30000 S
Monuments and Gravestones
packed and prepaid D 1
Mops 1
Moss in sacks l
Moss pressed in bales 4
Motes Cotton a
Moulders Dust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
Mouldings in bundles l
Mouldings common for building purposes 4
Mouldings N O S D 1
Mouse Traps l
Mowers See Agricultural Imp
Mucilage packed 2
Musical Instruments N O 8 I 1
Mustard Ground in boxes 2
Mustard prepared in glass packed 2
82
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Mustard prepared in kegs or
barrels
Mustard Seed
Q
o
6
N
Nails Brass and Copper well
packed in boxes or kegs 3
Nails for Horse or Mule Shoes
inboxes 5
Nails and Spikes Iron in bags 3 Nails and SpikesIron in bxes 5 Nails and Spikes Iron in kgsf Of 6
Naphtha in iron casks 6
Naphtha Casks returned eptv 6
Nitre Cake L C L 5
Nitre Cake C L M
Notions 1
Nutmegs2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL 3
Nuts Pecans in barrels C L
Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked
L C L 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N 0 S 1 Nuts Edible in barrels or
casks N O S 2
Nuts Peanuts andChufas LC
L 5
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL 6
o
K
5
Oakum
Oats
Oil Cake L C L
OilCake C L
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over
boxed
OilCloth less than 16 feet long
boxed
Oil Cloth baled
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled
not in shipping order
Olives in glass packed
Olives in barrels or casks
Onions in barrels
Onion Sets
Oranges and Lemons
Ordnance Stores N 0 S
Ores Iron L C L
Ores Iron and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Ores samples or specimens
must be prepaid
Organs not boxed not taken
Oysters in cans or kegs
Oysters shell in barrels
Oysters shell in bulkC L
Oysters in glass packed
Oil Castor in glass packed
4
D
K
M
1
2
m i
1 2
4
3 6
3
1 4
1 6
6
m
4
1
1
1
5
K
2
2
J K
Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls L C L 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in bbls C L 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in cans D 1 Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed L C L 1
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed C L 2
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
tank cars
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in tank cars or barrels must always be charged at actual
weight
Oil Cocoa in original packages 1
Oil Cocoa in barrels 3
Oil Palm Seed crude L C L
Class K with 20 per cnt added Oil Cotton Seed any quantity Rule 1 without percentage R
Oil Kerosene See Coal Oil
Oil Lard and Linseed 3
Oil Lubricating the product
of Coal Oil same as Coal Oil
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or cans
boxed 3T1
Oils in sglass or cans packed except Coal Oil and Sassafras
Oil 1
Oils in jars not packed not
taken
Oils N O S in bbls 3
Oleomargarine in cans 1
Oleomargarine in Kegs and
Firkins 2
Oleomargarine in Buckets
Pails and Tubs D1
P
Packing Asbestos in cases Packing Asbestos in rolls
Packing Hemp
Packing Metallic
K tf ISS
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
83
Packing Rubber
Paintings and Pictures well bxd value of each box not
to exceed 200
Paintings and Pictures over
200 in value
Paints bulk in barrels or
casks dry L C L
Paints bulk in bbls or casks
dry C L
Paints bulk in barrels or
casks in liquid
Paints bulk in kegs liquid Paints in pails or cans packed Paints in pails or cans unpacked
Paints Metallic same as Paints Paneling and Wainscoting wood finished N 0 S in boxes or bbls O R of chafing or breakage
Paneling and Wainscoting
wood in white
Paper Bags
Paper Barrels in nests packed
Paper Barrels not nested
Paper Binders Board in cases Paper Binders Board in bundles
Paper Bottle Covers packed
or pressed in bales
Paper Boxes in nests packed
Paper Card
Paper Collars packed
Paper Hangings in bundles
Paper Hangings boxed
Paper Medicated or Closet
Paper Pasteboard
Paper Printing Wrapping or
Roofing
Paper the same as above in
boxes
Paper in rolls for manufacture
of bags
Paper Pulp
Paper Roofing
Paper Sand and Flint
Paper Stock in sacks barrels bales crates or hogsheads
Rule 1
Paper Straw Boards
Paper Wall any quantity in
bundles
Paper Wall any quantity in
boxes
Paper Ware N O S
Paper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes
Paris White same as paint
J R O R
1
3 T 1 D 1
6
L
5 3 1
Si
3 4
4 6
6
2
4T1
2 5
i
4T1
4 T1
1
1 O
1 2
3 4
B
B
R
B
3
R 5
11 O
2
1
2
6
c R
Peaches in boxes barrels or
bags green L C L
Peaches in boxes barrels or
bags green C L
Peaches dried 4
Peach Stones packed 6
Pearline 4
Peanuts L C L 5
Peanuts C L 0
Pearl Ash 5
Peas in boxes 2
Peas in bags or barrels D
Pegs Shoe in bags 1
Pegs Shoe in barrels or boxes 2
Peltries See Skins
Pencils Slate 3
Pepper and Spices in bags 3
Pepper and Spices N O S
ground in boxes 2
Pepper Sauce in glass packed 1
Perfumery
Petroleum See Coal
Photographic Material 1
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
boxed ji
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
unboxed not taken
Pickers Cotton Raw Hide 2
Pickles in glass packed 1
Pickles in barrels or casks 4
Pickles in cans boxed 4
Picks and Mattocks in bundles 3
Picks and Mattocks packed 5
Picture Backing in Packages 4
Picture Frames unboxed 3 T1
Picture Frames boxed u
Pictures See Paintings
Pigs Feet and Tripe 6
Pigs Feet Pickled in barrels
or kegs 4
Pigs Feet in glass packed 1
Pme Apples in cans boxed 4
Pine Apples in glass packed 1
Pins in cases
Pins Clothes boxed 2
Pins Insulators 6
Pipe Copper Brass orMetai
N O S 1
Pipe Copper Brass or Metai
N O S boxed 3
Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing L C L g
Pipe and Tile Drain or lioofing C L 25000 pounds R
Pipe Earthennot Drain LCL 1
Pipe Earthen not Drain CL 3
Pipe Fittings in boxes 2
Pipe Fittings in kegs casks or
barrels 0
Pipe Fittings in bundles wired D1
Pipe Ironof 6
Pipe Lead in rolls or reels 4
O R
B
84
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R O R
Pipe Lead in casks
Pipe Organs K D boxed
same as PianosL
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral
Pipe Stove
Pipe Tin boxed
Pipe Wood L C L
Pipe Wood C L
Pipes Tobacco in boxes
Pitch any quantity same as Rosin class K less 20 per ct Planters K D in bundles or
boxes
Planters set up
Plaster Calcined
PIaster Castings
Plaster Land L C L
Plaster Land C L
Plaster of Paris
Plated or White Ware
Plates Paper and Wood L CL Plates Paper and Wood C L
not less than 24000 lbs
Plows Gang and Sulky
Plows set up N O S
Plows K D N O S
Plow Material See Agrl Imp
Plumbago
Plumbers Material N 0 S
packed r
Poles Tent
Poles and Posts
Polishing Powders and Compounds
Polish Stove and Shoe packed Polish Stove and Shoe in glass
packed
Porcelain Ware
Pork and Beef
Porter same as Ale
Potash N O S
Potash Ball package
Potash German Muriate of
and Sulphate of L C L
Potash German Muriate of
and Sulphate of C L
Potatoes in bbls or sacks
Potatoes C L
Poultry dressed
Poultry live C L
Poultry livb L C L
Powder Baking and Yeast
Powder Bleaching
Powder Gun and other Explosives L C L
Powder Gun and other Explosives C L 5000 lbs or
o
D 1
I
4 I 1
1
B
Dl
K
M
5 1
3
6
T l l 4
4
P
4
1
B
K
6
6
B
1
1
O
4 D 1
4
D 3
9
9
R
D
N
9
over
1
Powdered Leaves in boxes or
barrels 1
Powders and Washing Compounds etc 4
C R
Powders Cattle Horse or Condition1
Powders Polishing Com
ponndsetcv 3
Powers Horse K D 2
Powers Railroad or Endless
Cham 1
I Preserves in glasspacked 1
j Preserves in cans boxed 4
Preserves in wood N O S 3
Presses Cider 4
I Presses Copyingt 2
I Presses Printing Iv D boxed
or crated 3
j Presses Printing KD not
I boxed 1
i Presses Printing set up D 1
I Presses N O S2
Printed Matter in sheets
boxed prepaid 2
j Prints 1
Prunes in boxes or kegs 2
i Prunes in casks 4
Pulley Blocks 4
I Pulleys 4
Pulp Paper or Wood Rule 1 R
Pumice Stone 3
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden L C L 3
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden C L 4
Pumps Hand 1
Pumps Steam and Power 2
Pumps Steam and Power K
D packed 3
Putty 5
Pyrites L C L prepaid in
boxes or barrels B
Pyrites C L P less 20 per ct
Q
Quartermasters Store 1
Quicksilver in iron flasks 1
i Radiators not packed
t jsi i 1
Radiators packed 3
Rags in sacks barrels bales
crates or hhds Rule 1 R
Railing 3
Raisins not strapped 1
Raisins strapped 2
Rakes Hand in bundles 3
Rakes Horse set up Dl
Rakes Horse K D 1
Range Boilers 1
Rattan l
Rat Traps 1
Reapers See Agricultural Imp
Red Lead Same as Paints
Reeds 2
Reflectors packed D 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C R
Refrigerators 1
Refrigerators thoroughly and completely taken apart and
packed in sections 2
Re Gins or Cotton Linten J
Retorts Clay l
Retorts Copper 2
Retorts Iron 6
Retorts Soda Wafer 4
Rice rough D
Rice clean in bbls or casks C
Rice clean in boyes or kegs 3
Rivetsf of 6
Rollers Field 3
Rollers Printer 1
Rollers SugaR 3
Roofing Composition 4
Roofing Felt in bundles or
rollsV 5
Roofing Glass 2
Roofing Granite packed 5
Roofing Irqn gee Irop Roof
Roofing Slafe R C R 6
Roofing Slate C R gee Rule
12 25QQp jbs P
Roofing Rije R C R 5
Roofing Rnp p R 25000 lbs R
Roofing Rip in rods 5
Root Apgeiipa in barrels or
boxes 1
Roots and flerbs value not
over lfp per pound 4
Roots ap4 Herbs value over 10c per pound
Rope N G
Rope Rpd Cqrd
Rope Gipfhee LineH
Rope pP 6
Rope Cpttop Rple 1 without
percentage 6
Rope Hemp or Jute 5
RPe Wfre 4
Rosip any quantity Class K
lesf 2pber pent
Rubhpt pelting 3
Rubbpf par Springs loose 4
Rubber Par Springs boxed 5
Robber Clothing and Rubber Coops N 0 S j
Rubber Rose
Rubber Packing
Rubber old scrap 5
R R 0 s 1
Rugs Grass Hemp Hair bleed Wire Rubber and Ueppa o
Rggs Qii1
Rastic Work not boxed3 T 1
Rusplp Work crated 1
Rpstip Work entirely boxed 2
I
O R
R
85
C R O R
Sacks See Bags
Saddlery
Saddlery Horse Collars
Saddlery Harness boxed
Saddlery Harness in bundles Saddles not boxed
Saddles boxed
Saddle Trees not boxed Saddle Trees boxed
Sadirons packed in barrels Sadirons packed in boxes 2
Safes Iron each weighing
3000 pounds or less See
Rule 14 4
Safes Iron each weighing over
3000 lbs and not over 6000
lbs See Rule 14 3
Safes Iron each weighing over
6000 lbs and not over 10000
lbs See Rule 14 2
Safes Iron each weighing over
10000 lbs Special Contract
See Rule 14
Safes Meat and Pantry set up R
Safes Meat and Pantry K D
packed 2
Spfes or Covers Cheese boxed j 3 T 1
Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3
Spits l
Sf Johns Bread in bbls or
boxes 1
Saleratus 4
Sal Soda 6
Sglt in sacks L C L B
Salt iu sacks C L 0
Spit Cake L C L k
Sglt Cuke C L m
SglR Table 4
Salts Bleaching in barrels or
casks g
Sglt Bleaching N O S 4
Saltp Epsom in casks or bbls 5
Salts Epsom C L r
Salts Epsom N O S 4
Saltpetre L C L 5
Saltpetre C L jj
Samp 2
Sand C L N O S See Rule
12 30000 lbsP less 20 per ct
Sand R C L in barrels B
Sand or Dust Moulding 5
Sapqlio 4
Saratoga Chips5
Sarcjmes See Fish
SasR Doors and Blinds C L B Sash Doors and Blinds LCL 3
Sash Glazed L C L 1
Sash Razed C L 5
Sash Weights B
86 TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Sauce Pepper in glasspacked
Sauces N 0 S
Sauer Kraut in barrels
Sausage
Saw Logs
Saw Mills unboxed in parts
Saw Mills boxed in parts
Saws Circular packed
Saws Drag
Saws Drag with Horse Power
Saws N 0 S packed
Scales and Seale Beams set up
wrapped
Scales and Scale Beams K D
wrapped
Scales Scale Bems KDbxd Scrapers
Screens
Scythe Stones
Scythes in bundles
Scythes in boxes
Sea Grass pressed in bales
Seed Corn in boxes
Seed Cotton less than 2000 lbs Seed Cotton L C L 2000 lbs
or over
Seed Cotton C L
Seed Flax
Seed Garden
Seed Garden returned over same line by which originally forwarded
Seed Grass and Clover
Seed C L
Seed Linseed
Seed Millet
Seed Mustard
Seed N O S
Separators
Shadines See Fish
Shafting
Shafts L C L
Shafts C L 20000 lbs
charged for
Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles wired Sheetings Rule 1 without percentage
Shellac
Shellers
Shells Sea L C L prepaid
Shells Sea C L prepaid
Shingles L C L
Shingles actual weight C L
Shingles Metallic boxed
Ship Stuff L C L
Ship Stuff C L 25000lbs
Shirting Rule lwitht prctge
Sbirts
Shirts and Drawers unlaundried entirely cottonwithout percentage
1
1
4
B
P
lj
2
5 1
1
4
0
1 8 1 2 4
o
6
M
4
2
4
3
4 4 B 6 2 1
4
4
5
3
6 2 I
D 1
5 B P
4 C P
6 1
6
R
2
9
4
6
4
I Shoe Findings Shoe Lasts
Shoe Pegs in bags 1
Shoe Pegs in bbls or boxes 2
Shoe Polish packed 4
Shoe Polish in glass packed 3
Shoes and Boots 1
Shoes Horse and Mule in kegs 0 Shooks and Heading L C L 6
Shooks and Heading C L P
Shorts See Rule 12 D
Shot in bags or boxes 2
Shot in kegs or double sacked 5
Shovels in bundles 3
Show Cards See Signs
Show Cases4 T 1
Show Cases entirely boxed D 1
Shrubbery See Trees
Shucks in balesrough Rule 12 D
Shucks prepared baled shipped from factory or furniture warehouse 4
Shuttle Blocks rough 3
Sieves Tin nested packed in boxes 2
3T1
li
Sieves Wire packed3 T 1 i
Signs Card Metallic or Wood
boxed 2
Signs Glass3T1 D 1
Signs Trade boxed freight to
be prepaid or guaranteed 2
Sizing for factories L C L 4
Sizing for factories C L 5
Ske werswooden 4
Skins Deer pressed in bales 2
Skins Fur and Peltries value limited to 25c per lb in bags D 1 1
Skins Fur and Peltries value limited to 25c per lb
5 pressed in bales 1 3
Skins Fur and Peltries NOS D 1
Skins Sheep Dry baled 1
Skins Sheep Green in bundles 2
Skins Sheep Salted in bundles 3
Slate Mantels packed 2
Slate Pencils 3
Slate Roofing L C L 6
Slate Roofing C L Rule 12
2 25000 lbs
I Slates School boxed
Slats
Sledges in barrelsv
Sledges loose
Slush Soap Stock or similar material for manufacturing
soap in barrels 6
Smoke Stacks See Rule 14 1
Snaths1 1
Snuff in casks bbls or boxes 2
Snuff in jars packed 2
Snuff in jars not packed D 1
W Oi W 05 lrJ
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
T 1 4
Soap Castile and Fancy 2
Soap Common in boxes 6
Soap SoftenerLiquid in bbls 4
Soap Stock in bbls 6
Soapstone Crude C L See
Rule 2 25000 lbs p
Soapstone packed 2
Soda in kegs boxes and drums 5
Soda Ash L C L X
Soda Ash C LM
Soda Caustic in iron casks or
drums q
Soda Fountains 3
Soda Fountain Retorts
Soda Nitrate and Sulphate of
L C L g
Soda Nitrate of C L m
Soda Salhj
Soda Silicate of e
Solder 5
Sorghum in half bblsbarrels
or hogsheads Rule 1 r
Sorghum Mills3
Spades in bundles 3
Spelter in slabs or casks 5
Spices ground in boxes 2
Spices in bags q
Spikes12 of 6
Spokes and Shafts LC L 4
Spokes and Shafts C L 20000
lbs charged for 5
Sponge
Spreaders set up
Spreadrs K D boxed
Springs Bed Woven Wire 1
Springs Car N O S 6
Springs Car Rubber loose 4
Springs Car Rubber boxed 5
Springs Iron Bed in barrels 3
Springs Vehicle See Vehicles
Starch Corn g
Starch except Corn Starch L
St9nn 6 L not less than
20000 pounds
stationery
Statues
Staves
Steam Gauge 1
team Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
D 1 i
C 2 T 1 P
Steel not packed 0f 6
Steel packed
Jee wired or strapped
Bars each 200 lbs and
Steelyards K D and packed
SS1yards unboxed
Stills Worm crated
fcf Blocks rough L C L ne Blocks slabs or dressed and protected L C L
o R
R
Stone or Marble erased foundation rough pavingblocks rough undressed ubb e Class P less 20 per cent C
L 30000 lbs Rule 12
Stone Curbing C L class P
less 20 per cent
Stone Slabs rough and protected otherwise owners risk C L class P less 20
percent
Stone Blocks dressed and protected otherwise owners
risk C L class P
Stone Slabs dressed and protected otherwiss owners
risk C L class P
A carload of Stone or Marble N O S embraces 25000 lbs Stonewaresame as Earthenware
Stools Piano j
Stove Boards boxed or crated 3
Stove Pipe j j
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed 1
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware includingthe necessary pipe
L C L 1
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware
C L not less than 24000 lbs 3
Straw See Hay Rule 12
Straw Boards 5
Straw Goods 1
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales
Sugar in bags3
Sugar in boxes strapped
Sugar in boxes not strapped Sugar in bbls and hogsheads
Sugar Cane prepaid
Sugar Grape
Sulphates 1 C L
Sulphates Ash and Soda C L M
Sulphur in boxes L C L l
Sulphur in barrels L C L 3
Sulphur for manufacture of
Fertilizers C L y
Sumac ground 4
Sumac leaf C L estimated
weight 20000 pounds 5
Sweepings and Motes Cotton A Sweepings Factory and cotton waste in sacks barrelsbales
crates or hhds Rule 1 R
Syrups in barrels half barrels
or hogsheads r
Syrups in cans boxed or in
kegs 3
Syrups in glass boxed 1
C505C5CSt0lKC0
88
TAKIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Tacks Iron
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels
Talc
Tallow in barre Tallow N O S
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs Tanbark C L 24000 pounds
Tanks N O S3
Tanks Cotton Seed Oil etc
Iron
Tanks Wood set up DJ
Tanks Wood K D packed Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags Tar Pitch in bbls same as Rosins class K less 20 per
cent
Tar Coal in barrels L C L
Tar Coal C L See Rule 12
Tea
Telegraph Cross Arms 6
Telegraph Brackets in bags Telegraph Brackets in boxes
Telegraph Brackets C L
Telephones boxed3
Tents Tent Poles and Pins
TerraCotta in packages
Terra CottaArchitectural CL TerraCotta Architectural packed in casks tierces etc
L C L
Terra Japonica
Thread Rule 1 without percentage
Threshers
Tickings Rule 1 without percentage
Ties Cotton and Hay Rule 1
Tile Drain and Roofing L C L Tile Drain and Roofing C L
25000 lbs
Tile Fire for Lining etc
Tile Floor and Marble
Tin Block and Pig
Tin Foil in boxes
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls
Tin Roofing in Rolls
Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles
wired or crated
Tinners Trimmings N O S Tinware and Tin Stamped
Ware boxed
Tires Locomotive
Tires Wagonf of 6
Tobacco Box Material L C L Tobacco Box Material C L Tobacco cases boxes empty Tobacco Cut in boxes bbls or bales
R 6 R C R OR
Tobacco Leaf in cases 1
Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1 3
D1 Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
6 Tobacco Smoking 1
6 Tobacco Stems prized 6
6 Tobacco Stems not prized 1
B Tobacco Unmanufactured not
5 prized 1
2 Tobacco Unmanufactd prized 2
P Tongues Pickled in barrels or
T 1 kegs 4
Tongues Smoked 3
D 1 Tonqua Beans in boxes or bbls i
D 1 Tools Edge 2
B Tools Mechanic boxed 2
3 Toothpicks 2
Tow in bales 2
Tow in bales compressed 3
Tovs boxed D 1
B Train Sugar 3 T 1 D 1
O Traps Fly D 1
1 Traps Mouse and Rat 1
6 Traveling Bags 1
3 Trees and Shrubbery baled or
5 boxed L C L prepaid or
R guaranteed 6
T 1 D 1 Trees and Shrubbery baled or
2 boxed C L prepaid or guar O
3 4 anteed
6 Tripe Tripe Pickled in barrels or 6
kegs 4
3 5 Tripoli 4
4 Trucks Warehouse 1
Trunks single 1 1
6 Trunks nested or filled with
1 merchdise crated or strapd Trunks empty or filled with merchdise corded or wrapd 1 2
6 1
R Trunks filled with merchan
5 6 dise not corded or wrapped D 1
Trunks N O S D 1
R P Trunks Sample D 1 1
4 Trunks filled with personal effects corded or wrapped3
4 T 1 1
5 Tubs N O S 1 3
2 Tubs Bath boxed 1
4 5 Tubs Bath unboxed D 1
5 Tubs Bath in nests Tubs Bath folding wrapped 2 2
6 or crated 1
2 Tumblers packed Turbine and Water Wheel 2 4
4 Rule 14 3 4
6 Turnips 3 6
of 6 Turpentine Spirits in pack
6 ages less than a barrel 3 5
P Turpentine Spirits in barrels R
1 Twine 3
Type boxed 2 D 1
1 Type Writers boxed 3 T 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
O R O R
u
Umbrellas boxed i
Urns Iron o
Vehicles and Materials for Vehicles as Follows
In all items under heading of Vehicles the term Wagons is intended only to apply to rough cheap farm wagons with or without spring and is not intended for buggies or varnished pleasure or business wagons which articles and articles of like character take same classes as Buggies
Trotting Wagons etc
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons C
L boxed or well crated charged at not less than 15000 pounds excess weight
m proportion 3
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons
C L loose charged at not less than 24000 pounds excess weight in proportion 3
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulxies and Trotting Wagons set up LC L actual weight4 T 1 Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total lossfor which
carrier is liable
Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K J boxed or well crated value over 15 per 100 lbs in case 01 total loss for which carrier is liable
gs and Sulkies knocked aown boxed or well crated
O L 3T 1
arriage and Buggy Shafts and ies fuUy wrapped shipPea separate from vehicles carriages Childrens KD in boxes bundles or crates Carriages Childrens set up unboxed 3 p
bSS Childrenssetup
Cars Railroad See Cars Crankilr0ad Hand Lsver or
D 1
D 1
D 1
D 1 S
4
3T1
It
D 1 1
Cars Street single actual
weight
Cars Street and Omnibuses twTo or more on a car not less than 20000 pounds charged
for
Hearses K D boxed or crated Road Village or Pleasure Carts
See Buggies
Stage Coaches Omnibuses and
Hearses actual weight4 T
Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes Skeins and Springs loose Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes Skeins and Springs boxed Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes or Skeins and Springs in
barrels or casks
Vehicle Materials WoodHubs Spokes Shafts BowsFelloes Singletrees Wheels Bodies unfinished etc etcL C L Vehicle Materials the same C
L 20000 pounds charged for
Velocipedes K I crated
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles set up securely boxed Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles set up crated3 T
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles K D boxed
Velocipedes set up not boxed
or crated not taken
Velocipedes Railroad
Wagons and Carts C L charged at not less than
24000 pounds
Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber setup act weight Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quantity act weight Wagons Childrens same as
Childrens Carriages
Wagons Street Sprinklers
Wagon Parts Wood unpainted K D and packed in crates or
bundles
Wagon Tires See Tires
Valves Brass boxed
Varnish in barrels or kegs
Varnish in cans boxed
Varnish in cans not boxed
Vaseline in cans packed
Vaseline in glass packed
V ault Lights rough and heavy Vegetables Desiccated
c R
D
4
6
4
D 1
D 1
90 TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R
Vegetables in cans 4
Vegetables N 0 S prepaid or
guaranteed
Veneering boxed 1
Veneering not boxed D 1
Vermicelli 1
Vinegar in bbls or kegs B
Vinegar Shavings or Chips in
bags 5
Vises Iron 4
Vitriol Blue in barrels 5
OR
3
w
Wadding D1
Wagon JacksV 3
Wainscoting and Paneling wood finished N O S in boxes or bbls O R of chafing or breakage 3
Wainscoting and Paneling
wood in white 4
Washers in kegsof 6
Washers in other packages 2
Waste Cotton in bales sacks
crates or hhds R
Waste Jute or Tailings 5
Water Ammonia in iron
casks 5
Water Ammonia in glass
packed 3
Water Coolers and Filters bxd 1
Waters Aerated such as
Moxie in wood 5
Waters Aerated such as Moxie in glass or stone packed 3
Waters Mineral in wood 5
Waters Mineral in glass or
stone packed3
W ax 4
Wax Comb Foundation bxd 2
Wax Extractors crated 1
Wax Paraffine 1
Wedges in barrels 5
Wedges loose 3
Well Curbing 2
Whalebone 1
Wheat D
Wheat Cracked in barrels 5
Wheat Cracked in boxes 2
Wheelbarrows See Agrl Imp
Wheels and Axles Car 6
Wheels and Vehicles See
Vehicles
Wheels Water Rule 14 3
Whips 1
Whisky See Liquors
White Lead and ZincPaints 5
Whiting N 0 S 5
Whiting in boxes 3
Whiting in bbls C L L
Villow Reeds in bales 2
4
6
4
4
4
4
Willow Ware D 1
Willow Ware Baskets in nests 1
Window Shades 1
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames L C L 3
Window Frames C L B
Wind Mills K D in bundles 3
Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors
Wire Barbed 5
Wife Binding 3
Wire Cloth 1
Wire Fence 3
I Wire Goods boxed N O S 3
f Wire Mattresses 1
Wire Rope 4
Wire Screens 1
Wire Telegraph 4
Wire N O S 3
Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures
boxed or crated 3 T 1
Wire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated D 1
Wood Green C L of 8 cords to be billed by cordRule 12 P
Wood Dry C L of 9 cords to be billecl by cord Rule 12 P
Wood Ashes B
Wooden Butter Dishes packed
L C L 3
Wooden Butter Dishes C L
not less than 24000 lbs 6
Wooden Covers 1
Wooden Bottle Covers 3
Wooden Ware N O S 1
Wooden Ware does not include
Willow Ware which is D 1
Wood Liquor in barrels 3
Wood Plates L C L 3
Wood Plates C L not less
than 24000 lbs 6
Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage 5
Wood Screws in casks or bxs 2
Wool washed in bags not
pressed 2
Wool unwashed in bags not
pressed 4
Wool washed in bags pressed
in bales 3
Wool unwashed in bags
pressed in bales 6
Woolen G oods without perctge 4
Wool Mineral in bags 1
Wringers Clothes packed 2
Wringers Clothes not packed D 1
Y
Yarn Cotton Rule 1 without
OR
4
5
D 1 1
91
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
percentage
Yarns N O S
Yeast in Wood
Yeast Cakes in boxes
Yeast Powders
Yokes
A C BRISCOE Secy
R 6 3 0 R C R Z
O Zinc 5
O Zinc Oxide 5
3 Zinc Paints See Paints
1 Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
L N TRAMMELL Chm 1
ALEX S ERWIN Commissioners
VIRGIL POWERS j
NOTE
Coal RatesAll percentages now allowed Railroad Companies in this State on Coal and Coke in carload quantities are withdrawn and the said companies excepting the Western and Atlantic and Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under Class L
For one hundred miles and over fifty miles Class L less 5 per cent
Over one hundred miles Class L less 10 per cent
The Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under Class L less 10 per cent
For distances over fifty miles Class L less 15 per cent
92
STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
PER 100 POUNDS
Per
Bbl
Dis
tance
6
B
V
D
E
F
Miles Cts Cts Cts
5 12 11 10
10 16 14 13
15 18 16 15
20 20 18 16
25 22 20 18
30 24 21 19
35 26 23 21
40 27 24 22
45 29 26 24
50 30 27 25
55 32 29 26
60 33 30 27
65 35 32 28
70 36 33 29
75 38 35 30
80 39 36 31
85 41 37 32
90 42 38 33
95 44 39 34
100 45 40 35
110 48 42 37
120 51 44 39
130 54 46 41
140 57 48 43
150 60 50 45
160 62 52 46
170 64 54 47
180 66 56 48
190 68 58 49
200 70 60 50
210 71 62 51
220 72 64 52
230 73 66 53
240 74 68 54
25 75 70 55
260 76 71 56
270 77 71 56
280 78 72 57
290 79 72 57
300 SO 73 58
310 81 73 58
320 82 74 59
330 83 74 59
340 84 74 59
350 85 75 60
360 85 75 60
370 85 75 60
380 88 76 61
390 88 76 61
400 88 76 6l
410 91 77 62
420 91 77 62
430 91 77 62
440 94 78 63
450 94 78 63
460 94 78 63
Cts Cts Cts Cts
8 7 6 6
10 9 8 8
12 11 9 9
14 12 10 10
16 13 11 11
17 14 11 11
19 15 12 12
20 16 12 12
21 17 13 13
22 18 13 13
23 19 14 14
24 19 14 14
25 20 15 15
26 20 15 15
27 21 16 16
28 21 16 16
29 22 17 17
29 22 17 17
30 23 18 18
30 23 18 18
31 24 19 19
32 25 20 20
33 26 21 21
34 27 22 22
35 28 23 23
36 29 24 24
37 30 25 25
38 31 26 26
39 32 27 27
40 32 27 27
41 33 28 28
42 33 28 28
43 34 29 29
44 34 29 29
45 35 30 30
46 35 30 30
46 36 31 31
47 36 32 32
47 37 32 32
48 38 33 33
48 38 33 33
49 39 34 34
49 39 34 34
49 39 34 34
50 40 35 35
50 40 35 35
50 40 35 35
51 41 36 36
51 41 36 36
51 41 36 36
52 42 37 37
52 42 37 37
52 42 37 37
53 43 38 38
53 43 38 38
53 43 38 38
Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts
6 4 7 9
8 5 5 9 111
9 6 11 12
10 7 6 12 14
11 7 6 13 15
11 7 6 14 15
12 8 7 15 161
12 8 74 16 16
13 8 17 17
13 81 8 18 m
14 9 8 19 18
14 9 8 19 18
15 9 9 20 19
15 9 9 20 19
16 10 9 21 20
16 10 9 21 20
17 11 10 22 211
17 11 10 22 21
18 111 11 23 23
18 14 11 23 23
19 12 11 24 23
20 13 12 25 24
21 13 12 26 25
22 13 13 27 26
23 14 13 28 28
24 14 13 29 29
25 15 14 30 31
26 15 14 31 31
27 16 15 32 33
27 16 15 32 33
28 17 16 33 34
28 17 16 33 34
29 18 17 34 36
29 18 17 34 30
30 19 18 35 38
30 19 18 35 38
31 20 19 36 40
32 20 19 36 40
32 21 19 37 42
33 21 19 38 42
33 21 19 38 42
34 21 20 39 42
34 22 20 39 44
34 22 20 39 44
35 23 21 40 46
35 23 21 40 46
35 23 21 40 46
36 25 23 41 50
36 25 23 41 50
36 25 23 41 50
37 26 24 42 52
37 26 24 42 52
37 26 24 43 52
38 27 25 43 54
38 27 25 43 54
1 38 27 25 42 154
Per 100 Lbs Per 100 Lbs
G H
Cts Cts
2 8
3 10
3 12
5 14
5 16
6 17
6 19
6 20
6 21
7 22
7 23
7 24
7 25
74 26
74 27
n 28
7 29
8 29
8 30
8 30
81 31
8 32
Sf 33
9 34
9 35
9 36
91 37
9 38
9 39
9f 40
91 41
10 42
101 43
10 44
10 45
10 4
104 46
10 47
104 47
11 48
11 48
11 49
11 49
11 49
11 50
114 50
114 50
114 52
114 52
114 52
ii 54
114 54
114 54
HI 56
114 56
12 95

93
STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
Per 100 Pounds Per Ton Per Car Load j Per 100 lbs
Dis tance J K L M JV O P R
Miles Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts f1 Cts Cts
5 8 4 35 55 5 00 5 50 4 00 4
10 10 5 50 80 6 50 8 00 5 00 5
15 12 55 85 7 50 9 00 6 00 5
20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 6
25 14 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 6 V
30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 7
35 16 H 75 1 05 12 00 12 00 9 00 7
40 17 8 80 DIO 13 00 12 00 9 00 8
45 50 18 8 85 L15 14 00 13 00 10 00
19 8 90 1 20 14 OO 13 OO 10 OO 9
55 20 8 95 1 25 14 00 14 00 10 00 9
60 21 9 95 1 30 14 50 14 00 11 00 10
65 22 9 1 00 1 35 15 50 15 00 11 00 10
70 22 9 1 00 1 40 16 00 15 00 11 00 11
v 75 23 9 1 05 1 45 16 50 16 00 12 00 11
80 23 1 10 1 50 17 00 16 00 12 00 12
85 24 n 1 15 1 55 17 50 17 00 13 00 12
90 24 9i 1 15 1 60 18 00 17 00 13 00 I 13
95 25 10 1 20 1 65 19 00 17 00 14 00 14
100 25 IO 1 20 1 70 20 OO 17 OO 14 OO 14
110 26 10 1 25 1 80 21 00 18 00 14 00 15
120 27 10 1 30 1 90 23 00 18 00 15 00 16
loO 28 I0f I 1 35 2 00 24 00 19 00 16 00 17
140 29 11 1 40 2 10 25 00 19 00 16 00 18
1O 30 11 1 50 2 20 26 OO 20 OO 17 OO 18
160 31 12 1 1 60 2 25 27 00 20 00 17 00 19
170 32 12 1 70 2 30 28 00 21 00 18 00 19
180 33 12 1 80 2 35 29 00 21 00 19 00 1 20
190 34 13 1 90 2 40 29 50 22 00 19 00 i 20
200 35 13 2 OO 2 45 30 OO 22 OO 20 OO 20
210 36 13 2 10 2 50 31 00 23 00 j 20 00 I 21
220 37 14 2 20 2 55 31 50 23 00 j 21 00 21
230 38 14 2 30 2 65 32 00 23 00 21 00 1 21
1 240 39 14 2 40 2 65 33 00 24 00 22 00 22
250 40 15 2 50 2 75 33 50 24 60 j 22 OO 22
260 41 15 2 60 2 75 34 00 24 00 22 00 j 22
270 42 15 2 70 2 85 34 50 25 00 23 00 i 22
280 43 16 2 80 2 85 35 00 25 00 23 00 23
290 1 44 16 2 90 1 2 95 36 00 25 00 24 00 23
300 45 m 2 95 3 OO 36 50 26 OO 24 OO 23
310 46 17 3 05 3 10 37 00 26 00 24 00 I 23
32i 47 17 3 05 3 20 38 00 26 00 24 00 i 24
330 48 17 3 15 3 30 38 50 27 00 25 00 24
340 350 49 17 3 15 3 40 39 00 27 00 25 00 24
50 17 3 28 3 50 40 OO 27 OO I 25 OO 24
360 51 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 h 24
370 52 ii 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 1 24
380 53 18 3 41 3 60 41 00 29 00 27 00 j 26
390 400 54 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 27 00 26
55 18 3 41 3 60 4 200 29 OO 27 OO i 26
41J 56 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 28
420 57 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 28
430 58 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 i 29 00 28
440 450 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 30
59 20 3 67 3 80 46 OO 33 OO i 31 OO 1 30
460 60 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 1 30
95
RELATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES
TO THE
Freight and Passenger Tariffs
I
The Railroad Companies doing business within the State of Georgia will be allowed to apply the
STANDARD FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TARIFFS For the transportation of Freight and Passengers in accordance with the following Table
96
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM OPERATING THE CENTRAL
RAILROAD SYSTEM
SAVANNAH DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Ogeechee 62 Johnsons
Pooler 9 Rochey Ford 66 Davisboro
13 Sea rhorough 71 Sun Hill
Eden 20 Parramore Hill 74 Tennitle
Marlow 26 illillen 79 Robinsons
Guyton 30 Cushingville 83 Oconee
Brewer 35 Rogers Raouls
Egypt 40 Herndon 90 Toomsboro
Oliver 46 Midville 96 McIntyre
Halcyondale 50 Sebastopol 100 Gordon
Cameron 55 Wadley 107 Griswold
Outland 57 Bartow Ill Macon
AUGUSTA SAVANNAH DIVISION
Milieu
Lawton
Perkins Junction Munnerlyn
O Thomas
5 Waynesboro 7 Greens Cut 11 McBean
16 Bennocks Mill
21 Hollywood
27 Allens
33 Augusta
116
122
129
135
141
146
148
155
162
170
181
m
87 i 41 j 43 1 53
Gordon 0
Whiting 9
Midway 15
EATONTON BRANCH
Milledgeville 17
Merriwether 25
Dennis 30
Walkers Crossing 34
Eatonton 3
97
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM OPERATING THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
Tq Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Macon O
Walden 10
Echeconnee 12
Byron 17
Powersville 21
Fort Valley 29
Everetts 36
Reynolds 42
Butler 50
Howards 60
Bostick 65
Geneva 70
Juniper 74
Box Springs 77
Upatoi 83
Wimberly 86
Schatulga 91
ColumbusIOO
Distance Table
Perry 14
Marshallvirle 36
Winchester 39
Barrons Lane 44
Montezuma 49
Oglethorpe 51
Anderson 60
Americus 71
Smith ville 83
Bronwood 91
Dawson 98
Shellman 108
Cuthbert 118
Morris 129
Hatcher 133
Georgetown 141
Eufaula 143
Coleman 128
Fort Gaines140
Adams 89
Leesburg 96
Albany107
vv aiker T7T7T77rrTTmT8
Ducker 120
Holts 125
Leary 129
Williamsburg 135
Arlington 142
Cowarts 149
Blakely 156
Hilton 166
Columbia 169
CHATTANOOGA DIVISION INCLUDING THE CHATTANOOGA ROME AND COLUMBUS AND THE SAVANNAH GRIFFIN NORTH ALABAMA RAILROADS
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
freight
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add twenty 20 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
NOTEOn business passing from or over the Ciiattanoooga Division to any Division of the Richmond Danville System the ates to be applied shall be those now of force upon the Central the Borgia Pacific and Richmond Danville Railroads
griffin
aughns Bunns Brooks
Distance Table
0 Senoia 19 Sargents 41
8 Turin 24 Whitesburg 46
10 Sharpsburg 25 Carrollton 60
12 New nan 35
98
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM OPERATING THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
ATLANTA DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Macou
Summerfield Bolingbroke Smarrs
Forsyth
Colliers
Goggins
Distance Table
O Barnesville 43
8 Milner 49
15 Orchard Hill 54
22 Griffin 60
27 Sunny side 67
32 Hampton 71
38
Lovejoys 76
Jonesboro 82
Morrows 87
Forest 90
East Point 97
Atlanta 103
BUENA VISTA ELLAVILLE DIVISIONPASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Americus 0 Buena Vista 28 Halloca 48
LaCrosse 9 Zelobee 36 Ochillee 53
Ellaville 14 Glenalta 38 Muscogee 61
Putnam Wigginsville 21 Cherokee 24 42 Columbus 64
99
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM OPERATING THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
UPSON COUNTY BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Barnesvilie O Fambros 6 Stamps 12
KEkC lTheBook 8 16

AUGUSTA KNOXVILLE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E 0 H K L M N 0 and K add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Augusta
Morris
Distance Table
12 Sneads
15
100
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM OPERATING THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
WRIGHTSVILLE TENNILLE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Tennille O Wriglitsville 16 Bruton 27
Peacocks Cut 5 Meadows Crossing 20 Condor 32
Harrison 9 Lovett 23 Dublin 35
Donovan 13 Donalson 25
COLUMBUS ROME DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 12 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Uolumbus O
Nances 7
Fortsons H
Hines 13
Rehoboth 15
Distance Table
Cataula
Kingsboro
Hamilton
Hood
16 Chipley 33
20 W Sul Springs 37
24 Stinsons 40
32 Greenville 50
COVINGTON MACON DIVISION Now Macon Northern
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten per cent To Classes C D F J P and Rosin apply Commissioners Standard Tariff Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Macon
Masseys Mill Van Buren
Roberts
Morton
Grays
Franks
Barron
Wayside
Round Oak
o Hillsboro 33 Florence 82
4 Adgates 36 Florence Tank 83
7 Minn eta 42 Farmington 89
10 Monticello 45 Gould 92
15 Machen 53 Watkinsville 95
17 Marco 57 Sidney 98
21 Godfrey 61 Whitehall 101
23 Little Indian Tank 66 Athens 105
24 Madison 72 N E Depot 106
27
IIOHMOND DAHYILLE SYSTEM
ATLANTA CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Flowery Branch 44 Cornelia 78
Goodwins 11 Odells 47 Mt Airy 80
Bos well Junction 13 Gainesville 53 New Switzerland 83
Doraville 15 New Holland 55 Ayersville 87
Norcross 20 W Sul Springs 59 Toccea 93
Duluth 26 laila 66 Travis 96
Suwanee 31 Belton 67 Tugalo 99
Buford 37 Longview 74
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Centsper Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Atlanta O Mableton 15 Villa Rica 3S
Ho well M Austell 18 Temple
Peyton 7 Salt Springs 21 Bremen 54
K Dniiglnsvillc 26 Waco 56
Concord 12 Winston 32 Tallapoosa 6A
102
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM Continued
NORTHEASTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Lula O Harmony Grove 20 Center 31
Gillsville 7 Nicholson 27 Athens 39
Maysville 13
ELBERTON AIRLINE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P applythe Commissioners Standard Tariff
RosinClass K less twenty 20 percent
Toccoa O Distance Table Bowersville 24 Bowmans 38
Eastanollee 8 West Bowersville 26 Hard Cash 42 46
Martins 12 Royston 31 Goss Store
Lavonia 18 Fellowship Church 34 Klberton 50
HARTWELL DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
0 Hartwell
Bowersville
10
108
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM Continued
LAWRENCEYILLE BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Suwanee O JLawrenceville IO
ROSWELL BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ter cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Roswell J uncii O Roswell
10 per
10
104
EAST TENNESSEE SYSTEM
EAST TENN VA GA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C I F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 percent
Distance Table
Cliatnoga Ten
Tyners
Ooltewah
OBrien
Red Clay Ga
Cohutta
Yarnells
Waring
Dalton
Starks
Carbondale
Millers
Sugar Yalley
Skelleys
Reeves
Plainville
Pinsons
Hermitage
Harpers
Rome
Atlanta Juncn
Silver Creek
Brice
Byrds
Seney
Hamlet
Rockmart
Yintns Switch Beattys Switch
Braswell
Macpherson
Howelton
Dallas
Rogers Switch
Hiram
Powder Springs
Austell
Mableton
Concord
Chattahoochee Peyton
O Six Mile Siding Ga
10 Howell
10 Atlanta
21 Roselami
28 Constitution
26 Moores Mill
31 Ellenwood
35 Stockbridge
40 Flip pen
40 McDonough
50 Locust Grove
53 Jenkinsburg
56 Jackson
61 Flo villa
63 Williams
67 Frankville
70 Juliette
72 Dames Ferry
76 Popes
80 Holton
82 IVlacu
85 Reids
92 Phillips
93 Densons
94 Bullards
90 Adams Park
101 Westlake
104 McGriffis
100 Coleys
107 Cochran
114 Hawkinsvl
115 Alice
118 Fraziers
122 Fews Mill
124 Carnes Mill
129 Dubois
J 34 Gress Mill
138 Dempsey
140 Woodwards
145 Eastman
146 Amoskeng Mills
147 Godwinsville Ga
150 Leitchs Mill
52 Miller Shear
156 ers Mill
158 Chauncey
102 Harris Mitch
165 ells Mill
171 Mercers Mill
176 Longview
181 Paxtons Mill
188 Chapmans
193 McRae
198 Waff Booth
203 Cos Mill
200 McVille
212 Towns
218 Holland Whid
225 dons Still
227 Lumber City
232 Ocmulgee
242 Hazleliurst
251 Johnsonville
252 Graham
253 Pine Grove u
258 Prentiss
262 Baxley
208 Wheaton
273 Carters Mill
277 Surrency
281 Brentwood
291 Sat ill a
285 Enville
280 Jesup
287 Bennetts Still
289 Gardi
290 Pen da t vis
292 Sand Hill
294 OBrien P O
298 Sterling
299 Old Depot
301 Brunswick
304
306
308
309
311
313
315
317
319
330
321
325
330
335
337
338
344
349
350 353 350 3591 363 365 369 374 379 383
389
394
396
399
406
411
420
429
432
PLANT SYSTEM
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
SavannahGa O
Millers 10
Burroughs 12
Ways 16
Fleming 24
McIntosh 01
Walthour ville 38
Johnston 46
Doctortown 52
Jesup 57
Screven 68
Patterson 78
Blackshear 87
Waycross 96
Glenmore 108
Argyle 116
Homerville 122
Dupont 130
Stockton 139
Naylor 144
Valdosta 157
Ousley N 166
Quitman 174
Dixie V 181
Distance Table
Boston Ga
Thomasville
Cairo
Whigham u
Bain bridge Jnc
Fowltown
Faceville
Recovery
ChattalioclieFla
Briganza Ga
Fort Mudge
Race Pond
Uptonville
Eolkston
BoulogneFla
Hilliard
Dyal
Callalian
Dinsmore
Jacksonville
ForrestGa
Statenville
JasperFla
Marion
188 SuwanneeFla 172
200 Rixford 175
214 Live Oak 179
221 Padlock 184
227 Pine Mount 188
236 McAlpin 190
243 OBrien 197
249 New Branford 202
258 Fort White 216
104 Orion 226
111 Newnansville 233
116 Hague 238
124 Gainesville 249
130 Drew 222
136 Lake City 232
142 OchlockneeGa 211
147 Meigs 219
152 Pelham 224
160 Camilla 232
112 Bacon ton 242
140 Hardaway 250
151 Albany 258
163 Bainbridge 236
168
106
PLANT SYSTEM Continued
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Brunswick
Pyles Marsh
Jamaica
Waynesville
Atkinson
Lulaton
Bucks Still
Nahunta
Hoboken
Schlatterville
Waycross
Waresboro
Distance Table
O Millwood 78
10 Red Bluff82
16 Pearson 90
25 Kirkland 93
28 Westonia 96
32 Leliaton 98
34 Grays Mill 100
36 Willacoochee 101
45 Lees Mill 107
50 Alapaha 112
60 Enigma 119
67 Brookfield 122
Standard Tariti
Vanceville 126
Tifton 130
Riverside 133
Hillsdale 137
TyTy 136
Summer 145
Poulain 148
Isabella 151
Willingham 155
Davis 161
Albany171
NOTEOn business interchanged between Savannah Florida Western and Brunswick Western Railroad Companies said roads should be considered as constituting but one and the same road and rates made on continuous mileage
107
PASSENGERClass A ALABAMA MIDLAND R R Three Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent to Standard Tariffi lo all other Classes apply Commissioners Standard Tariff
Bainbridge Brinson Distance Table 0 Brooklyn 16 Josephine 98 11 Donaldson ville 91
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To all Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Morganville Trenton Distance Table 0 Rising Fawn 14 Sulphur Springs 19
108
ALBANY FLORIDA NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 0 A E and H apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff with fifty 50 percent added
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
ATLANTA FLORIDA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent
to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners1 Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Atlanta O
E T Y G June
Buchanan 5
Haasville 9
Riverdale 15
Selina 17
Blalock 20
Distance Table
Fayetteville 24
Woolsey 31
Lowry 35
KallulaU June 37
Zetella 40
Williamson 45
Zebulon 50
Standard Tariff
Meansville 55
Piedmont 60
Topeka June 64
Yatesyille 70
Culloden 76
Knoxville 39
Fort Valley 104
109
ATLANTA WEST POINT
PASSENGER Class AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 8 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N Oand R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Itosin Class R less twenty 20 per cent
Atlanta O
East Point 0
Red Oak 12
Fairburn 18
Palmetto 25
Distance Table
Powells 33
Newuan 39
Pucketts 45
Grantville 51
Hogansville 58
Whitfield 6
LaGrange 7
Gabbettville 8
West Point 87
AUGUSTA GIBSON SANDEESV1LLE E K
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile
freight
LumberClass P
CottonClass Jj
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other Classes except C D and F
Augusta 0
Gary 5
Adventure 7
Gracewood 9
Richmond 11
Hephzibah 15
Bath 19
Blythe 22
Distance Table
Keysville 26
Noah 30
Mathews 32
Wrenns
Stapleton 41
A vera 45
Gibson 51
Melle Springs 55
Mitchell 59
Hines 61
Chalker 64
Warthen 70
Young 77
Sandersville SO
110
BLUE RIDGE ATLANTIC R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H add fifty 50 per cent
To Classes D C D F G J K L M N O P R apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Cornelia O Analdale 12 Turnerville IT
Clarkesville 8 Ebenezer 14 Tallulah Falls 22
CITY SUBURBAN R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Class 1 2 3 4 5 0 A E II add fifty 50 per cent to Standard Tariff To Classes B C D F G J K L M N 0 P and R apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Isle of Hope Burnside 12
Thomas 2 Cedar Hammock 8 Beaulieu 12
Pritchards 4 Bethesda 101 Montgomery 123
Sandflv 0
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN R B
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add to Commissioners Standard Tariff as follows
Between 0 and 40 miles 50 per cent
Between 40 and 70 miles 40 per cent
Between 70 and 100 miles 30 per cent
Over 100 miles 20 per cent
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Columbus 0 Brooklvn 32 Sasser
Ochillee 11 Richland
Psalmonds 15 Kimbrough 4JS Palmyra 83
Cusseta Manta Green Hilli 19 Weston 24 Parrotts 28 Dawson 48 Albany 57 66 88
DAEIEN SHORT LINE
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and II add to Commissioners Standard Tariff asto I lows
Between 0 and 40 miles 50 per cent
Between 40 and 70 miles 40 per cent
Between 70 and 100 miles 30 per cent
Over 100 miles 20 per cent
To all othr Classs apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
112
DOVER STATESBORO R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent to Standard Tariff To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
EAST WEST E E OF ALABAMA
Formerly deiolee
PASSENGERClass Three Cents per Mile
Allowed 25 cents a minimum passenger chargePer Circular 153 FREIGHT
Apply Standard Tariff to all Classes
Allowed to charge for ten miles as a minimum haul
Distance Table
Cartersville Ga O Fish Creek Ga 29 Hebron Ala 81 8
Ladds 4 Cedartown U 37 Grays
Stileshoro 10 Berrys CC 42 Ohatchie
McGinnis 12 Esom Hill U 46 Francis 94
14 Warners Ala 48 Singletons
Deatons 17 Rowells 53 Ackers 95
Davittes 18 Daileys 57 Ragland 100
Waddells 19 Cross Plains U 62 Fairview 114
Kockinart 23 E W June 70 Broken Arrow 110 117
Pineville Goddards 25 27 Sul Springs Dukes 78 81 Pell City

113
GEORGIA E E
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To all Classes apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Augusta O
Wheless
Belair 10
Grovetown 15
Forest 16
Berzelia 21
Harlem 25
Saw Dust 26
Dearing 29
Bonesville
Thomson 37
Mesena 43
Camak 47
Warrenton 51
Mayfield 60
Culverton 67
Sparta 71
Hevereaux 79
Carrs 83
Milledgeville 93
Browns 101
Haddocks 106
James Ill
Roberts 116
Norwood 50
Barnett 58
Raytown 62
Fieklinv 68
Washington 76
Crawfordville 64
Robinsons 70
Union Point 76
WoodvifieTT 81
Bairdstown 83
Maxeys 89
Antioch 92
Lexington 98
Winterville 108
Athens 116
Greensboro 83
Oconee 90
Buckhead 96
Madison 103
Horsey 107
Rutledge Ill
Social Circle 119
Alcovy 125
Covington 130
Conyers 140
Lithonia 146
Redan 150
Stone Mountain 155
Clarkston 160
Decatur 165
Atlanta 171
114
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other Classes except C D and F Distance Table
Gainesville 0 Hoschton 18 Camps
Candler 7 Mulberry 23 Monroe 42
Florence IO Jug Tavern 27 Gresham 46
Pendergrass Jefferson 15 Bethlehem 23 32 Social Circle 52
GEORGIA MIDLAND GULF R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H and R add twentyfive 25 per cent To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Columbus Ga
Flat Rock
Ellerslie
Waverly Hall
Mulberry
Shiloh
Distance Table
O Nebula
11 Warm Springs
18 Woodbury
24 Jenkinsville
28 Wiliiamsville
34
38 Concord 64
42 Stearnesville 72
52 Griffin 80
57 Pomona 89
60 McDonough 97
6E0EGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA R R
PASSENGERFor 50 miles and under 3 cents per mile
For 100 miles and over 50 miles 2f cents per mile
For 150 miles and over 100 miles 2J cents per mile
For 200 miles and over 150 miles cents per mile
For 200 miles and over 2 cents per mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add twenty 20 cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent addd
Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Macon O Arabi 75 Melrose
Sofkee Marion 85 Jennings
t Avondale 11 Sycamore 88 Avoca
Wellston 16 Inaha 92 Jasper
Bonaire 22 Chula 98 Genoa
Kathleen 25 Tifton 105 White Springs
tTivola 29 Eldorado 112 Suwanee Valley
tGrovania Lenox 118 Lake City
Elko 39 Sparks 126 Hagen
tUnadilla 44 Adel 128 Bake Bn tier
tPinehurst 49 Cecil 134 New River
tFindlav 52 Hahira 139 Hampton
Vienna 57 Mineola 144 Brooklyn
tRichwod 60 Valdosta 150 Etoniah
Cordele Dasher 157 Palatka
Wenona 70 Oceana 161
LOUISVILLE WADLEY E E
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
freight
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other classes except C D and F
Distance Table
per
167
171
176
180
193
200
204
210
220
222
238
248
256
264
285
Louisville Aldred
0 Moxley 3 Joiner
5 Bethany 6 Wadley
9
10
113
MlDVILLE SWAINSBORO RED BLUFF R R
Formerly lYIidville Swainsboro si ml lit Vernon PASSENGERClass B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H add fifty 50 per cent
To Classes B C D F G J K t M N O P R apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
10 Swainsboro
15
Midville Summertown
Wiggins
Modoc
20
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH R R 00
M N O and R add twenty 20 per
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Tr r
On Classes 1 2 3 45 6 A B E G H K L cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added Fertilizers C R Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
Rosin Class K less 20 per cent i rn
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard iantt
Distance Table
Macon
Swift CreekDry Branch Pikes Peak
Fitzpatrick
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P r1
Add twentyfive 125 per cent to all other Classes except C 1 and r
Distance Table
Marietta O
0 Solomon 17 Montrose 37
4 Jeffersonville 9 Gallimore 23 Elsie 27 Mooie 42 48 54
12 Hughes 31 Dubliu
15 Allentown 33
MARIETTA NORTH GE0RGHA R R
Kerrs
Blackwells
Hoys
Woodstock
Little River Lebanon Holly Springs
BrownMabel
Ball Ground
Nelsons
Tate
Jasper
Talking Rock Charles
Canton 25
No percentages are allowed to be added on the Ip Mow Sugar
Coffee green in single sacks
Coffee green in double sacks
Salt in sacks
Apples green in barrels
Apples dried in barrels or sacks
Potatoes in barrels or sacks
Cabbage in crates or barrels
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products
Dry Goods N O S
Dry Goods in trunks corded or wrapped
Dry Goods in boxes or bales
Dry Goods in trunks crated or strapped
Dry Goods in trunks not corded or wrapped
27 Ellijay1
80 White Path
37 Cherry Log
42 Blue Ridge
45 Mineral Bluff
50 State Line
56 Kinseys N C
64 Murphy N C
ing articles
70
76
79
80 90
106
112
Cotton Jeans Checks Cotton
117
ROME R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To all Classes apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Rome Bass 10 Wooley
Freeman 5 Eves 12 Kingston
Dykes 7 Murchison 16
ROME DECATUR RAILROAD 00
Freight and Passenger Tariff
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
S ANDERS VILLE TENNILLE R R
r j
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
Add twenty 25 per cent to all other Classes except C D and F
Distance Table
Tennille
O Sanriersvitle
118
SAVANNAH AMERICUS MONTGOMERY R R
Formerly Americas Preston Itimpkin
v
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add twenty 20 cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added
Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
0 Copeland 61 Cobb
Appleton Abbeville 65 Bagley
Vidalia Wishart 70 DeSoto
Mt Vernon 17 Rochelle 76 Leslie
Glenwood 29 Pitts 79 Parkers
Verbena 24 Seville 83 Huntington
Alamo 29 Williford 85 Gatewood
Erick I 33 Penia 89 Americus
Helena 39 Cordele 94 Plains
Oswald 44 Lees Mill 97 Preston
Milan 50 Coney 100 Richland
Horton v 54 Clegg 102 Lumpkin
Rhine 58 Johnsons 105 Louvale
SAVANNAH TYBEE R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent
To Classes B C I F G J K L M N O P and R apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Palmetto 8 Ocean House
LePageville 2 Estill 16 Hotel Tybee
Debtford 3 Light House 16 Chatham
Bartow 4 Fusbers Point 17 1
per
107
108
HI
113
115
117
120
125
136
146
154
163
173
18
19
20
1X9
SMITHONIA DUNLAP E E
JjL
Formerly Wlntervllle and Pleasant Hill K h PASSENGERClass CEive dents per Mile
FREIGHT
LumberClass P CottonClass J
To all other Classes except C D and F with twentyfive 25 per cent added
apply the Commissioners Standard Tarifi
Distance Table
Winterville 0 Pleasant mil 7
SYLYANIA R R
PASSENGER Class BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent 10 all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Rocky Fard CRR
Williamson
Woodcliff
Distance
Table
O Zeagler
5 Black ville
9 Waters
11 S y I va ni a
13
15
TA1B0TT0N E E
ASSENGER ClassCFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
Add twentylive 25 percent to all other Olasws except 0 X and F
Distance Table
Bostick S W RE O Talhotton 7
I
120
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT 1
Apply Commissioners Standard Tariff to all Classes
WESTERN ATLANTIC R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
Apply Standard Tariff to all Classes
Distance Table
Allatoona
Bartow Iron Works
Atlanta O
Bolton 7
Gilmore 10
Yinings 11
Mclvors 12
Smyrna 15
Marietta ao
Elizabeth 22
Big Shanty 29
Acworth 35
Rubv 37
22 Cement
29 Halls
Adairsville McDaniels
40 Calhoun 78
42 Resaca Sji
48 Tilton 91
48 Dalton 100
51 Mont Lily104
53 Tunnel Hill 107
59 Ringgold
60 Graysville 1
64 Chickamauga Tenn 127 69 Cincinnati Jc
75 Chattanooga 138
The Twentieth Report
The RAILROAD COMMISSION
GEORGIA
From October Ioth 1801 to October 15th 1892
Submitted to the Governor Oct 151892
I T r ALTtiiiTA GrAi 0 jfc
GROi W HARRISON STATE PKINTER
yRANKIiIN PUBIIsnisa Hoys
1 pmi WM 1 1892
The Twentieth Report
OF
The RAILROAD COMMISSION
OF
GEORGIA
From October 15th 1891 to October 15th 1892
Submitted to the Governor Oct 15 1892
Atlanta Ga
GEO W HARRISON STATE PRINTER FRANKLIN publishing house
1892
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
VIRGIL POWERS V Commissioners
ALLEN FORT j
A C BRISCOE Secretary
I REPORT
Office of Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Oct 14 1892
To His Excellency W J Northen Governor
SirWe have the honor to submit to your Excellency the following report of the operations of the Railroad Commission for the year ending October 14 1892
EXPRESS COMPANIES
Since the last annual report the Legislature passed an Act requiring the Railroad Commission to regulate express and telegraph companies
Some years ago the Commission believing that they had the authority under the general Railroad Commission Act began to take steps for the control of the express companies but upon argument it was determined that this power was not vested in the board The Act of the last Legislature removed all doubt on this subject and plainly conferred upon the Commission this power and imposed upon them this duty As soon as practicable after the passage of this law this board paused notice to be served upon the various express companies citing them to appear and make return of their capital stock and earnings their jjfates etc and furnish such information and facts as they might have to offer to aid the Commission in their proper performance of this duty The Southern Express Company appeared in obedience to this notice The regulation of express companies proved to be a difficult and complex question An examination of the rates showed excessive rates charged on some articles and a number of special rates and discrimination at divers places Plausible reasons were urged by the express companies for these rates and rules but we were of the opinion that the regulation contemplated implied dissatisfaction with the previous rates and management
4
It appeared that the express companies acquired the right to do business under certain contracts with the railroads These contracts generally provided that express companies should pay to the railroads forty per cent of their gross earnings and in most cases the railroads proportion of the business was guaranteed to amount to certain fixed sums per annum to each of said roads
They further contracted To fix the express charges for the collection forwarding and distribution of express matter at not less than one and onehalf the railroad companys first class tariff rates if carried on the freight trains of the railroad company unless lower fates should be consented to by the President of the railroad company in writing etc
The railroads on their part granted exclusive privileges to the exri press companies thereby shutting out competition in the express business It was claimed that the railroad comanies were compelled to fix these charges to prevent competition with their freight trains These companies carried their freight on passenger trains insuring quicker delivery accompanied by messengers to look after the safe carriage of the articles and in addition furnish free collection and delivery of the articles shipped
It appeared that these contracts had all been made priori to the passage of the Act of October 21 1891 and were for the tertn of ten years or more It was claimed that by these contracts their right to fix minimum rates was preserved and that it was not competent for the Legislature to impair them because they were legal at the time they were entered into and that the Railroad Commission could not reduce the rates below the amount specified in said contracts
After a careful consideration it was determined that these contracts in as far as they established a monopoly or fixed rates were void and furnished no legal obstacle to the control and regulation as provided by law
At the time they were entered into the companies were compelled to take notice that the power of regulation resided in the Legislature subject to be exercised in their discretion and they must have Contracted with reference to this power The power of regulation and control is a sovereign right which cannot be defeated by contract Besides in each of these contracts competition in the express business was made impossible thereby fostering monopoly
Hence the Commission notwithstanding these contracts proceeded to fix a standard tariff for the express companies on what wais believed to be a just and reasonable basis and make rules and regulations that would secure justice alike to the express Companies and the public
We were also confronted with this difficulty
The Southern Express Company passed over the larger portion of the railroads in the State and was Compelled to make separate contracts with each bf the separaterailroads Applying th rate on the basis of continuous mileage over roads under separate ownership control or management of the several railroads would havp decreased the rate of the express companies below the rate already established over the rate of the several railroads even below the joint rate adopted by this Commission for a long haul The proper adjustment of this matter required much labor and careful consideration but it is believed that rule No 2 in Express Circular No4 is a fair and just solution of the question
We have found occasion to revise the rules as adopted practical experience showing that in some cases where applied they operated to increase the rates although the general tendency was a reduction The rule above referred to it is hoped will overcome these difficulties1 and will prove just to all parties interested The United States Express Company operating on the Central Railroad from Chattanooga to Carrollton have refused to respect the authority of this Commission and have declined to adopt the schedule of rates and have signified to the Commission their purpose to litigate the matter in the courts The Commission have therefore under the authority of the law instituted cases against them in the Superior Court of Floyd county and will coninue to institute suits as complaints ar made or as information is obtained and will assert the powers of the law to compel this company to be governed by the same rules and regulations as apply to other express companies in the State unless enjoined from so doing We have been served With a copy of a bill lately filed in the Circuit Court f the United States by Theodore T Woods Treasurer United States xpress Company and others which seeks to enjoin the Commission from t e enforcement of rules regulations and rates adopted in relation to express companies and so far as the United States Express Company Rpcned The Act of October 21st has been assailed as unconstiutional and many other grounds of objection are urged which will b

6
more fully stated under the head of Litigation A full statement of the rules orders and regulations relating to express companies are appended to this report and made part of the same For convenience of parties interested a separate pamphlet has been issued relating only to express companies wherein also is contained our action on this subject
The regulation of express companies so far must be regarded as experimental Experience and practical operation of the rules and rates adopted will enable us to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion of this difficult question
I
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
The regulation of telegraphic companies having been confided to this j 1 Commission by recent legislation immediate steps were taken to procure 1
the necessary information for this object The telegraph companies 1 1
were notified to be present and submit whatever information and argu i ment they might have to offer on the subject if
There are in Georgia four telegraph companies the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies having the greatest mileage the West 1
ern Union doing the largest business and having much longer lines It i 1 was found that the chief source of complaint at the existing rates arose from stations situated in the smaller villages and towns where a greater f rate was charged for the same message for the same distance than was I t charged in larger cities for greater distances For instance The rate 1
for a message of ten words from Atlanta to Savannah was twentyfive j cents whereas from points in the country more than fifty miles the rate
was forty cents and over according to the distance This seemed to us c an unjust discrimination and after carefully investigating the reports of il f the telegraph companies we determined that a uniform rate of twenty 1 i five cents for ten words and under between any two points within E r this State was a just rate The question of distance between points in I t the State over the same line did not materially effect the cost of trans 1 mission and it was believed that this uniform rate would be a just and f r proper schedule Hence it was adopted as provided in Circular No 206 s Lest the telegraph companies should seek to cut off patrons at the smaller j j 1 towns we prohibited the abolishing of a telegraph station without first l procuring the consent of this Commission upon proper showing made I 1 The blanks used for the transmission of messages contain on their backs i c
7
an endorsement limiting the liability of these companies and relieving them practically from liability unless the message was repeated and for repeating a charge was made Under the decision of our own Supreme Court this contract was not binding was misleading in its character and against public policy Hence it was determined to deny the company the right to charge for a repeated message To repeat a message was only for the protection and benefit of the companies to prevent a mistake and no good reason was shown why they should be allowed to charge for protecting their own interests In addition to the Western Union and the Postal Telegraph Companies there are other companies operated either by the railroads or by private parties so that some consideration was necessary of messages passing over two different lines It was not deemed necessary to fix a specific rule of joint rates as cost of service where the message was transmitted over two roads was about twice the cost where sent over one road In the case of the Darien Telegraph Company a short line running from Darien to Walthourville and forty miles from arien to Walthourville it was shown that the earnings were insufficient on the twentyfive cent rate to maintain and operate the line Hence a higher rate to wit Forty cents for ten words was allowed In that case the same appeared to be just
So far as we are advised there has been a general acquiescence by the telegraph companies in the rates and rules adopted by us and we elieve that this uniform rate is the fairest and best solution of this question Quite a number of applications have been made to establish telegraph offices and some to abolish those already established The telegraph companies have generally shown a willingness to establish telegraph ofces wherever the gross receipts would pay the cost of putting in the instruments and maintaining the office for which they are to be commended One of the chief difficulties in procuring offices for small towns arises out of the penalty act This act fixes a penalty for nondevery regardless of any actual damage suffered and it is reported that many suits have been instituted under it when no actual damage was sustained principally in the small towns Generally a telegraph office m a village must be operated in connection with a railroad It takes the general business of the public and the railroad to support them It often appens that a railroad station is situated remote from the business center of the town and the receipts are so small that messengers for
IF
prompt delivery cannot be hired out of money received and the tele I graph operator being required the major portion of his time at the station to keep up with the railroad business the law tends to discourage j telegraph service for these places That the teegraph company should be liable for any damage that may accrue by reason of a failure promptly to deliver a message will not be disputed by any one but it is worthy of the consideration of the Legislature whether in the interest of the public it is better to hold telegraph companies responsible where damages actually occur only or whether in addition to this an arbitrary penalty should be fixed whether damage occurs or not It is believed that the modification or repeal of this law would largely increase the service by multiplying telegraph offices and would thereby benefit the public I
STORAGE CHARGES
At the last session of the legislature the duty of fixing storage charges I commonly called demurrage was imposed upon the Railroad Commis j sion We caused a number of shippers other parties interested and railroad companies to be notified of our purpose to fix a schedule for demurrage charges and invited them to be present that they might be I heard upon the subject Accordingly on the first day of December the board considered the question the railroads and shippers alike being I j well represented It was found that heretofore many shippers had j ordered an excess of goods over present wants and suffered them to lie in the cars of the railroad company or in their depots thereby obstruct ing and delaying traffic and causing great inconvenience to the railroads and the public The railroad companies to prevent this had adopted a schedule of demurrage rates more with a view of expediting a removal of the goods than of deriving revenue On the other hand shippers complained of the want of facilities to procure promptly their goods and the want of notice of their arrival Consignees living remote from the j t depot to which goods were shipped complained of large demurrage I charges before they could have opportunity to remove the goods I r
After hearing the views submitted by both the railroads and the ship 3
pers certain rules were formulated as fully set forth in Circular No 203 I and appended in this report as a part thereof No complaint has been 1 x received under these rules except the request to extend the time within j which certain goods may remain in store before demurrage charges j
9
f begin Investigation showed that in Atlanta and some other of the larger cities in the State coal was often received in such quantities that I it was impossible for the shipper to promptly remove his freight The mines rather than the railroads were responsible for this condition but the consignee was the sufferer by it It was therefore thought just and proper to modify the rule in this respect extending the time from 48 hours to 78 hours which was accordingly done as appears in Circular No 213 Since this amendment to the rule few if any complaints have been made by either railroads or the people so that we may safely claim that the rules and rates adopted are satisfactory to both
INSPECTION OF RAILROAD TRACKS
By the Act of October 17th 1891 the Commission were required to l inspect for themselves or through an agent the railroads or any iailroad or any part of any railroad in this State where a complaint was made that to travel over the same was not safe or expeditious Only I E complaint has been made under this law and that was over a part of the Central Railroad System from Albany to Blakely The Commission immediately took steps to investigate the matter and made a personal inspection of the track and its conditions and found the same in an unsafe condition We found the roadbed in very good condition but the iron on it was badly wornand of several different kinds and generally in bad order So much so in fact that a slow schedule was absolutely necessary to prevent accidents Travel over the same could not be expeditious and is unsafe While we were not advised that any accidents had in fact happened one was likely to happen at any time and it was impossible in its condition for the railroad to satisfactorily I ProPerly serve the public Indeed the General Superintendent admitted that this branch road required immediate attention and that the complaints about it were just and assured us that the present management intended to improve the property and to put good rails on the same as soon as practicable This branch road or rather extension of the Southwestern road was built about twenty years ago and the iron used in its construction was light iron rail removed from the Southwestern Railroad where it had been in use under the heaviest tonnage p liny part of that system for about twenty years Therefore most of
10
these rails from Albany to Blakely are a light iron rail which have I been in use for about forty years It is certainly time they were replaced with a better and heavier rail and superstructure to meet the requirements We are not disposed to criticize the railroad management but we would remark that the railroad managers of the State if not of the United States commence the improvement of transportation facilities at the top instead of the foundation The rolling stock on our roads has been increased in weight and capacity from two to three times more than it was from fifteen to twenty years ago and the speed has been increased from fifty to one hundred per cent while on many if not all of our roads portions at least of the track are much the same that they were some years since We are glad to know that this defect is being removed by increasing the weight of the rails used etc
After the inspection required by law we passed an order requiring the Central Railroad Company to replace the old rails with better and heavier steel rails and generally put said extension from Albany to Blakely as would render travel over the same safe and expeditious
In addition to this inspection the Commisson have from time to time as the opportunity could be found given a personal inspection to a num ber of railroads in the State and propose from time to time to personally inspect other roads in the State not only for the purpose of determining their condition for safety but for the purpose of acquiring useful inf or I mation in properly fixing and revising a just schedule of rates
DEPOTS AND IMPROVED DEPOT FACILITIES
Since our last annual report a large number of applications have reached this office for improved depot facilities These applications have re j ceived prompt and careful attention and in most instances the complaints j were well founded and the relief sought granted The railroads have generally met the people in a spirit of fairness and we have had no dif j ficulty in bringing the people and the railroads together on a basis mu 1 tually satisfactory A large amount of the railway mileage in Georgia 1 was completed prior to the new order of things The colored people did not at the time of the erection of the old depots constitute any con siderable part of the travelling public They now in many sections con j stitute a very large part of the traveling public Our population being heterogeneous necessitated a change in almost all of the old depots j

li
New additional waiting rooms were required and other accommodations to meet the peculiar conditions The Commission has adopted the policy of harmonizing the differences between the people and the railroads where it was practicable to do so believing that policy will best inure to the public interest and have preferred to adjust the differences rather than arbitrarily exercise authority holding themselves however ready to use the great power placed in their hands whenever the public interest required or justice demanded Below will be found a list of the new depots that have been ordered to be built by the Commission also statements of improvements on old depots required
Oglethorpe Stilesboro
Dawson Americus
Brunswick Lumpkin
Townes Doyle
Juliette Lo ve joy
Andersonville Shellman
Braswell Perry
Carrollton siding Forsyth
Macon Hiram
Walker Station Restoring Agency Silver Creek
Raccoon Mills Albany
As all these depots and improvements have not been completed a full statement of their costs cannot be here given
We have observed that on some of the new lines of road the depotsercted at first were temporary in their nature and do not furnish adequate accommodations to the public We suggest that it would be much better if the railroad companies would provide suitable depot facilities before they begin the operation of their road It is a shortsighted policy to start the road as a common carrier before it is in anywise ready to do the business In some of our sister states the law prohibits a railroad from being operated until it has been inspected and pronounced safe and in suitable condition to transact the business which it seeks It naight be well for the General Assembly to consider the propriety of some such enactment in our own state We have experienced considerable trouble in determining what would be proper depot accommodations at junction points Under the law it is doubtful if the Commission have authority to compel the erection of a union passenger depot where two
12
or more roads meet and where it is manifestly to the interest of both the roads and the public to halve such a structure erected The qiieS g tion arose at Albany Georgia where the Commission after inspecting jj the ground and situationj investigated the condition of the roadsnature d and character of the accommodations at that point the wants and needs fc of the travelling public ther passed an order requiring each of the roads a to erect a suitable passenger depot but allowing them to agree on a union depot and urging such an agreement This was finally done and a under this agreement a commodious and well appointed union depot 0 was constructed It is hoped that it will prove entirely satisfactory to the wants of the public
Upon application of the citizens of Brunswick Georgia the Commis jl sion visited the ground investigated their complaint and the reply of the jt railroad companies We were thoroughiy satisfied that a union depot I g was not only practicable but necessary at Brunswick that it was best for both the roads and the public Having doubt as to our authority ji under the law we passed an order similar to the one at Albany It is I hoped and believed that the roads and the people will agre upon a union depot that will answer all of the demands of the public and will meet r
the wants and necessities of the railroads If the law were amended in t this respect so as to confer authority upon the Commission to require the erection of a union depot where two or more roads intersect and
where it shall appear to be best for the public and the railroads it would
enable the Commission to afford relief in many instances more promptly I a and speedily than is now possible i TJ Ia
t
DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN RAIEROADS
1
Complaints have been made of discrimination between railroads and in the appendix to this report will be found a full discussion of this ques tion in the case of the Georgia Chemical Works vs The Richmond DanvilleRailroad Company to which reference is had The Act of 1874 I and the several acts amendatory thereof have been thoroughly constdi d ered by this board and resulted in the adoption of Circular No 20i
which substantially embodies the principles of the aforesaid acts While those acts furnished a remedy to the parties it was believed that the public interest would be best subserved by making them also a rule of
1
13
Commission for tfre benefit of the general public The private remedy furnished by this law has failed tp secure its enforcement in many instances and to fully protect the public the course aboveadopted was deemed necessary By its violation the public have been denied the benefit of that competition which the act was passed to secure Strong and poverful companieswere enabled to crush out new and weak ones qnd the laudable purpose for which these new enterprises had been built nd for which they were authorized was defeated A rigid enforcement of this circular will secure justice to the public and will not be unjust tothe railroads ill
OVERCHARGES
The complaints of overcharges have arisen mainly over a difference between the shipper and the roads as to weights on lumber As will bi seen in Rule Noi 20 the Commission have adopted a standard to be applied in the business of these roads for procuring exact weights Believing the true policy of fixing rates was to ascertain as near as could be the average exact weights we have amended that rule as will appear in Circular No 216 The weights there fixed were ascertained after a full hearing of the manufacturers and shippers of the several articlestherein enumerated and of the railroad companies and after an actual test bv weights on undisputed scales If it were possible to alwaysdetermine the exact weights the lule of course would be unnecessary but this cannot be ascertained at many stations for the want of scales and as there is great complaint in relation to the accurateness of train scalesat many points and a wide difference in the weights as determined by the scales it was thought that this rule would enable parties interested to correa errors and get at the true weight
While this was the fruitful source of the complaints of overcharges stillinstances are not wanting in which overcharges of a different characer were complained against but we are pleased to state that the railroads have generally promptly refunded the same when their attention has been called to the matter S that we have had n occasion as far as the railroads are concerned to exercise the pow er conferred by the last legislatureof instituting suits without notice
Man complaints of overcharges under our joint rate rule have been preferred and we have required restitution where it was practicable to do so
14
The Richmond Danville system comprising a large proportion of the mileage of the state refuses to obey this rule contending that it was illegal unconstitutional and null and void Upon notice of their refusal J we took immediate steps to recover the penalties in a large number of 1 eases and were about to institute suits therefor when we were enjoined j by Judge Newman of the Federal Court from instituting these suits j
The Commission made answer to the bill and were ably represented by AttorneyGeneral W A Little who was assisted by Judge Allen Fort of this Commission in the argument of the case The case has not II yet been determined and until it is it will be impossible to enforce that 1 rule as to this system
A full discussiomof the points involved in this case will be found under jl the head of Litigation in this report
The provisions of the joint rate rule inured greatly to the benefit of 1 the public without doing the railroads injustice and it is of such great H importance that it should be enforced We are confident that its legal 1 validity will be ultimately sustained
CONDITION OF RAILROADS
There are in Georgia 5057 miles of railroad
The following is a list of the roads with their respective mileage
Alabama Great Southern
Atlanta Florida
Augusta Gibson Sandersville
Augusta Chattanooga
Abbeville Wayeross
Boston Albany
Columbus Southern
Chattanooga Southern
Chickamauga Durham
Dover Statesboro
Darien Short Line
Central RailroadMain Line
Atlanta Division
Mobile Girrd Division
Port Royal Augusta
Arlington Extension
Savannah Griffin North Alabama Division
MlLESil 2806 10505 I 825 I 14 1255 1 15 90
46
17
10 20 j
292 I 15755 f 1421 1793 J
63 91
62421
ERRATA
On page 14 under head of Condition of Railroads and after the words respective mileage add including sidings except Central main line Macon Dublin Savannah and Western and Atlantic Railroads
Central Railroad main line should be 192 miles
Central Railroad Atlanta Division 12755 miles
For Distance Tables of each road see pages 118 to 146
On page 18 Georgia Southern Florida should be under head of State Courts
On page 26 the word wreck on twentyfirst line should be wrecks
ri
Central RailroadUpson County Division 1676
Charlotte Columbia Augusta 151
Dublin Branch 25
Savannah Atlantic 1906
Columbus Romej 5182
I Cuthbert Eufaula 2332
Americus Albany 4070
Buena Yista Ellaville 6471
Eden Americus 63
Perry Branch 1278
Port Royal Augusta 539
Eatonton Branch 21
Chattanooga Rome Columbus1395
Columbus Southern 9q
East Tennessee Virginia Georgia 50575
Rome Decatur 1870
East West of Alabama 4g
Empire Dublin 43
Georgia Midland Gulf 163
f Georgia Southern Florida1177
Macon Birmingham 9827
I Georgia Railroad211
Macon Augusta 77 4
Gainesville Jefferson Southern 6652
Union Point White Plains 121
Indian Springs Flovilla 225
Lexington Terminal 4
Louisville Wadley 10
Marietta North GeorgiaJe HI
Midville Swainsboro Red Bluff 1775
Macon Atlantic H
Macon Dublin Savannah 54
Eichmomd DanvilleAtlanta Charlotte Air Line1171
Georgia Pacific 8706
Lawrenceville Branch 97
Roswell Branch 93
Elberton Air Line Division 534
Northeastern Division 412
Hartwell Division 103
Rome Railroad 20
Savannah Florida Western y 502570
Brunswick Western190331
Alabama Midland 344
Savannah Americus Montgomery2022
Albany Florida Northern 3552
South Bound 22
Sylvania 15
South Carolina Railroad 15
16
Smithonia Dunlap
South Brunswick Terminal
Sandersville Tennille
Wrightsville Tennille
Wadley 4 Mt Vernon
Western Atlantic
Talbotton
75 18
325 39
30
138
r

17
The following is a statement of the returns to this office of the gross and net earnings of the several railroads as they are stated for the year ending June 30th 1892
No Miles built Gross Earnings Operating Exp Net Earnings
Atlanta Florida 10332439 47f SiOO AQ 10355428 31536614 2441224 165997870 14919488 91079752 9847937 1926953 29145822 5652285 9485375 8160403 1169238 1416428 188245337 4648373 127186526 22989t 16043634 1060997f
Atlanta West Point
Blue Ridge Atlantic 1380227
Central Railroad Main line
Augusta Savannah 99 81 X 9 94683030 8962075 10083959 2539382
Southwestern 1 011 AQ7 11
Savannah Griffin North Aiabama Upson County AjVII jUOf 11 12387319 1366028 23527402 AA QJ Q9
Chattanooga Rome Columbus Div Columbus Rome 5609257 56184207 11576537 5821567 1703427 1 252702
Buena Vista Ellaville 8803219 QQ QQ Af
Columbus Southern
Darien Short Line 1 A 91 Q ACi
Dover Statesboro 1330284 9 990 QKQ 1 7
Bast Tennessee Virginia Georgia eleven months 861447 33850480 472843 31364143 243660 37 176713 790405 1368895
East West of Alabama 5121216 158550669 76844521 TO 071 QQ
Georgia Railroad Banking Company
Georgia Southern Florida
Louisville Wadlev
Midville Swainsborough Red Bluff 3106146 4659696 1 on Xnn Ri 0 U4oJ 2115736 3290801 10874038
Macon Dublin Savannah
Macon Northern August 1 1891 to May 19 1892
Marietta North Georgia 12969797 2239757
Borne Decatur 3602970
fcdersville Tennille savannah Americus Montgomery Savannah Florida Western 81 675779 50082248 304158837 56818679 60469713 36784954 O AQ9 1 A 519830 31104218 210188240 42795887 155949 18978030 93960597 14022792 19457636
Brunswick Western Division
Richmond Danville Atlanta Charlotte Air Line Div
tteorgia Pacific Division 28907320 601619 3991346 568171 6835448 6985 52 815516 974602 108483913 4451264 3410845
Boswell Branch i877634
Blberton AirLine Branch nartwell Branch 4298090 38597 306748
Northeastern Branch Q9 999 QQ 82028
n Bawrenceville Branch 7 014 Q 2386935
ia 2943 205097
lalbotton yo uu11
Western Atlantic JLU Z40O0 1 KAO Q90 09 49933
rightsville Tennille 1 7127602 47548149
Millen Southern 2676338
bbeville Wavcross 717 29 1138510
3BSdolmaNorthern 1032 00 o0 45099
Birmingham 3117 9668007 7962435 9374479 8061257 293528 988227
tDeficiency 2 c
18
The following is a list of railroads in the hands of receivers
In the State Courts Atlanta Florida
In the Federal Courts
East West of Alabama
Georgia Southern Florida including Macon Birmingham Marietta North Georgia
Richmond Danville with all branches
Central with all branches
East Tennessee Virginia Georgia with all branches
The Macon Northern formerly the Covington Macon Blue Ridge Atlantic

Of this number the following have been placed in the hands of receivers since our last annual report
The Central system
The Richmond Danville system
The East Tennessee Virginia Georgia
The Atlanta Florida
Blue Ridge Atlantic
We are informed that these receiverships resulted not from insolv ency but from the complications arising out of illegal consolidations and illegal purchases of stock by competing lines and causes other than insolvency
The Central Railroad Company which had been leased by the Georgia Pacific Railroad Company which had previously been leased by the Richmond Danville was placed in the hands of a receiver atjI the instance of the minority stockholders so as to defeat its lease and to prevent the voting of the majority of the stock by the Richmond Danville shareholders who were alleged to have unlawfully bought the same Upon the hearing the lease of the Central Railroad was abandoned Subsequently the Central Railroad was placed in the hands of
a receiver for default of its interests but the integiity of its system has still been maintained
It is not believed that it would have been involved in this last litigation had not the complications arisen out of the first suit It is believed that this great property will be able to extricate itself from the difficulties that surround it
These receiverships cannot be justly charged to the unfair rates fixed by the Commission for there has been no general reduction in the rates during this time and under their operation the reports of the railroads previously show that they earned a fair return upon a just valuation The general depression in trade that affects our entire people must of necessity affect railways also and while we have felt indisposed generally to advance the rates we have felt equally indisposed to reduce them believing that the railways in common with the people should bear their proportion of the disadvantages of hard times To increase the rates would put additional burdens upon the people to reduce them would put additional burdens upon the railroads We have thought therefore as a general proposition that the course of justice and right was to leave the rates practically where they were when the people and the roads were prosperous hoping and believing that the return of better times will bring relief to both the railroads and the people
INTERSTATE RATES
In the last annual report mention was made of the investigation by the Commission into interstate rates and of the result of that investigation
The following named suits were filed before the Interstate Commerce Commission for the alleged violation of the Long and Short Haul Clause of the Interstate Commerce Commission Act towit
I N Trammell Allen Fort and Virgil Powers constituting and composing the Railroad Commission of Georgia vs
the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company Lessees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway The Cincinnati Southern Railway Company The East Ten nessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company The Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia The Georgia Pacific Railway Company and the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company Lessees of and operating the Central Railroad of Georgia Atlanta Division
20
L N Trammell Allen Fort Virgil Powers consituting and composing the Railroad
Commission of Georgia
vs
The Western and Atlantic Railroad Company The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company The Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad Company The Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company Lessees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway and The Cincinnati Southern Railway Company
L N Trammell Allen Fort Virgil Powers constituting and composing the Railroad
Commission of Georgia vs
The South Carolina Railroad Company The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and The Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia Lessees of the Georgia Railroad The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and the Georgia Pacific Railway Company Lessees of the Central Railroad of Georgia The Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company and The Western Railroad Company of Alabama
L N Trammell Allen Fort and Virgil Powers constituting and composing the Railroad Commission of Georgia
vs
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company The Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railroad Companv The Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railroad Company Lessees of the Western and Atlantic Railroad The Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company Lessees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway The Cincinnati Southern Railway Company The East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railway Company The Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company and The Western Railroad Company of Alabama
L N Trammell Allen Fort and Virgil Powers constituting and composing the Railroad Commission of Georgia
vs
The Ocean Steamship CompanyThe Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia The Georgia Pacific Railway Company and the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company Lessees of and now operating the Central Railroad and the Southwestern Division of the Central Railroad of Georgia
21
The great importance of the question and apparent general disregard 1 of this law by the railroads in the State rendered an early hearing expedient
At our earnest solicitation the Interstate Commerce Commission kindly held their session in Atlanta when these cases were duly heard The suits were ably represented by AttorneyGeneral W A Little and the Hon Robt L Berner These cases have not yet been decided A copy of one of these suits will be found in the appendix of this report from which the exact points made will be seen
The questions involved have been practically decided by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the case of the James Meyer Buggy Company against the Georgia Railroad Company et al The railroads however disregarded this decision and the Interstate Commerce Commission in pursuance of the law filed their bill to enforce their order in the Federal Courts at Atlanta
Feeling a great interest in the result of this suit as it affects directly the aforesaid complaints brought by this Commission we recommended the I employment of the Hon Robt L Berner to assist the District Attorney in representing the suits interested Having no authority ourselves to employ counsel and the funds of the Interstate Commerce Commission for that purpose being limited it seemed to us just that the services rendered by Mr Berner should be paid for in part by the State and we recommend such legislation as will secure this result
Numerous complaints have reached us concerning Interstate Commerce rates and discriminations Unfortunately the Interstate Commerce Act does not give the Interstate Commerce Commission sufficient authority to enforce its orders
It is hoped that Congress will so amend the law as to make it efficient and to prevent long delays incident to the present proceedings to compel i compliance with the rulings and orders of that Commission Wise able and just as is that Commission they are powerless to grant relief where
is resisted without such long and vexatious delays as almost amount to a denial of justice Proper legislation by Congress to correct these I defects with prompt and efficient regulation in the State would solve the great question of railway regulation
The volume of interstate business is so great that it is impossible to secure justice to the public in the matter of rates unless there is efficiency both in State and interstate regulation
LITIGATION
We are pleased to note that there is a general compliance with the rules and regulations by all the railroads in the State except as to Rule No so providing for joint rates The Richmond and Danville system have persistently disputed the validity of this rule and refused to enforce it Complaints were made of overcharges in violation of this rule to the Commission and we were proceeding to institute actions to recover the penalties when the Richmond Danville Railroad filed a bill in the Circuit Court of the United States at Atlanta Ga temporarily enjoining the Commission from instituting these actions This bill under the specious pretense of assailing Circular No 171 which is Rule No 30 was in reality an attack upon the ratemaking power of the Railroad Commission It was claimed that this rate was confiscatory and unconstitutional and that it deprived the railroads of their property without due
process of law 1 TT
Relying upon the Minnesota case reported in No 134 0 nl j States Supreme Court Reports it was contended that the fixation of rates was a judicial and not an administrative or legislative question It wasi also insisted that the law which made the schedule of rates sufficien evidence that they were just and reasonable deprived them of the ngi of trial by jury as well as depriving them of their property without due
process of law
The Commission demurred to the bill because it was a sui aga the State because it was insufficient in law because the Federal court had no jurisdiction and because the determination of what was a jus and reasonable rate was an administrative or legislative question anil not a judicial question We insisted that the bill was a misinterpretation of the Minnesota case and thatithe case of Budd against the State o New York practically overruled the Minnesota case so far as h aftecteo this question We insisted that the Tilly case and the case of Smith al against the Georgia Railroad had not been overruled but wai
SXt will be seen that the issues made in this suit are vital to the Com mission involving as they do the power of the Commission to fix schedule of just and reasonable rates If it should be held that evej rale made by the Commission can he reviewed by the courts this wou J render regulation so inefficient as to amount to abandonment of contro
23
In our judgment abuses in ratemaking power are a subject of appeal to the Legislature and the people and not the courts
This case was argued with great ability by AttorneyGeneral Little who was assisted by Judge Allen Fort of this Commission The decision has not yet been rendered so that we do not deem it appropriate pending its determination to enter very fully into the discussion of the merits of the case
The bill filed by the United States Express Company involves all the questions presented in the bill of the Richmond Danville Railroad Company and in addition the determination of whether or not the Act of October 21st 1891 placing telegraph and express companies under this Commission is constitutional That Act is alleged to be unconstitutional because First in violation of article 3 section 7 and paragraph 8 of the Constitution of Georgia said Act referring to more than one subject matter second because it was an effort to amend the Act of 1878 there being nothing in the title of the Act of 1878 referring to express companies and express companies being different subject matter contrary to article 3 section 7 and paragraph 8 third because it was an effort to amend the Code by reference to the number of the section contrary to article 3 section 7 and paragraph 17 of the State Constitution fourth because contrary to section 1 and article 14 of the amendment of the Constitution of the United States as depriving the express company of its property without due process of law fifth because in violation of article 1 section 10 and paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the United States which prohibits any State from passing an Act impairing the obligations of contracts sixth because it is an unlawful interference with interstate commerce seventh because the United States express company is a stock company and not an incorporated company and is not a business so affected with the public interest as to be subject to regulation
The important questions made by these two bills can not be overestimated and we earnestly recommend that suitable provisions be made to protect the public in these cases
There has never been in the history of the Commission more important litigation or any in which the State had a greater interest
24
RECOMMENDATIONS
Under the provisions of the Act creating this Commission it is made our duty to recommend from time to time such legislation as we may deem advisable In pursuance thereof we beg leave to submit the following suggestions and recommendations
We have been greatly embarrassed by the appointment of receivers in the Federal and State Courts
Exactly how far these receiverships interfered with the regulation or might interfere with regulation is an undetermined question In case of violation of rules and orders the remedy is thought to be doubtful We have held to the view that the sovereignty of the state in the regulation of means of transportation could neither be divested nor interfered with where that regulation was legal just and reasonable
Although a railroad company be in the hands of a receiver the company is still in life is still the creature of the state is still subject to its government and control And we therefore recommend that the legislature pass an act declaring that in future all railroads whether they should come into the hands of receivers in the State or Federal court are still subject to control and regulation and in case of violation of any of the rules and regulations prescribed by law that they should be subject to suit in the State courts without the necessity of procuring leave from any other jurisdiction to institute these actions We are pleased to state that no necessity has yet arisen for a suit against these roads in the hands of receivers These officers have generally shown a disposition to abide the rules of the Commission and no clash of authority has been precipitated by any act on their part nor is it believed that there will be The law as recommended is intended to apply to new roads that may hereafter be constructed and to new companies that may result from reorganization of present roads when they shall have passed pass through the hands of receivers and other roads that are not yet in the hands of receivers
In relation to overcharges previously discussed there is already a statute which prescribes that the party overcharged may recover after thirty days notice twice the excess over the legal rates There is no
25
lawful reason why a railroad company should make any overcharge If it does so it cannot justly complain of the burdens which the law puts
upon them for this violation In many instances the amounts overcharged are small to the individual shipper and twice the excess will be too inconsiderable to warrant a suit or even a complaint to this board The aggregate of these overchages would make a considerable sum to the railroads An overcharge is a wrong and an illegal charge It ought therefore to be prevented and if in addition to the statute on that subject it was provided that where it appeared that an overcharge had been made and not refunded in thirty days after notice that the railroad company should pay all the expenses of a suit including a reasonable attorneys fee This would furnish a quick and speedy remedy and it is confidently believed that it would be more efficient in preventing this violation of law than any other mode that could be adopted While we would not encourage litigation we would discourage the violation of the law and we cannot see wherein it would be unjust in a properly guarded act to impose this additional penalty for nonobservance of the rules and regulations legally prescribed by this body
Whenever it is necessary to institute an action in the name of the btate to recover penalties provided for by the Act creating this Commission it is important that these suits should be speedilv heard and determined
We recommend that an act be passed giving them precedence in the courts making them triable at the first term The long delays that are so common in judicial proceedings ought to be avoided in these cases i effective control is to be had Quick and expeditious remedies will prevent the necessity of lawsuits and where litigation is required will afford prompt relief
The fixation of a schedule of just and reasonable rates is a complex an difficult question and so many elements necessarily enter into its determination that at best its solution is not easy
Railroad companies ought to have the opportunity of earning a reasonable reward upon a fair and just valuation of their property On a just basis they ought to be able to earn a dividend Interest and diviends ought not to be computed on overissues of stocks and bonds uor on floating debts that result from extravagance and mismanageent nor for the purposes of speculation
26
A grave public wrong confronts the country in the use of railroads as J a means of speculation to defraud and rob the people and enrich the I
peculators which presents a serious phase of the railroad problem and
demands in our judgment legislation Roads are loaded with watered 1 stock and bonded farin excess of their value from which colossal for tunes are made by reprehensible methodsmethods not reached by laws either to punish the guilty or to protect the innocent The railroad wrecker has become a fixed character upon our railroad systern who with a bare majority of stock and a Board of Directors waters the stock and makes overissues of bonds which are bolstered up by declared dividends and earnings often the proceeds of sales and are bought by innocent purchasers until the overburdened road is broken down in credit under enormous debt and disproportioned capitalization and goes into the hands of a receiver While in the hands of a receiver the entire earnings of the road are used to place it in first class condition j and when sold is usually purchased by the wrecker
Enriched by millions realized from the sale of watered stock and over j issues of bonds of various names and classifications and the owner of 1 what is now a first class road the wrecker begins again his wrecking scheme of speculation and fraud with more watered stock and bonds to be sold to an unsuspecting public and wreck and sells out again with j like disaster to the investors and increased fortunes to himself
The evil djfes not stop here The innocent holders of these excessive issues of stocks and bonds demand rates of transportation sufficient to pay dividends and the interest on such bonds If the rates are allowed j commerce is injured and the people oppressed if denied the road is j again forced into the hands of a receiver and again sold to the loss of the innocent holders Such a failure is the result not of small tonnage I and low rates but of false capitalization
This evil which seems to be inherent in our railway system has be come so frequent and enormous with the same results of loss to the people and wealth to the wreckers that a remedy is seriously demanded and while the wrong like many others may not be entirely removed it can undoubtedly be modified and held in check by proper legislation
In our opinions these quasi publiccorporations should only be allowe to issue stocks and bonds with such legal publicity and under such lega
27
restraints as to protect minority shareholders against overissues and the public against vicious speculation The law should require that the principal offices of railroads incorporated by Georgia shall be located in the State that the President and a majority of the Board of Directors shall be Georgia citizens and residentsthat a competent board shall make an honest valuation of the railroads in the State to be sworn to and filed with the Secretary of State and to stand as the official standard for the issues of stocks and bonds by railroads in this State in the future that no stocks or bonds shall be issued by any railroad incorporated by this State without the certificate of the Secretary of State on them under his seal of office giving the valuation of said road the amount of said issue and the amount of all former issues as it appears on the records of his office and that all issues of any stocks or bonds in violation of the provisions of the law shall be null and void with proper penalties against the President and Board of Directors for the violation of the law
It is confidently believed that such a law would go far towards remedying this evil and to the protection of minority shareholders as well as the public generally
CONCLUSION
We attach to this report all circulars issued by the board since the last report together with classifications tariffs rules etc Attention is invited to them
L N Trammell
Allen Fort l Commissioners
Virgil Powers
A C Briscal Secretary
aiROTTHL ARS
The following have been issued since last report
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Nov 71891
L N Trammell Chairman1
Virgil Powers V Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 200
The following has been adopted as Rule No 31 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
ISefuiiding Overcharges
All overcharges on freight by any railroad in this State shall be settled within thirty days after demand by consignee or person paying the freight upon the agent at the delivering depot
Whenever an overcharge on freight has been made on a shipment over two or more railroads or any parts of two or more roads it shall be settled by the delivering road If the overcharge is made on a shipment to a flag station then the demand to be made on the agent at the regular station to which the same was billed
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
29

i
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Hoy 25 1891
L H Trammell Chairman 1 Virgil Powers v Commissioners
Allen Fort j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR Ho 201
The following have been adopted as Rules Hos 15 and 16 of the Rules Governing the Tranportation of Passengers
Rule Ho 15 Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time it shall be the duty of said railroad company to bulletin and to keep posted at every telegraph station along its line in the direction in which said train is going the time such train is behind its schedule time and the time of its arrival as nearly as can be approximated
Rule Ho 16 Whenever there is by reason of accident or otherwise a break or obstruction on any railroad in this State which will delay any passenger train on said road it shall be the duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said passenger train and the place so obstructed and the conductor shall give notice of said obstructionto the passengers in the cars before leaving the station and of the delay that will probably be caiised by the same
Change in Classification
Syrup Cane in glass packed C RClass 5 O RClass 6
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L H TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
30
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Dec 1 1891
L 1ST Trammell Chairman 1
Virgil Powers V Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 202
Application of ale No 1 to tlie Savannah Florida and Western and tlie Alabama Midland Railway Companies
The Commission having adjudged that the Savannah Florida Western Railway Co and the Alabama Midland Railway Co being under the management of one and the same company towit the Savannah Florida Western Railway Co fall under the provisions of Rule No 1 of the Rules governing the transportation of freight it is hereby ordered that for purposes of transportation said roads be considered as constituting one and the same road and rates of transportation on the shipments of freights passingx between the said roads or divisions shall be computed as parts of one and the same road
Application of Rale No 1 to tlie East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia and the Rome and llecatur Railroad Companies
The Commission having adjudged that the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad and the Rome Decatur Railroad Companies being under the management and control of one and the same company towit the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad Co fall under the provisions of Rule No 1 of the Rules Gov erning the Transportation of Freight it is hereby ordered that for purposes of transportation said roads be considered as constituting one and the same road and rates of transportation on shipments o freights passing between said roads or divisions shall be computed as parts of one and the same road
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe G N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Dec 2 1891
L H Trammell Chairmany
Virgil Powers v Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR Ho 203
Rules Governing Storage and Demurrage Charges
Pursuant to an Act of the Legislature approved October 17 1891r the Commission have adopted the following rules and regulations upon the subject of storage and demurrage
Rule Ho 1 Railroad companies shall give prompt notice by mail or otherwise to the consignees of the arrival of goods and that storageor demurrage charges will be assessed if not removed in conformity with the following regulations and upon failure of said railroad to give said notice no storage or demurrage charges shall be allowed
Rule Ho 2 All package freight unloaded in depot or warehouse which is not removed by the owners thereof from the custody of the railroad company within fortyeight 48 hours not including Sunday or legal holidays computed from 10 oclock a m of the day following the day of arrival may be subjected thereafter to a charge for storage for each day or fraction of a day that it may remain In the custody of the railroad company as follows
In less than carload quantities not more than one cent per one hundred pounds per day
In carload quantities not more than ten 10 cents per ton of twothousand 2000 pounds per day
Rule Ho 3 Loaded cars which by Rule Ho 13 of the Commission or by consent and agreement between the railroad and consignee that are to be unloaded by consignee such as Bulk Meat Bulk Grain Hay Cotton Seed Lumber Lime Coal Coke Sand Brick Stone and
ood which are not unloaded from the cars containing them within ortyeigbt hours not including Sundays or legal holidays computed rom 10 oclock a m of the day following the day of arrival may be subjected thereafter to a charge of demurrage of one dollar per car for eac day oi fraction of a day that said car or cars remain unloaded in
32
the possession of the railroad company it being understood that said car or cars are to be placed and remain accessible to the consignee for the purpose of unloading during the period in which held free of demurrage and that when the period of such demurrage charge commences they are to remain accessible to the consignee for unloading purposes
Rule No 4 Consignees more than five miles from the depot shall not be subjected to storage or demurrage charges allowed in the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after notice for said consignee to have removed said goods by the exercise of ordinary diligence
Rule No 5 Railroad companies are authorized to store such property in public warehouses at the expense of the owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach
Rule No 6 When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded cars at an accessible place for unloading within fortyeight hours not including Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock the day after the arrival of the same the shipper or consignee shall be paid one dollar per day for each day said delivery is so delayed
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
33
L N Trammell Yirgil Powers Allen Fort
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Chairman
Atlanta Ga Dec 14 1891 Commissioners
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR Uo 204
Change in Commissioners Classification
UrJeLssificatif Chane haS been made in tile Commissioners Stand
fe fc l008e C L 2000 Ita C a Class P less 20 per cent Ihis Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L g TRAMMELL
Secretary nv
J Chairman
34
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Dec 22 1891
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Virgil Powers V Commissioners
Allen Port J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR Ro 205
Passenger Tariit of the Georgia Southern Florida Railroad
In the matter of the petition of the Georgia Southern Florida Railroad Company that the passenger rates he placed at three cents per mile the Commission after carefully considering the facts and iigures presented which show that the present rate is not remunerative to the company and as these rates were by the special request of the Georgia Southern Florida Railroad Company the Commission decide and so instruct that the said railroad company be allowed to reestablish the rate of three cents per mile over its line
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Jan 7 1892
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Virgil Powers v Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 206
Tarilf iind Rules Gorerning Telegraph Companies
Rule No 1 No telegraph company shall charge or collect more than twentyfive cents for any message of ten words or less exclusive of date address and signature between any two points within the limits of this State on its lines nor more than two cents for each additional word on a day message nor more than one cent for each additional word on a night message and no additional charge shall be made for repeating a messagethat is telegraphing back to originating office for comparison
Rule No 1 to take effect from and after February 1st 1892
Rule No 2 No telegraph office where messages are received and transmitted for the public shall be discontinued or abolished without nrst obtaining the consent of this Commission upon an application duly filed by the said company desiring such discontinuance wherein shall he stated the reasons therefor
Rule No 2 to take effect immediately
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
mm
36
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Jan 7 1892
L 17 Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers l Commissioners
Allen Fort
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 207
From and after the 20th day of February the following Rules will take effect
General Rule No 5 It shall be the duty of each railroad company doing business in the State of Georgia to furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the possession of said railroad company and a written transcript or copy of any paper in the possession of said railroad company which may appear to the Commission as necessary to aid them in the discharge of their duty
Rule No 20 is hereby amended so as to read as follows
No 20 Lumber Coal Lime Brick Stone and all articles for which estimated weights are given in Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages L C L will he taken at actual weight when the weight can he ascertained hut when the weight cannot be ascertained will be charged at the following estimated rates This not to interfere however with the duty of Receiving Agent to weigh if possible and correct to actual weight But whenever consignees or shippers of Lumber Shingles or Laths or the initial road over which shipment is made shall claim an over or undercharge in freight on account of error in weight the equity of suck claim shall be determined by the application of the estimated weights of Lumber Shingles or Laths given in this Rule to a sworn itemize invoice of the shipment on which error is claimed and the charges to be collected or paid shall be thus fixed Provided that the roads may require at stations where there are no weighing scales that the ship per furnish an itemized invoice before receiving the shipment
The following has been adopted as Rule No 17 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers
37
Heating1 Passenger Coaches
Rule No 17 On all passenger trains in this State the railroads shall furnish safe and adequate heating appliances and shall keep the passenger coaches sufficiently warm to make the passengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary or desirable to the passengers
By order of the Board
I A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary ru
v Ltiairman
38
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Feb 5 1892
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers v Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 208
The following has been adopted as Rule No 32 of the Rules Gov
erning the Transportation of Freight
Rule No 32 1 Railroads shall without delay switch off and de
liver to any connecting road of the same gauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting roads
2 They shall at the terminus or intermediate point without obstruction or delay receive from the connecting road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to which the same is offered or on any connecting road with said road to which it is destined and to transport said cars to their destination with reasonable diligence
3 No railroad shall discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is sought to be run in connection with any other route shall such railroad discriminate against such connecting line in favor of the balance of its own line but said railroad shall have the same rates for all and shall afford the usual and like customary facilities for the interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
39
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Feb 51892
L N Trammell ChairmanA
Virgil Powers Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR FFo 209
Freight and Passenger Tariff Sylvania Railroad Company
On and after the fifteenth day of February 1892 the Sylvania Railroad Company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight as follows
PassengerClass B4 cents per mile
FreightOn Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H add fifty per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Classes B C D F G J K L M FT O P R add twentyfive per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Addition to Classification
Iron Plow Fenders C R 6th Class
Taking effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga February 25 1892
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers l Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 210
Freight Tariff Columbus Southern Railroad
From and after the fifteenth day of March 1892 the Columbus Southern Railroad Company will he allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of freight as follows
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add to Commissioners Standard Tariff as Follows
Between 0 and 40 miles 50 per cent
Between 40 and 70 miles 40 percent
Between 70 and 100 miles 30 per cent
Over 100 miles 20 per cent
To Classes B J K L M N O andR add twenty 20 per cent to Standard Tariff for any and all distances
To Classes C D F G and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
41
CIRCULAR Ho 211
EXPRESS RATES ETC
Changed by Order to Express Circular No 1 which see
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga March 16 1892
L H Trammell ChairmanA
Virgil Powers l Commissioners
Allen Port J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR Ho 212
Ihe title of Circular Ho 206 is hereby changed so as to read Telegraph Circular Ho 1
The title of Circular Ho 211 adopted February the 25th is hereby changed so as to read Express Circular Ho 11
Change in Classification
Tin C R 0 R
neingerators wrapped or crated 2d Class 3
Refrigerator material thoroughly knocked down 3d
Pyrites C L 24000 lbs Class P
Phosphate Rock C L 24000 lbs
Oranges and Lemons 4
This order to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L HV TKAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
42
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga April 29 1892
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers Commissioners
Allen Port j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR Ko 213
Amendment to Demurrage Rnle No 8
Rule No 3 of Demurrage Rules as published in Circular No 203
is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Rule No 3 Loaded cars which by Rule No 18 of the Commission or by consent and agreement between the railroad and consignee that are to be unloaded by consignee such as Bulk Meat Bulk Grain Hay Cotton Seed Lumber Lime Coal Coke Sand Brick Stone and Wood which are not unloaded from the cars containing them within fortyeight hoursnot including Sundays or legal holidayscomputed from 10 oclock a m of the day following the day of arrival may be subjected thereafter to a charge of demurrage of one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day that said car or cars remain unloaded in the possession of the railroad company It being understood that said car or cars are to be placed and remain accessible to the consignee for the purpose of unloading during the period in which held free of demurrage and that when the period of such demurrage charge commences they are to remain accessible to the consignee for unloading purposes provided that when any consignee shall receive more than four cars loaded with lumber lathes shingles wood coal coke lime ore san or bricks the said cars in excess of four 4 shall not be liable to a charge of demurrage by any railroad company until after the expira tion of seventyeight 78 hours
This Circular to take effect May the 12th 1892
By order of the Board A C Briscoe Secretary
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
I
43
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga April 29 1892
L 1ST Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers l Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR Ho 214
Excess Baggage Tariff
From and after the 16th day of May 1892 railroads doing business within the State of Georgia will he allowed to charge for the transportation of all baggage over one hundred and fifty pounds the following tariff of rates
From 0 to 20 100 tbs
If 20 a 30 15 u a
44 30 cc 40 20 44 44
u 40 44 60 25 44 44
a 61 Cl 71 30 44 44
u 71 44 80 35 44 44
a 81 a 90 40 44 44
n u 91 44 100 45 44 44
u 101 44 115 50 44 44
n 116 44 130 55 44 44
a 131 44 140 44 44
141 44 150 65 44 44
Cl 151 44 160 70 44 cl
a 161 44 170 75 44 44
Cl 171 44 180 80 44 44
44 181 44 190 85 44 44
u 191 44 200 90 44 44
44 201 44 210 95 4 44
44 211 44 220 100 44 44
44 220 44 230 105 44 44
44 231 44 240 110 44 44
44 241 44 260 115 44 44
4 261 Cl 290 120 44 44
44 291 44 320 125 44 44
321 44 350 130 44 44
44 351 44 400 135 44 44
44 401 44 450 140 44 44
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L H TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
44
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga May 16 1892
L N Trammell Chairman1
Virgil Powers V Commissioners
Allen Port J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 215
Excess Baggage Tariil
The Excess Baggage Tariff as published in Circular No 214 is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Por 20 miles and under10 cents per 100 lbs
Por 80 miles and over 20 15 CC cc
40 CC u CC 30 20 cc cc
1 60 CC u cc 40 25 cc cc
70 cc u CC 60 30 cc cc
80 cc u CC 70 35 cc cc
90 cc u cC 80 40 cc cc
100 cc u cc 90 45 cc cc
110 u u cc 100 50 cc cc
120 cc cc cc 110 cc cc
130 cc cc cc 120 cc cc
140 cc cc cc 130 60 cc cc
4 150 cc cc cc 140 cc cc
160 cc cc cc 150 70 cc cc
1170 cc cc cc 160 75 cc cc
180 cc cc cc 170 80 CC cc
190 cc cc cc 180 85 cc cc
o o u cc cc 190 90 cc cc
210 u cc cc 200 95 cc cc
u 220 cc cc cc 210 100 cc cc
o CO N u cc cc 220 105 cc cc
240 u cc cc 230 110 cc cc
V 260 u cc cc 240 a 115 cc cc
290 u cc cc 260 120 cc cc
M 320 u cc cc 290 125 cc cc
For 850 miles and over 820 130 cents per 100 lbs
400 350 135
450 400 140
Note 1No more than ten 10 cents shall be allowed to be collected as a minimum charge
Note 2The above Tariff is subject to Rule One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
46
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga May 27 1892
L N Trammell Chairman V
Virgil Powers V Commissioners
Allen Fort j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 216
Estimated Weights
The following weights have been adopted in the Commissioners Table of Estimated Weights
Per 1000
Shingles green 500 lbs
Shingles dry 450
Laths green 700
Laths dry 475
Per 1000 feet
Yellow pine boards lj inch and less seasoned undressed 3000 lbs Yellow pine boards inch and less dressed and seasoned 2500
Rule No 20Rule No 20 of Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Rule No 20 Lumber Coal Lime Brick Stone and all articles for which estimated weights are given in Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages L C L will be taken at actual weight when the weight can be ascertained but when the weight cannot be ascertained will be charged at the following estimated weights This not to interfere however with the duty of Receiving Agent to weigh if possible and correct to actual weight But whenever consignee or shipper of Lumber Shingles or Laths or the initial road over which shipment is made shall claim an over or undercharge in freight on account of error in weight and shall make affidavit stating grounds of said claims and that same is madein good faith and the error believed to exist the equity of such claim shall be determined by the application of the estimated weights of Lumber Shingles or Laths given in this rule to a sworn itemized invoice of the
47
shipment on which error is claimed and the charges to be collected or paid shall be thus fixed Provided that the roads may require at stations where there are no weighing scales that the shipper furnish an itemized invoice before receiving the shipment
Change in ClassificationJeans Cotton and Wool mixed made into pants in balesC RBd class O R4th class
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe Secretary
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
48
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga June 10 1892
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers V Commissioners
Allen Port J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 217
Tariff of Georgia Carolina Northern Railway Co
On and after the first day of July 1892 the Georgia Carolina Northern Railroad Company will he allowed to charge for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
PassengerClass AThree cents per mile
FreightTo Classes 1 2 8 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and
R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard ji Tariff I 1
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners
Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Joint Rates as prescribed in Rule No 80
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
49
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Juue 30 1892
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Virgil Powers l Commissioners
Allen Port J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 218
Amendment to Freight Rule Wo 7
Rule No 7 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight has been amended so as to read as follows
Rule No 7 The rates charged for freight service by regular passenger train may he one and a half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains provided that this rule has no application to freight carried by Express Companies
Change in Classification
Beans in Barrels and SacksC RClass D
All circulars or parts of circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed J
This Circular to take effect at once
By order of the Board
A C Bkiscoe L if TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
50
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga July 2 1892
L R Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 219
Tariff of Boston Albany Railroad Co
From and after the sixth day of July 1892 the Boston and Albany Railroad Company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight as follows
PassengerClass BFour cents per mile
FreightOn Classes 1 2 3 4 5 0 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tarift
To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
51
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga July 27 1892
L IN Trammell Chairman YiEgil Powers
Allen Fort
Commissioner
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR Ho 220
Taiilt of W riglitsville Tennille Kallroiid Company
Oil and after the 15th day of August 1892 the Wrightsville TenRailioad Company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight as follows
PassengerClass AThree cents per mile
R add twenty 20 per cent to Commissioners Standard
Fertilizers L 0 L Class K vrith 10 per cent added Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard
The following changes have been made in the Commissioners Classification taking effect August 15th 1892
Tariff
Tariff
Changes in Classification
Fly Fans boxed Sash Weights
C R 3d Class C R Class K
By order of the Board A C Briscoe
Secretary
L H TRAMMELL
Chairman
52
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Oct 10 1892
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Virgil Powers Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 221
Freight and Passenger Tariff of Millen Southern Wadley Mt Vernon Ahheville Waycross and Boston Albany Railroad Companies
From and after the 15th day of October 1892 the Millen Southern Railroad Railroad Company the Wadley Mt Vernon Railroad Company the Abbeville Waycross Railroad Company and the Boston Albany Railroad Company will be allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
FreightOn Classes 1 2 8 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with 50 per cent added
On Classes G L M N 0 and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 20 per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Rosin Class R less 20 per cent
PassengerClass B 4 cents per mile
Ireiglit and Passenger Tariff of Chattanooga Southern Railway
Company
From and after the 15th day of October 1892 the Chattanooga Southern Railway Company will be allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
On Classes 1 2 8 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 80 per cent added
On Classes C D F J andP Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
PassengerClass B 4 cents per mile
53
Fr6ig lit and Passenger lariiT o I Uacon and iiiningliam
Railroad Company
From and after the 15th day of October 1892 the Macon and Birmingham Railroad Company will be allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M if 0 and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 20 per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added
On Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
On Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
On Classes C D F J and P apply Commissioners Standard Tariff PassengerClass A 3 cents per mile
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L if TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
r

54
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Oct 15 1892
L 1ST Trammell Chairman j
Virgil Powers Commissioners
Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR JSTo 222
Freight and Passenger Tariff Dover Statesboro Railroad Company
From and after the 25th day of October 1892 the Dover Statesboro Railroad Company will be allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of treight and passengers as follows
FreightOn Classes l 2 8 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with 50 per ceut added
On Classes C D F G J L M FT 0 and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 25 per cent added
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
On Class P Commissioners Standard Tariff
Change in Classification
The following addition has been made to the Commissioners Clas
o
sihcation
Grate BarSj L C L of 6 Class
C L Class M
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L Rt TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
55
EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION of the STATE OF GEORGIA
ZEZELAATIiEsra TO BAILEO A3DS
Together with the Law Creating a Railroad Commission
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE IVSection II
Paragraph I The power and authority of regulating railroad freight and passenger tariffs preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unj ust discriminations on the various railroads of this State and prohibit said roads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and emorce thb same by adequate penalties
Par III The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing nor alter or amend the same nor pass any other general or special law for the benefit of said corporation except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution and every amendment of any charter of any corporation in this State or any special law for its benefit accepted thereby shall operate as a novation of said charter and shall bring the same under the provisions of this Constitution Provided That this section shall not extend to any amendment for the purpose of allowing any existing road to take stock in or aid in the building of any branch road
Par IV The Gnerai Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any corporation to buy shares or stock in any other corporation in this State or elsewhere or to make any contract or agreement whatever with any such corporation which may have the effect or be intended to have the effect to defeat or lessen competition in their respective businesses or to encourage monoply and all such contracts and agreements shall be illegal and void
Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freights or passage and any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties
Par VI No provisions of this article shall be deemed held or taken to impair the obligation of any contract heretofore made by the State of Georgia
Par VII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation
Power to regulate rates and fares
Corporations subject to the provisions of this constitution
Corporations not authorized to buy shares tending to defeat competition
No secret
rebate
allowed
Not intended to impair contracts
Appropriate legislation required
56
Commissioners appoint ment term and salary
Location of office employment of Secretary ex penses etc
The following is the law under which the Railroad Commission was created being Act No 269 Part l Title 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 18781879
AN ACT
To provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same
Whereas It is made the duty of the General Assembly in article 4 paragraph 2 and section 1 of the Constitution to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discrimination on the various railroads of this State and to prohibit railroads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties therefore
Section I Se it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate to carry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law and one of experience in the railway business After the expiration of the terms of the office of the Commissioners first appointed the term of office of successors shall be six years but at the first appointment one Commissioner shall be appointed for two years one for four years and one for six years The salary of each Commissioner shall be twentyfive hundred dollars to be paid from the Treasury of the State Any Commissioner may be suspended from office by order of the Governor who shall report the fact of such suspension and the reasons therefor to the next General Assembly and if a majority of each branch of the General Assembly declare that said Commissioner shall be removed from office his term of office shall expire The Governor shall have the same power to fill vacancies in the office of Commissioner as to fill other vacancies and if for any reason said Commissioners are not appointed during the present session of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint them thereafter and report to the next Senate but the time until then shall not be counted as part of the term of office of said Commissioners respectively as herein provided Said Commissioners shall take an oath of office to be framed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in any way be the holders of any railroad stock or bonds or be the agent or employee of any railroad company or have any interest in any way in any railroad and shall so continue during the term of office and in case any Commissioner becomes disqualified in any wray he shall at once remove the disqualifications or resign and on failure so to do he must he suspended from office by the Governor and dealt with as hereinafter provided In any case of suspension the Governor may fill the vacancy until the suspended Commissioner is restored or removed
Sec II That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars at the expense of the State Theoffice of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atlanta and all sums of money authorized to be paid by this Act out of the State Treasury shall be paid only on the order of the Governor Provided That the total sum to be
57
expended by said Commissioners for office rent furniture and stationery shall in no case exceed the sum of eight hundred 800 dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary per annum
Sec III That from and after the passage of this Act if any railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State under anjr Act of incorporation or general law of this State now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or any railroad corporation organized or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of any other State and doing business in this State shall charge collect demand or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its track or any of its branches thereof or upon any railroad within this State which it has the right license or permission to use operate or control the same shall be deemed guilty of extortion and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
Sec IV That if any railroad corporation as aforesaid shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freights of anr description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has the right license or permission to operate control or use within this State the same shall be deemed guilty of having violated the provisions of this Act and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
Sec V That the Commissioners appointed as hereinbefore provided shall as provided in the next section of this Act make reasonable and just lates of freight and passenger tariffs to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on the railroads thereof shall make reasonable and just rules and regulations to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State as to charges at any and all points for the necessary handling and delivering of freights shall make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the transportations of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State shall have the power to make just and reasonable joint rates for all connecting railroads doing business in this State as to all traffic or business passing from one of said roads to another and to require the location of such depots and the establishment of such freight andpassenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of freight and the public comfort may require Provided however That before applying joint rates to roads that are not under the management and control of one and the same company the Commissioners shall give thirty days notice to said roads of the joint rate contemplated and of its division between said roads and give hearing to roads desiring to object to the same shall make reasonable and just rates of charges for use of railroad cars carrying any and all kinds of freight and passengers on said railroad no matter by whom owned or carded and shall make just and reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by said railroad companies on said railroads to prevent the giving or paying of any rebate or bonus directly or indirectly and from misleading or deceiving the public in any manner as to the real rates charged for freight and passengers Provided That nothing in this Act contained shall be taken as in any manner abridging or controlling the rates for freight charged by any railroad company in this State for carrying freight which comes from or goes beyond the boundaries of the State and on which freight less than local rates on any railroad carrying the same are charged by such railroad but said railroad
Extortion by railroads forbidden
Unjust discrimination forbidden
Duty of commissioners
58
companies shall possess the same power and right to charge such rates for carrying such freights as they possessed before the passage of this Act and said Commissioners shall have full power by rules and regulations to designate and fix the difference in rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed for longer and shorter distances on the same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances
Commis Sec VI That the said Railroad Commissioners are hereby authorized and required shall make to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State as soon as ratesdUpuof practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of lishsame passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shallin suits brought against any such railroad corporations wherein is involved the charges of any such railroad corporation for the transportation of any passenger or freight or cars or unjust discrimination in relation thereto be deemed and taken in all courts of this State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars upon the railroads and said Commissioners shall from time to time and as often as circumstances may require change and revise said schedules When any schedule shall have been made or revised as aforesaid it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause publication thereof to be made for one time in some public newspaper published in the cities of Atlanta Augusta Albany Savannah Macon Rome Athens Americas and Columbus in this State at a rate not to exceed fifty cents per square of usual advertising space when less than a column is occupied or more than twelve dollars per column when as much space as a column or more is occupied by inserting said schedule or change of any schedule so that said newspaper shall not charge for such advertising any rate in excess of that allowed for county legal advertising and after the same shall be so published it shall be the duty of all such railroad companies to post at all their respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people Provided That the schedule thus prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication Provided That when any rate or change is made by the Commissioners that affects only one road or roads in a particular locality the insertion need only be made in the paper published in one of the cities named nearest where the change is made Act 27th September 1883 Provided That the schedules thus prepared shall not be taken as evidence as herein provided until schedules shall have been prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication All such schedules purporting to be printed and published as aforesaid shall be received and held in all such sqits as prima facie the schedules of said Commissioners without further proof than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence with a certificate of the Railroad Commission that the same is a true copy of the schedule prepared by them for the railroad company or corporation therein named and that the same has been duly published as required by law tionSand Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books power of and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain if the
sioners1 rules and regulations aforesaid have been complied with and to make personal visitation
of railroad offices stations and other places of business for the purpose of examination and to make rules and regulations concerning such examination which rules and regulations shall be observed and obeyed as other rules and regulations aforesaid said
59
Commissioners shall also have full power and authority to examine all agents and employees of said railroad companies and other persons under oath or otherwise in order to procure the necssary information to make just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and to ascertain if such rules and regulations are observed or violated fW to make necessary and proper rules and regulations concerning such examinations and which rules and regulations herein provided for shall be obeyed and enforced as all other rules and regulations provided for in this Act
Sec VIII That all contracts and agreements between railroad companies doing busi Pwerf ness in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said siouenT Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they S area violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the tween railrules and regulations of said Commissioners and all arrangements and agreements roads whatever as to the division of earnings of any kind by competing railroad companies doing business in this State shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and approval in so far as they affect rules and regulations made by said Commissioners to secure to all persons doing business with said companies just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and said Commissioners may make such rules and regulations as to such contracts and agreements as may then be deemed necessary and proper and any such agreement not approved by such Commissioners or by virtue of which rates shall be charged exceeding the rates fixed for freight and passengers shall be deemed held and taken to be violations of article 4 section 1 paragraph 4 of the Constitutionand shall be illegal and void
Sec IX That if any railroad company doing business in this State by its agents or penalty for employees shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and pre violation Kibed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof ample and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person or corporation as may be directed by the Commissioners shall not be made within thirty days from the time of such notice such company shall incur a penalty for each offence of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars to be fixed by the presiding judge An action for the recovery of such penalty shall lie in any county in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong bas been perpetrated and shall be in the name of the State of Georgia The Commissioners shall institute such action through the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral whose fees shall be the same as now provided by law
Sec X That if any railroad company doing business in this State shall in violationinjuries reof any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong frorrfviolaor injury on any person such person shall have a right of action and recovery for such uis wrong or injury in the county where the same was done in any court having jurisdicthereof and the damages to be recovered shall be the same as in actions between individuals except that in cases of willful violation of law such railroad companies shall be liable to exemplary damages Provided That all suits under this Act shall be brought Within twelve months after the commission of the alleged wrong or injury
Sec XI That in all cases under the provision of this Act the rules of evidence shall Rules of be the same as in civil actions except as hereinbefore otherwise provided All fines evidencerecovered under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the State Treasury to be fed for such purposes as the General Assembly may provide The remedieshereby given the persons injured shall be regarded as cumulative to the remedies now given by
60
Meaning of terms
Duplicate
freight
receipts
Reports of Commissioners
Power of Commissioners over witnesses
Railroad officers to report to Commissioners
law against railroad corporations and this Act shall not be construed as repealing any statute giving such remedies
Sec XII That the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this Act shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individ dais now owning or operating or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad in whole or in part in this State and the provisions of this Act shall apply to all persons firms and companies and to all associations of persons whether incorporated or otherwise that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railroad in this State street railways excepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore mentioned
Sec XIII That all railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicableshall state the freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the railroad that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped upon payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipt If any railroad company shall violate this provision of the statute such railroad company shall incur a penalty to be fixed and collected as provided in section nine of this Act
Sec XIV That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for to make to the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recommend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provisions of this Act
Sec XY That said railroad Commissioners in making any examination for the purpose of obtaining information pursuant to this Act shall have power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as they may prescribe And said witnesses shall receive for such attendance two dollars per day and five cents per mile traveled by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the place of meeting of said Commissioners to be ordered paid by the Governor upon presentation of subpoenas sworn to by the witnesses as to the number of days served and miles traveled before the Clerk of said Commissioners who is hereby authorized to administer oaths In case any person shall willfully fail or refuse to obey such subpoena it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court of any county upon application of said Commissioners to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend before the Commissioners and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by such Commissioners and said court shall have power to punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of such court
Sec XYI That every officer agent or employee of any railroad company who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commissioners as necessary to the purpose of this Act or who shall willfully and unlawfully hinder delay or obstruct said Commissioners in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon them shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offence to be recovered in an action of debt in the j name of the State
Sec XVII That all laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed
Approved October 14 1879

61
ADfcT ACT
To enlarge the powers of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to prescribe for them additional duties and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and Duty to inafter the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission of the through State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates from points outratesof Georgia to points in Georgia both those now fixed and those that may hereafter be fixed
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That whenever the Railroad Commission of GeorgiaSha11 call finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive olroad or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad fflcialsto commission to call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and to nations urge upon them the propriety of changing such rate or rates
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That whenever such rates are not changed according to Shall apthe suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of the Commissiou to terstate present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commis Commission and appeal to it for relief sion
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commis Attorney sion prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the required to AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon commis to do so before the Interstate Commerce Commission sions
Sec 5 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved December 18 1890
62
Penalty for violation of rules Amending section IX of original act
Power to institute suit without notice
POWER TO BRING SUIT
ACT
To amend Section 719f of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it ii hereby enacted by the same That section 719i of the Code of Georgia of 1882 be at the same is amended by adding thereto the following
The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without notice for any violation of any of said rules or regulations whenever in their opinion the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent ol the said Commissioners so that said section when amended shall read as follows If anil railroad company doing business in this State by its agents or employees shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof ample and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person or corporation as may be directed by said Commissioners shall not be made within thirty dayn from the time of such notice such company shall incur a penalty for each offence of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars to be fixed by ths presiding judge An action for the recovery of such penalty shall be in any count in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated anil shall be in the name of the State of Georgia The Commissioners shall institute sucl action through the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral or such other attorney atlai of this State as the said Commissioners may appoint whose fees shall be the same
now provided bylaw II
The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit withou I notice for any violation of said rules and regulations whenever in their opinion tbi circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the institn I tion of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of til Commissioners
Sec 2 Be it enacted That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are here I repealed
Approved October 16 1891
AMENDING TITLE OF ACT
A3ST ACT
To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of railroads freight and pass ger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rollI charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit Railroad Company I corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates I to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relM I thereto and to appoint Commissiohersand to prescribe their powers and duties in retaW11 the same approved October 14 1879
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State and it is hereby enoM
68
by the authority of the same Thai the caption of the above recited Act be and the same Caption of is hereby amended as follows towit W9f ct
After the wordtariffs in the second line add the following words And the loca amended tion and building of passenger and freight depots so that the whole caption of said By insert
location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust passenfer discrimination in the rates tuaiou uui jiMocugco mu noiuis mu to ots 51 prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all laws in conflict with the foregoing be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved August 31 1891
To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia authority upon complaint made to inspect the railroads of any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if found in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious to provide a penalty for failing to obey the orders of the said Commission and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and inspection after the passage of this Act the Railroad Commission of this State is hereby empowered ioners and required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the required railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if the same is found tionun in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition pand5 as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time kept in safe be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may Reasona be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of le time to
l i i i J pegiven
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That any railroad failing or refusing to obey the orders damages of said Commission within the time allowed for said work shall be liable to a penalty Penal f of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of not obJyC the State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the ing order
Act will read as follows
ing and ihe Joca
INSPECTION OF RAILROAD TRACKS
AIT act
railroads in cases of damage to person or property
UC gl VCil
Not to affect liabil
State and his feesshall be the same as now provided by law Suits shall be brought in the county where the wrrong or violation occurs
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 17 1891
64
Commission to fix charges for storage And when such charges shall begin Power to vary rates
Provisions of other acts as to Railroad Commis sion applicable to them
STORAGE CHARGES
A3T ACT
To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to be charged by Railroad Companies in this State to prescribe regulations for charging the same and to prescribe how suit shall be brought for overcharges and to fix the measure of recovery and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act power is hereby1 conferred on the Rail road Com mission of Georgia and they are required to fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for storage of freight made and charged by Railroad Companies doing business in this State and to fix at what time after the reception of freight at place of destination such charges for storage shall begin with power to vary the same according to the value and character of the freight stored the nature of the place of destination and residence of consignee and such other facts as in their judgment should be considered in fixing the same
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all the provisions of the Act creating said Railroad Commission and Acts amendatory thereof prescribing the procedure of said Commission in fixing freight and passenger tariffs and hearing complaints of carriers and shippers and of altering and amending said tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amending rates and charges for storage as aforesaid
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That no Railroad Company shall make or retain directly or indirectly any charge for storage of freight greater than that fixed by the Commission for each particular storage nor shall they discriminate directly or indirectly by means ot rebate or any other device in such charges between persons
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That if any Railroad Company shall violate the provisions of this Act either by exceeding the rates of storage prescribed or by discriminating as aforesaid the person or persons so paying such overcharge or subjected to such discrimination shall have the right to sue for the same in any court of this State having jurisdiction of the claim and shall have all the remedies and be entitled to recover the same penalties and measure of damages as is prescribed in the case of overcharge of freight rates upon making like demand as is prescribed in such case and after like failure to pay the same
Sec 5 Be it enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 17 1891
65
TO REGULATE EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
Wmbexlend the powers of the Railroad Commissioners so as to give them power and authority to regulate charges by Express Companies for transportation to regulate charges of Telegraph Companies for the transmission of messages by telegraph or charges by persons engaged in the several businesses named herein to apply the powers given to said Commissioners by law over Railroad Companies to all coimpanies or persons ouming controlling or operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph and make the penalties prescribed against railroads for violating Commissioners rules apply to the companies and persons herein named whose line or lines is or are wholly or in part in this State and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act all companies or persons owning controlling or operating raPh 6 or that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegraph toteunder whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall he under the control of the Railroad Commissioners of this State who shall have full power to regulate the missfonm prices to be charged by any company or person or persons owning controlling or operat tton of8Ula ing any line or lines of Express and Telegraph for any service preformed by such com Rricespany person or persons and all the powers given to said Commissioners over railroads ovefrailin this State and all the penalties prescribed against Railroad Companies or persons penlnfef operating railroads by existing laws embraced in sections of the Code of 1882 from aainst Section 719a to Section 719pboth inclusive are hereby declared to be of force forced against corporations companies or a person or persons owning controlling or operating fecT a line or lines of Express and Telegraph doing business in this State whose line or lines teleaPh is or are wholly or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be compamesmade applicable to any corporation company person or persons owning controlling or fnnitLw operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph The said Commissioners shall also
have power and authority to require said companies to locate agencies at Railroad agencies f stations
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the powers of the Commis Regulation sioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons herein referred to ofchares s all apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in transportathis State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in this State messages
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act State be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved Oct 21 1891
66
Liability of Railroad Companies as carriers
Time of responsibility
What passengers may be refused
Carrier of passengers
For baggage
On baggage
Limit as to value of baggage
Water and light on railroads
Tlie following extracts from the laws of the State on the subject
of transportation of passengers and freight by Railroad Companies are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest
A
Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia Section 2083
B
A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is able and accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2070
C
Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all persons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2082
D
A carrier of passengers is bound to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But he is not liable for injuries to the person after having used such diligence Code Section 2067
E
The carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a passenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his own baggage Code Section 2071
j F
It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees to be provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from station to station on thfeir roads when required And it is the duty of the conductor of every passenger train to cause upon application to him all trunks and baggage to be checked from any station to any point of destination on their road or any road running under the control of the company of which he is conductor The carrier of passengers has a lien on the baggage not only for its freight but for the passengers fare Code Section 2079
G
A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to be taken for the fare paid In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost provided the same be only sucli articles as a traveler for business or pleasure would carry for his or her own use Code Section 2081
H
Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during the day or night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor
67
water to fhpSaid r0ads bing requested hy any passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of
wSw
De liable t0 be indicted m any county through which the mart C2XZIT Sha11 be PUniShed 3S Prescribed Sectiong4310 of the Code
I
acrotimttation7tnttn0 as3ene r biTe iQ this State shall furuish like and equal acCode Section ra1S wlthout distin of face color or previous condition
J
dittndoSvP5T itt this State e tested with all the Police of
SCaae ZTZrblingZr f ly 5 osingpJolne r vul
language and may command the assistance of the employees of the comnanv and ni
trzTsassist
K
EoStSiT railr0ad in tUs State shaU be more than onehalf Posting
e ina its schedule time when it passes a depot at which thcrp sfe Q de
m iS t0 at the 8i0n at wMch re
aiushimndno erwneXTaurnlar In C8CS f 08S the presumption is carriers d no excuse avails him unless it was occasioned bv the sci nf ftnri bound to
public enemies of the State Code Section 2066 aS1ned by the act of God or the raordi
nary diligence
M
cation0 ormhve7tT6r hiS efal ce given either bv publi
anon or by entry on receipts given or tickets srdd xx J P n i notice to
he governed ttefeb Cotion mS Cntral
N
but rrt ib7ier nTd 0tfy fr theaafe transportation and delivery oi goods Pound to butalso that thesamebedonewrthout unreasonable delay Code Section2073 SX
reasonable
O delay
btaeinrhtaroVaftrnwrT3the deiivery f theds r
4iththdSTOrtatdS2r accustomed or agrees to receive them Tr
in U T delivery at destination according to the direction of thA j
or according to the custom oi the trade Oodef SectioTim P 8end
68
Carrier has lien on goods
Fraud on carrier
Freight lists how made out
Receipts of carrier
Duplicate
freight
receipts
Liability of railroads where there are several
The carrier has a lien on the goods for the freight and may retain possession until it is paid unless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery This lien exists only when the carrier has complied with his contract as to transportation He can recover pro rata for the actual distance transported when the consignee voluntarily receives the goods at an intermediate point Code Section 2077
Q
The carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to be made known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will release him from liability Code Section 2080
R
All freight bills or freight lists charged against or to be collected out of any person for whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight charged in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific description before they shall be collectible Code Section 2078
S
Whenever any party shall deliver any freight to any railroad steamboat or express company in this State for transportation it shall be the duty of the company on demand to furnish the party so delivering a good and valid receipt for the same which receipt shall specify the shipping mark or marks and numbers thereon and the weight of such article whenever the value can be estimated by weight and where the value cannot be thus estimated the receipt shall give a gnral description of such article and shall specify as nearly as practicable the quantity or value thereof and also the place of destination A violation of this law constitutes a misdemeanor Code Section 4604
T
All railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped on payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipts Code Section 719m
U
Where there are several connecting railroads under different companies and the goods are intended to be transported over more than one railroad each company shall be responsible only to its own terminus and until delivered to the connecting road the last company which has received the goods as in good order shall be responsible to the consignee for any damage open or concealed done to the goods and such companies shall settle among themselves the question of ultimate liability Cod Section 2084
Roads required to deliver to and receive cars from connecting roads
Railroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting road Code Section 719q They are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive from the connecting road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to which the same is offered and transport said cars to their destina tion with reasonable diligence Acts 18823 p 145
w
When any railroad company shall cause to be weighed cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged for by the carload such weighing shall be done by a sworn weigher such as is provided under the laws of this State for the weighing of cotton rice and other products When cars are weighed singly they shall be uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time
When lumber or other like article of freight which from its length laps over from one car to another shall be transported the company may cause two or three of such carssoloadedto be weighed together after being uncoupled from other cars and the aggregate weight shall be averaged Provided In such cases the shipper shall not pav less freight than the amount of freight due on full car loads Acts 18823 p 127
X
No railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car on its said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has license to operate control or use Code Section 719d Nor shall any railroad company discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is sought to be run in connection with any other route shall such company discriminate against such connecting line or in favor of the balance of its own line but shall have the same rates for all and shall afford the usual and like customary facilities for interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike Code Section 719a
The Proviso to the first section of the Interstate Commerce Law reads as follows Provided however That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property or to the receiving delivering storing or handling of property wholly within one State and not shipped to or from a foreigu country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid 3
Weighing by sworn weigher
When lumberetclaps from one car to another
Unjust discrimination prohibited
Commissioners Tariff
CLASSIFICATION AND RULES
Embracing all Changes and Corrections to date
OCTOBER iSfc 1092

73
Standard Passeneer Tariff
For Passengers Cen ts Per Mile
Class A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over Over five years and under twelve vears of age 3 H 4 2 5 2

74
How to bring complaint
Railroads required to furnish monthly reports
GENERAL RULES
RULE 1PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly and distinctly set forth the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and objections all set forth in writing
In like manner all defenses must be distinctly set forth in writing and the items numbered as above stated
These specifications whether of complaint or defense may be accompanied if the parties desire by any explanation or argument or by any suggestion as to the proper remedy or policy The parties may also be heard in person or by attorney or by written argument upon such written statement being first filed
RULE 2MONTHLY REPORTS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall file in the office of the Commissioners on or before the 20th day of each month a report of its earnings and expenses for the month preceding upon a printed form A and shall also at the same time file in said office a report of all orders rules regulations and circulars issued by the Commission during the preceding month accomopanied by a statement showing whether said orders rules regulations and cirulars have been duly posted as required by the rules of the Commission and have been put in force on said road said report to be made on a printed form C as follows
form c
To
Secretary Railroad Commission of Georgia
Dear Sir
Your circular order Nohas been received and a copy has been fur
nished each local agent of this Company with instructions that he post the same in a conspicuous place and that the same be complied with Yours truly
of
R R Co
189
Railroads required to post tariffs
Rates apply in both directions
Roads required to furnish boobs papersetc
By order of the Board
RULE 3POSTING TARIFFS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall post and keep posted at each of its respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of the schedules of freight and passenger rates prescribed for said road by the Commission together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances between stations giving name of each station And when any change in said schedule of rates or classification is made either by the Commission or by any Railroad Company a copy of said change shall be immediately furnished the office of the Commissioners and shall also be posted in the same manner as the above
RULE 4
The rates prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in either direction
RULE 5
It shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Georgia to furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the possession of said Railroad Company and a written transcript or copy of any paper in the possession of said Railroad Company which may appear to the Commission as necessary to aid them in the discharge of their duty
75
RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Cents Per Mile
Fok Passengers
CLAS3 A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over 3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age 2 n
PASSENGER RULES
RULE 1
Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty 150 pounds allowed
RULE 2
No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket qredrQ office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure be open for from a station of the train upon which the passenger intends to be transported tmena 6
RULE 3
At junction points where the incoming train arrives so near the leaving time of eedule the outgoing train that it is not practicable for a passenger to procure a ticket no more charged than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged points11
RULE 4
Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger fares if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so but if not no collect wore than the next lowest amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged mileage
RULE 5
No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum Ten cents a f n f J 1 minimum
full or half rate between regular stations when the fare would be less than that amount charge
RULE 6
No more than standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged passengers to and from to appiytes
flag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale fla
A stations
RULE 7
iiri i t pi Tariff rate
w nen m consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed only
Wn it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standard herfar
Passenger Tariff shall be charged rivalor df
parture ot train uncertain
76
Tour Cents to be charged when passenger shows want of proper diiigence
No change can be made in ordinary or commutation rates without content of Commission
All tickets must be on sale at depot office
No Drawback tickets allowed
Equal accommodations required to be furnished
Waiting rooms required to be opened and made comfcrtable
RULE 8
Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices ready and open for the sale of tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply themselves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each passenger twelve years old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over five years old and under twelve may be demanded and collected Provided however Offices at way stations may be closed one minute before the arrival of trains
RULE 9
The Commission will consider applications for an advance or reduction in the Standard Tariff for the transportation of passengers or in Commutation Rates but no change in rates shall be of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and published in the newspapers of the State as required by law in Section YI of the Act approved October 14 1879 Provided That this rule shall not be construed as placing any restriction on the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates on excursion trains
RULE 10
Tickets on sale at any office in a city must be kept on sale at the Depot Ticket Office of the same railroad at the same prices
RULE 11
All assent heretofore given railroad companies to use drawback tickets is hereby withdrawn
Rule No 12 omitted
RULE 13
Each railroad company doing business in this State shall furnish like and equal accommodation to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition
RULE 14
Railroad companies are required at junction stations to open their waiting rooms at least fifteen minutes before schedule time for the arrival of all passenger trains but at intermediate stations shall not be required to open after 10 oclock p m except for delayed trains due before that time and shall keep said waiting rooms open until the actual arrival of the trains These rooms shall be provided with lights and when the inclemency of the weather requires it with fire

i
RULE 15
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall bemore than one Duty to half of one hour behind its schedule time it shall be the duty of said railroad company delayed to bulletin and to keep posted at every telegraph station along its line in the direction trains in which said train is going the time such train is behind its schedule time and the time of its arrival as nearly as can be approximated
RULE 16
Whenever there is by reason of accident or otherwise a break or obstruction on any Notice of railroad in this State which will delay any passenger train on said road it shall be the andrc15 duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said quent depassenger train and the place so obstructed and the conductor shall give notice of said Rfslenobstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station and of the delay gjg car that will probably be caused by the same stations
RULE 17
On all passenger trains in this State the railroads shall furnish safe and adequate heat Roads reing appliances and shall keep the passenger coaches sufficiently warm to make the pas gSSiS sengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary 0rsenser desirable to the passengers coaches
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF
For all Baggage Over 150 Pounds
For 20 miles and underio cents per 100 pounds
for 30 miles and over 20 15
I 40 30fe 20 1
60 40 25
1 70 p go 30 I
80 70 35
90 1 80v 40 1
100 90 45
HO 100 50
I 120 fr HO 55
f 130 I 1 120 55 1
f 150 ih 140 65
160 150 70
180 1 170 80
190 180 85
200 f 190 90
I 220 2 210 100 I
I 240 I f 230 1 10
I 260 I 240 fel5fi
290 260I I 120
I 320 290f125
m 32i3o
450 I 400 140
Note 1 No more than ten 10 cents shall be allowed to be collected as a minimum charge
Note 2 The above Tariff is subject to Rule One of the Rules Governing the transportation of Freight
nurES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
Continuous mileage to apply on ail roads under same management
Limit for a change of freight rate
Division of rate according to distance
Deduction of rates under 20 miles and over 250 miles
No unjust discrimination in rates
Longer line allowed to adoptthe short line rate
RULE 1
All connecting railroads which are under the management and control by lease ownership or otherwise of one and the same company shall for purposes of transportation in applying this tariff be considered as constituting but one and the same road and the rates shall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road unless otherwise specified
RULE 2
DistancesSince a separate rate cannot be conveniently given for every possible distance the law authorizes the Commission to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances Five 5 miles has accordingly been fixed as the limit for a change of freight rates for all distances less than one hundred 100 miles and ten 10 miles for all distances over one hundred 100 miles The Commissioners reserve the right however to correct the charge in extreme cases which work hardship although the same may not violate the letter of our rules
RULE 3
For all distances over five 5 miles and under one hundred 10Q miles the following rule will apply When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so ending shall govern the rate As amended August 15 1888
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 28 miles charge for 30 miles
RULE 4
When freight is transported any distance greater than one hundred 100 miles if the mileage does not end in 0 the next ten 10 mile group above shall govern the rate
Illustration For 121 miles charge for 130
RULE 5
For distances under 20 or over 250 miles a reduction of rates may be made without making a change at all stations short of 250 miie3 Provided however That when any railroad shall make a reduction of rates for distances over 250 miles the same shall apply to similar distances on all the roads controlled by the same company and in no case shall more be charged for a less than a greater distance
RULE 6
Regulations Concerning Freight RatesThe freight rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not be transcended by the railroads They may carry however at less than the prescribed rates provided that if they carry for less for one person they shall for the like service carry for the same lessened rate for all persons except as mentioned hereafter and if they adopt less freight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same per cent at all stations along the line of road so as to make no unjust discrimination as against any person or locality
But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or lines in order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates
between said two points below the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of said roads Provided Said reduction shall not make the rates less than the Standard Tariff rates for the shortest line between said points Provided further That before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Commission
RULE 7
The rates charged for freight service by regular passenger trains may be one and a half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains provided that this rule has no application to freight carried by Express Companies
RULE 8
No railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for transportation by the train for which it is offered
RULE 9
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a single shipment however small
RULE 10
No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad companies as to the transportation of freight according to percentages or otherwise
RULE 11
There shall be no secret reduction of rates nor shall any bonus be given or any rebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public
RULE IS
The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are maximum rates but the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted
from the operation of Rule 6 Any complaints as to such rates will on presentation be duly considered
When railroad companies are required to load or unload car load shipments of Classes L M N 0and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost of such service shall be paid by shippers
RULE 14
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles mav be as follows viz
Under 2000 pounds no extra charge for handling
For 2000 pounds and under 3000 pounds 3 00 for extra handling
For 3000 4000 pounds 5 00 for extra handling
For 4000 5000 pounds 7 00 for extra handling
For 5000 6000 pounds 8 00 for extra handling
For 6000 7000 pounds 10 00 for extra handling
For 7000 and over in proportion
Freight charges on passenger trains
Raiiroads not allowed to decline freight on passenger trains
25 cents
minimum
charge
Blockades forbidden
Secret reduction of rates forbidden
Roads allowed to reduce certain rates at discretion
Shippers to load and unload
Charges for extra handling
80
Definition of term Fertilizer
Vehicles must be properlyprotected
Charge for L C L shipments not exceed charge for O L shipments
Goods must be properly prepared for shipment
When car load rates apply
Goods must be taken at actual weight when
weight can be ascertained
Claim for overcharges or undercharges to be settled as per sworn itemized invoice
RULE 15
FertilizersThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended tobe used as Fertilizers Ammonia Sulphate Bone Black Bones ground or dissolved Castor Pomace or Fish Scrap Guanos Alto Vella Fish Navarro Navarro Lump Peruvian Soluble Pacific Nitrate Cake Plaster of Paris PotashGerman Salts of Muriateof Sulphate ofSalt Cake South Carolina Lump and Ground Phosphate SodaNitrateof and Sulphate ofTank Stuff etc
RULE 16
Vehicles designed for transportation at carriers risk must be properly protected by the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire weather chafing or other injury
RULE 17
In no case shall the amount collected on L C L shipments exceed the charge per car load for the same class of goods
RULE 18
Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition well prepared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligent plain marking and accompanied with orders for immediate shipping
RULE 19
Car Load Rates apply to a shipment of car load or more made by one shipper atone time to one and the same point of delivery to the same consignee although thesame may in fact be carried by the transportation company to the point of delivery in lots less than the amount recognized as a car load
NOTEForm BAll applications for special rates must be submitted to the Commission on Form B
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
RULE 20
Lumber Coal Lime Brick Stone and all articles for which estimated weights ar given in Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer pack ages L C L will be taken at actual weight when the weight can be ascertained bul when the weight cannot be ascertained will be charged at the following estimatec weights This not to interfere however with the duty of Receiving Agent to weigh it possible and correct to actual weight But whenever consignee or shipper of Lumber Shingles or Laths or the initial road over which shipment is made shall claim ar over or undercharge in freight on account of error in weight and shall make affidavit stating grounds of said claims and that same is made in good faith and the error believed to exist the equity of such claim shall be determined by the application of the estimated weights of Lumber Shingles Of Laths given in this Rule to a sworn itemized mvoicoof the shipment on which error is claimed and the charges to be collected or paid shall be thus fixed Provided that the roads may require at stations where there are no weighing scales that the shipper furnish an itemized invoice before receiving the shipment
at
To be used when actual weights cannot be ascertained
Per 1000 it
White Pine and Poplar thor
oughly seasoned 3000 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green 4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut
Ash seasoned 4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut
Ash green 4500
Yellow Pine Boardslj inch and
less seasoned undressed 3000
Yellow Pine Boards 1 inch and
less dressed and seasoned 2500
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned 4500
Oak Hickory Elm green 6000
All other kinds Lumber seasoned 4000
All other kinds Lumber green 6000
Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry car load to depth of 50 inches24000 lbs
Hooppoles Staves and Heading green car load to depth
of 43 inches 24000 lbs
Shingles greenper 1000 500
Shingles ary 450
Lath green 700
Lath dry 475
Tan Bark greenper cord 2600
Tan Bark dry 2090
Fence Posts and Rails and Telegraph Poles 3500
Clayper cubic yd 3000
Sand 3000 1
Gravel 3200
Stone undressedper cubic ft 160
Limeper bushel 80
Coal so
Coke 40
Portland Cementper barrel 400
Other Cements 300
RULE 21
In cases in which the classification of any article is lowered by a percentage railroad banner of companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall apply the increase JggS allowed to the reduced classification but in cases in which the classification of any age article is raised by percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the standard Tariff shall not apply said increase to the already increased classification but only to the Standard Tariff
Bulky shipments subject to special contract
What constitutes a car load and also a ton
RULE 22
en any article is t0 bulky t0 Put in a car it shall be subject to special
RULE 23
IrttVif arti6S eumerated except Scrap Iron is 2000 pounds A ton of Scrap i t l0Ed 18 2000 PUndS unless otbe specified For is eth d a PT 5 Porate at car load ratcs charged A car load of green wood 1 lght cords A car load of dry wood is nine cords A car load of lumber land all
class P excberard 24000 pounds A car load of any article enumerated in
ass P except wood and lumber and articles included in lumber is 25 000 nmimrJ tappers t load and unload Pro That when a car is loaded ovOT its mked cap the pv sblpper at a fla station the railroad companies are left free to charge for Ife ftat ffl StP Wf W mnch danr to
RULE 24
For rules governing demurrage and storage see Demurrage Rules
RULE 25 Charge for
ferrina m f mre than tw dollars Per car will be allowed for switching or trans piansg
stzzzrni rny rato any connecting road
three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents Zvlrto or
more
roads
82
Empties to be returned free
Terminal facilities not to be used byother companies
Time for opening and closing freight depots
When in the transfer of a ckr between said points it is line of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall
eauitably divided between the roads at interest jj
When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded ears between sard points no addtional charge shall be made for the return of the empty cars
RULE 26
The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms buildings tumdabls etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any purpose without the consent of the owners
RULE 27
All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this State stall receivall freights offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied or between ZTours of 7oclock a m and 6 oclock p with the exception of an mtermnwou of one hour from 12 m to 1 oclock r on each day of the week Sundays eceptedj Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prevent the agente from JceIIn8 f ing freight earlier than 7 oclock a it or later than 6 o clock p M if they so des
RULE 28
short rads Railroad companies whose lines of road do not exceed ten 10 length may
comewh charge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles
RULE 29
All joint rates between two or mere roads not under the sameement o control excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for n rule 30 Circular 171 mustb made onlv by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or ra e milled tothe Commission bythe initialroad with a carefully prepared ndTutences and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the
Commission
RULE 30 j
On all shipments of freights not governed byprileNoltaUngandrm ni ih this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or
nrfdpr the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall greater than the sum of the local rates on such freights less ten 10 per entr Vianled over each road The total rate thus ascertained on such freights the point of shipmnt to the point of destination shall be divided in such propor w between the roads over which such freights pass so as to give to each roadinter
local rate less ten 10 per cent for the distance such shipment
Nhthine in this rule shall be construed to prevent the total of any Joint Rate made under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads I
in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree ested shall in no way affect the total Jdint Rate to he charged and collected on or delay in the transportation of such freight or bea subject of appea to the Comm by the roads at interest f
Joint rates made by agreement
Jointrates shall be sumot locals lass 10 per cent
Manner of dividing such rates between the companies
83
RULE 31
JlTrfargeS freight by ay railroad in tbis State shall be settled within thirty Kefundinc daj softer demand by consignee or person paying the freight upon the agentjat the de over g Jivering dpt r charges
Whenever an overcharge on freight has been made on a shipment over two or more railroads or any parts of two or more roads it shall be settled by the delivering road the overcharge is made on a shipment to a flag station then the demand to be made on tbe agent at the regular station to which the fcame was billed
RULE 32
Sha11 without Sj switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting roads
at the tfrmmus or intermediate point without obstruction or delay
traTnn W g r0ad of the same gehen offered air cars consigned
any point on the road to which the same is offered or on any connecting road wffh
digenc1 deBUned d traMPOrt 8aM their witt
3 No railroad shall discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line 1 te with it as against any other Une or route nor when a part o ts
own hue sought to be run in connection with any other rnte LZucZm EffiSSWfi 1 in favor the balance of ta own l
tomarv facflhle f f fr aU and sha11 afford the usual and Hkecus
ary facilities for the interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike
Railroad
companies
required to
deliver
cars to
connecting
roads
Also shall receive cars from connecting roads
Not allowed to discriminate in rates in favor of anyfartieularline
84
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Howto 1 In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff under the class opposite to
Standard the distance if it ends in 0 and if not then opposite the next greater distance will be Tariff found the rate required Example To find the rate for 247 miles on a box of clothing weighing 100 pounds Opposite the word clothing in the Classification is seen its Class 1 in the Freight Tariff under Class 1 opposite the next greater distance 250 miles is seen the rate 75 cents in the column Miles 5 signifies 5 miles or under20 twenty miles or over 15 and so on
2 CHARACTERS
Definition of terms
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
5 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class
1 represents 1J times First Class
D 1 represents Double First Class
3 T 1 represents Three Times First Class
4 T1 represents Four Times First Class
A B C D E F and II e represent Classes A B C D E F andH c respectively
L C L represents Less than Car Load
C L represents Car Load
1ST O S represents Not Otherwise Specified C R represents Carriers Bisk
O R represents Owners Risk
3 Articles not enumerated will be classed with similar or analogous articles
4 To ascertain the rates allowed any company or any class apply the percentages indicated For instance The percentage allowed the Central Railroad on First Class for 50 miles is 10 per cent which would be as follows First Class rate 30 cents per 100 lbs 10 per cent added 3 cents equal 33 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate allowed
for 50 miles
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
Rule for compuiing fractions when applied to Standard Tariff
5 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowrered by a per cent the following rules must be observed
FirstIf the rate thus raised or lowered is in either of Classes C D F J or K the fraction of a half cent must be retained as the following examples will indicate
Ex 1Standard Rate
25 per cent added Total
Ex 2Standard Rate
20 per cent added Total
Ex 3Standard Rate
20 per cent added Total
Ex 4Standard Rate
25 per cent added Total
65
16
81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate of 8 cents
95
114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 115 cents
8
16
96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 95 cents
55
13
68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the desired rate is 7 cents
85
Second If the rate thus raised or lowered be in any other Class than those already mentioned omit fractions of less than half a cent and estimate half a cent or more as one cent
Thus Ex 1Standard Rate 17
20 per cent added 34
Total 204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20
cents
Ex 2Standard Rate 18
20 percent added 36
Total 216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the desired
rat6 is 22 C6ots
ThirdIn making reductions observe the same manner of placing figures before deducting the percentage s
6 Narrow gauge railroads in fixing rates on all freights where a rate ner car load is
for a car loadand chv
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC
msTFrom and after Monday the sixteenth day of December 1889 no change of height or passenger depots or flag stations from their present location nor the suspend sion of the sale of tickets or the receiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in use for such purposes will be permitted without the consent of this Commission published in accordance with law
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information Deeded ior a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby
THfIEDT7A crrect Profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said depot with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for
In nfkSS than on mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as ner roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also evidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accom
rrteIiy8adl0Cati0n pr buildinS5 and also distance from nearest stations on said All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the
commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require sucb dePots and tfie establishing of such freight and passenger buildings e condition of the roads the safety of freights and the public comfort and convenience may require
No change in depots or agencies without the consent of the Commission
Applications must be accompanied with full information
Correct profiles of grades etc number of passengers amount of business etc required
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
thn e welghts given below are estimated and not actual and are used simply to get Manner of matS Ar StCk T illustrate One Horse Mule or Horned Animal is esti EfSSS SPfA tbe same rate as 2000 bs of any kind of firstclass freight at carriers risk and 2 Live Mule v8 at owners risk Therefore the freight charges for 50 miles on one Horse S or Horned Animal is the same as on 2000 lbs of firstclass freight and would be
86
according to the Standard Tariff carriers risk 30 cents per 100 lbs or 6 and at owners risk 27 cents per 100 lbs or 540
EACH
Calves and Sheep in lots of 5 or
more 150 lbs
Lambs 1 100 lbs
Lambs in lots of 5 or more 75 lbs
Hogs for market 350 lbs
Pigs and Stock Hogs 125 lbs
Pigs HogsSheep etc boxed actual weight
Maximum
valuations
EACH
Estimated Qne jjorse Mule or Horned Ani
malC 2000 lbs
Two Horses Mules or Horned
Animals 3500 lbs
Each additional Horse Mule or Horned Animal V1000 lbs
Stallions Jacks and Bulls3000 lbs
Yearling Catte1000 lbs
Calvesand Shleep175 lbs
The rates on Live Stock as given in this Tariff are based on the following maximum valuations 410A nn
Horses and Mules not overeac
Horned Cattle not overv 50 00 each
Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over AA ac
Fat Hogs and Fat Calves not over vr lo 00 eacn
Lambs Stock Hogs Stock Cal ves not over 5 00 eacn
Race Horses Stallions Jacks Bulls and other high priced animals when shippers are not willing to have the same transported at above valuations will be taken only at the following rates on valuation given
Value from 150 00 to 400 00 add to regular rate 30 per cent
Value from 400 00 to 600 00 add to regular rate 50 per cent
Value from 600 00 to 800 00 add to regular rate 60 per cent
Value from 800 00 to 1000 00 add to regular rate 100 per cent
Over 1000 subject to special rate by contract
LiveStock will be taken at the released or owners risk rate only when contract
Special vai uations
executed by shipper and Station Agent
Mixedship Mixed shipment of Cattle Hogs Lambs etc will be taken in car loads at carload mentS rates for cattle but carrier will be released from damage to animals caused by their own acts or to each other and from escape if not haltered suffocation exhaustion from
heat or cold
Sucking Calves accompanying Cows will be charged for at rate for single Calves Sucking Colts accompanying Mares will be charged for at double the rate for single
C The word calves used in these Rules and Regulations applies only to calves under nine months old and the words Yearling Cattle to cattle over nine months and under eighteen months old
PigS Hogs Calves etc boxed crated or in portable pens taken at actual weight carriers risk 1st class owners risk 2d class
In no case shall the charge for less than a car load of Live Stock exceed the charge
for a car load sH
Shippers to Shippers will be expected to feed water and care for Stock at their own expense watefnd When food is furnished by Carrier a charge will be made for the same and collected stock from Consignee
Cars to be One two or three cars of Live Stock will entitle the owner or his agent to be caraccompa ried fpee to pointof destination of consignment on the train with the Stock to care for attendants the same Four to seven cars inclusive belonging to one owner two men in charge free and eight cars or more belonging to one owner three men in charge which number
the maximum number of attendants that will be carried free for one shipment
Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
DEMURRAGE RULES
Pursuant to an Act of the Legislature approved October 17 1891 the Commission have adopted the following rules and regulations upon the subject of storage and demurrage
RULE 1
Railroad companies shall give prompt notice by mail or otherwise to the consignees Railroad of the arrival of goods and that storage or demurrage charges will be assessed if not re to give moved in conformity with the following regulations and upon failure of said railroad ticof ar to give said notice no storage or demurrage charges shall be allowed of
RULE 8
All package freight unloaded in depot or warehouse which is not removed by the Jffeeon owners thereof from the custody of the railroad company within fortyeight 48 hours freight not including Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m of the day ofme16 following the day of arrival may be subjected thereafter to a charge of storage for each aUowed day or fraction of a day that it may remain in the custody of the railroad company as follows
In less than carload quantities not more than one cent per one hundred pounds per day
In carload quantities not more than ten 10 cents per ton of two thousand 2000 pounds per day
RULE 3
Loaded cars which by Rule No 13 of the Commission or by consent and agreement deS6 011 between the railroad and consignee that are to be unloaded by consignee such as Bulk after expiMeat Bulk Grain Hay Cotton Seed Lumber Lime Coal Coke Sand Brick Stone itoit f and Wood which are not unloaded from the cars containing them within fortyeight hoursnot including Sundays or legal holidayscomputed from 10 oclock a m of the day following the day of arrival may be subjected thereafter to a charge of demurrage f one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day that said car or cars remain unloaded in the possession of the Railroad Company it being understood that said car or cars are to be placed and remain accessible to the consignee for the purpose of unloading during the period in which held free of demurrage and that when the period of such demurrage charge commences they are to remain accessible to the consignee for unloading purposes provided that when any consignee shall receive more than four cars loaded with lumber laths shingles wood coal coke lime ore sand or bricks the said cars in excess of four 4 shall not be liable to demurrage by any railroad company until after the expiration of seventyeight 78 hours
RULE 4
Consignees more than five miles from the depot shall not be subjected to storage or Uonstenees demurrage charges allowed in the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after fivemiles1 notice for said consignee to have removed said goods by the exercise of ordinary dili dlstant Renee
RULE 5
HRk Roads al
Eailroad companies are authorized to store such property in public warehouses at the 16dto
expense of owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach erty prop
Shipper to be paid when road fails to deliver within limit of time
88
RULE 6
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded cars at an accessible place for nnloading within fortyeight hours not including Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock the day after the arrival of the same the shipper or consignee shall be paid one dollar per day for each day said delivery is so delayed
89
CLASSIFICATION
owners to load and unload
Agricultural Implements L C L as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed
Condensers and Feeders Cotton Gin
dies or boxed
Crushers Corn or Cob
Cultivators K D packed
Hay set up
Cutters Ensilage Straw t Hay K D and packed Distributers Guano set up Distributers Guano K D
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain K D packed
Dusters Bran set up
Dusters Bran K D packed
Elevators Hay
Evaporators Fruit
Evaporators Sugar
Fans Wheat
Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin
Forks Hay and Manure
Furnaces Evaporator
GinsCotton
Harrows and Harrow7 Frames
Harrow teeth packed
Hoes in bundles
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks
Horse Powers K D
Horse Powers Railroad
Endless Chain
Hullers Cotton Seed Clover incubators E D and packed
Enives Hay packed
Machines Hemp
Machines Smut
Machines NO S See Machines
C R O R
6
1
2 3
3 T 1 D 1
1 2
3
1 2
3 T 1 D 1
m 1
3
n 1
2
I 1
2
3 T 1 D 1
2
1
H 1
D 1 FJ
3 T 1 D 1
2 3
3
1
2 3
3 4
4
3
4
2 3

It 1
D1
2
1 2
3
3 T 1 D 1
Mills Buhr stone Portable
Mills Cane Corn Hominy and
Sorghum
Mills Fan3
Mills Fan K D
Mills with Trains Sugar3
Mills N O S
Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L
and partly boxed C L
20t000 pounds
Mowdng Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate set up
Mowers Lawn
Planters Corn and Cotton K
D in bundles or boxes
Planters Corn and Cotton set
up
Plow Handles and other Wood in shape for Implements boxed crated or bundled Plow Irons and Mold Boards
over 20 pounds each
Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel same as
Bar Iron
Plows Gang and Sulky3
Plows set up N O S
Plows N O S K D
Presses Hay and Cotton set up Presses Hay and Cotton K D
Presses N O S
Rakes Hand in bundles
Rakes Horse set up
Rakes Horse K D
Rollers Field and Road
Rollers Sugar
Scrapers Road and Pond
Scythes in bundles
Scythes in boxes
Scythe Snaths
Separators
Shellers Corn
Shovels and Spades in bundles Spreaders Manure set up
D
U
90
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R O R
Spreaders Manure KD boxed 2
Sulky Flows3 T 1
Threshers and Separators 1 D 1
Trains Sugar3 T 1 D 1
Wheelbarrows Iron
Wheelbarrows Railroad
Wheelbarrows Wood set up WheelbarrowsWood K D and packed or bundled
Accoutrements Military Acids N O S Acids Carbolic Acids Dry
Acids Muriate and Sulphuric in carboys boxed L C L Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric
in carboys boxed C L
Acid Sulphuric in iron casks Acid Sulphuric in tank cars
Alcohol same as Liquor
Ale and Beer in wood estimated weights bbl350lbs half bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbl 50
lbs L C L
Ale and Beer in wood estimated weights as above C L Ale Beer and Mineral bbls half bbls or kegs empty Estimated weight bbls 100 lbs bbl50 lbskegs301bs Ale Beer and Porter in glass packed L C L securely wired and sealed or locked Ale Beer and Porter in glass packed C L securely wired
and sealed or locked
Ale Beer and Porter boxes returned with empty bottles Ale Ginger in glass packed securely wired and sealed or
locked LC L
Ale Ginger in glass packed securely wired and sealed or
locked C L
Almanacs and Trade Circulars
prepaid
Alum in barrels or casks
Alum N OS
Ammonia Sulphate of L C L Ammonia Sulphate of C L
Ammonia Waters
Ammonia Water Casks Returned empty
Ammunition N O S
Anchors
Antimony Crude
Antimony Metal
Anvils
D
D
3
14
1
D 1
E
E
E
C R
Apples Green in barrels or
boxes L C Li
Apples Green in barrels or
boxes C L
Apples dried 4
Apple Buttert 4
Argols in boxes bbls or casks 4
Arsenic crude in kegs boxes
or barrelsvf 3
Asbestos in boxes kegs bags
or bales L C L 2
Asbestos in barrels or casks L
c l
Asbestos inbbls or casks CL
Asbestos Cement L C L
Asbestos Cement C L
Asbestos Ore L CL
Asbestos Ore C L
Asbestos Packing in rolls or
cases L C L
Asbestos Packing CL
Asbestos Roofing in rolls or
cases L C L
Asbestos RoofingC L
Ashes and MealCotton Seed
See Cotton Seed
Ashes Wood
Xsphaltum packed
Axes
Axles and Wheels Car
Axles Carriage and Wagon of Axle Grease
Babbitt Metal
Bacon See Meats
Baggage Army
Baggage Personal Effects in
Trunks
Bagging in rolls N O S
Bagging N O S in bales
Bagging Oil Press
Bags Burlap
Bags Cotton for Flour Bags Gunny Bags Paper
Bags Traveling Baking Powders
Bale Rope
Baling Twine
Band and Hat Boxes packed D
Barilla
Barilla Bark and Cob Mills
Bark Ground in bags or bbls
N 0 S
Bark Tan in sack
Bark Tan C L 24000 lbs
Barley any quantity
Barley Pearlj
Barrel and Box Material C L Barrel and Box MaterialLCL
o a
B
O
6
jo U ld on cn os m oo m co i os os os oi itdi oi os os ox ox W os os f1 4 t1 o
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
91
U K
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
10 miles and pnder 8 cents
20 miles and over 10 miles 9 cents 40 miles and over 20 miles 10 cents 60 miles and over 40 miles 11 eents 70 miles and over 60 miles 12 cents For distance over 70 miles R
Barrels empty excepting ale and beer in car loads of 15000 pounds P
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beer estimate ed weights barrel 100 lbs half barrel 50 lbs keg 30 lbs E
Barrels Lime or Flour estimated weight 25 lbs 6
Barrels Paper in nests packed 2
Barrels Paper not nested4 T 1
Barytes L Q L 6
Barytes C L P
Base Balls and Bats 1
Baskets N O S D 1
Baskets Fruit C L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged
for B
Baskets in nests 1
Bath Boilers 1
Bath Tubs Boxed V 1
Bath Tubs Unboxed D 1
Bath Tubs in nests2
Bath Tubs folding wrapped or crated1
Batting Cotton N O S
Beans in boxes
Beans in barrels or sacks
Bed pord
Bed Springs Woven and Wire
Beef Canned packed
Beef Fresh
Beef Smoked in boxes or bbls Beef gnd Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300 lbs Beef and Pork Salted in quarter and bbls actual weight Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights bbl 350 lbs bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbL50 lbs LCL Beer and Ale in wood estimated weighteasabove C L Beer Ale andMinerals bbls half bbls or kegs empty
Bee Barrels
Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed L C Lsecurely wired and sealed or locked Beer Ate and Porter in glass
0 2 D
3
1
4 B 4
B
B
2
4
E
o
OK
2
4
E
V K
packed C L securely wired
and sealed or locked 4
Beer Ate and Porter Boxs returned with empty bottles 4 Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and
sealed or locked L C L 2
Beer Ate and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and
sealed or locked 0 L 4
Bees in Hives D1
Bee Smokers boxed 1
Beeswax 4
Beets in barrels 3
Bellows 1
Bells Bell Metal or Brass 1
Bells Cast Iron 2
Bells Sheet Iron packed 3
Belting Leather 2
Belting Rubber 3
Berries Dried 4
Berries Green prepaid 1
Billiard Tables and Billiard Table Beds boxed D 1
Binders See Machines
Binders Boards in Cases 2
Binders Boards in Bundles 5
Bird Cages boxed3 T 1
Bitters in glass boxed or in
baskets N O S2T 1
Bitters in wood N O S 1
Bitters Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domestic Winesin wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed on bill lading
Bitters Liquors and Whisky
in wood N O S 2
Bitters Liquors and Whisky
in boxes or baskets 1
Blacking Shoe and Stove except in glass packed 4
Blacking Shoe or Stove in
gass packed 3
Black Lead in kegs or barrels 5
Blankets I
Bleaching Salts 5
Blinds Doors and Frames J L B
Blinds Doors and Frames L
C LJ 3
Blocks Pulley 4
Blocks Shuttle rough 3
Bluing 1
Blue Stone 5
Boats Row and Pleasure S
Bobbins packed 4
Boilers Bathand Range 1
Boilers Engine or any part of Engines or Machinery C L not less than 24000 lbs to be f charged for See Rule 14 4
o KE
4
E
1

1
1
9
H

2
4r
92
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
c R
Boiler Flues Copper and Brass
boxed
BoilersSectional same as Boilers but not to be taken as
Castingsi
Boilers Steam 30 feet and over
See Rule 14
Boilers Steam under 30 feet
See Rule 14
Boilers Felting
Bolts in Kegs of 6
Bolts in other packages 2
Boneblack 3
Bones and Bone Dust
See Rule 12 K
Bonnets same as Dry Goods
Book Cases Iron Books
Boots and Shoes Borax packed Bottle Covers Bottles
Bows and Shafts L C L 4
Bows and Shafts C L 20000
lbs to be charged for 5
Box and Barrel Stuff C L P
Box and Barrel Stuff L C L 6
See Barrel Material
Boxes Ale Beer and Porter returned with empty bottles 4 Boxes Fruit and Baskets CL not less than 20000 lbs to be
charged for R
Boxes Fruit L C L 1
Boxes Cigar empty packed D 1 BoxesCrackeremptyreturned 1 Boxes empty including Egg
Crates L C L l
Boxes empty including Egg Crates C L 24000 lbs to be
charged for A
Boxes empty N O S 1
Boxes Match wooden 2
Boxes Paper in nests packed 1
Boxes Paper not nested4 T 1
Boxes Folding K D packed 2
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2
Boxes Tobacco empty
Boxes Vehicles Iron boxed 4
BoxesVehiclesIron in barrels 6
Brackets Insulator 6
Brackets Wood N O S finished and boxed 3
Brackets Wood in white made
of pine or other wood 3
Brandy in glass boxes or baskets N O S li
Brandy in wood N O S I
Brandy Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited
O R to 75c per gallon and so endorsed on bill lading Brandy Liquors Whisky in C R
wood N O S k Brandy Liquors Whisky in 2
boxes or baskets 1
Bran L C L C
Bran C L 25000 lbs Brass NO S in boxes barrels P
or casks 1
Brass Bedsteads packed Brass Bearings in boxes bar 1
rels or casks 2
Brass Flues 2
Brass Scrap loose 2
Brass Scrap packed 5
1 Brass Valves Boxed Brass Vessels in boxes barrels 3
or casks 2
Bread Brick Common and Fire See 3
Rule 12 C L 30000 lbs Brick Common and Fire L C P
L B
Brick Bath 6
Brick Machines 4
Brimstone in boxes L C L 1
Brimstone in barrels L C L Brimstone C L formanufac 3
E ture of Fertilizers M
Bristles 1
Britannia Ware Broom Corn pressed in Bales 1
L C L Broom Corn pressed in Bales B
C L Broom Corn and Broom Handles CL240001bs charged D
for mixed D
Brooms anv quantity 4
Brushes Buckets N O S same as 1
Wooden Ware 1
Buckets Coal 1
Buckets Well 4
Buckwheat Flour 6
Buffalo Robes Buggies See Carriages D 1
Bungs 3
Burial Cases N O S 1i
Burial Cases in Nests 1
Burial Cases K D 3
4 Burlaps 6
Burning Fluid li
6 Burr Blocks Finished 4
Burr Blocks Rough 5
Butter in cans 1
2 Butter in kegs and firkins Butter in buckets pails and tubs Butter Apple and other Fruits 2
D 1
in wood 4
O R H 3
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
9a
C R
Butterine and Oleomargarine
in cans 1
Butter and Oleomargaiine in kegs and firkins 2
c
Cabbages packed 3
Cabbages loose C L 8
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird boxed3 T 1
Cages Bird K D nested and
packed D 1
Cake Nitre L C L 5
Cake Nitre C L M
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt L C L 5
Cake Salt C L M
Calcicake 5
Calicoes 6
Camphine
Camphor 1
Candles boxed 4
Candy See Confectionery
Canned Beef packed 4
Canned Goods N O S 4
Cannon 1
Cans empty N O S3 T 1
Cans empty racked or boxed 1
Cans Tobacco empty 1
Caps and Hats 1
Caps Percussion 1
Capstans 3
Carboys empty D 1
Card Clothing packed 1
Cards Cotton and Woolen
Hand packed 1
Cards Cotton and Woolen 1
Cards Playing 1
Cards Show Boxed 2
Carpeting well covered 1
Carpets Hemp and Rag 2
Carpet Lining 2
Carriages See Vehicles
Cars Logging SeeLoggingCars Carsstandard gauge on
wheels passenger coaches 20 cts per mile
box or stock 10 cts p m flat or coal 7 cts p m
Cars Horse13 T 1
Cars Hand Lever and Crank
Railroad K D 2
Cartridges Metallic 1
Cases and Crates Egg L C L 1
Cases and Crates Egg C L
24000 lbs to be charged for A
Cases Show 4 T 1
Casks Iron Ammonia Water Naphtha etc returned ety 6
Cassia 3
Castings Iron See Iron
Castings Plaster D 1
O R C R
Castor Pom ace M
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
3 Cattle Hogs Sheep etc C L
3 without percentage Cattle Hogs SheepetcLCL 3
6 Rule 20 without perctage 2
6 Caustic Soda in Iron Casks 6
Cement in barrels C L L
Cement in barrels L C L B
Cement Glue packed Chain Cotton Woolen and 2
Hempen 2
Chains Iron loose 3
Chains Iron Cable Chains Iron in casks barrels 5 l
boxes or kegs Chairs See Furniture 5
Chalk 5
Chalk Crayons 4
Chalks Prepared Charcoal in bbls or casks L 1
C L Charcoal in barrels or casks C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for Checks Rule 1 without per 5
O
cent age 6
Cheese 4
Cheese Safes or Covers boxed 3 T 1
Chestnuts prepaid 3
Chests Commissary 1
3 Chests Ice 1
Chicory Chimogene same as Oil Coal 4
China Ware Chloride of Lime in bbls or i
casks Chloride of Lime in barrels or 6
casks N O S 4
Chocolate Chromos same as Paintings 1
Chufas L C L 5
Chufas C L 6
Churns Cider and Vinegar in barrels 1
or kegs B
Cider in glass packed 2
Cider Milts and Presses 4
Cigar Lighters Cigars boxed and strapped or 1
corded and sealed Cigars not packed as above not taken 1
Cigar Boxes empty D 1
Citron 2
3 T 1 Clay in boxes barrels or casks
L C L Clay C L See Rule 12 B
25000 lbs P
Clay Burnishing packed 5
2 Clav Fire L C L B
O R
N
4
5
2
3
4

TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R O R
Clay Fire G L See Rule 12
25000 lbs P
Clay German 5
Cleaners
Clocks boxed 1
Clock Weights packed 5
Clothes Lines B
Clothes Pins 2
Clothes Wringers 2
Clothing 1
Clothing Card 1
Clothing Rubber 1
Clover and Grass SeedC L 4
Clover and Grass Seed L C L 3
Clover Hullers l
Coal and Coke L 0 L in
boxes barrels orbags A
Coal and Coke C L See note at the end of Glassification L
Coal Buckets 1
Coal Oil See Oil
Coal Tar in bbls L C L B
Coal Tar C L Rule 12 0
Cocoa 1
Cocoa Matting 2
Cocoanuts packed or sacked
L C L 5
Cocoanuts packed or sacked
C L 6
Cocoa Oil 2
Codfish See Fish
Coffee Extract or Essence of 2
Coffee Green single sacks 4
Coffee Green double sacks 6
Coffee Ground or Roasted in
sacksvv vvvvV 3
Coffee Grnd in boxes or bbls 5
Coffee Roastedin boxes or
barrels 5
Coffee Mills 2
Coffins N 0 S 1
Coffins in nests 1
Coffins K D 3
Coffins Metallic 2
Coke in boxes barrels or
casksL C L A
Coke in boxes barrels or
casks C L See note at end of Classification See coal L
Collars Horse See Saddlery
Collars Paper packed l
Cologne 1
Commissary Chests and Stores 1
Compounds Washing 4
CompoundsPolishing 3
Condenser 2
Confectionery Candy value limited to 6cents per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading 4
Confectionery Candy value limited to20 ets per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading 3
0 R
Confectionery N O 8 1
Coolers and Filters Waterbxd 1
Copal 2
Copperas in barrels or casks 5
Copperas N O S 4
Copper and Brass in boxes
barrels or casks 3
Copperand BrassScrappacked 5
Copper and Brass Scrap loose 4
Copper and Brass Vessels in boxes barrels or casks 2
Copper BottomsCopper Plates Sheets Bolts Wire and Rods 3
Copper Flues2
Copper Ingots Pigs and Matts 4
Copper OreG Lf 25000 lbs P
Copper Ore L 0 L 6
Copper Stills worm crated 1
Copying Presses 2
Cordage 3
Cork 1
Corn Starch 3
Corn
Corn Flour L C L 4
Corn Flour C L not less than
20000 O
Corn Seed in boxes 2
Corn and Cob Crushers 3
Corn Meal C
Corsets 1
Cotton in bales J
Cotton Baskets Pat combination of cloth woodknocked down and packed together 6
Cotton Batting in lots of 100 bales of 50 poundseach 6
Cotton Batting N O S 5
Cotton Duck 1
Cotton Flour Sack Material known as print cloth in
bales uncovered l
Cotton Linters or Regins J
Cotton Seed L C L same as
Fertilizers L C L
Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed Hulls in carload lots of not less than 20000 lbs per Rule
G
CottonSeed MealAshes and Oil Cake LvC L K
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and
Oil Cake C L m
Cotton Seed Mills 2
Cotton Seed Oil any quantity
Rulel Ji
Cotton Softener Liqd in bbis 4
Cotton Waste in bales sacks
cratgs or hhds Rulel R
Covers and Safes 3 T1
Covers BottlePaper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed in bales 3
O R
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C R
Covers Wooden 1
Cracklings4
Crackers 5
Cradles Grain set up3 T I
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxes 1
Cranberries3
Crates and Cases Egg L C L 1
Crates and Cases Egg C L
24000 lbs to be charged for A
Creameries3 T 1
Cream Tartar in boxes or kegs 2 Cream Tartarin barrels or
hogsheads 3
Crockery same as Earthenware
Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Cross Arms6
Crow Bars 5
Crucibles 1
Crushers 3
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators K D packed 1
Cultivators set up3 T 1
Currants 2
Cutch 4
Cutlery 1
Cutters set up 1J
Cutters K D packed 3
D
Dates 2
Deer boxed 3 T 1
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2
Deer Tongue in bbls or boxes 1 Deer Tonguesin bales 3
Demijohns See Glass
Denims Rule 1 without prote 6
Desiccated Meats Vegetables 4
Detergent 4
Disinfectants in glass packed 1
Disinfectants N O S in bbls 4
Distributers set up 1
Distributers K D See Agricultural Implements 2
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Checks Cotton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products Rule 1
without percentage 6
Doors Iron 4
Doors and Frames L C L 3
Doors and Frames C L B
Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton without percentage and per
Rule 1 6
Drills Grain set up 1
Drills Grain packed 2
Drugs and Medicines N 0 S 1
Drums3 T 1
O R
D 1 2
D 1
3
D 2 1 3
1
1
4
V R
Dry Goods N 0 S 1
Dry Goods in boxes or bales 1 Dry Goods in trunks crated
or strapped 1
Dry Goods in trunks corded
or wrapped 1
Dry Goods in trunks not
corded or wrapped D1
Duck Cotton 1
Dusters set up3 T 1
Dusters K D packed 2
Dye Liquid or Wood Liquor
in barrelsv 3 1
Dye Stuff in boxes pr barrels 1 Dye Woods in boxes or bbls 2 Dye Woods in stick4
E
Earthenware Jugware or
Stoneware loose 1
Earthware Jugware or Stoneware inboxes bbls or casks 2
Earthware Jugware or Stoneware in crates or hogsheads 4
Earthware Jugware or Stoneware loose C L 20000 lbs 4
Common Jugware C L O
Egg Cases and Crates L C L 1
Egg Cases and Crates C L
24000 lbs charged for A
Eggs packed 1
Electric Light Carbonspacked
L O L 2
Electric Light Carbons packed
C L3
Elevators 1
Emery value 4 cents per lb 3
Emery N O S 2
Engines Boilers or any part of Engines or Machinery C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14 4
Engines Caloric FirePortable and Stationary See Rule 14 2
Epsom Salts C L R
Equipage Military Camp
Garrison and Horse 1
Essences See Extract
Evaporators Fruit 1
Evaporators Sugar See Agricultural Implements D1
Excelsior made from Georgia pine pressed in bals LCL 4 Excelsior made from Georgia pine C Lminimum weight
10000 lbs 6
Exhibitors boxed or crated3 T 1 Exhibitors woven or crated D 1
Explosives L C L D 1
Explosives C L 5000 lbs or
oyer 1
o R
o
2
3
5
5
5
3
1
13
D 1 1
96
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Extinguishers Fire hand glass or grenade packed
Extinguishers Fire on wheels Extract Bark for tanning in
wood
Extract Bark for tanning in
glass packed
Extract of Indigo in barrels
Extract of Logwood
Extract of Logwood Dry C L Extract of Malt in glass
packed same as Ale
Extract or Essence of Coffee Extract and Essences N O S
C R
D 1
F
Facing Iron and Coal in bhls 4 Factory sweepings and cotton waste in sacks hales crates
or hhds Rule 1 R
Fans in boxes D 1
Fans Fly boxed 3
Fans Palm Leaf pressed 1
Fans Wheat 3 T 1
Farina A 2
Faucets boxed 2
FeathersDl
Feeders 2
Felloes L C L 4
Felloes C L 20000 lbs to be
charged for 5
Felt Roofing 5
Felting 2
Fence Wire and Wood combination 5
Fencing 3
Fenders Iron Plow T
Fertilizer C L per Rule 1
without percentage M
Fertilizer L C L without
percentage per Rule 1 K
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales 6
Figs in drums l
Figs in casks or boxes 2
Figures not Iron packed 3 T 1
Filters boxed l
Finding Shoe 1
Firearms 1
Firecrackers and Fireworks
packed so marked 1
Fire Extinguishers hand
packed 1
Fire Extinguishers on wheels D 1
Fish N 0 S in cans boxed 4
Fish Pickled or Salted in bbls
half barrels kegs or kits 6
Fish Dry Salted etc packed 5
Fish Dry Salted in bundles 2
Fish Fresh B
Fish Sardines and other Small Fish canned in pickle or oil
0 O R
packed 2
i 1 Fish Smoked in boxes 2
n Fishing Rods Dl
Fittings Iron Pipe in boxes Fittings Iron Pipe in kegs 2
casks or barrels Fittings Iron Pipein bundles 6
wired D 1
4 Fixtures Gias packed 2
Fixtures Grate packed 2
Fixtures Grate ioose li
Fixtures Tobacco 4
Flax pressed in hales 3
Flax eed Flour in barrels estimated 4
weight 200 pounds F
Flour in sacks C
Flour Buckwheat 6
Flour Corn L C L Flour Corn C L not less than 4
20000 lbs to be charged for C
Flour Sack Material 6
Flour Selfraising in packages C
Flues Copper and Brassboxed 2
D 1 Flues Iron 4
FluorSpar L C L 6
FluorSpar C L M
Fly Fans boxed 3
Q O Fodder See Hay
Foil Tin in boxes 2
Food Preservatives packed 3
Forges Portable 3
Forks 3
Fountains Soda fully boxed 3 Fountains Soda not taken unless fully boxed T 1
5 Fowls dressed B
Fowls live in coop C L 1
Fowls live in coops L C L 1
Frames Bedwrapped or crated Frames Door and Window L 2
C L 3
FramesDoor and WindowCL Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or B
crated li
D 1 Frames loose or in bundles 3 Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from T1
other Furniture 3 T1
Freezers Ice Cream 1
Fruit in cans boxed N O S 4
1 Fruit in Glass packed 1
i Fruit Berries Dried 4
Fruit Berries green prepaid
Fruit Boxes and Basket LCL Fruit Boxes and Basket C L not less than 20000 lbs to be 1
charged for R
Fruit Dates 2
Fruit Dried Currants 2
Fruit Dried N O S 3
OR
1
Dl
D 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C R
Fruit Dried Apples and
Peaches 4
Fruit Green N O S prepaid
or guaranteed
Fruit Apples Peaches not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes L C L
Fruit Apples Peaches not dried and other green fruit
in barrels or boxes C L
Furnaces Evaporators 1
Furs N 0 S Skins and Peltries See Skins
Furs in bags 3T1
Furs in boxes bundles and
trunks strapped D1
Fuse D1
Furniture Classification
Furniture when in car loadsas follows not less than minimum weight to be charged for excess in proportion viz
Bedsteads manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woodsfinished or in the white minimum weight
15000 pounds
Bedsteads manufactured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds 2
Furniture all articles of Furniture N O S when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds 3
Furniture all articles of Furniture N OS when manufactured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds 2
I urniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods as follows
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated 1
Bed Springs woven and wire 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 2
Bureaus wrapped or crated 2
Bureau Glass Framesin bndls 1
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat setup
Chairs Cane Split and Wood eat packed in pairs
O R Chair Stuff K D in bundles C R
6 or boxes 3
Cots set up 1
3 Cots K D or folded Cribs K D or folded 2
2
B Desks wrapped or crated 1
Furniture N O S set up wrapped or crated Furniture N O S K D
O u
boxed crated or wrapped 2
Hall Stands wrapped or crated 2
Lounge Frames set up Lounge Frames backs taken off n
1
Safes Kitchen set up 1J
Safes Kitchen K D 1
School Desks and Seats set up 2
School Desks and Seats K D Settees same as chairs 3
Tables wrapped or crated u
Tables K D flat Table Legs Slides Leaves and 2
Supports Wardrobes set up wrapped or 2
crated Wardrobes K D wrapped or 1
crated 2
Washstands wrapped or crated Furniture when in less than car loads and when manu 2
4 factured of Walnut MahoganyRosewood and Chestnut or other hard woods as follows viz Beds Folding wrapped or
3 crated 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 1
Bookcases wrapped or crated li
Bureaus wrapped or crated Bureau Glass Frames in bun 1
4 dies 1
Chairs Camp and Folding Seat Chairs K D in bundles or u
boxes Chairs N O S set up 3
wrapped or crated l
3 Chairs Opera Iron packed Chairs Rattan and Willow Chairs Cane Split and Wood H
H
Seat set up Chair Stock K D in bundles H
or boxes 2
2 Cots set up H
Cots K D or folded 2
Cribs K D or folded 1
3 Desks wrapped or crated 1
3 Furniture N O S set up
2 wrapped or crated Furniture N O S K D D 1
1 boxed crated or wrapped 1
Hail Stands wrapped or crated 1
2 Hat Backs K D or folded 1
Hat Racks wrapped or crated n
97
O R

98
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Lounges upholstered backs
taken off
Lounges Willow or Rattan
Lounge Frames set up
Lounge Frames backs taken off Marble for Furniture boxed or crated
Mattresses Hair Mattresses Excelsior Straw Shuck or Cotton
Mattresses Wire
Mattresses
Parlor Frames
Refrigerators
School Desks and Seats set up School Desks and Seats K D
Settees same as Chairs
Sideboards wrapped or crated Sofas and Teteatetes wrapped
or crated
Spring Beds set up
Spring Beds folded
Spring Beds K D packed
Tables set up wrapped or
crated
Tables K D Flat
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated
Wasbstandswrapped or crated
Gambia
Game See Poultry
Gasoline See Oil
Gauges Steam
Gelatine
Generators Gas
Ginger Ground in boxes
Ginger imbags
Gins
Ginseng
Glass Stained or Signs
Glass Bottles and Tumblers
common packed
Glass Carboys empty
Glass Chimneys
Glass Demijohns empty not
packed
Glass Demijohns filled not packed or boxed not taken Glass Demijohns filled boxed GlassDemijohns epty packed Glass Floor Lights rough
heavy
Glass Fruit Jars common packed any quantity
C R OR T 0 R 0 R
Glass Insulators packed A
H 1 Glass Lanterns packed 1
l 1 Glass Oil Cans with metal
l 1 jackets packed 1
1 2 Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under D 1 2
Glass Plate over 7x12 feet 3 T 1 D 1
1 2 Glass Roofing and Skylight
1 not Window Glass 2 3
Glass Stained or Signs 3 T 1 D 1
3 Glass Vault Lights rough and
1 heavy 5
2 Glassware fine cut or engraved D 1 1
l 1 Glassware N 0 S 2 3
2 3 Glass Window 14x16 inches
1 2 and under 4 5
2 3 Glass Window over 14x16
inches and not over 32x44 in 2 4
l 1 Glass Window over 32x44
inches D 1 1
l 1 Glucose in half bbls bbls or
n hhds Rule 1 R
i Glue 3
2 3 Glue Scrap 5
Glycerine in cans boxed or in
D 1 l barrels 1
1 2 Glycerine in iron tanks or csks 3
Glycerine Nitro plainly label
2 3 ed L C L 4 T 1
Glycerine Nitro plainly label
D 1 ed C L 3 T 1
Grain D
1 2 Granite See Stone
1 2 Granite Roofing packed 5
Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates L C L B
Grapes C L 0
4 Grate Baskets packed 2 4
Grate Baskets loose 1 3
Grate Fixtures packed 2 3
1 Grate Fixtures loose li 1
1 Grates completely packed 2 3
3 Grates completely loose l i
2 Grave Stones packed and pre
3 paid D 1 2
2 3 Grease Axle 6
1 Grease Car in barrels 6
3 T 1 4 Grenades packed l 1
Grindstones 6
2 4 Grits Corn in barrels F
D 1 3 Grits Wheat in barrels 5
2 4 Grits in boxes 2
Groceries N 0 S 2
4 T 1 3 Guano L C L K
Guano C L M
Gum Camphor 1
3 Gum Copal Kowrie and Shel
D 1 i lac 2
Gums N 0 S 2
5 Gun Cotton D 1
Gunny Bags 6
4 5 Gunpowder L C L D 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA 99
C R
Gunpowder CL5J00 or over 1
Guns Rifles 1
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer L C L K
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer L M
Gums Chewing 1
H
Hair in sacks
Hair Cattle for plastering
pressed in bales
Hair Curled pressed in bales
and Hair Rope
Hair Goods manufactured
packed in boxes
Hames in bundle or packed
Hammocks and Fixtures
Hams
Handles N O S boxed or
crated
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L
Handles Broom C L not less than 24000 pounds to be
charged for
Handles Broom and Brooms Corn C L mixed same as
above
Handles Plow boxed crated
or bundled
Hangers
Hardware boxed N O S
Harness
Harness in bundl s
Harrows
Hats and Caps same as Dry
Goods
Haversacks
Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales C L or over minimum weight 20000 lbs to car load all excess to be charged for at proportionate rates
Hay Fodder and Straw press
ed in bales L C L
Heading L C L
Heading C L
Head Lights boxed
Hearses KD boxed or crated
Heaters Steam packed
Heaters Steam not packed
Hemp in bales
Herbs value not over 10c prepaid
Herbs value over 10c prepaid
Hessians in original bales
Hides Dry loose
Hides Dry in bales
Hides Dry in bales comprsd
1
6
2
D 1
3
B
5
4
6
4
4
2
2
1
3
D
R 6 P D 1 1 4 2
3
4 3 6 1
3
4
5
5
4
1
1
3
O R
Hides Green 4
Hides Green salted 5
Hinges and Hooks in barrels
or casks 3
Hinges and Hooks inboxes 2
Hives Bee empty set up 1
Hives Bee K D crated 6
Hobby Horses entirely boxed
or crated D 1
Hobby Horses unboxed4 T1
Hoes in bundles 3
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks 4
Hods Coal 1
Hollow Ware loose L C L 1
Hollow Ware loose shipped separately from Stoves CL not less than 15000 pounds
to be charged for 3
Hollow Ware packed 3
Hominy except in boxes C
Hominy inboxes 2
Honey in glass or tin boxed 1
Honey in comb boxed 1
Honey in barrels or kegs 1
Honey Extractors crated 1
Honey Section Boxes and Frames in crates or boxes 3
Hoofs and Horns
Hoop Iron of 6
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts Dl
Hoops Barrel wooden same
as Box Stuff
Hoops Truss Coopers 1
Hops baled 2
Hops in boxes l
Horns
Horse and Mule Shoes in kegs 6
Horse Powers K D 2 I
Horse PowersRailroad or Endless Chain
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather 2
Hose Rubber 3
Hospital Stores 1
Household Goods and old c3 Furniture packed value over 5 per 100 poundsand lull value expressed in bill 5 rjf of lading said valuation only to apply in cases of
wjtotal loss Dl
2 EH Household Goods and old 3 g Furniture packed value 5 limited to 5 per 100 lbs
and so expressed in bill of 4 lading said valuation only rj to apply in case of total
loss L C L 1
H Household Goods and Old
O R
1
3T 1
3
5
4
a
a
5
4
K
K
3
1
4
100
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION

C R
Furniture well packed value not expressed in bill
of lading L C L 1
Household Goods and old Furniture well packed C
L 20000 pounds to be charged for value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in
rc case of total loss
Household Goods and old Furniturewith Live Stock
H one attendant to have pasg sage free on same trains as car C L value limited to g 5 per 100 pounds said g valuation only to apply in g case of total loss D 1
2 EXPLANATIONS
31All Bundles of Bedding
p Trunks of Clothing Housed hold Goods or similar articles not Furniture will 3 not be received for trans2 portation unless packed
S chests of similar articles j must be strapped or securely nailed This does not o apply to CL of Household Goods
2Bills of Lading and WayBills must designate character and number of pack
OR
3
6
ages
3These instructions apply to old and secondhand Furniture Clothing Bedding etc not to new arL tides
Hubs and Felloes L C L 4
Hubs and Felloes C L 20000
lbs charged for 5
Hullers 1 1
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule i2 D
Hydfants and Fire Plugs 5
Ice L C L in casks prepaid B
Ice 0 L L
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary3 T 1
Incubators K D and packed D 1
Indigo 1
Indigo Extract in barrels 3
Infusorial Earth 3
Ink in wood 4
Ink Printing in wood 4
Ink Writing Fluid in glass or stone boxed 3
D 1 4
0 R
Insulators packed 4
Iron Bedsteads 4
Iron Castings in boxes 2
Iron Bar BandBoilerand Jail Plate Car Wheels and Axles Wagon and Carriage Axles
Iron Pipe of 6
Iron Wagon and Carriage Skeins and Boxes packed in
kegs barrels or casks of 6
Iron Wagon Skeins loose 4
Iron Nails and Spikes Bolts
Nuts Rivets and Washers
in kegs of 6
Iron Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel
wired or packed of 6
Iron Bolts Nuts Rivets and Washers in other packages 2 Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate
Bolts L C L of 6
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate Bolts C L See Rules 13 20 M Iron Castings not Machinery unpacked each piece under
200 pounds 3
Iron Hastings heavy not Machinery unpacked each 200 pounds or over See Rule 14 4
Iron Castings not Machinery or Sewing Machines in kegs
or casks 4
Iron Crow Bars and Forgings 5
Iron Flues 4
Iron Fronts Girders and
Beams for buildings 4
Iron Sheet and Galvanized in
rolls or bundles wired or
crated
Iron Sheet Galvanized bxd 4
Iron Hoopf of 6
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed 2
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
not packed 1
Iron Grate Bars L L of 6
Iron Grate Bars C L M
Iron Nail Rods packed 2
Iron Nail Rods not packed 6
Iron Ore and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
j Iron Picks and Mattocks in
bundles
Iron Picks Mattocks packed
Iron Plow Fenders
Iron Railing and Fencing
O R
5
5
5
fof 6
5
6
3
3
eo co
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
101
mm cr
Iron Retorts 6
Iron Roofing in rolls or bundles wired or crated 6
Iron Roofing boxed 5
Iron Roofing N 0 S 3
Iron Russia in rolls or bundles wired or crated 3
Irons Sad in barrels 5
irons Sad boxed 2
Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or
bundles wired or craied of 6
Iron N O S boxed or crated 1
Iron Shutters and Doors 4
Iron Sponge purifyng matel 3
Iron Statuary Chairs Lawn Ornaments boxed or crated 1
Iron Jacks 6
Iron Urns 3
Iron Vault and Prison Work 4
Iron Wedges and Sledges in
barrels 5
Iron We Iges and Sledges loose 3
Iron Work Galvanized 2
Isinglass3 T 1
Ivory i
Ivory Black 4
Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks
Japan Ware
Japonica
Jars Glass packed common
Jeans Cotton Rule 1 without
percentage
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed
made into pants in bales
Jellies in glass packed
Jellies in cans boxed
Jellies in wood N 0 S
Jugs See Earthenware
Junk and Jute
Jute Butts
Jute Waste or Tailings 5
K
Kainit L C L K
Kainit C L M
Kalsomine same as paints
Kegs empty N 0 S same
as barrels
Kegs empty N O S in crates 3 Kegs Ale and Beer empty
estimated weight 30 lbs E
Kettles Large Iron 2
Kerosene See Coal Oil
Kindlings 6
Knapsacks l
Kowrie 9
Ladders not over 30 feet lorn
OR Ladders over 30 fefet long C R
D 1
of 6 Ladders Step Lampblack in casks barrels 2
or boxes 3
Lamps and Lamp Goods pked 2
Land Plaster L C L K
5 Land Plaster C L M
Lanterns 1
Lard 4
Lasts Shoe 3
Laths actual weight CL P
2 Lead bar or sheets in boxes 5
Lead in casks or pigs 6
Lead Black in kegs or bbls 5
Lead Pipe in rolls or reels 4
2 Lead Pipe in casks Lead White same as Paints 5
5 Leather loose N 0 S 1
Leather in rolls or boxes 3
Leather Scrap in bales Leaves powdered in boxes or 4
barrels 1
4 Lemons and Oranges 4
Lentils in bags boxes or bbls 3
Letter Boxes PostOffice 3
Licorice in sticks roots or mats 3
Licorice in mass boxed 4
Lightning Rods in boxes 3
Lightning Rods in bundles 2
Lightning Rod Fixtures pked 2
Lemon or Lime Juice in bbls 4
5 Lemon or Lime Juice in glass
packed Lime in sacks casks or bar 1
rels C L L
4 Lime in sacks casks or bar
rels L C L Lime Chloride of in barrels B
or casks 6
Lime Chloride of N 0 S Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and 4
packed Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class P less 40 per cent Limestone ground same as Lime 5
Linseed Liquors in glass boxes or 4
baskets N 0 S li
Liquors in wood N 0 S Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies Domestic Wines 1
4 in wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed on bill of lading Liquors Whisky in wood N
0 S Liquors Whisky in boxes or 2
baskets 1
102 TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C E
Lithographic Stone 1
Live Stock Horses and Mules
L C L 1
Live Stock Horses and Mules
C L 2
Lve Stock Cattle Sheep etc
L C L See Rule 20 2
Live Stock Cattle Sheep etc
Locomotives and Tenders standard gauge on their own
wheels 35 cents per mile
Locomotive Head Lights bxd D 1
Locomotive Tires 6
Logging Cars K D or set up
C L 24000 lbs charged for Logging Cars smaller parts
boxed
Logging Cars set up L C L
Logs for saw mills P
Logsfor chair timber not over feet long C L 24000 lbs
P less 20 per cent
Logwood 2
Logwood C L dry 4
Looking Glasses same as Mirs
Looms See Machinery
Lumber Dressed or Rough L
C L B
Lumber Dressed or Rough C
L 24000 lbs See Rule 12 P Lye Concentrated 5
M
Machinery
Boilers Engines or any part of Engine or Machinery C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14 4
Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presses set up D 1
Cotton Presses K D 4
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms set up D 1
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms crated 1
Cotton and Woolen except Looms K D and boxed 1
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Looms 3 T 1
Machinery C L 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14 4
Machinery N O S L C L
See Rule 14 2
Machinists Tools Planers Lathes Drill Presses etc 2
Printing Presses K D boxed
or crated 3
Printing Presses K D not
boxed5 1
Printing Presses set up D1
O E 2
2
N
N
4
6
5
4
5
5
1
2
If
5
3
3
2
1
Saw Mills unboxed in parts
Saw Mills boxed in parts
Shaftings Hangers Pulleysetc
Shingle Machines
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
L C L
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed c L
Stamp Mill Machinery loose
L C L
Stamp Mill Machinery loose
C L
Stamp Mill Castings L C L Stamp Mill Castings C L
Steam Gauges
Steam Heaters packed
Steam Heaters not packed
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures Water Wheels Turbine See
Rule 14
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines set up
See Rule 14
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines etc packed K D See Rule 14
Machines Brick
Machines Hemp
Machines Meat Cutters
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L
and partly boxed C L
20000 pounds
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate set up
Machines Sewing unboxed Machines Sewing or parts set
up crated or boxed
Machines Sewing or parts K
D boxed or crated
Machines Shingle
Machines Smut
Machines Washing
Macaroni
Mackerel See Fish
Madder
Malt
M alt in boxes
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude
Manganese Ground packed
Manilla
Mantels Iron packed
Mantels Iron not packed
Mantels Slate packed
Maps boxed
C EIO R 2 3
4
4 5 2
5
6 4
5
6 M
1
4
2
4
3
3 4
1
3
4
1
2
2
2 4
4 6
U 1
3 T 1
1
3
2
3
2
1
3
D
1
P
5
3
2 4
1 3
2 3 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
108
Marble and Granite Bases and Shafts for Monuments unlettered
Marble and Granite same as
stone
Marble and Granite Gravestones and Monuments
packed and prepaid
Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels Marble Dust L C L in barrels
Marbles in casks or boxes
Marble Tiles
Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone marked matches
Match Splints packed incases
L C L
Match Splints packed in cases
C L
Material for Flour Sacks uncovered
Mats and Rugs N 0 S
MatsGrass Hemp Hair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa
Mats Oil
MattingI
Mattocks and Picks in bundles Mattocks and Picks packed
Mattresses N O S
Mattresses Hair
Mattresses Straw Cotton
Shuck and Excelsior
Mattresses Wire or Woven
Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed
L C L
Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed
C L
Meal Corn
Meal Oat in barrels
Meal Oat in boxes
Measures
Meat
Meat Bacon
Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fish
Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meat in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags bales boxes or crates
Meat Cutters
Meats Desiccated See Desic
cated
Medicines and Drugs N O S
Medicines Patent L C L
Medicines Patent C L
Melodeons boxed
Melodeons not boxed not takenb
C R O R c R O R
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000 ibs Rule 1 O P
3 5 Melons L C L 4
Meters Gas boxed 1
Meters Gas not boxed not
taken
Meters Water boxed 3
D 1 2 Meters Water not boxed not
taken
L Mica 3 T 1
Milk Condensed boxed 4
B Millet D
4 Millet Seed in sacks B
4 Millinery Goods 1
Millo Maize in bags or sacks 6
Mills Barilla Bark and Cob 4
3 Mills Coffee and Paint set up 2
Mills Cotton Seed 2
4 Mills Flour roller 2
Mills N O S 2
6 Mill Stones finished 4
Mill Stones rough 5
6 Mill Stuff Rule 12 L C L C
1 Mill Stuff C L 25000 lbs P
Mince Meat 4
3 Mineral Waters in wood 5
1 Mineral Waters in glass or
2 stone packed 3 4
3 Mining Cars and Wagons same
5 as Logging Cars
1 Mirrors 3 feet or under
1 packed IT 1 2
Mirrors over 3 feet not ex
3 ceeding 7x12 packed 3 T 1 1
1 Mirrors over 7x12 packed 4 T 1 D 1
Molasses cansboxed or in kegs 4
K Molasses or syrup in half bar
rels barrels or hogsheads R
M Monuments and Gravestones
C metal packedvalue not over
6 30000 prepaid D 1 2
2 Monuments and Gravestones
1 3 value over 30000 S
B Monuments and Gravestones
B packed and prepaid D 1 2
Mops 1
B Moss in sacks 1
Moss pressed in bales 4
Motes Cotton A
Moulders Dust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
Mouldings in bundles 1 3
Mouldings common for build
2 ing purposes 4
Mouldings N O S D 1
Mouse Traps j 1
1 Mowers See Agricultural Imp
1 Mucilage packed o
1 3 Musical instruments N O S D 1 1
1 Mustard Ground in boxes 2
Mustard prepared in glass
packed 2
104
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
ur
Mustard prepared in kegs or
barrels 3
Mustard Seed 6
N
Nails Brass and Copper well
packed in boxes or kegs 3
Nails for Horse or Mule Shoes in boxes 5
Nails and Spikes Iron in bags 3
Nails and SpikesIron in bxes 5
Nails and Spikes Iron in kgsf of 6
Naphtha in iron casks 6
Naphtha Casks returned epty 6
Nitre Cake L C L 5
Nitre Cake C L M
Notions 1
Nutmegs 2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL 3
Nuts Pecans in barrels C L
Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked
L C L 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N O S 1 Nuts Edible in barrels or
casks N 0 S 2
Nuts Peanuts andChufas LC
L 5
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL 6
o
Oakum 4
Oats D
Oil Cake L C L K
OilCake CL M
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over
boxed l
Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long
boxed 2
Oil Cloth baled 1
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled
not in shipping order
Olives in glass packed 1
Olives in barrels or casks 4
Onions in barrels 3
Onion Sets 3
Oranges and Lemons 4
Ordnance Stores N O S 1
Ores Iron L C L 6
Ores Iron and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Ore3 samples or specimens
must be prepaid 6
Organs not boxed not taken 1
Oysters in cans or kegs 4
Oysters shell in barrels
Oysters shell in bulk C L
Oysters in glass packed 1
Oil Castor in glass packed 1
O R
5
1
O
6
O R
Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls L C L 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls C L 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the pro
duct of Coal Oil Pine in cans D 1 Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed L C L 1
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed C L 2
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
tank cars
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in tank cars or barrels must always be charged at actual
weight
Oil Cocoa in original packages 1
Oil Cocoa in barrels 3
Oil Palm Seed crude L C L
Class K with 20 per cnt added Oil Cotton Seed any quantity Rule 1 without percentage R
Oil Kerosene See Coal Oil
Oil Lard and Linseed 3
Oil Lubricating the product of Coal Oil same as Coal Oil
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or cans
boxed 3T1
Oils in glass or cans packed except Coal Oil and Sassafras
Oil1 1
Oils in jars not packed not taken
Oils N O S in bbls 3
Oleomargarine in cans 1
Oleomargarine in Kegs and
Firkins 2
Oleomargarine in Buckets
Pails and Tubs D1
1
P
5
K
2
Packing Asbestos in cases Packing Asbestos in rolls
Packing Hemp
Packing Metallic
2
4
4
2
O R
4
6
I
4
6
2
4
4
D 1
4
3
3
3
Packing Rubber
Paintings and Pictures well bxd value of each box not
to exceed 200
Paintings and Pictures over
Paints bulk in barrels
casks dry L C L
Paints bulk in bbls or casks
dry C L
Paints bulk in barrels
casks in liquid
Paints bulk in kegs liquid Paints in pails or cans packed Paints in pails or cans unpacked
Paints Metallic same as Paints Paneling and Wainscoting wood finished N O S in boxes or bbls O R of chafing or breakage
Paneling and Wainscoting
wood in white
Paper Bags
Paper Barrels in nests packed
Paper Binders Board in cases Paper Binders Board in bundles
Paper Bottle Covers packed
or pressed in bales
Paper Boxes in nests packed
Paper Card
Paper Collars packed
Paper Hangings in bundles
Paper Hangings boxed
Paper Medicated or Closet
Paper Pasteboard
Paper Printing Wrapping or
Paper the same as above in
boxes
Paper in rolls for manufacture of bags3
Paper Roofing
Paper Sand and Flint
Paper Stock in sacks barrels bales crates or hogsheads
Rule 1
Paper Straw Boards
Paper Wall any quantity in
bundles
Paper Wall any quantity in
boxes
Paper Ware N O S
Paper Writing Book or BlotParis White same as paint
Peaches in boxes barrels 3 green L C L
ROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA 105
O E O K O K 0 R
3 Peaches in boxes barrels or
gg bags green C L 0
Peaches dried 4 6
D 1 1 Peach Stones packed 6
Pearline 4
3 T 1 D 1 Peanuts L C L 5
Peanuts C L 6
6 Pearl Ash 5
Peas in boxes 2
L Peas in bags or barrels I
Pegs Shoe in bags 1
5 Pegs Shoe in barrels or boxes 2
5 Peltries See Skins
Pencils Slate 3
Pepper and Spices in bags 3
1 Pepper and Spices N 0 S
ground in boxes 2
Pepper Sauce in glass packed 1 2
Perfumery 1
Petroleum See Coal Oil
3 4 Phosphate Rock C L 24
000 lbs P
4 6 Photographic Material 1
6 Pianos Organs and Melodeons
2 boxed Ik 1
4T1 Pianos Organs and Melodeons
2 unboxed not taken
Pickers Cotton Raw Hide 2
5 Pickles in glass packed 1 2
Pickles in barrels or casks 4
3 Pickles in cans boxed 4
1 Picks and Mattocks in bundles 3
4T1 Picks and Mattocks packed 5
4T1 Picture Backing in Packages 4
1 Picture Frames unboxed 3 T 1 D 1
1 Picture Frames boxed 1
1 Pictures See Paintings
2 Pigs Feet and Tripe 6
3 Pigs Feet Pickled in barrels
4 or kegs 4
Pigs Feet in glass packed 1 2
B Pine Apples in cans boxed 4
Pine Apples in glass packed 1 3
2 Pine Straw loose C L 20000
C R Class P less 20 per ct
B Pins in cases 1
R Pins Clothes boxed 2
B Pins Insulators 6
3 Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S 1
Pine Copper Brass or Metal
R N 0 S boxed 3
5 Pipe and Tile Drain or Roof
ing L C L 5 6
1 3 Pipe and Tde Drain or Roof
ing C L 25000 pounds R P
2 Pipe Earthen not Drain L CL 1 5
1 Pipe Earthen not Drain CL 3 f
Pipe Fittings in boxes 2
2 Pipe Fittings in kegs casks or
barrels 6
6 Pipe Fittings in bundles wired D1
Pipe Iron of 6
B Pipe Lead in rolls or reels 4
106
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R
Pipe Lead in casks 5
Pipe Organs K D boxed
same as Pianos
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral
Pipe Stove D 1
Pipe Tin boxed 2
Pipe Wood L C L 3
Pipe Wood C L 4
Pipes Tobacco in boxes 1
Pitch any quantity same as Rosin class K less 20 per ct Planters K D in bundles or
boxes 2
Planters set up 1
Plaster Calcined 5
Plaster Castings D 1
Plaster Land L C L K
Plaster Land C L M
Plaster of Paris 5
Plated or White Ware 1
Plates Paper and Wood L CL 3 Plates Paper and Wood C L
not less than 24000 lbs 6
Plows Gang and Sulky3T 1
Plows set up N O S 1
Plows K D N O S 4
Plow Material See Agrl Imp
Plumbago 5
Plumbers Material N O S
packed 4
Poles Tent 2
Poles and Posts P
Polishing Powders and Compounds 3
Polish Stove and Shoe packed 4 Polish Stove and Shoe in glass
packed 3
Porcelain Ware 1
Pork and Beef B
Porter same as Ale
Potash N O S 5
Potash Ball package 5
Potash German Muriate of
and Sulphate of L C L 5
Potash German Muriate of
and Sulphate of C L K
Potatoes in bbls or sacks 6
Potatoes C L 6
Poultry dressed B
Poultry live 0 L1
Poultry live L C L 1
Powder Baking and Yeast 3
Powder Bleaching 4
Powder Gun and other Explosives L C L D 1
Powder Gun and other Explosives C L 5000 lbs or
over 1
Powdered Leaves in boxes or
barrels 1
Powders and Washing Compounds etc 4
o R
4
5
3
1
2
D 1 2
2
R
D
N
C R
Powders Cattle Horse or Condition 1
Powders Polishing Compounds etc 3
Powers Horse K D 2
Powers Railroad or Endless
Chain H
Preserves in glass packed 1
Preserves in cans boxed 4
Preserves in wood N O S 3
Presses Cider 4
Presses Copying 2
Presses Printing K D boxed
or crated 3
Presses Printing KD not
boxed 1
Presses Printing set up D 1
Presses N O S 2
Printed Matter in sheets boxed prepaid 2
Prints
Prunes in boxes or kegs
Prunes in casks
Pulley Blocks
Pulleys
Pulp Paper or Wood Rule 1
Pumice Stone
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden L C L
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden C L
Pumps Hand
Pumps Steam and Power
Pumps Steam and Power K
D packed
Putty
Pyrites L C L prepaid in boxes or barrels
Pyrites C L 24000 lbs
O R
3
3
2
Q
Quartermasters Store 1
Quicksilver in iron flasks 1
R
Radiators not packed 1
Radiators packed 3
Rags in sacks barrels bales
crates or hhds Rule 1 R
Railing 3
Raisins not strapped 1
Raisins strapped 2
Rakes Hand in bundles 3
Rakes Horse set up D 1
Rakes Horse K D 1
Range Boilers 1
Rattan 1
Rat Traps 1
Reapers See Agricultural Imp
Red Lead Same as Paints
Reeds 2
Reflectors packed D 1
W cn co to i1 co co to t
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
PS CR I O R
Refrigerators wrapd or crated 2 3
Refrigerators thoroughly and completely taken apart and
packed in sections 2
Refrigerator Material thoroughly knocked down 3
ReGins or Cotton Linten J
Retorts Clay l
Retorts Copper 2
Retorts Iron 6
Retorts Soda Water 4
Rice rough I
Rice clean in bbls or casks C Rice clean in boxes or kegs 3 Rivets f of 6
Rollers Field
Rollers Printers
Rollers Sugar
Roofing Composition
Roofing Felt in bundles
rolls
Roofing Glass
Roofing Granite packed 5
Roofing Iron See Iron Roofing
Roofing Slate L C L
Roofing Slate C L See Rule
12 25000 lbs
Roofing Tile L C L
Roofing Tile C L 25000 lbs
Roofing Tin in rolls
Root Angelica in barrels or
boxes
Roots and Herbs value not
over 10c per pound
Roots and Herbs value over
10c per pound
Rope N O S
Rope Bed Cord
Rope Clothes Line
Rope OldI p
Rope Cotton Rule 1 without
percentage 6
Rope Hemp or Jute 5
Rope Wire 4
Rosin any quantity Class K
less 20 per cent
Rubber Belting 3
Rubber Car Springs loose 4
Rubber Car Springs boxed 5 Rubber Clothing and Rubber
Goods N O Si 1
Rubber Hose 3
Rubber Packing 3
Rubber old scrap 5
Rugs N O S 1
Rugs Grass HempHair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil 1
Rustic Work not boxed 3 T 1
Rustic Work crated 1
Rustic Work entirely boxed 2
V D
R
C
Sacks See Bags
Saddlery
Saddlery Horse Collars
Saddlery Harness boxed
Saddlery Harness in bundles
Saddles not boxed
Saddles boxed
Saddle Trees not boxed 1
Saddle Trees boxed 2
Sadirons packed in barrels 5
Sadirons packed in boxes 2
Safes Iron each weighing
3000 pounds or less See
Rule 14 4
Safes Iron each weighing over
3000 lbs and not over 6000
lbs See Rule 14 3
Safes Iron each weighing over
6000 lbs and not over 10000
lbs See Rule 14 2
Safes Iron each weighing over 100D0 lbs Special Contract
See Rule 14
Safes Meat and Pantry set up lij
Safes Meat and Pantry K D
packed 2
Safes or Covers Cheese boxed 3 T 1 Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3
Sailsl
St Johns Bread in bbls or
boxes l
Saleratus 4
Sal Soda 6
Salt in sacks L C L B
Salt in sacks C L O
Salt Cake L C L K
Salt Cake C L M
Salt Table 4
Salts Bleaching in barrels or
casks 6
Salts Bleaching N O S 4
Salts Epsom in casks or bbls 5
Salts Epsom C L R
Salts Epsom N O S 4
Saltpetre L C L 5
Saltpetre C L M
Samp 2
Sand C L N O S See Rule
12 30000 lbsP less 20 per ct
Sand L C L in barrels B
Sand or Dust Moulding 5
Sapolio 4
Saratoga Chips 5
Sardines See Fish
Sash Doors and Blinds C L B Sash Doors and Blinds LCL 3
Sash Glazed L C L 1
Sash Glazed C L 5
Sash Weights K
03 03 rH tH
108
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
o K
Sauce Pepper in glasspacked 1
Sauces N 0 S 1
Sauer Kraut in barrels 4
Sausage B
Saw Logs P
Saw Mills unboxed in parts 2
Saw Mills boxed in parts 4
Saws Circular packed 1J
Saws Drag 2
Saws Drag with Horse Power 5
Saws N O S packed 1
Scales and Scale Beams set up
wrapped 1
Scales and Scale Beams K D
wrapped 3
Scales Scale Bems KDbxd 4
Scrapers3
Sereens 1
Scythe Stones 3
Scythes in bundles 1
Scythes in boxes 2
Sea Grass pressed in bales 4
Seed Corn in boxes 2
Seed Cotton less than 2000 lbs 3
Seed Cotton L C L 2000lbs
or over 6
Seed Cotton C L M
seed Flax 4
Seed Garden 2
Seed Garden returned over same line by which originally forwarded 4
SeedGras s and Clover 3
SeedC L 4
SeedLins eed 4
Seed Mill et B
Seed Mustard 6
Seed N O S 2v
Separators 1
Shadines See Fish
Shafting 4
Shafts L C L 4
Shafts C L 20000 lbs
charged for 5
Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles wired 3
Sheetings Rule 1 without percentage 6
Shellac 2
Shelters 1
Shells Sea L C L prepaid D 1
Shells Sea C L prepaid 5
Shingles L G L B
Shingles actual weight C L P
Shingles Metallic boxed 4
Ship Stuff L C L C
Ship Stuff C L 25000 lbs P
Shirting RuleTwitht prctge 6
Shirts 1
Shirts and Drawers unlaundried entirely cottonwithout percentage 6
OR
2
3
2
4
6
4
5
2
1
C R
Shoe Findings 1
Shoe Lasts 3
Shoe Pegs in bags 1
Shoe Pegs in bbls or boxes 2
Shoe Polish packed 4
Shoe Polish in glass packed 3
Shoes and Boots 1
Shoes Horse and Mule in kegs 6 Shooks and Heading L C L 6
Shooks and Heading C L P
Shorts See Rule 12 D
Shot in bags or boxes 2
Shot in kegs or double sacks 5
Shovels in bundles 3
Show Cards See Signs
Show Cases4 T 1
Show Cases entirely boxed D 1
Shrubbery See Trees
Shucks in balesrough Rule 12 D
Shucks prepared baled shipped from factory or furniture warehouse 4
Shuttle Blocks rough 3
Sieves Tin nested packed in
boxes 2
Sieves Wire packed3 T 1
Signs Card Metallic or Wood
boxed 2
Signs Glass3 T 1
Signs Trade boxed freight to
be prepaid or guaranteed 2
Sizing for factories L C L 4
Sizing for factories C L 5
Skewers wooden 4
Skins Deer pressed in bales 2
Skins Fur and Peltries value limited to 25c per lb in bags D 1
Skins Fur and Peltries value limited to 25c per lb
pressed in bales 1
Skins Fur and Peltries NOS D 1
Skins Sheep Dry baled 1
Skins Sheep Green in bundles Skins Sheep Salted in bundles
Slate Mantels packed
Slate Pencils
Slate Roofing L C L
Slate Roofing C L Rule 12
25000 lbs
Slates School boxed
Slats
Sledges in barrels
Sledges loose
Slush Soap Stock or similar material for manufacturing
soap in barrels
Smoke Stacks See Rule 14
Snaths1
Snuff in casks bbls or boxes
Snuff in jars packed
Snuff in jars not packed D
OR
3T1
if
1
3
H bi ti r H Oi OS CO fcO 05 tC
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C E 2 6 4 6
Soap Castile and Fancy
Soap Common in boxes
Soap SoftenerLiquid in bbls
Soap Stock in bbls
Soapstone Crude C L See
Rule 2 25000 lbs
Soapstone packed
Soda in kegs boxes and drums
Soda Ash L C L
Soda Ash C L
Soda Caustic in iron casks or
drums
Soda Fountains3
Soda Fountain Retorts
Soda Nitrate and Sulphate of
L C L
Soda Nitrate of C L
Soda Sal
Soda Silicate of
Solder 5
Sorghum in half bbls barrels
or hogsheads Rule 1R
Sorghum Mills 3
Spades in bundles 3
Spelter in slabs or casks 5
Spices ground in boxes 2
Spices in bags 3
Spikesf of 6
Spokes and Shafts L C L 4
Spokes and Shafts C L 20000
lbs charged for
SpongeSS
Spreaders set up
Spreaders K D boxed
Springs Bed Woven Wire
Springs Car N O S
Springs Car Rubber loose
Springs Car Rubber boxed Springs Iron Bed in barrels Springs Vehicle See Vehicles
Starch Corn
Starch except Corn Starch l

Starch C L not less than
20000 pounds
Stationery
Statues q
Staves
Steam Gauge x
Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
Steel not packed of 6
Steel packed 2
Steel wired or strapped 5
Steel Bars ech 200 lbs and
over
Steelyards K D and packed
Steelyards unboxed
Stills Worm crated
Stone Blocks rough L C L
Stone Blocks slabs or dressed and protected L C L 3
o E
R
P
2
5 K M
6 T 1
4
6
M
6
6
5
D I
m
2
1
6
4
5 3
C 2 T 1 P 1
Stone or Marblecrushed foundation rough paving blocks rough undressed rubble Class P less 20 per cent C
L 30000 lbs Rule 12
Stone Curbing C L class P
less 20 per cent
Stone Slabs rough and protected otheruse owners risk C L class P less 20
percent
Stone Blocks dressed and protected otherwise owners
risk C L class P
Stone Slabs dressed and protected otherwnss owners
risk C L class P
A carload of Stone or Marble N O S embraces 25000lbs Stoneware same as Earthen
ware
Stools Piano l
Stove Boards boxed or crated 3
Stove Pipe D 1
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed 1
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware includingthe necessary pipe
L C L i
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware
C L not less than 24000 lbs 3
Straw See Hay Rule 12
Straw Boards 5
Straw Goods l
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales 3
Sugar in bags 2
Sugar in boxes strapped 4
Sugar in boxes not strapped 2
Sugar in bbls and hogsheads 6
Sugar Cane prepaid 6
Sugar Grape 6
Sulphates L C L 6
Sulphates Ash and Soda C L M
Sulphur in boxes L C L 1
Sulphur in barrels L C L 3
Sulphur for manufacture of
Fertilizers C L M
Sumac ground 4
Sumac leaf C L estimated
weight20000 pounds 5
Sweepings and Motes Cotton A
Sweepings Factory and cotton waste in sacks barrelsbales
crates or hhds Rule 1 R
Syrups in barrels half barrels
or hogsheads R
Syrups in cans boxed or in
kegs 3
Syrups in glass boxed 1
Syrup cane in glass packed 5
110
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Tables Billiard boxed
Tacks Iron
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels
Talcl
Tallow in barrels
Tallow N O S
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs Tanbark C L 24000 pounds
Tanks N 0 S3
Tanks Cotton Seed Oil etc
Iron
Tanks Wood setup
Tanks Wood K D packed Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags Tar Pitch in bbls same as Rosins class K less 20 per
cent
Tar Coal in barrels L C L Tar Coal C L See Rule 12
Tea
Telegraph Cross Arms
Telegraph Brackets in bags Telegraph Brackets in boxes
Telegraph Brackets C L
Telephones boxed3
Tents Tent Poles and Pins
TerraCotta in packages
Terra CottaArchitectural CL TerraCotta Architectural packed in casks tierces etc
L C L
Terra Japonica
Thread Rule 1 without percentage
Threshers
Tickings Rule 1 without percentage
Ties Cotton and Hay Rule 1 Tile Drain and Roofing L C LTile Drain and Roofing C L
25000 lbs
Tile Fire for Lining etc
Tile Floor and Marble
Tin Block and Pig
Tin Foil in boxes
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls
Tin Roofing in Rolls
Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles
wired or crated
Tinners Trimmings N O S Tinware and Tin Stamped
Ware boxed
Tires Locomotive
Tires Wagon
Tobacco Box Material L C L Tobacco Box Material C L Tobacco cases boxes empty Tobacco Cut in boxes bbls or bales
R O R C R OR
Tobacco Leaf in cases 1
Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1 3
D 1 Tobaeeo Screws and Fixtures 4
6 Tobacco Smoking 1
6 Tobacco Stems prized ff
6 Tobacco Stems not prized 1
B Tobacco Unmanufactured not
5 prized 1
2 Tobacco Unmanufactd prized 2
P Tongues Pickled in barrels or
T 1 kegs 4
Tongues Smoked 3
D 3 Tonqua Beansin boxes or bbls L
D 1 Tools Edge 2
B Tools Mechanic boxed 2
3 Toothpicks 2
Tow in bales 2
Tow in bales compressed 3
Tovs boxed D 1
B Train Sugar 3 T 1 D 1
O Traps Fly D 1
1 Traps Mouse and Rat 1
6 Traveling Bags 1
3 Trees and Shrubbery baled or
5 boxed L C L prepaid or
R guaranteed 6
T 1 D i Trees and Shrubbery baled or
2 boxed C L prepaid or guar
3 4 an teed 0
6 Tripe 6
Tripe Pickled in barrels or
kegs 4
3 5 Tripoli 4
4 Trucks Warehouse 1
Trunks single 1 1
6 Trunks nested or filled with
1 merchdise crated or strapd 1 2
Trunks emptv or filled with
6 merchdise corded or wrapd 1
R Trunks filled with merchan
5 6 dise not corded or wrapped D 1
Trunks N O S D 1
R P Trunks Sample D 1 i
4 Trunks filled with personal
4 effects corded or wrapped3 T 1 i
5 Tubs N 0 S 1 3
2 Tubs Bath boxed 1
4 5 Tubs Bath unboxed D 1
5 Tubs Bath in nests 2
Tubs Bath folding wrapped
6 or crated 1 2
2 Tumblers packed 2 4
Turbine and Water Wheel
4 Rule 14 3 4
6 Turnips 3 6
of 6 Turpentine Spirits in pack
6 ages less than a barrel 3 5
P Turpentine Spirits in barrels R
1 Twine 3
Type boxed 2
1 Type Writers boxed 3 T 1 D 1
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Ill
C R
U
Umbrellas boxed 1
Urns Iron 3
V
Vehicles and Materials for Vehicles as Follows
In all items under heading of Vehicles the term Wagons is intended only to apply to rough cheap farm wagons with or without spring and is not intended for buggies or varnished pleasure or business wagons which articles and articles of like character take same classes as Buggies
Trotting Wagons etc
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons C
L boxed or well crated charged at not less than 15000 pounds excess weight
in proportion 3
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons
C L loose charged at not less than 24000 pounds excess weight in proportion 3
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons set up LC L actual weight4 T 1 Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which
carrier is liable D 1
Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value over 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier
is liable D 1
digs and Sulkies knocked down boxed or well crated
L C L 3 T 1
Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D 1 Carriages Childrens KD in
boxes bundles or crates 1
Carriages Childrens set up
unboxed3 T 1
Carriages Childrens set up
boxed di
Cars Railroad See Cars S
Cars Railroad Hand Lever or Crank i
o R
C R
5
4
3T1
1
D 1
Cars Street single actual
weight D 1
Cars Street and Omnibuses twro or more on a car not less than 20000 pounds charged
for 5
Hearses K D boxed or crated 11
Road Village or Pleasure Carts
See Buggies
Stage Coaches Omnibuses and
Hearses actual weight4 T 1
Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes
Skeins and Springs loose 3
Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes Skeins and Springs boxed 4
Vehicle Materials Iron Boxes or Skeins and Springs in
barrels or casks 6
Vehicle MaterialsWoodHubs Spokes Shafts BowsFelloes Singletrees Wheels Bodies unfinished etc etc L C L 4
Vehicle Materials the same C
L 20000 pounds charged for 5
Velocipedes K D crated 1
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles set up securely boxed 1
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles set up crated3 T l
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles K D boxed 1
Velocipedes set up not boxed
or crated not taken
Velocipedes Railroad 1
Wagons and Carts C L charged at not less than 24000 pounds 4
Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber set up act weight D 1 Wagons and Carts Farm or
Lumber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quantity act weight 6 Wagons Childrens same as
Childrens Carriages
Wagons Street Sprinklers D 1
Wagon Parts Wood unpainted K D and packed in crates or
bundles 5
Wagon Tires See Tires
1
Valves Brass boxed 3
Varnish in barrels or kegs 2
Varnish in cans boxed 2
Varnish in cans not boxed 1
Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed 1
Vault Lights rough and heavy 5
Vegetables Desiccated 4
OR
1
3T1
If
1
112
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R
Vegetables in cans 4
Vegetables N 0 S prepaid or
guaranteed
Veneering boxed 1
Veneering not boxed D 1
Vermicelli 1
Vinegar in bbls or kegs B
Vinegar Shavings or Chips in
bags 5
Vises Ironr 4
Vitriol Blue in barrels 5
o
w
Wadding D 1
Wagon Jacks 3
Wainscoting and Paneling wood finished N O S in boxes or bbls O R of chafing or breakage 3
Wainscoting and Paneling
wood in white 4
Washers in kegsf of 6
Washers in other packages 2
Waste Cotton in bales sacks
crates or bhds R
Waste Jute or Tailings 5
Water Ammonia in iron
casks 5
Water Ammonia jn glass
packed 3
Water Coolers and Filters bxd 1
Waters Aerated such as
Moxie in wood 5
Waters Aerated such as Moxie in glass or stone packed 3
Waters Mineral in wood 5
Waters Mineral in glass or
stone packed 3
Wax 4
Wax Comb Foundation bxd 2
Wax Extractors crated 1
Wax Paraffine 1
Wedges in barrels 5
Wedges loose 3
Well Curbing 2
Whalebone 1
Wheat D
Wheat Cracked in barrels 5
Wheat Cracked in boxes 2
Wheelbarrows See Agrl Imp
Wheels and Axles Car 6
Wheels and Vehicles See
Vehicles
Wheels Water Rule 14 3
Whips 1
Whisky See Liquors
White Lead and Zinc Paints 5
Whiting N 0 S 5
Whiting in boxes 3
Whiting in bbls C L L
Willow Reeds in bales 2
R
3
4
6
4
4
4
C R
Willow Ware D1
Willow Ware Baskets in nests 1
Window Shades 1
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames L C L 3
Window Frames C L B
Wind Mills K D in bundles 3
Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors
Wire Barbed 5
Wire Binding 3
Wire Cloth 1
Wire Fence 3
Wire Goods boxed N O S 3
Wire Mattresses 1
Wire Rope 4
Wire Screens 1
Wire Telegraph 4
Wire N 0 S 3
Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures
boxed or crated3T 1
Wire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated D 1
Wood Green C L of 8 cords to be billed by cordRule 12 P
Wood Dry C L rf 9 cords to be billed by cord Rule 12 P
Wood Ashes B
Wooden Butter Dishes packed
L C L 3
Wooden Butter Dishes C L
not less than 24000 lbs 6
Wooden Covers 1
Wooden Bottle Covers 3
Wooden Ware N O S 1
Wooden Ware does not include
Willow Ware which is D 1
Wood Liquor in barrels 3
Wood Plates L C L 3
Wood Plates C L not less
than 24000 lbs 6
Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage 5
Wood Screws in cffiks or bxs 2
Wool washed in bags not
pressed 2
Wool unwashed in bags not
pressed 4
Wool washed in bags pressed
in bales 3
Wool unwashed in bags
pressed in bales 6
W oolen Goods without perctge 4
Wool Mineral in bags 1
Wringers Clothes packed 2
Wringers Clothes not packed D 1
Y
Yarn Cotton Rule 1 without
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA 113
C R O R C R O R
percentage 6
Yarns N 0 S 3 Z
Yeast in Wood Yeast Oakes in boxes 3 Zinc 5
3 Zinc Oxide 5
Yeast Powders 3 Zinc Paints See Paints
Yokes 1 Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
L N TRAMMELL CITm
ALLEN FORT kCommissioners
VIRGIL POWERS J
A C BRISCOE Secy
NOTE
Coal RatesAll percentages now allowed Railroad Companies in this State on Coal and Coke in car load quantities are withdrawn and the said companies excepting the Western and Atlantic and Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in carload quanti ties as follows
For fifty miles and under Class L
For one hundred miles and over fifty miles Class L less 5 per cent
Over one hundred miles Class L less 10 per cent
The Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under Class L less 10 per cent
For distances over fifty miles Class L less 15 per cent
8
114
STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
PER 100 POUNDS Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per 100 Lbs
Dis tance 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C 1 E F G H
Miles Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts
5 12 11 10 8 7 6 6 6 4 3i 7 9 2i 8
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 H 5 9 Hi 10
15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 5i 11 12i 3f 12
20 20 18 16 14 12 10 10 10 7 6 12 14 5 14
25 22 20 18 16 13 11 11 11 7 6i 13 15 5 16
30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 n 6i 14 15 6 17
35 26 23 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 7 15 16i 6f 19
40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 7 16 16i 4 20
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 13 8 8 17 17i 6 21
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 8 8 18 17i 7 22
55 32 29 26 23 19 14 14 14 9 8 19 18 7 23
60 33 30 27 24 19 14 14 14 9 8i 19 18 7 24
65 35 32 28 25 20 15 15 15 9i 9 20 19 7 25
70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15 15 9i 9 20 19 7i 26
75 38 35 30 27 21 16 16 16 10 9i 21 20 fi 27
80 39 36 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 9i 21 20 n 28
85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21 i 7i 29
90 42 38 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21i 8 29
95 44 39 34 30 23 18 18 18 ili 11 23 23 8 30
too 45 40 35 30 23 18 18 18 Hi 11 23 23 8i 30
110 48 42 37 31 24 19 19 19 12 11 24 23 8i 31
120 51 44 39 32 25 20 20 20 13 12 25 24 8i 32
130 54 46 41 33 26 21 21 21 13 12 26 25 8 33
140 57 48 43 34 27 22 22 22 13 13 27 26 9 34
150 60 50 45 35 28 23 23 23 14 13 28 28 9 35
160 62 52 46 36 29 24 24 24 14 13 29 29 9J 36
170 64 54 47 37 30 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 9i 37
180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 31 31 9i 38
190 68 58 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 n 39
200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 32 33 9 40
210 71 62 51 41 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 9 41
220 72 64 52 42 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 10 42
230 73 66 53 43 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 10J 43
240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 10i 44
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 lOi 45
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 10i 46
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 10i 46
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 10i 47
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 loj 47
300 SO 73 58 48 38 33 33 33 21 19 38 42 11 48
310 81 73 58 48 38 33 33 33 21 19 38 42 11 48
320 82 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 21 20 39 42 11 49
330 83 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 22 20 39 44 11 49
340 84 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 22 20 39 44 11 49
350 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 11 50
360 85 75 60 50 40 g 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 Hi 50
370 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 pi 50
380 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 Hi 52
390 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 Hi 52
400 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 Hi 52
410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 Hi 54
420 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 ll 54
430 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 43 52 Hi 54
440 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 Hi 56
450 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 Hi 56
460 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 42 54 12 95
115
STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
Pee 100 Pounds Per Ton Pee Car Load Per 100 lbs
Dis tance J K L M N o P R
Miles Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 59 60 4 5 gk 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 35 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 95 1 00 1 00 1 05 1 10 1 15 1 15 1 20 1 20 1 25 1 30 1 35 1 40 1 50 1 60 1 70 1 80 1 90 2 OO 2 10 2 20 2 30 2 40 2 50 2 60 2 70 2 80 2 90 2 95 3 Q5 3 05 3 15 3 15 3 28 3 28 3 28 3 41 3 41 3 41 3 54 3 54 3 54 3 67 3 67 3 67 55 80 85 90 95 1 00 1 05 1 10 1 15 1 20 1 25 1 30 1 35 1 40 1 45 1 50 1 55 1 60 1 65 1 70 1 80 1 90 2 00 2 10 2 20 2 25 2 30 2 35 2 40 2 45 2 50 2 55 2 65 2 65 2 75 2 75 2 85 2 85 2 95 3 OO 3 10 3 20 3 30 3 40 3 50 3 50 3 50 3 60 3 60 3 60 3 70 3 70 3 70 3 80 3 80 3 80 5 00 6 50 7 50 8 00 9 00 10 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 14 OO 14 00 14 50 15 50 16 00 16 50 17 00 17 50 18 00 19 00 20 OO 21 00 23 00 24 00 25 00 26 OO 27 00 28 00 29 00 29 50 30 OO 31 00 31 50 32 00 33 00 33 50 34 00 34 50 35 00 36 00 36 50 37 00 38 00 38 50 39 00 40 OO 40 00 40 00 41 00 42 00 42 OO 44 00 44 00 44 00 46 00 46 OO 46 00 5 50 8 00 9 00 10 00 11 00 11 00 12 00 12 00 13 00 13 OO 14 00 14 00 15 00 15 00 16 00 16 00 17 00 17 00 17 00 17 OO 18 00 18 00 19 00 19 00 20 OO 20 00 21 00 21 00 22 00 22 OO 23 00 23 00 23 00 24 00 24 OO 24 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 26 OO 26 00 26 00 27 00 27 00 27 OO 27 00 27 00 29 00 29 00 29 OO 31 00 31 00 31 00 33 00 33 OO 33 00 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 00 8 00 8 00 9 00 9 00 10 00 IO OO 10 00 11 00 11 00 11 00 12 00 12 00 13 00 13 00 14 00 1400 14 00 15 00 16 00 16 00 17 OO 17 00 18 00 19 00 19 00 20 OO 20 00 21 00 21 00 22 00 22 OO 22 00 23 00 23 00 24 00 24 OO 24 00 24 00 25 00 25 00 25 OO 25 00 25 00 27 00 27 00 27 OO 29 00 29 00 29 00 31 00 31 OO 31 00 4 5 H 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 26 26 26 28 28 28 30 30 30
117
RELATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES
TO THE
Freight and Passenger Tariffs
The Railroad Companies doing business within the State of Georgia will be allowed to apply the
STANDARD FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TARIFFS For the transportation of Freight and Passengers in accordance with the following Table
118
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM
SAVANNAH DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Savannah
Pooler
Bloomingdale
Eden
Marlow
Guyton
Brewer
Egypt
Oliver
Halcyondale
0 Ogeechee 62 Johnsons 116 1
9 ltockey Ford 66 Davisboro 122
13 Scarborough 71 Sun Hill 12 f
20 Parramore Hill 74 Tennille 135 JL
26 Milieu 79 Robinsons 141 f
30 Cushingville 83 Oconee 146
35 Rogers 86 Raouls 148 ll
40 Herndon 90 Toomsboro 155 1
46 Mid ville 96 McIntyre 162 I
50 Sebastopol 100 Gordon 170 1
55 Wadley 107 Griswold 181 1
57 Bartow Ill Macon 192
AUGUSTA SAVANNAH DIVISION
Milieu O Thomas 16 Bennocks Mill 37
Lawton 5 Waynesboro 21 Hollywood 41
PerkinsJunction 7 Greens Cut 27 Allens 43
Munnerlyn 11 McBean 33 Augusta 53
EATONTON BRANCH
Gordon o Mi Hedge ville 17 Walkers Crossing 34
Whiting 9 Merriwether 25 Fatonton 38
Midway 15 Dennis 30
119
THE CEHTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
PASSENGER Class AThree Cents perMile FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To classes C 1 F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Macon O
Walden 10
Echeconnee 12
Byron 17
Powersville 21
Fort Valley 29
Everetts 36
Reynolds 42
Butler 50
Howards 60
Bostick 65
Geneva 70
Juniper 74
Box Springs 77
Upatoi 83
Wimberly 86
Schatulga 91
Columbus1100
Distance Table
Perry 14
Marshall ville16
Winchester 39
Barrons Lane 44
Montezuma 49
Oglethorpe 51
Anderson 60
Aiuericus 71
Smith ville 83
Bronwood
Dawson 98
Shellman 108
Cuthbert 118
Morris 129
Hatcher 133
Georgetown 141
Eufaula 14g
Coleman 128
Fort Gaines140
Adams 89
Leesburg 96
Walker 118
Ducker 120
Holts 125
Leary 129
Williamsburg 135
Arlington 142
Cowarts 149
Blakely 156
Hilton 166
Columbia 169
CHATTANOOGA DIVISION INCLUDING THE CHATTANOOGA ROME AND COLUMBUS AND THE SAVANNAH GRIFFIN NORTH ALABAMA RAILROADS
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 AB E G H K L M N 0 and R add twenty 20 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
1VOTEOn business passing from or over the Chattanoooga Division to any Division of the Central System the rates to be applied shall be those now of force upon the Central
Distance Table
Chattanooga Mission Ridge Crawfish Springs Rock Spring LaFavetto O Rome 7 East Rome 13 Silver Creek 18 Summit 97 77 Sargents 78 Newnan 159 165
Qn Sharpsburg Tlirm 175 176
Martindale 33 Buchanan 120 Senoia 181
Trion 39 Kramer 12ft Brooks 188
Summerville 45 Mandeville 133 Dunns 190
Raccoon Mills 48 Carrollton 140 Vaughns 192
Lavender 67 Whitesburg 154 Griffin 200
120
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
ATLANTA DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Macon O Baroesville 43 Lovejoys 76
Summerfleld 8 Milner 49 Jonesboro 82
Bolinpbroke 15 Orchard Hill 54 Morrows 87
Smarrs 22 Griffin 60 Forest 90
Forsyth 27 Sunnyside 67 East Point 97
Colliers 32 Hampton 71 Atlanta 103
Goggins 38
BUENA VISTA ELLAVILLE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Gents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Americus 0 Distance Table Buena Vista 28 Halloca
LaCrosse 9 Zelobee 36 Ochillee
Ellaville 14 Glenalta 38 Muscogee
Putnam 21 Cherokee 42 Columbus
Wigginsville 24
I
121
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
UPSON COUNTY BRANCH
PASSENGER Class AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
BartlesvilleO Fambros 6 Stamps 12
Wilkinsons 2 The Rock 8 Thomaston 16
Middlebrooks 4
AUGUSTA KNOXVILLE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Augusta
Morris
O Maysville 8
12 Sneads
15
122
PASSENGER
FREIGHT
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEMCbntf
COLUMBUS ROME DIVISION
Class AThree Cents per Mile
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Columbus
Nances
Fortsons
Hines
Rehoboth
Cataula 16 Chipley
7 Kingsboro 11 Hamilton
13 Hood
15
20 W Sul Springs
24 Stinsons
32 Greenville
COVINGTON MACON DIVISION Now Macon Northern
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten per cent To Classes C D F J P and Rosin apply Commissioners Standard Tariff Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Macon 0 Hillsboro 33 Florence 82
Masseys Mill 4 Adgates 36 Florence Tank 83
Van Buren 7 Minn eta 42 Farmington 89
Roberts 10 Monticello 45 Gould 92
Morton 15 Machen 53 Watkinsville 95
Grays 17 Marco 57 Sidney 98
Franks 21 Godfrey 61 Whitehall 101
Barron 23 Little Indian Tank 66 Athens 105
Wayside 24 Madison 72 N E Depot 106
Round Oak 27
123
BICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM
ATLANTA CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and Raddten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Atlanta
Goodwins
Boswell Junction
Doraville
Norcross
Duluth
Suwauee
Buford
Distance Table
0 Flowery Branch Odells 44 Cornelia 78
11 47 Mt Airy 80
13 Gainesville 53 New Switzerland 83
15 New Holland 55 Ayersville 87
20 W Sul Spriugs 59 Toccoa 93
26 Lula 66 Travis 96
31 Belton 67 Tugalo 9
37 Longview 74
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
freight
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Atlanta O
Howell 3
Peyton 7
Chattahoochee 8
Concord 12
Distance Table
Mableton 15
Austell 18
Salt Springs 21
Douglasvifie 26
Winston 32
Villa Rica 38
Temple 45
Bremen 54
Waco 56
Tallapoosa 64
124
RICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM Continued
NORTHEASTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
JLula O Harmony Grove 20 Center 31
Gillsville 7 Nicholson 27 Athens 39
Maysville 13
ELBERTON AIRLINE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Toccoa 0 Bowersville 24 Bowmans 38
Eastnollee 8 West Bowersville 26 Hard Cash 42
Martins 12 Royston 31 Goss Store 46
Lavonia 18 Fellowship Church 34 Elberton 50
HARTWELL DIVISION PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Qommissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 percent
Distance Table
0 Hartwell
Bowersville
10
125
KICHMOND DANVILLE SYSTEM Continued
LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Smvanee O Lawrenceville 10
ROSWELL BRANCH
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
RosinClass K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Roswell J linell O Roswell
10
126
EAST TENNESSEE SYSTEM
EAST TENN VA GA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 percent
Distance Table
Chatnoga Teun 0
Tyners 10
Ooltewah 16
OBrien l 21
Red Clay Ga 28
Cohutta 26
Varnells 31
Waring 35
Dal tou 40
Starks 46
Carbondale a 50
Millers 53
Sugar Valley 56
Skelleys 61
Reeves 63
Plainville 67
Pinsons 70
Hermitage 72
Harpers 76
Rome 80
Atlanta Juncn 82
Silver Creek 85
Brice 92
Byrds 93
Seney 94
Hamlet 96
Rockmart 101
Vintns Switch 104
Beattys Switch 106
Braswell 107
Macpherson 114
Howelton 115
Dallas 118
Rogers Switch 122
Hiram 124
Powder Springs 129
Austell 134
Mableton 138
Concord 140
Chattahoochee 145
Peyton 146
Six Mile Siding Ga 147
Howell it 150
Atlanta 152
Roseland tc 156
Constitution tt 158
Moores Mill tc 162
Ellenwood tt 165
Stockbridge tt 171
Flip pen tt 176
McDonough tc 181
Locust Grove u 188
Jenkinsburg u 193
Jackson it 198
Flovilla tt 203
Williams it 206
Frankville tt 212
Juliette it 218
Dames Ferry it 225
Popes tc 227
Holton it 232
iVlacon tc 242
Reids tt 251
Phillips Densons it 252
tl 253
Bullards tt 258
Adams Park it 262
Westlake it 268
McGriifis a 273
Coleys tt 277
Cochran 281
Hawkinsvl tt 291
Alice it 285
Fraziers tc 286
Fews Mill tt 287
Carnes Mill tt 289
Dubois tt 290
Gress Mill tc 292
Dempsey it 294
Woodwards a 298
Eastman tt 299
Amoskeng Mills tt 301
Godwinsville Ga 304
Leitchs Mill tt 306
Miller Shearers Mill it 308
Chauncey tt 309
Harris Mitchells Mill it 311
Mercers Mill tt 313
Longview i 315
Paxtons Mill it 317
Chapmans tt 319
McRae a 320
Waff Booth Cos Mill tc 321
McVille tt 325
Towns tt 330
Holland Wh iddons Still tt 335
Lumber City tt 337
Ocmulgee tt 338
Hazlehurst tt 344
Johnsonville tc 334
Graham tt 350
Pine Grove a 353
Prentiss a 356
Baxley te 359
Wheaton a 363
Carters Mill tt 365
Surrency a 369
Brentwood tt 374
Satilla tt 379
Enville tc 383
Jesup tt 389
Bennetts Still a 394
Gardi tt 396
Pendai vis tc 399
Sand Hill tt 406
OBrien P O tc 411
Sterling tt 420
Old Depot it 429
Brunswick tt 432
127
ROME DEOATUR RAILROAD 00
Freight and Passenger Tariff
1 PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty20 per cent
PLANT SYSTEM
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Millers
Burroughs
Ways
Fleming
McIntosh
Walthourviile
Johnston
Doctortown
Jesup
Screven
Patterson
Blackshear
Waycross
Glenmore
Argyle
Homer ville
Dupont
Stockton
Naylor
Valdosta
Ousley
Quitman
Dixie
Ga 0 Boston Ga 188 Suwannee Fla 172
66 10 Thomasville 66 200 Rixford
u 12 Cairo 66 214 Live Oak 179
u 16 Whigham 66 221 Padlock 184
66 24 Bain bridge Jnc 227 Pine Mount i 188
u 31 Fowltown 66 236 McAlpin 190
66 38 Faceville 66 243 OBrien 197
66 46 Recovery 6 6 249 New Branford 202
66 52 Chattalioche Fla 258 Fort White 216
u 57Briganza Ga 104 Orion 226
u 68 Fort Mudge 66 111 Newnansville 233
u 78 Race Pond 66 116 Hague 238
u 87 TJptonville 66 124 Gainesville 249
u 96 Folkston 66 13rrrew 222
u 108 Boulogne Fla 136 Lake Citv 232
66 116 HiJiiard 66 142 Jcnlocknee Ga 211
u 122 Dyal 66 147 Meigs 219
u 130 Callahan 66 152 Pelham 1 224
u 139 Dinsmore 66 160 Camilla 232
6 6 144 Jacksonville 66 172 Baconton 1 242
15TForrest Ga 140 Hardaway 250
2 166 fctatenville 66 JSIAlbany 258
6 i 174 Jasper Fla 163 Bainbridge 236
66 181 Marion 66 168
128
PLANT SYSTEM Continued
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Brunswick Pyles Marsh
Jamaica
Waynesville
Atkinson
Lulaton
Bucks Still
Nahunta
Hoboken
Schlatterville Waycross Waresboro
O Millwood
10 Red Bluff
16 Pearson
25 Kirkland
28 Westonia
32 Leliaton
34 Grays Mill 36 Willacoochee
45 Lees Mill
50 Alapaha
60 Enigma
67 Brookfield
78 Vanceville 126
82 Tifton 130
90 Riverside 133
93 Hillsdale 137
96 TyTy 139
98 Summer 145
100 Poulain 143
101 Isabella 151
107 Willingham 155
112 Davis 16j
119 Albany ITI
122
NOTEOn business interchanged between Savannah Florida
Western and Brunswick Western Railroad Companies said roads should be considered as constituting but one and the same road and rates made on continuous mileage
129
PLANT SYSTEM Continued
ALABAMA MIDLAND R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent to Standard Tariff To all other Classes apply Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Bainbridge 0 Brooklyn 16 Josephineis 28
Brinson 11 Donaldsonville 21
END OF PLANT SYSTEM
130
ABBEVILLE AND WAYCROSS RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with 50 per cent added
On Classes G L M N 0 and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 20 per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Abbeville O Bowens Mill 13
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To all Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Morgan ville Trenton
0 Rising Fawn 6
14 Sulphur Springs
11
131
ALBANY FLORIDA NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 12 3 4 5 6 A E and H apply the Commissioners StandardTariff with fifty 50 per cent added
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners StandardJTariff
Albany Philemma Oakfield
Distance Table
O Warwick
14 Taylors
17
22 Wilkersons 31
27 Cordele35
ATLANTA FLORIDA R R
PASSENGERClass AThreeCentsper Mile
freight
To Classes 1 2345 6 A B E G H K M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff jy
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Atlanta
T V G June
Buchanan
Haasville
Riverdale
Selina
Blalock
Distance Table
O Fayetteville
2J Woolsey
5 Lowry
9 Kallulah J unc
15 Zetella
17 VViliiamson
20 Zebulon
24 Meansville
31 Piedmont
35 Topeka June
37 Yatesville
40 Culloden
45 Knoxville
50 Fort Valley
55
60
64
70
76
89
104
132
ATLANTA WEST POINT R R
PASSENGER Class AThree Centsper Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add ten 10 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Distance Table
Atlanta O Powells
East Point 6 Newnan
Red Oak 12 Pucketts
Fairburn 18 Grantville
Palmetto 25 Hogansville
33 Whitfield 65
39 LaGrange 71
45 Gabbettville 80
51 West Point 87
58
AUGUSTA GIBSON SANDERSYILLE R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass L
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other Classes except C I and I
Augusta
Gary
Adventure
Gracewood
Richmond
Hephzibah
Bath
Blythe
Distance Table
0 Keysville
5 Noah
7 Mathews
9 Wrenns
11 Stapleton
15 Avera
19 Gibson
22
26 Melle Springs 55
30 Mitchell 59
32 Hines 61
36 Chalker 64
41 Warthen 70
45 Young 77
51 Sandersviiie 80
133
BLUE BIDGE ATLANTIC B E
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 23 4 5 6 A E H add fifty 50 per cent
To Classes D C D F G J K L M N O P R apply Standard Tariff
Cornelia
Clarkesville
Distance Table
O Analdale 12 Turnerville 17
8 Ebenezer 14 Tallulah Falls 2
BOSTON AND ALBANY EAILB0AD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with 50 per cent added
On Classes G L M N O and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 20 per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Round Lake 0 McNairy 6 Boyles Hollow 12
Lake 2 Massey 8 McDonald 15
Spanglers 4
Prepay
134
CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 30 per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Chattanooga Tenn 0
Thurman 56
Rock Creek Ga 76
Flintstone 84
Moons 89
Eagle Cliff 98
Wessboro 118
Lisbon 141
Henrys 161
Cooper Hgts 182
Distance Table
Cassandra Ga199
Kensington 218
Estelle 1239
Bronco 315
Dickson 330
McConnell 350
Harrisburg 381
Chelsea 427
Menlo 459
Chesterfield Ala500
Chance 551
Taff I 597
Blue Pond 688
Yellow Creek 704
Whittens 736
Coxs 775
Wilsons 838
Gadsden 917
CITY SUBURBAN R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 23 4 5 6 A E H add fifty 50 per cent to Standard Tariff To Classes B C D F G J K L M N O P and R apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Isle of Hope 7 Burnside 12
Thomas 2 Cedar Hammock Beaulieu 12
Pritchards 4 Bethesda 10 Montgomery m
Sandfly 6
135
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add to Commissioners Standard Tariff as follows
Between 0 and 40 miles 50 per cent
Between 40 and 70 miles 40 per cent
Between 70 and 100 miles 30 per cent
Over 100 miles 20 per cent
To Classes B J K L M N O and R aid twenty 20 per cent to Standard Tariff for any and all distances
To Classes C D F G and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff Distance Table
Columbus 1 Brooklyn 32 Sasser 73
Ochillee lo Richland 30 Oakland 77
Psalmonds 19 Kimbrough 45 Palmyra 83
Cusseta 1 Weston 48 Albany 88
Manta 24 Parrotts 57
Green Hill 28 Dawson 66
DARIEN SHORT LINE
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
freight
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add to Commissioners Standard Tariff as follows
Between 0 and 40 miles 50 per cent
Between 40 and 70 miles 40 per cent
Between 70 and 100 miles 30 per cent
Over 100 miles 20 per cent
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
136
DOVER STATESBORO R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with 50 per cent added
On Classes C D F G J L M N 0 and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 25 per cent added
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
On Class P Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Dover o Statesboro10
EAST WEST R R OF ALABAMA
Formerly Clierolcee
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
Allowed 25 cents a minimum passenger chargePer Circular 153 FREIGHT
Apply Standard Tariff to all Classes
Allowed to charge for ten miles as a minimum haul
Distance Table
Carterswille Ga 0 Fish Creek Ga 29 Hebron Ala 84
Ladds ll 4 Cedartown U 37 Grays ll 87
Stilesboro a 10 Berrys ll 42 Ohatchie ll 89
McGinnis 12 Esom Hill ll 46 Francis ll 92
Taylorsville ll 14 Warners Ala 48 Singletons ll 94
Deatons ll 17 Rowells ll 53 ll 95
Davittes ll 18 Daileys ll 57 Ragland ll 100
Waddells ll 19 Cross Plains il 62 Fairview ll 104
Rockmart 11 23 E W June ll 70 Broken Arrow ll 110
Pineville Cl 25 Sul Springs ll 78 Pell City ll in
Goddards a 27 Dukes ll 81
137
GEORGIA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To all Classes apply Standard Tariff
Augusta O
Wheless 5
Belair 10
Grovetown 15
Forest 16
Berzelia 21
Harlem 25
Saw Dust 26
Dearing 29
Bonesyille 33
Thomson 37
Mesena 43
Cam alt 47
Wirnton 751
Mayfield 60
Culverton 67
Sjsterta 71
Devereaux 79
Carrs1 83
Distance Table
Milledgeville 93
Browns 101
Haddocks 106
James Ill
Roberts 116
Maoon
Norwood fiO
Barnett
Raytown 62
Eicklin 68
Washington 76
rworyineTr 64
Robinsons 70
Union Point 76
WooyrneTTrT1 si
Bairdstown 83
Maxeys 89
Antioch 92
Lexington Winterville Athens 98 108 116
Greensboro 83
Oconee 90
Buckhead 96
Madison 103
Dorsey 107
Rutledge Ill
Social Circle 119
Alcovy 125
Covington 130
Conyers 140
Lithonia 146
Redan 150
Stone Mountain 155
Clarkston 160
Decatur 165
Atlanta m
138
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other Classes except C D and F
Gainesville 0 Distance Table Hoschton 18 Camps
Candler 7 Mulberry 23 Monroe
Florence IO Jug Taviern 27 Gresham
Pendergrass 16 Bethlehem 32 Social Circle
Jefferson 23
GEORGIA MIDLAND GULF R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H and R add twentyfive 25 per cent To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Columbus Ga O
Flat Rock 11
Ellersville 18
Waverly Hall 24
Mulberry 28
Shiloh 34
Distance Table
Nebula 38
Warm Springs 42
Woodbury 52
Jenkinsville 57
Williamsville 60
Concord 64
Stearnesville 72
Griffin 80
Pomona 89
McDonough 97
GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add twenty 20 per cent to C ommissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added
Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
To all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Macon O Arabi 75 Melrose 167
Sofkee 7 Marion 85 Jennings Fla 171
Avondale 11 Sycamore 88 Avoca 66 176
Wellston 16 Inaha 92 Jasper 180
tBonaire 22 Chula 98 Genoa U 193
Kathleen 25 Tifton 105 White Springs u 200
tTivola 29 Eldorado 112 Suwanee Valley u 204
tGrovania 35 Lenox 118 Lake City 66 210
Elko 39 Sparks 126 Hagen 66 220
tl Jnflrlilla 44 Ariel 128 Lake Butler 66 222
tPinehurst 49 Cecil 134 New River U 238
tFindlay 52 Hahira 139 Hampton 248
Vienna 57 Mineola 144 Brooklyn 66 256
tRichwood 60 Valdosta 150 Etoniah U 264
Oorfl file Dasher 157 Palatka 66 285
Wenona 70 Oceana 161
LOUISVILLE WADLEY B E
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other classes except C D and F
Distance Table
Louisville Aldred
0 Moxley 3 Joiner
5 Bethany 6 Wadley
140
menti
MACON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 20 per cent added Ijj
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per oent added
On Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
On Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added fi
On Rosin Class K less 20 per ceDt
On Classes C D F J and P apply Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Macon o Montpelier 25 Woodbury 75
Sofkee 8 Yatesville 44 Odessa 90
Lizella 20 Thomaston 57 LaGrange 105
MIDVILLE SWAINSBORO RED BLUFF R R
Formerly midrille Swainsboro and Hit Vernon
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H add fifty 50 per cent
To Classes B C D F G J K L M N O P R apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Midville 0 Wiggins 10 Swainsboro
Summer town 6 Modoc 15
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH R R 00
PASSENGERClass AThre Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 45 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R add twenty 20 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added
Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Macon 0 Solomon 17 Montrose 37
Swift Creek 4 Jeffersonvillg 23 Elsie 42
Dry Branch Pikes Peak 9 Gallimore 27 Moore 48
12 Hughes 31 Dublin 54
Fitzpatrick 15 Allentown 33
141
MARIETTA NORTH GEORGIA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive 25 per centto all other Classes except C D and F
Distance Table
Marietta O Browns 27 Ellijav 70
Kerrs 4 Mabel 30 White Path 76
Blackwells 6 Ball Ground 37 Cherry Log 79
Hoys 9 Nelsons 42 Blue Ridge 86
Woodstock 12 Tate 45 Mineral Bluff 90
Little River 15 Jasper 50 State Line 99
Lebanon 16 Talking Rock 56 Kinseys N C 106
Holly Springs Canton 18 Charles 25 64 Murphy IN C 113
No percentages are allowedlto be added on the following articles
Sugar
Coffee green in single sacks
Coffee green in double sacks
Salt in sacks
Apples green in barrels
Apples dried in barrels or sacks
Potatoes in barrels or sacks
Cabbage in crates or barrels
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Checks Cotton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products
Dry Goods N 0 S
Dry Goods in trunks corded or wrapped
Dry Goods in boxes or bales
Dry Goods in trunks crated or strapped
Dry Goods in trunks not corded or wrapped
MILLEN ASD SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with 50 per cent added
On Classes G L M N O and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 20 per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Millen South Millen Emmalane
Butts
Thiift
Simsville
Distance Table
O J ohnsonsW arehouse 14 Summit 21
1 Garfield 15 Overstreet 23
5 Longview 17 Durdenville 25
8 Hoods Crossing 18 Canoochee 28
11 Cowarts 19 Stillmore 32
12
142
ROME R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To all Classes apply Standard Tariff
Rome Freeman Dykes
Distance able
O Bass
5 Eves
7 Murchison
10 Wooley ig
12 Kingston 20
16
ROME DECATUR RAILROAD 00
See East Tenn Va Ga R R Tariff
SANDERSVILLE TEMILLE R R
PASSENGER Class CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other Classes except C D and F
Distance table
Tennille o Santlersville 3
143
SAVANNAH AMERIC0S MONTGOMERY R R
Formerly Americus Preston Lumpkin PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
2 S 4 5 6 h H K L M N O ami Radd twenty 20 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff v p
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
Io all other Classes apply Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty 20 per cent
Lyons 0
Appleton 3
Vidalia 5
Mt Vernon 17
Glenwood 22
Verbena24
Alamo 29
Erick 33
Helena 39
Oswald 44
Milan 50
Horton 54
Rhine 53
Distance able
Copeland 61
Abbeville 65
Wishart 70
Rochelle 73
Pitts 79
Seville 83
Williford 85
Penia 89
Cordele 94
Lees Mill 97
Coney loo
Llegg 102
Johnsons p5
Cobb 107
Bagley 108
DeSoto in
Leslie1 113
Parkers 115
Huntington 117
Gatewood 120
Americus 125
Plains 136
Preston 146
Richland 154
Lumpkin 163
Louvale 173
SAVANNAH TYBEE R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
freight
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E and H add fifty 50 per cent
0 Classes B C D F G J K L M N O P and R apply Standard Tariff
Savannah LePageville Debtford Bartow
Distance Table
0 Palmetto
2 Estill
3 Light House
4 Fusbers Point
8 Ocean House
16 Hotel Tybee
16J Chatham
17
18
19s
2G
144
SMITHONIA DUNLAP B E
Formerly WinterTille and Pleasant Hill R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
To all other Classes except C D and F apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff with twentyfive 25 per cent added
Distance Table
Winterville 0 Pleasant Hill 7
SYLVANIA B E
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E H add fifty per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Classes B C D F G J K L M N O P R add twentyfive per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Rocky Ford CRR O Zeagler 9 Waters 13
Williamson 5 Blackville 11 Sylvauia 15
Woodcliff 7
TALBOTTON E E
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
Add twentyfive 25 per cent to all other Classes except C I and F
Distance able
Bostick S W R R O Talbotton 7
145
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
Apply Commissioners Standard Tariff to all Classes
Distance Table
TJnion Point 0 Caldwell 5 Jarrells712
Junction 2 Siloam 7 White Plains 14
WADLEY AND MT VERNON RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K CommissionersStandard Tariff with 50 per cent added
On Classes G L M N O and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with 20 per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P Commissioners Standard Tariff
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Wadley O Hods 17 Adrian 27
Pmetucky 6 Ethel 22 Ricksville 29
Kite 15 Odomville 25
WESTERN ATLANTIC E R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
freight
Apply Standard Tariff to all Classes
Atlanta
Bolton
Gilmore
Vinings
Mclvors
Smyrna
Marietta Elizabeth Big Shanty
Acworth
Ruby
Distance Table
o Allatoona 40 Calhoun 78
7 Bartow Iron Works 42 Resaca 84
10 Stegalls 43 Tilton 91
11 Cartersville 48 Dalton 100
12 Rogers 51 Mont Lily 104
15 Cass 53 Tunnel Ilill 107
20 Kingston 59 Ringgold 115
22 Cement 60 Graysville 121
29 Halls 64 Chickamauga Tenn 127
Ch Adairsville 69 Cincinnati Jc 132
67 McDaniels 75 Chattanooga 138
146
WRIGHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD CO
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add twenty 20 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
Fertilizers L C L Class K with 10 per cent added
Fertilizers C L Class M with 10 per cent added
Spirits of Turpentine Class R with 10 per cent added
Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
To all other Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Tennille Peacocks Cut
Harrison
Donovan
Distance Table
o Wriglitsville 16 Bruton 27
5 Meadows Crossing 20 Condor 32
9 Lovett 23 Dublin 35
13 Donalson 25
APPENDIX
ETJLE8
Tariffs and Classification
GOVERNING
EXPRESS COMPANIES
ADOPTED BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
0s 0mended to 0clober 15 1892
APPLYING BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN
THE STATE OF GEORGIA
TA BIFF A
merchandise Kale Per Hundred and Graduated Rules for Packages Weighing Le
than One Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
W o z Merchandise g Rates RATES PER 100 Pounds tT 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
H CO S1 O MILES 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
Miles Cents Packages Less than 100 Lbs
1 to 20 30 Over 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
21 to 40 40 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 35 35 40 45
41 to 60 50 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 35 35 40 45 45 50
61 to 80 60 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 50 50 55 55
81 to 100 70 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 30 35 40 45 45 50 50 60 65 65 70 75
101 to 180 80 Over 40 not over 50 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
181 to 160 90 Over 50 not over 60 25 30 35 45 55 60 65 70 75 85 95 100 105 110
161 to 180 1 00 Over 60 not over 70 25 35 45 50 60 70 75 80 95 100 110 120 130 130
181 to 200 1 05 Over 70 not over 80 30 40 50 60 70 75 90 100 10b Hi 120 130 135 140
201 to 250 1 15 Over 80 not over 90 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
251 to 300 1 20 Over 90 not over 100 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
Packages weighing five pounds and under shall not he charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance within this State hut when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent
TAEIPF IB
GOVERNING PERISHABLES ETC
Rates Rep Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Eess titan One
Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
MTLES Rates per RATES PER 100 POUNDS m 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
100 lbs
MILES 20 40 60 80 ICO 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
Cents Packages Less than 100 Lbs
1 to 450 Over 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
1 to 20 30 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 35 40 45 45
21 to 40 30 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 45 45
41 to 60 35 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 55 55
61 to 80 40 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65
81 to 100 45 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
101 to 130 50 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
131 to 160 55 Over 60 not over 70 25 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
161 to 180 60 Over 70 not over 80 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
181 to 200 65 Over 80 not over 90 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
201 to 250 70 Over 90 not over 100 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
V T O s w signing live pounus ana unaer snail not oe cnargea more tnan b cents by one company for any distance within this State hut when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent
co

150
bM
TARIFF E
Governing the following perishables when carried by Express Compainies
DRESSED POULTRY FEESH FISH FEESH MEAT AND SAUSAGES
Rates per One Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages weighing less than One Hundred Pounds on above articles
As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Rates per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 POUNDS Hr 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
Distance MILES 8 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 lbO 200 250 300 350 400 450
Cents Packages Less Than 100 Lbs
1 to 450 Over 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
I to 20 25 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 35
21 to 40 25 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 35 35
41 to 60 25 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 35 38 40
61 to 80 27 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 30 35 38 40 43
81 to 100 30 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50
101 to 130 35 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 25 25 30 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50 55
131 to 160 40 Over 60 not over 70 25 25 25 27 30 33 35 40 40 45 45 50 55 60
161 to 180 45 Over 70 not over 80 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60 63
181 to 200 45 Over 80 not over 90 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60 63
201 to 250 50 Over 90 not over 1001 25 25 25 27 30 1 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 0 63
f
UTILES
RULE 1
The above tariffs are maximum rates and will apply to all Express Companies doing business within the State of Georgia and will be governed by the rules and regulations of the said Express Companies as far as said rules are applicable to the business done within the State of Georgia and are not in conflict with the rules adopted by the Commission governing Express Companies
RULE 2
All charges on freights weighing more than five pounds and passing over two or more railroads under the same management and control by lease ownership or otherwis shall be based on continuous mileage but when said shipments pass over two or more roads not under the same management and control by lease ownership or otherwise 30 per cent may be added to the Express Standard Tariff based on continuous mileage When said shipments are handled by two or more express companies each company may charge its local less ten per cent
Packages weighing five pounds and under shall not be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance within this State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent
RULE 3
The Express Companies are directed to have published and posted at all their offices in the State of Georgia the said classifications rates and rules wdth such explanations as are necessary for a full understanding of the same
RULE 4
Graduated rates apply to matter weighing less than one hundred pounds
RULE 5
Two or more packages weighing each 10 pounds or over forwarded by one shipper at the same time to one consignee may be charged for on the aggregate weight as above Packages weighing less than 10 pounds each shipped as in the foregoing section may be aggregated provided they are estimated and charged for as weighing 10 pounds each Actual weight only must be entered on the waybill If articles of different classes are aggregated the charge may be made at the rate applying to the highest class
RULE 6
Valuation ChargesWhen the value of any merchandise shipment CO D or otherwise exceeds 5000 the following additional charge may be made on value Charge for value whether insured or not When merchandise rate is 100 or less per 100 pounds 5 cents for each 100 value or fraction thereof When merchandise rate exceeds 100 and not more than 300 per 100 pounds 10 cents for each 100 value or fraction thereof These rates apply only to packages or shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers
RULE 7
If C O D matter is refused or cannot be delivered the shipper must be immediately notified and if not disposed of within thirty days after such notice it may be returned subject to charge both ways
152
RULE 8
Gunpowder Dynamite Kerosene Benzine Naphtha Gasoline Matches and all other explosive or dangerous inflammable oils acids or materials must not be receivedjfor transportation
RULE 9
Fancy Poultry Pet Stock or Dogs that have paid double merchandise rates to Fairs and Exhibitions may be returned free if accompanied by a certificate from the Secretary that they are being returned to the original owner
RULE 10
No Express office where Express business is done in this State shall be discontinued or abolished without first obtaining the consent of the Commission upon application duly filed by said company wherein shall be stated the reasons therefor
153
CLASSIFICATION OF PERISHABLES GENERAL SPECIALS ETC
Carried at Less than Merchandise Rates and as Prescribed in
Tariff B
Ale
Apples
Asparagus
Bananas
Beans
Beef Fat
Beer
Beer Tonic
Berries
Butter
Cabbage
Calves dressed
Cantaloupe in crates or bbls Carrots
Celery
Cheese
Cherries
Chestnuts
Cider
Clams
Cocoanuts
Crabs
Crab Meat raw Not including deviled or cooked crabs
Crackers
Cucumbers
Eggs
Egg Plants
Fish Roe
Fish salted or dry
Frogs live
Fruit
Furs coarse
Game
Grapes
Greens
Green Corn
Hides green
Honey in comb strained well packed
Ice Cream
Lard
Lemons
Lettuce gross weight Lobsters
Mineral Water
Okra
Oleo Butter and Oil Oranges
Oysters in shell
Oysters canned
See Scale of weights Page Parsnips
Peaches
Pears
Peas
Pine Apples
Plums
Pomegranates
Pop
Potatoes
Radishes
Rabbits dead
Skins undressed of any kind Soda Water
Squashes in crates Strained Honey
Sugar Cane
Vegetables green
Tomatoes
Terrapins
Trees and Shrubs for planting when boxed or baled prepaid or guaranteed Turtles in barrels
Turtles live
Turnips
Yeast compressed
EXPLANATION OF ABOVE TABLESTo find rate per one hundred pounds
ExampleFind the distance for forty miles or any distance between 21 and 40 on the left side of the Table of Merchandise Rates and the column on the right under the head of cents gives the correct rate40 cents
To find the rate on packages less than 100 poundsLook under the head of packages less than 100 lbs and find the weight of package on which rate is wanted and run your finger along to the right until you get under the number of miles wanted at the top of the table and where the two cross you will find the rate For example Wanted the rate on a package weighing between 41 and 50 pounds for 60 miles Find weight of package over 40 and not over 50 pounds under head of packages less than 100 lbs and run your finger to the right until it comes to the column under the 60 unles and it will give the rate wanted35 cents
Extra Rate ChargesOn matter subject to half rate as one and onehalf or double rate find graduated rate according to tariff1 and then add onehalf or double it as required ExampleIf a package weighs 26 pounds rated at double rate and the rate to destination is 100 E per 100 pounds the charge for 20 to 25 pounds is 50 cents double this100is the proper amount
151
CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPLANATORY NOTES
A means that the article is governed by Tariff A
JA means that the article is governed by onehalf of Tariff A
Double A means that the article is governed by two times Tariff A
3 times A means that the article is governed by three times Tariff A
4 times A means that the article is governed by four times Tariff A
8 times A means that the article is governed by eight times Tariff A
Scale of Weights for Oysters Packed in Cans
In order to secure uniformity in weights and charges on shipments of Oysters packed in cans the following scale of weights must be strictly adhered to in all cases Delivering as well as Receiving Offices will see that no deviation is made from it
WAYBILL WAYBILL
To arrive at the proper weight of Boxes or Cases wThen number of Cans packed differs from the number of Cans given above add two and onehalf pounds for each Can in excess to the next lowest number given on the list and charge at the hundred pound rate
Shippers must mark the exact number of cans contained in each case
THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL RATES ARE TO BE 1JSED ONLY ON THE CONDITIONS NAMED BELOW WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION AAdvertising Matter consisting of Printed Engraved or Photographed Advertisements on paper or card board not under glass and Almanacs Signs or Cards without glass in frames or racks may be charged for at the Mgrchandise rate per one hundred pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed and no charge to be less than twentyfive cents
NoteThe rates on advertising matter given herein will be applied only on matter distributed gratuitously for advertising purposes and must not be applied on any package containing articles that are sold to the consignee Any article of merchandise packed with advertising matter will subject the shipment to the regular graduate at merchan dise rate
SECTION BThe following matter may be charged for at the Merchandise rate per one hundred pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed
Auxiliary Newspapers Patent insides and other appliances used in place thereof including Reading Matter Plates minimum twentyfive cents
Packages of Clothing shipped to or by Laundries minimum twentyfive cents
Catalogues and Prices Current with prices extended to and from dealers and their raveling salesmen value limited to 1000 minimum twentyfive cents
155
Samples of Soap from manufacturers when given away for advertising purposes minimum twentyfive cents
Sample Cans of Cooked Corn from packing houses minimum twentyfive cents Sample Cans of Meat from packing houses minimum twenty five cents
NoteWhen graduated or other rates quoted in this card are less than these they should be applied When shipments are ordered returned these rates apply
THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL BATES ARE TO BE USED ONLY ON THE CONDITIONS NAMED BELOW ON BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION C Rates on Printed Matter and Seeds and Bulbs prepaid to railroad points only within the State for manufacturers publishers and dealers
The following articles may be carried at ten cents for each one and onehalf pounds and for single packages exceeding one and onehalf pounds one cent for each additional two ounces or fraction thereof unless the graduate rate is less
Almanacs
Blanks printed bound or in sheets
Blotters and Blotting Pads Books printed bound or unbound tBulbs
Blank Books
Blank Cards
Blank Envelopes
Card Boards
Calendars
Cards printed
Catalogues
Circulars
Chromos
Chromo Lithographs Cuttings
Engravings
Envelopes addressprinted Flexible or Paper Patterns Hand Bills
Heliotype Work
Insurance Policies blank Labels
Litho Views of Cities mounted on cloth with rollers
Letter Papers
Lithographs
Magazines
Maps
Ornamented Paper Pamphlets
Paper for Cash Registers printed in rolls or sheets
Periodicals
Photographs not framed Plants
Posters
Prospectuses
Proof Sheets
Publications
Roots
Samples of Merchandise including Grain Cloth Medicine and sample Cards Scions tSeeds
Sheet Music
ShowCards unmounted Stereoscopic Views
may be taken under
Q Any of the above mentioned articles which represent advertisin Section A when it gives a lower rate
tPackages of Bulbs or Seeds exceeding 40 ounces in weight 4 cents per package less tnanrate of onehalf cent per ounce unless regular graduate is less
Printed Matter Rates apply solely to articles enumerated and only when shipped by manufacturers publishers or dealers The value of each package must be limited to len Dollars be prepaid and have the nature of the contents written stamped or printed thereon and be so packed that the description may be readily verified bv examination
SECTION DEspecial care and judgment must be exercised in the use of the tollowing special rates offering them only to manufacturers and dealers to secure Jarge and continuous shipments
Packages of Merchandise not including Jewelry Grocers Samples and Electrotype and Stereotype Plates for advertising cuts value not exceeding 10 may be forwarded at a rate of one cent per ounce
156
Crab soft shell Empties may be returned free 0 R between all points
Sample Cans or Jars securely packed of cooked or preserved fruits vegetables or fish when shipped by manufacturers only pound rates This applies between all points
Samples of Wall Papers sent to dealers charge pound rates
Onion SetsCharge merchandise rates except that they may also be taken under the head of Rates on Printed Matter Seeds and Bulbs See Section C
Vegetables under head of General Special only covers Green Vegetables used for food
Strawberry and Other Live Plants should be classed as plants see Classification Card and charged for at merchandise or double merchandise rates as indicated Only trees and shrubs are enumerated under head of General Specials not nursery stock or shipments from nurseries
Packages of Almanacs for city delivery received by freight for distribution may be charged for at 25 cents each
Stencil Plates and Shipping Cards to be used on packages to be returned by expresswhen shipped by commission merchants to their customers may be charged at advertising matter rates as fixed by Section A
Ice Cream at actual gross weight with an allowance of 20 per cent for ice at regular merchandise rates unless there are authorized specials to the contrary
Safety Bicycles not knocked down and boxed or crated charge double merchandise rates same as Ordinary Bicycles
Burlaps which have been used for covering shipments of silk from silk mills may be returned free
Airtight Jersey Butter Jars six in crate to be returned empty when shipped full by express may be returned between all points at 15 cents each
Fish Roe may be classed same as Fresh Fish
Sulkies Knocked Down not Boxed or CratedCharge three times merchandise rateminimum charges 300
Harvesters Knocked DownCharge sin gle merchandise rate They should not be classed as Bulky Agricultural Implements on which double merchandise rate is charged as provided in Classification
Shell Clams in Bulk should be waybilled at the estimated weight for Oysters that is 10 pounds to the gallon
Empty Paper BoxesCharge double merchandise rate
Shipment of Posters to Traveling Shows should be taken at graduated merchandise rates and not at the rates given under Section A of Classification Card
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
157
GENERAL GLASSIFICATION
ExplanationsSpecial rales under each heading apply to all articles enumerated thereunder A stands for single A Rate A for Onehalf A Rate 1 A for Once and Onehalf A Rate D A for Double A Rate it A for Three Times A Rate Etc Special for Special Rates or Scales of Special Rates In the absence of Special Rates on Special Rate matter use Single Merchandise Rates 0 R for Owners Risk 0 R B for Owners Risk of Breakage K D for Knocked Down Minimum for minimum charge on a single shipmenti e no single charge less than the one specified
All articles not enumerated below or not analogous to those enumerated are to be charged for at A Rates
A
Acids dangerous refuse see Rule 8
Advertising Matter see Section A
Agricultural Implements bulky D A Plows ordinary stirring and breaking A
Ale B
Almanacs see Section A page
and Section C
Animals and Birds LiveReceive them only at 0 R of injury death or escape taking a Release as provided for Live Stock Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers They must he boxed or caged Enter the number of animals in each box or cage on waybill Charges may be prepaid or guaranteed j
Alligators live D A
Cats
Deer
Dogs in boxes at actual wgt or securely chained at 100
lbs each
Ferrets
Guinea Pigs
Opossums
Pet Animals
RabbitsJ
Antlers D A
Applesy B
Asparagus B
B
Bananas B
Beans B
Beef Fat B
Beer B
Berries B
Butter B
Beer Tonic see Scale of Rates
f Bees in stands 0 R 1 A
I Benzine refuse see Rule 8
BicyclesOrdinarysee Vehicles
BicyclesRailroad taken apart see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetyK D and crated see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetynot K D and boxed D A
Bicycle Wheels see Vehicles
Birds LiveriReceive them only at 0 R of injury death or escape taking a Release as provided for Live Stock Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers Charges must be prepaid or guaranteed Enter the number in each crate on the waybill D A
Blanks printed hound or in sheets see Section C
Blotters and Blotting Pads see Section C
Boats Metallic Folding se
curely packed D A
Boats Row and Canoes including paddles and equipment minimum 200 4 t A
Shells and all Racing Crafts including Outriggers minimum 400 8 t A
Books printed bound or unbound see Section C page
Book Cases same as Furniture
Bread pound rates minimum 25 cents A
Buggies see Vehicles
Burial Cases A
Burros see Live Stock
Bulbs see Section C
C
CabbageI B
Calves dressed B
Cataloupe in crates or bbls B
158
RULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
Carrots
Celeryj
Cheese
Cherries
Chestnuts
Cider
Clams
Cocoanuts
Crabs
Crab meat raw not including
deviled or cooked crabs
Crackers
Cucumbers
Calendars see Section C
Calves see Live Stock
Calves dressed see Perishables etc
Cameras Photograph securely
boxed
CamerasPhotograph in light
carrying cases
Canoe see Boats
Cards printed see Section C Carriages see Vehicles
CastingsFragile receive only
atO R BI
Catalogues see Section C Catalogues and prices current with prices extended to or from dealers and their traveling salesmen value limited to 1000 Section B
Cats see Animals
Chairs see Furniture
Children
Chromos see Pictures also Section C
Chromo Lithographs see Section C
Chronometers see Instruments
Cigar Boxes empty
Circulars see Section C Clothing packages of to or from Laundries see Section B
Colts see Live Stock
Corn cooked sample cans of see Section B
Cows see Live Stock
Crabs deviled or cooked
Crayon Portraits see Pictures Cuttings see Section C
I
Deer see Animals
DesksSchool see Furniture Desks Office same as Furniture Dogs see Animals
Doll Carriages and Doll Chairs
of small value
Dressed Poultry
Dress Forms q
Dynamite refuse see Rule 8
E
Eggs B
Egg Plants B
Emery Wheels
Empties O R returned by the company that carried them when full Unless othrewise provided for they must be called for and delivered by owners and charges must be prepaid Empties not enumerated are to be charged for in accordance with size and weight of analogous empties
When carried by two or more companies between common points charges to be divided equally delivering company to have the odd cent Empties that have not been shipped full by express charge merchandise rates
Bags and sacks fpr news companies may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Beer Empties may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Berry Stands or Crates10c Each
Bread Baskets or Boxes 5c Each
Butter Tubs and all butter empties except refrigera
5c Each
Butter Refrigerators15C Each
Cans in boxes or kegs and oil
cans in jacketslOe Each
Cans for Alcohol Fish Oils and Varnishes They mav be delivered to regular pa
15c Each
Clothing Baskets for clothing houses and merchant tailors 25c Each
P8 10c Each
Crates and Kennels pet animal or dog minimum 50c A A Demijohns in boxes or kegs 10c Each
Egg Cases 5c Each
Fruit Empties 10c Each
Gas Cylinders minimum 15c A A Homing Pigeon Baskets minimum 50 cents each for each
company carrying A
Ice Cream Freezers minimum
15 cents A Aa
Ice Cream Freezers empty may by agreement with owner be returned subject to charges on delivery at rates fixed in classification A A
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
15
Jars 5c Each
Jugs in boxes or kegs 10c Each
Kumyss Boxes25c Each
Liquor Kegs10c Each
Meat boxes may be returned subject to charges on delivery by agreement with owners 25c Each
Milk Cans may be transported free or Tariff B rates Mineral Water Cases may be transported free or Tariff B
rates
Oyster Empties may be transported free or Tariff B rates Oyster Empties new sent to be filled and returned by express may be transported
free or Tariff B rates
Tubs or Pails 5c Each
Other New Oyster Empties 10c Each Poney Refrigerators for fruit 25c Each Soda Fountains minimum 15c A
Engravings see Pictures also Section C
Envelopes address printed see Section C
Explosives refuse see Rule 8
F
Feathers closely compressed
and baled A
Feathers notclosely compressed and baled D A
Ferrets see Animals
Fire Arms O R
Guns or Rifles trussed or boxed or taken apart and packed in sole leather or
canvascases A
When not so packed 3 t A
Pistols or Revolvers securely
packed A
Fire Brick a
FishSalted or dry B
FishFresh E
Fish Roe B
Fresh meats e
Frogs live b
Furse coarse b
FishLive When carried by more than one Company rates on Packages each 7 lbs or
less do not apply A
Fruit B
Furniture 0 R B
Boxed or crated A
Not boxed or crated D A
Burlapped except chairs from
manufacturers only A
Chairs boxed or crated A
Chairs not boxed or crated and hot otherwise specified D A
Chairs Barber burlapped
boxed or crated A
Chairs Dentists boxed or crated not exceeding 75 in
value A
Chairs Dentists boxed or crated exceeding 75 in
value D A
Chairs Iron Frame or Folding
Opera A
Letter File Cases boxed or
crated
Piano Stools boxed or crated
Piano Stools not boxed or
crated D
School Desks
FursCoarse including undressed skins
FursDressed
G
Game
Gasoline refuse see Rule 8
Ginger Ale
Glass must be boxed or crated
O R B
Ground A
Mirrors n
Stained
Show Cases J
Plate 1
Signs
WindowJ
Goats see live stock
Grapes
Greens
Green Corn
Guinea Pigs see Animals
Guns see Firearms
Gunpowder refuse see Rule 10
H
Harvesters K D
Hand BagsOld
Hand Bills see Section C
Heliotype Work see Section C
HidesGreen
HobbyHorses D
Hogs see Live Stock
Honey 0 R refuse unless properly packed A
Honey in comb and strained
well packed B
Horses see lave Stock
44 44 pq 4 4 pqpqpq wA
160
RULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
I
Ice Cream
Inflammables refuse see Rule
8
Instruments 0 R
Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition
to their own cases
Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified
Pianos boxed minimum 500 for each company carrying Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company car
rying
Organs boxed
Organs not boxed for music
dealers
Organs net boxed for other
than music dealers
Surveyors Instruments except Tripods must be refused unless boxed Surveyors Instruments enclosed in single box or case Surveyors Instruments strapped so that they cannot move in their own box or case and covered with one or more additional boxes with proper packing between
Chronometers must be refused unless boxed
Thermometers must be refused unless boxed or se curely packed Value not
exceeding 500 each
Value exceeding 500 each Tripods
Insurance Policies blank see Section C
J
Jarsairtight butter
Jewelry sealed or unseated Rates in Section D do not apply Graduated Rates
K
Kerosene refuse See Rule 8
L
Labels see Section C
Lard
Laundries packages of clothing shipped to or by see Section B
Lemons
Lettuce Gross weight
Lobsters
Letter File Cases see Furniture Lithographed Views of Cities mounted on cloth with rollers see Section C Lithographic Stones O R must
be boxed or crated
Liquids in glass demijohns or earthenware O R Refuse when enclosed in paper or paper boxes or otherwise improperly packed
Lithographs see Pictures also Section C
Live Stock Receive only at O R of death injury or escape
Shippers must be required to sign a contract on the form furnished by the company releasing the Express as well as all transportation companies whose line may be used from any and all liabilities for loss or damage Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers
Charges must be prepaid or guaranteed Horses may not be taken unless authorized by Superintendents
Burros crated
Burros not crated not exceeding 500 lbs in weight and 100 in value minimum 500 for each company carrying
Calves crated
Colts see Ponies
Cows not crated estimate single animal at 1000 lbs Cows crated
Hog
Horses estimate single animals at 1000 lbs minimum 2500 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the
through rate1
Horses car loads of 10 horses estimate at 10000 lbs and 1000 lbs more for each additional horse
Ponies or Colts not exceeding 500 lbs in weight and 100 in value minimum 1000 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement
B
3t A A
1 i A A
A
HA
3 t A
A t A
A D A A
A
D
1
D
A
A
A

RAILROAD COMMISSION GEORGIA
161
to divide the through rate
When not crated 1 J A
When crated A
A Pony Colt or Horse weighing over 500 lbs net will be classified same as a Horse A
Sheep crated Lobsters see Perishables A
M
Peas
Pears
Pine Apples
Plums
Pomegranates
Pop
Potatoes
Poultry dressed
Patent Insides see Section B
Peanut Roasters
Periodicals see Section C
A
Magazines see Section C Maps see Section C Marble and Slate manufactured must be boxed or crated O R A
Matches refuse see Rule 8 Mattresses A
Meat sample cans of from packing houses see Section B MeatFresh or cured B
vlen refuse see Rule 8 Mineral Water B
Mirrors see Glass
N
Photographs not framed see Section C
Photographic Dry Plates and
Negatives G R B A
Pianos not boxed minimum 500for each company carrying i A
Piano Stools see Furniture
Pictures 0 R must be securely crated or boxed and marked Pictures Oil Paintings etc Shippers must invariably declare value and it mut be entered on the receipt
Naphtha refuse see Rule 10 Negatives see Photographic Dry Plates
Newspapers charge according Ao local agreements Newspapers auxiliary see Section B
O
Okra
Oars crated
Oars not crated
Oleo Butter
Oleo Oil
Oils explosives or inflammable refuse see Rule 10
Opera Chairs see Furniture Opossums see Animals
Organs not boxed for other than
music dealers
Oranges
Oysters in shell
Oysters canned see scale of weights
P
Paintings see Pictures Pamphlets see Section C
Paper for Cash Registers see Section C
Parsnips
Peaches
li
B
A D A
B B
1J A B B
B
B
B
Chromos
Crayon Portraits
Engravings
Lithographs
Machine or Sten cil Paintings Oil Paintings
Pictures
Water Colors
When the de dared value of the ship1 ment is 50 or less J When the de1 dared value of the ship V ment ex ceeds 5000 J
Pigeons Quails or BirdsLive in coops for market or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape
Coops and contents must not
weigh over 150 lbs
PigeonsLiveshipped by Homing Pigeon Clubs O R of injury death or escape in heavy flat topped baskets with insufficient food and water forthe trip Minimum 50 cents per basket for each company carrying The same charge to be made on the basket full or
empty
Pistols see Firearms
PlantsLive boxed or crated so that they can be loaded with other freight without damage prepaid or guaranteed Plants when not boxed or crated prepaid or guaranteed Plants also see Section C
A
D A
A
D A
A D A
co pq pq pq pq pq pq pq
162
RULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
Flows ordinary stirring and
breaking A
Ponies see Live Stock
Pop see Scale of Rates
Posters see Section C
Poultry dressed E
PoultryLive O R of injury death or escape Food and utensils must be provided by shippers Coops and contents must not weigh over 150 lbs
Poultry for market A
Poultry other than for market released same as Live
i Stock charges may be prepaid or guaranteed enter the number of fowls in each coop on the waybill D A
Prices Current see Section B
Produce
Prospectuses see Section C
Proof sheets see Section C
Publications see Section C
Q
Quail see pigeons
P R
RabbitsDead see Perishables
etc B
Rabbits Live see Animals
Radishes i B
Reading Matter Plates see Section B
Revolvers see Firearms
Rifles see Firearms
Roots see Section C
S
SausageFresh or cured B
School Desks see Furniture
Scions see Section C
Seeds see Section C
Sewing Machines racked or
boxed A
Sewing Machines not racked or
boxed O R 1 A
Sheeji sfee Live Stock
Sheet Music see Section C
Show Cards unmounted see Section CV
Show Uases see Gflass
S hr ubs B
Signs see Glass also see Section A
SkinsDressed A A
Skins Und ressed i v B
Slate pee Marble 4 Sleighs see Vehicles
Soap samples of given away for advertising purposes see Section B
Soda Founts charged
Soda Water
Squashes in crates
Strained Honey
Sugar Cane
Statuary O R must be boxed
or crated D
Stencil Plates and Shipping Cards to be used on packages to be returned by Express when shipped by commission merchants to their customers may be charged at advertising matter rate Section A
Stereoscopic Views see Section C
Sulkies see Vehicles
Surveyors Instruments see Instruments
T
Terrapin live
Tricycles see Vehicles
Tripods see Instruments Thermometers see Instruments
Tomatoes
Trees and Shrubs for planting boxed or baled prepaid or
guaranteed
Turtles in bbls
TurtlesLive
Turnips
Typewriting Machines securely
boxed
Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not securely boxed O R D
T
Valises old
V egetablesGreen
Vehicles
Ricycles ordinary D
Bicycles railroad taken apart
Bicycles safety K D and boxed or crated A
Bicycle Wheels same as the machine to which they belong except that the small wheel of the Ordinary Bicycle may be taken at merchandise rate when boxed or crated
Buggies K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for
each Company carrying 1 J A
Buggies not K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each Company carrying 3 t A
jpqpqfflpq 4 PQ pa f 4 pq 44
M
i
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA IgA 163
Childrens Carriages D A 300 for each company car
Carriages K D and boxed or Tying 1 l A
crated Carriages not K D and boxed 1 i A Sulkies K D and boxed or crated minimum sibijO for
or crated Carriage or Buggy Poles with single trees securely at 3 t A each company carrying Sulkies not K D nor boxed or crated minimum300 i f a
tached Cutters with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum A for each company tarrying Tricycles K D and boxed or 3 t A
crated A
300 for each company car Tricycles notK D aMftwxed
rying 1 i A or crated 4b D A
Sleighs K D and boxed or V el ocipedes Ja1 D A
crated minimum 300 for VelocipedesChildrehsv A
each company carrying Sleighs not K D not boxed or crated minimum 300 1 l A W Watches see Jewelry jjjj
for each company carrying Sleighs with Thills detached 3 A YW
boxed or crated minimum Veast Com pressed B

JP
1
EXPRESS CIRCULARS
ISSUED FROM TME TO TIME
EXPRESS CIRCULAR NO 1
is embodied in Express Tariff Rules and Classification preceding
167
EXPRESS CIRCULAR No 2
Postponed enforcement of Circular No 1 until April 12th 1892
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers Commissioners
Allen Fort j
A C Briscoe Secretary
Atlanta March 30 1892 EXPRESS CIRCULAR NO 3
Tariff B is amended so as to read as follows
TARIFF B
GOVERNING PERISHABLES ETC
Rates per one hundred pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing less than
One Hundred Pounds
As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
RATES PER 100
Rates POUNDS 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
TVfTTtfS lOobs
MILES 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
Cents Packages Less Than 100 Lbs
1 to 20 30 Over 0 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 35 40 45 50
21 to 40 30 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 55
41 to 60 35 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 55 60
61 to 80 40 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65
81 to 100 45 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
101 to 130 50 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
131 to 160 55 Over 60 not over Over 70 not over 70 25 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
161 to 180 60 80 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
181 to 200 65 Over 80 not over 99 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
201 to 250 70 Over 90 not over 100 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
The following Rules have been amended so as to read as follows
RULE 5Two or moie packages weighing each 10 pounds or over forwarded by one shipper at the same time to one consignee may be charged for on the aggregate weight as above Packages weighing less than 10 pounds each shipped as in the foregoing section may be aggregated provided they are estimated and charged for as weighing 10 pounds each Actual weight only must he entered onthe waybill If articles of different classes are aggregated the charge may be made at the rate applying to the highest class
168
Yaluatlon 9resWhen the value of any merchandise shipment Ci 0r erwis exceeds 5000 the following additional charges may be made oh value Charges for value whether insured or not When merchandise rate is 100 or less per 100 pounds 5 cents for each 100 value or fraction thereof When merchandise rate exceeds 100 and not more than 300 per 100 pounds 10 cents for each 100
Vn5fr fractl10n thereof These rates apply only to packages or shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers S 1
RULE 8Stoves and other fragile castings Fire Brick and Emery Wheels mav be received at owners risk only J
RULE 10Gunpowder Dynamite Kerosene Benzine Naphtha Gasoline Matches and all other explosive or dangerous inflammable oils acids or materials must not be received for transportation
RiLl1L79ve a ReceiPt of the prescribed form for all matter received without regard to the distance to be carried Always ask shippers to declare the value and when given msert it in the receipt mark it on the package and enter amount on the waybill it shippers refuse to state value write or stamp on the receipt Value asked and not given When received at owners risk write or stamp on the face of receipt At owner s risk
RULE 12Require prepayment or guarantee of charges for and so waybill Old Valises Handbags Bundles of Blankets Seeds Cuttings Shrubbery Plants Samples Medicines and for all matter evidently not worth charges When matter is waybilled or transferred guaranteed the guarantee covers the charges of all Companies carrying to original point of destination and is limited to 60 days
RULE 14 is abolished
The number of Rule 15 is changed to 14
mJi3 Wrd must in last sentence under the head of Live Stock is changed to
Also the word must under classification of Animals and Birds live after the word charges is changed to may
requred tcbe0 must under the head of Poultry is changed to Under the head of Empties the following changes are made
may be
1
May be transported free or charged for at Tariff B rates
Bags and Sacks for news companies BeerEmpties
Milk Cans
Mineral Water Cases
Oyster Empties
Oyster Empties new sent to be filled and returned by Express j
Under head of Notes the following changes have been made i aPJe Oans or Jars securely packed of cooked or preserved fruits vegetables or pomts hen Shipped by manufacturers only pound rates This applies between all
Samples of Wall Paper sent to dealers charge pound rates
bp loimanfCS fol city delivery received by freight for distribution may
De cbarged tor at 25 cents each J
The last paragraph under Section D is amended so as to read as follows
Merc19andise not including Jewelry Grocers Samples and Electro
tJYYiLte eotyPe Plates for advertising cuts value not exceeding 10 may be forwarded at a rate of one cent per ounce s y
This Circular to take effect April 12th 1892
By order of the Board
A C BRISCOE L N TRAMMELL
ecretary Chairman
169
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers l Commissioners
Allen Fort
A C Briscoe Secretary
Atlanta August 25th 1892 EXPRESS CIRCULAR NO 4
From and after the 15th day of September 1892 the following additional Tariff will take effect governing Express Companies doing business within the State of Georgia
TARIFF E
Governing the following perishables when carried by Express Companies
dressed poultry fresh fish fresh meat and sausages
Rates per One Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages weighing less than One Hundred Pounds on above articles
As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS 5 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
Distance looibs
MILES 46T 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
Miles Gents Packages Less Than
100 Lbs
0 to 5 25 Over 0 hot over 5 25 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
1 to 20 25 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 35
21 to 40 25 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 35 35
41 to 60 25 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 35 38 40
61 to 80 27 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 30 35 38 40 43 45
81 to 100 30 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50
101 to 130 35 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 25 25 30 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50 55
Ml to 160 40 Over 60 not over 70 25 25 25 27 30 33 35 40 40 45 45 50 55 60
161 to 180 45 Over 70 not over 80 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
181 to 200 45 Over 80 not over 90 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
201 to 250 50 Over 90 not over 100 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
NotePackages weighing five pounds and under shall not be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance within this State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent
The following amendments are made to the Rules Governing Express Companies in effect from and after September 15th 1892
The following in lieu of Rule No 2
RULE NUMBER 2
All charges on freights weighing more than five pounds and passing over two or more railroads under the same management and control by lease ownership or otherwise shall be based on continuous mileage but when said shipments pass over two or more roads not under the same management and control by lease ownership or otherwise 30 may be added to the Express Standard Tariff based on continuous mileage When said shipments are handled by two or more express companies each company may charge its local less ten per cent
Packages weighing five pounds and under shall not be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance within this State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20
Rules Nos 7 8 ir and 12 are abolished and Rule No 9 is transposed and made Rule No 7 Rule No 10 is transposed and made Rule No 8 Rule No 13 is transposed and made Rule No 9 Rule No 14 is transposed and made Rule No 10
By order of the Board
A C BRISCOE L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
APPENDIX B
TELEGRAPH
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Jan 7th 1892
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers Commissioners
Allen Fort j
A C Briscoe Secretary
TELEGRAPH CIRCULAR No 1
Tariff and Rules Governing Telegraph Companies
RULE NO 1
No Telegraph company shall charge or collect more than twentyfive cents for any message of ten words or less exclusive of date address and signature between any two points within the limits of this State on its lines nor more than two cents for each additional wrord on a day message nor more than one cent for each additional word on a night message and no additional charge shall be made for repeating a messagethat is telegraphing back to originating office for comparison
Rule No 1 to take effect from and after February 1st 1892
rule no 2
No telegraph office where messages are received and transmitted for the public shall l be discontinued or abolished without first obtaining the consent of this Commission upon an application duly filed by the said company desiring such discontinuance wherein shall be stated the reasons therefor
Rule No 2 to take effect immediately
By order of the Board
A C BRISCOE L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Railroad Commission of Georgia
fei Atlanta Ga March 15th 1892
J L N Trammell Chairman 1
j Virgil Powers Commissioners
j Allen Fort J
A C Briscoe Secretary
TELEGRAPHIC CIRCULAR No 2
The Darien Telegraph Co
Upon application of the Manager of the Darien Telegraph Company to be allowed an increase in the telegraphic rates and upon showing made it is ORDERED That said company be allowed to charge forty cents for ten words exclusive of dates address and signature and three cents for each additional word for day messages until otherwise ordered
By order of the Board
A C BRISCOE L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
172
APPENDIX C
L N TRAMMELL ALLEN FORT VIRGIL POWERS Constituting and Composing the Railroad Commission of Georgia
vs
THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMPANY THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY THE NASHVILLE CHATTANOOGA AND ST LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY THE CINCINNATI NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY Lessee of the Cincinnati Southern Railway and THE CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
The petition of the above named qomplainants respectfully shows
First That they compose and constitute the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia that said Commission has been duly and legally created by the laws of the State of Georgia and that its duties under the laws of said State are to make reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on railroads thereof and among other matters to investigate all through freight rates from points out of Georgia to points in Georgia and whenever the said Commission finds that the through rate charged into Georgia is in their opinion excessive or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature they shall call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and that when such rates re not changed it shall be the duty of the Commission to present the facts to the Interstate Commerce Commission and appeal to it for relief
This Commission therefore having no personal or pecuniary interest in the matter herein set out except to see that the law is enforced for the benefit of society in the discharge of the duties prescribed for them by the laws of the State of Georgia come now and in the public interest complain in their own name but for the sole interest of the public and say
Second That the defendants above named ar common carriers and under a common control management or arrangement for continuous carriage or shipment are engaged in the transportation of passengers and property wholly by railroad between points south of the Ohio river in the State of Ohio and points in the State of Georgia and as such common carriers are subject to the Act to regulate commerce
Third That such and said common carriers under such common control management or arrangement for continuous carriage have made and fixed and have heretofore and do now charge collect and receive from the people of this State the following named rates for tariff for through freight shipped and transported by them from the city of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio to the termini of and stations on the Western and Atlantic Railroad in the State of Georgia towit
THROUGH RATES OF FREIGHT
FROM OHIO RIVER POINTS TO WESTERN AND ATLANTIC STATIONS
1 2 o 4 5 6 A B C D E H F
Calhoun 1 09 95 84 71 59 44 34 40 42 27 53 57 56
Adairsville 1 12 98 86 73 60 45 35 41 32 28 54 59 57
Kingston 1 15 1 01 88 75 61 46 36 47 33 28 55 61 58
Cartersville 1 18 1 03 90 76 52 47 37 43 34 29 56 62 59
Acworth 1 24 1 07 94 78 64 49 39 45 34 30 58 64 61
Marietta 1 29 1 09 96 79 65 50 38 46 35 30 56 62 52
Atlanta 1 07 92 81 68 56 46 28 36 31 27 28 43 54
The figures 1 2 3 and C and the letters A B C etc refer to classes of freight known as 1st Class 2d Class etc and Class A Classes B and C and the figures in the linesopposite the name of the town or station mean so much as expressed by said figures on the hundred pounds of freight of each class
And that the transportation of like kind of through freight is under substantially similar circumstances and conditions to such terminus and station on said Western and Atlantic Railroad and that said carriers have not been authorized by your Commission to charge less for longer than shorter distances for the transportation of said through freight
Petitioners further show that the City of Chattanooga in the fetate of Tennessee is the western terminus of said Western and Atlantic Railroad one of the common carriers so engaged aforesaid in the transportation of passengers and property wholly by railroad under such common control management and arrangement for continuous carriage and the City of Atlanta in the State of Georgia is the eastern terminus of the said railroad and the two cities which are the termini of said road are located and distant from each other as follows to wit Chattanooga by the line of railroad is distant from Atlanta one hundred and thirtyeight miles
And your petitioners show that notwithstanding the station of Marietta is 20 miles west of Atlanta and 118 miles east of Chattanooga and that Acworth is 35 miles west of Atlanta and 103 miles east of Chattanooga and that Cartersville is 48 miles west of Atlanta and 90 miles east of Chattanooga and that Kingston is 59 miles west of At lanta and 79 miles east of Chattanooga and that Adairsville is 69 miles west of Atlanta and 69 miles east of Chattanooga and that Calhoun is 78 miles west of Atlanta and 60 miles east of Chattanooga the rates of freight charged collected and received by the defendants for freight transportation by continuous carriage from the City of Cincinnati and other Ohio river points to the towns and stations of Marietta Acworth Cartersville Kingston Adairsville and Calhoun are more and greater on each class than the amount charged and received for freight to the city of Atlanta which is a greater distance from the city of Cincinnati and other Ohio river points which is the hipping point in both instances and so the rate collected and charged for freight shipped from Cincinnati Ohio by the defendants to the towns and stations on the said railroad is greater than the rate collected and charged by them to the city of Atlanta notwithstanding the fact that the city of Atlanta is at a greater distance from said shipping point and there is no water competition
174
Your petitioners say that in their opinion the rates of freight into the towns and stations on said railroad in the State of Georgia as aforesaid were unreasonable and discriminating in their nature and your petitioners as a Commission called the attention of the officials of the said Western and Atlantic Railroad Company to th fact and urged upon them the propriety of changing such rate but the said officials refused and declined to change the same and continued and still continue to charge and collect the aforesaid rates of freight to the town and stations as aforesaid
Whereupon petitioners as the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia come and present the facts as aforesaid and appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission for relief and aver and charge that the aforesaid through rate of freight into the State of Georgia and to different towns and stations on the Western and Atlantic Railroad so made and charged and collected by the carriers as aforesaid is unreasonable and discriminating in its nature and is in direct violation of section 4 of the Act of Congress entitled An Act to regulate Commerce
Wherefore petitioners pray that the defendants may be required to answer the charge herein and that after due hearing and investigation an order be made commanding the defendants to cease and desist from said violations of the Act to regulate commerce and to such other and further order as the Commission may deem necessary in the premises
Atlanta Georgia thisday oh1891
STATE OF GEORGIA Fuuton County
L N Trammell being duly sworn says that he is a member of the Georgia Railroad Commission the complainants in this proceeding and that the matters set forth in the foregoing petition are true as he verily believes
Subscribed and sworn to before me this dayday of
1891
175
APPENDIX D
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
OPINION OF COMMISSIONER FORT
In Re
Georgia Chemical Works vs
Richmond Danville Railroad Lessee of Athens Belt Line
1
Refusal to Receive Freight Cars and Promptly Transport the same
The Georgia Chemical Works on January 8th 1892 shipped from their factory at Augusta Georgia two car loads of fertilizers to Power Williford at Harmony Grove Georgia freight prepaid These cars were routed over the Georgia Railroad to Athens Georgia thence via Athens Belt Line over the Northeastern Railroad to Harmony Grove Upon their arrival at Athens the Richmond Danville Railroad lessees of Athens Belt Line which is a connecting road between the Georgia Railroad and the Northeastern Railroad refused to transfer the cars promptly but sidetracked the same assigning as their reason that the Georgia Railroad was a competing line It appears that between these two points shippers can route their goods via Athens or via Atlanta On the Atlanta route the Richmond Danville will get a longer haul from Atlanta to Harmony Grove than they would from Athens to Harmony Grove The line via Athens is much shorter and should be much more expeditious and convenient to the shipper The question presented is Can the Railroad Commission under its rules and regulations compel the prompt transfer of these freight cars and thereby relieve the shippers and the public from the inconvenience and delay of the longer route It will be seen by an examination of the Commissions rules and regulations in relation to the transportation of freights that no provision has been made for this case Consequently the Commission cannot declare an infraction of its rules and regulations as the foundation of a suit for a penalty prescribed in the act It would seem therefore that some action must be taken on the part of the Commission before the public can be fully protected in this regard This involves primarily a construction of the Commission Act to determine whether or not the Commission has jurisdiction over this subject and whether or not they can lawfully frame rules and regulations thereto An examination of the legislation of the State on this subject shows that the people have been alive to their interests in this matter In 1874 the General Assembly passed an act requiring railroads to deliver freight to connecting lines In that act it is provided that All railroad companies in this State shall at terminus or any intermediate point be required to switch off and deliver to the connecting road having the same gauge in the yard of the latter all
176
cars passing over their lines or any portion of same containing goods or freights consigned without rebate or deception by any route at the option of the shipper according to customary or published rates to any point over or beyond such connecting road and any failure to do so with reasonable diligence according to the route by which such goods or freights were consigned shall be deemed and taken as a conversion in law of such goods or freights and shall give a right of action to the owner or consignee for the value of the same with interest and not less than ten per cent nor more than twentyfive per cent for the expenses and damages
Also that No railroad company shall discriminate in its rates or tariff of freights in favor of any line or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is sought to be run in connection with any other route shall such company discriminate against such connecting line or in favor of the balance of its own line but shall have the same rates for all and shall afford the usual and like customary facilities for interchange of freights to patrons of each and all routes or lines alike any refqsal of the same shall give a like right of action as before mentioned See Code 719 Q 719 S
Again on the 28th of September 1883 the General Assembly enacted that all railroad companies in this State shall at the terminus or any intermediate point be required to receive from connecting roads having the same guage when offered all cars containing goods or freight consigned to any point on the road to which the same is offered and to transport the said cars to their destination with reasonable dilligence and any failure or refusal of any connecting railroad company to comply with this requirement shall give to consignee shipper or owner of said goods and freight a right of action against the company so refusing and the damages recovered in such action shall not be less than ten per cent nor more than 25 per cent of the value of the goods so refused to be received Acts of 1883 page 143
The former act has been construed by the Supreme Court in 74 Georgia page 685 and 77 Georgia page 808 In the 74th Georgia Chief Justice Jackson in a very elaborate and able opinion commends and upholds this act and declares that it was its purpose to prohibit all discrimination in favor of one line or route connected with any road against another or in favor of the balance of its own line when part of it is sought to be run in connection with any other route and specifically enacts that the same rates shall be for all and the same Usual and customary facilities for the interchange of freight shall be afforded to the patrons of each and all routes or lines alike Any refusal of same gives a right of action to the individual so injured He holds that the effect of the practice complained of here is to choke competition and is alike a great wrong and injustice to the individual shipper as well as to the connecting line and to the public generally In the 77th Georgia this decision is approved and reaffirmed
So it will be seen that the Georgia Chemical Works have a clear right of action in the courts against the R D Railroad for this unjust discrimination on their part The excuse offered that the Georgia Railroad was a competing line in my opinion is an aggravation of the offence for if any one policy is well settled by our Constitution and laws it is that competition shall be encouraged and monopoly shall be prevented It is equally well settled that no unjust discrimination by railroads of the State against each other or against individuals or places shll be permitted It is therefore evident that the conduct complained of is illegal in every point of view is a great wrong to the shipper and if permitted will become a great wrong to the public
177
The two great purposes in the Commission Act were the prevention of extortion and unjust discrimination This covers a wide field of necessity for it contemplates the making of just and reasonable freight and passenger rates and the framing of suitable and just rules and regulations to prevent unjust discriminations But does the Act in express terms confer upon the Commissioners power to prevent this particular class of discriminations Let us see In section 5 of the Commission Act is provided That the Commissioners shall make reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall make just and reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by all railroad companies as to charges at any and all points for the necessary handling and delivering of freights shall make just and reasonble rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discriminations for transportations of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State shall have the power to make just and reasonable joint rates for all connecting railroads See last Railroad Commission Report page 41
It will be seen that this section provides for the regulation of rates the regulation of charges for handling and delivering freights and for the making of rules and regulations to prevent unjust discriminations in the transportations of freights The latter clause provides expressly for preventing unjust discrimination in transportations What kind of unjust discriminations were referred to It will be remembered that in 1874 long prior to the Commission Act that the Legislature had sought to prevent the very kind of discrimination here complained of and had given a right of action wherever it was practiced It is therefore obvious that this very discrimination was in the mind of the Legislature at the time the Commission Act was passed and that this section intended to confer upon the Commission power to protect the public from discriminations of this character The personal right of action was already secured This grant of power authorized the commission to give protection to the public It cannot be said that it was the purpose of the Legislature to remit parties injured by such unjust discriminations for their legal redress to the courts only It was also intended to give the cumulative remedy of appealing to the Commissionjust as in case of an overcharge of freights There the party has a complete remedy in the courts yet the Commission rightfully assume jurisdiction over these matters and compel the railroads to refund overcharges promptly to the parties The courts give relief to the individual for the private wrong suffered the Commission should supply a remedy for the public by prescribing a just and reasonable rule on the subject The individual can recover his damages the public can be protected by the imposition of a penalty
In the present case therefore I am of the opinion that the Georgia Chemical Works must resort to the courts for redress but I earnestly recommend the Commission to make just and reasonable rules and regulations on this subject to prevent a recurrence of like wrongs in the future If we would protect the railroads from each other and the public from wrong this course is necessary
NoteThe above opinion was adopted by the Board and Circular No 208 was issued
178
Office Expenses From October 1st 1891 to October 1st 1892
JL 7 Porter 480 00
Extra help 88 30
Stamps 132 25
Telephone 64 00
Stationery 57 40
Towel supply 13 00
Ice 7 55
Express charges 4 33
Books and papers 8 00
Telegrams 15 16
Incidentals 4 65
819 64
INDEX
Act Establishing Commission S
Act Concerning Interstate Rates
Act Concerning Power to Bring Suit
Act Concerning Inspection of Railroads
Act Amending Title of Commission Act
Act Concerning Storage Charges
Act Concerning Express and Telegraph Companies
Circulars Nos 200 to 222 inclusive
Classification
Code Extracts from
Constitution Extracts from
Depots Location of
Express Tariffs
Express Rules
Express Classification
Express Circulars
Freight Rules
Freight Tariff
General Rules
Georgia Chemical Works vs Richmond Danville
Railroadtm
Interstate Law Extracts from
LiveStock Rules
Office Expenses
Passenger Rules
Passenger Tariff
Relation of Railroad Companies to Freight Tariff
Report to the Governor
Storage and DemurrageL
Suits Brought by Commission
Telegraph Rules etc
56
61
62
63
62
64
65 2854
89113
6669
55
85
l47i5
151
153163
167169
7885
ir4ri5
74
T75
69
85
178
7577
7375
117146
327
87
172
171

3 31Gfl S31 523fl