The twenty-second through twenty-fourth annual report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, 1893-1894

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The TwentySecond Report
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From October 15th 1893 to October 15th 1894
Submitted to the Governor October 15 1894
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GEQijW HARRISON STATE PRINTER Franklin Printing and Publishing Co

The TwentySecond Report
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIOH
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From October 15th 1893 to October 15th 1894
Submitted to the Governor October 15 1894
Atlanta Ga
GEO W HARRISON STATE PRINTER Franklin Printing and Publishing Co 1894
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
ALLEN FORT V Commissioners
G GUNBY JORDAN j
A C BRISCOE Secretary
REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15 1894
To his Excellency W J Northen Governor of Georgia
We have the honor to submit the following report of the transactions of the Railroad Commission for the year ending October 15th 1894 Appended to this report are the variojus circulars issued from time to time during the past year and they are referred to as a part of this report
RAILROADS 1
The complaints made to this office from time to time cover a wide field A very large number of them relate to subjects over which we have no jurisdiction Many of them are complaints relating to interstate traffic These complaints are promptly answered and where w are powerless to give relief the parties are referred to the proper tribunal for redress and we furnish such information and advice as will enable them to secure relief where their claims are apparently wellfounded If the complaint arises out of discrimination in interstate business we call the attention of the railroad authorities to the matter and if the relief is not given we refer the cases to the Interstate Commerce Commission who promptly respond During the movement of watermelons complaints reached us relating to the routing of interstate shipments delays in movement of melons etc The railroads upon our advice nsually gave relief but in a few instances they attempted to justify their action and we referred the matter to the Interstate Commerce Commission and presume that they were there satisfactorily adjusted as we have not heard further from the parties We have always maintained that the shipper or owner of the freights had the right to select his own route ad that the railroads were bound to respect his wishes in the matter where they were expressed the road having the option of routing the shipment where no directions were given In interstate business we have found it impracticable to enforce this rule mainly because the initial road had made no arrangements for continuous haul with some of the lines selected and because the sharp competition of purchasing agents
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of the melons and soliciting agents of the roads caused much confusion in the shipments We trust however that the correspondence of the roads with the Interstate Commerce Commission has adjusted this matter so that these difficulties will not affect the shipper during the next season
The large number of interior compresses the considerablesums of money invested in the same the decided effect which the compressing of cotton hasin facilitating shipments and the competition between the different compresses and different railroads for the movement of cotton had caused the railroads to reduce the price heretofore allowed the compresses for this service The shippers and the parties interested in the compresses complained to the Commission and asked that a separate classification be made for compressed cotton The railroads were notified of this proposed classification After a full hearing and before a decision was made thecomplainants notified the Commission that they had agreed with the railroads upon a rate for compressing cotton which was satisfactory to them and asked leave to withdraw their complaint and have the same dismissed Their request was allowed We hope that this disposition of the matter will prevent that friction which threatened seriously to disturb the movement of this traffic and will harmonize the differences between the compressors and the railroads and thereby promote the public interest While the Commission does not claim any authority over the compresses ithas jurisdiction to make rates and will exercise this authority to secure justice whenever occasion demands
The universal depression that has prevailed everywhere has been seriously felt by the railroads in Georgia The reduced volume of business has necessitated the most rigid economy on the part of the railroads Their gross and net earnings for 1894 set out below in this report show a grati fyig increase over the previous year and we may confidently believe that with the just and reasonable rates allowed the different roads a return of Nusiness prosperity will restore the roads to their former prosperous condition
Since our last report 723 miles of railroads in Georgia have been soldand relieved from the care of receivers and reorganized and indications point to the rescue of these great properties from the expensive management of the courts If the new organizations will avoid the extravagance and the overcapitalization in stocks and bonds that has heretofore
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existed there is every reason to hope that these properties will earn a fair dividend to their stockholders upon a just and reasonable valuation
The establishment of trunk lines and great systems under one management is the decided tendency of the present railway management in Georgia as elsewhere Such consolidations largely reduce expenses and with wise just and economical management ought to insure increased net earning By the safeguards of our State Constitution competition cannot be destroyed in this manner By strict regulation and control insuring just and reasonable rates and adequate service the evils so generally apprehended from these combinations will be prevented and the public will be protected from extortionate rates and unjust discrimination The strong should not be permitted to oppress the weak nor should they by unjust and arbitrary treatment be permitted to crush out their weaker rivals that they may the more readily absorb them
COMPLAINTS
The fact that fewer complaints than usual have reached the Commission wdthin the past twelve months is exceedingly gratifying as showing the harmonious relations existing between the railroads and the people It gives evidence that the railroads are complying with th law and that the passive influence of the Commission is as efficacious as its active power The fact that there is a tribunal to which the people can appeal from the railroads and to which the railroads can appeal as against each other prevents that wrong and injustice which makes an appeal necessary
While complaints have been fewer the demand for annual reports has been larger than ever and almost every copy handed us by the printer has been distributed to the people arid th railroad authorities To meet this demand a larger number of reports will be required for the next ensuing year
It is a noteworthy fact that during the past year a large number f the complaints made to the Commision were by the railroads against each other At competitive points the interchange of traffic between rival roads has been obstructed in order to force shippers to adopt a particular line and deny them the benefit of competition The delivering roads have refused to receive cars of its competitors destined to noncompetitive points on its road and required transfer of freight from one depot to another by the expensive mode of drayage This seems to have been the
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cam mon practice with several roads and yet it is in flagrant violation of Rule No 32 of this Commission The rule is as follows
RULE 32
j Railroads shall without delay switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge all cars consigned to points on or heyond 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 he 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 facilitis for the interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike
This rule was adopted after full consideration by the Board and is in keeping with the general law upon the subject which affords ample remedy to private persons for this illegal conduct on the part of the railroads Vre have generally been enabled to exact compliance with this rule without litigation where complaints were made but in some instances the railroads have denied jurisdiction to the Commission on traffic received from beyond the State or destined to points outside of the State Upon consideration we are of the opinion that this rule and regulation is a police regulation not inconsistent with the Interstate Commerce law or with the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United Statesone which we might lawfully pass and enforce for the conduct of the railroads with each Other without regard to the origin or destination of the traffic While the question is not free from difficulty still our best consideration leads us to the above conclusion and we shall endeavor to enforce the rule wherever complaint is made and proof submitted of its infraction
DEPOTS
There have been comparatively few complaints as to depot accommodations During the year new depots and improved facilities have been ordered at the following places Flippen Coleys Mt Vernon and Powells Owing to the financial condition of the roads in the hands of receivers some of the depots heretofore ordered have not been constructed further time having been given to enable the roads to build them
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RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
Comparatively little railway construction has been carried on in Georgia since our last report The actual number of miles constructed so far as derived from official information received at this office is 119 miles Of this number there were 107 miles of railroad built by the Florida Central I and Peninsular Railroad Company and eight miles by the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railroad Company There were also seventeen miles of railroad constructed by the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railroad Company not included in said report built the previous year
Notwithstanding the large increase of railway mileage in Georgia since 1880 and the present disinclination to invest in railroad property we have official information that at least two other important railroads are now being projected and their corps of engineers are now already in the field With returning prosperity we may expect an additional increase in railway mileage in full proportion to the demands of the public for additional railroads
The railroad mileage in Georgia is as follows
RAILROAD MILEAGE
CENTRAL
Miles
Savannah to Macon 192
Macon to Atlanta 103
Macon to Columbia 169
Smithville to Georgetown 58
Cuthbert to Fort Gaines 22
Meldrim to Lyons 58
Americus to Columbus 62
Fort Valley to Columbus 71
Fort Valley to Perry 12
Columbus Rome 59
Millen to Augusta 53
Savannah Griffin North Alabama 60
Upson County 16
Port Royal Western N C 16
Port Royal Augusta 4
Milledgeville Branch 17
Savannah Atlantic 20
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SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN
Savannah to Albany 258
Thomasville to Bainbridge 36
Bainbridge June to Chattahoochee 31
Thomasville to Metcalf 10
Dupont to Bakers Mill 29
Waycross to Folkston 34
Alabama Midland 28
Brunswick Western 171
597
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Miles
Atlanta Charlotte Air Line 100
Georgia Pacific 73
Elberton AirLine 50
Lawrence ville Branch 10
Roswell Branch 9
E T V Ga Chatta to Brunswick 430
Rome to Etna 23
Rome and Decatur 18
Cochran to Hawkinsville 10
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OTHER ROADS
Atlanta West Point 85
Alabama Great Southern 24
Atlanta Florida 104
Augusta Southern 82
Abbeville Waycross 13
Blue Ridge Atlantic 22
Boston Albany 28
Chattanooga Rome Columbus 134
Columbus Southern 88
Chickamauga Durham 17
Chattanooga Southern 86
City Suburban 12
Dover Statesboro 10
Darien Short Line 20
East West of Alabama 48
Florida Central Peninsular 155
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RAILROAD MILEAGEContinued
OTHER ROADS Continued
Miles
Ga R RCamak to Macon 78
Augusta to Atlanta 171
Union Point to Athens 40
Barnett to Washington 18
Gaines Jeff Southern 52
Union Point White Plains 143
Georgia Midland Gulfi 98
Georgia Carolina Northern 123
Georgia Southern Fla main line 169
Macon Birmingham Div 105
Hartwell 16
Louisville Wadley 10
Lexington Terminal 4
Macon Northern 106
Millen Southern 32
Macon Dublin Savannah 54
Middle Georgia Atlantic 66
Marietta North Georgia 107
Midville Swainsboro Red Bluff 20
OTHER ROADSContinued
Miles
Northeastern of Georgia 39
Oconee Western 30
Rome 20
Syl vania 15
Stillmore AirLine 17
South Brunswick Terminal 16
Smithoni Dunlap 7
Savannah Americus Montgomery
mainiine 182
Albany division 35
Talbotton 64
Waycross AirLine 25
Wadley Mt Vernon 30
Western Atlantic 138
Wrightsville Tennille 36
Total mileage not including sidetracks and private lines 5103 J I
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It will be seen that there are 5102 miles of railroad in this State under the jurisdiction of this Commission In 1879 the railroad mileage was 2535 This was the year in which the Commission lav was passed These figures do not include side tracks but refer to main lines there have been built since that time and whilst this law has been in operation 2567 miles being more than 101 per cent increase Out of 137 counties in Georgia only fourteen are now without railroads and in most cases the railroad facilities in other counties are easily accessible to these counties
The following table will show the relative condition of the railroads in Georgia in 1879 and at present Owing to the fact that several of the most important railroads are nontaxable under their charters it is impossible to obtain strictly accurate information as to the value of the railroad property
The tax returns in the ComptrollerGenerals office show the railroad property returned for taxation in 1879 to have been 9866129 Add to this the value of the nontaxable roads to wit the Central Railroad the Georgia the Southwestern and the Western and Atlantic and a liberal estimate would place the total at 3500000000 The present taxable value including roads not taxed is in round numbers 7000000000
The gross earnings in 1879 were 8419626
Operating expenses in 4999613
Net earnings 3429013
These estimates are all that are ascertainable for that date
Gross earnings for the year ending June 30 1894 were 17208824 00
The operating expenses werer i 12411321 00
The earnings wereAl i4797500 00
According to the censfis of 1880 the population of Georgia was 1542180 By the census of 1890 the population of Georgia was 1837353
The estimated population of Georgia in 1894 is 2000000
The value of property returned for taxation not including railroads in 1879 was 225093419
The value of property returned for taxation in 1894 not including the railroads was 388428748
It will be seen that the population of the State has increased 2969 per cent or in round numbers thirty per cent the increase in taxable values 7252 per cent and the increase in taxable value of railroad propties 100 per cent It will be further seen that the per centum of increase in taxable values of other than railroad properties has been nearly as great as the per centum of increase in railroad mileage and the valuation of railroad property while the population has only increased thirty per cent This increase in the valuation of property is no doubt largely due to the increase in railroad mileage Railroads enhance the value of property along their lines by building up cities and towns and manufactories of all kinds and developing the resources of the section penetrated by them
The foregoing tables and figures are highly instructive and furnish a complete anstver to the charge frequently made that the Railroad Commission has been inimical to the railroad interests of Georgia Our Standard Tariff had been established prior to the largest increase in railroad construction It was found that as a rule great inequality and disparity existed at noncompetitive points that excessive charges were made for short hauls and that glaring discriminations were made at almost every intermediate station The adjustment of these matters by the Standard
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Tariff of rates affording justice to noncompetitive points and making rates upon a fair basis led to a reduction in many instances of seventyfive per cent The passenger rates were reduced forty per cent
Notwithstanding these sweeping reductions in rates the railroad properties enhanced in value and railway construction was wonderfully promoted and up to the time of the present financial crisis the railroads in Georgia were in a prosperous condition The people enjoyed the advantage of lower rates and were relieved from the evils of unjust discriminations so the course of the Commission while highly beneficial to the people has not been unjust to the railroads and did not prove injurious to them
Below will be found a comparative statement of the earnings of all the railroads for the year 1893 and 1894 up to June 30 as it appears from reports filed in this office
Comparative Statement Earnings and Expenses of Railroads for 1893189If
Gross Earrings July 1 1892 to June 301893 Gross Earnings July 1 1893 to June 30 1894 Operating Exp July 1 1892 to June 301893 Operating Exp July 1 1893 to June 301891 Net Earnings July 11892 to June 30 1893 Net Earnings July 1 1893 to June 30 1894
Atlanta Florida 8868540 44833924 6878166 1169428 252433734 20185448 109891299 13575706 1282605 5651319 3507521 9063399 25578487 9917918 20650827 1367184 63 4447773 610474 164200 15 64062121 89221791 7723744 28784265 6397825 1452312 157688387 145688 86 73397259 13480365 1410167 5126970 3739105 7521914 32606774 9522735 12879158 86998072 5777945 784755 12941086 70061543 70135322 1144796 16049659 480341 262884 94745347 5616562 36494040 95341 127562 524349 231584 1541485 7028287 395183 t 7771669 49720391 1330172 174231 3478929 t 5999422 19086469
Atlanta West Point Augusta Southern 44733655 30290262 14443293
Blue Ridge Atlantic Central Railroad Main Line Augusta Savannah Division Southwestern Division Savannah Griffin North Ala Div Upson County Division Buena Vista Ellaville Division Columbus Rome Division Columbus Southern Railroad Chattanooga Rome Columbus East West of Alabama Florida Central Peninsular 1385723 258850950 25498518 101676891 17020680 1264041 58700 47 3163494 822919 28221247 11052563 1918728 186583575 15325661 95776873 17107882 1660347 6972170 4270106 7361764 52209410 10683643 533005 72267375 10172857 5900018 87202 396306 1102123 1106612 861155 23988163 368920
Georgia Railroad Main Line Gainesville Jefferson Southern Union Point West Plains Georgia Midland Gulf Georgia Carolina Northern 148035119 3732939 568331 149699 99 108823236 3925762 793829 12402416 39211883 192823 225498 2567583
Georgia Southern Florida Hartwell 81732162 64035221 17696941
Marietta North Georgia Macon Northern 123668 61 119355 50 13304143 9446423 9821754 12006725 2920438 2113796 1294718
Midville Swainsboro Red Bluff
Macon Dublin Savannah 5340410 6029946 3014192 602694 39 41143470 2708 69 3699847 4929845 2544677 46416687 279254 59 556449 1640563 1000101 469515 13852752 132180 11 285580
Northeastern Oconee Western 6717081 6868601 151520
Southern Railway Atlanta Charlotte Air Line Georgia Pacific Division Lfiwrenceville Division 65102437 350642 50 288238 46462204 26577429 659776 18640233 8486821 371538
Comparative Statement learnings and Expenses of Railroads for 18931894
Gross Earnings July 1 1892 to June 301893 Gross Earnings July 11893 to J une 30 1894 Operating Exp July 11892 to June 30 1893 Operating Exp July 11893 to June 301894 Net Earnings July 1 1892 to June 301893 Net Earnings July 11893 to June 301894
Roswell Division Elberton Air Line Division East Tenn Va Ga Division Savannah Americus Montgomery Plant System Savannah Florida Western Division Brunswick Western Division 649545 4154726 2316384 30 567918 77 288808920 56709466 626242 5074874 207318470 438019 68 289898533 48338525 611044 4616713 168192393 47881124 191449919 43775215 621009 4627145 142294287 40285941 194888672 37318462 38501 461987 63146037 8910953 97359001 12934251 5233 437729 65024183 3516027 95009661 11020063
2010410 999612 128077329 762619 1167726 471307 82397285 5377961 t 842684 548305 45680044 2248230
Tal hot ton Western Atlantic Wrightsville Tennille Total 814722 139630042 7458132 519223 103875319 5352048 295499 1 35754723 21060 84
1663219180 1720882475 1277686748 1241132186 Ex Earngs 414149409 Loss 28616777 Net Earngs 385532632 Ex Earngs 495189861 Loss 15439772 Net Earngs 479750089
Deficiency fFor last six months of fiscal year tNot reported for previous year Rental to be deducted
RECAPITULATION
Net Earnings 1894479750089
Net Earnings 1893 385532632
Excess 1894 over 1893
94217457
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It will 16 seen thiit for tli6 year 1893 th aggregate gross
earnings were v ijj U AA16632191 80
Operating expenses i 12776867 48
Net earnings 3855326 32
i or the year ending June 30 1894 the gross earnings
were 17208824 75
Operating expenses 12411321 86
Net earnings 1 4797500 89
The foregeing statement shows an increase in the net earnings for 1894 over that of the year previous of nearly one million dollars It is confidently believed that with the improved condition of the country the next annual report will show continued healthy increase in net earnings It i probable that there are some lines already built which being unfavorably located will not feel so much the impulse of the general prosperity yet the majority of the roads will show decided improvement
The reports from the railroads should show clearly and in detail the net earnings What constitutes net earnings seems to be misunderstood but fortunately the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the Union Pacific Railroad m the United States 99 U S Reports Otto IX 402 has declared that As a general proposition net earnings are the excess of thegross earnings over the expenditures defrayed in producing them asidefrom and exclusive of the expenditures of capital laid out in constructing and equipping the works themselves All payments of interest on the bonded indebtedness of the company should be charged to a capital interest account and not to current expenditures Though payable out of the earnings before any dividend can be made they cannot be deducted for the purpose of ascertaining the net earnings of the road The bonded debt incurred for the purposes of construction and equipment is but another form of capital and analogous to preferred stock and the interest accruing thereon is in the nature of a dividend on such capital It has nothing to do with and cannot affect the amount of the net earnings of the road This is an authoritative and lucid declaration of what constitutes net earnings and the reports should be so clearly made out as to indicate this The application of gross earnings to construction account to outside
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investments interest on bonds and floating debts should not be considered in estimating what net sum a railroad has earned It is believed that a strict account in accordance with this rule would prevent much of the extravagancies which have bankrupted a number of the railroads in Georgia
STREET RAILROADS
There are of street railroads in Georgia 212 miles While by the r
terms of the act creating this Commission street railroads are not in y
eluded under our jurisdiction still the growth of the street railroads has i been so great and their business so large that on one or two occasions the question has arisen as to whether certain alleged street railroads were under the jurisdiction of this Board The question was presented in the case of the Augusta City Ice Company us The Augusta and Summerville Railroad Here the question was whether or not that railroad although chartered as a street railroad was at present conducted within the exception contained in the act After fully heariug the case the Commission were of the opinion that the Augusta and Summerville Street Railroad was within the jurisdiction of the Commission and that it was subject to the rules and regulations made for the government of railroads Appended to this report will be found the full opinion and judgment of the Commission on that subject and as the question is likely to arise in the future we have thought the case of sufficient general importance to publish as an appendix to this report the conclusions arrived at as above stated
EXPRESS COMPANIES
We are pleased to state that very few complaints have been made against the express companies and none in which they did not comply with the order of the Commission when their attention was called to them
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
This Commission desiring to secure every community accessible to a k telegraph line the benefit of telegraphic service permitted experimental offices to be established at a number of points with leave to the companies to discontinue the same if they should prove unprofitable to the companies these companies desiring to extend their service wherever the business would warrant We have had a number of applications to discontinue telegraph stations and have authorized the discontinuance at the following named places Roswell Tucker Gloster Oglesby Hull

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The showing made in these cases was so strong and overwhelming that we felt it would be unjust to require the companies to maintain offices at these points especially in view of their liabilities to damage in penalty suits under the present law The facility with which these suits can be maintained the large sums that can be recovered from the telegraph companies as a mere penalty without regard to the damages actually suffered has deprived a number of small villages and towns of the benefit of telegraphic service Generally at such places the best agents and operators cannot be procured Messengers cannot be had because the offices will not bear the expenses To subject the companies to a penalty suit for the nondeliveiy of a message whether damage is actually incurred or not increases litigation against them and frightens them away from such stations We have no authority over such suits but desiring as far as we may properly do so to increase the service of the telegraph companies so that almost every community in this State may have the benefit of this service we recommend the repeal of this penalty law as one of the best means of securing this result We would not be understood as favoring any rule which would not impose upon the telegraph companies the duty of promptly transmitting and promptly delivering all messages intrusted to them but it seems to us and it is certainly so regarded by the companies that the penalty fixed by the law is arbitrary It encourages and increases litigation most at those points where it is most difficult to obtain telegraphic service The telegraph companies should be held tostrict account for the prompt and full discharge of the duties which they owe to the public and should be liable as they are under the general law for whatever damages the parties may actually suffer and for punitive damages in proper cases
LITIGATION
Since our last annual report the cases brought againstthe Richmond and Danville Railroad Company for disobedience of the joint rate rule have been settled The road conformed to the rule and paid all costs and refunded the overcharges and are now operating under this rule
We have been constrained to institute action against the Savannah Americus and Montgomery Railroad Company for failure to construct a depot at Mount Yernon and for discontinuing the station at Louvale without the permission and against the order of the commission
Recently the James Mayer buggy cases known as the Social Circle case
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brought by the Interstate Commerce Commission to enorce section four of the Commerce Act has been heard in the city of New Orleans before the Circuit Court of Appeals and the judgment o the lower court ruling against the Commission has been reversed and the Interstate Commerce Commission has been sustained No full opinion was given by that court and an appeal has been taken therein to the Supreme Court of the United States It will be remembered that this was to be a test case and on it depends quite a number of cases brought by this commission before the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington It is confidently believed that the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals will be affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Uuited States and that the important principles involved in that case will be established Recent legislation by Congress has strengthened the hands of the Interstate Commerce Commission and it is believed that under the amended law the decisions of this very able and impartial tribunal can be more surely and fully carried out Many of the applications that arise over rates will cease if such result can be obtained
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
On the 8th day of May 1894 the annual convention of the Railroad Commissioners of the several States met in Washington in the rooms of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the purpose of discussing the various questions pertaining to the regulation and control through the State Commission and by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the railroads Your Commission has always been represented at these annual conventions believing that no more important agency could be found to assist us in the discharge of the delicate and important duties devolved upon us The convention was in session two days and the interchange of thought upon those subjects in which all the members were interested and the experience of those present a told to each other have been of great and inestimable benefit to this Board and have enabled us to more satisfactorily discharge our duties
IMPROVED SAFETY APPLIANCES
In many of the States much of the authority exercised by the Railroad Commissions relates to the physical management of the railroads Much consideration has been given by those officers to the subject of improved safety appliances of all kinds Particular attention has been given to those
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appliances which promote the safety of the employes who by their duties are often exposed to great danger Many inventions have been examined
advance along this line by the railroad companies Statistics show that a very large number of those injured and killed are in the ranks of employes Their duties are very important and their responsibilities great Such legislation should be enacted as will insure their safety and security Encouragement ought also to be given to those appliances which promote the safety of the traveling public At the instance of the National Convention Railroad Commissioners and the Interstate Commerce Commission Co gress has passed an act requiring all freight cars used in interstate trafi to be equipped with automatic couplers by the first day of July 189 The railroads are complying with this law very generally Almost every freight car in the United States will be equipped with this great protection to life and limb for almost every one is engaged in interstate business While we make no specific recommendation on the subject we call the attention of the Legislature to it that some provision may be made for the collection of the necessary statistics on these subjects that intelligent investigation may be had and proper encouragement given
We renew the recommendations presented in our last Annual Report relating to the prevention of overissues of stocks and bonds and of overcharges and call special attention to them
Since our last Annual Report our colleague Hon Virgil Powers has passed away His high character and eminent qualifications for this office and his long life of honor and usefulness need no commendation at our hands In his death the State has lost one of its most valuable and efficient officers and this Board one of the most valuable members that it ever had
that promote the safetyof the traveling public and there has been a great
RECOMMENDATIONS
THE DEATH OF COMMISSIONER VIRGIL POWERS
Respectfully submitted
L V Trammell Chairman Allen Fort
G Gunby Jordan
A C Briscoe Secretary

Commissioners Tariff
CLASSIFICATION AND RULES
Embracing all Changes and Corrections to date
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Standard Passenger Tariff
Cents Pe Mile
Foe Passengers
Class A Class B Class
Twelve years old and over 3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve vears of ae ii 2 24
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GENERAL RULES
RULE 1PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION brin4com All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly plaint ani 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
required to Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall file in the
furnish office of the Commissioners on or before the 20th day of each month a report duly sworn monthly
reports 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 regulationsand 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
x 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
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RULE 3POSTING TARIFFS
Railroads Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall post and posttariffikeep posted at each of its respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of theschedules of freight and passenger rates prescribed for said road by the Commission r 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
Rates ap The rates prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in directions1 either direction
RULE 5
Roads re it shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Georfurnishfc gia to furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the papers etc 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
RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
1 Cents Per Mile
For Passengers Class A Class B Class C
3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age li 2 2i
PASSENGER RULES
RULE 1
Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty 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 gares if they shall make the necessary change to ienable 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 aminimum full or half rate between regular stations when the fare would be less than that amount
RULE 6
No more than standard Passenger Tariffshall be charged paesengers 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
Amount of baggage allowed
Office required to be open for I reasonable time
Schedule
rate
charged at
junction
points
Railroads allowed to collect exact mileage
Ten cents a
minimum
charge
Tariff rates to apply from flag stations
Tariff rate only ChargeS when arrival or de I parture of train uncertain
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Four cents to be charged when passenger shows want of proper diligence
No change can b made in ordinary or commutation rates without consent of Commis Sion
All tickets must be on sale at depot office
No Drawback tickets allowed
Equal accommodationfe required to be furnished
Waiting rooms required to be opened and made comfortable
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 thetrain 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 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
Rule No 12jomitted
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 o clock 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
RULE 15
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one Duty to half 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 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 anconse 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 toypfssen obstruction to the passengers in the Cars before leaving the station and of the delay car I
that will probably be caused by the same stations
RULE 17
On all passenger trains in this State the railroads shall furnishsafe and adequate heat Roads reing appliances and shall keep the passenger coaches sufficiently warm to make the pas hekTpassengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessarv of sensr
j p coaches
desirable to the passengers
lor
dor
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF For all Baggage Over 150 Pounds
20 miles and under
30 miles and over 20
40 it u 30
60 it 40
70 u 60
80 a u 70
90 a 80
100 u 90
110 u 100
120 no
130 it 120
140 it 130
150 140
160 u 150
170 1 160
180 ti 170
190 a 180
200 a 190
210 a 200
220 a t 210
230 a 220
240 a it 230
260 a 240
290 a 260
320 H 290
350 a it 320
400 350
450 a it 400
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 L20 125 130 135 140
Note 1 No more than ten 10 cents shall be allowed to be collected as a minimum charge
Note 21he above Tariff is subject to Rule One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
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HTTIVES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
RULE 1
8S8E All connecting railroads which are under the management and control by lease age to ap ownership or otherwise of one and the same company shall for purposes of transporroadsmi tation in applying this tariff be considered as constituting but one and the same road dersatne and the rateg ghall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road unless other
ment wise specified
RULE 2
a chane DistancesSince a separate rate cannot be conveniently given for every possible of freight distance the law authorizes the Commission to ascertain what shall be the limits of rate 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
Djvision por an distances over five 5 miles and under one hundred 100 miles the followaeeording ing rule will apply When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so todistance sball govern the rate As amended August 15 1888
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 2 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 rateIllustration For 121 miles charge for 130
RULfc 5
feratesn For distances under 20 or over 250 miles a reduction of rates may be made withoutunder 20 making a change at all stations short of 250 miles Provided however That when any overdod railroad shall make a reduction of rates for distances over 250 miles the same shall miles apply to similar distances on all the roads controlled by the same company and in nocase shall more be charged for a less than a greater distance
RULE 6
No unjust Regulations Concerning Freight RatesThe freight rates prescribed by thstionn1 Commission are maximum rates which shall not be transcended by the railroads They rates 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 onestation 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
Longer line But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing adopTthe roads not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or
short line fines in order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates rate

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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 Freight half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains provided that this rulehas no ap charges on
plication to freight carried by Express Companies passenger
trains
RULE 8
No railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other Railroads
company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for to dechnd
transportation by the train for which it is offered freight on
passenger
RULE 9 trains
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a 25cnts single shipment however small charge1
RULE 10
No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any Blockades class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad forbldde1 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
Secret reduction of rates forbidden
The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lum edsta1 ber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn reduce cerin ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are maximum rates but atdiscre the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted tion
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 hihcTmid l Classes L M N O and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost unloadof suchservice shall be paid by shippers
RULE 14
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as fol phares lows viz tor extra
tt j A handling
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
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RULE 15
Definition FertilizersThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended to
of term 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
RULE 16
Vehicles Vehicles designed for transportation at carriers risk must be properly protected by properly the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire protected weather chafing or other injury
Charge for L O L shipments not exceed charge for C L shipments
RULE 17
In no case shall the amount collected on L C L shipments exceed the charge per car load for the saijne class of goods
RULE 18
Goods must Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and be properly warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition well prefer Ihfp pared by tbe shipper with proper packing and intelligent plain marking and accom
raent panied with orders for immediate shipping
RULE 19
When car Car Load Rates apply to a shipment of car load or more made by one shipper at load rates Qne timGj 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
OTEForm BAll applications for special rates must be submitted to the Commission on Form B
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
RULE 20
Lumber Coal Lime and Stone and all other articles for which estimated weights are given in the Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages in less than carload lots will be taken at actual weights when the weights can be ascertained bv a sworn weigher who shall balance the scales immediately before weighing and see that the car is entirely free from all bearing ot other car or cars except where lumber laps from one car to another and shall keep a record of the road to which the car belongs its number marked weight and the gross weight of the car as loaded and shall attach to the bill of lading a certificate of his acts and doings and sign the same as a sworn weigher but when the weights cannot be so ascertained will be charged for at the following estimated weights
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Per 1000 Feet
White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned V3000 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash seasoned4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash green4500 Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
seasoned and undressed3500
Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
dressed and seasoned800C
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned4000
Oak Hickory Elm green600C
Flooring and Ceiling matched and dres
ed 1 inches2500
Bevelled Weather Boards dressed1500
Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry
carloads to depth of 50 inches24000 Pounds
Hoopoles Staves Heading green
carload to depth of 43 inches24000 Pounds
Shingles dry per 1000 4C0
Shingles green per 1000 500
Laths dry per 1000 475
Laths green per 1000 700
Tan Bark dry per cord 2000
Tan Bark green per cord 2600
Fence Posts and Bails and Telegraph
Poles per cord
Clay per cubic yard
Sand per cubic yard
Gravel per cubic yard
Stpne undressed per cubic foot
Lime per bushel
Coal per bushel
Coke per bushel
Portland Cement per barrel
Other Cements
3500
3000
3000
3200
160
80
80
40
400
300
WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE
I sworn weigher for the
Railroad at 1 do certily on path that I this
day of weighed car No of the
Railroad loaded with that the gross weight was pounds
that the marked weight of the car was pounds that said car while being
weighed was disconnected except where lumber laps and free from all bearing of other cars that the scales were balanced immediately before weighing said car and to the best of my knowledge the weights are correct
Signed
Weigher for Railroad
At
RULE 21
In cases in which the classification of any article is lowered by a percentage railrod Manner of 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 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
RULE 22
When any article is too bulky to put in a box car it shall be subject to special Bulky ship
J ments sub
contract ject to pe
cial con
RULE 23 lract
A ton of all articles enumerated except Scrap Iron is 2000 pounds A ton of Scrap What con Iron is 2240 pounds A car load is 20000 pounds unless otherwise specified For loads above 20000 pounds prorate at car load rates charged A car load of green wood and also a 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 t charge for tlie excess at a rate thatwill effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property
RULE 24
For ruls governing demurrage and storage see Demurrage Rules
Charge for
RULE 25 or bans g
ferring
A charge of no more than two dollars per car will be allowed for switching or trans cars when ferring a car from any point on any road to any connecting road or warehouse within a over two or space of three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents
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When in the transfer of a car between said points it is necesssary 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
Empties to When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no additurned tional charge shall be made for the return of the empty cars
free
RULE 26
Terminal The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms
facilities buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any pur not to be
osedby pose without the consent of the owners other companies RULE 27
Time for All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities n this State shall opening receive all freights offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for from the
and closing firgt of Apri to the firgt 0f October between the hours of 7 oclock a m and 6 oclock depots p m and from October the first to April the first between the hours of 7 oclock a m
and 5 oclock p m provided that in cities having a population of over ten thousand peoplethe hours shall be from 7 oclock a m to 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 to prevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 o clock a m or latter 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
come with charge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles in tenmile
limit RULE 29
All joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or conmadeby68 trol excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be agreement maJe Qny 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 add distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the Commission
RULE 30
rates On all shipments of freights not governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating shall be 68 in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not localsf less under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be iopercent 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 dUvidingf under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested such rates n tbe game ag tbey may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads interthecom ested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work pames delay tbe transportati0n of such freight or be a subject of appeal to the Commission
by the roads at interest
ai
RULE 31
All overcharges on freight by any railroad in this State shall be settled within thirty Kefunding days after demand by consignee or person paving the freight upon the agent at the de over livering depot 1 charses
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 Aguiar station to which the same was billed
RULE 32
1 Railroads shall without delay switch off and deliver to any connecting road of Kailroad
the same gauge all cars consignee to points on or beyond such connecting roads required To
2 They shall at the terminus or intermediate point without obstruction or delay earJto
receive from the connecting road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned connecting to any point on the road to which the same is offered or on any connecting road with roads said road to which it is destined and to transport said cars to their destination with receive reasonable diligence cars from
3 No railroad shall discriminate in its ratesor tariffs of freight in favor of any line roads0 Dg or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its Not alow11 line is sought to be run in connection with any other route shall such railroad dtemfmh discriminate against such connecting line in favor of the balance of its own line butnate in said railroad shall haye the same rates for all and1 shall afford the usual and like cus favor of tomary facilities for tfie interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike Marline0
RULE 33
The railroads in this State within thirty days from September 15th 1893 shall cause Weighing to be weighed by a sworn weigher all lumber and coal cars belonging to them and have the weights marked upon said cars and the numbers date and weights reported to this office
RULE 34
The railroads of this State shall receive and receipt for shipments without delay gball re and shall issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers when required in which shall ceive and be stated the class or classes of freight shipped and the rate charged over the road shipments giving the receipt and as far as practicable shall state the rate charged over other duplieTtc roads over which said shipment will pass freight re
When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that deliv ceipts ers said shipment such agent shall deliver the articles shipped upon the payment of the lawful rate upon the same
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
How to apoly the Standard Tariff
1 In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff under the class opposite to the distance Jt it ends in 0 and if not then opposite the next greater Jstauce will be found the rate required Example To find the rate for 247 mi es on a box of clot weighing 100 pounds Opposite the word clothing m the Classific i
Class 1 in the Freight Tariff under Class 1 opposite the next greater distance 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
4 T1 represents Four Times First Class
A B C D E F and II Cy represent Classes A B C D E F and H c respectively T J
L C L represents Less than Car Load
C L represents Car Load CM
N 0 S represents Not Otherwise Specified C R represents Carriers Bisk
O R represents Owners Risk
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
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 25 per cent which would be as follows First Class rate 30 cems per 100lbs 25 per cent added 7 cents equal 38 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate allowed
for 50 miles
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTDONS
Buie for 5 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowered by a per
computing cent fiingrules must be observed
whenap jrIBSTif the rate thus raised or lowered is in either of Classes C J F G J K or
piied m any Qther Clagg in which fractiong appear the fraction of a half cent must be
retained asthe following examples will indicate
Ex 1Standard Rate 65
25per cent added 16
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate
of 8 cents
standard
Tariff
Ex 2 Standard Rate 95
20 per cent added 19
Total
114
Ex 3
Standard Rate 8
20 per cent added 16
Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 115 cents
Total
Ex 4Standard Rate 55
25 per cent added 13
96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 95 cents
Total
68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the desired rate is 7 cents
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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 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
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 loadis given will count 15000 pounds for a car load and estimate their charge pro rata with rate allowed on standard gauge
7 On shipments of brick and lumber passing between standard gauge railroads and narrow gauge railroads under the same management no more than Class P will be allowed to be charged provided however that a charge of three dollars per standard gauge car of 30000 pounds or over may be made to cover the cost of transfer
Shipments from narrow gauge roads to broad gauge roads under like conditions will be allowed a transfer charge subject to note six of the Explanatory Notes of this Commission
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC
FirstFrom 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 suspen indepots8 sion of the sale of tickets or the receiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in ktotTtthe use for such purposes will be permitted without the consent of this Commission pub consent of lished in accordance with law mission
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot Applica
buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed be accom
for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby panied
F with full
ThirdA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said uonma depot with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for Correc not less than one mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as pes of to other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also fnumevidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accom ber of pas modated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said amount of 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 quired 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
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
The weights given below are estimated and not actual and are used simply to get Manner of the rating on Live Stock To illustrate One Horse Mule or Horned Animal is esti ascertain mated at the same rate as 2000 lbs of any kind of firstclass freight at carriers risk and oLe1 secondclass at owners risk Therefore the freight charges for 50 miles on one HorseSt0lBk Mule or Horned Animal is the same as on 2000 lbs of firstclass freight and would be
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EACH
Calves and Sheep in lots of 5 or
more 150 lbs
Lambs 100 j9
Lambs in lots of 5 or more 75 lbs
Hogs for market i 350 lbs
Pigs and Stock Hogs 125 lbs
Pigs Hogs Sheep etc boxed actual weight
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
Estimated q Horse Mule or Horned Aniweight of v 9 non lhq
lave Stock null UUU IDS
Two Horses Mules or Horned
Animals3500 lbs
Each additional Horse Mule or
HornedAnimal 1000 lbs
Stallions Jacks and Bulls3000 lbs
Yearling Catte 1000 lbs
Calves and Sh eep 175 lbs I
The rates on Live Stock as given in this Tariff are based on the following maximum valuations s
Maximum 1 Horses and Mules not over1eac
valuations Horned Cattle not over 5U uu eacn
Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over 150 00 each
Fat Hogs and Fat Calves not over IojOO 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
Special vai Value from 150 00 to 400 00 add to regular rate 30 per cent nations 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 ship Mixed shipment of Cattle Hogs Lambs etc will be taken in carloads 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 lint
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
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 J
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
Shippers to Shippers will be expected to feed water and care for Stock at their own expense waternd When food is furnished by Carrier a charge will be made for the same and collected stock from Consignee
jars to be One two or three cars of Live Stock will entitle the owner or his agent to be caraccompa riej free to point of 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 ree 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
t Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
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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 I of the arrival of goods and that storage or demurrage charges will be assessed if not removed in conformity with the following regulations and upon failure of said railroad jomtno7 to give said notice no storage or demurrage charges shall be allowed rlvaiof
goods
RULE 2
All package height unloaded in depot or warehouse which is not removed by the Charge on owners thereof from the custody of the railroad company within fortyeight 48 hours feighP not including Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m of the day af5Hh3it following the day of arrival may be subjected thereafter to a charge of storage for each allowed daJMp fraction of a day that it may remain in the custody of the railroad company as
In less than carload quantities not more than one cent per one hundred pounds per
In parload quantities not more than ten 10 cents per ton of two thousand 2000 pounds per day v r
RULE 3
Loaded cars which by Rule No 13 of the Commission or by consent and agreement Chare on mIT R S r d consignee that are to be unloaded by consignee such as Bulk WS
l Hay Coiton See1 Limber Lime Coal Coke Sand Brick Stone and Wood which are not unloaded from the cars containing them within fortyeight hours not including Sundays or legal holidayscomputed from 10 oclock a m of the day following the day of arrival may be subjected thereafter toa charge of demurrage of one dollar per car for each day or fraction ofa day that said car or cars remain unoaded 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 unoa mg 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 thanfour cars loaded with lumber laths shingles wood coal coke lime ore sand or bricks the said cars m 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 Consignees demurrage charges allowed m the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after SSSSf
notice for said consignee to have removed said goods by the exercise of ordinary dili distant I gonce
RULE 5
Cmpanif are t0 8tre Property in public wareheuses at the feF
expense of owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach Jg Vr I
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Shipper to he paid when road fails to deliver within limit of time
RULE 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 dav said delivery is so delayed
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
Per Per
PER 100 POUNDS 100 100
rDi Lbs Lbs
Dis tance 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E p 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 Ql 02 7 9 2 8
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8V 8 5 5 9 IH 4 10
15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 5 11 12 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 72 65 13 15 5 16
30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 7 62 14 15 6 17
35 26 23 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 7 15 16 61 19
40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 7 16 16 6 20
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 13 8 8 17 17 6 21
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 8 8 18 17 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 S 19 18 7 24
65 35 32 28 25 20 15 15 15 9 9 20 19 7 25
70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15 15 9 9 20 19 7 26
75 38 35 30 27 21 16 16 16 10 9 21 20 7 27
80 3 36 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 9 21 20 7 28
85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21 7 29
90 42 38 OQ oo 29 v 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21 8 29
95 44 39 34 30 23 18 18 18 iU 11 23 23 8 30
too 45 40 85 30 23 18 18 18 U 11 23 23 8 30
110 48 42 37 31 24 19 19 19 12 11 24 23 8 31
120 51 44 39 32 25 20 20 20 13 12 25 24 8 32
130 54 46 41 33 26 21 21 21 13 12 26 25 8f 33
140 57 48 43 34 27 22 22 22 13 13 27 26 9 34
50 60 50 45 35 28 23 23 23 14 13 28 28 9 35
KiO 62 52 46 36 29 24 24 24 14 13 29 29 9 36
170 64 54 47 37 30 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 n 37
180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 31 31 9 38
190 68 58 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 9 39
200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 9f 40
210 71 62 51 41 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 9f 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 10 43
240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 3 10 44
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 10 45
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 10 4
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 10 46
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 k 20 19 36 40 10 47
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 10 47
300 0 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 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 11 50
370 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 ili 50
380 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 11 52
390 88 76 61 151 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 11 52
400 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 11 52
410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 11 54
420 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 Ili 54
430 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 43 52 11 54
440 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 11 56
15 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 8 27 25 43 54 11 56
4 94 78 63 53 f 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 12 56
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STANDARD FREICHT TARIFFCLASSES
Per 100 Pounds Per Ton Per Car Load Per 100 lbs
Dis taici J K L M N O P R
Miles Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts
5 8 4 35 55 1 00 5 50 4 00 4
IO 10 5 50 80 6 50 8 00 5 00 5
15 12 5 55 85 7 50 9 00 6 00 5
20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 6
2 14 6 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 6
30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 7
35 16 7 75 1 05 12 00 12 00 9 00 7
40 17 8 80 1 10 13 00 12 00 9 00 8
45 18 8 85 1 15 14 00 13 00 10 00 8
50 19 8 90 1 20 14 OO 13 OO IO 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
75 23 1 05 1 45 16 50 16 00 12 00
80 23 9i 1 10 1 50 17 00 16 00 12 00 12
85 24 1 15 1 55 17 50 17 00 13 00 12
90 24 9 1 15 1 60 18 00 17 00 13 00 13
95 25 10 1 20 1 65 19 00 17 00 14 00 u
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 io 1 30 1 90 23 00 18 00 15 00 16
130 28 10 1 35 2 00 24 00 19 00 16 00 17
140 29 li 1 40 2 10 25 00 19 00 16 00 18
150 30 li 1 50 2 20 26 OO 20 OO 17 OO 18
160 31 12 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 I 20
190 34 13 1 90 2 40 29 50 22 00 19 00 20
200 35 13 2 OO 2 45 30 00 22 OO 20 oo 20
210 36 13 2 10 2 50 31 00 23 00 20 00 1 21
220 37 14 2 20 2 55 31 50 23 00 21 00 21
230 38 14 2 30 2 65 32 00 23 00 21 00 j 21
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 22 OO 22
260 41 15 2 60 2 75 34 00 24 00 22 00 99
270 42 15 2 70 2 85 34 50 25 00 23 00 22
280 43 16 2 80 2 85 35 00 25 00 23 00 23
290 44 16 2 90 2 95 36 00 25 00 24 00 23
300 45 16 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
320 47 17 3 05 3 20 38 00 26 0 24 00 24
330 48 17 3 15 3 30 38 50 27 00 25 CO 24
340 1 49 17 3 15 3 40 39 00 27 00 25 00 24
350 50 IT 3 28 3 50 40 OO 27 OO 25 OO 24
360 51 52 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24
370 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24
380 53 18 3 41 3 60 41 00 29 00 27 00 f 26
390 54 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 27 00 M 26
400 55 18 3 41 3 60 42 OO 29 OO 27 OO 26
4t0 420 56 57 19 19 3 54 3 54 3 70 3 70 44 00 44 00 31 00 31 00 29 00 29 00 28 28
430 58 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 28
440 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 30
450 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 OO 33 OO 31 OO 30
460 60 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 30
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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

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ABBEVILLE AND WAYCBOSS RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERGlass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizrs L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On TurpentineClss Ri with ten per cesnt added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Alleville O Bowens Mill 13
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
s To all Classes apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Morganville Trenton
0 Rising Fawn 6
14 Sulphur Springs
10
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ALBANY FLORIDA NORTHERN RAILWAY
See Savannah Americus Montgomery R R1
r ATLANTA FLORIDA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Odal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class Lfor 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L lss 10 percenti On Lime and ice Class L with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Atlanta O Fayetteville 24 MeansvillC 55
E T V G June Buchanan 2J Woolsey 31 Piedmont 60
5 Lowry 35 Topeka June 64
Haasville 9 Kallulati June i7 Yatesville 70
Riverdale 15 Zetella 40 Culloden 76
Slina 17 Williamson 4 5 Knoxville 89
Blalock 20 Zebulon 50 Fort Valley 104
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ATLANTA WEST POINT B 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 per cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
Distance Table
O Powells 33 Whitfield 65
6 Newuan 39 LaGrange 71
12 Pucketts 45 Gabbettville 80
18 Grantville 51 West Point 87
25 Hogansville 58
AUGUSTA SOUTHERN
Formerly Augusta Gibson Sandersville R R
y
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile Minimum passenger charge twent cents
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R For 40 mile8 and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five percent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Augusta 0 Keysville 27 Belle Springs
Adam 5 Noah 31 Mitchell 59
Adventure 7 Mathews 32 Agricola 62
Gracewood 9 Wrenns 36 Chalker 64
Richmond 11 Stapleton 41 Warthen 71
Hephiibah 16 A vera 46 Silas 78
Bath 19 Gibson 51 Sandersville 80
Blythe 22
Atlanta East Point Red Oak Fair burn Palmetto
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BLUE RIDGE ATLANTIC R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K Lf M N O and R for 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles find over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertidzers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke for 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Cornelia O Analdale 12 Turnerville 17
Clarkesville 8 Ebenezer 14 Tallulah Falls 22
BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R for 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke for 50 miles and unde Class L for 100 miles and over fifty miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Round Lake 0 McNairy 6 Boyles Hollow 12
Lake 2 Massey 8 McDonald 15
Spanglers 4
Prepaj
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM
SAVANNAH DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On ClassesT 2 3 4 5 6 A E G HL N O the Standard Tariti with twentyfive per cent added f 1
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes G D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage f On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke
For 50 miles and under Class L
For 100 miles and over 50 Class L lss five per cent
Over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
f
Distance Table
Sawann ali
Poole r
Bloomingdale
Edn
Marlow
Guyton
Brewer
Egypt
Oliver
Halcyondale Cameron
Outland
0 Ogeechee 62 Johnsons 116
9 Itocltey Ford 66 Davisboro 122
13 Scarborough 71 Sun Hill 129
20 Parramore Hill 74 Tennilie 135
26 IVlillen 79 Robinsons 141
30 Cushingville 83 Oconee 146
35 Rogers 86 Raouls 148
40 Herndon 90 Toomsboro 155
46 Midville 96 MeTntyro 162
50 Sebastopol 10 Oordon 170
55 Wadley 107 Griswold 181
57 Bartow Ill Macon 192
AUGUSTA SAVANNAH DIVISION
Mill en
Lawton
Perkins Junction Munnerlyn
Gordon
Whiting
TOmas 16 BennocksMill
5 Waynesboro 21 Hollywood
7 Greens Cut27 Allens
II McBean 33 Augusta
EATONTON DIVISION
0 Midway 15
9 Milledgeville 17
37
41
43
53
47
TB E CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the StandardTaiiff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke
For 50 miles and under Class L 1
For 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent
Over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Macon
Walden
Echeconnee Byron
Powers ville
Port Valley
Everetts
Reynolds
Butler
Howards
Bostick
Geneva
Juniper
Box Springs
Upatoi
Wimberly
Schatulga
Columbia
O
10
12
17
21
29
36
42
50
60
05
70
74
77
83
86
91
lOO
Distance Table
Perryn4
Marshallville 36
Winchester 39
Barrons Lane 44
Montezuma 49
Oglethorpe 51
Anderson 60
Americas 1
Smithvilh
Bronwood 91
Dawson 98
Shellman 108
Cuthbe
Morris 129
Hatcher 133
Georgetown 141
Eufaul
ColemamTTTTTrTTTTS
Port Gaines 140
Adams 89
Leesburg 96
Alfoanv 107
Walker TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTrTTs
Ducker 120
Holts 125
Leary 129
Williamsburg 135
Arlington 142
Cowarts 149
Blakely 156
Hilton 166
Columbia 169
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THE CENTRA RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
ATLANTA DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
0n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
MaCon O Distance Table Barnesville 43 Lovejoys 76
Summerfield 8 Milner 49 Jonesboro 82
Bolingbroke 15 Orchard Hill 54 Morrows 87
Smarrs 22 Griffin 60 Forest 96
Forsyth 27 Sunnyside 67 East Point 97
Colliers 32 Hampton 71 Atlanta 103
Goggins 38
BUENA VISTA ELLA VILLE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Americus 0 Distance Table Buena Vista 28 Hal loca 48
LaCrosse 9 Zelobee 36 Oehillee 53
Ellaville 14 Ulenalta 38 Muscogee 61
Putnam 21 Cherokee 42 Columbus i 64
Wiggins ville 24
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
AUGUSTA KNOXVILLE DIVISION
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 for forty milesand under the Standard TariiF with fifty per cent added for seventy miles and over forty miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for one hundred miles and over seventy miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over one hundred miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
O11 Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For fifty miles and under Class L for one hundred miles and over fifty miles Class L less five per cent
Over one hundred miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Maysville 12 Sneads
COLUMBUS ROME DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 34 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added v On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Clss L with ten per cent added
Brick Class P twentyfive per cent See Explanatory Note No 7
Distance Table
Columbus o
Nances 7
Fortsons ii
Hines
Rehoboth 15
Cataula i
Kingsboro 20
Hamilton 24
Hood32
Chipley 33
W Sul Springs 37
Stinsons 40
Greenville 50
50
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
SAVANNAH GRIFFIN NORTH ALABAMA DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C 1 F J arid P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
0n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 riffles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Griffin Vaughns Dunns
0 Brooks
8 Senoia
10 Turin
Sharpsburg
12 Newnan 35
19 Sargents 41
4 Whitesburg 46
25 Carrollton 60
UPSON COUNTY BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Baraesvilie
Wilkinsons
Middlebrooks
O Fambros 2 The Rock 4
6 Stamps
8 Thomaston
12
16
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THE CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEM Continued
7 SAVANNAH WESTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke
For 50 miles and under Class L
For 100 miles and over 50 Class L less 5 per cent
Over 100 miles Class L less 10 per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with 10 per cent added
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Daisy 44 Collins 61
Meldrim 17 Claxton 48 Ohoopee 70
Cuyler 19 Hagans 50 Lyons 74
Ellabelle 24 Manassks 54 Helena 113
Pembrook 32
THE CHATTANOOGA ROME AND COLUMBUS RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cant
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Distance Table
O 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 84 Carrollton 140
Chattanooga
Mission Ridge
Crawfish Springs
Rock Spring
LaFayette
Martindale
Trion
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CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N Oand R the Commissioners Standard Tariff with 40 per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
Distance Table
Chattanooga Tenn 0 Cassandra Ga 199 Chesterfield Ala 500
Thurman 56 Kensington 218 Chance 551
Rock Creek Ga 76 Estelle it 239 Taff 597
Flintstone 84 Bronco a 315 Blue Pond 688
Moons 89 Dickson u 330 Yellow Creek 704
Eagle Cliff 9 8 McConnell Harrisburg 350 Whittens 736
Wessboro 118 u 381 Coxs S 427 Wilsons 775
Lisbon 141 Chelsea u 838
Henrys Cooper Hgts 161 182 Menlo ff 459 Gadsden 917
CITY SUBURBAN R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R for forty miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for seventy miles and over forty miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for one hundred miles and over seventy miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over one hundred miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per centadded
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke for 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
0 Tslp of Hope 7 Burnside 12
Thomas 2 Cedar Hammock 8J Beaulieu 12
Pritchards 4 Bethesda lol Montgomery 12i
Sandfly 6
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R for 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke for 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
Otf Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Columbus 0 Brooklyn 32 Sasser 73
Ochillee 11 Richland 77
Psalmonds 15 Kimbrough 45 Palmyra S3
Cusseta 19 Weston 48 Albany 88
Manta 24 Parrotts 57
Green Hill 28 Dawson 66
DARIEN WESTERN R R Formerly Darien Short Dine
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R for 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
in Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke for 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
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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 fifty per cent added
On Classes C D F G J L M N 0 and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with
twentyfive per cent added
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Class P Commissioners Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Dover 0 Statesboro 10
EAST WEST R R OF ALABAMA
Formerly Clierokcc
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
Allowed 25 cents a minimum passenger chargePer Circular 153
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less 20 per cent
On Coal and Coke for 50 miles and under Class L for 100 milesr and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Cartersvil le Ga O Fish Creek Ga 29 Hebron Ala 84
Ladds 4 Cedartown it 37 Grays a 87
Stilesboro 10 Berrys it 42 Ohatchie a 89
McGinnis 12 Esom Hill a 46 Francis it 92
Taylorsville Deatons 14 Warners Ala 48 Singletons tc 94
17 KowelIs 53 Ackers j u 95
Davittes 18 Daileys it 57 Ragland a 100
Waddells 19 Cross Plains tt 62 Fairview tt 104
Rockmart 23 E W June tt 70 Broken Arrow tt HO
Pineville 25 Sul Spring Dukes tt 78 Pell City a 117
Goddards 27 u 81
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FLORIDA CENTRAL PENINSULAR RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Barrington 53 Loftin 117
Anderson 9 Everett 59 Yulee 114
Burroughs 12 Bladen 70 Callahan 130
Ways 16 S B T Crossing 73 Hedges 117
Limerick 25 White Oaks 84 Tisonia 121
Dorchester 28 Woodbine 89 Duval 124
Riceboro 33 Seals 96 Broward 125
Jones 40 Kingsland 101 Panama 131
D S L Crossing 43 Evergreen 105 Cemetry 132
Flatona 47 Fernandina Fla 126 Jacksonville 138
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GEORGIA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHT
To all Classes apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
Angu sta O
Wheldss 5
Belair 10
Grovetown 15
Forest 16
Berzelia 21
Harlem 25
Saw Dust 26
Dearing 29
Bonesville 33
Thomson 37
Mesena 43
Cam alt 47
Warrenton
Mayfield 60
Culverton 67
Sparta 71
Devereaux 79
Carrs 83
Milledgeville 93
Browns 101
Haddocks 106
James Ill
Roberts 116
Maoon
Norwood 50
Barnett
Raytown 62
Ficklin 68
Washington 76
Crawfordville 64
Robinsons 70
Union Point 76
WodvilJe 81
Bairdstown 83
Maxeys 89
Antioch 92
Lexington 98
Winterville 108
Athens 116
Greensboro r
Oconee 90
Buckhead 96
Madison 103
Dorsey 107
Rutledge Ill
Social Circle119
Alcovy 125
Covington 130
Conyers 140
Litlionia 146
Redan 150
Stone Mountain 155
Clarkston 160
Decatur 165
Atlanta 171
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN R R
PASSENGER Class AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
CottonClass J
LumberClass P
Add twentyfive per cent to all other Classes except C D and F
Distance Table
Gainesville 0 Hoschton 18 Camps 36
Candler 7 Mulberry 23 Monroe 42
Florence lO WINDER 27 Gresham 46
Pendergrass Jefferson 16 Bethlehem 23 32 Social Circle 52
57
GEORGIA CAROLINA NORTHERN RAILROAD CO
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
EREIGHT
To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R add ten pei cent to Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
Joint Rates as prescribed in Rule No 30
Distance Table
ATLANTA Inman Lawrenceville 29 ATHENS 67
Park O Dacula 35 Hull 73
INorth Decatur 5 Auburn 39 Five Forks 78
Montreal 9 WINDER 46 Comer 84
Tucker 12 Statham 54 Carlton 89
Lilburn 18 Bogart 58 Oglesby 94
Gloster 23 McLeRoy 63 ELBERTON 101
GEORGIA MIDLAND GULF R R
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 For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty percent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Columbiut Ga
Flat Rock
Ellersville
Waverly Hall
Mulberry
Shiloh
Distance Table
O Nebula 38 Concord 64
11 Warm Springs 42 Stearnesville 72
18 Woodbury 52 Griffin SO
24 Jenkinsville 57 Pomona 89
28 34 Williamsville 60 McDonough 98
GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA R R
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R For 40 miles and under th Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per ceut added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke Fdr 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 400 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Macon O Arabi Melrose 167
Sofkee 7 Marion Jennings Fla 171
Avondale 11 Sycamore 88 Avoca 176
Wellston 16 Inaha 92 Jasper H 180
Bonaire 22 Chula 98 Genoa 193
Kathleen 25 Tifton 105 White Springs 200
Tivola 29 Eldorado 112 Suwanee Valley 204
Grovania 35 Lenox 118 Lake City 210
Elko 39 Sparks 126 Hagen 220
Unadilla 44 Adel 128 Lake Butler 222
Pinehurst 49 Cecil 134 New River 238
Findlay 52 Hahira 139 Hampton 248
Vienna 57 Mineola 144 Brooklyn 256
Richwood 60 Valdosta 150 Etoniah 264
Cordele 65 Dasher 157 Palatka 285
Wenona 70 Oceana 161
NoteOn business passing between the Georgia Southern Florida and Macon Birmingham Railroads compute as upon one road and according to continuous mileage
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GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILROAD Continued
MACON AND BIRMINGHAM DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
freight
On Classes X 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
Otf Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per ceht added
Distance Table
Macon O Montpelier 25 Woodbury 75
Sofkee 8 Yatesville 44 Odessa 90
Lizella 20 Thomaston 57 LaGrange 105
HARTWELL RAILROAD
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 Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
Brick Class P 25 per cent See Explanatory Note No 7
Distance Table
Bowersville 0 Hartwell 10
LOUISVILLE WADLEY R R
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R the standard tariff with forty per cent added
On classes C D F J and P the standard tariff without per centage
Distance Table
Louisville Aldred
0 Moxley 3 Joiner
5 Bethany 6J Wadley
O
10
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MACON NORTHERN
Formerly Covington Macon
PASSENGER Class 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 For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers E C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
0n Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
IVTacon O Hillsboro 33 Florence 82
IMasseys Mill 4 Adgates 36 Florence Tank 83
Van Buren 7 Minneta 42 Farmington 89
Roberts 10 Monticello 45 Gould 92
Morton 15 Machen 53 Watkinsville 95
Grays 17 Marco 57 Sidney 98
Franks 21 Godfrey 1 At
Barron 23 Little Indian Tank 66 Athens 105
Wayside 24 Madison 72 N E Depot 106
Pound Oak 27
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MIDVILLE SWAINSBOKO BED BLUFF B B
1
Formerly llidyille Swainsboro and Hit Vernon
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 12 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles theStandard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Glasses C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke for 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Midville 0 Wiggins 10 Swainsboro 20
Summertown 6 Modoc 15
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH B B 00
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 45 6 A B E G H K L M N O and Rt For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 mile6 the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles theStandard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
fOn Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Macon 0 Solomon 17 Montrose 37
Swift Creek 4 Jeffersonville 23 Elsie 42
Dry Branch 9 Gallimore 27 Moore 48
Pikes Peak 12 Hughes 31 Dublin 54
Fitzpatrick 15 Allentown 33
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MIDDLE GEORGIA ATLANTIC RAILROAD CO
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R for forty miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for seventy miles and over forty miles the Standard Tariff writh forty per cent added for one hundred miles and over seventy miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over one hundred miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For fifty miles and under Class L for one hundred miles and over fifty miles Class L less five per cent over one hundred miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Milledgeville 0 Willard 29 Broughtonville41
Merriwether8 Aikenton 36 Newborn 51
Dennis 13 Matthen 39 Carmel Junction 52
Walkers Crossing 17 Shady Dale 40 Covington 66
Eatonton 21
MARIETTA NORTH GEORGIA R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT v
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O P R the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On Classes C D F and J the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lumber and all articles embraced in Lumber Class P without percentage NoteNo percentages are allowed on Marble
Distance Table
Marietta O Browns 27 Ellijav 70
Kerrs 4 Mabel t 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 Kinsevs N C 106
Holly Springs Canton 18 Charles 25 64 Murphy IV C 113
MILLEN AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 12 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
liOn Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Milieu O J ohnsonsW arehouse 14 Summit 21
South Millen 1 Garfield 15 Overstreet 23
Emmalane 5 Longview 17 Durdenville 25
Butts 8 Hoods Crossing 18 Canoochee 28
Thrift 11 Cowarts 19 Stillmore 32
Simsville 12
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NORTHEASTERN BAILRAOD
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 Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
Distance Table
JLula O Harmony Grove 20 Center 31
Gillsville 7 Nicholson 27 Athens S
Maysville 13
OCONEE WESTERN R R CO
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added
On Classes G L M N 0 and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P Commsssioners Standard Tariff
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
Dublin 0
Hutchings 5
Spring Haven 10
Dexter 13
Distance Table
Alcorns
Chester
Yonkers
Empire
16 Cypress 34
19 Hawkinsville 40
23 Station 47
28 Grovania 53
I
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PLANT SYSTEM
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For fifty miles and under Class L for one hundred miles and over fifty Class L less five per cent over one hundred miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance tTable
Savannah Ga O Dixie Ga 181 Marion Fla 169
Millers 10 Boston ii 188 Suwannee ii 173
Burroughs 12 Thomasville ii 201 Itixford a 175
Ways 16 Cairo a 215 Live Oak a isa
Fleming 24 Whigham 222 Padlock a 184
McIntosh 31 Bain bridge Jnc a 228 Pine Mount a 189
W althourville 39 Fowltown ii 237 McAlpin a 191
Johnston 46 FaceVille u 243 OBrien a 198
Doctortown 53 Recovery a 250 New Branford a 203
Jesup 57 ChattahocheFia 258 Fort White a 217
Screven 69 Briganza Ga 104 High Springs a 227
Offerman 76 Fort Mudge ii 111 N e wnansville 233
Patterson 79 Race Pond ii 116 Hague a 238
Biackshear 87 Upton ville ii 125 Gainesville ii 250
Way ross 97 Folkston a 130 Drew a OOP
Glenmore 108 Boulogne Fla 136 Lake City 23
Argyle 116 Hilliard U 142 Ochlocknee Ga 212
Homerville 123 Dyal a 148 Meigs ii 219
Dupont 131 Callahan ii 152 Pelham ii 225
Stockton 139 Dinsmore ii 160 Camilla a 233
Naylor 144 Jacksonville a 172 Baconton a 242
Valdosta 157 Forrest Ga 140 Hardaway a 250
Ousley 167 Staten ville 151 Albany u 259
Quitman 174 Jasper Fla 164 Bainh ridge ii 237
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PLANT SYSTEM Continued
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G II L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
0n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Brunswick O Millwood 78 Vanceville 126
Pyles Marsh 10 Red Bluff 82 Tifton 130
Jamaica 16 Pearson 90 Riverside 133
Waynesville 25 Kirkland 93 Hillsdale 137
A tkinson 28 Westonia 96 TyTy 139
Lulaton 32 Leliaton 98 Summer 145
Bucks Still 34 Grays Mill 100 Poulain 148
Nahunta 36 Willacoochee 101 Isabella 151
Hoboken 45 Lees Mill 107 Willingham 155
Schlatterville 50 Alapaha 112 Davis 161
Wayccoss 60 Enigma 119 Albany 171
Waresboro 67 Brookfield 122
NOTE On business interelianged between Savannah Florida Western and Brunswick Western and Alabama Midland Railroad Companies said roads should be considered as constituting but one and the same road and rates made on continuous mileage
67
PLANT SYSTEM Continued
ALABAMA MIDLAND DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThTee Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class E less twenty per cent
0n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Bainbridge 0 Brooklyn 16 Josephine 28
Brinson 11 Donaldsonville 21
END OF PLANT SYSTEM
ROME R R
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
To all Classes apply Standard Tariff
Distance Table
O Bass 10 Wooley 18
5 Eves 12 Kingston 20
7 Murchison 16
Rome Freeman Dykes
ROME DECATUR RAILROAD CO
See Southern Railway Tariff
SANDERSVILLE TENNILLE R R
Now Part of Angnsta Southern Railroad Which See
SAVANNAH AMEEIOUS MONTGOMEEY E E
Formerly Americus Preston Lumpkin PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 milesand under the Standard Tariff with fifty per centadded for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles nd over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the
Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On RosinClass K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 mdes and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Lyons
Appleton
Vidalia
HiggSion
Ailev
Mt Vernon Glenwood Verbena
Alamo
Erick
Helena
Oswald
Milan
Horton
Rhine
Copeland
Abbeville Kramer
o Rochelle 74 New Point 129
3 Pitts 79 Saltefs 132
6 9 83 Plains 135
Williford 85 Marketts 136
15 Penia 89 Jennings 139
17 Cordeie 94 Wise 140
22 Lees Mill 97 Preston 145
24 Coney 100 Ponders i 150
29 Clegg 103 Richland 153
33 Johnsons 105 Randalls 157
40 Cobb 107 lawyers Mill 160
45 Bagley 109 Lumpkin 162
50 DeSoto Ill Irwins 168
55 Leslie 113 Johnstons Mill 170
58 Parkers 115 Louvale 172
61 Huntington i 117 Union 175
65 70 Gatewood Americus 121 125 Omaha 182

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SAVANNAH AMERICUS MONTGOMERY RAILROAD
ALBANY FLORIDA NORTHERN DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H X L M N 0 and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class X with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class X less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Class C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Albany O Warwick 22 Wilkersons 34
Philemma 14 Taylors 27 Cordele 35
Oakfield 17
70
SAVANNAH ATLANTIC R R
Formerly Savannah Tybee R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHT
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND ANY STATION
Pee 100 Lbs Per Bbl Pee 100 Lbs Per Ton Per Car Load Per ICO Lbs Per Ton 2000 Lb 0 L
1 2 8 4 5 6 A B C D E F G H j K L M N O P R Coal Coke O 0 D c3 g OH
50 45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 30 10 2000 2000 O o 75 85
Savannah 0
LePageville 2
Debtford 3
Bartow 4
Distance Table
Palmetto 8
Estill 16
Light House 16
Fusbers Point 17
Oeean House 18
Hotel Tybee 19
Chatham 20
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 twentyfive per cent added
Distance Table
Winterville 0 Pleasant Hill 7
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
ATLANTA CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M H the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
0n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Atlanta 0 Distance Table Flowery Branch 44 Cornelia 78
Goodwins 11 Odells 47 Mt Airy 80
Roswell Junction 13 Gainesville 53 New Switzerland 83
Doraville 15 New Holland 55 Aversville 87
Norcross 20 W Sul Spriugs 59 Tocooa 93
Duluth 26 Lula 66 Travis 96
Suwanee 31 Belton 67 Tugalo 99
Buford 37 Longview 74
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosip Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Atlanta O Mableton 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 Winston 32 Tallapoosa 64
72
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Continued
V O I 0 l
ELBERTON AIRLINE DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
Cn B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
0n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Brick Class P 25 per cent See Explanatory Note No 7
Distance Table
Toccoa O Bowersville 24 Bowmans 38
Eastanollee West Bowersville 26 Hard Cash 42
Martins 2 Royston 31 GossStore1 46
Lavonia 18 Fellowship Church 34 Elberton 50
A
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Continued
LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D E J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
0n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Brick Class P 25 per cent See Explanatory Note No 7
Distance Table
Suwanee O JLawrenceville IO
ROSWELL BRANCH
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On litne and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Brick Class P 25 per cent See Explanatory Note No 7
Distance Table
Roswell J uncn O Roswell IO
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SOUTHERN RAILWY SYSTEM
EAST TENN YA GA DIVISION
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes I 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
0n Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50r Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L wTith ten per cent added
Distance Table
Chattanooga O
Citico Junction 182
Burges 326
Sherman Heights 415
Jersey 731
Tyners 971
Summit 1301
Ooltewah Junction 1519
Apison 1956
Howards 2189
Cohutta 2672
Varnells 3084
Waring 3486
Dalton 4000
Phelps 4502
Carbondale 4908
Millers 5250
Sugar Valley 5528
Oostanaula 6053
Reeves 6210
Plainville 66 30
Pinsons 6956
Shannon 7108
Harpers 7508
North Rome 7811
East Rome 7986
Atlanta Juncn 8211
Silver Creek 8528
Chambers 8601
Brices 9058
Byrds 9206
Seney 9373
Hamlet 9649
Longs 9783
Rockmart 10172
DO IV10451
Beattys 10574
Braswell 10815
McPherson 11315
Howelton 11404
Dallas 11871
Hiram 12473
Powder Springs 12983
Austell134 62
Mableton 13747
MCA JACK14022
Chattahoochee
Peyton
Howell
Simpson Street
Atlanta
Atlanta Shops
Union Stock Yards
Stewarts Mill
Roseland
Constitution
Moores Mill
Ellenwood
Estes
Stockbridge
Mahers Quarry
Tunis
Flippen
MeDonough
Locust Grove
Jenkinsburg
Jackson
Flovilla
Williams
Frankville
Juliette
Dames Ferry
Popes
Macon Granite Co
Holton
Macon
Macon Cotton Yds
Reids
Phillips
Bullards
Adams Park
Westlake
McGriifis
Coleys
Cochran
Hawkinsvl
Alice
Fraziers
Empire
Carnes Mill
Dubois
Greston
Dempsey
14447 Williams Lumber
14547 Co 29686
14947 Eastman 29773
15180 Amoskeag Mills 29934
15247 Godwinsville 30285
15436 Steeles Mill 30692
15532 Chauncey 30731
15541 Normandale 30862
15573 Harris Ms Mill 30930
15879 Mercers Mill 31082
16233 Parker Bussey 31230
16563 Longview 312891
16693 Paxtons Mill 31441
17142 Chapmans Mill 31595
17252 Helena 31683
17512 McRae 31775
17687 Waff B Cos Mill 31847
1889 Smith Massey 32171
18811 Scotland 32271
19301 Codingtons Mill 32724
19837 Towns 32771
20343 Holland Ws Still 33228
20676 Lumber City 33457
21245 Ocmulgee 33577
21694 Hazlehurst 34181
22456 Johnsonville 34696
226 91 Graham 34791
23036 Pine Grove 35120
23183 Prentiss 35451
24011 Baxley 35771
24111 Wheaton 36160
24971 Surrency 36728
25096 Brentwood 37217
25641 Odum 378091
26046 Enville 38227
26653 Jesup 38771
27315 Bennetts Still 39306
27516 Gardi 39453
27917 Pendarvis 39751
28925 Borbank Co 39911
28306 Sand Hill 40456
28422 OBrien P 0 40955
28479 Safford A Co 41088
28651 Sterling 41836
28785 Dock Junction 42346
28941 Old Depot 42765
29119 Brunswick 43011
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM r Continued
ROME DECATUR DIVISION
Freight and Passenger Tariff
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50r Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Distance Table
North Rome Ga O Lawrence Ala 23 Slackland Ala 43
Oreburg U 3 Cedar Bluff 1 28 Turkevtown U 40
Coosa U 13 Round Mountain 33 Gadsden 57
Earle v u 18 Leesburg 39 Attalla u 62
Farrill Ala 21
STILLM0RE AIR LINE R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O R add fifty per cent toStandard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Standard Tariff
Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added
Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added
Lime and Ice C L Class L with ten per cent added
Lime and Ice LCL Class B with ten per cent added
Rosin and quantity Class K less twenty per cent
Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Stillmore 0 Corsica 8 Lukesap 15
Hurryhill 5 Cobbtown12 Collins20
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SYLVANIA E E
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
EREIGHT
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 Sylvania 15
Woodcliff 7
TALBOTTON E E
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
LumberClass P
CottonClass J
Add twentyfive per cent to all other Classes except C D and F
Distance Table
Bostick S W R R O Talbotton 7
union point white plains b e
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
EREIGHT
Apply Commissioners Standard Tariff to all Classes
Distance Table
Union Point Junction
0
2
Caldwell Siloam
5 Jarrells
7 White Plains
12
14
7
WADLEY AND MT VERNON RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty percent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 501 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Wail ley o Hodo 17 Odomville 25
Pinetucky 6 Meeks 20 Adrian 28
Nasworthy Kite 12 15 Ethel 22 Ricksville 30
WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMPANY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
Apply Standard Tariff to all Classes
Distance Table
Atlanta O Allatoona 40 Calhoun 78
Bolton 7 Bartow Iron Works 42 Resaca 84
Gilmore l 10 Stegalls 43 Tilton 91
Yinings 11 CartersTille 48 Dalton lOO
McTvors 12 Rosers 51 Mont Lily 104
Smyrna 15 Cass 53 Tunnel Bfill 107
Marietta 20 Kingston 59 Ringgold 115
Elizabeth 22 Cement 60 Grays ville 121
Big Shanty 29 Halls 64 Chickamauga Tenn 127
Acworth 35 Adairsville 69 Cincinnati Jc 132
Ruby 37 McDaniels 75 Chattanooga 138
78
WAYCROSS AIRLINE R R 00
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
Qn Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Waycross 0 Elsie 11 Beach 20
Waltertown 6 Bloen 15 Sessoms 25
WRIGHTSYILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD 00
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHT
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K Ly M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per Cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Class C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Distance Table
Tennille O Wriglitsville 16 Bruton
Peacocks Cut 5 Meadows Crossing 20 Condor
Harrison Lovett 23 Dublin
Donovan 13 Donalson 25
79
GLASSIFICATION
OR
Agricultural Implements C L
not less than 24000 pounds owners to load and unload 4
Agricultural Implements
L C L as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed 1
Condensers and Feeders Cotton Gin 2
Cradles Grain set up3 T1
Cradles Grain K D in bun dies or boxed 1
Crushers Corn or Cob 3
Cultivators K D packed 1
Cultivators set up3 T 1
Cutters Ensilage Straw and
Hay set up
Cutters Ensilage Straw and
Hay K D and packed 3
Distributers Guano set up 1
Distributers Guano K D 2
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain K D packed 2
Dusters Bran set up3 T 1
Dusters Bran K D packed 2
Elevators Hay 1
Evaporators Fruit
Evaporators Sugar D 1
Fans Wheat3 T1
Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin 2
Forks Hay and Manure
Furnaces Evaporator
Gins Cotton
Guano Horns tin
Harrows and Harrow Frames
Harrow teeth packed
Hay Caps
Hoes in bundles
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks
Horse Powers K D
Horse Powers Railroad or
Endless Chain
Hullers Cotton Seed Clover Incubators K D and packed
Knives Hay packed
Machines Hemp
Machines Smut
Machines NO S See Machines
3
1
2
D 1
3
4 3
3
4
O R 6
1
3
D 1 2 2
D 1 1
1
1
D 1
3
4
3
1
2
Middlings Purifiers3 T 1
Mills Buhr stone Portable 3
Mills Corn and Hominy 3
Mills Cane and Sorghum 5
Mills Fan3 T 1
Mills Fan K D l
Mills with Trains Sugar3 T 1
Mills N O S 2
Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesters
whether combined or separate K D L C L 2
and partly boxed G L
20000 pounds 4
Mowing Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesters
whether combined or separate set up lj
Mowers Lawn l
Planters Corn and Cotton K
D in bundles or boxes 2
Planters Corn and Cotton set
up
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 Sj K D 4
Presses Hay and Cotton set up D 1 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 l
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 l
o R D 1
4
1
1
D 1
4
1
3
1
5
D 1 2
5
U
5
5
4
2
1
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
U R O R
Spreaders Manure KD boxed 2
Sulky Plows3 T 1
Threshers and Separators 1
Trains Sugar3 T 1
Wheelbarrows Iron 3
WheelbarrowS Railroad
Wheelbarrows Wood set up D 1 Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled 3
Accoutrements Military 1
Acids N Q S D 1
AcidsCarbolic 3
Acids Dry 3
Acids Muriate and Sulphuric in carboys boxed L C L D 1 Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric
in carboys boxed C L 2
Acid Sulphuric in iron casks 3 Acid Sulphuric in tank cars 0
Alcohol same as Liquor
Ale and Beer in wrood estimated weights bbl 350 lbs half bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbl 50
lbs L C L 2
Ale and Beer in wood estimated weights as above C L 4
Ale Beer and Mineral bbls half bbls or kegs empty Estimated wTeight bbls 100 lbs 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 securely wired
and sealed or locked 4
Ale Beer and Porter boxes returAfed with empty bottles 4
Ale Ginger in glass packed securely wired and sailed or
locked L C L 2
Ale Ginger in glass packed securely wired and sealed or
locked C Lv 4
Almanacs and Trade 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 5
Ammonia Water Casks Returned empty 6
Ammunition N O S 1
Anchors 5
Antimony Crude 3
Antimony Metal 4
Anvils
D 1
t
E
C R
Apples Green in barrels or
boxes L C L
Apples Green in barrels or
boxes C L
Apples dried 4
Apple Butter 4
Argols in boxes bbls 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 casks L
C L
Asbestos in bbls or casks CL
Asbestos Cement L C L
Asbestos Cement C L
Asbestos Ore L C L
Asbestos Ore O L
Asbestos Packing in rolls or
cases L C L
Asbestos Packing CL
Asbestos Roofing in rolls or
cases L C L
Asbestos Roofing C L
Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed
See Cotton Seed
Ashes Wood
Asphaltum packed
Axes
Axles and Wheels Car
Axles Carriage and Wagonf of
Axle Grease
B
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 O S
Bark Tan in sack
Bark Tan C L 24000 lbs
Barley any quantity
Barley Pearl
Barrel and Box Material C L Barrel and Box MaterialLCL
O R
B
O
6
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THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C R
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
10 miles and under 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 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
15000 pounds P
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beer estimated weights barrel 100 lbs half barrel 50 lbs keg30 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 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
Bath Tubs folding wrapped
or crated 1
Batting Cotton N O S
Beans in boxes 2
Beans in barrels or sacks D
Bed Cord3
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 i bbls actual weight B
Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights bbl 350 lbs bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbl501bs LCL 2 Beer and Ale in wood estimat
ed 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
o R
2
4
E
4
C R
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 2
Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and
sealed or locked C L 4
Bees in Hives Dl
Bee Smokers boxed 1
Beeswax J 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
basketsN OS2T1
Bitters in wood N O S 1
Bitters Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domes
tic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so en
dorsed 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
glass packed 3
Black Lead in kegs or barrels 5
Blankets 1
Bleaching Salts 5
Blinds Doors and Frames C L B
Blinds Doors and Frames L
C L 8
Blocks Pulley 4
Blocks Bhu ttle rough 3
Bluing i
Blue Stone 5
Boats Row and Pleasure S
Bobbins packed 4
Boilers Bath and Range 1
Boilers Engine or any part of Engines or Machinery C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for See Rule 14 4

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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Boiler Flues Cop per and Brass
boxed 2
Boilers Sectional same as Boilers but not to be taken as
Castings 2
Boilers Steam 30 feetand over
See Rule 14 1
Boilers Steam under 30 feet
See Rule 14 3
Boilers Felting 2
Bolts in Kegsf 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 1
Books 1
Boots and Shoes 1
Borax packed 4
Bottle Covers 3
Bottles empty 1
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 BasketsOL not less than 20000 lbs to be
charged for R
Boxes Fruit L C L 1
Boxes Cigar empty packed D 1 Boxes Cracker empty returned l Boxes empty including Egg
Crates L C L 1
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 nested3 T 1
Boxes Folding K D packed 2
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2
Boxes Tobacco empty 1
Boxes Vehicles Iron boxed 4
BoxesVehiclesIr n in barrels 0
Brackets Insulator 6
Brackets Wood N O 8 finished and boxed 3
Brackets Wood in white made
of pine or other wood 3
Brandy in glass boxes or baskets N O S 1
Brandy in wood N O S 1
Brandy Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited
1 O R to 75c per gallon and so en c R O R
dorsed on bill lading Brandy Liquors Whisky in H
wTood N O S Brandy Liquors Whisky in boxes or baskets 2 3
1 2
Bran L C L C
Bran C L 25000 lbs Brass NO S in boxes barrels P
or casks 1 Or
Brass Bedsteads packed Brass Bearings in boxes bar 1
rsls or casks 2
Brass Flues 2
Brass Scrap loose 2
Brass Scrap packed 5
1 Brass Vaves Boxed Brass Vessels in boxis barrels or casks Bread Brick Common and Fire See 2
5 Rule 12 C L 30000 lbs Brick Common and Fire L C L Brick Bath Brick Machines P B i 4 1
Brimstone in boxes LC L Brimstone in barrels L C L Brimstone C L formanufac
o

E ture of Fertilizers M
Bristles 1
Britannia Ware Broom Corn pressed in Bales 1
L C L B
Broom Corn pressed in Bales C L Broom Corn and Broom Han D
dies CL24000lbs charged for mixed D
Brooms anv quantity 4 5
Brushes Buckets N O S same as 1
Wooden Ware Buckets Coal i 1
D 1 Buckets ell 4
Buckwheat Flour 6
Buffalo Rones I 1
Buggies See Carriages Bungs 3
Burial Cases N O S H 1
Burial Cases in Nests l
Burial Cases K D O
4 Burlaps Burning Fluid t if 1
6 Burr Blocks Finished 4
Burr Blocks Rough Butter in cans 5 1
2 Butter in kegs and firkins Butter in buckets pails and 2 3
tubs Butter Apple and other Fruits D 1 3
in wood 4

THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Butterine and Oleomargarine
in cans
Butter and Oleomargaiine in kegs and firkins
Cabbages packed
Cabbages loose C L
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird K D nested and
packed D
Cake Nitre L C L
Cake Nitre C L
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt L C L
Cake Salt C L
Calcicake
Calicoes
Camphine
Camphor
Candles boxed
Candy See Confectionery
Cane and Sorghum Mills
Canned Beef packed
Canned Goods N O S
Cannon
Cans empty N O S
Cans tin empty racked or
boxed or in jackets
Cans tin empty to be used for paints and oils minimum
weight 20000 lbs
Cans Tobacco empty
Caps a n d Hats
Caps Percussion
Capstans
Card Clothing packed
Cards Cotton and Woolen
Hand packed
Cards Cotton and Woolen
Cards Playing
Cards Show Boxed i
Carpeting weli covered
Carpets Hemp and Rag 5
Carpet Lining v
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 Horse3 T 1
Cars Hand Lever and Crank
Railroad K D 2
Cartridges Metallic 1
Cases and Crates Egg L C L l Cases and Crates Egg C L
24000 lbs to be charged for
A
Casks Iron Ammonia Water Naphtha etc returned ety
R O R 1 O R
j Cassia
1 j Castings Iron See Iron
j Castings Plaster D 1
2 3 I Castor Pom ace M
1 Catsup in wood 4
jb Catsup in glass boxed 2
3 6 Cattle Hogs Sheep etc C L
3 6 without percentage 3
j Cattle Hogs SheepetcLCL
1 Rule 20 without perctage 2
I Caustic Soda in Iron Casks 0
1 I Cement in barrels C L L
5 Cement in barrels L C L B
M j Cement Glue packed 2
Chain Cotton Woolen and
5 Hempen 2
1 Chains Ir n loose 3
5 Chains Iron Cable
6 Chains Iron in casks barrels
H boxes or kegs 5
1 Chairs See Furniture
4 Chalk 5
Chalk Crayons 4
5 Chalks Prepared 1
4 Charcoal in bbls or casks L
4 C L 5
1 Charcoal in barrels or casks
1 C L not less than 24000 lbs
to be charged for 0
1 2 Checks Rule 1 without per
centage 6
Cheese 4
4 Cheese Safes or Covers boxed 3 T I
1 Chestnuts prepaid p
1 Chests Commissary 1
1 Chests Ice 1
3 Chicory 4
1 O Chimogene same as Oil Coal
1 China Ware
Chloride of Lime in bbls or
1 casks 6
1 Chloride of Lime in barrels or
1 casks hi O S 4
Chocolate 1
Chromos same as Paintings
Chufas L C L 5
Chuias C L 6
Churns 1
Cider and Vinegar in barrels
or kegs B
Cider in glass packed 2
Cider Mills and Presses 4
1 Cigar Lighters 1
Cigars boxed and strapped or
corded and sealed 1
Cigars not packed as above
not taken
Cigar Boxes empty D 1
Citron 9
Clay in boxes barrels or casks
L C L B
T 1 Clay C L See Rule 12
25000 lbs P
Clay Burnishing packed 5 L
O R
84
TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
0
Clay Fire L C L
Clay Fire C L See Rule 12
25000 lbs
Clay German
Cleaners
Clocks boxed
Clock Weights packed
Clothes Lines
Clothes Pins
Clothes Wringers
Clothing
Clothing Card
Clothing Rubber 1
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 Matting
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 Grind in boxes or bbls t offee Roasted in boxes or barrels
Coffee Mills
Coffins N 0 S
Coffins in nests
Coffins K D
Coffins Metallic Coke in boxes barrels or
casks L C L
Coke in boxes barrels or casks C L See note at end
of classification See coal
Collars Horse See Saddlery
Collars Paper packed
Cologne
Commissary hests and Stores
Compounds Washing
Compounds Polishing
Condenser
Confectionery Candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading Confeetionery Candy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified or Bill of Lading onfectionery N O S
K i o B B
O R O K 1
If
Coolers and Filters Waterbxd
Copal
Copperas in barrels or casks
Copperas N O S
Copper and Brass in boxes
barrels or casks
Copper and BrassScrappackd Copper and Brass Scrap loose Copper and Brass Vessels in
boxes barrels or casks
Copper Bottoms Copper Plates Sheets Bolts Wire and Rods
Copper Flues
Copper Ingots Pigs and Matts Copper Ore C L 25000 lbs
Copper Ore L C L
Copper Stills worm crated
Copying Presses
Cordage Cork
Corn Starch Corn
Corn Flour L C L
Corn Flour C L not less than
20000
Corn Grits in sacks
Corn Seed in boxes
Corn and Cob Crushers
Corn Meal
Corsets 1
Colton in bales T
Cotton Baskets Pat combination of cloth woodknocked down and packed together 0 Cotton Batting in lots of 100 bales of 50 pounds eachr 6
Cotton Batting N O S 5
Cotton Duck 1
Cotton Flour Sack Material known as print cloth in
bales uncovered 1
Cotton Linters or Regins J
Cotton Seed L C L same as
Fertilizers L C L
Cotton Seed valuable for planting less than 2000 lbs 3
Cotton Seed valuable for planting L C L over 2000 lbs 6
Cotton Seed in carload lots of not less than 20000 lbs per
Rule 1 G
Cotton Seed Hulls any quantity without percentage G
Cotton Seed Hulls and Cotton
Seed Meal Mixed C L M
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and
Oil Cake L C L K
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and
Oil Cake C L M
Cotton Seed Mills 2
Cotton Seed Oil any quantity
Rule 1 R
Cotton Softener Liqd in bbls 4
Q zo toO3 Wo5i05toi05hdfceioo5 to tcnco eento
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Cotton Waste in bales sacks
crates or hhds Ride 1 R
Covers and Safes3 T 1
Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed
in bales 3
Covers Wooden 1
Cracklings 4
Crackers5
Cradles Grain set up 3 T 1
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxes 1
Cranberries 3
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 Tarter in boxes or kegs 2
Cream Tarter in barrels or
hogsheads 3
Crockerysame as Earthenware
Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Cross Arms 6
Cross Tics hewed and sawed subject to Rule 12Class P
Crow Bars 5
Crucibles 1
Crushers 3
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators K D packed 1
Cultivators set up 3 T 1
Currants 2
Cutch 4
Cutlery 1
Cutters set up li
Cutters K D packed 3
Dates i 2
Deer boxed3T 1
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2
Deer Tongue in bbls or boxes 1
Deer Tongues in bales 3
Demijohns See Glass
Denims Rule 1 with ut prctge 6
Desiccated Meats Vegetables 4
Detergent 4
Disinfectants in glass packed 1
Disinfectants N 0 S in bbls 4
Distributers set up 1
Distributers K D See Agri
cult ural Implements 2
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Checks Cotton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products Rule 1
without percentage fi
Doors Iron4
Doors and Frames L C L 3
Doors and Frames C L B
Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton
O K
D 1
D 1
D 1
C R
without percentage and per
Rule 1 6
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain packed 2
Drugs and Medicines N O S 1
Drums 3 T 1
Dry Goods N O 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 D 1
Duck Cotton 1
Dusters set up3 T 1
Dusters K D packed 2
Dye Liquid or Wood Liquor
in barrels 3
Dye Stuff in boxes or barrels 1
Dye Woods in boxes or bbls 2
Dye Woods in stick 4
E
Earthenware Jugware or
Stoneware looser 1
Farthware Jugware or Stoneware inboxes bbls or casks 2 Earthware Jugware or Stoneware in cratesor hogsheads 4
Earthware Jugware or Stoneware loose 0 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 C L2
Electric Light Carbons packed
C L 3
Elevators1
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 lbsA 6
Exhibitors boxed or crated3 T 1
O R
11
1
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
O R
Exhibitors woven or crated D 1
Explosives L C L D 1
Explosives C L 5000 lbs or
over 1
Extinguishers Fire hand
v glass or grenade packed lj
Extinguishers Fire on wheels D 1 Extract Bark for tanning in
wood 5
Extract Bark for tanning in
glass packed2
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 wraste in sacks hales crates
or hhds Rule 1 R
Fans in boxes D1
Fans Flv boxed 3
Fans Palm Leaf pressed 1
Fans Wheat3 T 1
Farina 2
Faucets boxed 2
Feathers D 1
Feeders1 2
Felloes L C L 4
Felloes C L 20000 lbs to he
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 JPine
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
Firearms 1
Firecrackers and Freworks
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 Saltedin bbls half barrels kegs or kits 6
Fish Dry Salted etc packed 5
Fish Dry Salted in bundles 2
O R r O R
1 Fish Fresh Fish Sardines and other Small Fish canned in pickle or oil B
packed 2
Fish Smoked m boxes 2
1 Fishing Rods D 1
Fittings Iron Pipe in boxes Fittings Iron Pipe in kegs 2
casks or barrels Fittings Iron Pipein bundles 6
wired D t
Fixtures Gas packed 2
4 Fixtures Grate packed 2
Fixtures Grate ioose ii
Fixtures Tobacco 4
Flax pressed in bales o
Flax Seed 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
3 Fodder See Hay
Foil Tin in boxes 2
Food Preservatives packed 3
Forges Portable v 3
Forks 1 O
Fountains Soda fully boxed Fountains Soda not taken unless fully boxed IT 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 9
FramesDoor and WindowCL Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or B
crated tk
D 1 Frames loose or in bundles Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from 3 T 1
other Furniture 3 T1
Freezers Ice Cream 1
Fruit in cans boxed N O S 4
1 Fruit in Glass packed Fruit Berries Dried Fruit Berries green prepaid 1
li 4
Fruit Boxes and Basket LCL Fruit Boxes and Basket C L not less than 20000 lbs to be 1
A charged for R
O R
D 1
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Fruit Dates
Fruit Dried Currants
Fruit Dried N 0 S
Fruit Dried Apples and
Peaches
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 greenfruit
in barrels or boxes C L
Furnaces Evaporators
Furs N 0 S Skins and Peltries See Skins
Furs in bags
Furs in boxes bundles and
trunks strapped
Fuse
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
Furniture all articles of Furniture N OSwhen manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds
Furniture all articles of Furniture N O S 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
CR a r C R OR
2 Chairs Cane Split and Wood
2 O Seat packed in pairs 2
3 Chair Stuff K I in bundles
or boxes O 4
4 6 Cots set up 1 2
Cots K D or folded 2 3
3 Cribs K D or folded 3
Desks wrapped or crated 1 2
Furniture N O S set up
B wrapped or crated n 1
Furniture N O S K D
boxed crated or wrapped 2 3
O Hall Stands wrapped or crated 2 3
1 Lounge Frames set up 1
Lounge Frames backs taken off l 2
Safes Kitchen set up H 1
3 T 1 Safes Kitchen K D l 62
School Desks and Seats set up 2 3
D 1 School Desks and Seats K D 3 4
D 1 Settees same as chairs
Tables wrapped or crated n 1
Tables K D flat 2 3
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports 2 3
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated ii 1
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated 2
Washstands wrapped or crated 2 3
Furniture when in less than
car loads and when manu
factored of Walnut Mahog
4 anyRosewood and Cliestnut
or other hard woods as fol
lows viz
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated 1 2
2 3 Bedsteads wrrapped or crated 1 2
Bookcases wrapped or crated 1 1
Bureaus wrapped or crated 1 2
Bureau Glass Frames in bun
f dies 1 2
3 4 Chairs Camp and Folding Seat I2 1
Chairs K D in bundles or
boxes O 4
Chairs N O S set up
wrapped or crated If 1
Chairs Opera Iron packed n 1
o 8 Chairs Rattan and Willow H 1
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up if 1
Chair Stock K D in bundles
or boxes 2 0
Cots set up jj 1
Cots K D or folded 2 3
i 2 Cribs K D or folded 1 2
i Desks wrapped or crated 1 2
0 3 Furniture N O S set up
2 3 wrapped or crated 5 D 1 1
i 2 Furniture N O S K D
boxed crated or wrapped 1 2
n 1 Hall Stands wrapped or crated 1 2
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Hat Racks K D or folded
Hat Racks wrapped or crated 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 r Cotton
Mattresses WireU
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 orated
Tables K D Flat
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated
Washstandswrapped orcrated
c
Gambia
Game See Poultry
Gasoline See Oil
Gauges Steam
Gelatine
Generators Gas
Ginger Ground in boxes
Ginger in bags
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 and
heavy
Glass Fruit Jars common packed any quantity
J K O K
1 2
n 1
it 1
1
H 1
l 2
l 2
l
3 1

n 1
2 3
i 2
2 3
B 1
B 1
if
l
2 3
D 1 1
1 2
9 3
D 1 1
1 2
1 2
4
1
1
A 0
2
o 2 3
i
3 T 1 4
2 4
D 1 3
2 4
4 T 1 3
3
D 1 1
5
4 5
Glass Insulators packed
Glass Lanterns packed
Glass Oil Cans with metal
jackets packed
Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under
Glass Plate over 7x12 feet
Glass Roofing and Skylight
not Window Glass
Glass Stained or Signs
Glass Vault Lights rough and
heavy
Glassware fine cut or engraved
Glassware N 0 S
Glass Window 14x16 inches
and under i
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
Glycerine in iron tanks or csks Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled L C L
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled C L
Grain
Granite See Stone
Granite Roofing packed
Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates L C L
Grapes C L
Grate Bars L C L
Grate Bars 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
GuanoHorns tin
Gum Camphor
GumCopalKowrie and Shellac
Gums N O S
Gun Cotton
Gunny Bags
0 R O K
4
1
1
D 1 2
CO D 1
2 3
3 T 1 D 1
5
D 1 1
2 3
4 5
2 4
D 1 1
R O
5
1 3
4 T 1
3 T 1
D 5 B
0
i of 6
M
2 4
1 3
2 3
b 1
2 3
1
D 1 2
6
6 B 1
6 F
2 2
K
M
D 1
9
2
D 1
6
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
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Gunpowder L C L D 1
Gunpowder CL5000 or over 1
Guns Rifles 1
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer L C L K
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer C LM
Gums Chewing 1
H
Hair in sacks 1
Hair Cattle for plastering
pressed in bales 6
Hair Curled pressed in bales
and Hair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured
packed in boxesD 1
Hames in bundle or packed 3 Hammocks and Fixtures 1
Hams y B
Handles N O S boxed or
crated 5
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L 4
Handles Broom C L not less than 24000 pounds to be
charged for 0
Handies Broom and Brooms Corn C L mixed same as
above
Handles Plow boxed crated
6r bundled 4
Hangers 4
Hardware boxed N O S 2
Harness 2
Harness in bundles 1
Harrows 3
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
Hay Caps 3
Heading C L P
Head Lights boxed D 1
Hearses KD boxed or crated I5
Heaters Steam packed 4
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 0
Hides Dry loose
Hides Dry in bales 3
Hides Dry in bales comprsd 4
c u
Hides Green 4
Hides Green salted C L not less than 20000 lbs B
Hinges and Hooks in barrels
or casks 3
Hingesand 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 unboxed4 T 1
Hoes in bundles 3
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks 4
Hods Coal 1
Hollow Ware loose L C L I 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 f of 6
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts D 1
Hoops Barrel wooden same
as Box Stuff
Hoops Truss Cuopers 1
Hops baled 2
Hops in boxes 1
Horns
Horse and Mule Shoes in kegs 6
Horse Powers K D 2
Horse PowersRailroad or Endless Chain H
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather 2
Hose Rubber 3
Hospital Stores 1
Household Goods and old Furniture packed value g over 5 per 100 poundsand full value expressed in bill 13 of lading said valuation Jl only to apply in cases of
Igtotal loss D 1
Household Goods and old SFurniture packed value 0limited to5 per 100 lbs
rand so expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in case of total
g loss L C L 1
H Household Goods and Old
O R
K
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
f Furniture well packed value not expressed in bill of lading L 0 L
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
6 case of total loss
Household Goods and old o Furniturewith Live Stock 1 one attendant to have paso sage free on same trains as cj car O L value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said
5 valuation only to apply in S case of total loss
a explanations
Jj 1All Bundles of Bedding Trunks of Clothing Household Goods or similar artides not Furniture will j not be received for transJ portation unless packed 5 chests of similar articles must be strapped or secure ly nailed This does not S apply to CL of Household itj 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
Hubs and Felloes L C L
Hubs and Felloes C L 20000
lbs charged for
Hullers
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12
Hvdrants and Fire Plugs
Ice L C Lj in casks prepaid
Ice C L
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary3
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
o R
o R
D 1
D
T 1 D 1 1
D 1 4
of 6
of 6
M
c
Insulators packed
Iron Bedsteads
Iron Castings in boxes
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 kegsf
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 i
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate Bolts C L See Rules 13 0 Iron Castings not Machinery unpacked each piece under
200 pounds
Iron t Hastings 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 Galvanized bxd
Iron Hoopj
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
not packed
Iron Grate Bars T 1 L
Iron Grate Bars C L
Iron Nail Rods packed
Iron Nail Rods not packed
Iron Ore and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Iron Picks and Mattocks in
bundles
Iron Picks Mattocks packed
Iron Plow Fenders
Iron Railing and Fencing
of G
1
of 6 M 2 G
to rf rfi M
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
91
OR
Iron Retorts 6
Iron Roofing in rolls or bundles wired or crated 6
Iron Roofing boxed 5
Iron Roofing N O Si 3
Iron Russia in rolls or bundles wired or crated 3
Irons Sad in barrels 5
Irons Sad boed 2
Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or
bundles wired or crated 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 Jacks6
Iron Urns 3
Iron Vault and Prison Work 4
Iron Wedges and Sledges in
barrels 5
Iron We lges and Sledges loose 3
Iron Work Galvanized 2
Isinglass3 T 1
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
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed
made into pants in bales 3
Jeans Pants Cotton 6
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
J ute Waste or Tailings 5
K
Kainit L C L K
Kainit C L M
Kalsomine same as paint
Kegs empty N 0 S same
as barrels
Kegs empty N 0 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 1
Kowrie 2
L
Ladders not over 30 feet long 1
JR C K
Ladders over 30 feet long D 1
Ladders Step Lampblack in casks barrels 2
fof 6 or boxes 3
Lamps and Lamp Goodspked 2
Land Plaster L C L K
5 Land Plaster C L M
Lanterns 1
TLard 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 Leather loose N 0 S 5
5 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 Q O
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 Lime in sacks casks or bar L
4 rels L C L Lime Chloride of in barrels B
or casks i
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 baskets N 0 4
l j
Liquors in wood N 0 S i Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of i
4 leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed on bill of lading Liquors Whiskv in wood N 0 S Liquors Whisky in boxes or 2

baskets 1
Lithographic Stone 1
R
B
4
1
2
H
2
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Live Stock Horsesand Mules C R O R
L C L I Live Stock Horses and Mules 1 2
C L Live Stock Cattle Sheep etc L C L See Rule governing 2 N
Live Stock Live Sock Cattle Sheep etc 2 4
CL Locomotives and Tenders standard gauge on their own wheels 35 cents per mile o N
Locomotive Head Lights bxd D 1
Locomotive Tires Logging Cars K D or set up 0
C L 24000 lbs charged for Logging Cars smaller parts 6
boxed 5
Logging Cars set up L C L 4
Logs for saw mills Logsfor chair timber not over 4 teet long C L 24000 lbs P less 20 per cent P
Logwood 9
Logwood C L dry Looking Glasses same as Mirs Looms See Machinery Lumber Dressed or Rough L 4
C L Lumber Dressed or Rough C B
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 1 Cotton and Woolen except 4 5
Looms set up Cotton and Woolen except D 1 Ik
Looms crated Cotton and Woolen except l 1
Looms K D and boxed 1 2
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Looms 3 Machinery CL 24000 lbs to T 1 H
be charged for See Rule 14 Machinery N O S L C L 4 5
See Rule 14 Machinists Tools Planers 2 3
Lathes Drill Precses etc Printing Presses K D boxed 9 3
or crated Printing Presses K D not o
boxed i 2
Printing Presses set up D1 1
Saw Mills unboxed in parts 2 3
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 Plan ing Machinery Poring 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
Malt in boxes
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude
Manganese Ground packed
Manilla
Mantels Iron packed
Mantels Iron not packed
Mantels Slat packed
ManureStableCL 24000 lbs Maps boxed
o
0 6
4 I
5 0
M
1 4 2 4
4
l
2
4
K
t r m
i L
5 f 2
1
0
D
1
P
5
3
2
1
2 P 1
4
9
4
6
1
4
Q
3
I
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THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
93
Marble and Granite Bases and Shafts for Monuments unlettered
Marble and Granite same as
stone p
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 in cases
L C L
Match Splints packed in cases
C L
Material for Flour Sacks uncovered 1
Mats and Rugs N O 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 CottonSeed
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 Desiccated
Medicines and Drugs N 0 S
Medicines Patent L CL
Medicines Patent C L
Melodeons boxed
Melodeons not boxed not taken
C R OR c R O R
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000 lbs Rule 1 O P
3 5 Melons L C L 4
MerryGo Rounds L C L 1
MerryGoRounds C L with
out percentage 6
Meters Gas boxed 1
D 1 2 peters Gas not boxed not
taken
L Meters Water boxed 3
Meters Water pot boxed not
B taken
4 Mica 3 T 1
4 Milk Condensed boxed 4
Millet D
Millet Seed in sacks B
3 Millinery Goods 1
Millo Maize in bags or sacks 6
Mills Barilla Bark and Cob 4
Mills Coffee and Paint set up 2
6 Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Flour roller 2
6 Mills N O S 2
1 Mill Stones finished 4
Mill Stones rough 5
3 Mill Stuff Rule 12 L C L C
1 Mill Stuff C L 25000 lbs P
2 Mince Meat 4
3 Mineral Waters in wood 5
5 Mineral Waters in glass or
1 stone packed 3 4
1 Mining Cars and Wagons same
as Logging Cars
3 Mirrors 3 feet or under pked 3 T 1 2
1 Mirrors over 3 feet not ex
ceeding 7x12 packed 3 T 1 i
K Mirrors over 7x12 packed 4 T 1 D 1
Molasses cansboxed or in kegs 4
M Molasses or syrup in half bar
C rels barrels or hogsheads R
6 Monuments and Gravestones
2 metal packedvalue not over
1 3 30000 prepaid D 1 2
B Monuments and Gravestones
B value over 30000 S
Monuments and Gravestones
B packed and prepaid D 1 2
Mops 1
Moss in sacks 1
Moss pressed in bales 4
Motes Cotton A
Moulders Dust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
2 Mouldipgs in bundles 1 3
Mouldings common for build
ing purposes 4
1 Mouldings N O S D 1
1 Mouse Traps 1
1 3 Mowers See Agricultural Imp
fl 1 Mucilage packed 2
Musical Instruments N O S D 1
Mustard Ground in boxes 2
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION

Mustard prepared in glass
packed1
Mustard prepared in kegs or
barrels
Mustard Seed
N
Nails Brass and Copper well
packedin boxes or kegs
Nails for Horse or Mule Shoes
in boxes
Nails and Spikes Iron in bags Nails and SpikesIron in bxesNails and Spikes Iron in kgsf
Naphtha in iron casks
Naphtha Casks returned epty
Nitre Cake L C L
Nitre Cake C L
Notions
Nutmegs
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL Nuts Pecans in barrels C L Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked L C L
Nuts Cocoa C L
Nuts Edible in bags N O S Nuts Edible in barrels or
casks N O S
Nuts Peanuts andChufas LC
I
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL
Oakum Oats
OilCake 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 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 bulk C L Oysters in glass packed
O R O R C R O R
Oil Castor in glass packed 1 2
2 Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil In cans encased in wood 1 13
3 Oil Coal or its products Ker
6 osene Lubricating the pro
duct of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls L C L 3 4
Oil Coal or its products Kero
3 sene Lubricating the pro
duct of Coal Oii Pine in
5 bbls C L 3 6
3 Oil Coal or its products Kero
5 sene Lubricating the pro
of 6 duct of Coal Oil Pine in cans D 1
6 Oil Coal or its products Kero
6 sene Lubricating the oro
5 duct of Coal Oil Pine in
M cans boxed L C L 1
l Oil Coal or its products Kero
2 sene Lubricating the pro
5 duct of Coal Oil Pine in
3 cans boxed C L 2 4
5 Oil Coal or its products Kero
sene Lubricating tire pro
5 duct of Coal Oil Pine in
6 tank cars
1 Oil Coal or its products Kero
sene Lubricating the pro
duct of Coal Oil Pine in
tank cars or barrels must
5 alwavs be charged at actual
6 weight
Oil Cocoa in original packages 1 2
Oil Cocoa in barrels 3 4
4 Oil Palm Seed crude L C L
D Class K with 20 percnt added
K Oil Cotton Seed any quanti
M ty Rule 1 without per
centage 1 R
1 Oil Kerosene See Coal Oil
Oil Lard and Linseed 3 4
2 Oil Lubricating the product
JA i of Coal Oil same as Coal Oil
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or cans
i 2 boxed 3 T 1 D 1
4 Oils in glass or cans packed
3 6 except Coal Oil and Sassafras
3 Oil i 9
4 Oils in jars not packed not
1 taken
6 Oils N O S in bbls 3 4
Oleomargarine in cans 1 O
Oleomargarine in Kegs and
Firkins 2
Oleomargarine in Buckets
6 Pails and Tubs D1 3
H 4 1 P
5 Packing Asbestos in cases 2
K Packing Asbestos in rolls 4
1 2 PackingHemp 4
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c R
Packing Metallic 2
Packing Rubber 8
Paintings and Pictures well bxd value of each box not
to exceed 200 D 1
Paintings and Pictures over
f200 in value 3 T 1
Paints bulk in barrels or
casks dry L C L 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 Paneling and Wainscoting wood finished N O 8 in boxes or bbls O R of chafing or breakage
Paneling and Wainscoting
wood in white 4
Pants Jeans Cotton 6
PaperBags 6
Paper Barrels in nests packed 2
Paper Barrels not nested 4T 1
Paper Binders Board in cases 2
Paper Binders Board in bundles 5
Paper Bottle Covers packed
or pressed in bales 3
Paper Boxes in nests packed 1
Paper Boxes not nested4 T 1
Paper Cans crated4 T1
Paper Card 1
Paper Collars packed I
Paper Hangings in bundles 1
Paper Hangings boxed 2
Paper Medicated or Closet 3
Paper Pasteboard 4
Paper Printing W rapping or
Roofing B
Paper the Same as above in
boxes A 2
Paper in rolls for manufacture
of bags B
Paper Pulp R
Paper Roofing B
Paper Sand and Flint 3
Paper Stock in sacks barrels bales crates or hogsheads
Rule 1 R
Paper Straw Boards 5
Paper Wall any quantity in
bundles 1
Paper Wall any quantity in boxes 9
Paper WarejN 0 S 1
Paper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes 2
o R
1
D 1
4
6
Paris White same as paint
Paste in barrels
Peaches in boxes barrels or
bags green L C L
Peches in boxes barrels or
bags green C L
Peaches dried
Peach Stones packed
Pearline
Peanuts L O L
Peanuts C L
Pearl Ash
Peas in boxes
Peas in bags or barrels
Pegs Shoe in bags
Pegs Shoe in barrels or boxes
Peltries See Skins
Pencils Slate
Pepper and Spices in bags
Pepper and Spices N O S
ground in boxes
Pepper Sauce in glass packed
Perfumery
Petroleum See Coal Oil
Phosphate Rock 0 L 24
000 lbs
Photographic Material
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
boxed
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
unboxed not taken
Pickers Cotton Raw Hide
Pickles in glass packed
Pickles In barrels or casks
Pickles in cans boxed
Picks and Mattocks in bundles Picks and Mattocks packed Picture Backing in Packages
Picture Frames unboxed
Picture Frames boxed
Pictures See Paintings
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 Pine Straw loose C L 20000 C R Class P less 20 per ct
Pins in cases
Pins Clothes boxed
Pins Insulators
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S
Pi tie Copper Brass or Metal
N O S boxed
3 Pipe and Tile Drain or hoofing L C L
Pipe and Tde Drain or Rooting C L 25000 pounds
Pipe Earthennot DrainLCL Pipe Earthen not Drain CL
j K 6
4
O
4
5 i
1
I
9
I
1
P 1 1
li
4
3 T 1
6
I
1
4
1
1
2
0
1
5
R
1
3
O R B
i 0 0
1
2
D 1 1
2
3
6
P
5
0
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R I
Pipe Fittings inboxes 2
Pipe Fittings in kegs casks or
barrels 6
Pipe Fittings in bundles wired D1
Pipe Ironf of 6
Pipe Lead in rolls or reels 4
Pipe Lead in casks 5
Pipe Organs K D boxed
same as Pianos
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral
PipeStove D 1
Pipe Tin boxed 2
PipejWood 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 If
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 Sulky 3T 1
Plows set up N O S 1
Plows K D N 0 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 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 C Lr 1
Poultry live L C L 1
Powder Baking and Yeast 3
Powder Bleaching 4
Powder Gun and other Explosives L C L D1
Powder Gun and other Explo
O K
4
5
D 1 2
R
D
N
2
CR
sives C L 5000 lbs or
over 1
Powdered Leaves in boxes or
barrels 1
Powders and Washing Compounds etc 4
Powders Cattle Horse or Condition 1
Powders Polishing Compounds etcv 3
Powers Horse K D 2
Powers Railroad or Endless Chain If
Preserves in glass packed
Preserves in cans boxed
Preserves in wood N O S
Presses Cider
Presses Copying
Presses Printing K D boxed
or crated
Presses Printing KD not
boxed
Presses Printing set up D
Presses N O S
Printed Matter in sheets
boxed prepaid
Prints
Prunes in boxes or kegs
Prunes in casks
Pulley Blocksi
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 barrelsfr
Pyrites C L 24000 lbs
o
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
o R
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THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Rattan
Rat Traps
Reapers See Agricultural Imp Red Lead Same as Paints
Reeds
Reflectors packed
Refrgerators wrapd or crated Refrgerators thoroughly and completely taken apart and
packed in sections
Refrigerator Material thoroughly knocked down
Re Gins or Cotton Linten
Retorts Clay
Retorts Copper
Retorts Iron
Retorts Soda Water
Rice rough
Rice in Sacks i
Rice clean in bbls or casks Rice clean in boxes or kegs
Rivets
Rollers Field
Rollers Printers
Rollers Sugar
Roofing Composition
Roofing Felt in bundles or
rolls i
Roofing Glass
Roofing Granite packed
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 0 S
Rope Bed Cord
Rope Clothes Line
Rope Old
Rope Cotton Rule 1 without
percentage
Rope Hemp or Jute
Rope Wire
Rosin any quantity Class K
less 20 pver ceut
Rosin Dross same as Rosin
Rubber Belting
Rubber Car Springs loose
Rubber Car Springs boxed
Rubber Clothing and Rubber
Goods N O S
Rubber Hose
Rubber Packing
Rubber old scrap
C R O R 7 C R
1 Rugs N O S 1
1 Rugs Grass HempHair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil 1
2 Rustic Work not boxed 3 T 1
D 1 Rustic Work crated 1
2 3 Rustic Work entirely boxed 2
Rye D
2 s
3 Sacks See Bags
J Saddlery 2
1 Saddlery Horse Collars 2
2 Saddlery Harness boxed 2
6 Saddlery Harness in bundles 1
4 Saddles not boxed 1
D Saddles boxed 2
3 Saddle Trees not boxed i
C Saddle Trees boxed 2
3 Sadirons packed in barrels 5
f of 6 Sadirons packed in boxes 2
3 Safes Iron each weighing
1 3000 pounds or less See
3 5 Rule 14 4
4 Safes Iron each weighing over
3000 lbs and not over 6000
5 lbs See Rule 14 3
2 Safes Iron each weighing over
5 6000 lbs and not over 10000
lbs See Rule 14 2
6 Safes Iron each weighing over
10000 lbs Special Contract
P See Rule 14
5 Safes Meat and Pantry set up
R Safes Meat and Pantry K D
5 6 packed 2
Safes or Covers Cheese boxed 3 T 1
i Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3
Sails i
4 St Johns Bread in bbls or
boxes i
3 Paleratus 4
3 Sal Soda 6
3 Salt in sacks L C L B
g Salt in sacks C L 0
6 Salt Cake L C L K
Salt Cake C L M
6 Salt Table 4
5 Salts Bleaching in barrels or
4 casks 6
Salts Bleaching N O S 4
Salts Epsom in casks or bbls 5
Salts Epsom C L R
3 Salts Epsom N O S 4
4 Saltpetre L C L 5
5 Saltpetre C L M
Samp 2
1 Sand C L N O S See Rule
3 12 30000 lbs P less 20 per ct
band L C L in barrels B
5 R Sand or Dust Moulding 5
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Sapolio
Saratoga Chips
Sardines See Fish
Sash Doors and Blinds CL Sash Doors and Blinds LCL
Sashj GlazedL C L
Sash Glazed C L
Sash Weights
Sauce Pepper in glasspacked
Sauces N O S
Sauer Kraut in barrels
Sausage
Saw Logs 1
Saw Mills unboxed in parts
Saw Mills boxed in parts
Saws Circular packed
Saws Drag
Saws Drag with Horse Power Saws N O S packed
Scales and Scale 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 Flax
Seed Garden
Seed Garden returned over same line by which originally forwarded
Seed Grass and Clover
Seed CL
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
Sheep Skins salted C L not
less than 20000 lbs
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
e k O K 0 K
4 Ship Stuff C L 25000 lbs P
0 Shirting Rule lwitht prctge G
B 3 4 Shirts Shirts and Drawers unlaundried entirely cottonwithout 1
1 4 percentage 6
5 6 Shoe Findings 1
K Shoe Lasts o
1 2 Shoe Pegs in bags 1
1 Shoe Pees in bbls or boxes 2
4 Shoe Polish packed 4
B Shoe Polish in glass packed 3
P Shoes and Boots 1
2 3 Shoes Horse and Mule in kegs
4 Shooks and Heading L C L G
H Shooks and Heading C L P
2 Shorts See Rule 12 D
5 Shot in bags or boxes 2
i Shot in kegs or double sacks 5
i 2 Shovels in bundles Show Cards See Signs
Show Cases 4 T 1
o 4 Show Cases entirely boxed D 1
4 6 Shrubbery See Trees D
3 4 Shucks in balesrough Rule 12
1 3 1 Shucks prepared baled shipped from factory or furniture warehouse 4
2 Shuttle Blocks rough J
4 Sieves Tin nested packed in
2 boxes 2
4 Sieves Wire packed 3 T 1
2 4 3 Signs Card Metallic or Wood boxed Signs Glass 3 Signs Tiade boxed freight to be prepaid or gunranteed 2 T 1 2
4 Sizing for factories L C L 4
4 Sizing for factories C L 5
B Skewers wooden 4
6 Skins Deer pressed in bales 2
2 1 Skins Fur and Peltries value limited to 25c per lb in bags D 1
4 5 Skins Fur and Peltries value limited to 25c per lb
4 pressed in bales 1
Skins Fur and Peltries NOS D 1
5 Skins Sheep Dry baled 1
o Skins Sheep Green in bundles Skins Sheep Salted in bundles 2
Slate Mantels packed 2
5 Slate Pencils 3
B
2
1
D 1 5 B P
4 C
Slate Roofing L C L
Slate Roofing C L Rule 12
25000 lbs
2 Slates School boxed
1 Slats
Sledges in barrels
Sledges loose
Slush Soap Stock or similar material for manufacturing soap in barrels
6
P
3
B
6
O
3
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Smoke Stacks See Rule 14 1
Snaths 1
Snuff in casks bbls 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 SoftenerLiquid in bbls 4
Soap Stock R
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 K
Soda Ash C L M
Soda Caustic in iron casks or
drums 6
Soda Fountainst3 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
Spider 5
Sorghum in half bbls barrels
or hogsheads Rule 1 R
Sorghum Mills 8
Spades in bundles 3
Spelter in slabs or casks 5
Spices ground inboxes 2
Spices in bags 3
Spikes of
Spokes and Shafts L C L 4
Spokes and Shafts C L 20000
lbs charged for 5
Sponge D 1
Spreaders sft 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
Springs Vehicle See Vehicles
Starch Corn 3
Starch except Corn Starch L
C L 4
Starchy C L not less than
20000 pounds C
Stationery 2
Statues 3 T 1
Staves p
Steam Gauge 1
Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
Steel not packedf of 0
Steel packed 2
Steel wired or strapped 5
Steel Bars each 200 lbs and
over 5
Steelyards K D and packed 2
O R
R
Steelyards unboxed
Stereotype Plates boxed for newspapers from manufacturer C R
Stereotype Plates old boxed returned to manufacturer Stereotype Plates N O S
Stills Worm crated
Stone Blocks rough L C L Stone Blocks slabs or dressed
and protected L C L
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 otherwise owners risk C L class P less 20
percent
Stone Blocks dressed and protected otherwise owners
riskC L class P
Stone Slabs dressed and protected otherwiss owners
risk C L class P
A carload of Stone or Marble N O S embraces25000 lbs Stoneware same as Earthenware
Stools Piano
Stove Boards boxed or crated
Stove Pipe
Stove Pipes seams not closed
nested wired or crated
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware includingthe necessary pipe
L C L
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware C L not less than 24000 lbs
Straw See Hay Rule 12
Straw Boards
Straw Goods
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales
Sugar in bags
Sugar in boxes strapped
Sugar in boxes not strapped Sugar in bbls and hogsheads
Sugar Cane prepaid
Sugar Grape
Sulphates L C L
Sulphates Ash and Soda C L
Sulphur in boxes L C L
Sulphur in barrels L C L
Sulphur for manufacture of Fertilizers C L
C R 1
2
5 2 1
6
3
1
3
D 1
1
1
1
3
5
1
M
1
3
M
CO M rf Ol 30 O SO
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
Sumac ground
Sumac leaf C L estimated
weight 20000 pounds
Sweepings and Motes Cotton Sweepings Factory and cotton waste in sacks barrelsbales
cratesor hhds Rule 1
Syrups in barrels half barrels
Syrups in cans boxed or in
kegs
Syrups in glass boxed
Syrup cane in glass packed
Tables Billiard boxed D1
Tacks Iron
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels
Talc
Tallow in barrels
Tallow N O S
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs Tanbark C L 24000 pounds
Tanks Cotton Seed Oil etc Iron
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
Tents Tent Poles and Pins
TerraCotta in packages
Terra Cotta Architectural 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
Tile Fire for Lining etc
Tile Floor and Marble
Tin Block and Pig
Tin Foil in boxes
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls
R j R C R O R
Tin Roofing in Rolls 5
Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles
5 wired or crated 6
A Tinners Trimmings N O S 2
Tinware and Tin Stamped
Ware boxed 4
R Tires Locomotive 6
Tires Aragon f of 6
R Tobacco Box Material L C L 6
Tobacco Box Material C L P
Q 4 Tobacco cases boxes empty 1
1 2 Tobacco Cut in boxes bbls
6 or bales 1
Tobacco Leaf in eases 1
Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1 3
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
1 Tobacco Smoking 1
6 Tobacco Stems prized i
6 Tobacco Stems not prized 1
6 Tobacco Unmanufactured not
B prized 1
5 Tobacco Unmanufactd prized 2
2 Tongues Pickled in barrels or
p kegs 4
i Tongues Smoked 3
Tonqua Beans in boxes or bbls i
i Tools Edge 2
i Tools Mechanic boxed 2
B Toothpicks 2
3 Towr in bales 2
Tow in bales compressed o
Tovs boxed D 1
Train Sugar 3 T 1 D l
B Traps Fly D 1
O Traps Mouse and Rat 1
1 Traveling Bags 1
0 Trees and Shrubbery baled or i
3 boxed L C L prepaid o
5 guaranteed 6
R Trees and Shrubbery baled or
r l D 1 boxed C L prepaid or guar
2 an teed O
3 4 Tripe j 6
6 Tripe Pickled in barrels or
kegs 4
Tripoli 4
O 5 Trucks Warehouse 1
4 Trunks single 1J 1
Trunks nested or filled with
6 merchdise crated or strapd 1 2
1 Trunks empty or filled with
merchdise corded or wrapd 1
6 Trunks filled with merchan
R dise not corded or wrapped D 1
5 6 Trunks N O S I 1
Trunks Sample D 1 i
R P Trunks filled with persohal
4 effects corded or wrapped3 T 1 i
4 Tubs N O S 1 3
5 Tubs Bath boxed 1
2 Tubs Bath unboxed D 1
4 1 5 Tubs Bath in nests 2
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Tubs Bath folding wrapped
or crated
Tumblers packed
Turbine and Water Wheel
Rule 14
Turnips in barrels or sacks
Turpentine Spirits in packages less than a barrel
Turpentine Spirits in barrels
Twine
Type boxed
u
Umbrellas boxed Urns Iron
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 LC L K D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total lossfor 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
UR O R
1 2
2 4
3 4
6 R
3 5
K
3
2
T 1 D 1
1
4
3T1
H
D 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
unboxed 3 T 1
Carriages Childrens set up
boxed D 1
Cars Railroad See Cars S
Cars Railroad Hand Lever or
Crank 1
Cars Street single actual
weight D
Cars Street and omnibuses two or more on a car not less than 20000 pounds charged
for 5
Hearses K D boxed or crated 1
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 Materials WoodHubs Spokes Shafts Bows Felloes Singletrees Wheels Bodies unfinished etc etc L C L 4 Vehicle Materials the same C
L 20000 pounds charged for 5
Velocipedes K P crated 1
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles set up securely boxed 1
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles set up crated3 T 1
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 Woody unpainted K D and packed in crates or
bundles 5
Wagon Tires See Tires
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TARIFFS RULES AND CLASSIFICATION
C R
O
Valves Brass boxed 3
Varnish in barrels or kegs 2
Varnish in cans boxed 2
Varnish in ans not boxedi 1
Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed 1
Vault Lights rough and heavy 5 Vegetables Desiccated 4
Vegetables in cans 4
Vegetables N O 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
Vitrjol Blue in barrels 5
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 kegsfof 6
Washers in other packages 2
Waste Cotton in bales sacks
crates or hhds R
Waste Jute or Tailings 5
Water Ammonia in iron
casksit 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 gass or
stone packed 3
Wax 4
Wax Comb Foundation bxd 2
Wax Extractors crated 1
Wax Paraffine 1
Wedges in barrels 5
AVedges loose 3
Well Curbing 2
Whalebone 1
Wheat D
Wheat Cracked in barrels 5
Wheat Cracked iivboxes2
Wheelbarrows See Agrl Imp Wheels and Axles Car 6
R
Wheels and Vehicles See
Vehicles
Wheels Water Rule 14
Whips
Whisky See Liquors
AVhite Lead and Zinc Paints
Whiting N O Sh
Whiting in boxes
Whiting in bbls C L
Willow Reeds in bales
Willow Ware
Willow Ware Baskets in nests
3 Window Shades
Window Shade Cloth
Window Frames L C L
Window Frames C L
Wind Mills K D in bundles
Wine See Liquors
Wines High san as Liquors
Wire Barbed
Wire Binding
AVire Cloth
Wire Fence
Wire Hoods boed N O S
Wire Mattresses
Wire Rope
I Wire Sieves boxed or crated
J Wire Screens
Wire Telegraph
4 Wire N O S1
AVire Work Racks Stands
6 Vases Signs and Figures
boxed or crated
AVire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated
Wood Green C L of 8 cords to be billed by cordRule 12 Wood Dry C L of 9 cords to be billed by cord Rule 12
4 Wood Ashes
Wooden Butter Dishes packed
C R
1
5 5 3 L 2
D 1 1 1 1 3 B 3
5
3
1 3
3 1
4
2 1 4 3
3 T 1
D 1
P
P
B
1 C L 3
AVooden Butter Dishes C L
not less than 24000 lbs 6
4 Wooden Covers 1
Wooden Bottle Covers 3
Wooden Ware N O S 1
4 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
o R 4
5
D 1 1
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c R
Wool washed in bags pressed
in bales 3
Wool unwashed in bags
pressed in bales 6
Wooleii Goodswitboutperotge 4
Wool Mineral in bags 1
Wringers Clothes packed 2
Wringers Clothes not packed D 1
O R
Y
Yarn Cotton Rule 1 without percentage 6
Yarns N O S
Yeast in Wood
Yeast Cakes in boxes
Yeast Powders
Yokes
Z
Zinc
Zjrnc Qsride
Zinc Paints See Paints Zitic in sheets or rol
C R
3
3
3
3
O R
5
L N TRAMMELL Chm
ALLEN FORT Commissioners
G GUNBY JORDAN J
A C BRISCOE Secy
NOTE
Coax RatesAll percentages now allowed Railroad Companies in this State on Coal and Coke in carload quantities are withdrawn and the said companiesexcepting 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 nriiles 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 trans p rtation of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under class L less 10 per cent
For distances over fifty mi es Class L less 15 per cent
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CIRCULARS
The following have been issued since last report
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga October 18th 1893
L N Trammell Chairman j Virgil Powers
Allen Fort
A C Briscoe Secretary
Commissioners
CIRCULAR No 232
Passenger Rule No 18
The following has been adopted as Rule No 18 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Passengers
1 Whenever a passenger fails to purchase a ticket before entering the car the conductor may collect a cash fare at ticket rates to the first station at which the train is scheduled to stop The conductor shall give to the passenger notice that he will be given time to purchase a ticket at said station to destination If the passenger fails after being so notified to provide himself with a ticket at said station the conductor may collect a cash fare from there to destination at the rate of one cent per mile additional to the regular ticket rate
2 Tariff of the Louisville and Wadley Railroad Company The Louisville and Wadley Railroad Company is hereby allowed to charge for the transportation of freight as maximum rates as follows On classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R the standard triff with forty per cent added On classes C D F J and P the standard tariff without percentage
3 The Augusta Southern Railwayminimum Passenger Fare
The Augusta Southern Railway Company is hereby authorized to charge no more than twenty cents as a minimum full or half rate between regular stations when the fare would be less than that amount
This Circular to take effect November 1st 1893
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAM ML L
Secretary Chairman
NoteThe first paragraph of above Circular was afterwards suspended
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga November 16th 1893
L N Trammell Chairman Virgil Powers
Allen Fort
1
Commissioners
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 233
The following bats been adopted asRule No 34 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
The railroads of this State shall receive and receipt for shipments without delay and shall issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers when required in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped and the rate charged over the road giving the receipt and as far as practicable shall state the rate charged over other roads over which said shipments will pass
When the Consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that delivers said shipment such agent shall deliver the articles shipped upon the payment of the lawful rate upon the same
This Circular to take effect at once
Rule No 34
A C Briscoe Secretary
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga January 5th 1894
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers v Commissioners
Allen Fort
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 234
On and after the 15th day of January 1894 the following changes in Comissioners classification wTill be in effect
Boxes paper not nested Carriers risks 3 T 1 Owners risks D 1 Stable Manure Class P car load twentyfour thousand pounds Carrier risk
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman

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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga March 30th 1894
L N Trammell Chairman
Virgil Powers V Commissioners
Allen Fort
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 235
The following changes have been made in the Commissioners Classification taking effect on April 10th 1894
Cottonseed Hulls any quantityClass G without percentage
Rosin Dross same as rosinClass K less 20 per cent
Rice in sacks C R 3
Crossties hewed Class P less 20 per cent
Crossties sawed cut not more than nine feet in lengthClass P
Cans tin empty racked or boxed or in jackets C R first class
O R second class
Cans tin empty to be used for paint and oils minimum weight 20000 pounds O R fourth class
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
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Railroad Commission or Georgia Atlanta Ga April 25th 1894
L N Trammell Chairman j
Virgil Powers Commissioners
Allen Fort
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 236
Change in tlie Commissioner9 Classification
On and after May 10th 1894 the following changes in the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Oil in cans encased in wood C R First Class O R Third Class
On and after same date all narrowgauge railway companies will be allowed to charge for transportation of Brick Class P with twentyfive per cent 25 per cent added
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga May 29th 1894
L M Trammell Chairman 4 Virgil Powers V Commissioners
Allen Fort j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 237
Changes in the Commissioners Classification
HEWED AND SAWED CROSSTIES ETC
From and after the 12th day of June 1894 the following changes it the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Hewed and sawed Crossties Class P subject to Rule No 12 of The Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
MerryGoRounds carload lots C R Class 6 without percentage
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
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga August 18th 1894
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort r Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan
A C Briscoe Secretary v
CIRCULAR No 238
Tariff of Southern Railway Company
It appearing to the Commission by the petition of J M Culp Traffic Manager of the Southern Railway Company that The East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railway Company The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company The Georgia Pacific Railway Company The Elbertou Air Line Railroad Company The Roswell Railroad Company and The Lawrenceville Railroad Company are under the management control and ownership of the Southern Railway Company it is therefore ordered That said railroads shall be subject to Rule One of this Commission For Governing the Transportation of Freight
It is further ordered that the rates on said railroads above named composing said system be made uniform and that said railroads shall be allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of freight and passengers no more than as follows
Passengers Class A Three cents per mile
Freight On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
This Circular to take effect September 1 1894
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga August 31st 1894
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Allen Fort V Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 239
Changes in Commissioners Classification
On and after the 20th day of September 1894 the following changes in the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Cane Mills C R Fifth Class
Hard Wood in the rough shaped for manufacturing C R Sixth Class
Hay Caps C R Third Class
Bottles empty C R First Class O R Fifth Class
Cottonseed Hulls and Cottonseed Meal mixed C L Class M
Guano Horns tin C R HI
The first paragraph of Rule No 5 of the Rules for Computing Fractions is hereby amended so as to include Class G and any other Classes containing fractions not heretofore included
BRICK AND LUMBER ON NARROW GAUGE ROADS
On shipments of brick and lumber passing between standard gauge railroads and narrow gauge railroads uuder the same management no more than Class P will be allowed to be charged provided however that a charge of three dollars per standard gauge car of 30000 pounds or over may be made to cover the cost of transfer
Shipments from narrow gauge roads to broad gauge roads under like conditions will be allowed a transfer charge subject to note six of the Explanatory Notes of this Commission
Effective at once
By order of the Board
A C BRISCOE L N TRAMMFLL
Secretary Chairman
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EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION of the STATE OF GEORGIA
EELATIUG TO EAILEO AIDS
Together with the Law Creating a Railroad Commission
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE IVSection II
Paragraph I The power and authority of regulating railroad freight and passenger Power to tariffs preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable and just rates of nd freight and passenger tariffs are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose faresduty 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 eniorce the same by adequate penalties
Par III The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporacorporation now existing nor alter or amend the same nor pass any other general or ctthe special law for the benefit of said corporation except upon the condition that such cor provisions poration shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution stitutionn 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 General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any Corporacorporation to buy shares or stock in any other corporation in this State or elsewhere authorized or to make any contract or agreement whatever with any such corporation which may to buy have the effect or be intended to have theeffect to defeat or lessen competition in their tendfngto respective businesses or to encourage monoply and all such contracts and agreements defeat shall be illegal and void tioT
Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature No secret thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real allowed 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 Not intend
Par VI No provisions of this article shall be deemed held or taken to impair the pailccn obligation of any contract heretofore made by the State of Georgia tracts
Par VII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appro APPjPripriate legislation latlonre
quired
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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 pre scribe their power sand 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
Oommis Section I Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three appoint Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate StaSr1 t0 carrv 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 he the agentor 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
Location of 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 dolOf Sec ars at tke expense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atpensesetc lanta 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
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expended by said Commissioners for office rent furniture and stationery shall in no case exceed the sum of eiht 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 1 organized or doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law roadsforof 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 Won for or freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon ts 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 ijtate the samo 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 Prvided in the next section of this Act make reasonable and just rates of freight and Si0ners 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 andall 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
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1 Commissioners shall make schedule of rates puolish same etc
Jurisdic tion and power of j Commis1 sioners
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
Sec YI 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 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 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 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 changeis mde 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 publihed 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 Bailroad 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 YII That it shall be theduty 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

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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 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 andagreements between railroad companies doing busi commis ness in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said sioners Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they tracts bearea violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the raii 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 businesswith 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 ofrulesn scribed 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 actipn 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 re
of any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong from vioiaor injury on any person such person shall have a right of action and recovery for such rules 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 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 ot injury
Sc XI That in all cases under the provision of this Act the rules of evidence shall Rules of he the same as in civil actions except as hereinbefore otherwise provided All fines evidence 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
Meaning of terms
Duplicate f reight receipts
Reports of Commissioners
Power of Commissioners over witnesses
Railroad officers to report to Commissioners
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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 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 railroadin thisState 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 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 theconsignee 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 tomake 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 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 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 agentor 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 iu 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
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A XT 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 in after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission of the through6 State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates Jfrom 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 Georgia Shall call attention
finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive of railroad or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad acrimi 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 Commission to terstate1 present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commis Commission and appeal to it for relief
Sec 4 Be ft further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commission 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 commfs 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
POWER TO BRINO SUIT
Penalty for violation of rules Amending section IX of original act
Power to institute suit without notice
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 is hereby enacied 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 notice for any violation of any of said rules or rgulations 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
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 Companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than jud and reasonable rates and to punish the same and tp 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
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by the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act be and the same capticnof is hereby amended as follows towit Aciof Oct
After the word tariffs in the second line add the following words And the locaamended tion and building of passenger and freight depots so that the whole caption of said By insert Act will read as follows ing and
An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the turn and location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust paef discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passenges and freights and to and freight prohibit railroad companies corporations and Ies3ee3 in this State from charging dePot 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
A1T ACT
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 b uniand required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the required8 railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if the same is found in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition safet0 be as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time Kthfsafe
be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may feasor a be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of ble time railroads in cases of damage to person or property Noftoaf
fect liabil
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 amages of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of notobl0r the State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the ing orderState 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 enactd That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 17 1891
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Commission to fix charges for storage And when such charges shall begin Power to vary rates
Provisions of other acts h to Railroad Commission applicable to them
STORAGE CHARGES
AlfcT 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 far other purposes
Section 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 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 pt 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 aforesaidthe 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 171891
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TO REGULATE EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
4ST
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 in the several businesses named herein to apply the powers given to said Commissioners by law over Railroad Companies to all companies or persons owning 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 pr that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegraph whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall be under the control of the Raihoad 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 operating 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 railroads in thisState and all the penalties prescribed against Railroad Companies or persons operating railroads by existing laws embraced in sections of the Code of 1882 from Section 719a to Section 719p both inclusive are hereby declared to be of force 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 wholly or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be made applicable to any corporation company person or persons owning controlling or 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 referred to shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in this State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in 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 21 1891
Express and Telegraph companies to be under the control of the Commission
For regulation of prices Powers over railroads and penalties against them of force as against express and telegraph companies
So f ar as applicable
Location of agencies
Regulation of charges only as to transportation and messages in this State
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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
Liability of Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia Section
KdiiiroftCi
Jonlpanies 20S3
as carriers g
Time of A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is able bl1tynS1 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
What pas Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all
maybe persons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct
refused or 0f 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
Carrier of A carrier of passengers is bound to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and gersen 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
For bag The carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a
gage passenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his own baggage Code Section 2071
F
On bag It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employeesgage 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 but for the passengers fare Code Section 2079
G
Lmit as to A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to be taken for the fare paid baggage case 1SR 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 would carry for his or her own use Code Section 2081
H
7ater and Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengersrailroad 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
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or ag mt 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 Equal acacco nmodations to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition commodaCode Section 45 86 tionstoaii
J
The conductors of all trains carrying passengers in this State are invested with all the Policp of powers duties and responsibilities of police officers while on duty on their trains They railroads 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 railroad in this State shall be more than onehal f Po H hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph time of deoperator and during the hours when such operator is required to he on duty it shall be trains J t e duty of such railroad company to kep 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 r
against him and no excuse avails him unless it was occasioned by the act of God or the bound to
public enemies of the State Code Section 2066 extraordi
9 nary dili
A common carrier cannot limit his legal liability by any notice given either by publi Effect off cation or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract ilotce to and will then be governed thereby Code Section 2068 limit
Bound to deliver without unreasonable delay
Time of re
sponsibiK
ity
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 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
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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
Roads required to deliver to and receive cars from connecting roads
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
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 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 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 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 7199 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
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W
When any railroad company shall cause to be weighed ears 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 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 Agts 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 licenseto 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 foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid
Weighing by sworn weigher
When lumberetciaps from one car to another
Unjust dis crimination prohibited
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CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS
AttsT ACO
To require all railroads doing business in this State to furnish equal accommodations and separate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said companies to furnish comfortable seats and to sufficiently light and ventilate said cars to provide for keeping white and colored passengers in their respective cars or compartments to give conductors and other employees of railroads and conductors of dummy electric and street cars certain powers and authority over passengers to comply with the regulations made by said companies under the provisions of this Act to provide a penalty for the violation of the same and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after commoda the Passae of tbis Act a11 railroads doing business in this State shall be required to tionsin furnish equal accommodations in separate cars or compartments of cars for white and carsratG colored passengers provided that this Act shall not apply to sleeping cars
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all conductors or other employees in charge of Employees such cars shallbe required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compartpassengers mcnts of cars provided by the said companies under the provisions of this Act and all or comarS conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby empartments powered to assign all passengers to seats on the cars under their charge so as to separate the white and colored races as much as practicable and all conductors and other employees of railroads and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall have and are hereby invested with police powers to carry out the provisions of this Act Sec 3 Be it further enacted That any passenger remaining in any car or compart
vfoDiatingfor ment or seafc other than that t0 which he may have been assigned shall be guilty of a provisions misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 1SaC f tlm Code of 1882 Jurisdiction of such offences shall be in the county in which the same occurs The conductor and any and all employees on such cars are hereby clothed with power to eject from the train or car any passenger who refuses to remain in such car or compartment or seat as may be assigned to him
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That when a railroad car is divided into compartments erly divld sPace set aPart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be ed proportioned according to the proportion of usual and ordinary travel by each on the
road or line on which said cars are used
Sec 5 Be it further enacted That it shall be unlawful for the officers or employees White and having charge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored paseners to passengers occupy the same car or compartment and for a violation of this section any such officer cupysame r emPloyee sha11 be gailfcy of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be puncompart ished as is prescribed in section 4310 of tbe Code of 1882
Sec 6 Be it further enacted That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to nurses or servants in attendance on their employers
Cars t b Se 7 B3 further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment comforta car or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such ble etc cars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misdemeanor punishable under section 4310 of the Code of 1882
Sec 8 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 21 1891
A PPENDIXA
EULES
Tariffs and Classification
GOVERNING
EXPRESS COMPANIES
adopted by the railroad commission
OF GEORGIA
0s 0mende d to October 15 1894
APPLYING BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN
THE STATE OF GEORGIA
HajTh A
Merchandise Rates Per Hundred and Graduated Kates for Packages Weighing Less
than One Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission op Georgia
DISTANCE 0 CO pH TS rj M A 03 O Q3 A Per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 PotJNDS 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
MILES JS 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 130 80 Over 40 not over 50 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
131 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 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
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 1 Over 90 not over 100 30 40 50 1 60 1 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
ve Pouns under shall not be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance wnnin this btate but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 95 cents less 20 per cent 17 17
TARIFF IB
GOVERNING PERISHABLES ETC
Rates Per Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less than One
Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
ATTT TTC Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90

100 lbs
MILES ST 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
Cents Packages Less than 10U 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 I 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 4J 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 60 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
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 companieseach company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent
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TARIFF E
Governing the following perishables when carried by Express Companies
DRESSED POULTRY FRESH FTSH 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
KATES PER 100
POUNDS 8 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
Rates
Distance lOOlbs
MILES geg 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
Miles 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 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 27 2S 30 33 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 1 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 30 35 38 40 43 45
81 to 100 30 1 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50
101 to 130 35 j Over 50 not over 60 25 25 25 25 30 30 33 5 38 40 45 45 50
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 68
181 to 200 45 1 Over 80 not over 90 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60
201 to 250 mj Over 90 not over 100 j 25 25 25 1 27 30 35 1 40 43 45 50 54 1 58 1 60 63
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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 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 50 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 with 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 mav 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 exceeds5000 the following additional charge may be made on value Charge for value whether insured or not When merchandise rate is 1 00 or less per 10G pounds 5 cents for each 100 value or fraction thereof When merchandise rate exeeds 100 and not more than 300 per 100 pounds 10 cents for each 10000 value or traction thereof These rates apply only to packages or shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers
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RULE 7
If C 0 D matter is refused or cannot1 be delivered the shipper must be immediatly notified and if uot disposed of within thirty days after such notice it maybe returned subject to charge both wa vs
RULE 8
Gunpowder Dynamite Kerosene Benzine Naphtha Gasoline Matches and all other explosive or dangerous inflammable oils acids or materials may not be received for 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 I
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
RULE 11
When ice is used for preservation of shipments of commodities in Tariff E including oysters in shell deduct Twentyfive per cent 25 from thegross weight
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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 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 pounds Look under the head of packages less than 100 pounds and find the weight of package on which rate is wanted and run your finger alongto the right until you get under the number of miles wanted at the top of th 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 pounds and run your finger to the right until it comes to the column under the 60 miles and it will give the rate wanted35 cents
Extra RateChargesOn matter subject to half rate as one and onehalf or double rate find graduated rate according to tariff 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 or 25 pounds is 50 cents double this100is the proper amount
CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPLANATORY NOTES
A means that the article is governed by Tariff A
A means thatthfe article is Governed by onehalfof TaHff 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 ia CJans
In order secure uniformity in weights and charges on shipments of Oysters packed m 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
6 Cans p keti ill lee 25 lbs
12 40
16 50
18 60
20 65
24 80
30 90
36 105
41 M i 120
50 f 135
56 150
72 195
WAYBILL
12 Cans witnout Ice 30 lbs
18 45
24 60
27 65
30 70
36 85
45 105
54 130
66 155
82 195


ai7lve at the proper weight of Boxes or Cases when number of Cans packed differs from the number of Cans given above add two and onehalf pounds for each Can m excess to the next lowest number given on the list and charge at the hundred pound rate S
Shippers must mark the exact number of cans contained in each case
THE FOLLOWIJG SPECfAE RATES ARE TO BE USED OXEY OUT THE COKOITIOKS BAME BELOW WITU IX THE STATE
AAdvertising Matter consisting of Printed Engraved or Photo
or lSerentS n paper 0r cfrdboard not UTder and Almanacs Signs
r charged at the Merchandise rate per
S Cto guaranteed and no
NoteThe rates on advertising matter given herein will be applied only on matter ed ratuitolfsIy for advertising purposes and must not be applied on anv paokSkpd tbat fre 80 n t0 Jbe consignee Any article of merchandise
merchlmlise rate g ma W 1 8UbjeCt tbe shipment to the reular graduate at
npfnnicl3Tbi following matter may be charged for at the Merchandise rale per one hunded pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed
cldinRladu MntprSiHaent irsides ajd other appliances used in place thereof including Reading Matter Plates minimum twentyfive cents
Foon 6S f slAPped to or ly laundries minimumtwentyfive cents
ataloguesnd Prices Current with prices extended to and from dealers and their traveling salesmen value lim ted to 41000 minimum twentyfive cents
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Samples of Soap from manufacturers when given away for advert sing purposes minimum twentyfive cents
Sample Cans of Cooked Corn from packing houses minimum twentyfive cents Sample Cans of Meat from packing houses minimum twentyfive cents
N teWhen 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 FOLlOWIBiG SPECIAL RATES ARE TO RE USED OLT ON THE CONDITIONS NAMED BELOW ON BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION CRates 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 or less 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 Boai ds
Calendars
Cards printed
Catalogues
Circulars
Chromos
Chromo Lithographs Cuttings
Engravings
Envelopes address printed 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
Show Cards unmounted Stereoscopic Views
Any of the above mentioned articles which represent advertising may be taken under Section A when it gives a lower rate
tPackages of Bulbs or Seed exceeding 40 ounces in weight 4 cents per package less than rate 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 Ten Dollars be prepaid and have the nature or the conteuts written stamped or printed thereon and be so packed that the description may be readily verified by examination
SECTION D Especial care and judgment must be exercised in the use of the following special rates offering them only to manufacturers and dealers to secure large 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
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 manuiacturers 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 GreenVegetables used fori 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 5 cents each
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 rates as fixed by Section A
Ice Cream at ac tual gross weight with an allowance of 20 per cent for ice at regular merchandise rates unless there are authorize specials to the contrary
Safety Bicvc les 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 DowrnCharge single 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 Boxes Charge 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
141
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
ExplanationsSpecial rules 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 One half A Rate D A for Double A Rate 3 t 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 Kates
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 1
Animals and Birds LiveRe ceive them only at O R of injury death or escape taking a Release as provided for Live Stock Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers They must be boxed or caged Enter the number of animals in each box or cage on waybill Charges may be
prepaid orguaranteed
Alligators live f D A
Cats y i
Deer
Dogs in boxes at actual wgt or securely chained at 100
lbs each
Ferrets
Guinea Pigs
Opossums
Pet animals
Rabbits J
Antlersi DA
Apples B
Asparagus B
B
Bananas B
Beans B
Beef Fat B
Beer B
BerriesB
Butter B
Beer Tonic see Scale of Rates
Bees in stands O R 1 J A
Benzine refuse see Rule 8
BicyclesOrdinarysee Vehicles
Bicycles Railroad taken apart see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetyK D and crated see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetynot K D and boxed D A
Bicycle Wheels see Vehices
BirdsLiveReceive 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 waybillD A
Blanks printed bound or in
sheets see Section C t
Blotters and Blotting Pads see Section C
Boats Metallic Folding securely 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 St 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
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Cabbage B
Calvessdressed B
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls B
Carrots B
Celery B
Cheese B
Cherries1 B
Chestnuts B
Cider B
Clams B
Cocoanuts B
Crabs B
Grab meat raw not including
deviled or cooked crabs B
Crackers B
Cucumbers B
Calendars see Section C
Calves see Live Stock
Calves dressed see Perishables etc
Cameras Photograph securely boxed A
CamerasPhotograph in light carrying cases D A
Canoe see Boats
Cards printed see Section C
Carriages see Vehicles
CastingsFragile receive only at ORB 1 i A
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
Cbromo Lithographs see Sec tion C
Chronometers see Instruments
Cigar Boxes empty A
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 A
Crayon Portraits see Pictures
Cuttings see Section C
Deer see Animals
DesksSchool see Furniture DesksOffice same as Furniture Dogs see Animals
Doll Carriages and Doll Chairs
of small value A
Dressed Poultry E
Dress Forms D A
Dynamite refuse see Rule 8
E
Eggs B
Egg PlantsB
Emery Wheels
Empties O R returned by the company that carried them when full Unless otherwise provided for they must be called for and delivered by owners and charges must be prepaid Empties not enumerated are to be charged f r 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 tu have the odd cent Empties that have not been shipped full by express charge merchandise rates
Bags and sacks for news companies may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Beer Empties may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Berry Stands or Crates 10c Each
Bread Baskets or Boxes 5c Each
Butter Tubs and all butter empties except refrigerators oc Each
Butter Refrigerators15c Each
Cans in boxes or kegs and oil cans in jackets10c Each
Cans for Alcohol Fish Oils and Varnishes They may be delivered to regular pa
trons 15c Each
Clothing Baskets for clothing houses and merchant tailors 25c Each
Coops 10c Each
Crates and Kennels pet animal or dog minimum 50c A
Demijohns in boxes or kegs 10c Each
Egg Cases 5c Each
Fruit Empties10c Each
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143
Gas Cylinders minimum 15c
Homing Pigeon Baskets min imum 50c each for each
company carrying
IceCream Freezers minimum
15 cents
Ice Cream Freezers empty may by agreement with owner be returned subject to charges on delivery at rates fixed in classification
Jars 5c
Jugs in boxes or kegs10c
Kumvss Boxes25c
Liquor Regs10c
Meat boxes may be returned subject to charges on delivery by agreement With owners2c
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
Other New Oyster Empties 10c Poney Refrigerators for fruit25c Soda Fountains minimum 15c
Engravings see Pictures also Section C
Envelopes address printed see Section C
Explosives refuse see Rule 8
Feathers closely compressed
and baled A
Feathers not closely compressed
and baled D A
Ferrets se Animals
Fire Arms O R
Guns or Rifles trussed or boxed or taken apart and packed in sole leather or
canvas cases A
When not so packed 3 t A
Pistols or Revolvers securely
packed A
Fire Brick
dsnS lted or Dry B
FishFresh E
Fish RoeB
i A Fresh meats E
Frogs live B
Furs coarse B
A Fish Live When carried by more than one Company
i A rates on Packages each 7 pounds or less do not ap
ply A
Fruit Furniture O R B B
A B xed or crated A
Each Not boxed or crated D A
Each Burlapped except chairsfrom
Each manufacturers only A
Each Chairs boxed or crated Chairs not boxed or craed A
and not otherwise specified Chairs Barber burlapped D A
Each boxed or crated Chairs Dentists boxed or crated not exceeding 75 in A
value Chairs Dentists boxed or crated exceeding 7500 in A
value Chairs Iron Frame or Fold D A
ing Opera Letter File Cases boxed or A
crated A
Piano Stools boxed or crated A
Each Piano Stools not boxed or
Each crated D A
Each School Desks A
i A FursCoarse including un
dressed skins B
F ursDressed A
G
Game B
Gasoline refuse see Rule 8
Ginger Ale a
Glass must be boxed or crated
O R B
Ground1
Mirrors f
StainedG A
Show CasesL I
Plate
Signs
Window
Goats see live stock
Grapes b
Greens B
Green Corn b
Guinea Pigs see Animals
Guns see Firearms
Gunpowder refuse see Rule 10
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RULS TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
fil
i larvesters K D
Hand BagsOld
Hand Bills see Section C
Heliotype Work see Section C
HidesGreen
HobbyHorsesv A
Hogs see Live Stock
Honey O R refuse unless
properly packed A
Honey in comb and strained
well packed
Horses see Live Stock
I
Ice Cream
Inflammables refuse see Rule 8 Instruments O R
Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition
to their own cases A
Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified 3 t A
Pianos boxed minimum500
for each Company carrying A
Pianos not boxed minimum 00 for each company carrying 1
Organs boxed A
Organs not boxed for music
dealers A
Organs not boxed for other
than music dealers 1 A
Surveyors Instruments except Tripods mu3t be refused unless boxed Surveyors Instruments enclosed in a single box or
cas 3 t A
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 be
tween A
Chronometers must be re
tused unless boxed 3 t A
Thermometers must be refused unless boxed or securely packed Value not exceeding 500 each A
Value exceeding 500 each D A Tripods A
Insurance Policies blank see Section C
J
Jarsairtight butter
Jewelry sealed or unsealed rates in Section D do not apply Graduated rates A
li
Kerosene refuse see Rule 8
fib yj
Labels see Section C
Lard B
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
1 ithographic Stones 0 R must
be boxed or crated D A
Liquids in glass demijohns or earthenware O R Reiuse when enclosed in paper or paper boxes or otherwise improperly packed A
Lithographs ste Pictures also Section C
Live Stock Receive only at O
R of death injury or escape
Shipper 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 A
Burros not crated not exceeding 500 lbs in wreight and 100 in value minimum 5 for each company carrying 1 J A
Calves crated A A
Colts see Ponies
Cows not crated estimate single animal at 1000 lbs D A
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Cows crated A
oats cratedA
Hogs
Horses estimate single animals at 1000 lbs minimum 1 25 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the through rate 3 t A
Horses car loads of 10 horses estimate at 10000 lbs and 1000 lbs more for each additional horse1 A
Ponies or Colts not exceeding 500 lbs in weight and 100 in value minimum 1000 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the through rate
When not crated 1 A
When crated A
A Pony Colt or Horse weighing over 500 lbs net will be classified same as a
Horsej A
Sheep crated A
Lobsters see Perishables
SI
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
Men refuse
Mineral Water B
Mirrors see Glass
IV
Naphtha refuse see Rule 8 Negatives see Photographic Dry Plates
Newspapers charge according to local agreements Newspapers auxiliary see Section B
O
Okra B
Oars crated A
Oars not crated D A
Oleo Butter B
Oleo Oil E
Oil explosives or inflammables refuse see Rule 8
Opera Chairs see Furniture
Opossums see Animals
Organs not boxed for other than
music dealers 1 J
Oranges
Oysters in shell
Oysters canned see scale of weightsj
P
Paintings see Pictures Pamphlets see Section C
Paper for Cash Register see Section C
Parsnips
Peaches
Peas
Pears
Pine Apples
Plums
Pomegranates
Pop
Potatoes
Poultry dressed
Patent Insides see Section B
Peanut Roasters
Periodicals see Section C Photographs not framed see Section C
Photographic Dry Plates and
Negatives O R B
Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company carrying
Piano Stools see Furniture Pictures O R must be securely crated or boxed and marked Pictures Oil Paintings etc Shippers must invariably declare value and it must be entered on the receipt
Chromos When the de
Cray on Portraits 1 clared value
Engravings
Lithographs
Machines or Sten cil Paintings
Oil Paintings
Pictures
Water Colors
of the shipment is 50 or less
When the declared value of the shipment exj ceeds 5000
Pigeons Quails or Birds Live in coops for market or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape
A
A 1 h A
A
D A
oi P M M M ffl M W m PQ W ffl PQ W
X4 RL3 TARIFAS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
Coops and contents must not weigh over 150 lbs A
PigeonsLive shipped by Homing Pigeon Clubs O R of injury death or escape in heavy flattopped baskets with insufficient food and water for the trip Minimum 50 cents per basket for each company carrying The same charge to be made on the basket full or
empty D A
Pistols see Firearms
Plants Live boxed or crated so that they can be loaded with other freight without damage prepaid or guaranteed A
Plants when not boxed or Crated prepaid or guaranteed D A
Plants also see Seetion C
Plows ordinary stirring and
breaking A
Ponies see Live Stock
Pop see Scale of Rates
Posters see Section C
Poultry dressed F
PoultryLive 0 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 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
Quail see pigeons
It
RabbitsDead see Perishables etc B
Rabbits Live see Animals
Radishes B
Reading Matter Plate see Section B
Revolvers see Firearms
Rifles see Fire arms
Roots see Section C
S
SausageFresh or cured B
School Desks see Furnitpre
Scions see Section C
Seeds see Section C
Sewing Machines racked or
boxed v A
Sewing Machines not racked or
boxed O R 1 A
Sheep see Live Stock
Sheet Music see Section C
Show Cards unmounted see Section C
Show Cases see Glass
Shrubs B
Signs see Glass also Section A
SkinsDressed
SkinsUndressed
Slate see Marble
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 boxed1 A
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Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not securely boxed 0 R D A Cutters with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company car HA 1 A
V Valises old rying Sleighs K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying
VegetablesGreen B Sleighs not K D not boxed
Vehicles Bicycles ordinary D A or crated minimum 300 v for each company carrying 3 A
Bicycles railroad taken apart A Sleigh with Thills detached
Bicycles safety K D and boxed or crated A boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company cat 1 i A
Bicycle Wheels same as the rying 1
machine to which they belong except that the small wheel of the Ordinary Sulkies K D and boxed or crated minimum 150 for each company carrying 1 A
Bicycle may be taken at merchandise rate when boxed or crated Sulkies not K D nor boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 t A
Buggies K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for Tricycles K D and boxed or crated A
eacl company carrying 1 J A Tricycles not K D and boxed D A
Buggies not K D and boxed or crated
or crated minimum 300 Velocipedes D A
for pach company carrying Childrens Carriages Carriages K D and boxed or craved Carriages not K D and boxed 3 t A V elocipedesChildrens A
D A 1A W Watches see Jewelry
or crated Carriages or Buggy Poles with single trees securely attached 3 t A A Y Yeast Compressed B
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APPENDIX B
TELEGRAPH
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 word on a day message nor more than one cent for each additional word on a night message and no additional charges shall be made for repeating a message that 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 first obtaining the consent of this Commission upon an application duly filed by the said company desiring guch discontinuance wherein shall be stated the reasons therefor
The Darien Telegraph Co
Upon application of the Manager of the Darien Telegraph Company to be allowed an increase in the telegraph rates and upon showing made it is ORDERED That said company be allowed to charge forty centg for ten words exclusive of dates address and signature and three cents for eacbi additional word for day messages until otherwise ordered
APPENDIX C
January 17 1894
The Augusta City Ice Company
Augusta Georgia
vs j
The Augusta and Summerville
Railroad Company J
The Augusta City Ice Company brings its complaint and charges that the Augusta and Summerville Railroad Company has been guilty of extortion demanding and receiving from them more than therateallowed by this Commission for transporting loaded cars over its tracks It is claimed that the said Railroad Company is within the jurisdiction of this Commission and not a street railroad within the meaning of the law and the Commission is asked to require said Railroad Company to refund the overcharges
Under Rule 25 of this Commission it is provided that the legal charge for transferring cars from one railroad to another or from one point in a city to another shall not exceed two dollars per car for a distance not exceeding three miles and it is claimed that the amount charged is in excess of this sum to wit the sum of four dollars These contentions the defendant denies as follows They claim that they are a street railway within the meaning of the law and are not amenable to the regulations of this Commission but are subject to the control of the Mayor and City Council of Augusta It is admitted that the charges are not made in accordance with the regulations of this Commission because it is insisted that this Commission has no jurisdiction
It appears that this question was on the 5th of January 1887 made before and passed upon by this Commission and under the facts then presented it was held that said Railroad Company was a street railroad company but express leave was granted to review this decision and to consider the same in connection with this present hearing The facts presented are substantially as follows In March 1866 the Augusta and Summerville Railroad was incorporated by the Georgia Legislature for the purpose of building and using with the consent of the City of Augusta a Horse Car Railroad from the lower Market Street line in the City pf Augusta and such other points as the Directors might agree upon to the United States Arsenal in the Village of Summerville or some other point in the County of Richmond not exceeding three miles from the corporate limits of the City of Augusta In December 1866 the running of dummy cars was authorized by the Legislature provided the City Council would agree thereto In September 1866 the City Council granted the said Railroad Company the exclusive right of way over the streets of the City of Augusta except Monument Street authorizing the use of animal power except on the lines on Broad Street on which dummy cars might be used The maximum charges for carrying passengers and freight were fixed by the City Subsequently the tracks of the Company were connected with the South Carolina Railroad and then steam power was authorized along the streets so as to connect the different railroads The South Carolina Railroad Company had built a railroad from Reynolds Street to the Georgia Railroad Depot and the defendant Company was authorized to make a contract for the use of said track The South Carolina Railroad was afterwards allowed to cross the Savannah River and connect its track through Washington Street with the track of the Georgia Road The use of this track was also granted to the Augusta and Summerville Railroad and in 1870 the Legislature ratified and confirmed the ordinances and contract with the city and allowed the use of locomotive engines propelled by steam on any of the streets of the city under the regulations of the
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City Council The Company built other tracks through the streets of the city and connected the several railroads with each other It carried on a street railroad business
for a number of years but finally on theday of they abandoned their
passenger business and instead permitted the use of its tracks between the connecting railroads for the several railroads for through business and for transferring their cars loaded and unloaded receiving a royalty therefor On its lines where it Connected with the other railroads it received and delivered freight After abandoning their passenger business this road did an exclusive freight business and its entire equipment consisted of one small locomotive which was used in transferring cars It appears that there is an electric street railroad in the City of Augusta doing a passenger business in the City of Augusta
The first question is Does the defendant under the aforesaid facts come within the jurisdiction of this Commission It is provided in the Act creating this Commission in section 12 21st Report page 124 as follows
That the the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this Act shall be 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 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 railroads in this State street railroads excepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore mentioned from which it will be seen that street railways are excepted When this question was before this Board in 1887 we are advised that the said railroad company did a passenger business that was one of its leading features It is admitted that it does not carry on such business now and has by contract parted with its right to do such business
What is a street railroad What kind of street railways did the Legislature intend to include in its exemption Mr Booth in his admirable work on Street Railways page 1 defines a street railway as follows Street railways are those which are constructed in the streets whether on below or above the surface along and over which cars are propelled by animal or other powers on fixed tracks as common carriers of passengers for the accommodation and convenience of people living upon or near such highways to facilitate the transportation thereon The distinctive feature of a street railroad in relation to other railroads is that it is used exclusively for the transportation of passengers and not goods See section 324 Booth onStreet Railroads See Beach on Private Corporations section 403 Also 41 Fed Rep 556
Recognizing this definition as the correct one can there be any doubt of the character of the defendant We think not It is clearly not a street railway within the meaning of the aforesaid exception It follows therefore that the Augusta and Summerville Railroad is subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission and must he governed by its rules and regulations particularly Rule No 25 regulating the charges for the transfer ofcaisand if it charges more than is allowed by such rles and regulations it is liable as other roads for overcharges So ldng as this railroad did an exclusive passenger business it was unquestionably within the exception but when it parted with its rights to engage in such transportation and ceased to do this business and did an exclusive freight and transfer business it was no longer a street railway
By order of the Board
Signed L N Trammell
Chairman
INDEX
Act Establishing Commission 116
A ct Concerning Interstate Rates 121
Act Concerning Power to Bring Suit 122
Act Concerning Inspection of Railroads 123
Act Amending Title of Commission Act 122
Act Concerning Storage Charges 124
Act Concerning Express and Telegraph Companies 125
Augusta City Ice Company vs Augusta and Summerville
Railroad Company 150
Act Concerning Separate Cases for White and Colored 130
Circulars Nos 232 to 239 inclusive 105113
Classification 79io3
Code Extracts from 126130
Constitution Extracts from 115
Demurrage and Storage 353
Depots Rules Governing Location of 33
Explanatory Notes 3233
Express Tariffs I32I34
Express Rules J35
Express Classification 141147
Freight Rules 2631
Freight Tariffj 339
General Rules 22
Interstate Law Extracts from 129
LiveStock Rules 3334
Passenger Rules 23t25
Passenger Tariff 21
Relation of Railroad Companies to Freight Tariff 4178
Report to the Governor 317
Storage and Demurrage Rules1 353
Telegraph Rules etc 149
TWENTYTHIRD REPORT
OF THE
Railroad Commission
Of
Georgia
From October 15th 1894 to October 15th 1895
Submitted to the Governor October 15th 1895
ATLANTA GEOBGIA
Geo W Harrison State Printer Franklin Printing and Publishing Company 1895
TWENTYTHIRD REPORT
OF THE
Railroad Commission
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of
Georgia
From October 15th 1894 to October 15th 1895
Submitted to the Governor October 15th 1895
Atlanta Georgia
Geo W Harrison State Printer Franklin Printing and Publishing Company 1895
L N TRAMMELL Chairman V
ALLEN FORT V Commissioners
G GUNBY JORDAN
J D MASSEY Secretary
REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15 1895
Jo His Excellency W Y Atkinson Governor
In obedience to the Act creating the Railroad Commission of Georgia we have the honor to submit herewith a report of the transactions of this office during the past year ending October 15 1895
RAILROADS
Since our last report the general condition of railroads in Georgia has improved Comparatively few roads have gone into receivers hands during this period while quite a number have been reorganized and thfr indications are hopeful that during the next year all of the important lines will be out of the hands of receivers J
The following is a list of the railroads in Georgia with their respectivemileage in the State
RAILROAD MILEAGE in THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Abbeville and Way cross 18
Alabama Great Southern 2435
Albany and Northern 35
Atlanta and West Point 8620
Atlantic Short Line 29
Augusta Southern 84
Blue Ridge and Atlantic 21
Brunswick and Pensacola 11
Central System viz
Savannah to Atlanta 29473
Milledgeville Branch Gordon to Milledgeville 1732
Augusta and Savannah Millen to Augusta 5321
Savannah and Atlantic Savannah to Tybee 1770
Southwestern Railroad and Branches
Macon to Alabama State line Eufaula 14260
Fort Valley to Columbus 71
Fort Valley to Perry 1250
Smithville to Columbia 8361
Cuthbert to Fort Gaines 2050
Savannah and Western Railroad
Columbus and Birmingham 107
Columbus to Greenville 4957
Columbus to Americus 6234
Meldrim to Lyons t 5809
Griffin to Carrollton 5957
Mobile and Girard 114
Upson County Barnesville to Thomaston 1628
Total 96114 96114
4
Chattanooga Rome and Columbus 13451
Chattanooga Southern 4265
Chickamaugaand Durham 17
City and Suburban 125
Columbus Southern 88
Cuyler and Woodburn 125
Darien and Western 29
Douglas and McDonald 20
Dover and Statesboro 10
East and West 45
Florida Central and Peninsular 13808
Foy Railroad 10
Georgia viz
Augusta to Atlanta 171
Augusta to Macon 78
Union Point to Athens 40
Barnett to Washington 18
Gainesville Jefferson and Southern 52
Jefferson Branch 13
Union Point and White Plains 135
Total 3855 3855
Georgia and Alabama 18318
Georgia Midland and Gulf 98
Georgia Northern 31
Georgia Southern and Florida 266
Hartwell 10
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern 29
Indian Springs and Flovilla 3
Lawrenceville 10
ILexington Terminal 4
Louisville and Wadley 10
Macon Dublin and Savannah 54
Macon and Northern 105 12
Marietta and North Georgia 108
Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff 18
Middle Georgia and Atlantic 65
Millen and Southern 32
Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis s 1
Northeastern of Georgia 39
Gconee and Western 40
Plant System viz
Savannah Florida and Western Railway
Savannah to Albany via Thomasville 2588
Thomasville to Bainbridge Depot 36
Bainbridge Depot to Flint River Junction 1
Climax to Florida line Chattahoochee Branch 283
Thomasville to Florida line Monticello Branch 129
Dupont Junction to Florida line Gainesville Branch 257
Waycross to St Marys River Jacksonville Branch 375
Alabama Midland Railway
Bainbridge to Saffold 315
Brunswick and Western Railroad
Brunswick to Albany 1704
Charleston and Savannah Railway
Southover Junction to State line 154
Total 6175 6176
5
Port Royal and Augusta
Port Royal and Western Carolina
Sandersville
Seaboard Air Line
Smithonia and Dunlap v
Smithonia Danielsville and Carnesville V
South Brunswick
South Corolina Georgia
Southern System viz
South Carolina State line to Augusta 80
Atlanta to Alabama State line G P R R 6840
Austell to Tennessee State line E T V G 11090
Cohutta to Tennessee State line via Red Clay 230
Atlanta Belt Line 830
Atlanta Junction to Alabama State line via Cave Spring 2137
North Rome to Alabama State line Atalla Branch1890
Atlanta to Brunswick E T V G 27830
Hawkinsville Branch 1010
Brunswick Dock Branch L80
Atlanta and Charlotte AirLine 10046
Elherton AirLine 5060
Roswell Railroad 911
Atlanta to Fort Valley 10230
85
166
4
1175
7
6
165
1
Total
77864 778 64
Stillmore AirLine 1 83
St Marys Lake City and Gulf 81
Sylvania 15
Talbotton O
Tifton and Northeastern 15
Valdosta Southern W
Wadley and Mount Vernon 30
Waycross AirLine 80
Western and Atlantic including Rome Railroad 139 46
Western of Alabama 1
Wrightsville and Tennille 36
Total mileage 524052 Mileage as shown in 22d report 510300
Increase 13752
Showing an increase of 13752 miles of railroad reported over that of last year The actual increase of new mileage reported is considerably in excess of that shown above Heretofore many interstate roads reported their mileage to the first station beyond the Georgia line Others operating a portion of their lines over tracks belonging to other roads reported such track as part of their lines while the company owning the same reported it also We have eliminated this apparent mileage and have accurately ascertained the actual mileage within this State
When our last annual report was filed there were in the hands of receivers in Georgia 196070 miles of railroad as follows
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MILEAGE OF RAILROAD IN RECEIVERS HANDS OCTOBER 15 1894
Abbeville and Way cross 18
Blue Ridge and Atlantic 21
Central System 96114
Chattanooga Borne and Columbus 13451
Chattanooga Southern 4265
Chickamauga and Durham 17
Georgia Southern and Florida 266
Hartwell 10
Macon and Northern 105
Marietta and North Georgia 10812
Northeastern of Georgia 39
Port Royal and Augusta 166
Port Royal and Western Carolina 35
Savannah Americus and Montgomery 21818
Total 196070
There are at present in the State 54373 miles of railroad in the hands of receivers as follows
RAILROADS IN RECEIVERS HANDS OCTOBER 15 1895
Abbeville and Waycross
Atlantic Snort Line
Blue Ridge and Atlantic
Columbus Southern
Chattanooga Rome and Columbus
Chickamauga and Durham
Georgia Midland and Gulf
Hartwell
Marietta and North Georgia
Port Royal and Augusta
Port Royal and Western Carolina
18
29
21
88
13451
17
98
10
10812 166 3 5
Total 54373
During the year ending October 15 1895 there have been sold by receivers and are now being operated by the purchasers 175077 miles of railroad as follows
Savannah Americus and Montgomery Georgia Southern and Florida
Atlanta and Florida
Northeastern
Central System
Chattanooga Southern
Macon and Northern
South Brunswick
Total V 175077
The Macon and Northern Railway has been included in this statement of railroads relieved from receiverships during the year as it included in the reorganization plan of the Central Railroad and will become a part of that system at an early date
During the same period only 33380 miles of road have been placed in the hands of receivers as follows
21818
266
10280
39
96114
4265
105
165
7
Atlanta and Florida
Atlantic Short Line a
Georgia Midland and Gulf i a
Total 33380
The roads relieved from receiverships have been reorganized upon plans that will save immense sums heretofore paid out as fixed charges The cost of operation will also be less than formerly and with the favorable outlook for increase of traffic it is to be hoped that an era of prosperity for the railroads is at hand
Of the railroads that have been sold during the past twelve months the Southern System has become the purchaser directly or indirectly of the Georgia Southern and Florida System and the Atlanta and Florida Railway It is understood that the Southern Railway Company is the real owner of all the stock of the Central Railroad and Banking Company under the reorganized plan and is therefore in a position to exercise a potentialinfluence in the operation of this system also The Southern Railway Company now operates directly in the State of Georgia as set out in the foregoing table 77864 miles of road
The tendency towards consolidation which prevails over the balance of the United States also exists in Georgia Whateffect this will have upon the public interest is a matter worthy ot the attention of the Legislature Of course this Commission has no jurisdiction in the matter but we call the attention of those invested with authority to act to the same that they may give it such consideration as the importance of the subject demands
This Board has always applied Freight Rule No 1 where it appeared that one railroad had acquired control of another The effect of this Rule as to reduce the joint rates and to give to shippers lower rates Where the roads were operated under separate management or control the rate would be the sum of the local rates less ten per cent but under the provisions of Rule 1 shippers receive the benefit of a continuous mileage rate for the entire distance
Without passing upon the legality or validity of the purchases and leases made that being a question beyond our jurisdiction we have recognized the tacts as they have come to our knowledge and we have applied our rules to the facts as we have ascertained them If a system can legally destroy competition by absorption and consolidation the public should have the benefit of just and reasonable rates so far as regulation can secure them The application of Rule No 1 is in that direction
The following is a statement of the gross earnings operating expenses and net earnings of the railroads in Georgia for the year ending June 80th 1895
Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia for 1895
NAME OF ROAD
Abbeville Waycross
Atlanta West Point
Augusta Southern
Blue Ridge Atlantic
Central System as follows
Central Railroad
Southwestern
Upson County
Savannah Atlantic
Augusta Savannah
Eden Americus
Savannah Griffin N Alabama
Buena Vista Ellaville
Columbus Rome
Chattanooga Rome Columbus
Chattanooga Southern
Columbus Southern
Darien Western
Dover Statesboro
East West
Florida Central Peninsular
Georgia as follows
Georgia Railroad
G J S Railroad
U P W P Railroad
Georgia Alabama S A M Ry
Georgia Midland Gulf
Georgia Southern Florida
Macon Birmingham Division
Hartwell
Lawrenceville
Lexington Terminal
Louisville Wadley
Macon Dublin SYnitab
Gross Earnings 11894 to June 301895 Operating Expenses July 1 1894 to June 301895 Net Earnings July 11894 to June 301895
11847 12 9452 88 2394 24
474022 30 277015 75 197006 55
56037 66 53698 73 2338 93
10261 89 10293 05
3955358 96 2739222 12 1216136 84
2395330 19 1429334 14 965996 05
960221 46 865474 01 94747 45
11096 53 11509 11
20842 48 16181 38 4661 10
160687 05 118484 85 42202 20
214825 35 113005 22 101820 13
88348 86 89912 10
65030 08 61324 95 3705 13
38976 96 33996 36 4980 60
211098 59 66311 45 76195 52 188717 35 68893 45 22381 24
78237 51
23178 95 20821 11 2357 84
16885 00 10174 00 6711 00
33339 73 34198 16
455172 06 273742 12 181429 94
1355445 33 1036346 52 319098 81
1307637 57 987363 97 320273 60
42165 78 43557 88
5641 98 5424 67 217 31
347759 01 300381 95 47377 06
148741 49 131715 36 17026 13
843557 92 614962 40 228595 52
78304 36 65818 58 12485 78
9649 96 7835 89 1814 07
1750 67 2000 85
4846 00 2486 00 2360 00
9080 60 8239 84 840 76
51951 92 42212 18 9739 74
Deficiency
July 11894 to June 301895
31 16
412 58
1563 24
2582 00 2041 99
858 43
1392 10
250 18
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Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia for 1895
Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficiency
July 1 1894 to June 301895 July 11894 to June 301895 July 11894 to June 30 1895 July 11894 to June 301895
Macon Northern
Marietta North Georgia
Midville Swainsboro Red Bluff
Middle Georgia Atlantic
Millen Southern
Northeastern of Georgia
Oconee Western
Plant System as follows
Savannah Florida Western
Brunswick Western
Sandersvilie
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway System as follows
Western System
Atlanta Charlotte AirLine
Elberton AirLine
Roswell
Still more AirLine
Syl vania
Talbottbn
Waycross AirLine
Wadley Mt Vernon
Wrightsville Tennille
Western Atlantic
Rome Branch
Total
117352 51 132771 86 24212 44 54725 24 19 918 96 57504 45 24993 29 3103493 73 2590236 79 513256 94 6269 17 648246 56 2963297 27 2309368 98 597780 07 50017 67 6130 55 29313 52 7229 51 9304 27 3889 54 32284 48 80646 73 1335781 53 38115 41
16930146 96
110586 69 109710 65 22542 23 46698 36 23088 84 43871 71 22635 40 2156415 18 1764140 34 392274 84 7508 69 767770 77 2148453 57 1633097 72 468606 40 40262 14 6487 31 10666 89 7403 39 7663 16 1711 55 15245 38 57788 75 838788 73 22714 86
12397730 60
6765 82 23061 21 1670 21 8026 88
13632 74 2357 89 947078 55 826096 45 120982 10
814843 70 676271 26 129173 67 9755 53
18646 63
1641 11 2177 99 17039 10 22857 98 496992 80 15400 55
4532416 36
3169 88
1239 52 119524 21
356 76 173 88
133595 93
NoteThe deficit is given merely to show the amount of money lost in operation j and those figures bear no relation whatever to the tota net earnings as shown above
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We had hoped to be able to present herewith a full and complete report from every railroad in Georgia showing the financial and traffic operations of each road in detail The reports of the various roads have not come to hand in time for use in this volume It ifeQiir purpose howover as soon as the same can be procured to prepare a full and complete report showing all the financial and traffic operations of each road in detail giving a history of each corporation and such other information as will be of interest alike to the investor and the public We hope during the coming year to be able to issue this supplementary report
We have made earnest efforts to secure accurately the amount of intrastate traffic or local traffic as it is called but we have been unable to do so on account of the methods which most of the roads have adopted for keeping their accounts Under the head of Local Earnings the railroads have entered the business done on their particular roads without regard to State lines Quite a number of the roads in Georgia are interstate roads so that in many cases information furnished under this head is very misleading We have required reports however of the business done wholly within this State and as soon as this can be ascertained it will be reported to this office Considerable expense being incident to making a change in the method of bookkeeping we have thought it just to establish this featuie of our report from July 1st 1895 When this is ascertained and the movement of traffic within the State fully defined and made known a great advantage will result to the railroads and to the public And this valuable information will enable the Commission to more intelligently revise and fix rates on traffic within the State
The simplicity of practice before the Commission affords the greatest facility to parties injured to have their wrongs redressed so far as the power of this Commission extends No special forms are required the Commission desiring only to understand the exact matter complained of In trying cases the parties themselves can be heard without the expense of employing counsel in most instances In order to secure prompt attention the complaint in whatever form should set forth fully and distinctly the grounds of complaint Frequently it happens that the charges preferred are so indefinite that correspondence is necessary in order to arrive at the facts upon which the complaints are predicated
Many letters and complaints received by the Commission relate to matters over which we have no direct jurisdiction The complaints of this
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character generally concern interstate business In all such cases we have endeavored to give the information desired and have referred the parties to the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington Where it appears that the rates are discriminating or extortionate and the parties prefer that we should take the initiative rather than appeal direct to the Interstate Commerce Commission we investigate the complaint and if it is found to be meritorious we address the officials of the road complained against and urge them to correct the evils complained of In the event of their failure or refusal to do so we apply to the Interstate Commerce Commission for relief
One of the greatest difficulties is that the parties wait until the railroads have begun to move the traffic before complaint is made Necessarily much time is consumed in correspondence and in the hearings before this Board and the Interstate Commission and as a consequence when the rates complained of are corrected the traffic has all been moved and no immediT ate benefit results to the shippers Notable among many such cases are the complaints of the fruit and melon growers and in some instances those interested in shipping cotton If parties interested would make their cases in ample time we would be enabled to have rates justly and reasonably fixed early enough to govern the shipment of the articles in question It is perhaps true that the excess above a just and reasonable rate could be collected or recovered in the courts Still this remedy is long and tedious and parties interested suffer injustice and wrong rather than the vexations and delays incident to lawsuits necessary to secure their rights
Many applications have been made for change in classification of articles where the rate was deemed exorbitant and many new commodities have been classified This indicates a revival of business and an increase in traffic
INSPECTION OF RAILROADS
A number of the patrons of the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway complained that the same was in an unsafe and dangerous condition The Commission thereupon under authority of the Act approved October 17th 1891 personally inspected that railway from Covington to Milledgeville Georgia It was found that the Eatonton Branch road extending from Eatonton to Milledgeville and which is operated by the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway was in an unsafe condition and the corporation was required by order to put and keep that road in such condition
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as would render travel over the same safe and expeditious Many of the erossties were decayed and worthless the rails were old and badly wornIt was found indispensable to safety that a large quantity of new rails and ties should be laid from Eatonton to Milledgeville The company was required to report the progress of the work upon the repairs ordered It has not been satisfactory and we have called the attention of the AttorneyGeneral to the same that he may take such steps as may be neceseary under the law to enforce the findings of this Commission
RATES ON PEACHES FROM GEORGIA TO EASTERN MARKETS
Early in June the peach growers of the State complained that the rates
icharged on fruits shipped to Eastern markets were excessive After carefully considering the question the Commission was of the opinion that a rate of 16200 per car from common Georgia points such as Atlanta and Macon with 9000 in addition for refrigeratoin was an unjust excessive and unreasonable rate and that said rate should be reduced thirtytwo dollars per carviz to 13000 per car Having no direct jurisdiction over the question we earnestly appealed to the officials of the railroads in Georgia interested in this traffic to reduce said rates in accordance with our recommendations They declined to do so and thereupon we made a casein the name of this Commission against the railroads before the Interstate Commerce Commission with a view to having that national tribunal to1 determine what was a just and reasonable rate for this business
The Interstate Commerce Commission by Commissioners Wm R Morrison and Judson C Clements at our request came to Atlanta and on the 6th and 7th of August heard all the evidence in the case Constituting less than a majority of that Commission they could render no decision andi the argument of the case was continued until some time in the future tobe made before the full Board in Washington We feel satisfied that we made out a full and complete case and we confidently hope for a favorable l decision from the Interstate Commerce Commission
Appended to this report is the opinion rendered by this Board in that I case to which your attention is respectfully invited
Peachgrowing is becoming a very important industry in Georgia Largesums of money have been invested in fruit culture in many sections of theState and it is really to the interests of the railroads and the people alike that a liberal rate should be accorded to this kind of traffic The rates
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charged were manifestly excessive and are much higher than our local rates and higher than the rates in other sections of the country on the same business
Peaches must be moved expeditiously The season is short and a special equipment is required to safely move the crops While all these considerations entitle the roads to a higher rate than on goods shipped under different conditions we are clearly convinced that the rates charged are unjust and excessive even after full consideration of all these facts
The fruit growers have been encouraged to invest very largely in this industry When a good crop is produced there is necessarily a large amount of waste incident to the business A demand was created for some method of preventing the loss which this waste entailed this has been met by canning and evaporating the excess of fruit We therefore investigated the rates on canned and dried fruits and cans and recommended a reduction in rates on them The railroads readily conceded that the reduction was just and proper as to canned goods no satisfactory answer has been received as to dried fruit
Peargrowing has also become an important industry in Georgia and with proper encouragement in the way of low rates of transportation to the Northern markets will continue to increase in magnitude to the benefit of the growers and railroads Last season the railroads voluntarily granted reduced rates on this fruit to the North and East which will no doubt tend to stimulate this growing industry
As an evidence of the magnitude of the fruit industry may be mentioned that it was estimated that nearly one thousand carloads of peaches alone were shipped from Georgia this year and the importance of a proper rate can be seen from this statement A fair and just rate will enable a large number of people to engage iu this industry and make some profit out of their business and at the same time enable the railroads to receive a large tonnage of freight at a season of the year when business is otherwise light It would add very materially to the interests and development of our State A continuance of the excessive rates would destroy the industry and drive those out of business thus engaged arid compel them to suffer great loss by the abandonment of the business
While we have not been able to get a rate fixed that will affect the present crop the case will be decided in time to fix a rate for another year and should the Federal Commission concur in our opinion that the rates were
excessive those who have been overcharged can have their remedy in the courts should the railroads refuse to refund the amounts
During the year complaint was made to the Commission that vestibuled trains operated in this State and doing business at local stations in this State were composed wholly of Pullman cars that it was impossible for passengers to ride on such trains without the payment of extra fare for the Pullman service which fare was in many instances very heavysometime greater than the local rate for transportation prescribed by the Commission It was claimed that this put a great hardship upon the traveling public of the State
Specific complaint was made by the Travelers Protective Association through its properly constituted officers against the Southern Railway Company definitely bringing this matter before the Commission for settlement Correspondence and personal interviews were held with the officials of the Southern Railway Company by the Board in reference to the acccommodation of the public in this respect by putting ordinary passenger coaches on vestibuled trains on which no extra fare would be charged This resulted in daycoaches being put on vestibuled trains of the Southern Railw ythus effectingasatisfactory adjustment of the complaint
COMPLAINTS CONCERNING LUMBER SHIPMENTS
We have heretofore called the attention of the Legislature to the great difficulty of adjusting complaints of overcharges on lumber These complaints of overcharge have grown out of differences in weights between the shippers and the railroads We are powerless under the Commission Act to determine these disputed questions of fact and we respectfully suggest to the Legislature suitable legislation by which correct weights can be had A disinterested inspector of the scales used and a disinterested sworn weigher would probably correct the evil
A great many complaints have been received in regard to weights of shipments of lumber lapped on two or more cars It was evideut that some provision was necessary to protect shippers against imposition by the railroads in such traffic that would at the same time be just to the roads After careful consideration of the matter the Board adopted an amendment to Freight Rule No 23 which is just and fair to all parties concerned and fully covers the ground of complaint The amendment is as follows
When lumber is loaded on two or more cars lapped and the total
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weight is greater than the aggregate of the minimum carload weights fortie cars used but not greater than the aggregate marked capacity of said cars freight shall not be charged for more than the actual weight of the lumber But if the total weight of such shipment is less than the aggregate of the minimum weights of the cars used the minimum 24000 pounds may be charged for each car required to transport the shipment
INTERCHANGE OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN RAILROADS
We have had many complaints during the past year about the interchange of traffic between railroads where the traffic was interstate The roads insisted that our Rule 32 cannot apply to this character of traffic and they disputed the validity of that rule upon those groundsthat is that it could not apply to interstate business Legislation to settle this question is important for upon the enforcement of the principles involved in this rule depends prompt dispatch of such freights
The other complaints of railroads against each other have generally arisen from disputed transfer chargs and upon alleged boycotts under the orders of the Southern Railway and Steamship Association Complaint was made to this Commission of such a boycott by the Columbus Southern Railway on account of alleged cotton rate cutting The roads at interest were notified to appear before this Commission for hearing but before the arrival of date set for hearing the matter was adjusted amongthe roads at interest
Suitable legislation to prevent this discrimination by one railroad or railroads against another is earnestly recommended
DEPOTS
Very few applications for new depots or increased depot facilities have been filed notwithstanding the impoverished condition of the roads It is hoped that under the new organization the roads will see it to their interest to provide suitable depots wherever needed without the public being compelled to appeal to the Commission
Depots have been ordered built at the following points during the year Newborn on the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway and Bellton on the Southern Railway
Davittes Station on the East and West Railroad and Talona on the Marietta and North Georgia Railway were allowed to be discontinued it
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Ibeing shown that the revenues derived from same were not adequate to their maintenance
Since our last report the Southern Railway and the Plant System have built a commodious and elegant union passenger station at Brunswick in lieu of separate depots as required by this Commission We have approved plans for depots at Daisy on the Southwestern Railroad at Newborn on the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway and at Mt Vernon on the Georgia and Alabama Railway we presume that they will be shortly completed
No complaints as to demurrage charges have been received
EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
Few complaints have been made against express and telegraph companies Those that were filed were promptly adjusted by the companies when their attention was called to them without even the necessity of a hearing being had
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
The entire Board attended the National Convention of Railroad Commissioners which assembled in Washington on May 14 1895 and continued in session for two days The Convention was presided over by Commissioner Allen Fort of this Commission Many important subjects were discussed bearing upon the regulation of railways These interchanges of views by the railroad commissioners of the several States has been of great rservice and much practical benefit Every railroad commissioner or other officer charged with the duty of regulating railroads is a delegate to these conventions and meetings are held annually
Concerted action by officers engaged in the same kind of work ought to promote the cause of government control of railways An important question that has been discussed at former meetings and yet remains undetermined is uniformity in classification If we could secure substantially uniform legislation by the several States and uniform classifications it would greatly simplify and facilitate the making and understanding of freight tariffs It would enable the public to get the best results possible from regulation and at the same time do no injustice to the railroads No JState can by its own laws control all the traffic that moves upon roads within its borders A very large percentage of it is interstate What is
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the law m one State is not the Iew in another The Interstate Commerce Commission can do and is doing much to prevent wrongs and injustice growing out of interstate traffic The members of that Commission sit with the members of the National Convention and lend their assistance in its deliberations
The problem of government regulation has not been fully solved It is still in the course of evolution although great progress has been made in the past few years If the National Convention of the Commissioners of all the States should undertake the regulation of railroads in connection with the Interstate Commerce Commission it is believed that some very efficient and satisfactory results in regulation would be secured
LITIGATION
At the request of this Board suit was instituted against the Savannah Americus and Montgomery Bail way Company for failure to erect a depot at Mount Vernon and for closing the station at Louvale without the consent of this Commission The latter case will not be in order for trial before the October term of the Stewart county superior court The AttorneyGeneral and the legal member of this Board attended Montgomery superior court at its April term for the purpose of trying the case concerning the Afount Vernon depot The Savannah Americus and Montgomery Bailway was soon to be sold under foreclosure by the receivers and after consultation with the mayor and city council and leading citizens of Mount Vernon it was decided to continue the case as the best means of securing the depot The railway has since been sold and reorganized under the name of the Georgia Alabama Bail way And as stated elsewhere plans have been submitted by the new company for a depot at this place Ihe same have been approved by the Commission and the depot is now in process of erection and we have assurances from the authorities that it will be completed within a very short time The necessity for a
depot at Mount Vernon is so manifest and urgent that the road ought long since to have rebuilt the depot which was burned and this Board will use all its power and authority to have suitable depot facilities at that place
RECOMMENDATIONS
From the twentieth report of this Board we reproduce the following recommendations with regard to overcharges and again call attention to them
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t 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 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 on it 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 overcharges would make a considerable sum to the railroads An overcharge is a wrong and illegal charge It ought therefore to be prevented and if in addition to the statute on that subject it were provided that where 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 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 speedily heard and determined
We recommend that an act be passed giving them precedence in the courts making them triable at the first1 term The long delays so common in judicial proceedings ought to be avoided in these cases if 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 Wte further recommend additional legislation on the subject of enforcing the rules regulations and orders of this Commission It is idle for the Commission to order a depot erected a rate established or discontinued a transfer of ears to be made or any other duty that may be lawfully required unless this Board has the power to enforce its decisions promptly It is true that the law provides that the State may through the AttorneyGeneral institute suit for penalty and that the penalty may m this manner be recovered The manifest purpose was to compel in this indirect
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The matters that require the action of this Commission are generally pressing and urgent and should have prompt action There ought to be some legal machinery provided to compel the execution of the orders of this Board We recommend therefore that wherever the Board has ordered any duty to be performed by a railroad company within the scope of the powers conferred by law and the road fails or refuses to obey the mandates of this Board promptly that this Board have authority to call upon the AttorneyGeneral to institute suit to require the railroad to specifically perform the act required to be done and that the courts have authority in such cases to issue a mandamus to be heard as speedily as possible And in cases where roads are prohibited from doing certain acts complained of that the same officers be authorized upon request of the Railroad Commission to apply for an injunction and that the courts be authorized to grant one in such cases In order that State control shall be effective and efficient some summary remedy should be provided Of course they must be within constitutional limitations and to our minds this can all be accomplished within the lines above indicated
ARBITRATION OF TAXABLE VALUATION OF RAILROADS
At the last session of the Legislature an Act was passed directing the ComptrollerGeneral to select as arbitrator for the State a member of the Railroad Commission where there was a disagreement between himself and the railroad officials as to the taxable valuation of railroads and railroad property
Acting under this law the ComptrollerGeneral has called upon the Commission in three cases viz The Florida Central Peninsular the Marietta North Georgia and the Atlanta Florida In each case the work was promptly done and reports upon same filed with the Comp j trollerGeneral
In the discharge of this duty a personal inspection of the railroads and property is necessary This entails an expense upon the Commis sioner doing this service No provision is made in the law to defray this expense and it is respectfully suggested that the Legislature ought to make some provision for the payment of actual expense incurred in the discharge of this duty
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SLEEPING CHAIR AND PARLOR CARS
Complaints have been made against the sleeping car companies and the Commission has been requested to fix rules and regulations governing them The question was first considered by this Commission in June 1888 on the complaint ot the Travelers Protective Association Alter full argument and consideration it was held that the Commission had no jurisdiction over sleeping car eojnpanies The copclusion of the decision after reciting authorities is as follows From these authorities it is very clear that we have no jurisdiction of the respondent The statute in explicit language confines the exercise of our jurisdiction to persons or companies or corporations who either own or operate a railroad in whole or in partin this State or who do business as common carriers on the lines of railroad in the State As the respondent falls within neither of these classes we must hold that in the present state of law its charges are not subject to
our control
The ground upon which the decision was reached was that the sleeping
car companies were not common carriers but that the service rendered by them was more in the nature of that rendered by an innkeeper
There is no question as to the authority of the Legislature to control these corporations and to confer upon the Commission full power and authority to regulate their rates and charges as upon common carriers within the State A private corporation affected with a public interest and so nearly allied to the railroads should be regulated and we think it is competent for the Legislature to govern and control the same
We therefore recommend that they be subject to the same regulation and control that common carriers are under
STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILROADS
The attention of the Legislature is called to the growth of electric and street railroads In the great States of the North and West the growth of street and electric railroads has been great within the past few years As near as we can ascertain there are 13000 miles of such road in the United States and they are capitalized at one billion three hundred million dollars 130000000000 There are in Georgia 231 miles of electric and street railway and the taxable valuation of same is 167407700
Occasional complaints against street railroads are made to this office bub having no authority in the matter no relief can be afforded Many of
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these roads do an immense business and there ought to be some tribunal to which there might be appeal in case of extortion or unjust discrimination or other wrongs
In October 1894 out of 413 electric railroad companies in the United States 55 were doing freight business 35 were engaged in handling express matter and 62 in transporting United States mails Many of these roads ate interstate lines and do a freight and passenger business of considerable magnitude Thus it appears that electric railroads are extending their limits in the field of transportation and it becomes more and more apparent that legislation for their regulation is needed
At the time street and electric roads were excepted from the provision of the Commission Act there were comparitively few miles of such road in the State and the necessity for their regulation was not at that time urgent But their rapid extension increase of business and large capitalization as shown above indicate that street railroads should be properly regulated by thefState Respectfully submitted
L N Trammell Chairman Allen Fort
G Gunby Jordan
Commissioners
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULARS
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga November 8th 1894
L N Trammell Chairman
Tariff of tlie Florida Central Peoiusular liailroad Company
The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company is hereby allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of Freight and Passengers as follows
Passenger Class AThree cents per mile
Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less 5 per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
The following change is hereby made in the Commissioners Classification
Stone and Marble Slabs including Tiles rough or dressed or carved cut or sawed into shape but not polished protected otherwise at owners
Allen Fort
G Gitnby Jordan
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 240
Freight On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard
Change in Commissioners Classification
risk for use in the fundamental construction of buildings valuation limited to twenty cents per cubic foot Class P less twenty per cent without percentage
All Circulars and parts of Circulars in conflict with the above are hereby repealed
This Circular effective November 15th 1894
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga November 12th 1894
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Allen Fort Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 241
The operation of the first section of Circular No 240 relating to the Tariff of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company is hereby suspended until December the first 1894
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga November 28th 1894

L N Trammell Chairman Allen Fort
G Gunby Jordan
Commissioners
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 242
The following has been adopted as Rule No 35 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
Rule No 35
Any change of rates bv railroad companies doing business within theState of Georgia shall not be effective until ten days notice shall have been given to the public by posting the proposed rates in a conspicuous place at the several stations to be affected thereby
The classification of Stone and Marble Slabs etc as contained in Cir cular No 240 is hereby amended so as to read as follows Stone and Marble Slabs including Tile rough or dressed or carved cut or sawed into shape but not polished protected otherwise at owners risk for use in the fundamental construction of buildings valuation limited to twenty cents per cubic foot Class P less twenty per cent without percentage but not subject to Rule 30
COTTONSEED HULLS AND MEAL
So much of Circular No 239 as relates to the classification of Cottonseed Hulls and Cottonseed Meal mixed is hereby repealed
The Darien Western Railroad Company is hereby placed in Class B of Passenger Tariff four cents per mile until otherwise ordered
STONE MARBLE ETC
DARIEN WESTERN R R TARIFF
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Tariff of the Northeastern Railroad of Georgia
The Northeastern Railroad of Georgia is hereby allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of Freight and Passengers as follows
Passengers Class A three cents per mile
Freight On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 miles and over 50 Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L less ten per cent
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added1
All Circulars and parts of Circulars in conflict with the above are hereby repealed
This Circular effective December 10th 1894
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga January 8th 1895
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort
G Gunby Jordan
A C Briscoe Secretary
Commissioners
CIRCULAR No 243
Passenger Tariff Middle Georgia Atlantic Railway Company
On and after the first day of February 1895 the Middle Georgia Atlantic Railway Company will be placed in Class A of the Passenger Tariff of the Railroad Commission of Georgia three cents per mile
All Circulars and parts of Circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
y Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga February 13th 1895
L 3SF Trammell Chairman1
Allen Fort Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 244
Changes In Commissioners Classification
The following changes in the Commissioners Classification have been made
PAPER STOCK
WasteCotton Sweepings Motes Regins and Linters in bales with privilege to carrier of compressing value limited to two cents per
pound C R Class R
WasteCotton Sweepings and Motes N O S C R Class 6t
WasteWoolen Jute or Tailings in Bags C R Class 6th
WasteWoolen Jute or Tailings pressed in bales C R Class R
WastePaper in sacks Bbls or Hhds C R Class 6th
WastePaper pressed in Bales or Crates C R Class R
WasteRags in Sacks Bbls Bales Hds or Crates C R Class R Starch Car Load not less than 24000 pounds C R Class C
Starch L C L Class 4th
WireFence Barbed or otherwise in Reels or Coils Owners risk of
wet or rust Class of 6th
Amendment to Freight Rule lVo 35
Rule No 35 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is
hereby amended so as to read as follows
Any advance in rates by railroad companies doing business within the State of Georgia shall not be effective until ten days notice shall have been given to the public and no reduction in fates by said companies shall be effective until three days notice shall have been given to the public in
either case by posting the proposed rates in a conspicuous place at the several stations to be affected thereby
All Circulars and parts of Circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
This Circular to be effective on and after the 1st day of March 1895 By order of the Board i
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga February 26th 1895
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort
G Gunby Jordan
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 245
Freight and Passenger Tariffs of the Valdosta Southern Railroad Conpany and the Cuyler and Wood burn Kailroad Company
On and after the 12th day of March 1895 the Valdosta Southern Railroad Company and the Cuyler Woodburn Railroad Company will be allowed to charge as maximum rates for the transportation of freight and passengers as follows
Passenger Class B four cents per mile
Freight On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and JR the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added
On Fertilizers LC L Glass K with ten per cent added
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added
On Rosin Class K less twenty per cent
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Coal and Coke Class L
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga March 27th 1895
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Allen Fort Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan j
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 246
Amendment to Commissioners Classification
The following additions to the classification of the Railroad Commission of Georgia have been adopted
Iron Pipe in coils parts of ice machinery released L C L 3rd class C L 6th Class
Fixtures for fitting banks stores offices etc of hard or soft woods polished or finished with or without mirrors inserted in panels or openings to be fitted thereto knocked down or fully boxed wrapped or crated mirrors to be properly boxed C R 2d O R 3d Class
This Circular to be effective April 15th 1895
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga June 5th 1895
L N Trammell Chairman j
Allen Fort Commissioners
G Gun by Jordan
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 247
Passenger Tariff of tlie Middle Georgia Atlantic Ry
On and after the 15th day of June 1895 the Middle Georgia Atlantic Railway will be placed in Class B of Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff four cents per mile
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga June 20th 1895
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Allen Fort V Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 248
On and after July 5th 1895 the following changes in the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Putty L C L C R 5th Class O R 6th Class
Hogsheads Double Barrel Rate
Pantry Safes K D packed C R 2d Class O R 3d Class
Sash Weights C R Class K O R Class M
Omit White Lead and Zinc Paints 5 on page 102 of Twentysecond Report
Amendment to Rule No 9 of the fci Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
Rule No 9 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of the Railroad Commission of Georgia is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a single shipment however small subject however to Rule No 30
All Circulars and parts of Circulars in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
By order of the Board
A C Briscoe L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga July 24th 1895
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort
G Gunby Jordan
A C Briscoe Secretary
CIRCULAR No 249
Changes in Commissioners7 Classification
Oranges Lemons Bananas and Pineapples L C L 4th Class
Same C L 6th Class
Cotton Waste N O S 5th Class
Tin Plate carloads C R 5th Class O R 6th Class
Castings not machinery each piece weighing 200 pounds or over unpacked C R 5th Class O R 6th Class
Sugar in double sacks 6th Class Same as in barrels
Commissioners
Amendment to Rule No 23 of the u Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight7Lapped Lumber
Rule No 23 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight has been amended so as to read as follows
rule 23
Aton of all articles enumerated except Scrap Iron is 2000 pounds A ton of Scrap Irpn is 2240 pounds A carload is 20000 pounds unless otherwise specified For loads above 20000 pounds prorate at carload rates charged A carload of green wood is eight cords A carload of dry wood is nine cords A carload of lumber and all articles embraced in lumber is 24000 pounds When lumber is loaded on two or more cars lapped and the total weight of the lumber thus shipped does not exceed the aggregate marked capacity of the cars used the weight charged for shall not exceed the actual weight of the lumber A carload 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 sta
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tion the railroad companies are left free to charge for the excess at a rate that will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property
Application of Freight Rule No One to the Atlanta Florida Railway as the Property of the Southern Railway Company
ORDER
It appearing upon hearing that the Southern Railway Company has purchased the Atlanta Florida Railway and procured a deed to the same and that the said Atlanta Florida Railway is now under the control and management of the aforesaid Southern Railway Company it is thereupon considered adjudged and
Ordered That Rule No One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission shall apply to the said Atlanta Florida Railway as the property of the said Southern Railway Company and that freight tariffs effective on that Railway be adjusted in accordance with said rule
This Circular effective on and after August 10th 1895 and supersedes everything in conflict
By order of the Board
L N TRAMMELL
A C Briscoe Chairman
Secretary
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga July 24th 1895
L N Trammell ChairmanA
Allen Fort Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 249
REISSUE MAKING CORRECTIONS AND SUPERSEDING ORIGINAL
Changes in the Commissioners Classification
Oranges Lemons Bananas and Pineapples L C L C R 4th Class Same C L C R 6th Class
Cotton Waste N O S 5th Class
Tin Plate carloads C R 5th Class O R 6th Class
Castings not machinery each piece weighing 200 pounds or over unpacked C R 5th Class O R 6th Class
Sugar in Double Sacks C R 6th Class Same as in Barrels
Amendment to Rule Bio 23 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of FreightLapped Lumber
Rule No 23 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight has been amended soas to read as follows
rule 23
A ton of all articles enumerated except Scrap Iron is 2000 pounds A ton of Scrap Iron is 2240 pounds A car load is20000 pounds unless otherwise specified For loads above 20000 pounds prorate 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 When lumber is loaded on two or more cars lapped and the total weight is greater than the aggregate of the minimum carload weights for the cars used but not greater than the aggregate marked capacity of said cars freight shall not be charged for more than the actual weight of the lumber But if the total weight of such shipment is less than the aggregate of the minimum weights of the
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cars used the minimum 24000 pounds may be charged for each car required to transport the shipment
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 at a rate that will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property
Application of Freight Rule No One to the Atlanta Florida Railway as the Property of the Southern Railway Company
ORDER
It appearing upon hearing that the Southern Railway Company has purchased the Atlanta Florida Railway and procured a deed to the same and that the said Atlanta Florida Railway is now under the control and management of the aforesaid Southern Railway Company it is thereupon considered adjuged and
Ordered That Rule Number One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission shall apply to the said Atlanta Florida Railway as the property of the said Southern Railway Company and that freight tariffs effective on that Railway be adjusted in accordance with said Rule
This Circular effective on and after August 10th 1895 and supersedes everything in conflict
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga August 27th 1895
L N Trammell ChairmanA
Allen Fort V Commissioners
G Gltnby Jordan j
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 250
Changes in the Commissioners9 Classification
Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed in bales or in cases C R 3d Class O R 4th Class
Omit Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed made into Pants in bales C R 3 O R 4 on page 91 of 22d Report
Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches L C L C R 4 O R 6
Same C L C R 6 O R C
Hand Carts K D and packed or bundled C R 3d Class
Monuments and Gravestones value over 30000 Special
Omit Wheels and Axles Car C R 6 on page 102 of 22d Report and Axles and Wheels Car C R 6 on page 80 of Report
Pumps Steam Pumping Engines and Machinery L C L C R 3 O R 4
Same Carload C R 4 O R 5
Sash Blinds Doors and Frames L C L C R 3 O R 4
Same C L C R B
Omit Paper Boxes not nested 4 T 1 on page 95 of 22d Report Boxes Hat and Band Packed C R D 1
Omit Band and Hat Boxes Packed C R D 1 on page 80 of 22d Report
Crushers Corn or Cob C R 3 O R 4
Onjit Corn and Cob Crushers C R 3 O R 4 on page 84 of 22d Report
Woodwork viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneling Window Casings all of oak or other hard woods for inside finish of houses in bundles crates or boxes L C L C R 2 O R 4
Same C L C R 4 O R 6
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Barrels Half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer L C Lr per 100 pounds as follows 10 miles and under 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 cents 90 miles and over 60 miles 12 cents
Same for distances over 90 miles Class R
Grits Corn in sacks C R C
Omit Corn Grits in sacks C R C on page 84 of 22d Report
Omit H Clothes Wringers C R 2 on page 84 of the 22d Report
Supersedes everything in conflict
Effective at once
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga September 11 1895
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort V Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 251
Freight and Passenger Tariff of the Sandersville Railroad Company the South Brunswick Railroad Company the Indian Springs and Flovilla Railroad Company and the Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railroad Company
Each of the above named companies will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than as follows
FREIGHT
On classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N G and R r For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty percent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added on any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Coal and Coke For 50 miles and under Class L for 100 milesand over 50 miles Class L less five per cent over 100 miles Class L lessten per cent
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
PASSENGER
The South Brunswick Railroad Company and the Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railroad Company are hereby placed in Class B of the Passenger Tariff of this Commission four cents per mile
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The Sandersville Railroad Company and the Indian Springs and Flovilla Railroad Company are hereby allowed to charge twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum fare for the transportation of passengers
Changes in the Commissioners Classification
Tanks Oil cellar or store O R B viz
Empty loaded in box cars D 1
Empty requiring flat or gondola cars minimum weight 5000 pounds each 1
K D with pump hood and measures packed inside the body of the can 1
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 8 1895
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Allen Fort Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 252
Changes in and Additions to Commissioners Tariffs
FREIGHT
The following named companies are hereby allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than as follows
The Louisville Wadley Railroad Company the Oconee Western Railroad Company the Albany Northern Railway Company the Chick amauga Durham Railroad Company the Chattanooga Southern Railway Company and the E E Foy Manufacturing Company
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent addedy for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
The following named companies are hereby allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than as follows The Douglas McDonald Railroad Company and the Tifton and Northeastern Railroad Company
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
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On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
The Lexington Terminal Railroad Company is hereby allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than the rates prescribed by the Standard Tariff of this Commission
The Sylvania Railroad Company is hereby allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than as follows
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added
On Classes C D F G J L M N O and R Commissioners Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On Class P Commissioners Standard Tariff
PASSENGER
The following companies are hereby placed in Class A of the Standard Passenger Tariff of this Commission three cents per mile The Albany Northern Railway Company the Chickamauga Durham Railroad Company the Douglas McDonald Railroad Company and the Tifton Northeastern Railroad Company
The Lexington Terminal Railroad Company is hereby allowed to charge a minimum fare of twentyfive 25 cents for the transportation of passengers
This Circular effective October 20 1896 and supersedes everything in conflict
By order of the Board
L N TRAMMELL
J D MASSEY Chairman
Secretary
COMMISSIONERS
RULES TARIFF
AND
CLASSIFICATION
EMBRACING ALL CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS
TO DATE
OCTOBER 15 1895
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Standard Passenger Tariff
For Passengers
Cents Per Mile
Class A Class B Class C
3
5
91
Twelve years old and over
Over five years and under twelve years of age
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GENERAL RULES
RULE 1PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
How to All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly platatCm aQd 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 he 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
Hailroads Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall file in the furnish t0 office of the Commissioners on or before the 20th day of each month a report duly sworn reports 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 accompanied 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 had 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
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RULE 3POSTING TARIFFS
Hailroads Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall post and post tariffs5 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
Bates ap The rates prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in directions1 either direction
RULE 5
Boads re it shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Georurnisht gia to furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the papers etc 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 nee essary to aid them in the discharge of their duty
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UTILES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Cents Pee Mile
Foe Passengers
Class A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over 3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age n 2 2i
PASSENGER RULES
RULE 1
Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty e
150 pounds allowed
RULE 2
No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket qrCgdrg office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable tim before the departure be open for from a station of the train upon which the passenger intends to be transported tfmena 6
RULE 3
At junction points where the incoming train arrives so near the leaving time of Sctedule the outgoing train that it is not practicable for a passenger to procure a ticket no more charged at than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged points1
RULE 4
Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger Rads feres if they shall naake the necessary change to enable them to do so but if not no collect more than the next lowest amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged Sfeage
RULE 5
No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum Ten cents a f iiii I 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 from flagTariff rates stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale fromfla
RULE 7 stations
t Tfl ti ff rate
When in consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed only train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standard TtPar
Passenger Tariff shall be charged rival or de
parture of train uncertain
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Four cents to be charged when passenger shows want of proper diligence
No change can be made in ordinary or commutation rates without consent of Commis sion
All tickets must be on sale at depot office
No Drawback tickets allowed
Equal accommodations required to be furnished
Waiting roims required to be opened and made comfortable
RULE 8
Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices ready and fr
thp Rale of tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply themdvirerewth befogeing on the train then four 4 cent per mile for each pasSnXwWyeS old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over ave years old and under twelve may be demanded and collected Prow however Officls at way stations may be closed one minute before the arrival of trams
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 o nmtLshallbeof eLctorput in force untilrt5 published in the newspapers of the State as required by law m Section VI ot 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 an 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
RULE 14
Eailroad companies are
M not be ref
rovided with d when tlw
inclemency of the weather requires it with fire
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RULE 15
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one Duty to half 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 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 obstructionon any Notice of railroad in this State which will delay any passenger train on said road it shall be the andconse 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 RfSnobstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station and of the delay 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 grted u sengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary or senger desirable to the passengers u
coaches
For
For
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF
For all Baggage Over 150 Pounds
20 miles and under10 cents per 100 pounds
30 miles and over 20 IK
40 30
60 40
70 60
80 70
90 80
100 90
110 100
120 HO
130 120
140 130
150 140
160 i 150
m 170 160
180 1701
f 190 180
200 190
I 210 200
220 210 i
230 220
240 230rl
260 240 115
I 320 290 1 05
350 3201 30
400 350i1 35
450 I 400
Note lNo more than ten 10 cents shall be allowed to be collected charge
Note 2The above Tariff is subject to Rule One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 00 05 10
as a minimum
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UTILES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
RULE 1
All connecting railroads which are under the management and control by lease age to ap ownership or otherwise of one and the same company shall for purposes of transporroadsm tation in applying this tariff be considered as constituting hut one and the same road manae and the rates shall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road unless other
ment wjse specified
RULE 2
aSnf4r DistancesSince a separate rate cannot be conveniently given for every possible
of freight distance the law authorizes the Commission to ascertain what shall be the limits of rate 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
ofmte1 For a11 distances over five 5 miles and under one hundred 100 miles the followaccording ng ruie wjii apply When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so to distance nng gap govern the rate As amended August 151888
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 2b 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 goverfi the rate
Illustration For 121 miles charge for 130
RULE 5
oferatein For distances under 20 or over 250 miles a reduction of rates may be made without under 20 making a change at all stations short of 250 miles Provided however That when any veflof railroad shall make a reduction of rates for distances over 250 miles the same shall miles 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
discrimina Regulations Concerning Freight RatesThe freight rates prescribed by th3 tion in 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
Longer line when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing
adopt the roads not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or ratefline nes in order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates
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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 he one and a Freight half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains provided that this rule has no ap charges on plication to freight carried by Express Companies trSnsger
RULE 8
No railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other Railroads y J f J not allowed
company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for to decline
transportation by the train for which it is offered pTsfenger
trains
RULE 9
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a 25 cents single shipment however small subject however to Rule No 30 charge1131
RULE 10
No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any Blockades class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad forbldden 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 secret rerebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public ratesfoif
RULE 12 bidden
The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lum Roads aiber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn reduceer in ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are maximum rates but atdiscre3 the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted tion 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 unload of such service shall be paid by shippers
RULE 14
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as fol Charges lows viz lor extra
Under 2000 pounds no extra charge for handling
For 2000 pounds and under 3000 pounds 3 00
For 3000 4000 pounds 5 00
For 4000 5000 pounds 7 00
For 5000 6000 pounds 8 00
For 6000 7000 pounds 10 00
For 7000 and over in proportion
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Definition of term Fertilizer
Vehicles must be properly protected
Charge for L C L shipments not exceed charge for 0 L shipments
Goods must be properly prepared for shipment
When car load rates apply
RULE 15
FertilizersThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended to bn need as Fertilizers Ammonia Sulphate Bone Black Bones ground or dissolved Castor Pomace or Fish Scrap Guanos Alto Yella 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
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 notrequired 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 intelligible plain marking and accompanied with orders for immediate shipping
RULE 19
Cab 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
NOTE Form BAll applications for special rates must be submitted to the Commission on Form B
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
RULE 20
Lumber Coal Lime and Stone and all other articles for which estimated weights are given in the Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages in less than carload lots will be taken at actual weights when the eights can be ascertained by a sworn weigher who shall balance the scales immediately before weighing and see that the car is entirely free from all bearing of other car or cars except where lumber laps from one car to another and shall keep a record of the road to which the car belongs its number marked weight and the gross weight of the car as loaded and shall attach to the bill of lading a certificate of his acts and doings and sign the same as a sworn weigher but when the weights cannot be so ascertained will be charged for at the following estimated weights
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Per 1000 Feet
White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned 3000 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash seasoned4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash green4500 Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
seasoned and undressed3500
Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
dressed and seasoned3000
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned400C
Oak HickoryEim green6000
Flooring and Ceiling matched and dressed 1 inches2500
Bevelled Weather Boards dressed1500
Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry
carloads to depth of 50 inches24000 Pounds
Hooppoles Staves Heading green
carload to depth of 43 inches24000 Pounds
Shingles dry per 1000 450
Shingles green per 1000 500
Laths dry per 1000 475
Laths green per 1000 700
Tan Bark dry per cord 2000
Tan Bark green per cord 2600
Fence Posts and Bails and Telegraph
Poles per cord 3500
Clay per cubic yard 3000
Sand per cubic yard3000
Gravel per cubic yard 3200
Stone undressed per cubic foot 160
Lime per bushel 80
Coal per bushel 80
Coke per bushel 40
Portland Cement per barrel 400
Other Cements 300
WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE
I sworn weigher for the
Railroad at do certify on oath that I this
day of weighed car Noof the
Railroad loaded withthat the gross weight waspounds
that the marked weight of the car was pounds that said car while being
weighed was disconnected except where lumber laps and free from all bearing of other cars that the scales were balanced immediately before weighing said car and to the best of my knowledge the weights are correct
Signed
Weigher forRailroad
At
RULE 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 percentarticle is raised by percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on aSethe Standard Tariff shall not aply said increase to the already increased classification bat only to the Standard Tariff
RULE 22
UWhen any article is top bulky to put in a box car it shall be subject to special contract
RULE 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 prorate 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 When lumber is loaded on two or more cars lapped and the total weight is greater than the aggregate of the minimum carload weights for the cars used but not greater than the aggregate marked capacity of 5tars shall not be charged for more than the actual weight of the lumber
But if the total weight of such shipment is less than the aggregate of the mininum weights of the cars used the minimum 24000 pounds may be charged for each car required to transport the shipment
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 at a rate that will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property
Bulky shipments subject to special contract
What constitutes a car load and also a ton shipments of lapped lumberetc
For rules governing demurrage and storage see Demurrage Rules sSfhig1
RULE 25 ferring8
ii charge ot no more than two dollars per car will be allowed for switching or trans cars when lernng a car from any point on any road to any connecting road or warehouse within a passi pace of three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents moremadsr
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When in the transfer of a car between said points it is necesssary to pass over theline of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the roads at interest
Empties to When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no additumed tional charge shall be made for the return of the empty cars
free
BULE 26
Terminal The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms
facilities buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any pur
not to bo 1 A e
asedby pose without the consentof the owners
other com
panies RULE 27
Time for All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities 4n this State shall opening receive all freights offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for from the
SW cuing first of April to the first of October between the hours of 7 oclock a m and 6 oclock depots p m and from October the first to April the first between the hours of 7 oclock a m
and 5 oclock p m provided that in cities having a population of over ten thousand people the hours shall be from 7 oclock a m to 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 to prevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 o clock 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
come with charge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles in tenmile
limit RULE 29
All joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or conmadeby68 trol excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be agreement madg onjy 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
Joint rates On a11 shipments of freights not governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating shall be in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not focaisf less under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be 10percentgreater tkan te sum 0f 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 dividing0 under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested between63 in the sarQe as they may agree uPon but a failure to so agree between the roads infertile com ested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work pabies delay in the transportation of such freight or be a subject of appeal to the Commission by the roads at interest
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RULE 31
All overcharges on freight by any railroad in this State shall be settled within thirty Kefunding days after demand by consignee or person paying the freight upon the agent at the de er es livring depot s
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
RULE 32
1 Railroads shall without delay switch off and deliver to any connecting road of Kail road the same gauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting roads gmnsiUkc
2 They shall at the terminus or intermediate point without obstruction or delay
receive trom the connecting road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned connecting to any point on the road to which the same is offered or on any connecting road with roads said road to which it is destined and to transport said cars to their destination with receive11 reasonable diligence cars from
3 No railroad shall discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line roads or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its Not aiown line is sought to be run in connection with any other route shall such railroad dkwfrndiscriminate 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 tisual and like cusfavor f ternary facilities for the interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike uiarliae0
RULE 33
The railroads in this State Within thirty days from September 15th 1893 shall cause Weighing to be weighed by a sworn weigher all lumber and coal cars belonging to them and cars have the weights marked upon said cars and the numbers date and weights reported to this office
RULE 34
The railroads of this State shall receive and receipt for shipmehts without delay shall reand shall issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers when required in which shall receipt or be stated the class or classes of freight shipped and the rate charged over the road giving the receipt and as far as practicable shall state the rate charged over other duplicate roads over which said shipment will pass celpts e
When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that delivers said shipment such agent shall deliver the articles shipped upon the payhient of the lawful rate upon the same
RULE 35
Any advance in rates by railroad companies doing business within the State of Geor Notiee of gia shall not be effective until ten days notice shall have been given to the public and change inno reduction in rates by said companies shall be effective until three days notice shall have been given to the public in either case by posting the proposed rates in a conspicuous place at the several stations to be affected thereby
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How to a poly the Standard Tariff
Definition of terms
Rule for
computini
iractions
when ap
plied to
standard
Tarift
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 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
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
5 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class represents 1 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 IT 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 8 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 25 per cent which would he as follows First Class rate 30 cems per 100 lbs 25 per cent added 7 cents equal 38 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate allowed for 50 miles
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
5 AVhen 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 G J K or any other Class in which fractions appear the fraction of a half cent must be retained as the following examples will indicate
Ex 1Standard Rate 05
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
Total 96 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 desired rate is 7 cents
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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 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 per cent added 36
Total 216 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 pro rata with rate allowed on standard gauge
7 On shipments of brick and lumber passing between standard gnage railroads and narrow gauge railroads under the same management no more than Class P will be allowed to be charged provided however that a charge of three dollars per standard gauge car of 30000 pounds or over may be made to cover the cost of transfer
Shipments from narrow guage roads to broad guage roads under like conditions will be allowed a transfer charge subject to note six of the Explanatory Notes of this Commission
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC
FirstFrom and after Monday the sixteenth day of December 1889 no change of chanoe freight or passenger depots or flag stations from their present location nor the suspen in depots sion of the sale of tickets or the receiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in wpbouTthe use for such purposes will be permitted without the consent of this Commission pub eonsgitrof lished in accordance with law mission
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot Appliedbuildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed be accomfor a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby wtlTfuii
ThirdA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said tionfma depot with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for Correct not less than one mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as profiles of to other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also ftc numevidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accom rSpas modated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said amount of road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the etcnreS Commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require uuiredthe 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 nublic comfort and convenience may require
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
The weights given below are estimated and not actual and are used simply to get Manner of 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 of Live secondclass 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
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according to the Standard Tariff carriers risk 30 cents per 100 lbs or 6 and at owner risk 27 cents per TOO lbs or 540
Estimated weight of Live Stock
BACH
One Horse Mule or Horned Animal 2000 lbs
Two Horses Mules or Horned
Animals3500 lbs
Each additional Horse Mule or
Horned Animal1000 lbs
Stallions Jacks and Bulls3000 lbs
Yearling Catte1000 lbs
Calves and Sh eep 175 lbs
BACH
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 Hogs 125 lbs
Pigs Hogs Sheep etc boxed actual weight
The rates on Live Stock as given in this Tariff are based on the following maximum
valuations
Maximum Horses and Mules not over120 00 each
valuations Horned Cattle not over 50 00 each
Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over 150 00 each
Pat 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
Special vai Value from 150 00 to 400 00 add to regular rate 30 per cent
uations 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
Mixedsiup Mixed shipment of Cattle Hogs Lambs etc will betaken in carloads at carload 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 2d class
In no case shall the charge for less than a car load of Live Stock exceed the charge
for a car load
feed amit0 Shippers will be expected to feed water and care for Stock at their own expense water 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 carried with ried free to point of 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
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 giyen to owners agents or attendants
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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 jjpea of the arrival of goods and that storage or demurrage charges will be assessed if notre to give moved in conformity with the following regulations and upon failure of said railroad 5ar to give said notice no storage of demurrage charges shall be allowed goods
RULE ft
All package freight unloaded in depot or warehouse which is not removed by the n
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 of tune following the day of arrival may be subjected thereafter to a charge of storage for each allowed 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 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 limit 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 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 0oPia demurrage charges aliovred in the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after five miles notice for said consignee to have removed said goods by the exercise of ordinary dili distant gence
RULE 5
Roads ai
Railroad companies are authorized to store such property in public warehouses at the expense of owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach erty
Shipper to be paid when road fails to deliver within limit of time
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RULE 6
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loader cars at an accessible place for unloading within fortyeight hours net 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
FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSES
AND
CLASSIFIED LIST OF RAILROADS IN GEORGIA
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FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSESPERCENTAGES
Each Company doing business as a common carrier in this State is allowed to apply the
Standard Freight Tariff subject to the conditions of the Tariff Class below in which such
Company is placed
CLASS NO 1
The StandardTariff without percentage
CLASS N O 2
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 Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
CLASS NO 3
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 4
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standkrd Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 5
Add twentyfive per cent to all Classes except C D F J and P
CLASS NO 6
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles tle Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 7
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added
On Classes C D F G J L M N O and R CommissionersStandard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On Class P Commissioners Standard Tariff
CLASSIFIED LIST OF RAILROADS IN GEORGIA
For Freight Tariffs See Corresponding Numbers on Opposite page
Class No 1
Alabama Great Southern
Georgia except G J and S branch
Class No 2
Atlanta and West Point
Hartwell
Class No 3
Douglas and McDonald
Florida Central and Peninsular
Class No 4
Central Sytem all lines except Savannah and Atlantic
Chattanooga Rome and Columbus
East and West
Class No 5
Gainesville Jefferson and Southern branch Georgia Railroad
Class No 6
Abbeville and Way cross
Albany and Northern
Augusta Southern
Augusta and Knoxville
Blue Ridge and Atlantic
Chattanooga Southern
Chickamauga and Durham
City and Suburban
Columbus Southern
Cuyler and Woodburn
Darien and Western
Foy Railroad
Georgia and Alabama formerly S A and M Ry
Georgia Midland and Gulf
Georgia Northern formerly Boston and Albany
Class No 7
Dover and Statesboro
No of Roads 4
Lexington Terminal
Western and Atlantic
No of Roads 3
Seaboard AirLine
No of Roads 4
Plant System all lines
Tifton and Northeastern
No of Roads 7
Lawrence ville
Marietta and North Georgia Northeastern of Georgia
Southern Railway System all lines
No of Roads 3
SmithoDia and Dunlap
Talbotton
No of Roads 32
Georgia Southern and Florida Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Indian Springs and Flovilla Louisville and Wadley
Macon Dublin and Savannah
Macon and Northern
Middle Georgia and Atlantic Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff Millen and Southern
Oconee and Western
Sandersville
South Brunswick
Stillmore AirLine
Valdosta Southern Wadley and Mt Vernon
Waycross AirLine
Wrightsville and Tennille
No of Roads 2
Sylvania
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
PER 100 POUNDS I er Per 100 Per 100
Lbs Lbs
Dis I I
tance 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D 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 4f 3J 7 9 24 8
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 54 5 9 IH 34 10
15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 5 11 12 Q 4 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 74 64 13 15 54 16
30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 n 64 14 15 6 17
35 26 23 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 74 15 164 64 19
40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 74 16 16 6 J 20
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 13 84 8 17 J 174 6f 21
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 81 8 18 74 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 84 19 18 74 24
65 i5 32 28 25 20 15 15 15 94 9 20 19 74 25
70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15 15 94 9 20 19 26
75 38 35 30 27 21 16 16 16 10 94 21 20 74 27
80 3 36 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 91 Ol zL 20 74 28
85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21J 74 29
90 42 38 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 214 8 29
95 44 39 34 30 23 18 18 18 in U 23 23 8 30
too 45 40 35 30 t W 18 18 18 iil 11 23 23 84 30
110 48 42 37 31 24 19 19 19 12 11 24 23 84 31
120 51 44 39 32 25 20 20 20 13 12 25 24 84 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
IfiO 62 52 46 36 29 24 24 24 14 13 29 29 94 36
170 64 54 47 37 30 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 94 37
180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 31 31 94 38
190 68 58 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 94 39
200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 154 32 33 9f 40
210 71 62 51 41 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 91 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 36 104 43
240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 IO4 44
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 IO4 45
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 IO4 46
270 77 71 56 46 36 k 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 104 46
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 104 47
290 79 72 1 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 104 47
300 80 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 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 IH 50
370 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 IH 50
380 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 IH 52
390 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 IH 52
400 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 114 52
410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 IH 54
420 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 114 54
430 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 43 52 IH 54
440 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 S 54 IH 56
450 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 111 56
460 1 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 1 54 1 12 56
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
Per 100 Pounds Per Ton Per Car Load Per 100 lbs
Dis tance J K L 1 N O P R
Miles Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts 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 5 55 85 7 50 9 00 6 00 5
20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 6
25 14 6 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 6
30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 7
35 16 ih 75 1 05 12 00 12 00 9 00 n
40 17 8 80 1 10 13 00 12 00 9 00 8
45 8 8 85 1 15 14 00 13 00 10 00
50 19 8 90 1 20 14 OO 13 OO IO OO 9
55 20 8 95 1 25 14 00 14 00 10 00 1 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
75 23 n 1 05 1 45 16 50 16 00 12 00 11
80 23 9 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 9 1 15 1 60 18 00 17 00 13 00 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
130 28 10J 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
150 30 11 1 50 2 20 26 OO 20 OO 17 OO 18
160 31 12 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 20
190 34 13 1 90 2 40 29 50 22 00 19 00 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 20 00 21
220 37 14 1 2 20 2 55 31 50 23 00 21 00 21
230 38 14 2 30 2 65 32 00 23 00 21 00 21
240 39 14 2 40 2 65 33 00 24 00 22 00 22
250 40 15 2 50 2 75 33 50 24 OO 22 OO 22
260 41 15 2 60 2 75 34 00 24 00 22 00 22
270 42 15 1 2 70 2 85 34 50 25 00 23 00 22
280 43 16 2 80 2 85 35 00 25 00 23 00 23
290 44 16 2 90 2 95 36 00 25 00 24 00 23
300 45 16 2 95 3 OO 36 50 26 OO 24 OO 23
310 46 17 3 05 3 10 37 00 26 00 24 00 23
320 47 17 3 05 3 20 38 00 26 00 24 00 24
330 48 17 3 15 3 30 38 50 27 00 25 00 24
340 49 17 3 15 3 40 39 00 27 00 25 00 24
Silo 50 17 3 28 3 50 40 OO 27 OO 25 OO 24
360 5l 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24
370 52 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24
380 53 18 3 41 3 60 41 00 29 00 27 00 26
390 54 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 27 00 26
400 55 18 3 41 3 60 42 OO 29 OO 27 OO 26
410 56 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 1 28
420 57 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 I 28
430 58 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 I 28
440 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 30
450 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 OO 33 OO 31 OO 30
460 60 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 1 30
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CLASSIFICATION
OF THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Supersedes Classification Contained in 22nd Report and All
Amendments Thereto
OR
Agricultural Implements C L not less than 24000 pounds owners to load and unload
Agricultural Implements
L C L as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed
Cradles Grain set up3 T
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed
Crushers Corn or Cob
Cultivators K D packed
Cultivators set up3 T
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 T
Dusters Bran K D packed
Elevators Hay
Evaporators Fruit
Evaporators Sugar D
Fans Grain see Mills Fanning Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin
Forks Hay and Manure
Furnaces Evaporator
Gins Cotton
Guano Horns tin D
Harrows and Harrow Frames
Harrow teeth packed
Hay Caps
Hoes in bundles
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks
Horse Powers K D
o R
1
D 1
2
4
2
D 1 1
1
1
D 1
C R
Horse Powers Railroad or
Endless Chain 1
Hullers Cotton Seed Clover Incubators K D and packed D 1
Knives Hay packed 2
Machines Hemp
Machines Smut 3
Machines NO S See Machines Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L 2
and partly boxed C L
20000 pounds 4
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate set up 1
Mattocks packed 5
Mattocks in bundles 3
Purifiers Middlings3 T 1
Mills Burr stone Portable 3
Mills Cider 4
Mills Corn and Hominy 3
Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Cane and Sorghum 5
Mills Fanning set up3 T 1
Mills Fanning K D 1
Mills with Trains Sugar3 T 1
Mills N O S 2
Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L 2
and partly boxed C L
20000 pounds 4
Mowing Reaping Machines
Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate set up 1J
Mowers Lawn 1
o R
1
D 1 4
1
1
D 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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 set up N O S
Plows N OS K D
Presses Cider
Presses Hay and Cotton set up Presses Hay and Cotton K D
Presses N O S
Pruners Tree in bundles
Rakes Hand in bundles
Rakes Horse K D
Rollers Field and Road
Rollers Sugar
Scrapers Road and Pond
Scythes in bundles
Scythes in boxes
Snaths Scythe
Separators same as Threshers
Shelters Corn
Shovels and Spades in bundles
Spreaders Manure set up
Spreaders Manure KD boxed
Threshers
Trains Sugar3 T 1
Wheelbarrows Iron
Wheelbarrows Railroad
Wheelbarrows Wood set up Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled
Accoutrements Military
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 see Beer
Almanacs and Trade Circulars
same as Printed Matter
Alum in barrels or casks
Alum N 0 S
Ammonia Sulphate of L C L
R OR c R
Ammonia Sulphate of C L M
2 3 Ammonia YVaters 5
Ammonia Water Casks Re
1 turned empty 6
Ammunition N 0 S 1
Anchors 5
4 5 Antimony Crude 3
Antimony Metal 4
4 Anvils 5
Apples green See Fruit
Apples dried See Fruit dried
Apple Butter See Butter
T 1 D 1 Argols in boxes bbls or casks 4
1 2 Arsenic crude in kegs boxes
4 or barrels 3
4 Asbestos in boxes kegs bags
D 1 or bales L C L 2
4 5 Asbestos in barrels or casks L
2 C L t
1 Asbestos in bbls or casks CL L
3 Asbestos Cement L C L 4
D 1 n Asbestos Cement C L L
1 Asbestos Ore L C L 4
3 5 Asbestos Ore C L L
3 5 Asbestos Packing in rolls or
3 4 cases L C L 3
1 Asbestos Packing C L 6
2 Asbestos Roofing in rolls or
1 2 cases L C L 4
Asbestos Roofing C L L
1 2 Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed
O See Cotton Seed
1 i Ashes Wood B
2 Asphaltum packed L C L
1 Asphaltum C L A
T 1 D 1 Axes Q
3 Axles and Wheels Car See
H 1 Iron Bar Band etc
D 1 Axles Carriage and Wagon
See Iron Bar Band etc
3 Axle Grease See Grease
B
Babbitt Metal 4
1 Bacon See Meats
D 1 Baggage Army 1
3 4 Baggage Personal Effects in
3 Trunks 1
Bagging in rolls N 0 S B
D 1 2 Bagging N 0 S in bales 1
Bagging Oil Press
2 4 Bags Burlap t
3 6 Bags Cotton for Flour 6
t Bags Gunny 6
Bags Paper 6
Bags Traveling 1
Baking Powders See Powder
Bale Rope 5
6 Balusters See WoodWork
4 Bananas See Oranges etc
6 under Fruit
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
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p R
Band and Hat Boxes See
Boxes
Barilla 3
Bark Ground in bags or bbls
N O S 5
Bark Tan in sacks 5
Bark Tan C L 24000 lbs P
Barley See Gridn
Barley Pearl 3
Barrel and Box Material C L P
Barrel and Box MaterialL L 6
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
L C L per 100 pounds as follows 10 miles and under cents 20 miles and over 10 miles 9 cents 40 miles and over 20 miles 10 cents 60 miles and over 40 miles 11 cents 90 miles and over 60
miles 12 cents
Same for distances over 90 miles Barrels fnay be estimated at 100 lbs each Rule
17 to apply R
Barrels empty excepting ale and beer in car loads of
15000 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 nested packed 2
Barrels Paper not nested4 T 1
Barytes L CL 6
Barytes C L P
Base Balls and Bats 1
Baskets N O S D 1
Baskets Fruit See Boxes
Fruit
Baskets nested
Baskets Cotton see Cotton
Baskets
Baskets Grate see Iron
Bath Boilers see Boilers
Bath Tubs see Tubs
Batting Cotton in lots of 100 bales of 50 pounds each
Batting Cotton N O S
Bauxite Ore same as Clay
Beans in boxes
Beans in barrels or sacks
Bearings Brass see Brass
Bed Cord see Rope
Bed Springs see Springs
Bedsteads see Furniture
Bedsteads Brass see Brass Beef Canned packed see
Canned Goods
Beef see Meats
1
6
5
2
D
R Ber and Ale in wood estimated weights bbl 350 lbs 4 bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 0 R
lbs eighth bbl50 lbs LCL Beer and Ale in wood estimt 2
ed weights as above C L Beer Ale and Minerals bbls half bbls or kegs empty 4
See Barrels Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed L C L securely E
wired and sealed or locked Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed C L securely wired 2
and sealed or locked Beer Ale and Porter Boxes 4
returned with empty bottles Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securelv wired and 4
sealed or locked L C L Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and 2
sealed or locked C L 4
Bees in Hives D 1
Bee Smokers boxed 1
Beeswax 4
Beets in barrels 3
Bellows i
Bells Bell Metal or Brass i
Bells Cast Iron 2
Bells Sheet Iron packed 3
Belting Leather 2
Belting Rubber 3
Berries Dried 4
Berries Green prepaid Bicvcles see Vehicles Billiard Tables and Billiard Ta 1
ble Beds boxed Binders Reapers etc see Agricultural implements D 1
Binders Boards in Cases 2
Binders Boards in Bundles Bitters same as liquors Blacking Shoe and Stove See Polish Black Lead See Lead 5
Blankets Bleaching Salts Same as Lime Chloride of Blinds Doors and Frames see Sash etc Blocks Pulley see Pulley Blocks 1
Blocks Shuttle rough 3
Blueing Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue Boards Binders see Binders Boards Boats Common wooden L C L Boats ommon wooden when fiat cars are required G L 1
O R
E
E
D 1 5

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C R
Boats Racing
Boats Row when loaded in
box cars L C L4 T 1
Boats Row when flat car is required min weight 10000
pounds
Boats Row when two flat cars are required min weight 10000 pounds to each car
Boats Row C L min weight
20000 pounds
Boats Steam Yachts min wt
10000 poundsi 2
Bobbins packed 4
Boilers Bath and Range 1
Boilers See Machinery
Bolts See Iron
Boneblack 3
Bones and Bone Dust
See Rule 12 K
Bonnets same as Dry Goods
Book Cases Iron 1
Books 1
Boots and Shoes 1
Borax packed 4
Bottle Covers See Covers
Bottles empty 1
Bows and Shafts See Vehicle
Material
Box and Barrel Stuff See Barrel and Box Material
Boxes Ale Beer and Porter
returned with empty bottles 4 Boxes Hat and Band packed D 1 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 1
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 nested packed 1
Boxes Paper not nested3 T 1
Boxes Folding K D packed 2
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2
Boxes Tobacco empty 1
Boxes Vehicles See Vehicle
Material
Brackets Insulator See Telegraph
Brackets Wood N O S fin
ished and boxed 3
Brackets Wood in white made
of pine or other wood 3
Brandy See Liquors
Bran L C L C
O R C R
4T 1 Bran C L 25000 lbs Brass NO S in boxes barrels P
or casks 1
Brass Bedsteads packed Brass Bearings in boxes bar 1
2 rels or casks 2
Brass Flues 2
Brass Scrap loose 2
2 Brass Scrap packed 5
Brass Valves Boxed 3
3 Brass Vessels in boxes barrels
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 Brick Machines SeeMachinery Brimstone Same as Sulphur 6
Bristles 1
1 Britannia Ware Broom Corn pressed in Bales 1
L C L Broom Corn pressed in Bales B
C L D
5 Broom Corn and Broom Handles CL240001bs charged
for mixed D
Brooms anv quantity 4
Brushes Buckets N O S same as 1
E Wooden Ware 1
Buckets Coal 1
Buckets Well Bucks Saw see Sawbucks 4
Buckwheat Flour Buggies Se Vehicles 6
Bungs Burial Cases See Coffins 3
Burlaps 6
Burning Fluid n
Burr Blocks Finished 4
Burr Blocks Rough 5
Butter Butterine and Oleo
margarine in cans Butter Butterine and Oleomargerine in buckets pails 1
D 1 and tubs Butter Butterine and Oleomar D 1
giine in kegs and firkins 2
Butter Apple and oiher Fruits
in wood c 4
Cabbages packed d
4 Cabbages loose C L Cabinet Ware See Furniture
6 Cages Bird boxed Cages Bird K D nested and 3 T 1
packed D 1
O R
3
5
3
1
3
3
3
6
6
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
73
C K
Cake Nitre See Nitre
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt See Salt
Calcicake 5
Calicoes 6
Camphene 1
Camphor 1
Canales boxed 4
Candy See Confectionery
Cane Sugar See Sugar Cane
Canned Beef packed 4
Canned Goods N O S 4
Cannon 1
Cans empty N O S3T 1
Cans Glass See Glass
Cans Paper crated 1
Cans tin empty racked or
boxed or in jackets 1
Cans tin empty to be used for paints and oils minimum
weight 20000 lbs
Cans Tobacco empty 1
Caps and Hats 1
Capfe Percussion 1
Caps Hay See Agricultural
Implements
Capstans 3
Carbons Electric Light packed L C L 2
Carbons Electric Light packed C L 3
Carboys see Glass
Card Clothing See ClothingCards Cotton and Woolen
Hand packed 1
Cards Cotton and Woolen 1
Cards Playing 1
Cards Show Boxed See Signs
Carpeting well covered 1
Carpets Hemp and Rag 2
Carpet Lining see Lining
Carriages See Vehicles
Cars and Locomotives viz Cars Logging K D or set up C L 24000 lbs charged for Cars Logging smaller parts
boxed
Cars Logging set up L C L Street or Tramway operated sitber by steam cable horse
or electric power single D 1
Street or Tramway operated either by steam cable horse or electric power C L two or more on a car minimum
weight 20000 lbs5
Cars Hand Lever or Crank for railway use viz
U L C L 1
m u c l minimum weigot
20000 lbs 5
X D L C L 2
O R
2
4
6
5
4
K D released C L
Cars knocked down i e cars from which trucks or other detachable parts have been removed and loaded on same car with bodies to be loaded and unloaded by ownersand
at owners risk
Cars and Locomotives standard gauge on their own wheels viz
A minimum charge of two dollars per car is allowed when shipped on their own wheels Parlor and sleeping cars2m per mile
Coaches baggage mail and expr
cars20c per mile
Box cab stock or
tank cars10c per mile
Coal gondola or dump cars 7c per mile
Flat cars upon their own whls 6c per mile Flat cars When one or more flat cars are loaded on a flat car the rate will be 3 cents per mile for those loaded on the flat and 4 cents per mile for the car on wheels carrying the others
Locomotives and tendersincluding tram engines moved by their own powerowner to furnish fuel and crew carrier to furnish pilot20c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 400 maximum charge allowed 4000
Locomotives and tendersincluding tram engines dead conncting rods and small parts liable to be damaged to be taken oil and
boxed 25c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge ot 500 maximum charge allowed 5000
Locomotives and tendersincluding tram engines loaded wholly on flat
u R
a R 6
6
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
0 K
cars owner to load and unload otherwise subject to
Rule 1430c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 600 maximum charge allowed 600
Locomotives including tram ngines loaded on flat cars and weighing less than 40
000 lbs4
Cartridges Metallic 1
Carts Hand see Vehicles
Cases and Crates Egg See
Boxesr
Cases Show see Show Cases Cash Registers see registers Casing Window see Woodwork
Casks Iron Ammonia Water
Naphtha etc returned ety 6
Cassia 3
Castings Iron Ses Iron
Castings Plaster D 1
Castor Pomace M
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
Cattle See Live Stock
Caustic Soda See Sod a
Cement in barrels C L L
Cement in barrels L C L B
Cement Glue packed 2
Cement Asbestos see Asbestos
Chain Cotton Woolen and
Hempen 2
Chains Ir n loose 3
Chains Iron Cable 5
Chains Iron in casks barrels
boxes or kegs 5
Chairs See Furniture
Chalk 5
Chalk Crayons see Crayons
Chalks Prepared 1
Charcoal in bbls or casks L
CLv 5
Charcoal in barrels or casks
C L not less than 24000 lbs
to be charged for O
Checks See Domestics
Cheese 4
Chestnuts prepaid 3
Chests Commissary 1
Chests Ice see Refrigerators
Chicory 4
Chimogene same as Oil Coal
China Ware 1
Chloride of Lime see Lime
Chocolate 1
Chromos same as Paintings Chufas C L see Nuts
O R i
5
2
5
2
Churns
Cider and Vinegar in barrels
or kegs
Cider in glass packed
Cider Mills and Presses see
Agricultural Implements
Cigar Lighters
Cigars boxed and strapped or
corded and sealed
Cigars not packed as above
not taken
Cigar Boxes see Boxes
Citron
Clay in boxes barrels or casks L 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
Clay German
Cleaners Cotton Seed see
Agricultural Implements
Clocks boxed
Clock Weights see weights
Clothes Lines see Rope
Clothes Pins
Clothing
Clothing Card
Clothing Rubber and Rubber Goods N O S
Clover Seed see Seed
Coal and Coke L C L in
boxes barrels or bags
Coal and Coke C L
C R 1
O
B
o
1
1
2
B
P
P
5
1
2
1
1
1
A
L
NOTE
Coal RatesAll percentages now allowed Railroad Companies in this State on Coal and Coke in carload quantities are withdrawn and tiie 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 Clas L
For one hundred miles and over fiftv miles Class L less 5 per cent
Over one hundred milts Class L less 10 per cent
The Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for fhe 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 mi es Class L less 15 per cent
Coal Oil See Oil
Coal Tar See Tar
Cocoa I
Cocoa Matting see Matting
Cbcoanuts see Nuts
Cpdfish See Fish

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Coffee Extract or Essence of
Coffee Green single sacks
Coffee Green double sacks
Coffee Ground or Roasted in
sackspm
CoffeeGrnd in boxes orbbls Coffee Roasted in boxes or
Tvo y1p a
Coffee Miiis See Mills
Coffins N O S
Coffins in nests
Coffins K D
Coffins Metallic
Coke see Coal i
Collars Horse See Saddlery Collars Paper packed same
as Dry Goods
Cologne See Perfumery
Commissary hests and Stores
Compounds Washing
Compounds Polishing
Confectionery Candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading Confeetionery t andy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified or Bill of Lading
Confectionery N 0 S
Coolers and Filters Water bxd
Copal
Copperas in barrels or casks
Copperas N O S
Copper in boxes barrels or
casks 3
Copper Scrap packed 5
Copper Scrap loose 4
Copper Vessels in boxes barrels or casks 2
Copper BottomsCopper Plates Sheets Bolts Wire and Rods 3
Copper Flues 2
Copper Ingots Pigs and Matts 4 Copper Ore C L 25000 lbs P
Copper Ore L L 5
Copper Stills worm crated 1
Copying Presses see Presses
Cordage 3
Cork 1
Corn Starch see Starch
Corn see Grain
Corn Seed see Seed
Cornices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated or
loose L C L 3 T 1
Cornices Sheet iron galvanized ironsheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated or loose CL minimum weight
10000 lbs 1
Cornices Wooden for windows doors or inside finish
0 K See Woodwork Cornices Wooden for outside finish Same as Mouldings for building purposes C R
Corsets Corundum L C L in sacks barrels or casks value lim i
ited to 4 cents per lb Corundum C L in sacks 3
i 1 barrels or casks value lim
2 ited to 4 cents per lb 6
Cotton in bales Cotton Burnt shipments of burnt cotton are accepted at original weight and cotton rates applied500 lbs to be the average weight per bale when original weight cannot be obtained J
Cotton Dyed in bales Cotton Unginned packed in bags less than 2000 lbs L 4
C L 2
5 Cotton Unginned packed in ba s 2000 lbs and over L
4 C L 5
Cotton Unginned packed in bags C Lminimum weight 20000 lbs Cotton Baskets Pat combination of cloth w7oodknocked
6
down and packed together Cotton Batting See Batting 6
Cotton Batting N O S 5
Cotton Duck Cotton Seed L L same as Fertilizers L C L Cotton Seed valuable for 1
planting less than 2000 lbs Cotton Seed valuable for plant 3
ing L C L over 2000 lbs Cotton Seed in carload lots of not less than 20000 lbs per 6
3 Rule 1 Cotton Seed Hulls any quan G
tity without percentage Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and G
i Oil Cake L C L Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and K
D 1 Oil Cake C L Cotton Seed Mills See Agricultural Implements Cotton Seed Oil see Oil Cotton Waste See Paper stock M
Covers and Safes boxed 3 T 1 1 Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed
in bales 3 i
i Covers Wooden 1
Cracklings 4 1
Crackers 5 J
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements
Cranberries
Crates and Cases Egg see
Boxes
Crates for peaches and apples
L C L set up
Crates for peaches and apples C L set up 20000 minim Crates for peaches and apples
L C L K D
Crates for peaches and apoles K D C L 24000 lbs minimum
Crayons Chalk
Creameries packed or wrapped Cream Tarter in boxes or kegs Cream Tarter in barrels or
hogsheads
Crockerysame as Earthenware
Croquet Sets in boxes
Cross Arms Telegraph and
Telephone
Cross Ties hewed and sawed
subject to Rule 12Class
Crow Bars see Iron
Crucibles
Crushers Corn and Cob See Agricultural Impelments
Crystals Washing
Cultivators see Agricultural
Implements
Curbing Well
Currants see Fruit
Cuteh
Cutlery
j R
O R I
1 4
R
B
P
4
2
2
2
6
P
1
5
2
4
1
D
Dates see Fruit
Deer boxed3T 1
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2
Demijohns See Glass
Denims see Domestics
Desiccated Meats Vegetables 4
Detergent 4
Disinfectants in glass packed 1
Disinfectants N O S in bbls 4
Distributers see Agricult ural
Implements
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Checks Cotton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products Rule 1
without percentage 6
Doors Iron see Iron
Doors and Frames See Sash
etc
Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton
Same as Domestics
Drills Grain See Agricultural
c R
Implements
Dross Rosin Same as Rosin Drugs and Medicines N O S 1
Drums 3 T 1
Dry Goods N O 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 D 1
Duck Cotton i
Dusters Bran See Agricultural Implement
Dye Liquid or Wood Liquor
in barrels 3
Dye Stuff in boxes or barrels 1 Dye Woods in boxes or bbls 2 Dye Woods in stick 4
E
Earthenware J u g w a r e 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 LO
Eggs packed 1
Electric Light Carbons See
Carbons
Elevators 1
Elevators Hay See Agricultural Implements
Emery value 4 cents per lb 3
Emery N O S 2
Engines See Machinery
Equipage See Accoutrements
Essences See Extract
Evaporators Fruit See Agricultural Implements
Evaporators Sugar See Agricultural Implements
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 Same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand
glass or grenade packed
Extinguishers Fire on wheels D 1 Extract Bark for tanning in
wood 5
Extract Bark for tanning in glass packed 2
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
77
CR
Extract of Indigo See Indigo Extract of Logwood See LogwoodI
Extract of Malt in glass
packed same as Ale
Extract and Essences N O S I
F
Facing Iron and Coal in bbls
or sacks L C L 6
Facing Iron and Coal in bbls
or sacks C L A
Factory sweepings and cotton
waste See Paper Stock
Fans in boxes D 1
Fans Fly boxed 3
Fans Palm Leaf pressed 1
Fanning Mills See Agricultural ImplementsM ills
Fanning
Farina 2
Faucets boxed 2
FeathersI D I
Feeders Cotton Gin See Agricultural Implements
Felloes See Vehicle Material Felt Roofing See Roofing
Felting Boiler 2
Fence Wire and Wood combination 5
Fencing 3
Fenders Iron See Iron
Fertilizer C L per Rule 1 M
Fertilizer L C L 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 See
Images
Filters See Coolers
Findings Shoe 1
Firearms 1
Firecrackers and Fireworks
packed so marked 1
Fire Extinguishers See Extinguishers
Fish N O S in cans boxed 4
Fish Pickled or Saltedin bbls
half barrels kegs or kits 6
Fish Dry Salted etc packed 5
Fish Dry Salted in bundles 2
Fish Fresh See Meat
Fish Sardines and other Small Fish canned in pickle or oil
packed 2
Fish Smoked m boxes 2
Fishing Rods D 1
Fishing Tackle boxed 1
Fittings Iron Pipe See Iron Fixtures Bank Store etc See Furniture
O R C R
Fixtures Gas packed 2
Fixtures Grate packed 2
Fixtures Grate loose Fixtures Tobacco See Machinery n
Flax pressed in bales Flax Seed See Seed Flour in barrels estimated 3
weight 200 pounds F
Floiir 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 Flues Copper See Copper Flues Iron See Iron Flues Brass See Brass C
FluorSpar L C L 6
FluorSpar C L M
Flj Fans See Fans Fodder See Hay
Foil Tin in boxes 2
Food Preservatives packed 3
Forges Portable 3
Forks Hay and Manure See Agricultural Implements
Fountains Soda fully boxed 3 T 1
5 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 Bedwrapped or crated FramesDoor and Window See Sash etc Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or 2
crated l
Frames loose or in bundles Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from 3 T 1
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 Fruit Berries green prepaid Fruit Boxes and Basket See boxes 4
Fruit Dates 2
Fruit Dried Currants 2
Fruit Dried N O S Fruit Dried Apples and 3
Peaches L C L Fruit Dried Apples and 4
Peaches C L Fruit Green N O S prepaid or guaranteed f6
o R
D 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
O K
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
Fruit Oranges Lemons Ban
anas and Pineapples L C L 4 Fruit Oranges Lemons Bananas and Pineapples C L 6
Furnaces Evaporator See Agricultural Implements
Furs N O S Skins and Peltries See Skins
Furs in bags3 T 1
Furs in boxes bundles and
trunks strapped D1
Fuse HI
o
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
Fixtures for fitting banks stores offices c of hard or soft woods polished or finishedwith or without mirrors inserted in panels or openings to be fitted thereto knocked down or fully boxed wrapped or crated Mirrors to be properly boxed 2
Furniture all articles of Furniture N O S when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods minimum
weight 15000 3
Furniture all articles of Furniture N O S when manufactured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds 2
Furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods as follows
Beds Folding wrapped or crated 1
K
B
O
4
3
4
3
e K I O R
Bed Springs woven and wire 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 2 3
Bureaus wrapped or crated 2 3
Bureau Glass Framesinbndls Chairs Cane Split and Wood 1 2
Seat set up Chairs Cane Split and Wood n 1
Seat packed in pairs Chair Stuff K D in bundles 2
or boxes 3 4
Cots set up 1 2
Cots K D or folded 2 3
Cribs K D or folded i 3
Desks wrapped or crated Furniture N O S set up wrapped or crateil Furniture N O S K D 1 2
n 1
boxed crated or wrapped 2 3
Hall Stands wrapped or crated 2 3
Lounge Frames set up Lounge Frames backs taken off n 1
1 2
Safes Kitchen set up u 1
Safes Kitchen K D packed 2 3
School Desks and Seats set up 2 3
School Desks and Seats K JD Settees same as chairs 3 4
Tables wrapped or crated I2 1
Tables K I flat Table Legs Slides Leaves and 2 3
Supports Wardrobes set up wrapped or 2 3
crated Wardrobes K D wrapped or I5 1
crated 2 3
Washstands wrapped or crated 2 3
Furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Walnut MahoganyRosewood and Chestnut or other hard woods as follows viz
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated 1 2
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 1 2
Bookcases wrapped or crated 1
Bureaus wrapped or crated 1 2
Bureau Glass Frames in bundles I 2
Chairs Camp and Folding Seat 1
Chairs K D in bundles or
boxes 3 4
Chairs N O S set up
wrapped or crated lj 1
Chairs Opera Iron packed I5 1
Chairs Rattan and Willow l 1
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up 1 1
Chair Stock K D in bundles
or boxesh 2 3
Cots set up I2 1
Cots K D or folded 2 3
Cribs K D or folded 1 2
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Desks wrapped or crated
Furniture N O S set up
Furniture N 0 S K D boxed crated or wrapped Hall Stands wrapped or crated Hat Racks K D or folded Hat Racks wrapped or crated 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 wrapped or crated
Refrigerators thoroughly and fcompletely taken apart and
packed in sections
Refrigerator Material thoroughly knocked down 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
Washstandswrapped or crated
Gambier
Game See Poultry
Gasoline See Oil
Gauges Steam See Machinery
Gelatine
Generators Gas
Ginger Ground in boxes
Ginger in bags
Gins Cotton See Agricultural Implements
Ginseng
Girders Iron See Iron
C R O R C R O R
1 2 Glass Carbovs empty D 1 o
Glass Chimnevs 2 4
D 1 1 1 Glass Demijohns empty not
packed 4 T 1 3
1 2 Glass Demijohns filled not
1 2 packed or boxed not taken
1 2 Glass Demijohns filled boxed 3
U 1 GlassDemijohns epty packed D 1 U
Glass Floor Lights rough and
J5 1 heavy 5
H 1 Glass Fruit Jars See Jars
l 1 Glass
l 2 Glass Insulators See Insulat
ors
i 2 Glass Lanterns See Lanterns
l Glass Oil Cans with metal
jackets packed 1
3 Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under D 1 2
1 Glass Plate over 7x12 feet 3 T 1 D 1
2 Glass Roofing and Skylight
H i not Window Glass 2 3
Glass Colored stained dec
2 3 orated enameled ground
figured or etched L C L n i
Glass Colored stained dec
2 j orated enameled ground
figured or etched C L i 2
3 Glass Vault Lights rough and
I 2 heavy 5
2 3 Glassware fine cut or engraved D 1 1
Glassware N0 S 2 3
U 1 Glass Window 14x16 inches
and under 4 5
1 1 Glass Window over 14x16
n inches and not over 32x44 in 2 4
i Glass Window over 32x44
2 3 inches D 1 1
Glucose in half bbls bbls or
D 1 hhds Rule 1 R
1 Glue 3
Glue Scrap 5
3 Glycerine in cans boxed or in
barrels 1
D 1 H Glycerine in iron tanks or csks 3
Glycerine Nitro plainly label
1 4 ed L C L 4 T 1
1 2 Glycerine Nitro plainly label
ed C L m
Grain D
Granite See Stone
4 Granite Roofing See Rootling
Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates L C L B
Grapes C L 0
1 Grass Seed See Seed
3 Grate Bars See Iron
2 Grate Baskets See Iron
3 Grates See Iron
Grave Stones See monuments
Grease Axle 6
1 Grease Car in barrels 6
Grenades packed 1 1
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C R
Grindstones
Grits Corn in barrels
Grits Corn in sacks
Grits Wheat in barrels
Grits in boxes
Groceries N O S
Guano L C L
Guano C L
Guano Horns See Agricultural Implements
Gum Camphor See Camphor GumCopalKowrie and Shellac
Gums N O S
Gun Cotton
Gunny Bags See Bags
Gunpowder See Powder
Guns Rifles
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer L C L
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer C L
Gums Chewing
6
F
C
5
2
2
K
M
2
2
D 1 1
K
M
1
o
Hair in sacks 1
Hair Cattle for plastering
pressed in bales 6
Hair Curled pressed in bales
and Hair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured
packed in boxes D 1
Hames in bundles or packed 3
Hammocks and Fixtures l
Hams B
HandCarts See Vehicles
Handles N O S boxed or
crated 5
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L 4
Handles Broom C L not less than 24000 pounds to be charged for See Broom Corn Handies Broom and Broom
Corn C L mixed same as
above
Handles Plow See Agricultural Implements
Hangers 4
Hardware boxed N O S 2
Hardwood See Wood
Harness See Saddlery
Harrows and Harrow Teeth
See Agricultural Implements Hats and Caps same as Dry
Goods
Hat Boxes See Boxes
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
R
C R
Hay Fodder and Straw press
ed in bales L C L R
Heading see Barrel and Box
Material
Hay Caps see Agric Implmts
Head Lights boxed D1
Hearses See Vehicles
Heaters Steam see Machinery
Hemp in bales 3
Herbs value not over 10c prepaid 4
Herbs value over 10c prepaid 3
Hessians in original bales 0
Hides Dry loose 1
Hides Dry in bales 3
Hides Dry in bales comprsd 4
Hides Green 4
Hides Green salted C L
not less than 20000 lbs B
Hides Green Salted L C L 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 t D 1
Hobby Horses unboxed 4 T 1
Hoes see Agricultural Implements
Hods Coal 1
Hogs see Live Stock
Hogsheads Empty double barrel rate
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 in boxes 2
Honey in glass or tin boxed 1
Honey in comb boxed
Honey in barrels or kegs 1
Honey Extractors crated 1
5 Honey Section Boxes and
Frames in crates or boxes 3
Hoofs and Horns
Hoop IronI of 6
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts D 1
Hoops Barrel Wooden same
as Barrel Material
Hoops Truss Coopers 1
1 Hops baled 2
Hops in boxes 1
Horns
Horse and Mule Shoes see
Shoes
Horse Powers see Agricultural Implements
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Horses see Live Stock
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather 2
Hose Rubber 3
Hosiery same as Knitting Factory Products
Hospital Stores 1
f Household Goods and old Furniture packed value over 5 per 100 poundsand full value expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in cases of
total loss D 1
Household Goods and old Furniture packed value limited to 5 per 100 lbs and so expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in case of total
loss L C L 1
Household Goods and Old 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 3 to 5 per 100 pounds said M valuation only to apply in
j case of total loss
Household Goods and old Furniturewith Live Stock
3 one attendant to have pasll sage freeon same trains as car C L value limited to Ji 5 per 100 pounds said
0 valuation only to apply in
case of total loss D 1
B EXPLANATIONS
u
1All Bundles of Bedding rg Trunks of Clothing Houses hold Goods or similar arti cles 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 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
1 tides
O R
1
4
3
Hubs and Felloes See Vehicle Material
Hullers Clover etc See Agricultural Implements
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12 D
Hydrants and Fire Plugs 5
I
Ice L C L in casks barrels
or bags prepaid B
Ice C L L
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary3 T 1
Incubators See Agricultural
Implements
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
Insulators packed 4
Iron Bedsteads 4
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 6
Iron Wagon Skeins loose 4
Iron Nails and Spikes Bolts
Nuts Rivets and Washers
in kegs of 6
Iron Nails and Spikes in bags 3
Iron Nails and Spikes in boxes 5
Iron Nails Horse and Mule
Shoes in boxes 5
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 1 Fish Plates and Fish Plate Bolts C L See Rules 13 20 M
Iron Castings in boxes 2
Iron Castings not Machinery unpacked each piece under
200 pounds 3
Iron Eastings not Machinery each piece weighing 200 lbs or over unpacked 5
o R
D 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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 Galvanized bxd
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
not packed
Iron Grates completely packd Iron Grates completely loose
Iron Grate Bars Li L
Iron Grate Bars C L
Iron Nail Bods packed
Iron Nail Rods not packed
Iron Ore and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Iron Picks aud Mattocks in
bundles
Iron Picks Mattocks packed
Iron Pipe fittings in kegs
casks or barrels
Iron Pipe fiittings in boxes Iron Pipe fittings in bundles
wired
Iron Plow Fenders
Iron Bailing and Fencing
Iron Retorts
Iron Roofing in rolls or bundles wired or crated
Iron Roofing boxed
Iron Roofing N O S
Iron Russia in rolls or bundles wired or crated
Irons Sad in barrels
Irons Sad boxed
Iron Sash Weights wired any
Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or
Iron N O S boxed or crated
Iron Shutters and Doors
Iron Sponge purifyng matel Iron Statuary Chairs Lawn Ornaments boxed or crated
Iron Jacks
Iron Urns
Iron and Steel Tires Locomotive
Iron Vault and Prison Work
J R O R C R
Iron Wedges and Sledges in
barrels 5
4 5 Iron Weiges and Sledges loose O
6 Iron Work Galvanized 2
4 Isinglass 3 T 1
Ivory 1
4 of 6 Ivory Black 4
5 J
4 6 Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3
of 6 Japan Ware i
J apon ica 4
Jars Glass packed common 4
2 3 Jeans Cotton Rule 1 without
percentage 0
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5
1 3 Jellies in glass packed 1
2 3 Jellies in cans boxed 4
n 1 Jellies in wood N 0 S 3
of 6 Jugs See Earthenware
M Junk and Jute 6
2 Jute Butts 6
6 Jute Waste or Tailings See
Paper Stock
K
3 KaiDit L C L K
5 Kainit G L M
f of 6 K also mine same as paint
Kaolin Same as Clay
6 Kegs empty N O S same
2 as barrels
Kegs empty N O S in crates 3
D 1 Kegs Ale and Beer See Bar
6 rels Ale and Beer
3 5 Kettles Large Iron 2
6 Kerosene See Coal Oil
Kindlings in bundles 6
6 Knapsacks 1
5 fof 6 Knives See Cutlery
3 Knives Hay See Agricult
ural Implements
3 5 Kowrie See Gum
5 Knitting Factory Products
2 wholly of cotton 5
K M L
of 6 Ladders not over 30 feet long 1
1 2 Ladders over 30 feet long D 1
4 Ladders Step 2
3 Lampblack in casks barrels
or boxes 3
1 2 Lamps and Lamp Goodspked 2
6 Land Plaster L C L K
3 5 Land Plaster C L M
of 6 Lanterns packed 1
Lard 4
6 Lasts Shoe 3
4 Laths actual weight CL P
o R
B
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA 83
Laths L C L
Xead bar or sheets in boxes
Lead in casks or pigs
Lead Black in kegs qr bbls
Lead Pipe See Pipe
Lead White same asPaints
Leather loose N O S
Leather in rolls or boxes
Leather Scrap in bales
Leaves powdered in boxes or
barrels
Lemons s Oranges under Fruit Lentils in bags boxes or bbls
Letter Boxes See Boxes
Licorice in sticks roots or mats
Licorice in mass boxed
Lightning Rods in boxes
Lightning Rods in bundles
Lightning Rod Fixtures pked Lemon or Lime Juice in bbls Lemon or Lime Juice in glss
packed
Lime in sacks casks or barrels C L
Lime in sacks casks or barrels L C L
Lime Chloride of in barrels
or casks
Lime Chloride of N O S
Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and
packed
Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class P less 40
per cent
Limestoqe ground same as
Lime
Lining Carpet
Linseed
Linters See Paper Stock
Liquors in glass boxes or
baskets N O S
Liquors in wood N 0 S
Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies Domestic Wines in wood owners rialc of leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed
on bill of lading
Liquors Whisky in wood N
O S
Liquors Whisky in boxes or
baskets
Lithographic Stone
Live Stock Horses and Mules
L C L
Xive Stock Horses and Mules
C 14
Xive Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc L C L without percentage See Rule governing Live Stock
C K O K C 11 1 O K
B Live Sock Cattle Sheep
5 Hogs etcC L without per
6 centage 3 N
5 Locomotives and Tenders See
Cars
Locomotive Tires See Iron
1 Logging Cars K D or set up
3 see Cars
4 Logs for saw mills P
Logsfor chair timber not over
1 4f feet long C L 24000 lbs
P less 20 per cent
3 4 Logwood 2
Logwood Extract of C L drv 4
3 looking Glasses same as Mirs
4 Looms See Machinery
3 Lumber Dressed or Rough L
2 C L B
2 Lumber Dressed or Rough C
4 L 24000 lbs See Rule 12 P
Lye Concentrated 5
1 2
M
L Machinery
Boilers Engines or any part of
t Engine or Machinery C L
not less than 24000 lbs to be
6 charged for See Rule 14 4 5
4 Boilers Sectional Same as
Boilers but not to be taken
as Castings 2
5 Boilers Steam 30 feet and
over See Rule 14 1
Boilers under 30 feet see
Rule 14 3
Engines Caloric Fire Porta
ble and Stationary See Rule
14 i 2 3
4 Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presses set up See
Agricultural Implements
ii 1 Cotton and Woolen except
i 2 Looms set up D 1 if
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms crated H l
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms K D and boxed 1 2
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
H Looms 3 T 1 If
Machinery CL 24000 lbs to
2 3 be charged for See Rule 14 4 5
Machinery N O S L C L
1 See Rule 14 2 3
I 2 Machinists Tools Planers 1
Lathes Drill Presses etc 2 3
1 2 Printing Presses K D boxed
or crated 3
2 N Printing Presses K D not
boxed 1 2
Printing Presses set up Dl 1
Saw Mills unboxed in parts 2 3
2 4 Saw Mills boxed in parts 4
84
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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 Gauges1
Steam Heaters packed
Steam Heaters not packed
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures Water Wheels Turbine See
Rule 14
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery noring 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 See Agricultural Implements
Machines Meat Cutters
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters See Agricultural Implements 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 See Agricultural Implements
Machines Washing
Macaroni
Mackerel See Fish
Madder
Malt
Malt in boxes
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude
Manganese Ground packed
Manilla
Mantels Iron See Iron
Mantels Slate packed
ManureStableCL 24000 lbs
Maps boxed i
Marble and Granite Bases and Shafts for Monuments unlettered
Marble and Granite same as
stone
Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels
C ft
4
3
6
O R 5
3
4
2
3 T 1
1J 1
3
2
3
L
5
O R
Marble Dust L C L in barrels B
Marbles in casks or boxes 4
Marble Tiles 4
Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone marked matches
Match Splints packed incases
L C L 4
Match Splints packed in cases
C L 6
Mats and Rugs N O S 1
MatsGrass Hemp Hair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Mats Oil 1
Matting 2
Mattocks and Picks See Iron
Mattresses N O S 1
Mattresses Hair 1
Mattresses Straw7 Cotton
Shuck and Excelsior 3
Mattresses Wire or Woven 1
Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed
See Cotton Seed
Meal Corn C
Meal Oat in barrels 6
Meal Oat in boxes 2
Measures 1
Meat B
Meat Bacon and Pork B
Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fish fresh B
Beef iresh B
Beef Smoked in boxes or barrels4
Beef and Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300
lbs B
Beef and Pork Salted in quarter and half barrels actual weight B
Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meat in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags bales boxes or crates
Meat Cutters See Machinery Meats Desiccated See Desiccated
Medicines and Drugs N O S 1
Medicines Patent L C L 1
Medicines Patent C L I
Melodeons boxed 1J
Melodeons not boxed not
taken 1
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000 lbs Rule 1 O
Melons L C L 2 4
Merry Go Rounds LT C L 1
MerryGoRounds C L without percentage 6
Meters Gas boxed 1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
85
O R
Meters Gas not boxed not
taken
Meters Water boxed 3
Meters Water not boxed not
taken
Mica 3T1
Milk Condensed boxed 4
Millet D
Millet Seed Se Seed
Millinery 1
Millo Maize in bags or sacks 6
Mills Barilla Bark and Cob 4
Mills Cane See Agricultural
Implements
Mills Cider She Agricultural
Implements
Mills Coffee and Paint set up 2
Mills Corn See Agricultural
Implements
Mills Cotton Seed See Agri
cultural Implements
Mills Flour roller 2
Mills N 0 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 See Water Mining Cars and Wagons same as Cars Logging
Mirrors 3 feet or under pked 3 T 1 Mirrors over 3 feet not ex
ceeding 7xl2 packed 3 T 1
Mirrors over 7x12 packed4 T 1
Molasses Same as Syrup
Monuments and Gravestones metal packedvalue not over
30000 prepaid D 1
Monuments and Gravestones value over 30000 Special Monuments and Gravestones
packed and prepaid D 1
Mops 1
Moss in sacks 1
Moss pressed in bales 4
Motes Cotton See Paper
Stock
Moulders Dust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
Mouldings in bundles 1
Mouldings common for building purposes 4
Mouldings N O S D 1
Mouse Traps See Traps
Mowers See Agricultural Imp
Mucilage packed 2
Musical Instruments N O S D 1 Mustard Ground in boxes 2 Mustard prepared in glass packed 2
Mustard prepared in kegs or
O R O R
barrels 3
Mustard Seed N Nails Brass and Copper well 6
packedin boxes or kegs Nails and Spikes Iron See Iron 3
Naphtha in iron casks 6
Naphtha Casks returned epty j 6
Nitre Cake L C L 5
Nitre Cake C L M
Notions 1
Nutmegs Nuts Chestnuts prepaid 2
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL Nuts Pecans in barrels C L Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked 3
L C L 5
Nuts Cocoa 0 L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N O S Nuts Edible in barrels or 1
casks N O S 2
Nuts Peanuts andChufas LC M T 5 6
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL
o Oakum Oats see Grain Oatmeal see Meal 4
Oil Cake L C L K
OilCake C L M
2 Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over
boxed 1
1 OilCloth less than 16 feet long
D 1 boxed 2
Oil Cloth baled Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping order U
2 Olives in glass packed 1
Olives in barrels or casks 4
Onions in barrels 3
2 Onion Sets 3
Oranges see Fruit
Ordnance Stores N O S 1
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 6
must be prepaid 6
3 Organs See pianos
Ovsters in cans or kegs Oysters shell in barrels Oysters shell in bulk C L 4
Oysters in glass packed 1
Oil Castor in glass packed 1
Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil In cans encased in wood Oil Coal or its products Ker l
osene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls L C L 3
o R
5
1
3
4
lO M
86
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
U K
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 pro duct 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
boxed3T1
Oils in glass 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 see Butter
P
Packing Asbestos see Asbestos
PackingHemp 4
Packing Metallic 2
Packing Rubber 3
Paintings and Pictures well bxd value of each box not
to exceed 200 D 1
Paintings and Pictures over
200 in value3T1
Paints bulk in barrels or casks dryL C L 6
O K 0 Paints bulk in bbls or casks K
dry C L Paints bulk in barrels or L
6 casks in liquid 5
Paints bulk in kegs liquid Paints in pails or cans packed 5
3
1 Paints in pails or cans un
packed Paints Metallic same as Paints 1
Paneling See Wood work
Pants Jeans Cotton Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool 6
Mixed in bales or in cases 3
Paper Bags See Bags
4 Paper Barrels in nests packed 2
6 Paper Barrels not nested 7 4 T 1 Paper Binders Board See Binders Board
Paper Bottle Covers packed
or pressed in bales Paper Boxes See Boxes Paper Paper Cans See Cans Paper 3
Paper Card Paper Collars See Collars 1
2 Paper Hangings in bundles 1
Paper Hangings boxed 2
4 Paper Medicated or Closet 3
Paper Pasteboard Paper Printing Wrapping or 4
Roofing Paper the same as above in B
boxes Paper in rolls for manufacture 2
4 of bags Paper Pulp See Pulp B
Paper Roofing B
D 1 Paper Sand and Flint Paper Stock WasteCotton 3
Sweepings Motes Regins and Linters in bales with privilege to carrier of com
2 pressing value limited to 2 r
cents per pound Paper Stock WasteCotton
4 Sweepgs and Motes N O S Paper Stock WasteCotton 6
N OS Paper Stock WasteWoolen 5
Jute or tailings in bags Paper Stock Waste Woolen Jute or tailings pressed in 6
bales Paper Stock WastePaper in R
sacks bbls or hhds Paper Stock WastePaper 6
pressed in bales or crates Paper Stock WasteRags in E
1 sacks bbls bales hhds or
crates R
D 1 Paper Straw Boards Paper Wall any quantity in 5
1 bundles 1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C R
Paper Wall any quantity in
boxes 2
Paper Ware N O S 1
Paper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes 2
Parers Fruit boxed 2
Paris White same as paint
Paste in barrels 6
Peaches green See Fruit
Peaches dried See Fruit
Dried
Peach Stones packed 6
Pearline 4
Peanuts See Nuts
Pearl Ash 5
Peas in boxes 2
Peas in bags or barrels Same
as grain
Pecans See Nus
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 1
Petroleum See Coal Oil
Phosphate Rock C L 24
000 lbs P
Photographic Material 1
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
boxed 1
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 See Ir m Picture Backings in Packages 4
Picture Frames unboxed 3 T 1
Picture Frames boxed
Pictures See Paintings
Pigs Feet and Tripe 6
Pigs Feet Pickled in barrels
or kegs 4
Pigs Feet in glass packed 1
Pine Apples in cans boxed 4
Pine Apples in glass packed 1
Pine Apples C L and L C L
See Oranges etc under
Fruitii
Pine Straw loose C L 20000 lbs Class P less 20 per ct
Pins in cases 1
Pins Clothes See Clothes pins Pins Insulators See Telegraph Brackets
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S 1
O R
9
2
3
C R
Pi ne Copper Brass or Metal
N O S boxed 8
Pipe and Tile Drain or Hoofing L C L 5
Pipe and Tde Drain or Roofing C L 25000 pounds R
Pipe Earthennot Drain LCL 1
Pipe Earthen not Drain CL 3
Pipe Fittings See Iron
Pipe Iron See Iron Bar
Band etc
Pipe Iron in coils parts of ice
machinery L C L
Pipe Iron in coils parts of ice
machinery C L
Pipe Lead in rolls or reels 4
Pipe Lead in casks 5
Pipe Organs K D boxed
same as Pianos
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral 1
Pipe Stove and elbows I CL D 1 Pip Stove and elbows C L loose or in bundles straight or mixed min weight 20
000 IbS 3
Pipe Stove side seams not closed viz nested and wired
or crated L C L 1
Same O R of rust L C L
Pipe Nested and wired or crated or otherwise C L min weight 20000 lbs 3
Pipe Tin boxed 1 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 See Agricultural Implements
Plaster Calcined L C L 6
Plaster Calcined C L A
Pluster Castings See Castings Plaster Land sameasFertilizs
Plaster of Paris 5
Plate Tin See Tin Plate
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 See Agrl Imp
Plow Material See Agrl Imp
Plumbago 5
Plumbers Material N O S packed 4
Poles Tent See Tents
Poles and Posts P
Polishing Powders and Compounds See Powders
Polish Stove and Shoe packed 4
Polish Stove and Shoe in glass packed 3
O R
6
P
5 0
3
6
3
5
3
5
4
5
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
0 K
Porcelain Ware 1
Pork and Beef See Meats
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 See Meat
Poultry live C L 1
Poultry live L C L 1
Powder Baking 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 etcI 4
Powders Cattle Horse or Condition 1
Powders Polishing Compounds etc 3
Powers Horses See Agi Imp
Prservs in glass packed 1
Preserves in cans boxed 4
Preserves in wood N O S 3
Presses Cider See Aricul
tural Implements
Presses Cotton and Hay See
Agricultural Implements
Presses Copying 2
PressesPrintg See Machinery
Presses N O S 2
Printed Matter in sheets
boxed prepaid j 2
Prints 1
Pruners See Agricultural Implements
Prunes in boxes or kegs 2
Prunes in casks 4
Pulley Blocks 4
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 pumping engines and machinery LCL 3 Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery C L 4
Putty L C L 5
Pyrites L C L prepaid in
O B C K
2 boxes or barrels B
Pvrites C L 24000 lbs Q P
Quartermasters Stores 1
Quicksilver in iron flasks R 1
R Radiators not packed 1
D Radiators packed Rags see Paper Stock 3
N Railing See Woodwork
Raisins not strapped 1
Raisins strapped Rakes see Agricultural Implements 2
Rattan Rat Traps See Traps Reapers See Agricultural Imp Red Lead Same as Paints i
Reeds 2
Reflectors packed Refrigerators see Furniture ReGins See Paper Stock D 1
Registers Cash boxed D 1
Retorts Clav 1
Retorts Copper Retorts Iron see Iron 2
3 Retorts Soda Water Rice rough 4
D
Rice in Sacks 3
Rice clean in bbls or casks C
Rice clean in boxes or kegs 3
Rivets of 6
Robes Buffalo Rods Nail see Iron Rollers Field Road and Sugar see Agricultural implements D 1
Rollers Printers Roofing Asbestos see Asbestos 1
Roofing Composition Roofing Felt in bundles or 4
rolls 5
Roofing Glass 2
Roofing Granite packed Roofing Iron See Iron Roofing 5
5 Roofing Slate L C L Roofing Slate C L See Rule 6
12 25000 lbs P
Roofing Tile L C L 5
4 Roofing Tile C L 25000 lbs R
Roofing Tin in rolls 5
5 Root Angelica in barrels or
boxes Roots and Herbs value not i
4 over 10c per pound Roots and Herbs value over 4
5 10c per pound 3
6 Rope N O S 3
Rope Bed Cord 3
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
89
c
K
tj it
C It
Rope Clothes Line 3
Rope Old 6
Rope Cotton Rule 2 without
percentage6
Rope Hemp or Jute 5
n ITT IXTi
Rope Wire See Wire
Rosin any quantity Class K
less 20 per cent
Rosin Dross same as Rosin Rubber Belting see Belting Rubber Car Springs see Springs Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N 0 S see Clothing
Rubber Hose see Hose
Rubber Packing see Packing
Rubber old scrap 5
Rugs N O S 1
Rugs Grass HempHair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil 1
Rustic Work not boxed3T1
Rustic Work crated 1
Rustic Work entirely boxed 2 Rye see Grain
s
Sacks See Bags
Saddlery 2
Saddlery Horse Collars 2
Saddlery Harness boxed 2
Saddlery Harness in bundles 1
Saddles not boxfed 1
Saddles boxed2
Saddle Trees not boxed 1
Saddle Trees boxed 2
Sadirons see Iron
Safes Iron eacb 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 eacb 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 1 Safes Meat and Pantry K D
packed 2
Safes or Covers Cheese boxed 3 T 1 Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3
Sails 1
Naleratus See Soda
Sal Soda 6
Salt in sacks L G L B
Salt in sacks C L O
Salt Cake L C L K
Salt Cake C L M
Salt Table 4
R
1
1
3
Salts Bleaching same as Lime Chloride of
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 lbs P less 20 per ct Sand L C L in barrels B
Sand or Dust Moulding 5
Sand Paper See Paper
Saratoga Chips 5
Sardines See Fish
Sash Blinds Doors and
Frames L C L 3
Sash Blinds Doors and
Frames C L B
Sash Glazed L C L 1
Sash Glazed C L 5
Sash Weights See Iron
Sauce Pepper in glasspacked 1
Sauces N O S1
Sauer Kraut in barrels 4
Sausage See Meat
Sawbucks Wooden in bundles 3
Sawdust L C L in barrels
or bags 6
Sawdust C L loose L
Saw Logs See Logs
Saw Mills See Machinery
Saws Circular packed 1
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 5 Scale Bems KD bxd 4
Scrapers Road and Pond See
Agricultural Implements
Screens 1
Scythes See Agricultural Implements
Sea Grass pressed in bales 4
Seed Corn in boxes 2
Seed Flax 4
Seed Garden 2
Seed Garden returned over same line by which originally forwarded 4
Seed Grass and Clover 3
Seed Grass and Clpver C L 4
Seed Linseed 4
Seed Millet B
Seed Mustard 6
Seed NO S 2
Separators See Agricultural
Implements
Sewing Machines see Macby
O
R
4
4
6
2
2
4
6
90
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
U K
Shades Window See Window Shades
Shadines See Fish
Shafting See Machinery
Shafts See Vehicle Material Shaving and Chips pressed in
hales i1 6
Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles wired 3 Sheetings Same as Domestics
Sheep See Live Stock
Sheep Skins See Skins
Shellac 2
Shellers See Agricultural Implements
Shells Sea L C L prepaid D 1
Shells Sea C L prepaid 5
Shingles L C L B
Shingles actual weight C L P
Shingles Metallic boxed 4
Ship Stuff Same as Bran Shirting Same as Domestics Shirts 1
Shirts and Drawers unlaundried entirely cotton Same
as Domestics
Shoe Findings See Findings
Shoe Lasts See Lasts
Shoe Pegs See pegs
Shoe Polish See Polish
Shoes See Boots t
Shoes Horse and Mule in kegs 6 Shooks and Heading See Barrel Material v
Shorts See Rule 12 D
Shot in bags or boxes 2
Shot in kegs or double sacks 5
Shovels See Agl Imp
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 See Wire
Signs Card Metallic or Wood
boxed 2
Signs Glass Same as Glass
Colored Stained etc
St Johns Bread in bbls or
boxes 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
C R
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 2 Skins Sheep Salted in bundles 3 Slate Mantels See Mantels
Slate Pencils See Pencils
Slate Roofing L C L 6
Slate Roofing C L Rule 12
25000 lbs P
Slates School boxed 3
Slats B
Sledges See Iron
Slush Soap Stock or similar material for manufacturing
soap tn barrels 6
Smoke Stacks See Rule 14 1
Smokers Bee See Bee Smokers
Snaths See Agl Imp
Snuff in casks bbls 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 Stock R
Soapstone Crude C L See
Rule 12 25000 lbs P
Soapstone packed 2
Soda in kegs boxes and drums 5
Soda Ash L C L K
Soda Ash C L M
Soda Caustic in iron casks or
drums 6
Soda Fountains See Fountains
Soda
Soda Fountain Retorts See
Retorts
Soda Nitrate and Sulphate of
L C L 6
Soda Nitrate of C L M
Soda Sal 6
Soda Silicate of 6
Softner Cotton and Woolen
NOS 5
Softner Cotton and Woolen
in barrels B
Solder 5
Sorghum in half bbls barrels
or hogsheads Rule 1 R
Spades See Agl Imp
Spelter in slabs or casks 5
Spices See Pepper
Spikes Iron See Iron
Spokes and Shafts See Vehicle Material
Sponge D 1
o
R
1
R
4
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
91
p C it
Spreaders See Agricultural
Implements
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
StairWork See WoodWork Stamp Mill Machinery See
Machinery
Starch L C L 4
Starch C L not less than
24000 pounds C
Stationery 2
Statuarjr iron Lawn Ornaments etc See Iron
Statues 3 T 1
Staves See Barrel and box
Material
Steam Gauges See Machinery Steam Heaters See Machinery
Steel not packed of 6
Steel packed 2
Steel wired or strapped 5
SteelBarseach 2001bsand over 5
Steelyards K D and packed 2
Steelyards unboxed 1
Stereotype Plates boxed for newspapers from manufacturer 2
Stereotype Plates old boxed returned to manufacturer 5
Stereotype Plates N 0 S 2
Stills Worm crated 1
Stone Blocks rough L C L 6
Stone Blocks slabs or dressed and protected L C L 3
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 Blocks dressed and protected otherwise owners
risk C L class P
Stone and Marble Slabsincluding Tile rough or dressed or carved cut or sawed into shape but not polished protected otherwise at owners risk for use in the fundamental construction of buildings valuation limited to twenty cents per cubic foot
Class Pless twenty per cent without percentage but not
subject to Rule30
A carload of Stone or Marble N O S embraces 25000lbs
OR Stoneware same as Earthenware K
Stools Piano i
Stove Boards boxed or crated Stove Pipe See Pipe O
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware includingthe necessary pipe 1
L C L Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware 0
C L not less than 24000 lbs Straw See Hay Rule 12 3
Straw Boards 5
Straw Goods Straw Pine ee Pine 1
1 Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales Stucco Same as Plaster Calcined O
Sugar in bags Sugar in double sacks Same as iu barrels 2
Sugar in boxes strapped 4
Sugar in boxes not strapped 2
Sugar in bbls and hogsheads 6
Sugar Cane L C L prepaid 6
Sugar Cane C L prepaid O
Sugar Grape 6
Sulphates L C L 6
Sulphates Ash and Soda C L M
Sulphur inboxes L C L 1
Sulphur in barrels L C L 3
3 Sulphur for manufacture of Fertilizers C L Sumac viz Ground in bags or bbls
M
L C L Same C L minimum 4
weight 20000 lbs Leaf CL minimum weight 5
16000 pounds Sumac Extract in bbls or 4
casks Sweepings Factory See Paper Stock Syrups in barrels half barrels 4
or hogsheads Syrups in cans boxed or in R
kegs 3
Syrups in glass boxed 1
Syrup cane in glass packed T Tables Billiard See Billiard Tables Tackle Fishing See Fishing Tackle 5
Tacks Iron 6
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels Tailings See Paper Stock 6
32
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
r G E
Talc 6
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N O S 5
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs 2
Tanbark See Bark Tan
Tanks N 0 S3 T 1
Tanks Iron same as Boilers Tanks Oil cellar or store 0 R B empty loaded in box
cars D 1
Tanks Oil cellar or store O
R B empty requiring flat or gondola cars minimum
weight 5000 lbs each 1
Tanks Oil cellar or store O
R B K D with pump hood and measures packed inside the body of the can 1
Tanks Wood set up D1
Tanks Wood K D packed B
Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags 3
Tar Pitch in bbls same as Rosins class K less 20 per
cent
Tar Coal in barrels L C L B
Tar Coal C L See Rule 12 O
Tea 1
Telegraph Brackets in boxes
L C L 6
Telegraph Brackets C L R
Telephones boxed3 T 1
Tents Tent Poles and Pins 2
TerraCotta in packages 3
Terra CottaArchitectural CL TerraCotta Architectural packed in casks tierces etc
L C L 3
Terra Japonica 4
Thread Same as Domestics Threshers See Agricultural
Implements
Tickings Same as Domestics
Ties Cotton and Hay Rule 1 R Tile Drain and Roofing See Pipe
Tile Fire for Lining etc 4
Tile Floor and Marble 4
Tin Block and Pig 5
Tin Foil in boxes 2
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls
L C L 4
Tin plate C L 5
Tin Roofing See roofing
Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles
wired or crated 6
Tinners Trimmings N O S 2
Tinware and Tin Stamped
Ware boxed 4
Tires Locomotive See Iron Tires Wagon See Iron
O E O E O
Tobacco Box Material L C L 6
Tobacco Box Material C L P
Tobacco cases boxes empty Tobacco Cut in boxes bbls 1
or bales 1
Tobacco Leaf in cases 1
Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs Tobacco Screws and Fixtures See Machinery 1
Tobacco Smoking 1
Tobacco Stems prized 6
Tobacco Stems not prized Tobacco Unmanufactured not prized 1
Tobacco Unmanufactd prized Tongues Pickled in barrels or 2
kegs 4
Tongues Smoked Tongues Deer in barrels bales or boxes value limited to 6 3
cents per lb L C L 3
Tongues Deer C L 5
Tonqua Beansin boxes or bbls Tools Edge 1
2
Tools Mechanic boxed 2
Toothpicks i 2
Tow in bales 2
Tow in bales compressed 3
Tovs boxed Train Sugar see Agricultural Implements D 1
Traps Fly D 1
D 1 Traps Mouse and Rat 1
4 6 Traveling Bags see Bags Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed L C L prepaid or guaranteed Trees and Shrubbery baled or
5 boxed C L prepaid or guaranteed
Tripe Tripe Pickled in barrels or 6
kegs 4
Tripoli 4
Trucks Warehouse 1
Trunks single Trunks nested or filled with H
merchdise crated or strapd Trunks emptv or filled with 1
merchdise corded or wrapd Trunks filled with merchan 1
dise not corded or wrapped D 1
5 Trunks N O S D 1
6 Trunks Sample Trunks filled with personal D 1
effects corded or wrapped3 T 1
Tubs N 0 S 1
Tubs Bath boxed 1
Tubs Bath unboxed D 1
Tubs Bath in nests Tubs Bath folding wrapped 2
or crated 1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
93
J R O R
2 4
6 R
3 5
R
3
2
3
D I 1
1
Tumblers packed
Tuibine and Water Wheels
see Wheels
Turnips in barrels or sacks
Turpentine Spirits in packages less than a barrel
Turpentine Spirits in barrels
Twine i
Type boxed
Type Old in boxes barrels or kegs
U
Umbrellas boxed Urns see Iron
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 lossfor which
carrier is liable D 1
Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L O 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
Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D 1
n
J K
Carriages Childrens KD in
boxes bundles or crates 1
Carriages Childrens set up
unboxed3T 1
Carriages Childrens set up
boxed D 1
Cars Railroad See Cars
Carts Hand K D and packed or bundled 3
Gigs and Sulkies knocked down boxed or well crated
L C L 3 T 1
Hearses K D boxed or crated 1 Hearses set up See Stage
Coaches under Vehicles
Road Village or Pleasure Carts
See Carriages etc
Stage Coaches Omnibuses and
Hearses actualweight4T 1
Vehicle Materials Iron Box
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 etcL 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 1
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles K D boxed1 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
Valves Brass see Brass Varnish in barrels or kegs 2
Varnish in cans boxed 2
Varnish in cans not boxed 1
o R
D 1
T1
1
n
94
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
J K
Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed 1
Vault Lights see Class
Vegetables Desiccated 4
Vegetables in cans 4
Vegetables N 0 S prepaid or
guaranteed
Veneering boxed 1
Veneering not boxed D 1
Vermicelli 1
Vinegar see Cider
Vinegar Shavings or Chips in
bags 5
Vises Iron 4
Vitriol Blue in barrels 5
w
Wadding D 1
Wagon Jacks see Jack
screws etc
Wainscoting See Woodwork
Washers in kegsfof 6
Washers in other packages 2
Waste Paper etc See Paper
Stock
Water Ammonia in iron
casks 5
Water Ammonia in glass
packed 3
Water Coolers and Filters see
Coolers
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 crated1
Wax Paraffine 1
Wedges see Iron
Weights Sash See Iron
Weights clock packed 5
Well Curbing see Curbing
Well Buckets See Buckets
Whalebone 1
Wheat see Grain
Wheat Cracked in barrels 5
Wheat Cracked in boxes 2
Wheelbarrows See Agrl Imp Wheels and Axles Car See
Iron Bar Band etc
Wheels and Vehicles See
Vehicles
Wheels Water Rule 14 3
Whips 1
Whisky See Liquors
Whiting N G S 5
Whiting in boxes 3
Whiting in bbls C L L
Willow Reedain bales 2
O K
Willow Ware
Willow Ware Baskets nested Window Casings See Wood
Work
Window Shades
Window Shade Cloth
3 Window Frames See Sash etc Wind Mills K D in bundles
Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors Wire Fence Barbed or otherwise in reels or coilsowners
risk of wet or rust
Wire Binding
Wire Cloth
Wirp FpilPft
Wire Goods boxed N O S
Wire Mattresses
Wire Rope
Wire Sieves boxed or crated
4
4
4
Wire Screens
Wire Telegraph
Wire N 0 S
Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures
boxed or crated
Wire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated
Wood Green C L of 8 cords to be billed by cordRule 12 Wood Dry C L of 9 cords to be billed by cord Rule 12
Wood Ashes See Ashes
Wooden Butter Dishes packed
U 5 D 1 1
1
1
3
f of 6 3 1 3
3
1
4 2 1 4 3
3 T 1
D 1 P P
4
L C L 3
Wooden Butter Dishes C L
not less than 24000 lbs 6
Wooden Covers See Covers
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 noteless
than 24000 lbs 6
Wood Hard in the rough shaped for manufacturing 6 Wood work viz Railing Bdusters Wainscoting St dr
work Paneling Window Casings all of oak or other hard woods for inside finish of houses in bundles crates
or boxes L C L 2
Woodwork viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneling Window Casings all of oak or otjier hard woods for inside finish of houses in bundles crates or boxes 0 L 4
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
95
Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage Wood Screws in casks or bxs Wool washed in bags not
pressed
Wool unwashed in bags not
pressed
Wool washed in bags pressed
in bales
Wool unwashed in bags
pressed in bales
Woolen Goods without perctge
Wool Mineral in bags
Wringers Clothes packed
Wringers Clothes not packed
J R O H c It
5 Yachts See Boats
2 Yarn Cotton Same as Domes
tics
2 Yarns N 0 S 3
Yeast in wood 3
4 Yeast in boxes 3
Yokes 1
3 Z
Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
6 Zinc in blocks or pigs L C L 5
4 Zinc in blocks or pigs C L 6
1 Zinc Cornices See Cornices
2 Zinc Oxide 5
D 1 i Zinc Paints See Paints
L N TRAMMELL Chm
ALLEN FORT L Commissioners
G GUNBY JORDAN J
J D MASSEY Secy
DISTANCE TABLES
RELATION OF RAILROADS
TO THE
STANDARD FREIGHT and PASSENGER TARIFFS
98
ABBEVILLE WAYCROSS RAILROAD
PASSENGER Class B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Abbeville
Riedsfield
Browning
Forest Glen
Distance Table
o Carswell
5 Bowens Mill
6 Queenlnd
8 Lulaville
11
13
17
18
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 64
Distance Table
Morganyille 0 Rising Fawn 14 Sulphur Springs 19
Trenton 6 State Line224
ALBANY NORTHERN RAILWAY
Formerly part of Savannah Americus Montgomery Railway
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Albany 0 OaWfld
Fields Crossing 5 Warwick
Walters H Clemants
Philemma 14 Bowen s Crossing
18 Taylors 28
22 Wilkersons 32
24 Cordele 31
25
ATLANTA FLORIDA RAILWAY
See Southern Railway

ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 64
Distance Table
Atlanta O Coweta 30 SpeerSpar
East Point 7 Powells 33 Hogansviue
Manchester 9 New nan 39 Whitfield
Red Oak 12 Moreland 45 LaGrange
Fairburn 19 St Charles 47 Gabhettville
Palmetto 25 Grantville 51 West Poiut
55
58
65
71
80
86
AUGUSTA KNOXVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Augusta 0 Jenkins 12 Sneads 16
Lulaville 9 u
AUGUSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
Formrley Augusta Gibson Sandersville R R
PASSENGER Class A Three Cents per Mile Minimum passenger charge twenty cents
FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Augusta Adam Adventure 0 Keysville 5 Noah 7 Matthews 27 Mitchell 31 Agricola
Grace wood Richmond Hephzibah Bath Blythe 9 Wrens 11 Stapleton 16 Avera 19 Gibson 22 Belle Springs 36 Warthen 41 Silas 46 Sandersville 51 Tennille 55
BLUE RIDGE ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Cornelia O Clarkesville 8 Turnerville m
Lemorest 5 Anandale U Tallulah Falls at
100
BOSTON ALBANY RAILROAD
See Georgia Northern Railroad
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 64 Except Savannah and Atlantic Branch
MAIN STEM
Savannah
Clifton
Pooler
Bloomingdale
Meldrim
Eden
Marlow
Pineora
Guyton
Brewer
Egypt
Oliver
Halcyondale
Cameron
Dover
Ogeechee
Roc key Ford
Scarborough
Parramore Hill
Millen
eCushingville
Distance Table
O Rogers
4 Herndon
9 Midville
12 Sebastopol
IT Wadley
19 Bartow
26 Johnsons
27 Davisboro
30 Sun Hill
35 Tennitle
41 Oconee
46 Beech Hill
50 Toomsboro
55 McIntyre
5T Gordon
62 Lewiston
66 Griswold
71 M A Junction
74 Macon
T9 Summerfield
83 Mims Crossing
87 Bolingbroke
90 Smarrs
96 Forsyth
99 Colliers
10T Goggins
Ill Barnesville
116 Milner
122 Orchard Hill
130 Griffin
135 Vineyard
146 Pomona
150 Sunnyside
155 Hampton
162 Love joy
170 Jonesboro
174 Morrow
181 Forest
186 Hapeville
191 East Point
199 McPherson
208 Atlanta
206
213
217
223
229
234
240
245
251
254
256
258
262
267
274
278
281
286
288
291
294
EDEN AND AMERICUS Savannah Western Distance Table
0 Morrison 3 Belknap 4 Daisy 38
Meldrim r Cuyler 22 Collins 27 Denton 44 46
Ellabelle Lanier Pembroke 7 Claxton 10 Hagan 15 Belleville 31 Ohoopee 33 Lyons 36 58
Millen
Lawton
Perkins
Munnerlyn
AUGUSTA SAVANNAH DIVISION
Distance Table
O Thomas
5 Waynesboro
7 Greens Cut
11 McBean
15 Bennocks Mill
21 Hollywood
27 Allens
33 Augusta
37
41
43
54
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
MILLEDGE VILLE BRANCH
Distance Table
Gordon 0 Stevens Potteiy 9
Ivey 5 Milledgeville 18
i Macon
Macon Junction
Wise
Rutland
Walden
checonnee
Byron
Powersville FORT VALLEY
Marshallville
Winchester
Barrons Lane
Macon
Wise
Rutland
Walden
Echeconnee
Byron
Powersville Deitzens
CUTHBERT
Junction
Coleman
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION Between Macon and Columbia
0 Distance Table Montezuma 49 ALBANY 107 117 120 125
1 Oglethorpe 51 Walker
4 Greens Mill 55 Ducker
7 Anderson 60 Holts
10 Stewart 67 Learv 129
12 AMERICUS 71 Williamsburg 135
17 Maddox 76 Arlington 142
21 Sumter 80 Cowart 148
29 SMITHVILLE 83 Blakely 156
37 Adams 89 Hilton 166
39 Leesburg 96 State Line near Col
44 Forrester 101 umbia Ala 16661
Between Macon and Colombus
0 FORT VALLEY 29 Favors 73
4 Everetts 36 Juniper 74
7 Reynolds 42 Box Springs 77
10 Butler 50 Harveys 78
12 Scotts 55 Upatoi 83
17 Howard 60 Schatulga 91
21 Bostick 65 Muscogee 97
25 Geneva 70 COLUMBUS 100
Between Cuthbert and Fort Gaines
0 Jones 16 TCillen 20
2 Shanty 17 FORT GAINES 22
10
SMITH VILLE Br onwood
DAWSON
Graves
Between Smithville and Georgetown
v 0 Shellman 25 Morris
8 CUTHBERT 36 Hatcher
15 Junction 38 GEORGETOWN
19 Springvaie 42
46
51
50
INoteTrack from Macon to Fort Valley also given as part road between Macon and Albany
102
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTENIContinued
PERRY BRANCH
Distance Table
Fort Valley 0 Myrtle 6 Perry 13
Americus LaCrosse Ella ville Putnam
BUENA VISTA ELL A VILLE DIVISION
Distance Table
0 Buena Vista
8 Zelobee
14 Glenalta
21 Ida Vesper
28 Halloca 48
37 Ochillee 53
39 Muscogee 62
42 Columbus 64
Columbus
Nances
Fortson
Hines
Rehoboth
COLUMBUS ROME DIVISION See Note 6 of Explanatory Notes
Distance Table
O Cataula
7 Kingsboro
11 Hamilton
13 Tip Top
15 Chipley
16 Magruder 37
20 Stinson 40
24 Harris City 45
28 Greenvllie 50
33
SAVANNAH GRIFFIN NORTH ALABAMA DIVISION Distance Table
Griffin
Vaughns
A F Crossing
0 Brooks
8 Senoia
9 Turin
Sharpesboro
13 Newnan
19 Sargent
24 Whitesburg 26 Carrollton
36
43
47
60
JBarnesvilie
Wilkinsons
Middlebrooks
UPSON COUNTY BRANCH
Distance Table
O A F Crossing 6 Stamps 12
2 The Rock 8 Tliomaston 16
4
108
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
SAVANNAH ATLANTIC BRANCH
Formerly Savannah Tybee R R
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTSee table below
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND ANY STATION
Per 100 Lbs Par Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per Ton Per Car Load Par 100 Lbs Per Ton 2000 Lbs 0 L
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R Coal Coke ice and Lime
50 45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 30 10 2000 2000 1000 75 85
Savannah 0
LePageville 2
Debtford 3
Bartow 4
Distance Table
Palmetto 8
Estill 16
Light House 16
Fusbers Point 17
Ocean House 18
Hotel Tybee 19
Chatham 20
CHATTANOOGA ROME COLUMBUS RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 64
Distance Table
Chattanooga 0 Trion 40 Chambers 85
Rossville 4 Summerville 45 Caldwell 89
Mission Ridge 8 Raccoon Mills 48 Lake 92
Battlefield 10 Lyerly 52 Cedartown 97
Chickamauga 13 Talliaferro 54 Youngs 102
Rock Springs 18 Holland 58 Dug Down 108
Copeland 22 Sprite i 63 Felton 110
Warren 24 Lavender 67 Buchanan 117
LaFavette 27 R D Junction 73 Bremen 125
Guilds 31 Rome 77 Mandeville 131
Martindale 34 Siver Creek 83 Carrollton 138
104
CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Chattanooga Tenn Thurmans Blowing Sprins Ga Woodburn
Rock Creek
Flintstone
Moons
Eagle Cliff Durham Jnctn Wessboro
Lisbon
Phillips
Henrys
Cooper Heights
Cassandra
Kensington
0 Davis Ga
5 Estelle
6 Marsh
6 Rogers
8 Bronco
8 Dicksons
9 Sharpe
10 McConnells
11 Harrisburg
12 Teloga
14 Sittons
15 Chelsea
17 Menlo
18 Chesterfield Ala 20 Jameston 22 Blanche
23 Taff Ala
24 Pleasant Hill
27 Bankson 30 Little River 32 Starling 32 Blue Pond 33 YellowCreek 35 Bristow 38 Coxs
40 Huffs Gap 42 Bath Springs 43 Wilsons u 46 Upton
50 Thompsons 55 Gadsden
58
60
61
63
65
68
69
70
74
78
79
83
86
88
92
CHICKAMAUCA DURHAM RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Chickamauga 0 Durham 17
CITY SUBURBAN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Isle of Hope 7 Burnside
Thomas 2 Cedar Hammock 8 Beaulieu
Pritchards 4 Bethesda 10 Montgomery
Sandfly 6
105
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Columbus 0 Distance Table Brooklyn 32 Dawson
Esquiline 5 Richland 39 Sasser
Masseys 8 Savilles 44 Stevens
Ochillee 11 Kimbrough 46 Aremena
Sulphur Springs 14 Weston 48 Oakland
Psalmonds 15 Leveretts 52 Palmyra
Cnfiseta 19 Chambers 54 Vasons
Manta 24 Parrott 56 Albany
Renfroe 28 Cole 60
CUYLER WOODBURN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 Sae page No 64
Distance Table
Cuyler 0 Eldora 7 lvanhoe t
Smiths Grove 3 Glisson 8 Woodburn 1
Blitchton 4
DARIEN WESTERN RAILROAD
Formerly Darien Short Line
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 64
Distance Table
Darien 0 Baywood 6 Parker Junction
Ridgeville 3 Hudson 8 Darien Junction
Ridge 4 Crescent 11 Sapelo Junction
Inwood 5 Eulonia 16 Middleton
66
73
75
77
78
83
85
88
O
25
IS
21
23
2
Douglas McDonald railroad
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
EREIGHTClass No 3See page No 64
Distance Table
McDonald s Mill 0 Lowther 5 Downing 15
Sweet 3 Lost Mountain 8 Dougls 20
DOVER STATESBORO RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 64
Distance Table
over 0 Clito 5 Statesboro10
EAST WEST RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
Allowed 25 cents as minimum passenger chargePer Circular 153
FREIGHTClass No 4 art ers vil le Ga See page No 64 Distance Table 0 Berrys Ga 41 Grays Ala 87
Ladds 4 Esom Hill U 45 Ohatchie t 89
Stilesboro 9 Warners Ala 48 Francis U 92
Taylorsville Davittes 14 Rowells U 53 Singletons u 94
17 Daileys U 57 Ackers u 95
Red Ore 20 Cross Plains 62 Ragland u 100
Rock man 22 E W June u 70 Fairview 104
Fish Creek 28 Sul Springs Dukes 78 Broken Arrow HO
Grady 30 81 Pell City 117
Cedartown 36 Hebron 84
107
FLORIDA CENTRAL PENINSULAR RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 64
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Everett 59 Loftin 117
Anderson 9 74Mile Post 64 Yulee 114
JBurroughs 12 B W Crossing 70 Callahan 130
W ays 16 S B T Crossing 73 Hedges 117
Limerick 25 Waverly 81 Tisonia 121
Dorchester 28 White Oaks 85 Duval 124
Riceboro 32 Woodbine 89 Broward 125
Jones 39 Seals 96 Panama 131
Darien Junctiqn 43 Kingsland 101 Cemetry 132
Townsend 46 Evergreen 105 Jacksonville 138
Barrington 53 Fernandina Fla 126
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE
Savannah 0 Meinhard 11 Stillwell 25
C R R Junctiop 054 Exley 16 Clyo 32
Savannah Yard 148 Rincon 19 State Line
Wheat Hill 5
FOY RAILROAD
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Rocky Ford Echo lf Portal 10
Brick Yard f
GEORGIA RAILROAD PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 64 Except G J S Branch
Main Line
Distance Table
Augusta 0 Norwood 50 Alcovy 125
Harrison ville 2 Barnett 58 Hazelbrand 127
Wheless 5 Crawdordville 64 Covington 130
Belair 10 Robinson 70 Covington Junction 130i
Grovetown 15 Union Point 76 Almon 133
Forrest 16 W P Junction m Conyers 140
Berzelia 21 Greensboro 83 Lithonia 146
Harlem 25 Carey 90 Redan 150
Saw Dust 26 Blue Springs 92 Stone Mountain 155
Dearing 29 Buckhead 96 Clarkston 160
Bones ville 33 Madison 103 Tngleside 162J
Thomson 37 Dorsey 108 Decatur
Mesena 43 Rutledge 112 Clifton
Camak 47 Social Circle 119 Atlanta 171
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GEORGIA RAILROADContinued
MACON AUGUSTA BRANCH
Distance Table
Carnak 0 Devereux 32 Haddocks 59
Warrenton 4 Carrs 36 James 64
Mayfield 13 Oconee Siding 44 Roberts 69
Culverton 19 Milledgeville 46 C R R Junction 74
Wilsons 21 Eatonton Junction 46f Ocmulgee Bridge 77i
Sparta 24 Browns 54 Macon 78
Union Point 0
Woodville 5
Bairdstown 7
Maxeys13
ATHENS BRANCH
Distance Table
Stephens
Hutchings
Crawford
Popes
16 Dunlap 30
19 Winters 32
22 AthensU40
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GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN BRANCH
FREIGHT Class No 5See page No 64 and Note 6 of Explanatory Notes Class No 1 applies on remainder of Georgia System
Distance Table
Social Circle 0 Bethlehem 20 Bellmont 42
Gresham 5 winder 25 Candler 42
Monroe 10 Mulberry 29 Gainesville 55
Campton 16 Hoschton 34
JEFFERON BRANCHPart of G J S Branch Distance Table
Jefferson
0 Pendergrass
7 Bellmont
13
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GEORGIA RAILROADContinued
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS BRANCH Distance Table
W P Junction 0 Siloam6J White Plains
Barnett
Sharon
WASHINGTON BRANCH
Distance Table
0 Hillman 7 Little River
4 Ficklin10 Washington
134
11
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GEORGIA ALABAMA RAILWAY
Formerly Savannah Americas Montgomery Railway
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Lyons O
Appleton 3
Vidalia 6
Higgston 9
Ailey 15
Mt Vernon 17
Glenwood 22
Verbena 24
Alamo 29
Erick 33
Helena 40
Oswald 45
Milan 50
Horton 55
Rhine 58
Copeland 61
Abbeville 65
Kramer 70
Rochelle 74
Pitts 79
Seville 83
Williford 85
Penia 89
Cordele 94
Coney 100
Clegg 103
Johnson s 105
Cobb 107
Bagley 109
DeSoto Ill
Leslie 113
Parkers 115
Huntington 117
Gatewood 121
Americus 125
New Point
Salters
Plains
Marketts
Jennings
Wise
Preston
Ponders
Richland
Randalls
lawyers Mill
Lumpkin
Irvins
Johnstons Mill
Louvale
Union
Omaha
129
132
135
136
139
140 145 150 153 157 160 162 168 170 172 175 182
GEORGIA CAROLINA NORTHEN RAILWAY
See Seaboard AirLine
110
GEORGIA MIDLAND GULF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Columbus Ga 0 Nebula 38 Williamson 72
Fortsons Crossing 6 Warm Springs 42 Rover 74
Flat Rock 10 Raleigh 46 Griffin SO
Midland 14 Woodbury 51 Stricklani I 87
Ellerslie 18 Molena 56 Luella 91
Ossahatchie 20 Neal 59 Browns 92
Waverly Hall 23 Concord 63 Greenwood 94
Oak Mountain 28 Jolly 34 Reids 67 McDonough 98
Shiloh 68
GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILWAY Formerly Boston A Albany Railroad PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Pidcock 0 Hollis 13 Autreyville 23
Lake Station 3 Pavo 15 Mauzy 25
Spangler 4 Rosier 16 Cooper 27
Phoebe 8 Shelleys 18 Moultrie 31
Barwick 9
GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Macon O Dakota 79 Lake Park 16
Sofkee 8 Worth 82 Melrose 167
Avondale 11 Ashburn 85 Jennings Fla 171
Wellston 16 Sycamore 87 Avoca U 176
Bonaire 21 Inaha 92 Jasper 180
Kathleen 25 Cycloneta 95 Genoa a 193
Tivola 29 Chula 98 White Springs u 200
Grovania 35 Tifton 105 Suwanee Valley a 204
Elko 38 Eldorado 112 Lake City u 210
Unadilla 44 Lenox 118 Hagen u 220
Pinehurst 49 Sparks 126 Lake Butler u 222
Findlay 52 Adel 128 New River a 238
Vienna 56 Cecil 134 Hampton 248
Rich wood 60 Hahira 138 Brooklyn a 256
Cordele 65 Mineola 144 Etoniah u 264
Wenona 69 Valdosta 151 Palatka u 285
Arabi 75 Dasher 157
Sibley 78
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GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAYContinued
MACON AND BIRMINGHAM DIVISION Distance Table
Iff aeon
Sofkee
Lizella
Montpelier Culloden
O Yatesville
8 Thomaston
21 Thundering Springs
25 Woodbury
39
44 Harris City 83
57 Odessa 90
70 Mountville 95
75 LaGrange 105
HARTWELL RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 64
Distance Table
Bowersville 0 Hartwell 10
HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Moores 0 Allapaha 13 Shinglers 21
Faircloth 4 Parkerson 16 Davisville 25
Ausleys 7 Irwinville Junction 19 Worth 29
Pitts 11
INDIAN SPRINGS FLOVILLA RAILROAD
PASSENGERMiniihum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Flo villa 0 Indian Springs 3
LEXINGTON TERMINAL RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 64
Distance Table
0 Crawford 4
Lexington
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LAWRENCEVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 64
Distance Table
Suwanee 0 Lawrenceville 10
LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Louisville 0 Moxley 5 Wadley 10
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Macon
M N Junction
iSwift Creek
Dry Branch
Pikes Peak
0 Fitzpatrick
2 Ripley
5 Jeffersonville
9 Gallimore
12 Danville
15 Allentown 33
17 Montrose 57
23 Dudley 42
27 Moore 48
31 Dublin 54
MACON NORTHERN RAILWAY Formerly Covington Macon PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
lVfacon O Round Oak 28 Madison 72
M A Junction 4 Hillsboro 33 Florence 81
Chalk Cut 5 Adgatesville 37 Farmington 80
Van Buren 7 Minneta 42 Bishop 91
Slocums 13 Monticello 45 Watkinsville 95
Morton 15 Machen 53 Sidney 97
Grays 17 Shady Dale 54 White Hall 100
21 Godfrey 61 Athens 105
Wayside 2A Broughton 71

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MARIETTA NORTH GEORGIA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 64
No percentage allowed on Marble
Marietta O
Elizabeth l
Kerrs 4
Blackwells 6
Walkers 7
Hoys 9
Woodstock 12
Lebanon 16
Holly Springs 18
Canton 24
Distance Table
Keiths
Mabel
Hills
Ball Ground
Nelson
Tate
Jasper
Talking Rock
Woffords
Talona
27 Ellijay 67
29 White Path 73
33 Cherry Log 76
36 Bryants 80
39 Blue Ridge 33
42 Mineral Bluff 87
47 State Line 94
53 Kinseys N C 106
56 Murphv IV C 113
60 Knoxville Tenn 205
MIDDLE CEORCIA ATLANTIC RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 64
Distance Table
Milledgeville 0 Aikenton 35 Carmel
Merri wether 8 Machen 39 Hayston
Dennis 13 Shady Dale 40 Starrsville
Eatonton 21 Kelly 44 Pace Street
Linchburg 25 Broughtou 49 Covington
Willarl 29 Newborn 51
MIDVILLE SWAINS BORO y RED BLUFF RAILROAD
Formerly llidville Swainsboro and HI Vernon PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mi e
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
0 Wiggins 10 Swainsboro 18
Mummertown 6 Modoc 13
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MILLEN SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Milieu O JohnsonsWarehouse
South Milien 1 Garfield1
Emmalane 5 Longview
Butts 8 Hooks Crossing
Thtilt 11 Cowarts
Simsvilie 12
14 Summit 21
15 Overstreet 23
17 Durdenville 25
18 Canoochee 28
19 Stillmore 32
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD OF GEORGIA
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 64
Athens
Center
Nicholson
Distance Table
0 Harmony 18 Gillsville
7 Maysville 26 Lula
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32
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OCONEE WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distanc Table
Dublin 0 Alcorns
Hutchins 5 Chester
Spring Haven 10 Yonkers
Dexter 13 Empire Mills
16 Empire
19 Cypress
23 Hawkinsville 28
29
35
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PLAN T S YST E M
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 64
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN
Savannah O
Southover Junction 3
Burroughs 12
Ways 16
Fleming 24
McIntosh 31
Walthourville 39
Johnston 46
Doctortown 53
Jesup 57
Dales Mills 67
Screven 69
Offerman 76
Patterson 79
Distance Table
Blackshear 87
Exeter rrv u 93
Waycross97
Glenmore 108
Argyle 116
Homerville 123
Dupont 131
Stockton 139
Naylor 144
Valdosta 157
Ousley167
Quitman 174
Dixie 181
Pidcock 184
DIVISION
Boston i81
Thomasville 202
Deb 208
Cairo 215
Whigham 222
Climax 228
Bainbridge 237
Brinson 248
Iron City253
Donaldsonville 257
Jakin 264
Josephine 265
Saffold 263
Ala State Line
Waycross Braganza Port Mudge
BETWEEN WAYCROSS AND FOLKSTON
Distance Table
0 Race Pond 19 Folkston
7 Uptonville 28 Jacksonville Fla
33
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BETWEEN BAINBRIDGE JUNCTION AND RECOVERY Chattahoochee Branch
Distance Table
Stiz 2 Faceville If16 22
Metcalfe
Thomasville
Siding
Ochloeknee
METCALFE TMOMASVILLE AND ALBANY
Distance Table
0 Meigs J28
10 Pelham 34
15 Cajnilla 42
21 Flint1 48
Baconton
Hardaway
B W Junction Albany
52 59 66 68
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PLANT SYSTEMContinued
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH
Distance Table
Savannah Ga 0 Central Junction 7 Monteith 1
BETWEEN DUPONT AND STATENVILLE
Distance Table
Dupont 0 Forest 9 Statenville 20
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION Distance Table
Brunswick Pyles Marsh
Jamaica
Waynesville
Atkinson
Lulaton
Bucks Still
Nah un ta
Hoboken
Schlatterville Way cross
Waresboro
ROME RAILROAD
See Western Atlantic Railroad
10 Red Bluff
16 Pearson
26 Kirkland
28 Westonia
32 Leliaton
34 Grays Mill 36 Willacoochee 45 Lees Mill
78 Vanceville 126
82 Tifton 130
90 Riverside 133
93 Hillsdale 137
96 TyTy 139
98 Summer 145
100 Poulain 148
101 Isabella 151
107 Willingham 155
112 Davis 161
119 122 Albany 171
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SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed FREIGHTHlass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Sandersville 0 Tennille 4
SANDERSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
Now Part of Augasta Southern Railroad Which See
SAVANNAH AMERICUS MONTGOMERY RAILWAY
See Georgia Alabama Railway
Formerly Americus Preston Lumpkin
SEABOARD AIRLINE
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 64
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Spur 35 Five Forks 84
Howells 3 Dacula 41 184th Mile Spur 88
Mina 7 Auburn 45 90
Belt Junction 11 Winder 52 Watsons Mill 92
Montreal 15 Houses 56 Carlton 95
Tucker 18 Gravel Pit 58 Deadwylers 98
Lilburn 24 Statham 60 inn
Luxomni 25 Bogart 64 Swifts Quarry Tract 102
Sweetwater Park 27 205 Mile Spur 67 Elberton 107
Gloster 29 Electric 71 Middleton 113
Winn 33 Athens 73 Grogans 114
Lawrenceville 35 Hull 79 Heardmont 118
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SO U TH B R UNS Wie K RAI LWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 04
Disrance Table
Soutk Brunswick 0 College 9 Waynesville 16fr
Gillyards 5 F C P Crossing 12
SMITHONIA DUNLAP RAILROAD
Formerly Wintervllle and Pleasant Mill R R PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See p ige No 64
Distance Table
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 64
ATLANTA CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Snwanee 31 Bellton 6ft
Peachtree 5 Buford m 37 Longview 72
Belt Junction 6 Fibwery Brahclr 10 Odells X Xtornelia 78
Goodwins 47 Mt Airy 79
Chamblee 13 Gainesville 53 AversVille 8ft
Doraville 14 New Holland 55 Toccoa 93
Norcross Duluth 19 White Sulphur 25 Lula 9 Flsoin 65 99
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION Distance Table
Atlanta O Nickajack
Simpson Street 1 Mableton
Howell 3 Austell
Peyton 7 Lithia Springs
Chattahoophee 8 Douglasyille
Oakdale9 Wipston
12 Villa Rica 38
15 Temple 45
18 Bremen 5A
21 Waco 5w
27 Tallapoosa 64
32
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
EAST TENNVA GA DIVISION
Distance Table
Ch attanooga 0
Ooltewah Junction 15
Lowe 17
Thatcher 17
Apison 20
Howards 22
Cohutta 27
Varnells 31
Waring 35
Dalton 40
W A B E Crossing 40
Phelps 45
Carbondale 49
Miller 53
Sugar Valley 55
Oostanaula 61
Oostanaula Eiver Br 62
Eeeves 62
Plain ville 66
Pinson 70
Shannon 71
Harper 75
North Eome 78
Borne Eailroad Crossing 79 C E C E E Crossg 80
Eome80
Georgia Fertz Co 81
Atlanta Juncn 82
Lindale 84
C E C E E Crossg 85
Silver Creek 85
Chambers 86
Carey s 87
Brice 91
Byrd 92
Seney 94
Hamlet 97
Long 98
E W E E Crossing 102
Eockmart 102
Hon 105
Beatty Switch 106
Braswell 108
Pig Tunnel109
South Switch 109
Little Tunnel Ill
McPherson 113
Howelton 114
Dallas 119
Copper Mine 122
Hiram 125
Powder Springs 130
Austell 135
Cason 137
Mableton 138
Mosses 139
Nickajack 141
Dodgin Mill 142
Lenox 142
Oakdale 144
Chattahoochee 145
Peyton end doub trk 146
Ellen N 148
Howell 150
Exposition Mills Crosg 151 Atlanta Simpson St 152
W A Connection 152
Atlanta Union Depot 153 Atlanta Peters St Frt
Depot 154
Atlanta E T V G
Shops enddoub trks 155
Union Stock Yards 155
Eoseland 156
Constitution 159
Norton 160
Moores Mill 162
Ellenwood 166
Estes v 168
Stockbridge 172
Mahers Quarry 173
Tunis 176
Flippen 177
McDonough 181
Locust Grove 188
Jenkinsburg 193
Jackson 199
Flovilla 204
Williams 207
Frankville 213
Juliette217
Dames Ferry 225
Popes 227
Macon Granite Co Y 230
Holton 232
Virgin 235
Macon 240
C E E of Ga Crossg 240 Macon Cotton Yard 241
Ocmulgee Eiver Br 247
Eeid 250
Phillips 251
Bullard 257
AdamsPark7777777 261
Westlake 267
McGriff 273
Coley 275
Cochran 279
Empire 285
Carne 287
Dubois 288
Gresston 290
Dempsey 291
Williams Lumber Co 297
Eastman 298
Amoskeag Mills 299
Godwinsville 303
Steele 307
Chauncey 307
Normandale 309
Harris Mitchells Mill 309 Haunson Curtis Mill 312
Longview 313
Helena 316
S AM E E Crosg 316
McBae 318
Scotland 323
Towns 328
Wilcox 333
Lumber City 335
Ocmulgee 336
Hazlehurst 342
Johnsonville 347
Graham 348
Pine Grove 351
Prentiss 355
Baxley 358
Wheaton 362
Surrency 367
Brentwood 372
Massey 374
Odum 378
Ellis 385
Coal Chute 386
Jesup 388
Morris Brick Yard 393
Gardi 395
Bennetts Still 396
Pendarvis 398
Burbages 399
Grangerville 400
Aiken 403
Sand Hill 405
Everett 408
F C P Ey Crossing 408
OBrien 410
Belle Vista 411
Sapps Still 414
Sterling 418
B W E E Crossing 422
B W E E Crossing 424 Brunswick George St 426 Brunswick Union Dep 430
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEWIContinued
ATLANTA FLORIDA DIVISION
Distance Table
Atlanta O Inman 30 Topeka Junction 65
3 32 Yatesville 71
Atlanta A F Yard 3 Bridges 32 M B Crossing 74
Schoens 4 Lowry 35 Culloden
Cornell 6 Sand Pit 37 Musella 83
Hassville 10 Kallulah Junction 38 Roberty 89
Riverdale 15 Zetella 41 Gaillards 95
Selina 17 Williamson 45 Sand Pit 97
Gays 18 Zehulon 51 Carrs Store 99
Camp Creek 19 Meansville 56 Lee Pope 99
Kenwood 20 Piedmont 61 Fort Valley 106
Harps 30
ELBERTON AIRLINE DIVISION
Distance Tabled
19 Bowmans 38
24 Dewy Rose 44
27 Goss 46
31 lberton 51
CLEVELAND AND COHUTTA BRANCH Distance Table
Cleveland Tenn 0 Marble Switch
Blue Spring 58 Weatherly
DOCK BRANCH
Distance Table
Dock Junction 0 Sandy Fly 02 E T Docks 18
87 Red ClayGa 271
109 Cohutta 148
Toccoa O Lavonia
Eastanollee 7 Bowers ville
Avalon ill Canon
Martins 12 Royston
HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH
Distance Table
0 Ocmulgee River Br 97 Hawkinsville
Cochran
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
ROSWELL BRANCH
Distance Table
Cliamblee O Dunwoody 5 Roswell lO
ATLANTA BELT LINE
Distance Table
Thompsons 2 Belt Junction 38
North RomeGa O Oostanaula Riv Br 2
C R CRRCrossg 3
West Rome 3
Huffaker 6
Robinson 9
Oreburg 10
Hartshorn 12
Coosa 13
Mt Hope 16
ATTALA AND ROME Distance Table
Early 18
State Line 19
FarrillAla 21
Lawrence 23
Cedar Bluff 28
Chattooga River Br 30
Round Mountain 33
Richardson 35
Leesburg 38
Mackey 39
Slackland 43
Blount 45
Turkeytown 48
Anderson52
G A U RR Crosg 55
Gadsden 56
L N R R Crossg 56 Chatt Sou Ry Crosg 56 G A TJ RR Crosg 58 Attala 61
STILLMORE AIR LINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Swainsboro 0 Hurry hill 18 Luke Sapp 28
McLeod 6 Corsica 21 Collins ii 33
Stillmore 13 Cobbtown 25

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SYLVANIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 64
Distance Table
Rocky Ford CRR 0 Zeagler 9 WatersiVv 3
Williamson 5 Blackville 11 Sylvauia 15
Woodcliff 7
TALBOTTON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 64
Distance Table
Talbotton O Bostick S W R R 7
TIFTON NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 64
Distance Table
Tifton 0 Swan 15
VALDOSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6Seepage No64
Distance Table
Valdosta 0 Clyattville10 State Line 15
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WADLEY A MOUNT VERNON RAILROAD
PASSENGER Class BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Wadley Riner 19 Odomville 25
Pinetucky 8 Meeks 20 Adrian 28
Kite 15 Ethel 22 Rixville 30
Hodo 17
WAYCROSS AIRLINE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Waycross 0 Bolen 15 Sessoms 25
Watertown 6 Beach 20 30
Elsie n
WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 64
Atlanta Bolton
Gilmore Vinings
Smyrna
Marietta Elizabeth Kennesaw Acworth
Allatoona
Distance Table
O Bartow 12 Calhoun 78
7 Emerson 43 Resaca 84
9 Carters ville 48 Tilton 90
11 Rogers 51 Dalton 99
15 Cass 52 Tunnel Hill 107
20 Bests 55 Ringgold 114
22 Kingston Halls 59 Graysville 120
29 64 Chickamauga Tenn Chattanooga 126
35 40 Adairsville McDaniels 68 75 137

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WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROADContinued
ROME BRANCH
Distance Table
Kingston 0 Bass Ferry 9
Wooleys 3 Dykes H
Murchisons 4 Freemans 12
Eves 7
Brick Yard 16
Second Avenue 17
Rome 18
WRICHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 64
Distance Table
Tennilte O Donovan 14 Donaldson 26
jLindsays 4 WrigiUtsville 17 Bruton 28
Peacocks Cut 6 Meadows 21 Condor 32
Harrison ID Lovett 24 Dubliu 36
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
AND ACTS AMENDATORY THERETO
WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
AHD LAWS OF THE STATE RELATING TO RAILROADS
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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 and the location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust discrimination 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 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
Whereas It is made the duty of the General Assembly in article 4 paragragh 2 and section 1 of the Constitution to pas 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
Commis Section I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three sioners Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate menUerm to carry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law and salary 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 Thesalary 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 heiein 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 Commission iser restored or removed
Location of SbcjII That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture
Cmet and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of twelve hundred dolofSecre iars at the expense of the State Theoffice of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atpensesfetc lanta 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
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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 he necessary per annum
Sec III That from and after the passage of this Act if any railroad corporation rtion organizedor doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law roads forof 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 discrimi Unjust dis ii crimma
nation m its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers tion forer freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon blddents 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 pro Duty of vided in the next section of this Act make reasonable and just rates of freight and sioners passenger tariffs to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on th 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 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
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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 aM 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 heroy authorized and required shanrmake to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State as soon as schedule of practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the trarsportation of fistfsamepassengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shall in etc 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 he 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 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 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
Jurisdic Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books ooweof and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain if the Commis rues and regulations aforesaid have been complied with and to make personal visitation Si0erS 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
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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 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 Power of ness in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said siouersS
Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they tracts be
area violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of thetween 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 ancLany 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 Constitution and 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 scribed 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 injuries reof any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong fromiolaor injury on any person such person shall have a right of action and recovery for such ruies 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 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 evidence recovered under theprovisions 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
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Meaning of terms
Duplicate
reight
receipts
Reports of Commis sioners
Power of Commissioners over witnesses
Railroad officers t report to Commis sioners
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 uals now owning or operating or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad m 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 o erwise that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railroad m is State street railways excepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore menr tioned
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 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 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 subpoena 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 Governorupon 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 m 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 shal 1 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 wi lfully 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 rmore than five thousand dollars for each offence to be recovered m an action of debt in thu
name of the State
Sec XVII That all laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed
Approved October 14 1879
m
act
To enlarge the powers of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to prescribe for them additional duties and for other purposes
y Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That frm and Duty to in aiter 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 out rates of 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 Georgia Shall call finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive ofrTilroaci or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad offlcialsto 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 apihe suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of the Commission to Pealto In present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commis Commfejion and appeal to it for relief sion
4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commis Attorney
mon prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the Squired to AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon rePresent to do so before the Interstate Commerce Commission Sons18
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
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Penalty for violation of rules Amending ection IX of original act
Power to institute suit without notice
POWER TO BRING SUIT
AST 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 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 he 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 u
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 th Commissioners
Sec 2 Be it enacted That all laws or parts of laws in conict herewith are hereby
repealed
Approved October 16 1891
AMENDING TITLE OF ACT
AUST ACT
To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of raihoads 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 thanjud and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relatwn 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
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by the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act be and the same Capticn ot is hereby amended as follows towit Aciof Oct
After the word tariffs 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 insertAct will read as follows ing and
An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the tion and location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust pferf discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passenges and freights and to freifhl prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging depots 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
A2T ACT
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 os 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 pniand 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 Sonuninan unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition stfenSbe as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time kept in sate 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 t0 railroads in cases of damage to person or property Nuftoaf
fect liabil
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That any railroad failing or refusing to obey the orders dimages of said Commission within the time allowed for said work shall be liable to a penalty p of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of not obeyfr the State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent theing ordr 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 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 171891
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Commission to fix charges for storage And when such charges shall begin Power to vary rates
1ro visions of other acts as to Railroad Commission applicable to them
STORAGE CHARGES
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
Section 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 Georgia and they are required tofix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for storage of freight made and charged by Railroad Companies doing business m 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
Apprqved October 171891

TO REGULATE EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
L2T AST
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 far 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 bylaw over Railroad Companies to all companies or persons owning controlling or operating a linear 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 or that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegraph whose line or lines is or are in whoie or in part in this State shall be under the control 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 operating 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 railroads in this State and all the penalties prescribed against Railroad Companies or persons operating railroads by existing laws embraced in sections of the Code of 1882 from Section 719a to Section 719p both inclusive are hereby declared to be of force 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 wholly or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be made applicable to any corporation company person or persons owning controlling or 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 referred to shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in this State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in 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
Express and Telegraph companies to be under the contr of theOommission For regulation of prices
P jwers over railroads and penalties against them of force as against express and telegraph companies
So far as applicable
Location of agencies
Regulation of charges only as to transportation and messages in this State
1B6
Power to regulate rates and fares
Corporations subject to the provisions of this constitution
Corporations not authorized to buyshares tending to defeat competition
No secret
rebate
allowed
Not intended to impair contracts
appropriate legiSr latiotx required
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 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 IV The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any corporation to buy shares or stock in any othpr 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 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 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
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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 Liability of
Railroad
2083 NCompanies
jj as carriers
A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is able Time of and accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he maj jsPonsii 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 allWhatpaspersons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct maybe or of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convej refused 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 Carrier of his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But he is not liable for Sere6 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 For bagrpassenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his gage own baggage Code Section 2071
F
It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees On bagto be provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers gage 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 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 Lmit as to In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the alae carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost provided the same be 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 aterand are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during railroad the day or night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor
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Equal accommodations to all
Police of railroads
Posting time of delayed trains
Carriers bound to extraordinary diligence
Effect of notice to limit
Bound to deliver without unreasonable delay
Time of responsibility
or ag3nt of said roads being requested by any passenger to furnish a sufficient supply oi 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 acco nmodations to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition Code Section 45 86
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 oi 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 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 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 he 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
0
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
s
p
The carrier has a lien on the goods for the freight and may retain possession until Carrier has it is paid unless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery This lien gods1 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 Fraud on made known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will re carrer lease him from liability Code Section 2080
R
All freight bills or freight lists charged against or to be collected out of any person for ht whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight lists how charged in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific description before the7 macieout shall be collectible Code Section 2078
S
Whenever any party shall deliver any freight to any railroad steamboat or express Receipts or company in this State for transportation it shall be the duty of the company on demand camer 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 Duplicate to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight receipts charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the freight reCeP 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 mentioneil in the receipts Code Section 719m
U
Where there are several connecting railroads under different companies and the Liability of goods are intended to be transported over more than one railroad each company shall a11errads be responsible only to its own terminus and until delivered to the connecting road the there are last company which has received the goods as in good order shall be responsible to several 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
V
Railroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same Roads regauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting road Code Section Quired to 71 They are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive andrlceWeiro3 5tnectinS road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on me Toad to which the same is offered and transprtsaiduars to their destinaroaistion with reasonable diligence Acts 18823 p 145
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Weighing by sworn weigher
When lumberetclaps from one car to another
Unjust discrimination prohibited
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 he 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 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 he 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 hut 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 storage 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 aforesaid

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CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS
ACT
To require all railroads doing business in this State to furnish equal accommodations and separate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said companies to furnish comfortable seats and to sufficiently light and ventilate said cars to provide for keeping white and colored passengers in their respective cars or compartments to give conductors and other employees of railroads and conductors of dummy electric and street cars certain powers and authority over passengers to comply with the regulations made by said companies under the provisions of this Act to provide a penalty for the violation of the same and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after Equal ac the passage of this Act all railroads doing business in this State shall be required to furnish equal accommodations in separate cars or compartments of cars for white and separate colored passengers provided that this Act shall not apply to sleeping cars
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all conductors or other employees in charge oiEm loyeeg such cars shall be required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compart to assign ments of cars provided by the said companies under the provisions of this Act and all their carsf conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby empowered to assign all passengers to seats on the cars under their charge so as to separate the white and colored races as much as practicable and all conductors and other employees of railroads and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall have and are hereby invested with police powers to carry out the provisions of this Act
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That any passenger remaining in any car or compart Penalty for ment or seat other than that to which he may have been assigned shall be guilty of a prsions misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 ofjhis act of the Code of 1882 Jurisdiction of such offences shall be in the county in which the same occurs The conductor and any and all employees on such cars are hereby clothed with power to eject from the train or car any passenger who refuses to remain in such car or compartment or seat as may be assigned to him
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That when a railroad car is divided into compartments Carg prop the space set apart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be dividproportioned according to the proportion of usual and ordinary travel by each on the road or line on which said cars are used
Sec 5 Be it further enacted That it shall be unlawful for the officers or employees wtite aQ having charge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored passengers to colored occupy the same car or compartment and for a violation of this section any such officer noftooc or employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be puncuPysame ished as is prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882 ments
Sec 6 Be it further enacted That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to nurses or servants in attendance on their employers
Sec 7 Be it further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment Cars to be cars or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such bletc cars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misdemeanor punishable under section 4310 of the Code of 1882
Sec 8 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 21 1891
TAX AGAINST RAILROAD EXPRESS SLEEPINGCAR AND TELEGRAPH
COMPANIES
No 32
An Act to authorize the ComptrollerGeneral to appoint one of the Railroad Commissioners of this State to act as arbitrator in certain cases and for other purposes
Section I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act that in all cases of disagreement between the ComptrollerGeneral and any railroad or express company sleepingcar companies and telegraph companies owning property in this State as to the taxable value of their said property and where said differences are referred to arbitrators the ComptrollerGeneral shall appoint any one of the Railroad Commissioners to act as arbitrator for the State in each case and it shall he the duty of said Railroad Commissioner when thus appointed to perform the duty of arbitrator without any additional compensation to his regular salary
Sec II Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed
Approved December 12 1894
RULES
Tariffs and Classification
governing
ADOPTED BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
AS AMENDED TO OCTOBER iy 1895
APPLYING BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Il

TARIFF JA

Merchandise Rates Per Hundred and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less
than One Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
DISTANCE 2 T3 fj A ct 100 lbs RATIJS PER 100 Pounds 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
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 130 80 Over 40 not over 50 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
131 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 no 120 130 130
181 to 200 1 05 Over 70 not over 80 30 40 50 60 70 75 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
201 to 250 1 15 Over 80 not over 90 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 15 120 130 135 140
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 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

TARIFF B
GOVERNING PERISHABLES ETC
Rates Per Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less than One
Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Bailroad Commission of Georgia
VTTT TTC Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS JB 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
lYIlLiLD per
100 lbs
MILES J 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
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 npt 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
a 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 2 6 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
181 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
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
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TARIFF K
Governing the followingperishables when carried by Exdress Companies
DRESSED POULTRY FRESH FTSH 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 t
Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
IDtsanoe lOOlbs
MILES J8 20 40 6 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
Miles Cents Packages Less Than
100 Lbs
1 to 460 Over 0 not over 5 25 25 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 SO Over 40n0t over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50
ioi to 130 35 Over50 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 Over 70 not over 80 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 I 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 260 50 Over 90 not over 100 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 154 58 60 63

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RULES
RULE 1
The above tariffs are maximum rates and will apply to all Express Companies doing ebusiness 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 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 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 an the State of Georgia the said classifications rates and rules with 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 fthe 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 mav 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 C O D or otherwise exceeds 5000 the following additional charge may be made on value Charge ior 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 10000 value or traction thereof These rates apply only to packages or shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers
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RULE 7
If C O D matter is refused or cannot be delivered the shipper must be immediatlw notified and if not disposed of within thirty days after such notice it may be returned subject to charge both ways
RULE 8
Gunpowder Dynamite Kerosene Benzine Naphtha Gasoline Matches and all otherexplosive or dangerous inflammable oils acids or materials may not be received for 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 Exnress 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
RULE 11
When ice is used for preservation of shipments of commodities in Tariff E including oysters in shell deduct Twentyfive per cent 25 from the gross weight
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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
IBeer
Beer Tonic
Berries
Butter
Cabbage
Calves dressed Cantaloupe in crates or Carrots
Celery
Cheese
Cherries
Chestnuts
Cider
Clams
Cocoanuts
Crabs
Crab Meat raw Not including deviled 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 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 boxea 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 pounds Look under the head of packages less than 100 pounds and fiud 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 bn 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 pounds and run your finger to the right until it comes to the column under the 60 miles and it will give the rate wanted35 cents
Extra RateChargesOn matter subject to half rate as one and onehalf or double rate find graduated rate according to tariff 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 or 25 pounds is 50 cents double this100is the proper amount
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CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPLANATORY NOTES
A means that the article is governed by Tariff A
A 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
6 Cans packed in Ice 25 lbs
12 40
16 a 50
18 if 60
20 it 65
24 a 80
30 90
36 105
44 n 120
50 a 135
56 n 150
72 195
WAYBILL
12 Cans without Ice 30 lbs
18 45
24 60
27 65
30 70
36 a 85
45 a 105
54 a 130
66 155
82 195

To arrive at the proper weight of Boxes or Cases when 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 used only on the
CONDITIONS NAMED BELOW WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION AAdvertising Matter consisting of Printed Engraved or Photographed Advertisements on paper or cardboard not under glass and Almanacs Signs or Cards without glass in frames or racks may be charged at the Merchandise rate per one hundred pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed and no charge to be less than 25 cents
Note The 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 merchandise rate
SECTION B The 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 i Packages of clothing shipped to or by laundries minimumtwentyfive cents
Catalogues and Prices Current with prices extended to and from dealers and their traveling salesmen value limited to 1000 minimum twentyfive cents
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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 fio packing houses minimum twentyfive 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 BEVSED ONLY ON THE CONOITIONS NAHER 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 or less 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 address printed 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
Show Cards unmounted Stereoscopic Views
Any of the above mentioned articles which represent advertising may be taken under Section A when it gives a lower rate
tPackages of Bulbs or Seed exceeding 40 ounces in weight 4 cents per package less than rate of onehalf cent per ounce unless regular graduate is less
Printed Matter Rates appy solely to articles enumerated and only when shipped by manufacturers publishers or dealers The value of each package must be limited to Ten Dollars be prepaid and have the nature or the contents written stamped or printed thereon and be so packed that the description may be readily verified by examination
SECTION DEspecial care and judgment must be exercised in the use of the following special rates offering them only to manufacturers and dealers to secure large 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
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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 Ho dealers charge pound rates
Onion SetsCharge merchandise rates except that they may also be taken under the head of Eates on Printed Matter Seeds and Bulbs See Section C
Vegetables under head of General Special only covers GreenVegetables 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 express when shippedby comrhission 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 single 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 Boxes Charge 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
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
ExplanationsSpecial rules under each heading apply to all articles enumerated thereunder A stands for single A Rate i A for Onehalf A Rate li A for Once and One half A Rate A for Double A Rate 3 t A tor 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 OR for Owners Risk ORB 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 Flows ordinary stirring and
breaking
Ale
Almanacs see Section A page
and Section C
Animals and Birds LiveRe ceive them only at O R of injury death or escape taking a Release as provided for Live Stock Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers They must be boxed or caged Enter the number of animals in each box or cage on waybill Charges may be
prepaid or guaranteed
Alligators live h
Cats
Deer
Dogs in boxes at actual wgt or securely chained at 100
lbs each
Ferrets
Guinea Pigs
Opossums
Pet animals
Rabbits J
Antlers
Apples
Asparagus
IS
Bananas
Beans
Beef Fat
Beer
Berries
Butter
D A
A
B
D A
Beer Tonic see Scale of Rates
Bees in stands O R
Benzine refuse see Rule 8
BicyclesOrdinarysee Y ehicles BicyclesRailroad taken apart see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetyK D and crated see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetynot K D and
boxed
Bicycle Wheels see Vehices BirdsLiveReceive them only at O 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
Blanks printed bound or in sheets see Section C
Blotters and Blotting Pads see Section C
Boats Metallic Folding securely packed
Boats Row and Canoes including paddles and equipment minimum 200
Shells and all Racing Crafts including Outriggers mini
mum 400
D A B B Books printed bound or unbound see Section C page Book Cases same as Furniture Bread pound rates minimum
B Buggies see Vehicles
B Burial Cases
B Burros see Live Stock
B Bulbs see Section C
B
B
1 i A
D A
D A
D A 4t A 8t A
A
A
154 EULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
C
Cabbage B
Calves dressed1 B
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls B
Carrots B
Celery a B
Cheese B
Cherries B
Chestnuts B
Cider B
Clams B
Cocoanuts 1 1i B
Criabs B
Crab meat raw not including
deviled or cooked crabs B
Crackers B
Cucumbers B
Calendars see Section C
Calves see Live Stock
Calves dressed see Perishables etc
Cameras Photograph securely
boxed A
CamerasPhotograph in light
carrying cases D A
Canoe see Boats
Cards printed see Section C
Carriages see Vehicles CastingsFragile receive only at 07R B 1A
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
X
Deer see Animals
DesksSchool see Furniture
DesksOffice same as Furniture
Dogs see Animals
Doll Carriages and Doll Chairs of small value
Dressed Poultry
Dress Forms D
Dynamite refuse see Rule 8
E
Eggs
Egg Plants
Emery Wheels
Empties O R returned by the company that carried them when full Unless otherwise 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 for news companies may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Beer Empties may be trans
ported free or Tariff B rates
Berry Stands or Crates 10c Each
Bread Baskets or Boxes 5c Each
Butter Tubs and all butter empties except refrigerators 5c Each
Butter Refrigerators15c Each
A Cans in boxes or kegs and oil
cans in jackets10c Each
Cans for Alcohol Fish Oils and Varnishes They may be delivered to regular patrons 15c Each
Clothing Baskets for clothing houses and merchant tailors 25c Each
A Coops 10c Each
Crates and Kennels pet animal or dog minimum 50c A
Demijohns in boxes or kegs 10c Each
Egg Cases 5c Each
Fruit Empties 10c Each
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
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Gas Cylinders minimum 15c A
Homing Pigeon Baskets minimum 50c each for each
company carrying A
Ice Cream Freezers minimum
15 cents A
Ice Cream Freezers empty may by agreement with
owner he returned subject to charges on delivery at rates fixed in classification A
Jars 5c Each
Jugs in boxes or kegs10c Each
Kurnyss 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 EmptieslOc Each Poney Refrigerators for fruit25c Each Soda Fountains minimum 15c A
Engravings see Pictures also Section C
Envelopes address printed see Section C
Explosives refuse see Rule 8
Fresh meats
Frogs live
Furs coarse
FishLive When carried by more than one Company rates on Packages each 7 pounds or less do not apply
Fruit
Furniture O R B
Boxed or crated
Not boxed or crated
Burlapped except chairsfrom
manufacturers only
Chairs boxed or crated
Chairs not boxed or craed and not otherwise specified Chairs Barber burlapped
boxed or crated
Chairs Dentists boxed or crated not exceeding 75 in
value
Chairs Dentists boxed or crated exceeding 7500 in
value
Chairs Iron Frame or Folding Opera
Letter File Cases boxed or
cratedI
Piano Stools boxed or crated Piano Stools not boxed or
crated
School Desks
FursCoarse including undressed skins
FursDrtessed
G
D
D
D
D
W
Feathers closely compressed
and baled A
Feathers not closely compressed
apd 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
canvas cases 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
Game
Gasoline refuse see Rule 8
Ginger Ale
Glass must be boxed or crated
O R B
Ground
Mirrors p
Stained
Show Cases J
Plate
Signs
WindowJ
Goats see live stock
Grapes
Greens
Green Corn
Guinea Pigs see Animals
Guns see Firearms
Gunpowder refuse see Rule 10
H pq PQ si PQ i 1 ij pq PQ j pq pq pq
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KULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
Harvesters K D
Hand BagsOld
Hand Bills see Section C Heliotype Work see Section C
HidesGreen
HobbyHorses
HogSj see Live Stock
Honey O R refuse unless
properly packed
Honey in comb and strained
well packed
Horses see Live Stock
I
Ice Cream
Inflammables refuse see Rule 8 Instruments O R
Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition
to their own cases
Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified
iPianos boxed minimum500 for each Company carrying Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company carrying
Organs boxed
Organs not boxed for music
dealers
Organs not boxed for other
than music dealers
Surveyors Instruments except Tripods must be refused unless boxed Surveyors Instruments enclosed in a 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 re
1 used unless boxed
Thermometers must be refused unless boxed or securely packed Value not exceeding 500 each
Value exceeding 500 each
Tripods
Insurance Policies blank see Section C
B D A
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B
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3 t A A
1 A A
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1 A
3 t A
A 3t A
A D A A
Jarsairtight butter
Jewelry sealed or unsealed rates in Section D do not apply Graduated rates
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Kerosene refuse see Rule 8
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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 Retuse 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 Shipper 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 5 for each company carrying
Calves crated
Colts see Ponies
Cows not crated estimate single animal at 1000 lbs
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Cows crated
Goals crated
Hogs
Horses estimate single animals at 1000 lbs minimum 25 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the
through rat
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 to divide the through rate
When not crated
When crated
A Pony Colt or Horse weighing over 500 lbs net will be classified same as a Horse
Sheep crated
Lobsters see Perishables
RE
Magazines see Section C
Maps see Section C
Marble and Slate manufactured must be boxed or crated O R
Matches refuse see Rule 8
Mattresses
Meat sample cans of from packing houses see Section B
MeatFresh or cured
Men refuse
Mineral Water
Mirrors see Glass
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Naphtha refuse see Rule 8 Negatives see Photographic Dry Plates
Newspapers charge according to local agreements Newspapers auxiliary see Section B
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Okra
Oars crated
Oars not crated
Oleo Butter
A
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3 t A A
HA
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A
B
B
B
A D A
B
Oleo Oil
Oil explosives or inflammables refuse see Rule 8
Opera Chairs see Furniture Opossums see Animals
Organs not boxed for other than
music dealers
Oranges
Oysters in shellf
Oysters canned see scale of weights
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Paintings see Pictures Pamphlets see Section C
Paper for Cash Register see Section C
Parsnips
Peachesj
Peas
Pears
Pine Apples
Plums
Pomegranates
Pop
Potatoes
Poultry dressed
Patent Insides see Section B
Peanut Roasters
Periodicals see Section C Photographs not framed see Section C
Photographic Dry Plates and
Negatives O R B
Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company carry
ing
Piano Stools see Furniture
Pictures O R must be securely crated or boxed and marked Pictures Oil Paintings etc Shippers must invariably declare value and it must be entered on the receipt
Chromos
Crayon Portraits
Engravings
Lithographs
Machines or Sten cil Paintings Oil Paintings
Pictures
Water Colors
I When the declared value of the shipment is 50 or less When the declared value of the shipment ex ceeds 5000
Pigeons Quails or BirdsLive in coops for market or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape
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Coops and contents must not
weigh over 150 lbs
PigeonsLi ve shipped by Homing Pigeon Clubs 0 R of injury death or escape in heavy flat topped baskets with insufficient food and water for the 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 iPlants Live 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 guaranteedPlants also see Section C
Plows ordinary stirring and
breaking
Ponies see Live Stock
Pop see Scale of Rates
Posters see Section C
Poultry dressed
PoultryLive 0 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
Poultry other than for market released same as Live Stock charges may be prepaid or guaranteed enter the number of fowls in each coop on
the waybill
Prices Current see Section B Produce
Prospectuses see Section C Proof sheets see Section C Publications see Section C
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D A
A D A
D A
S i usageFresh 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
Sheep see Live Stock
Sheet Music see Section C
Show Cards unmounted see Section C
Show Cases see Glass
Shrubs B
Signs see Glass also Section A
SkinsDressed A
SkinsUndressed B
Slate see Marble
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 0
Sulkies see Vehicles
Surveyors Instruments see Instruments
Quail see pigeons
R
JSabbitsDead see Perishables
etc b
Rabbits Live see Animals
Radishes B
Reading Matter Plates see Section B
Revolvers see Firearms Rifles see Fire arms
Roots see Section C
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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 A
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Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not securely boxed 0 R D A
Y Valises old VegetablesGreen B
Vehicles Bicycles ordinary D A
Bicycles railroad taken apart A
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 A
Buggies not K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 t A
Childrens Carriages D A
Carriages K D and boxed or crated 1A
Carriages not K D and boxed or crated 3 t A
Carriages or Buggy Poles with single trees securely attached A
Cutters with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum
300 for each company carrying 1 i A
Sleighs K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 1 A
Sleighs not K D not boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 A
Sleigh with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum
300 for each company carrying 1 h A
Sulkies K D and boxed or crated minimum 150 for each company carrying 1 A
Sulkies not K D nor boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 t A
Tricycles K D and boxed or crated A
Tricycles not K D and boxed or crated D A
Velocipedesv D A
VelocipedesChildrens A
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Watches see Jewelry
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Yeast Compressed B
TELEGRAPH
Tariff and Rules Governing Telegraph Companies
BULE 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 andsignature between ahy 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 charges 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 st 1892
BULE NO 2
No telegraph office where messages are received and transmitted for the public shall 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
The Darien Telegraph Co
Upon application of the Manager of the Darien Telegraph Company to be allowed an increase in the telegraph 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
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APPENDIX
APPLICATION OF THE FRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION FOR LOWER RATES ON GREEN PEACHES IN VENTILATED CARS FROM GEORGIA POINTS TO THE EAST
CONCLUSION OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA WITH REGARD THERETO AFTER HEARING CASE ON JUNE THE 28TH AND 29TH 1895
The case under review appears on the records as Marshall J Hatcher vs the Central Railroad Banking Company The complaint is that the interstate rates on green fruits from Georgia points to points outside of this State especially to Eastern cities are excessive In hearing the case great scope was allowed Incidentally the Fruit Growers Association of Georgia complained of the rates on cans into the State and canned goods out of the State and stated that the high rates were injurious to the fruit growing industry in this State
Under the act of the Legislature approved October 14 1879 it becomes the duty of this Commission to inquire into all contracts or agreements by virtue of which rates shall be changed exceeding the rates fixed for freight and passengers by this Commission Under the Act approved December 18 1890 section 2 Whenever the Railroad Commission of Georgia finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission to call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and to urge upon them the propriety of changing such rate or rates Failing in obtaining sucb reductions from the railroad officials the following sections of that Act apply and provide that this Commission shall prepare a case and present it to the Interstate Commerce Commission and call upon the AttorneyGeneral to prosecute the same
It is under these laws that this Commission is now acting Having after a painstaking investigation unanimously arrived at the conclusion that rates on green fruits on shipments going out of Georgia and desiring to benefit the shippers and the transportation lines during the shipping period of this crop you gentlemen have been invited to confer with us today 4o see if some adjustment on a lower plane cannot be promptly effected
Traffic representatives of the several different railroads doing business in this State were
present at the hearing of this case on the 28th and 29th ultimo The Commissioner ofthe associated railroads was present and heard the testimony after which these various representatives ofthe railroads voluntarily stated that the rates on pears and grapes which are transported in plain ventilated cars were too high and would be promptly readjusted and that the rates on empty cans to the canning factories and canned goods from these factories would be adjusted to a basis giving such establishments an opportunity to compete in the markets This we believe will be promptly done and it is not necessary for this Commission to lay any stress on that portion of the compiaint beyond a bare recital of the fact that pears and grapes being sufficiently hardy to successfully stand transportation in ventilated cars were entitled to lower xates especially so since the longestablished custom has been to give
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pears and apples coming into the State iar lower rates than those now in torce for shipments from Georgia Thus
PEARS AND APPLES
New York to Tennille 49
Yaldosta 52
Macon 48
Atlanta 1 49
BANANAS
Mobile to Atlanta Macon anid Columbus 34
New Orleans 39
While the rate as at present in force is from Macon and Atlanta 81 cts and to the smaller points 81 cts plus 6 cts on shipments going outside of the State
This fact is now apparent to the traffic managers of the road and we rely on prompt reductions on the articles named
The main contention is then that the rates applying to peaches in refrigerated cars should be reduced For it appears from the testimony that there is now in force the rate adopted in 1888 of 49 cts to this class of merchandise to Philadelphia New York and corresponding rates to Boston provided the shipment is made in ventilated car and goes via Savannah by Ocean Steamship Company The introduction into fruit traffic of refrigerated cars has proven the desirability of this mode of shipment and there is apparently no desire to ship in ventilated cars and by steamship any longer So the rate has been made as re gards this particular complaint of charge of 87 cts from Marshallville to New York on peaches in refrigerated cars To Chicago the rate is 63 cts per hundred pounds and to Cincinnati 46 cts the charge being on 20000 lbs as a minimum carload the shipper also paying the sum of 90 peir car for refrigeration the cost to the shipper for both freight and refrigeration per car as follows
To New York 81 cts per 100 lbs plus local 6 175 plus 90265
To Chicago 57 cts plus local 6 per 100 lbs 127 plus 90217
To Cincinnati 40 cts per 100 lbs plus 6 93 plus 90183
The great cause for complaint being especially on shipments Eastward It is not necessary to even suggest to men of experience and perception so long engaged in handling the business of large transportation lines as you have been that your interests and those of the people living along thevarious lines are identical You know all that and earnestly endeavor no doubt to so adopt rates as to try to make them fair to all concerned But in these days of diminished tonnage in the natural zeal to have the same paying traffic as heretofore railroad officials can err in pressing too heavily on certain articles which they think can stand the increased rates To see that such errors have been made in this class of freight it is only necessary to refer to some of the reviews of such rates when brought before unprejudiced boards The decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the case of the Eailroad Commission in Florida vs the Savannah Florida Western Bail way et alf lowering the advance in rates on oranges illustrates this Afterwards that Commission in the case of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange vs the New York and New England Bailroad Company decided that the rate on peaches from Delaware points were unjust and unreasonable and more recently the Interstate Commerce Commission in the case of
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the Truck Growers of Charleston vs Pennsylvania Railroad reduced the rate on strawberries and incidentally covered many points in its conclusion on refrigeration and refrigerating cars It positively states that it is obligatory on a common carrier to furnish adequate car equipment for all the business it undertakes and advertises to do That something beyond the naked carbox is needed ior this character of traffic just as light heat ventilation and seats are necessary for the comfort and health of passengers So that when carriers undertake to transport highly perishable traffic requiring refrigeration in transit ice and the facilities for its transportation m connection with that traffic are incidental to and inseparable from the service of transportation itself So it will be seen that much of the arguments which were so ably delivered on the 28th regarding extra weight of cars and the onus of ice carriage lose much of their weight in the face of this decision It is not denied today and it is true that the service given by the different roads in this peach traffic is unusual The schedules are fast the trains are small the refrigeration en route the specially provided trains extra handling at delivery points return of empties and other incidentals all conspire with the highly perishable character of the freight and the liberal claims when damage occurs to warrant full compensation to the lines transporting such freight The shippers admit this and this Commission believes a liberal rate under the circumstances just On the other hand the fruit growers claim that this traffic moves very little faster than merchandise of other description claiming that the difference in time is only about six hours between Georgia points and the East that claims are limited by the billlading itself to 500 per car that therefrigerating companies guarantee and are responsible for all claims except for wreckage that in pasts hipments one car only has been so wrecked as to be liable for claims that trains are made up partly of fruit and partly of other merchandise But it is the comparison of rates mainly that affects the question and the charge being madeis or is it not excessive The testimony shows that rates from Michigan to Baltimore on this class of traffic is 42 cents in ventilated cars it is true but that the schedule is practically that of a passenger train and serves all of the purposes of the shipper The rate from Georgia in refrigerating cars is 81 cents per hundred pounds from Atlanta and the 90 for refrigeration paid by the shipper that the rates from California to Chicago were 125 per 100 pounds and to New York 150 per 100 pounds that the rates from Maryland were 170 per car of ten tons to Boston against 312 from Georgia when cost of refrigeration is added oranges from Jacksonville to Eastern cities in refrigerated cars 120 per car The Railroad Commission of Georgia has established local rates on this class of traffic in the past There has been no complaint either by the railroads or by the shippers that these rates were unfair Taking Marshallville as a shipping point a car of 20000 pounds of peaches would be entitled to 2875 on a shipment to Savannah by the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia It is admitted by the traffic manager of that railroad that the Centrals proportion as charged on through interstate business of this character is 3160 per car Rate sheet submitted to us show the following divisions
Central R R to Savannah Savannah to Richmond Beyond
Fort Valley Ga to Jersey City Marshallville Ga to Jersev City 20i 20J 36 36 313 31i
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which allows the Central Railroad of Georgia on a minimum carload of 20000 pounds 4050 showing a through proportion in excess of that allowed by the tariff of this Commission The testimony all tends to show that the present crops of such green fruits in Georgia as this rate involves will be in the neighborhood of 1000 cars that the next crop gathered will be far in excess if we predicate it on increased acreage and more attention and scientific treatment If the outturn of this crop is reasonably remunerative it will in all probability increase the fruit acreage in Georgia phenomenally to the consequent advantage of the railroads
All this and the further fact that in the opinion of this Commission the present rates in effect would prevent the marketing of a large percentage of the present crop moves us to the unanimous opinion that not only justice but the interests of shippers the public and the railroads alike would best be subserved by a prompt readjustment of rates on green fruits shipped out of the State of Georgia to a basis of 130 per carload for peaches in refrigerated cars to New York the shipper to pay as heretofore the additional 90 per car for refrigeration and other Eastern points in like proportion
We therefore call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the foregoing facts nd our conclusion and urge upon them the propriety of changing the aforesaid rate in conformity with the foregoing
L N Trammell Chairman Allen Eort
G Gunby Jordan
Commissioners
OPINION OF COMMISSIONER ALLEN FORT RELATIVE TO REGULATION BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF INTERSTATE TRAFFIC IN GEORGIA AS TO THE INTERCHANGE OF BUSINESS BETWEEN RAILROADS
Mr Edwin Fitzgerald Traffic Manager of the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railway Company submits the following letter
Knoxville Tenn March 19 1894 Mr A C Briscoe Secretary Georgia Commission Atlanta Ga
INTERCHANGE OE FREIGHT
Dear SirReferring to the twentyfirst report of your Honorable Commission I perceive that paragraph two of rule thirtytwo reads as follows
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
This refers to interchange of business between the roads Will you kindly advise me how this circular is understood to affect interstate business or business originating outside of the State of Georgia and destined to a local station within the State of Georgia or to business originating out of but passing through the State to a point in another State and to business originating within the State and destined to some point out of the State of Georgia
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I should be pleased to be advised of the effect if any this circular is supposed to have on traffic moving as above
The question is one of much importance as it involves a large amount of traffic and affects almost all of th railways in this State We have felt called upon to give it particular consideration Rule No Thirtytwo is as follows
1 Railroads shall without delay switch off and deliver 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 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 shalF have the same rates for all and shall afford the usual and like customary lacilities for the interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike
This rule was adopted and embodied in Circular No 208 of the Railroad Commission see Appendix D of Twentieth Report in re Georgia Chemical Workus Richmond and Danville Railroad Company lessee of the Athens Belt Line Twentieth Report of Railroad Commission page No 175 Of its full application in letter and spirit to all State traffic over the railroads in Georgia there can be no doubt The rule is based on the Act of the Legislature of 1874 and is of great importance It was intended to prevent the stifling of competition and to secure justice to each railroad against its connecting lines Any other rule would leave the weaker roads at the mercy of the stronger ones would subject shippers to the greatest inconvenience and would deny to the patrons of the railroads the right to route their shipments The rule will be rigidly enforced whenever its violation is made known
The question is Does this rule refer to the interstate business or business originating outside of the State of Georgia and destined to a local station within the State of Georgia or to business originating out of but passing through this State to a point in another State and to business originating in this State and destined to some point out of the State
Of the propriety and justice of this rule as applied to internal commerce of this State there can be no doubt Does this rule conflictwith the commerce powers of Congress over interstate commerce The question of what constitutes interstate commerce and how far the same may be regulated by the States has been frequently considered by the Supreme Court of the United States In the leading case of Gibbons vs Ogden 9 Wheaton 1 th question is very elaborately discussed
In the majority of the many cases considered by the Supreme Court the question has arisen on the levy of a tax the requiring of a license or some other imposition of burden upon the interstate traffic that interfered with it not infrequently burdens that were not imposed upon commerce wholly within the State In this case there would be no different rule applied to interstate commerce or to business coming from another State or going to another State to which traffic wholly within the State was not subjected It is in no sense a burden upon commerce but the whole aim and purpose of the regulation is to facilitate commerce to speed the transportation of property and to exact that celerity and dispatch that is everywhere recognized as important in railroad business It really was adopted to
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foster competition to prevent oppression by one railroad against another and to enable shippers to select their own routes without being subjected to unnecessary and onerous exactions
Where a great system has a through line to the destination oi the goods shipped and has a competitor or competitors for most of the distance between the same points disobedience of this rule enables the railroads to divert traffic to put such burdens and delays upon shippers as will force them to adopt its own line In other words the manifest purpose of the rule is not to lay a burden but to prevent burdens being laid by the railroad companies It is in the interest of fair dealing and of equality to shippers
Has the State authority to adopt a regulation of this character when Congress has not adopted one inconsistent It will not be disputed that if Congress in the exercise of this commercial power had legislated upon this subject that the States could not pass any law inconsistent therewith But it has been held that the right of States to regulate commerce is concurrent with that of Congress provided always however that all State regulations that are inconsistent with those of the Federal Government oh this subject must give way See Thames Bank vs Lovell 46 American Decisions 342 Peeples vs Coleman 60th American Decsions 581
In the case of Council Bluffs vs Kansas City St Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad 45 Iowa 338 it was held that a States statute requiring that railroads connecting with railroads outside of the State should transfer freight and passengers at a point within the State was void and in conflict with the commercial power of Congress In that case the Union Pacific Railroad had a station at Omaha near Council Bluffs and the purpose was to make the transfer within the State The effect of this decision was to permit speedy transit for it appeared in the evidence that it was much more expeditious to unload and transfer at Omaha In that case it was held that Congress in the legislation regarding the Union Pacific Railroad had legislated upon the subject in regard to the connections of that road and that this section was inconsistent with the law The business of the country imperatively demands celerity in the transportation of passengers and freight and every impediment thereto is a burden upon commerce Its regulations are intended to remove any impediment which impedes the expeditious dispatch of freights And we know of no act of Congress inconsistent therewith Indeed the Interstate Commerce Act requires that
Sec 3 Paragraph 2 Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall according to their respective powers afford all reasonable proper and equal facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines and for the receiving forwarding and delivering of passengers to and from their several lines and those connecting therewith and shall not discriminate in their rates and charges between such connecting lines but this shall not be construed as requiring any such common carrier to give use of its tracks or terminal facilities to another carrier engaged in like business
And this regulation is entirely consistent in furtherance of this provision
Again it has been held by the Supreme Court of the United States that Congress has the exclusive power to regulate commerce But that has never been considered to include the njeans by which commerce is carried on within a State Milner vs N J R R T Co 16th I 0 R 799906
It has also been held that when the subjects within the corpmerce power of Congress are local in their nature or operation or constitute mere aids to commerce the State may provide other regulation and management until Congress intervenes and supercedes their action Cardwell vs American Bridge Co 28th I C R 959 Gloucester Ferry Co vs Pa 29th I C R 158 Brown vs Houston 29th 1 C R 257
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It must be conceded that the States may regulate port charges may pass suitablo pilotage regulations and may regulate wharfs and charges for wharfage although each of these more or less affect interstate and foreign commerce Were the State to undertake to impose any tax or to do any act that would prevent the freedom of the commerce this could not be sustained even though Congress had not taken action on the subject But how different is the case wherethe regulation is intended and can only have the effect of facilitating commerce by rendering it free and unfettered
It was held that the statute of Mississippi which required railroads to provide separate accommodations for the white and colored races is within the power of the State and not obnoxious to the commercial clause 133 U S 587
It has also been held that a State law prohibiting persons afflicted with color blindness from serving on railroads until an examination has been made is constitutional nowithstanding the fact that the persons examined are engaged in the conduct of interstate commerce 128th U S 96 Also in 124th IT S 465 the law requiring engineers of railroads in Alabama to be first examined as to their qualifications and receive license before they can conduct railroad transportation although such persons were engaged in carrying on interstate commerce
In discussing the law against color blindness the Supreme Court of the United States uses the following language
It is conceded that the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce is plenary that as incident to it Congress may legislate as to the qualifications duties and liabilities of employees and others on railway trains engaged in that commerce and that such legislation will supercede any State action on the subject But until such legislation is had it is clearly within the competency of the States to provide against accidents on trains whilst within their limits
Indeed it is a principle fully recognized by decisions of State and Federal Courts that wherever there is any business in which either from the products created or the instrumentalities used there is danger to life or property it is not only within the power of the States but it is among their plain duties to make provisions against accidents likely to follow in such business so that the attendant dangers may be guarded against so far as practicable
In Smith vs Alabama this court recognizing previous decisions where it had been held that it was competent for the State to provide redress for wrongs done and injuries committed on its citizens by parties engaged in the business of interstate commerce notwithstanding the powers of Congress over those subjects very pertinently inquired What is there to forbid the State in the further exercise of the same jurisdiction to prescribe the precautions and safaguards foreseen to be necessary and proper to prevent by anticipation those wrongs and injuries which after they have been inflicted it is admitted that the State has the power to redress and punish If the State has power to secure to passengers conveyed by common carriers in their vehicles of transportation a right of action for the recovery of damages occasioned by the negligence of the carrier in not providing safe and suitable vehicles or employees of sufficient skill and knowledge or in not properly conducting and managing the act of transportation why may not the State also impose on behalf of the public as additional means of prevention penalties for the nonobservance of these precautions Why may it not define and declare what particular things shall be done and observed by such a carrier in order to insure the safety of the persons and things he carries ox of the property and persons of others liable to be affected by them Of course but one answer can be made to these inquiries for clearly what the State may punish or afford redress for when done it may seek by proper precautions in advance to prevent And the
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court in that case held that the provisions in the statute of Alabama were not strictly regulations of interstate commerce but parts of that body of the local law which governs the relations between carriers and passengers and merchandise and the public who employ them which are not displaced until they come in conflict with an express enactment of Congress in the exercise of its power over commerce and that until so displaced they remain as thelaw governing carriers in the discharge of their obligations whether engaged in purely internal commerce of the State or in commerce among the States The same observationsmay be made with respect to the provisions of the State law for the examination of parties to be employed on railways with respect to their powers of vision Such legislation is not directed against commerce and only affects it incidentally and therefore cannot be called within the meaning of the Constitution a regulation of commerce As said in Sherlock vs Ailing 93 U S 99 104 23 819 legislation by a State of that character relating to the rights duties and liabilities of citizens and only indirectly and remotely affecting the operations of commerce is of obligatory force upon citizens within its territorial jurisdiction whether on land or water or engaged in commerce foreign or interstate or in any other pursuit In our judgment the statute of Alabama under consideration falls within thisclass
Mr Justice Matthews in 124th U S page 465
This general system of law subject to be modified by State legislation when inconsistentis that customary law which prevails as the common law of the land in each State or as a code of positive provisions expressly enacted is nevertheless the law of the State in which it is administered and derives all its force and effect from the actual or presumed exercise of its legislative power It does not emanate from the authorities of the National Government nor flow from the exercise of any legislative powers conferred upon Congress by the Constitution of the United States nor can it be implied as existing by force of any other legislative authority than that of the several States of which it is in force It has never been doubted but that this entire body and system of law regulating in general the relativerights and duties of persons within the territorial jurisdiction of the State without regard to their pursuits is subject to change at the will of the legislature of each State except as that will may be restrained by the Constitution of the United States It is to this law that persons within the scope of its operation look for the definition of their rights and for the redress of wrong committed upon them It is the source of all relative obligations and dutiesenforceable by law the observance of which the State undertakes to enforce as its public policy and it was in contemplation of the continued existence of this separate system of law in each State that the Constitution of the United States was framed and ordained which said legislative powers as are therein granted or by reasonable implication
It is among these laws ot the States therefore that we find provisions concerning therights and duties of common carriers of persons and merchandise whether by land or by water and the means authorized by which injuries resulting from the failure properly toperform their obligations may be either prevented or redressed A carrier exercising this calling within a particular State although engaged in interstate commerce is answerable according to the laws of the State for acts of nonfeasance or misfeasance committed within its limits If he failsto deliver goods to the proper consignee at the right time or place he is liable to an action tor damages under the laws of the State in its courts or if by negligence in transporting he inflicts injury upon the person of a passenger brought from another State a right Of action for the consequent damage is given by the local law In neither case would it be a defence that the law giving the right to redress was void asbeing an unconstitutional regulation of commerce by the State This indeed was the very
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point decided in Sherlock vs Ailing above cited If it is competent for the State thusto administer justice according to its own laws for wrongs done and injuries suffered when committed and inflicted by defendants while engaged in the business of interstate orforeign commerce notwithstanding the power over those subjects conferred upon Congress by the Constitution what is there to forbid the State in the further exercise of thesame jurisdiction to prescribe the precautions and safeguards foreseen to he necessary and proper to prevent by anticipation those wrongs and injuries which after they have been committed and inflicted it is admitted that the State has power to redress and punish T If the State has power to seeure to passengers conveyed by common carriers in their vehicles of tranrportation a right of action for the recovery of damages occasioned by the negligence of the carrier in not providing safe and suitable vehicles or employees of sufficient skill and knowledge or in not properly conducting and managing the act of transportation why may not the State also impose in behalf of the public as an additional means of prevention penalties for the nonobservance of these precautions Why may it not defineand declare what particular things shall he done and observed by such a carrier in order toinsure the safety of the persons and things he carries or of the persons or property of othersliable to be affected by them
It is that law which defines who are or may be common carriers and prescribes the means that they shall adopt for the safety of that which is committed to their charge and the rulesaccording to which under varying conditions their conduct shall he measured and judged which declares that the common carrier owes the duty of care and what shall constitute that negligence for which he shall be responsible
But for the provisions on the subject found in the local law of each State there would be no legal obligation on the part of the carriei1 whether ex contrateu or ex delicto in those whoemploy him or if the local law is held not to apply where the carrier is engaged in foreign or interstate commerce in the absence of laws passed by Congress or presumed to be adopted by it there can he no rule of decision based upon rights and duties supposed to grow out of the relation of such carriers to the public or to individuals In other words if the law of the particular State does not govern that relation and prescribe the rights and duties which it implies then there is and can be no law that does until Congress expressly supplies it or is held by implication to have supplied it in cases within its jurisdiction over foreign and in terstate commerce The failure of Congress to legislate can he construed only as an intention not to disturb what already exists and is the mode by which it adopts for cases within the scope of its power the rule of the State law which until displaced covers the subject
The police power of the State is independent of the commerce power of Congress and may be exercised whenever the public interest demands It was never intended that theState should surrender this great power It will he remembered that all railroads doing business within the State of Georgia are creatures of the State They live move and have their being by the will of the State They are intrusted with the exercise of the right of eminent domain oneof the sovereign prerogatives of the State and they are subject to State regulations The State has authority to promote the freedom of commerce that passes through comes within or goes beyond her borders This rule does not act upon the trafficdoes not undertake to regulate the rates on interstate shipments authority on that subject being withheld by the terms of the Act creating this Commission It will be seen that thelimitation there is simply upon the fixation of rates for interstate business but the police power residing in the State to prevent monopolies from oppressing the people to prevent thestrong from oppressing the weak and for fostering competition has never been surrendered to the General Government and hence may he exercised
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I therefore conclude that Buie No 32 applies not only to intrastate but to interstate commerce
In further support of this opinion the case of the W IT Telegraph Co vs James 90th Ga 254 and 93 Ga 352 are cited to show that the penalty act requiring the prompt delivery of messages applied to interstate as well as to intrastate business It is well settled that the sending of telegrams from a point in one State to a point in another State is interstate commerce Here the purpose of the act of the Legislature was to facilitate the delivery of messages and to impose a penalty for the nonperformance of this plain duty The Georgia Supreme Court in two cases held that this law applied to interstate messages
In the State of Virginia where a like law was enforced the Supreme Court of that State decided in the case of W U Tel Co vs Tyler reported in the 18th S E B page 280 that the act of the Legislature providing a penalty for the nondelivery of interstate messages was constitutional In this case it is established that a regulation that imposed no burden upon commerce and not being in conflict with the Federal law was a valid exercise of police power
In the State of Missouri the Supreme Court of that State considering a similar act held likewise in the case of Cornell vs the W U Tel Co 18th S E Bep
In the case cited by the Supreme Court of North Carolina Baggsw the W U T Co 14 S E Bep page 79 the principles contended for in the foregoing opinion were fully sustained That was a case involving the constitutionality of the statute imposing a penalty upon railroad companies for the detention of freight for more than live days after delivery for shipment without the consent of the shipper The shipment in question was consigned to another State
In delivering his opinion in this case among other things Mr Justice Avery said
So long as the State legislation is not in conflict with any law passedby Congress in pursuance of its powers and is merely intended and operates in fact to aid commerce and to expedite instead of hindering the safe transportation of persons or property from one Commonwealth to another it is not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and will be enforced either as supplementary to partial Federal statutes relating to the same subject or in lieu of such legislation where Congress has not exercised its authority at all
In support of this the following are cited 118 U S 455 144 Mass 523 11 N E Bep 929 124 U S 465 128 U S 96 91 U S 275 17 Wallace 560 96 U S 1 105 U S 460 127 U S 640 120 IT S 489 136US104 128 U S 129 135 U S 166 116 U S 446 94 U S 465 125 U S 465 122 U S 326 84 U S 560 Also 30 Fed Bep 663 33 Fed Bep 391 38 Fed Bep 757
The case cited from 33 Fed Bep 391 arose upon the regulation by the Bailroad Commission of Iowa of the charges for transferring loaded cars from one road to another or to warehouses and manufactories to which they were destined situated on other roads similar to our Freight Buie No 25 It was contended that this rule was invalid so far as the same applied to interstate commerce The United States Circuit Court of the Northern District of Iowa Judge Shiras now one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States held that the regulation was valid and not in conflict with the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States
The conclusion reached in the foregoing makes Buie No 32 of the Bailroad Commission applicable to inter as well as intrastate traffic generally In the particular cases under consideration S D F W McMurrain and D P Coogle vs the Central Bailroad Banking Company the facts are as follows
The shipments were from Port Boyal in the State of South Carolina to Oglethorpe and
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Box Springs Georgia via the Georgia Railroad from Augusta to Macon from whence the shipments were to be made to these two points At Macon the Central Railroad refused to promptly interchange the traffic according to Rule No 32 of this Commission defending their conduct on the ground that they had a railroad from Augusta to Macon over which shipments should have been made to these two points as they were local stations on the line of their road and that the diversion of traffic by the Georgia Railroad resulted in a shrinkage of the rates to Macon which they claim to he unlawful They refuse to recognize this as a through shipment saying and it is not denied that there was no common arrangement for continuous carriage of the shipments from Port Royal to their destinations in Georgia This being true the question arises as to whether or not that is interstate traffic so far as the application of Rule No 32 is concerned In the Act to regulate Commerce it is provided that The provisions of this Act which apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad or partly by railroad and partly by water where both are used under common control management or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment from one State or Territory in the United States o another State or Territory in the United States Congress in its effort to regulate interstate commerce only undertook to regulate that commerce which was carried under common arrangement and did not undertake to interfere with or to regulate commerce passing from one State to another where there was no arrangement for continuous carriage or shipment It therefore left such shipments so far as the interchange of traffic at connecting points is concerned to the States provided of course that the States were not at liberty to lay any burden upon such commerce or to obstruct the same So that State regulations intended to have the effect of facilitating commerce such as the one under review were valid and proper Such regulations are not inconsistent with any acts that Congress has passed upon the subject and it appears from the foregoing quotation from the Act to Regulate Commerce that Congress did not act upon this particular subject applicable to these cases when the fact appears that the shipments from Port Royal were not under common arrangement either to Oglethorpe or Box Springs and only under arrangement for continuous carriage to Macon Ga When the freight reached Macon it ceased to he interstate commerce and Rule 32 applies with full force without regard to the general proposition as before announced as to the effect of said rule on interstate traffic generally While I have no doubt of the application of the rule even if the shipments were under common arrangement from Port Royal to points of destination it seems to me that there can he no room for doubt as to the application of said rule to the particular shipments in question because at Macon they were not interstate hut intrastate traffic and fell under the jurisdiction and control of this Commissi011 Allen Port Railroad Commissioner
ELECTRIC AND STREET RAILWAYS IN GEORGIA
Name
Albany
Albany
Atlanta Consolidated
Athens
Augusta
Augusta Summerville
City Suburban Savannah
Savannah Isle of Hope
Savannah Thunderbolt Isle of Hope
Columbus
Collins Park Belt Atlanta i
Electric Railway of Savannah
Macon
Metropolitan Consolidated Macon
Hawkinsville
Macon Indian Springs
Atlanta Railway Company
Gainesville
Rome
Covington
Brunswick
Artesian City
Athens
Total
Mileage Assessed Valuation
l 6500 Ob
10000 00
62 553360 00
5 20200 00
20 133000 00
2 26800 00
174 157468 72
3 7661 99
7 49781 73
19 82350 00
9 51200 00
17 142762 001
12 158163 48
40439 08
2 10000 00
6 30000 00
ml 125000 09
2 2500 09
5 26550 09
3 539S 19950 09
5 1 6439 00
3 7960 09
6 1500 00
2311674077 09
INDEX
ACT ESTABLISHING COMMISSION 126
ACT CONCERNING INTERSTATE RATES1 131
ACT CONCERNING POWER TO BRING SUIT 132
ACT CONCERNING INSPECTION OF RAILROADS 133
ACT AMENDING TITLE OF COMMISSION ACT 132
ACT CONCERNING STORAGE CHARGES 134
ACT CONCERNING EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES 135
ACT CONCERNING SEPARATE CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED 141
CIRCULARS NOS 240 TO 252 INCLUSIVE 2344
CLASSIFICATION FREIGHT 6995
CODE EXTRACTS FROM137140
CONSTITUTION EXTRACTS FROM 136
DEMURRAGE AND STORAGE RULES GOVERNING 6162
DEPOTS RULES GOVERNING LOCATION OF ETC 59
DISTANCE TABLES 98124
EARNINGS AND EXPENSES OF RAILROADS 89
EXPLANATORY NOTES 5859
EXPRESS RULES TARIFF AND CLASSIFICATION BEGIN 144
FREIGHT RULES 5257
FREIGHT TARIFF STANDARDfJ 6667
FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSES 64
GENERAL RULES 48
INTERSTATE LAW EXTRACTS FROM 140
LIVESTOCK RULES 5960
PASSENGER RULES 4951
PASSENGER TARIFF 47
RAILROADS CLASSIFIED LIST OF 65
RELATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES TO FREIGHT TARIFF 98124
REPORT TO THE GOVERNORf 321
STORAGE AND DEMURRAGE RULES6162
STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILROADS 172
TELEGRAPH RULES ETC 160
TwentyFourth R EPORT
OF THE
Railroad Commission
OF
Georgia
From October 15th 1895 to October 15th 1896
SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR OCTOBER 15th 1896
ATLANTA GA
Franklin Printing and Publishing Company Geo W Harrison State Printer Manager
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
ALLEN FORT THOS C CRENSHAW JR COMMISSIONERS
J D MASSEY Secretary
REPORT
Atlanta Ga October 15th 1896
To His Excellency W Y Atkinson Governor
In obedience to the law we herewith submit the annual report of the transactions of the Railroad Commission of Georgia for the past year together with such facts suggestions and recommendations as seem to us appropriate The circulars issued from time to time during the past year are made a part of this report
CONDITION OF THE RAILROADS IN GEORGIA
The present railroad mileage in Georgia is 529141 miles showing an increase of 5089 miles over that reported last year This aggregate includes 585 miles of road abandoned and not now in operation
We are pleased to report that the physical condition of the railroads of the State is very much improved and that generally they are in good condition such as to insure safety to the traveling public and security for freight transported There are now in the hands of receivers in Georgia only 4214 miles of road as against 54373 last year and 196070 the preceding year I the receivers having been discharged by sales and reorganizations There are at present in this State 55 operating railroad corporations or companies
EARNINGS
The gross earnings of the railroads in Georgia for the year ending June j 30 1896 were 1845846795 as compared with 1693014696 for the i previous year The operating expenses were 1318833628 against the sum of 1239773060 for last year and the net earnings were 5270 I 13167 as compared with 453241636 for the year previous showing an increase in net earnings for the State of 73771531 or 162 per cent For the year just closed the cost of operation was 714 per cent as against i 732 per cent the preceeding year Appended to this report will be found j a full statement of the mileage and gross earnings operating expenses and j net earnings of the railroads of Georgia
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The general depression which has prevailed over the entire country for file past few years and which has contributed largely to the financial distress of the railroads is still felt but it is believed that the worst effectof it have passed and that an era of better times is near at hand With decreased capitalization and the return of prosperity to the country there is no reason why the railroads of Georgia should not prosper under the iust and liberal rates allowed by the Commission
Unfortunately there is no law limiting the issues of stocks and bonds upon railroad properties to a just and fair valuation and it is feared that
some of the reorganization schemes have so encumbered the properties as
to make it improbable that even under the most favorable conditions the fixed charges entailed by these securities will be met It is needless to say that over issues of stocks and bonds make receivers inevitable and do great injustice to the people and to the securityholders
We renew the recommendations heretofore made that the Legis ature enact a suitable statute to prevent the aforesaid evils In several of the States legislation of this character has been passed and has proven effective notably in Texas If the railroads were required to submit to this Board applications for authority to issue bonds and stock and the Board or some other proper officer that had the authority to limit the amount that should be issued as to roads hereafter to be constructed and as to roads that are to jbe reorganized both the public and the securityholders would be protected
COMPLAINTS
During the past year a large number of complaints have been lodged with the Commission covering a vast variety of subjects A very consi erable number of these relate to interstate business over which this Commission has no direct jurisdiction In all such cases the parties have been informed of their rights and of the proper tribunal to hear their complaints and this Board has in many of these instances corresponded with the railroad authorities and adjusted the complaints without the annoyance delay and expense of appealing to the Interstate Commerce
CAmong the more important complaints affecting largely the traffic of the roads in the State ws an application for reduced rates on canned goods The rate heretofore existing was 4th class both in carloads an ess an
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carloads After full hearing and investigation the Commission deemed it just and reasonable to fix the rate at 5th class without percentage on less than carloads and 6th class without percentage on carloads It was found that the rate heretofore allowed and which was adopted before the canning industry had assumed any proportions in Georgia was unjust to the Georgia canneries The old rate permitted nonresident factories to invade on low through rates the territory of our Georgia enterprises and was a source of injustice to our home manufacturers The recent large increase in the fruitgrowing business has made the canning industry a necessity to the success of this business The perishable nature of fruit and vegetables renders it absolutely necessary that there should be some means at hand to preserve the surplus of the crop and canning is the most effective means of accomplishing this object The rate fixed while just to the railroads has proven satisfactory to the manufacturers
DEMURRAGE
The Legislature by an act approved October 17 1891 authorized and required the Railroad Commission to fix and prescribe rates or charges for storage by railroad companies The rules then adopted and known as the ct Demurrage Ruleswere found during the present year owing to changed conditions to be insufficient in some particulars and it was deemed necessary to revise the same Some of the roads assessed demurrage and others refused to do so while some lines charged demurrage Only at competitive points This worked a discrimination in favor of some points and a consequent injustice to others and it was deemed just by a majority of the Board to adopt such regulations as would compel the roads to charge at all points if they charged at any the Board reserving the right to suspend the operation of the rule whenever circumstances made it manifestly equitable and just to do so Much opposition was at first manifested to the amended rules but now they seem to be working harmoniously and satisfactorily
We call attention to the aforesaid storage act and recommend that the same be amended so as to expressly cover demurrage charges While it has been the opinion of this Board that the present act authorizes demurrage rules as well as storage still this authority has been questioned and we recommend such amendment as will remove all uncertainty and doubt upon
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this subject There can be no question as to the propriety and necessity of suitable rules on the subject of demurrage In the absence of some rule or regulation of this character shippers and consignees were accustomed to use the cars of the transportation companies for warehouses and consume unnecessary time in unloading their freight much to the inconvenience and loss of the railroads and to the inconvenience of the public
The purpose of these rules is not to afford the roads a source of revenue but is to prevent uncalled for delays in the unloading of cars by consignees After the adoption of these rules several shippers who had heretofore used the cars of the roads as warehouses for the goods that were shipped in them and who were not provided with warehouse and other facilities for handling their shipments complained loudly of the operation of the demurrage rules but the Commission has not thought that their complaints were fell founded And while some hardship may at first have resulted until the shippers and consignees adapted their business to the revised rules it has been and is believed that they will prove satisfactory and just to all parties securing the rights of both the railroads and the public and preventing discrimination in demurrage charges
Proper enforcement of demurrage rules will prevent the unnecessary detention of cars and enable the railroads to promptly furnish the public with means of transporting freight as their necessities require
DEPOTS
New depots have been ordered to be built at Americus Leesburg Forsyth Yinings and Dyas Those at Yinings and Leesburg have been completed
THE EXPRESS COMPANIES
Yery few complaints have been made against the express companies and none that were not satisfactorily adjusted A hearing was had upon an application to require the Southern Express Company to establish an agency at Mount Yernon but the parties at interest reached an agreement satisfactory to both so that no decision by this Board was necessary in the matter
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
Only a small number of complaints against the telegraph companies
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have been filed in this office and in all cases upon the attention of the officials being called to the same they have been promptly and satisfactorily adjusted
ARBITRATION FOR TAXATION
Under the act of the Legislature approved December 12 1894 the members of the Commission have been called upon to arbitrate the assessments of the following roads towit The Darien Western the Millen Southern the South Brunswick the Georgia Northern and the Macon Birmingham In these cases the valuation of the roads has been satisfactorily made
While the statute makes no express provision for defraying the expenses incurred by the Commissioner in performing his duty as arbitrator it is manifest that the State should pay these actual expenses It is frequently necessary to make personal visitation and inspection of the railroad to be assessed and some expense will necessarily be incurred in the performance of this duty It is respectfully suggested that special provision should be made for the payment of the actual expenses thus incurred by the Commissioner
It is also suggested that additional legislation is needed to remove all doubt as to the proper selection of an umpire where the arbitrators fail to agree
AMENDMENTS TO RULES
The following is Rule No 1 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight as originally adopted by the Commission
Rule 1All connecting railroads which are under the management and control bylease 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
It was subsequently amended by striking out the word and and substituting the word or in the first line so that it read as follows
Rule 1All connecting railroads which are under the management or 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 otherwise specified
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And still later it was further amended so as to read as follows
Rule 1All connecting railroads which are under the management or control by lease ownership or otherwise of one and the same company and all connecting railroads a majority of whose stock is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by one of the connecting lines shall for the purpose 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 The fact that each of said roadshas a separate board of directors shall not prevent the application of this rule
The manifest purpose of Rule 1 is to give to the people the benefit of reduced through rates where there has been consolidation of the transportation lines by lease ownership or otherwise A rate for a long distance is under the application of continuous mileage relatively lower than for short distances and considerably lower than the sum of two locals less ten per cent as provided by Rule No 30 It was found that in some instances where there was joint ownership control or management that separate corporations are nominally in charge although substantially the same persons or corporations own both roads To carry out the true intent of this rule and thus secure to the people their rights as relates to rates over lines which have been consolidated the last amendment as above stated was adopted
LITIGATION
The rate on green peaches which was passed on by this Commission an account of which was fully set out in our last annual report was duly presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission and argued before that commission by the AttorneyGeneral and the law member of the Board in Washington on the 10th day of March 1896 So far no decision has been handed down by that Commission on this important subject but it is confidently hoped that a favorable conclusion will be reached In the meantime the fruit crop of last season has been moved without complaint on the part of growers and it is believed that the decisive action of the Board has contributed somewhat to a satisfactory adjustment of the rates between the fruitgrowers and the railroads An industry of so great importance as that of fruitgrowing demands justice at the hands of the railroads not only for the public interest but for the railroads themselves We are pleased to note that the railroads have begun to realize this fact and have built short lines under satisfactory agreements with the peachgrowers to their
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orchards in many parts of the State where this industry is reaching large proportions
The charge for refrigerator cars and icing in transit is properly a part of the freight charges and it is the manifest duty of the railroads undertaking to transport this traffic to furnish suitable accommodations for the same It is unfair to the shipper to compel him to negotiate with the refrigerator companies for a rate independent of freight charges Wkere a railroad company undertakes to transport perishable goods the duty is incumbent upon it to furnish to the shipper suitable appliances for this purpose and to make one aggregate charge that shall cover all the expenses incident to such a shipment In this way rebates and drawbacks whereby one shipper will secure unjust advantages over another will be more easily prevented The volume of this traffic warrants the railroads in making suitable provisions for this trade It will simplify very greatly the question of rates on green fruits if this course is adopted and no injustice can result to the railroads and none should to the shippers in consequence of this requirement
With a proper rate for canned goods and fair and just rates for the shipment of green fruits this industry will contribute largely to the revenues of the railroads and greatly to the interest of those engaged in this industry and the public generally
Since our last report we are informed the Eatonton Branch Railroad has complied with the order of this Commission requiring new rails upon tha entire road and we will notify the AttorneyGeneral to dismiss the suit brought upon satisfactory proof of compliance with the order of the Commission upon the payment of costs by the railroad company
A suit has been instituted against the Wrightsville Tennille Railroad for disobedience of Rule 32 Parties desiring goods shipped from points on the Wrightsville Tennille Railroad have been denied through bills of lading unless the same were shipped over the line of the Central of Georgia Railway Company This was deemed to bean unjust discrimination against the Augusta Southern which was denied this privilege Obstructions were offered to the interchange of traffic between the Wrightsville Tennille Railroad and the Augusta Southern Railroad which in the judgment of the Board amounted to an unjust discrimination against that railroad The Commission ordered that Rule 32 be complied with that bills of lading be given to both roads and that the like customary facilities be
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afforded to each without discrimination This the Wrightsville Tennille Railroad refused to do and suit was accordingly instituted to recover the penalty for this violation of the law x
In this connection we again call attention to the necessity of suitable legislation regulating the interchange of traffic between railroads Our rule upon this subject is as follows
Rule 321 Railroads shall without delay switch off and deliver 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
The propriety and necessity of the foregoing rule is so obvious that it needs no argument to support it But some of the railroads have disputed the authority of the Commission to make such a rule and legislation expressly conferring such authority is recommended Its importance is so great that there ought to be no room for question as to the authority o the Board on the subject
UNIFORMITY OF AND STATISTICS CLASSIFICATION
One of the great questions of the rate problem is the uniformity of classification and statistics The annual convention of Railroad Commissioners of the United States has had for its chief object the securement of uniform legislation and uniformity in classification and statistics as far as practicable by the several States This Commission has always taken a lively interest in the annual national convention of that body Great progress has been made in the uniformity of reports and statistics but diverse conditions exist in different States and a great dissimilarity of laws upon the subject of regulation has made the uniformity desired impracticable Perhaps it cannot be attained on account of the different conditions of the railroads of the several States but it is believed that it can be largely improved over the present
The classification practically fixes the rate In the early history of
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this Commission as most others in the Southern States there were twentytwo classes being sixteen lettered classes and six numeral classes with some commodity rates Subsequent experience has demonstrated that these classes could be reduced in number and much simplified Certainly it is an object that is worthy of earnest attention to simplify the classifica tion so that rates may be readily understood by all classes of shippers in order to prevent overcharges The Board has given much thought to this subject but has not yet been able to perfect such a system as is entirely satisfactory but will as soon as practicable adopt some plan to effectuate this result
The Commission has not been unmindful of the great expense to the railroad companies attendant upon this change and has hoped to secure the cooperation of the sister States in the South having ratemaking railroad commissions before putting such classification into effect We have made some progress in this line and trust that before the next report is made we shall be able to submit a simpler mode of classification
The movement of traffic of the railroads is another subject closely allied to the foregoing to which we have given attention The fact that a very large number of railroads entering Georgia are interstate lines renders it difficult to know exactly how much of the different classes of freight has been moved within the State that is to know exactly the volume of intrastate business by classes We have made every effort to secure this information deeming it of extreme importance in the fixation of rates It is represented to the Board that the expense incident to the keeping of these statistics would be very considerable and that the railroads in their present condition were unable to assume the burden of tjris additional expense What is known as local business in the railroad reports refers to the movement of traffic over the line of the railroad from one station on said road to another station on said road without regard to State lines What is desired by the Commission is to know the exact amount of traffic that is purely intrastate and the classes of this traffic in order that we might be advised of the effect of increase and decrease of rates upon particular classes of intrastate business The complications arising from a lack of uniformity in statistics of business in the State with business interstate is confusing and while in the fixation of rates attention should be given to the movement of interstate traffic still we regard it as very essential to the adjustment of fair and reasonable rates by the Commission that
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we should have specific and accurate information as to purely intrastate business by classes We shall continue to urge upon the railroads the duty and necessity of furnishing this information We hope to present it in our next annual Report Suitable blanks have been prepared and forwarded to the different railroad corporations to enable them when information is obtained to furnish it to this office
CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROADS
There is in this State as elsewhere a growing tendency to combine the f different railroads into few systems and to concentrate control and man agement into few hands The Southern Railway Company embraces
the following lines The lines formerly operated by the Richmond
Danville Railroad Company lines formerly operated by the East
Tennessee Virginia Georgia Railway Company the Atlanta Florida Railway and the Georgia Midland Railway embracing 87503 mile of railroad in this State Adding to this the Central of Georgia Railway System the Georgia Southern Florida Railway and the At1 lanta West Point Railway the allied lines of said Southern Railway I System which if it does not directly control are closely related to that
system and it makes the mileage of said Southern Railway System in
Georgia with its allied lines 218548 miles The Plant system embraces 61625 miles of road in this State
The Constitution of Georgia contains the following provision relative to onsolidation of railroads
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 an all such contracts and agreements shall be illegal and void
The declared policy of the State is against consolidations and combina tions which promote monopoly and stifle competition The public are entitled to the benefit of competition It affords the best security for fair and just treatment It prevents wrong and oppression and aids in the solution of the great problem of transportation It cannot be doubted that the concentration of vast power into one or two systems is a menace to the liberties of people and effective regulation is the only means to prevent great wrong and injury While we have no authority under the law to
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prevent such combinations and consolidations we should feel derelict in our duty if we failed to call the attention of the law making power to the steady progress and growth of these combinations in the State of Georgia that they might take such action as may be just and proper
THE RATE WAR
During the month of July of the present year a rate war was begun between the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern Railway and associated lines from eastern points into Georgia A reduction of 33 per cent was made by the Seaboard Air Line on freight from eastern points to Atlanta and other competitive points between the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern Railway This greatly disturbed the commerce of the State and threatened to bring disaster upon the points not favored by the competition between these lines Without discussing the merits of the controversy which lead to this war of rates the Commission felt called upon to protect the people of Georgia as far as their power extended from the unjust discriminations incident to such a controversy Favored localities receiving the low rates without corresponding reductions to noncompetitive points disturbed the business interests of the entire State The Commissiop took prompt steps to afford relief They corresponded with the commissioners of sister States affected by the war of rates and cited the railroads to appear before them and show cause why local rates should not also be reduced to correspond to the reduction in the through rates in order to prevent unjust discriminations and the wrongs necessarily incident to this contest between powerful lines cf railroad On the 10th of September a session was held and the subject was taken up for discussion Before our labors were concluded we were notified that the Federal court had enjoined the warring roads and their connections and further action upon part of the Commission was postponed to await the result of this litigation
At this hearing we were pleased to have with us Hon J W Wilson Chairman of the Railroad Commission of North Carolina and Hon W D Evans Chairman of the Railroad Commission of South Carolina who came in response to our invitation and rendered us valuable assistance at the hearing Their high character and ability and extensive knowledge of all subjects pertaining to railroads with their assurances of the cooperation of the Commissions which they represented gave us great confidence that
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some just solution could be arrived at that would protect the public interests The timely interference of the Federal court arrested further progress of this struggle and for the time being at least averted the evils that might have resulted had the rate war continued We trust that Congress will so amend the Interstate Commerce law as to give the Interstate Commerce Commission that ample and complete power to deal justly with the public and the railroads in controversies that result in wars of rates Unless this is done the publicare at all times in danger of having commerce disturbed and a general disaster precipitated upon the industrial manufacturing and commercial interests of the country
TERMINALS
The sharp competition in all lines of business and between railroads where any competition exists has developed the importance of strictly inquiring into terminal charges Railroads entering a city find it necessary to construct lines of connection with other roads sidetracks and other means for the delivery of freights upon which a terminal charge has been exacted Often the terminal companies are separate corporations from the railroad companies generally leased or controlled by them and usually by this means unnecessary and often unjust burdens upon particular localities and the State at large are imposed We have endeavored to adjust these charges upon a fair and reasonable basis but the conditions are so different in different localities that we have found it impossible to frame any general rule that would exactly meet the conditions at all different places In the early history of railroads the oldest secured concessions and made purchases by which they constructed their lines to desirable points within the cities and the growth of these cities and consequent increase in the value of real estate has rendered it practically impossible for competing lines to be constructed into the cities without the consent of the railroads first acquiring the terminus Many roads from the interior have been deterred from building their lines into these places on account of these conditions and where they have been constructed they have been compelled to submit to such terms as the railroads owning the terminals were willing to exact No good reason appears to us why the State of Georgia should not authorize the railroads to use these terminals upon such just and reasonable terms as will afford fair compensation to the railroads owning the same
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and yet enable new lines to enter these cities The l Running PowersAct of England permits railroads entering cities to exercise this privilege and where they are unable to agree with the roads owning the terminals arbitration is provided so that the new lines will not be dependent in any wy upon the caprice or interest of the old lines and yet where the old lines will receive just compensation for the privilege required
Where consolidation has been effected the question of terminal facilitieshas been easily adjusted but where one line desires to prevent competition having first entered a city it has heretofore been unable to do so Thecourse which we suggest will encourage competition and prove highly beneficial to the public without being unjust to the railroads or the terminal companies
ROUTING SHIPMENTS AND PROTECTION OF BILLS OF LADING
It has long been well settled that the shipper has a right to toute his goods over whatever roads he sees fit to ship them This is a very valuable right and one that should not be denied In the absence of directions therailroad would have a right to forward a shipment according to its own will in all such cases however charging no more than the rate by the cheapest route Frequent complaints have been made to this office of thedenial of this right to shippers
In some of these cases it has been disclosed that the shipper has abused the right to secure secret preferential rates not allowed others Such instances are undoubted abuses of this right and have frequently caused conflict to arise over this question We have always insisted on protecting the shipper in the exercise of this right and relieve shippers and the railroads from the wrong resulting from secret discrimination in rates Unscrupulous soliciting agents as shown by the complaints have induced the routing of shipments over their lines often by circuitous routes at rates much below those published and by this means the freight was secured Yet when the shipments reach their destinations the local agent does not protect the rate shown in the bills of lading but changes the contract rate to a higher one This is the cause of much complaint and has proven a fruitful source of fraud The change of such a contract rate to the lawful maximum rate does not afford grounds for a complaint of overcharge under the rulesrecognized by this Commission It is a breach of contract
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however and is unjust to the shipper who acts in good faith The rates whether in accordance with the maximum fixed by this Commission or voluntary reductions by the railroads should be public and given to all alike and not offered only to certain shippers And when such rate is offered to a shipper the roads ought to be required to respect and protect it
We recommend therefore suitable legislation requiring railroads to protect their bills of lading and the rates shown therein and authorizing this Commission to compel the refunding of the overcharge where more is exacted than the lawful contract rate
To protect the shipper in his right to route his goods as he sees fit a penalty should be provided where the railroads disregard the shippers instructions and deny to him this right
RECOMMENDATIONS
We renew our recommendations heretofore made from time to time in relation to the necessity of legislation to expedite prompt collection v of overcharges It would seem reasonable that the delivering agent who collects the freight should have the authority to settle promptly any overcharge and thus prevent the interminable delays in refunding illegal exactions which often amounts to the denial of justice to shippers in this respect
We renew our recommendations also with regard to the supervision of the issuance of securities by railroad corporations as heretofore more fully set out
f We urge earnestly the passage of such laws as will enforce the rules and regulations of this Board The powers of the Board have been greatly magnified The great responsibility which is placed upon us to make just j and reasonable rates to prevent unjust discriminations to protect the public against these wrongs to require suitable depot accommodations and safety 1 of roadbed and bridges imposes a most important duty upon us And yet 1 we find ourselves comparatively powerless because the means of enforcing obedience are so totally inadequate Where there is a violation of a imle or regulation or an order of this Commission the only remedy provided is to sue for a penalty But this drags its slow lfength along in the courts and the public suffers from the effects of delays There should be summary remedies provided for the trial of cases for the violation of the
law in this regard The Commission ought to be empowered in a summary way to invoke the courts by mandamus injunction or mandatory injunction to enforce its orders speedily The case should be made triable at the first term of the court and precedence should be given them over all other business
Without the power to enforce obedience we are unable to satisfactorily discharge the responsible duties cast upon us by the law It is entirely possible for the railroad companies under the present law to defy the orders of the Commission however just and reasonable they may be and continue the wrong until months have elapsed after the Commission has undertaken to correct it Summary remedies framed in accordance with the Constitution would insure justice and render much more effective and efficient that regulation which alone can secure justice to the people and prevent wrong and oppression
We confess from past experience to a feeling of discouragement that the recommendations made heretofore after much consideration have received so little attention from the lawmaking power We cannot do more than to recommend but when we shall have done this our responsibility ceases and if the law is not enforced and if injustice results from the present insufficiency of the law let the responsibility be placed where it justly belongs upon the lawmaking power
Respectfully submitted
L N Trammell Chairman Allen Fort
Thos C Crenshaw Jr
J D Massey Secretary Commissioners
statement of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia for the Year Ending
June 30 1 896 and for Previous Year

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Abbeville Waycross
Albany Northern
Alabama Great Southern
Atlanta West Point
Atlantic Short Line
Augusta Chattanooga
A K R RP R W C Ry
Augusta Southern
Blue Ridge Atlantic
Brunswick Pensacola
Central System viz
Main Line
Augusta and Savannah
Buefia Vista Ellaville
Columbus Rome
Savannah Atlantic
Savannah Griffin Nor Alabama
Macon Northern
Southwestern
tEden Americus
Upson County
Total for Central System
Chattanooga Rome Columbus
Chattanooga Southern
Obiekamauga Durham
City Suburban
Columbus Southern
fCuyler Woodborn
Collins Reidsville
t Darien Western
Douglas McDonald
Dover Statesboro
East West
Florida Central Peninsular
Foy Railroad
Georgia Railroad System viz
Georgia Railroad
Gainesville Jefferson Southern Union Point White Plains
11847 12
474022 30
56037 66 10261 89
2395330 19 160687 05 65030 08 38976 96 20842 48 88348 86
960221 46 214825 35 11096 53 3955358 96 211098 59 66311 45
83068
76195 52
23178 95
l885o 33339 73 455172 06
1307637 57 42165 78 5641 98
18020 05 32903 40
148113 59
534114 75
71649 47 8623 83
2631923 98 190668 62
68581 47 34153 57 11263 08 91959 01 52610 50
976367 06 175170 93 13274 00 4245972 22 241330 48 75270 23 33757 25 71110 62
90582 11 2763 71
22364 96
19163 30
37076 82 450654 87 7514 87
1479792 02 47966 92 6182 28
9452 88
277015 75
53698 73 10293 05
1429334 14 118484 85 61324 95 33996 36 16181 38 89912 10
865474 01 113 005 22 11509 11 2739222 12 188717 35 68893 45
57580 80
78237 51
20821 11
1007400 34198 16 273742 12
987363 97 43557 88 5424 67
10407 73 32072 70 78763 66 320658 36
2394 24
197006 55
45896 26 8854 18
1438076 85
122050 74
62934 21
43908 26
10771 93
101815 67
53 241 04
743920 51
87619 16
11866 08
2676204 45
217677 81
77235 34
25826 50
61271 43
92268 78
2505 63
20557 56
7994 66
38305 09 310997 64
5136 18
1048672 46
45305 86 3757 85
2338 93
965996 05 42202 20 3705 13 4980 60 4661 10
94747 45 101820 13
1216136 84 22381 24
6249 88
2357 84 7 00
181429 94
320273 60 217 31
7612 32 830 70 69349 93 213456 39
25753 21
1193847 13 68617 88 7 5647 26
491 15
232446 55 87551 71 1407 92 1569767 77 23652 67
7930 75 9839 19
258 08 1807 40
11168 64
139657 23 2378 69
431119 56 2661 06 2424 43
31 16
1563 24
412 58
2582 00 2499
858 43
1392 10
as
fl Sij
2175 35 2431 8557 29 12 166 82 209 349 99 23 73 2852 73 2409 45



aso 85 lili06

294 535 6117 50 175 60 1022 4060 70 1282 57 92 32


9754 69
28 06
9856 66 630 54

5810 16 40 1506 91 85 84


1345 4265 173 17 59
1965 U
458 42
1686 67


l228 67 295 20 10 455 13808 2 32
1116 86
101142

1404 29 40 94 186 49
65 13

V
Macon Augusta
Total for Georgia Railroad System
Georgia Alabama
Georgia Midland Gulf
Georgia Northern
Georgia Southern Florida
Hartwell
Hawkinsville Florida Southern
Indian Springs Flovilia
Lawrenceville Branch
Lexington Terminal
Louisville Wadley
Macon Dublin Savannah
Marietta North Georgia
Midville Swainsboro Red Bluff
Middle Georgia Atlantic
Milledgeville
Millen Southern
Nashville Chattanooga St Louis
Northeastern of Georgia
Oconee Western
Plant System viz
Savannah Florida Western
Brunswick Western
Alabama Midland
Charleston Savannah
Total for Plant System
Port Royal Augusta
Port Royal Western Carolina
Sanders ville
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard Air Line Belt
Smithonia Dunlap
Smithonia Danieisville Carnesville
South Brunswick
South Carolina Georgia
Southern Railway System viz
Atlanta Charlotte Air Line
Southern Railway Lines in Georgia
Elberton Air Line
Roswell Branch
Total for Southern Railway Co
Stillmore Air Line
St Marys Lake City Gulf
Sylvania
Taibotton
Tifton Northeastern
Valdosta Southern
Wadley Mt Vernon
Waycross Air Line
Western Atlantic viz
Western Atlantic
Rome Railroad
Total for Western AtianticRR Wrightsville Tennille
1355445 33 347759 01 148741 49
843557 92 9649 96
1750 67 4846 00 9080 60 51951 92 132771 86 24212 44 54725 24
19i9i896
57504 45
24993 29
2590236 79 513256 94
3103493 73
6269 17 648246 56
597780 07 2309368 98 50017 67 6130 55 2963297 27 29313 52
7229 51 9304 27
1533941 22 623051 27 164305 25 53022 14 869115 89 9751 73 1036346 52 300381 95 131715 36 1097736 17 459114 37 131447 45 40533 08 610328 99 7518 77 319098 81 47377 06 17026 13 436205 05 163936 90 32857 80 12489 06 258786 90 2232 96
614962 40 7835 89 228595 52 1814 07
3000 00 3108 78 2700 00 2190 35 300 00 918 43
2000 85 2486 00 8239 84 42212 18 109710 65 22542 23 46698 36
2360 00 840 76 9739 74 23061 21 1670 21 8026 88
9747 29 56022 41 301669 16 30623 19 69237 74 12201 82 44500 04 239127 52 25512 21 47936 79
11522 37 62541 64 5110 98 21300 95
27664 80 23088 84 23122 12 4542 68 1717390 581 60 363970 77 454281 8813064 68 9304 60 540621 93 1213 42

58591 42 34909 13 1538344 44 576477 16 92941 62 46587 79 2254351 01 1103111 43871 71 22635 40 1764140 34 392274 84 41417 52 34327 53 1174373 67 422195 28 79876 94 37283 19 1713729 08 9817 69 13632 74 2357 89 826096 45 120982 10

2156415 18 947078 55

7995 26 787105 39 7508 69 767770 77 7046 35 760283 32 948 91 2682207




968 65 1312 05

681525 24 2701189 57 49868 55 6760 39 3439343 75 37534 00 468606 40 1633097 72 40262 14 6487 31 2148453 57 10666 89 499498 56 1999898 65 45253 55 7173 12 2551823 88 16691 95 i29173 67 676271 26 9755 53 182026 68 701290 92 4615 00
814843 70 18646 63 887519 87 20842 05
8154 71 8982 76 6802 00 10149 12 41561 53 49773 48 1568462 61 35742 60 1604205 21 92232 61 7403 39 7663 16 8008 01 8862 70 7629 65 4819 83 19534 57 63316 74 961564 31 27195 60 988759 91 57191 33 146 70 120 06
1641 11
5329 29 22026 96
15245 38 1711 55 838788 73 22714 86 861503 59 57788 75 17039 10 2177 99 496992 80 15400 55 512393 35 22857 98
606898 30 8547 00 615445 30 35041 28
8458467 95 12397730 60 13188336 28 4532416 36 5270131 67
250 18
3169 88
2454 53
1239 52 119524 21
356 76
173 88
34340
412 73
827 65 13543 26
78
10042
60659
5036
911
76648
33
1475
7
15
10
30
30
18
36
18318 894 95
98 335 28
31 402 87
169 1531 28
10 223 29
929 98 86
4
10
5394 213 61
107 584 50
1775 284 56
6497 327 84
375
32 141 95
266
39 440 35
40 14 54
39105 30 75
1685 915 62
3064 426 39
113 823 41
60149 898 80
6 202 23
4
11598 231 26
1812 65 1156 12 89 82
1157 91 631 57
9 94 17 15
532 92 734 23
5000 39 471 55
973 36
Only from January 27 1896 tOnly from November 231896 Jlncludes returns only to April 1 Includes returns only since November 21
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RAILROAD MILEAGE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Alabama Great Southern Albany and Northern Atlanta and West Point Atlantic Short Line
Augusta Belt
Augusta Southern Blue Bidge and Atlantic Brunswick and Pensacola
2430
35
8620
29
36
84
21
11
Central System viz
Savannah to Atlanta 294 3
Milledgeville Branch Gordon to Millegeville 1732
Macon to Athens Macon Northern 10220
Augusta and Savannah Millen to Augusta 5321
Savannah and Atlantic Savannah to Tybee 1770
Southwestern Railroad and Branches
Macon to Alabama State line Eufaula 14260
Fort Valley to Columbus 71
Fort Valley to Perry 1250
Smithville to Columbia 8361
Cuthbert to Fort Gaines 2050
Savannah and Western Railroad
Columbus and Birmingham 107
Columbus to Greenville 4951
Columbus to AmericUs 6234
Griffin to Carrollton 5957
Mobile and Girard 114
Upson County Barnesville to Thomaston 1625
Total 100525 100525
Chattanoogh Rome and Columbus 13450
Chattanooga Southern 4265
Chickamauga and Durham 173
City and Suburban 175
Collins and Reidsviile 6 75
Columbus Southern 88
Cuyler and Woodburn 135
Darien and Western 29
Douglas and McDonald 20
Dover and Statesboro
East and West i i 455
Florida Central and Peninsular 13808
Foy Railroad 16
Georgia viz
Augusta to Atlanta 171
Augusta to Macon 78
U nion Point to Athens 40
Barnett to Washington 18
Gainesville Jefferson and Southern 52
Jefferson Branch i 16
Union Point and White Plains 135
3855
Total
3855
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Georgia and Alabama including the Abbeville aiid Waycross Railroad 26439
Georgia Northern 31
Georgia Southern and Florida 169
Hartwell 10
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern 29
Indian Springs and Flovilla 3
Lawrenceville io
Lexington Terminal 4
Louisville and Wadley 10
Macon and Birmingham 97
Macon Dublin and Savannah 54
Marietta and North Georgia 10812
Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff 18
Middle Georgia and Atlantic 65
Millen and Southern 32
Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis 266
Northeastern of Georgia j 39
Oconee and Western r 40
Plant System viz
Savannah to Alabama State line 2685
Brunswick to Albany B W 1704
Waycross to Florida State line 3689
Savannah to South Carolina Stato line 179
Albany to Florida State line via Thomasville 6868
Climax to Florida State line 282
Dupont Junction to Florida State line 2568
Total 61625 61625
Port Royal and Augusta 35
Port Royal and Western Carolina jgg
Sandersville v 4
Seaboard Air Line 1175
Smithonia and Dunlap 7
Smithonia Danielsville and Carnesville 6
South Brunswick 165
South Carolina and Georgia 1
South Georgia 28
Southern System viz
South Carolina State line to Augusta 86
Atlanta to Alabama State line G P R R 6740
Austell to Tennessee State line E T V G 110 90
Cohutta to Tennessee State line via Red Clay 230
Atlanta Belt Line 830
Atlanta Junction to Alabama State line via Cave Springs 2140
North Rome to Alabama State line Atalla Branch 18 90
Atlanta to Brunswick E T V G 27830
Uawkinsville Branch 1010
Brunswick Dock Branch 180
Atlanta and Charlotte AirLine 9994
Elberton AirLine 6060
Roswell Railroadi 911
Atlanta to Fort Valley 10230
McDonough to Columbus Georgia Midland 9788
87503
Total
87503
22
Stillmore AirLine
St Marys Lake City and Gulf
Sylvania
Talbotton
Tifton and Northeastern
Yaldosta Southern
Wadley and Mount Yernon
Waycross AirLine
Western and Atlantic including Rome Railroad Western of Alabama
Wrightsville and Tennille
33 31 15 7
25 10 30 30
13906
17
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Total mileage 529141
Mileage as shown in 23d report 524052
Increase u 5089

CIRCULARS
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 29th 1895
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Allen Fort V Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 253
FREIGHT TARIFF OF THE MARIETTA AND NORTH GEORGIA RAILWAY
COMPANY
The Marietta and North Georgia Railway Company is hereby allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than as follows
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
NoteNo percentages are allowed on Marble
EXPLANATORY NOTE NUMBER EIGHT
The following has been adopted as Note number Eight of the Explanatory Notes
Wherever in the Commissioners Classification articles are designated as without percentage said articles shall take no higher rate than is prescribed by the Standard Tariff irrespective of percentages specifically allowed certain roads on the classes in which said articles are classed and the same shall remain in effect until expressly repealed by Circular
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AMENDMENTS TO RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK
The following have been adopted as Amendments to the Rules and Regulations governing the Transportation of Live Stock
Estimated Weights
Each Cow and Calf together 2500 lbs
Cattle under one year old except Bulls 1000 lbs
Each Mare and Foal together 2500 lbs
Colts under one year old except Stallions 1000 lbs
Hogs Sheep Lambs Calves and other small animals boxed taken at actual
weight but no single shipment of live stock to be charged for at less than 100 lbs
AMENDMENTS TO COMMISSIONERS CLASSIFICATION
Omit Fish Sardines and other small Fish canned in pickle or oil packed C R 2 on Page No 77 of the 23d Report Fish N O S in cans boxed C R 4 on Page No 77 will apply
Omit per Rule 1 used in connection with Classification of Fertilizers both carload and less than carload on Page No 77 of 23d Report
This Circular effective on and after November 12th 1895 and supersedes everything in conflict
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga November 29th 1895
L N Trammell Chairman Allen Fort Thos C Crenshaw Jr j H Commissioners
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 254
AMENDMENT TO COMMISSIONERS CLASSIFICATION
On and after December 10th 1895 the following Amendment to the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Posts split or round minimum carload 30000 pounds Class P less
twenty per cent By order of the Board J D Massey Secretary L N TRAMMELL Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga January 14th 1896
L N Trammell Chairman1
Allen Fort V Commissioners
Thqs G Crenshaw Jr J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 255
AMENDMENTS TO COMMISSIONERS CLASSIFICATION
On and after February 1st 1896 the following Amendments to the Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Broomcorn pressed in bales C L minimum carload weight 14000 pounds Class D C R
Broomcorn and handles C L mixed minimum carload weight 14000 pounds Class D C R
Amendment to Rule No 1 of the l Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
Rule No 1 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended by striking out the word and in the first line after management and before the word control and by the substitution of the word aor in place of the same so that said Rule as thus amended will read as follows All connecting railroads which are under the management or control by lease ownership or otherwise of one and the same company shall for purposes of transportation in supplying 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
This Circular shall be effective February 1st 1896
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N Trammell
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga February 26 1896
L N Trammell ChairmanA
Allen Fort Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 256
The Rules of the Railroad Commission of Georgia governing Storage and Demurrage charges have been amended and are hereby amended to read as follows
DEMURRAGE RULES
Rule 1
Railroad companies shall give prompt notice by mail or otherwise to consignee of the arrival of goods together with the weight and amount of freight charges due thereon and when goods or freight of any kind in carload quantities arrive said notice must contain letters or initials of the car number of the car net weight and the amount of freight charges due on the same Storage and demurrage charges may be assessed if goods are not removed in conformity with the following rules and regulations No storage or demurrage charges however shall in any case be allowed runless legal notice of the arrival of goods has been given to the owner or consignee thereof by the railroad company
Rule 2
Legal notice referred to in these rules may be either actual or constructive Where the consignee is personally served with notice of the arrival of freight free time begins at ten oclock a m on the day after such notice has been given Constructive notice referred to consists of posting notice by mail to the consignee Where this mode of giving notice is adopted there shall be twenty four 24 hours additional free time to be added to the fortyeight 48 hours prescribed in Rules 3 and 4 to be computed from day after notice was mailed provided however that if in any case where notice of arrival is given by mail the consignee will make oath that neither he his agents nor employees have received such notice then no demurrage charges shall be made until after legal notice as above specified is given
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Rule 3

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 Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m of the day followingthe day of legal notice of arrival may be subject thereafter to a charge of 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 two thousand 2000 pounds per day
Rule 4
Loaded cars which by Rule 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 cottonseed lumber lime coal coke sand brick stone and wood and all cars taking track delivery which are not unloaded from the cars containing same within fortyeight 48 hours not including Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock A M of the day following the day legal notice of arrival is given and the car or cars are placed accessible for unloading may be subject 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 loaded 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 that when the period of such demurrage charges commences they are to be placed accessible to consignee for unloading purposes on demand of the consignee provided however that if the railroad company shall remove such car or cars after being so placed or in any way obstruct the unloading of the same the consignee shall not be chargeable with the delay caused thereby provided further that when any consignee shall receive four or more cars during any one day loaded with lumber laths shingles wood coal coke lime ore sand or bricks the said cars in excess of three shall not be liable to demurrage by any railroad company until after the expiration of seventyeight 78 hours
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Rule 5
When consignors ship goods consigned to themselves or order it shall be the duty of the railroad companies to give legal notice to such consignees or persons to whom shipping directions order delivery This notice may be addressed by mail to the consignee at point of delivery and demurrage will begin as in other cases of notice by mail and the mailing of such notice shall be sufficient legal notice in such cases whether the consignee actually receive the same or not
Rule 6
Consignees living more than five miles from the depot and whose freight is destined to his residence or place of business so located shall not be subject to storage or demurrage charges allowed in the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after notice for said consignee to remove said goods by the exercise of ordinary diligence
Rule 7
Railroad companies are authorized to store such property in public warehouses at the expense of owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach
Rule 8
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded cars at an accessible place for unloading within fortyeight 48 hours not including Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock A m 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
Rule 9
Whenever the weather during the period of free time is so severe inclement or rainy that it is impracticable to secure means of removal or where from the nature of the goods removal would cause injury or damage such time shall be added to the free period and no demurrage charges shall be allowed for such additional time
This rule applies to the state of the weather during business hours
Rule 10
Railroads shall not discriminate between persons or places in storage or
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demurrage charges If a railroad company collects storage or demurrage of one person under the demurrage rules it must collect of all who are liable No rebate drawback or other similar device will be allowed
If demurrage is collected by a railroad company at one point on its line it must collect at all places on its line of those liable under the rules of this commission
Cars detained or held for want of proper shipping instructions or by reason of improper or excessive loading where loading is done by shipper shall be subject to a demurrage charge of one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day said car or cars are so detained or held Likewise when cars are properly loaded and shipping instructions given the railroad agent must
after said railroad company shall be liable to said shipper for the payment of one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day that said car or cars
Rule II
immediately issue bills of lading therefor and if said car or cars are detained or held and not carried foward within twentyfour 24 hours there
are thus detained or held
Rule 12
No other charges shall be made for storage or demurrage except as pro
vided in the foregoing rules
The foregoing rules shall be in full force and effect on and after March
15th 1896
By order of the Board J D Massey
L N Trammell
Chairman
Secretary
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga April 11th 1896
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort
Thos C Crenshaw Jr
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 257
FREIGHT TARIFF OF THE TIFTON AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
COMPANY
On and after April 20th 1896 the Tifton and NorthEastern Railroad Company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than as follows
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent for any distance
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per 6ent added
AMENDMENT TO DEMURRAGE RULE No 4
Rule No 4 of the Demurrage Rules of this Commission as shown in Circular No 256 has been amended and is hereby amended by inserting in the thirtyfirst line of said rule after the word bricks and before tc the the words and all cars taking track delivery
CHANGE IN COMMISSIONERS CLASSIFICATION
On and after April 20th the following change in Commissioners Classification will be in effect
Commissioners
Tan Bark C L 20000 lbs C R Class P less twenty per cent Everything in conflict with the provisions of this Circular is hereby re pealed
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga May 26th 1896
L N Trammell Chairman A
Allen Fort Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 258
Changes in Commissioners Classification
The following changes have been made in the Commissioners Classification
Horse and Mule Shoes in kegs
Salt table
Flour Rice
Meal Corn
Fruit and Vegetables in cans without percentageiL C L
Same C L
Machinery N O SC L 20000 lbs
Machinery N O SL C L
GraphiteC L 25000 lbs
Less twenty per cent
Incubators K D and packed or cratedL C L
SameC L Min weight 15000 lbs
Pans Sugar same as Evaporators Sugar
Class C R f of 6 6 C D
5
6 4 2
Class P 1
3
Class O R
6
3
Freight and Passenger Tariff of the Collins and Reidsville Railroad
Company
The Collins and Reidsville Railroad Company is hereby allowed to charge for transportation oi passengers and freight no more than as follows Passenger Class C Five Cents per mile
Freight on Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with
3 R
thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent for any distance
On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Amendment to Demurrage Rule No 10
Rule No 10 of the Rules governing Storage and Demurrage Charges gs shown in Circular No 256 is hereby amended by adding to said rule the following proviso Provided That the Commission shall hear and grant applications to suspend the operation of this rule whenever justice shall demand this course
This circular shall be in effect on and after June 8th 1896 and repeals everything in conflict
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N Trammell
Secretary Chairman

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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga June 18th 1896
L 1ST Trammell Chairman 1
Allen Fort V Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 259
Changes in Commissioners Classification
C R O R
Agricultural Implements minimum C L 20000 lbs 4 6
Handles beams and other woods for manufacturing purposes rough or dressed straight and unfinished C L 24000 lbs Rules
12 and 13 to apply p
Handles Broom C L 24000 lbs 6
This Circular shall be effective on and after July 1st 1896 and repeals conflicting circulars etc
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N Trammell
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga July 10 1896
LN Trammell Chairman Allen Fort
Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 260
General Rule No 6
Railroad Companies are required to submit to the Commission for inspection and correction all contracts and agreements between railroads doing business in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs Also all arrangements and agreements as to the divisions of earnings of railroads doing business in this State for inspection and consideration
APPLICATION OF FREIGHT RULE NO ONE TO THE GEORGIA MIDLANDRAILWAY AS A PART OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
It appearing that the Southern Railway Company has leased the Georgia Midland Railway and that said railway is under the management and control of the aforesaid Southern Railway Company it is thereupon
Ordered That Rule No One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission shall apply to said Georgia Midland Railway as a part of the lines of the Southern Railway Company and that freight tariffs effective on the same be adjusted in accordance with said Rule Number One
This Circular shall be effective on and after July 21st 1896 and repeals conflicting circulars etc
By order of the Board
CHANGES IN COMMISSIONERS CLASSIFICATION
C R O R
Handles beams and other woods for manufacturing purposes rough or
dressed hut unfinished C L 24000 lbs Rules 12 and 13 to apply
Oatmeal Rolled oats or Shredded Oats in sacks
Same in boxes barrels kegs or drums
Wheat cracked same as oatmeal
P
5
6
J D Massey Secretary
L N TRAMMELL
Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga August 7 1896
L N Trammell Chairmani
Allen Fort V Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr j
J I Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 261
AMENDMENT TO RULE NO 1 OF THE RULES GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FRIGHT
Rule No One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission has been amended and is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Rule No 1
All connecting railroads which are under the management or control by lease ownership or otherwise of one and the same company and all connecting railroads a majority of whose stock is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by one of the connecting lines shall for the purpose 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
The fact that each of said roads has a separate board of directors shall mot prevent the application of this rule
FREIGHT TARIFFS OF THE GEORGIA AND ALABAMA RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND FLORIDA RAILWAY COMPANY
The Georgia and Alabama Railway Company and the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company are hereby transferred from Class Six to Class Four of Freight Tariff Classes of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads and each of said Companies shall charge for the transportation of freight no more than as follows
Class No 4
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
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On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On lime and ice Class L with ten per cent added
Amendment of Rule No 12 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
Rule No 12 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission is hereby amended by adding after the sentence ending with the words Rule 6 in the fifth line of the same the following proviso
Provided That all such rates made by any railroad under this rule shall be first submitted to the Commission and approved by them before becoming effective
This Circular shall be effective on and after August 15 1896 and repeals all Circulars etc in conflict herewith
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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L N Trammell Chairman1 Allen Fort
Thos C Crenshaw Jr J J D Massey Secretary
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga October 5th 1896
Commissioners
CIRCULAR No 262
Changes in Commissioners Classification
The following changes in the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
C R O R
Brick Common and Fire See Rule 12C L
40000 lbs JLi i it P
Rice iu Sacks s C
Rosin any quantity r
Class K less 20 per cent without percentage
Turpentine Spirits in barrels without percentage R
This Circular shall be effective on and after October 15th 1896 and repeals all Circulars etc in conflict
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N Trammell
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga October 9th 1896
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr j
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 263
Freight and Passenger Tariffs of the South Georgia Railroad
Company
On and after the 20th day of October 1896 the South Georgia Railroad Company will be allowed to charge for transportation of passengers and freight no more than as follows
Passenger Class A three cents per mile
Freight On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance On Turpentine Class R with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
By order of the Board
J D Massey L N Trammell
Secretary Chairman
COMMISSIONERS
RULES TARIFF
AND
CL A SSIFIC ATION
EMBRACING ALL CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS
TO DATE
OCTOBER 15 1896
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 likemanner 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 Railroads office of the Commissioners on or before the 20th day of each month a report duly sworn furnish of its earnings and expenses for the month preceding upon a printed form A and
monthly shall also at the same time file in said office a report of all orders rules regulations and reports circulars issued by the Commission during the preceding month accompanied 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 saidroad 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 copyhas been fur
nished each local agent of this Company with instructions that he post thesame in a conspicuous place and that the same be complied with Yours truly
f IAR Co
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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 Railroads together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances berequired to tween stations giving name of each station And when any change in said schedule post tariffs 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
nivtnlioth rtes prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in
directions either direction
RULE 5
Roads re It shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Georurnish 0 8ia to furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the books possession of said Railroad Company and a written transcript or copy of any paper in papersetc the possession of said Railroad Company which may appear to the Commission as necessary to aid them in the discharge of their duty
RULE 6
Railroad Companies are required to submit to the Commission for inspection and correction all contracts and agreements between railroads doing business in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs Also all arrangements and agreements as to the divisions of earnings of railroads doing business in this State for inspection and consideration
How to bring complaint
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UTILES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Cents Per Mile
For Passengers Class A Class B Class C
3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age li 2 2
PASSENGER RULES
RULE 1
Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty 150 pounds
RULE 2
No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket office at qny 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 fares if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so but if notno 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 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
Amount of baggager allowed
Office required tc be open for reasonable time
Schedule
rate
charged at
junction
points
Railroads allowed to collect exact mileage
Ten cents a
minjmum
charge
Tariff rateto apply from flag stations
Tariff rate only charged when arrival or departure of train uncertain
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Four cents to be charged when passenger shows want of proper diligence
No change can be made in ordinary or commutation rates without consent of tjommis sion
All tickets must be on ale at depot office
No Drawback tickets allowed
Equal accommodations required to be furnished
Waiting rooms required to he opened and made comfortable
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
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RULE 15
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one Duty to half of one hour behind its schedule time it shall be the duty of said railroad company eied 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 t railroad in this State which will delay any passenger train on said road it shall be the andeonse duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said3uer4de passenger tram and the place so obstructed and the conductor shall give notice of said to passenobstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station and of the delay and it caJr 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 geKa sengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary or senger desirable to the passengers coaches
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF
For For all Baggage Over 20 miles and under 150 Pounds in PATlffl U
For 30 miles and over 20 i jL jKjyj uuuilUo cc
1C 40 CC cc 30 9 n CC cc
60 it cc 40 95 cc It
70 it cc 60 30 cc Cl
t 80 it cc 70 ffK 11 ii
90 cc V 80 40 Cl ic
cc 100 tt cc 90 45 cc cc
cc 110 it 100 5n cc cc
cc 120 cc cc V 110 55 cc cc
cc 130 cc cc 120 55 cc cc
cc 140 cc 130 cc cc
cc 150 cc 1 140 5 cc Cl
it 160 tt cc L50 70 cc cc
cc 170 cc 160 75 cc ti
cc 180 cc K 170 so cc cc
cc 190 CC Cl 180 85 cc u
cc 200 cc cc 190 90 cc cc
cc 210 Cl cc 200 95 cc cc
cc 220 cc cc 210 Ion cc cc
cc 230 cc CC 220 1 05 cc cc
cc 240 cc cc 230 1 io cc cc
cc 260 CC H 240 1 15 Cl a
it 290 cc cc 260 1 90 ii Cl
320 cc t V 290 1 95 ii 4
350 cc cc 320 1 30 JCC ii
cc 400 cc cc 350 1 35 cc cc
1C 450 cc cc 400 140 cc cc
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Note 1 No 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
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Continuous mileage to apply on all roads under same management
Limit for a change of freight rate
Division of rate according do distance
Reduction of rates under 20 smiles and over 250
miles
No unjust discrimination in rates
Longer line allowed to adopt the short line rate
RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
RULE 1
All connecting railroads which are under the management or control by lease ownership or otherwise of one and the same company and all connecting railroads a majority of whose stock is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by one of the connecting lines shall for the purpose of transportation in applying this tariff be considered as constituting but one and the same road and the rates shall he computed as upon parts of one and the same road unless otherwise specified The fact that each of said roads has a separate Board of Directors shall not prevent the application of this rule
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 Gharge for 25 miles for a distance of 2s 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 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 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
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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 Freight half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains provided that this rule has no ap charges on plication to freight carried by Express Companies passenger
trains
RULE 8
No railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other Railroads
company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for to decline
transportation by the train for which it is offered freight on
passenger
RULE 9 trains
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a 25 cents single shipment however small subject however to Rule No 30 minimum
charge
RULE 10
No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any Blockades class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad forbidden 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 secret rerebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public duction of
r rates ror
RULE 12 bidden
The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lum Roads alher Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Com
in ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are maximum rates but tarn rates the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted iscret from the operation of Rule 6 Provided That all such rates made by any railroad under this rule shall be first submitted to the Commission and approved by them before becoming effective Any complaints as to such rates will on presentation be duly considered
RULE 13
Shippers tc
W hen railroad companies are required to load or unload car load shipments of load and
Classes L M N O and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost Unla of such service shall be paid by shippers
RULE 14
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as follows viz
Under 2000 pounds no extra charge for handling
For 2000 pounds and under 3000 pounds 3 00
For 3000 4000 pounds 5 00
For 4000 J 5000 pounds 7 00
For 5000 6000 poundsi 8 00
For 6000 I g 7000 pounds10 00
For 7000 and over in proportion
Charges lor extra handling
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RULE 15
Definition FertilizersThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended to
ertilizer U8eas 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
RULE 16
mustbeS Vehicles designed for transportation at carriers risk must be properly protected by properly the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire protected weather chafing or other injury
Charge for RULE 17
shipments In no case shall the amount collected on L C L shipments exceed the charge per charge for car load for the same class of goods
mentsShiP RULE 18
Goods must Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and preparedly warehuse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition well prefer ship pared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligible plain marking and accomment panied with orders for immediate shipping
RULE 19
load rates Car Load Rates apPty a shipment of car load or more made by one shipper at apply 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
NOTE Form BAll applications for special rates must be submitted to theCommission on Form B
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
RULE 20
Lumber Coal Lime and Stone and all other articles for which estimated weight are given in the Classification except Live Stock Ale and Beer and empty Ale and Beer packages in less than carload lots will be taken at actual weights when theweights can be ascertained by a sworn weigher who shall balance the scales immediately before weighing and see that the car is entirely free from all bearing of other car or cars except where lumber laps from one car to another and shall keep a record of the road to which the car belongs its number marked weight and the gross weight of the car as loaded and shall attach to the bill of lading a certificate of his acts and doings and sign the same as a sworn weigher but when the weights cannot b so ascertained will be changed for at the following estimated weights
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Per 1000 Feet
White Pine and Poplar thoroughly sea
Mfii3ooo lbs
White Pine and Poplar green 4 000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash sea
soned4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash green4500 Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
seasoned and undressed3 5O0
Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
dressed and seasoned3 000
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned4000
Oak Hickory Elm green 6 000
Flooring and Ceiling matched and dress
ed 1 inches2 500
Bevelled Weather Boards dressed 1500
Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry
carloads to depth of 50 inches24000 Pounds
Hooppoles Staves Heading green
carload to depth of 43 inches24000 Pounds
Shingles dry per 1000 450
Shingles green per 1000 500
Laths dry per 1000 475
Laths green per 1000 700
Tan Bark dry per cord2000
Tan Bark green per cord 2600
Fence Posts and Rails and Telegraph
Poles per cord 3500
Clay per cubic jrard 3000
Sand per cubic yard3000
Gravel per cubic yard 3200
Stone undressed per cubic foot 160
Lime per bushel 80
Coal per bushel80
Coke per bushel 40
Portland Cement per barrel 400
Other Cementsj 300
WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE
L a sworn weigher for the
Railroad at do certify on oath that I this
day of weighed car Noof the I
loaded with that the gross weight waspounds
marked weight of the car was pounds that said car while being
S d wal connected except where lumber laps and free from all bearing of
tne 8cf ef wevre balanced immediately before weighing said car and to the best of my knowledge the weights are correct
Signed
Weigher forRailroad
At
t RULE 21
f868 Wmclassification of any article is lowered by a percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall apply the increase Iainer of allowed to the reduced classification but in cases in which the clasJmcation of anv Sm E sSnfSeT bffPvrCiintaP ilroad companies which are allowed an increase on age StffiSSST mCreMe the alredy toCreaSed daSBiation
wn 1 RULE 22 Bulky ship
coScthen any a Cle 18 t0 bulky t0 put in a box car sha11 be subiect t0 special Zt
RULE 23
special contract
T A all articles enumerated except Scrap Iron is 2000 pounds A tnn of
badsboveOOOouinro0 H 20j00 Pondsi unless otherwise specified Fo XulsT ITiT0 a W PPnnoSj prorate at car load rates charged A car load of green wood ear toad W COTds f car load of dry wood is nine cords A car load of lumSr anTSl f1 alf
SSfcStad SiUtSKi ft00 pounds When lnmber is loaded on iwomore fiSKf lS fiSSSr i416 tot weight is greater than the aggregate of the minimum car lapped K weigbts fFtb ars U8ed but not greater than the aggregate marked capacity of lumberetc
for more than the Stull weight of tSX Rut if the total weight of such shipment is less than the aggregate of the minimi m
24 be for each car
wheifc d6 I toToad andiaVProS
K Car i loaded over its marked capacity by the shipper at a flag statiZ the raiload compiimes are left free to charge for the excess at a ratethat will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger to life and property enectuany stop a
T RULE 24
r rules governing demurrage and storage see Demurrage Rules JjgSjjJg
1 RULE 25 or trans
ferriSaILlrom35 tW doUP1 will be allowed for switching or trans S when
space of tbreo 7 P any road tc any connecting road or warehouse within a passis space of three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents Zreads
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When in the transfer of a car between said points it is necesssary to pass over the line of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall he equitably divided between the roads at interest
Empties to When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no addi tional charge shall be made for the return of the empty cars
free
RULE 26
Terminal The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms
facilities buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any pur
not to be 7 79
used by pose without the consent of the owners
other com f
panics RULE 27
Time for All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this State shall opening receive all freights offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for from the frefghtSing first of April to the first of October between the hours of 7 oclock a m and 6 oclock depots p m and from October the first to April the first between the hours of 7 oclock a m
and 5 oclock p m provided that in cities having a population of over ten thousand people the hours shall be from 7 oclock a m to 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 to prevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 o clock 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 come with charge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles
in tenmile
limit RULE 29
All joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or conmade by6S trol excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be agreement made Qnjy 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
Joint rates On all shipments of freights not governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating shall be in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not kJSiiless under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be 10percent 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 froin 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 dividing0 under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested between08 in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads interthecom ested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work
anies delay in the transportation of such freight or be a subject of appeal to the Commission
by the roads at interest
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BULE 31
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 de hvering depot
Refunding
over
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 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
RULE 32
1 Railroads shall without delay switch off and deliver to any connecting road of o gauge a11 cars confgned 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 affordthe usual and likecustomary 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 any particular line
RULE 33
17 The railroads in this State within thirty days from September 15th 1893 shall cause Weighing to be weighed by a sworn weigher all lumber and coal cars belonging to them and cars have the weights marked upon said cars and the numbers date and weights reported to this office
RULE 34
The railroads of this State shall receive and receipt for shipments without delay shall reand shall issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers when required in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped and the rate charged over the road shipment giving the receipt and as far as practicable shall state the rate charged over other duplicate Toads over which said shipment will pass freight re
When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that deliv CeiptS ers said shipment such agent shall deliver the articles shipped upon the payment of the lawful rate upon the same
RULE 35
Any advancefin rates by railroad companies doing business within the State of Georgia shall not be effective until ten days notice shall have been given to the public and changed no reduction in rates by said companies shall be effective until three days notice shallrateSl have been given to the public in either case by posting the proposed rates in a conspicuous place at the several stations to be affected thereby
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
How to 1 In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff under the class opposite to
appy the 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 under 20 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 1 times First Class
D 1 represents Double First Class
ST1 represents Three Times First Class
4 T1 represents Four Times First Class
A B C D E F and II 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 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 25 per cent which would be as follows First Class rate 30 cents per 100 lbs 25 percent added 7 cents equal 38 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate allowed for 50 miles
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
Rule for 5 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowered by a per
ratPng cent the following rules must be observed
when ap FirstIf the rate thus raised or lowered is in either of Classes C D F G JK or plied to g any 0ther Class in which fractions appear the fraction of a halt cent must De
Tariffrd retained as the following examples will indicate
Ex 1Standard Rat 65
25 per cent added 16
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate
of 8 cents
F 2Standard Rate 95
20 per cent added 19
Total H4 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired
rate is 115 cents
Ex 3Standard Rate
20 per cent added
Total
jftr 4Standard Rate
25 per cent added
Total
8
16
96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 95 cents
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13
68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the desired rate is 7 cents
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kcondIf 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
Ex 2Standard Rate 18
20 per cent added 36
Total 216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the desired
rate is 22 cents
ThirdIn mating 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 pro rata with rate allowed on standard gauge
7 On shipments of brick and lumber passing between standard guage railroads and narrow gauge railroads under the same management no more than Class P will be allowed to be charged provided however that a charge of three dollars per standard gauge car of 30000 pounds or over may be made to cover the cost of transfer
Shipments from narrow guage roads to broad guage roads under like conditions will be allowed a transfer charge subject to note six of the Explanatory Notes of this Commission
8 Wherever in the Commissioners Classification articles are designated as without percentage said articles shall take no higher rate than is prescribed by the Standard Tariff irrespective of percentages specifically allowed certain roads on the classes in which said articles are classed and the same shall remain in effect until expressly repealed by Circular
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC
FirstFrom and after Monday the sixteenth day of December 1889 no change of mdepots6 freight or passenger depots or flag stations from their present location nor the suspens withoutthe sion of the sale of tickets or the receiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in consent of use for such purposes will be permitted without the consent of this Commission pub mission fished in accordance with law I
Applica
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot be accombuildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed thdll
for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby informa
tion
ThirdA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said orrect depot with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for profiles of not less than one mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as ftcf rmmto other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also ber of pas evidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accom amount of modated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said etcTIS road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the iuiredCommissioners 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
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
The weights given below are estimated and not actual and are used simply to get Mannerof the rating on Live Stock To illustrate One Horse Mule or Horned Animal is esti bog rating mated at the same rate as 2000 lbs of any kind of firstclass freight at carriers risk and sLckT3 secondclass 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
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according to the Standard Tariff carriers risk 30 cents per 100 lbs or36 and at owners risk 27 cents per 100 lbs or 540
Estimated weight of Live Stock
Each
Each
Cow and calf together for both 2500 lbs
Cattle under one year old except Bulls1000 lbs
Calves and Sheep 175 lbs
Calves and Sheep in lots of 5 or more 150 lbs
Lambs 100 lbs
Lambs in lots of 5 or more 75jlbs
Hogs for market 350lbs
Pigs and Stock Hogs 12531bs
Pigs Hogs Sheep etc boxed actual weight
Maximum
valuations
Special valuations
One Horse Mule or Horned
Animal 2000 lbs
Two Horses Mules or Horned
Animals 3500 lbs
Each additional Horse Mule
or Horned Animal1000 lbs
Stallions Jacks and Bulls 3000 lbs
Mare and Foal together for
both 2500 lbs
Colts under 1 year old exo ept
Stallions1000 lbs
Shetland Ponies any age1000 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
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 Mixed ship rates for cattle but carrier will be released from damage to animals caused by their own ments acts or to each other and from escape if not haltered suffocation exhaustion from heat or cold
Hogs Sheep Lambs Calves and other small animals boxed taken at actual weight but no single shipment of live stock to be charged for atless than 100 lbs
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 boxedcrated 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
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
Shippers to feed and water stock
Cars to be accompanied with attendants free
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DEMURRAGE RULES
RULE 1
Railroad companies shall give prompt notice by mail or otherwise to consignee of the Railroad arrival of goods together with the weight and amount of freight charges due thereon and to givoneS when goods or freight of any kind in carload quantities arrive said notice must contain fieeoFai letters or initials of the car number of the car net weight and the amount of freight charges rival of due on the same Storage and demurrage charges may be assessed if goods are not removed goods in conformity with the following rules and regulations No storage or demurrage charges however shall in any case be allowed unless legal notice of the arrival of goods has been given to the owner or consignee thereof by the railroad company
RULE 2
Legal notice referred to in these rules may be either actual or constructive Where the Definition consignee is personally served with notice of the arrival of freight free time begins at ten nottae1 oclock a m on the day after such notice has been given Constructive notice referred to consists of posting notice by mail to the consignee Where this mode of giving notice is adopted there shall be twentyfour 24 hours additional free time to be added to the fortyeight 48 hours prescribed in Rules 8 and 4 to be computed from day after notice was mailed provided however that if in any case where notice of arrival is given by mail the consignee will make oath that neither he his agents nor employees have received such notice then no demurrage charges shall be made until after legal notice as above specified is given
RULE 3
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 includ packaen ing Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m of the day following thehx j day of legal notice of arrival may be subject thereafter to a charge of storage for each day ration of 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 4
Loaded cars which by Rule 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 on toadeP grain hay cottonseed lumber lime coal coke sand brick stone and wood and all cars taking track delivery which are not unloaded from the cars containing same within forty eight 48 hours not including Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m of the day following the day legal notice of arrival is given and the car or Gars are placed accessible for unloading may be subject 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 loaded 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 that when the period of such demurrage charges commences they are to be placed accessible to the consignee for unloading purposes on demand of the consignee provided however that if the railroad company shall remove such car or cars after being so placed or in any way obstruct the unloading of the same the consignee shall not be chargeable with the delay caused thereby provided further that when any consigne shall receive four or more cars during any one day loaded with lumber laths shingles wood coal coke lime ore sand or bricks and all cars taking track delivery the said cars in excess of three shall not be liable to demurrage by any railroad company until after the expiration of seventyeight 78 hours
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RULE 5
When consignors ship goods consigned to themselves or order it shall be the duty of the railroad companies to give legal notice ta such consignees or persons to whom shipping directions order delivery This notice may he addressed by mail to the consignee at point
of delivery and demurrage will begin as in other cases of notice by mail and the mailing
of such notice shall be sufficient legal notice in such cases whether the consignee actually receive the same or not
RULE 6
Consignees Consignees living more than five miles from the depot and whose freight is destined to
more than r
five miles his residence or place of business so located shall not be subject to storage or demurrage
Kmde charges allowed in the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after notice for said
consignee to remove said goods by the exercise of ordinary diligence
RULE 7
Authority Railroad companies are authorized to store such property in public warehouses at the exproperty pense of owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach
RULE 8
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded cars be paid at an accessible place for unloading within fortyeight 48 hours not including Sundays or faiisntode legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m the day after the arrival of the same the liver with shipper or consignee shall be paid one dollar per day for each day said delivery is so time delayed
RULE 9
Not assess Whenever the weather during the period of free time is so severe inclement or rainy that fnclement8 s imPracticable to secure means of removal or where from the nature of the goods reweather moval would cause injury or damage such time shall be added to the free period and no demurrage charges shall be allowed for such additional time
This rule applies to the state of the weather during business hours
RULE 10
Railroads shall not discriminate between persons or places in storage or demurrage charges If a railroad company collects storage or demurrage of one person under the demurrage rules it must collect of all who are liable No rebate drawback or other similar device will be allowed
If demurrage is collected by a railroad company at one point on its line it must collect at all places on its line of those liable under the rules of this Commission Provided That the Commission shall hear and grant applications to suspend the operation of this rule whenever justice shall demand this course
RULE 11
Cars detained or held for want of proper shipping instructions or by reason of improper directions or excessive loading where loading is done by shipper shall be subject to a demurrage ive loading charge of one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day said car or cars are so detained or held Likewise when cars are properly loaded and shipping instructions given the railroad agent must immediately issue bills of lading therefor and if said car or cars are Cars must detained or held and not carried forward within twentyfour 24 hours thereafter said railbe prompt road company shall be liable to said shipper for the payment of one dollar per car for each warded day or fraction of a day that said car or cars are thus detained or held
RULE 12
No other charges shall be made for storage or demurrage except as provided in the foregoing rules
No discrimination in charges allowed between persons or places
Improper
Shipments to consignors or order
FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSES
I AND
CLASSIFIED LIST OF RAILROADS IN GEORGIA
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FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSESPERCENTAGES
Each Company doing business as a common carrier in this State is allowed to apply the
Standard Freight Tariff subject to the conditions of the Tariff Class below in which such
Company is placed
CLASS NO 1
The Standard Tariff without percentage
CLASS NO 2
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 Commissioners Standard Tariff
To Classes C D F J and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
CLASS NO 3
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 4
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 5
Add twentyfive per cent to all Classes except C D F J and P
CLASS NO 6
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under
the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 mile3 and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Fertilizers L C L Class K with ten per cent added for any distance
On Fertilizers C L Class M with ten per cent added for any distance
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 7
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added
On Classes C D F G J L M H O and R CommissionersStandard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On Class P Commissioners Standard Tariff
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CLASSIFIED LIST OF RAILROADS IN GEORGIA
For Freight Tariffs See Corresponding Numbers on Opposite page
Class No 1 No of Roads 4
Alabama Great Southern Lexington Terminal
Georgia except G J and S branch Western and Atlantic
Class No 2 No of Roads 3
Atlanta and West Point Seaboard AirLine
Hartwell
Class No 3 No of Roads 3
Douglas and McDonald Plant System all lines
Florida Central and Peninsular
Class No 4
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Central Sytem all lines except Savannah and Atlantic
Chattanooga Rome and Columbus
East and West
Georgia and Alabama
Class No 5 Gainesville Jefferson and Southern branch Georgia Railroad
Class No 6 Abbeville and Way cross
Albany and Northern
Augusta Southern
Augusta and Knoxville
Blue Ridge and Atlantic
Chattanooga Southern
Chickamauga and Durham
City and Suburban
Columbus Southern
Collins and Reidsville
Cuyler and Woodburn
Darien and Western
Foy Railroad
Georgia Northern formerly Boston and Albany
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern
No of Roads 10
Georgia Southern and Florida Lawrenceville
Northeastern of Georgia
Southern Railway System all lines Wrightsville and Tennille
No of Roads 3
Smithonia and Dunlap
Talbotton
No of Roads 30
Indian Springs and Flovilla Louisville and Wadley
Macon Dublin and Savannah Middle Georgia and Atlantic Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff Millen and Southern
Oconee and Western
Sandersville
South Brunswick
South Georgia
Stillmore AirLine
Tifton and Northeastern
Valdosta Southern Wadley and Mt Vernon
Way cross AirLine
Class No 7 No of Roads 2 Dover and Statesboro Sylvania
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
PEE 100 POUNDS Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per 100 Lbs
Dis tance 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D 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 3 7 9 24 8
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 54 5 9 m 34 10
15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 5 11 124 m 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 6 13 15 54 16
30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 73 0 14 15 6 17
35 26 23 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 74 15 164 64 19
40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 n 16 164 64 20
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 13 8 8 17 174 64 21
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 84 8 18 174 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 34 9 84 19 18 74 24
65 35 32 28 25 20 15 15 15 9 9 2 19 74 25
70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15 15 94 9 20 19 74 26
75 38 35 30 27 21 16 16 16 10 9 21 20 74 27
80 39 36 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 9 21 20 74 28
85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 214 74 29
90 42 38 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 214 8 29
95 44 39 34 30 23 18 18 18 111 11 23 23 8 30
100 45 40 35 30 23 18 18 18 m 11 23 23 84 30
110 48 42 37 31 24 19 19 19 12 11 24 23 84 31
120 51 44 39 32 25 20 20 20 13 12 25 24 84 32
130 54 46 41 33 26 21 21 21 13 12 26 25 84 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 94 36
170 64 54 47 37 30 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 94 37
180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 31 31 94 38
190 68 58 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 94 39
200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 154 32 33 94 40
210 71 62 51 41 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 94 41
220 72 64 52 42 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 10 42
1 230 73 66 53 43 34 29 29 29 18 L7 34 36 104 43
240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 IO4 44
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 104 45
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 IO4 46
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 IO4 46
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 104 47
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 IO4 47
300 80 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 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 114 50
370 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 114 50
380 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 114 52
390 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 114 52
400 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 II4 52
410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 114 54
420 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 114 54
430 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 43 52 114 54
440 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 114 56
450 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 1114 56
460 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 12 56
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STANDARD FREICHT TARIFFCLASSES
Per 100 Pounds Per Ton Per 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 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 M 55 85 7 50 9 00 6 00 H
20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 6
25 14 6 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 6i
30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 7
35 16 i 75 1 05 12 00 12 00 9 00 n
40 17 8 80 1 10 13 00 12 00 9 00 8
45 18 8 85 1 15 14 00 13 00 10 00 8f
50 19 8 90 1 20 14 OO 13 OO IO 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
75 23 n 1 05 1 45 16 50 16 00 12 00 11
80 23 9 1 10 1 50 17 00 16 00 12 00 12
85 24 9i 1 15 1 55 17 50 17 00 13 00 12
i 90 24 1 15 1 60 18 00 17 00 13 00 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
130 28 10 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
150 30 11 1 50 2 20 26 OO 20 OO 17 OO 18
160 31 12 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 20
190 34 13 1 90 2 40 29 50 22 00 19 00 29
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 20 00 21
220 37 14 2 20 2 55 31 50 23 00 21 00 21
230 38 14 2 30 2 65 32 00 23 00 21 00 21
240 39 14 2 40 2 65 33 00 24 00 22 00 22
250 40 15 2 50 2 75 33 50 24 OO 22 OO 22
260 41 15 2 60 2 75 34 00 24 00 22 00 22
270 42 15 2 70 2 85 34 50 25 00 23 00 22
280 43 16 2 80 2 85 35 00 25 00 23 00 23
290 44 16 2 90 2 95 36 00 25 00 24 00 23
300 45 16 2 95 3 00 36 50 26 OO 24 OO 23
310 46 17 3 05 3 10 37 00 26 00 24 00 23
320 47 17 3 05 3 20 38 00 26 00 24 00 24
330 48 17 3 15 3 30 38 50 27 00 25 00 24
40 49 17 3 15 3 40 39 00 27 00 25 00 24
350 50 17 3 28 3 50 40 OO 27 OO 25 OO 24
360 51 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24
370 52 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24
380 53 18 3 41 3 60 41 00 29 00 27 00 26
390 54 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 27 00 26
400 55 18 3 41 3 60 42 OO 29 OO 27 OO 26
410 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 29 00 28
440 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 30
450 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 OO 33 OO 31 OO 30
460 60 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 30
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CLASSIFICATION
OF THE
RAILROAD COMMISSIOH OF GEORGIA
Supersedes Classification Contained in 23rd Report and All
Amendments Thereof
C R
Agricultural Implements C L
not less than 20000 pounds owners to load and unload 4
Agricultural Implements
L C L as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed
Cradles Grain set up3 T 1
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed i
Crushers Corn or Cob 3
Cultivators K D packed 1
Cultivators set up3 T 1
Cutters Ensilage Straw and
Hay set up
Cutters Ensilage Straw and
Hay K D and packed 3
Distributers Guano set up
Distributers Guano K D 2
Drills Grain set up 1
Drills Grain K D packed 2
Dusters Bran set up3 T 1
Dusters Bran K D packed 2
Elevators Hay i
Evaporators Fruit 15
Evaporators Sugar D 1
Fans Grain see Mills Fanning Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin 2
Forks Hay and Manure 3
Furnaces Evaporator l
Gins CottQn 2
Guano Horns tin D 1
Harrows and Harrow Frames 3
Harrow teeth packed 4
Hay Caps 3
Hoes in bundles 3
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks 4
Horse Powers K D 2
Horse Powers Railroad or Endless Chain 1
o R
1
D 1
2
4
2
D 1
D 1
C R O R
Incubators L C L K D and
packed or created 1
Same min C L weight 15000
lbs 3
Hullers Cotton Seed Clover 1
Knives Hay packed 2
Machines Hemp 1
Machines Smut 3
Machines NO S See Machines Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L 2 4
and partly boxed C L
20000 pounds 4 6
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate set up 1J
Mattocks packed 5
Mattocks in bundles3
Purifiers Middlings3 T 1 D 1
Mills Burr stone Portable 3
Mills Cider 4
Mills Corn and Hominy 3
Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Cane and Sorghum 5
Mills Fanning set up3 T 1 1
Mills Fanning K D l 1
Mills with Trains Sugar3 T 1 D
Mills N O S 2
Mowing and Reaping Machines
Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L 2 4
and partly boxed C L
20000 pounds 4 6
Mowing Reaping Machines
Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate set up 1
Mowers Lawn 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
DTE
Pans Sugar Same as Evapora
tors Sugar
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 0 S 1
Plows N O S K D 4
Presses Cider 4
Presses Hay and Cotton setup D1 Presses Hay and Cotton K D 4
Presses N O S 2
Pruners Tree in bundles 1
Bakes Hand in bundles 3
Bakes Horse set up D 1
Bakes Horse K D 1
Boilers Field and Boad 3
Boilers Sugar 3
Scrapers Boad and Pond 3
Scythes in bundles 1
Scythes in boxes 2
Snaths Scythe 1
Separators same as Threshers
Shellers Corn 1
Shovels and Spades in bundles 3
Spreaders Manure set up 1
Spreaders Manure KD boxed 2
Threshers 1
Trains Sugar3 T 1
Wheelbarrows Iron 3
Wheelbarrows Bailroad 1
Wheelbarrows Wood set up D 1 Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled 3
oR
3 1
4
D 1 2
5
n
5
5
4
2
2
1
D 1 1
C R
Ammonia Sulphate of C L M
Ammonia Waters 5
Ammonia Water Casks Be
turned empty
Ammunition N 0 S
Anchors
Antimony Crude
Antimony Metal
Anvils
Apples green See Fruit Apples dried See Fruit dried
Apple Butter See Butter
Argols in boxes bbls vor casks Arsenic crude in kegs boxes
or barrels
Asbestos in boxes kegs bags
or bales L C L
Asbestos in barrels or casks L
C L3
Asbestos in bbls or casks CL Asbestos Cement L C L
Asbestos Cement C L
Asbestos Ore L C L
Asbestos Ore C L
Asbestos Packing in rolls or cases L CL
Asbestos Packing C L
Asbestos Booting in rolls or
cases L C L
Asbestos Booting C L
Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed
See Cotton Seed
Ashes Wood
Asphaltum packed L C L
Asphaltum C L
Axes
Axles and Wheels Car See
Iron Bar Band etc
Axles Carriage and Wagon
See Iron Bar Band etc
Axle Grease See Grease
B
A
Accoutrements Military J
Acids N 0 S D 1
Acids Carbolic 3
Acids Dry 3
Acids Muriate and Sulphuric in carboys boxed L C L 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 as Liquor
Ale see Beer
Almanacs and Trade Circulars
same as Printed Matter
Alum in barrels or casks 6
Alum N O S 4
Ammonia Sulphate of L CL 6
4
2
4
6
Babbitt Metal
Bacon See Meats
Baggage Army
Baggage Personal Effects in
Trunks
Bagging in rolls N 0 S
Bagging N 0 S in bales
Bagging Oil Press
Bags Burlap
Bags Cotton for Flour
Bags Gunny
Bags Paper
Bags Traveling
Baking Powders See Po wder
Bale Bope
Balusters See WoodWork Bananas See Oranges etc under Fruit
5
O R
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
65
Band and Hat Boxes See
Boxes
Barilla71 3
Bark Ground in bags or bbls
N O s 5
Bark Tan in sacks 5
Bark Tan C L 20000 lbs class
P less 20 per cent
Barley See Grain
Barley Pearl 3
Barrel and Box Material C L P
Barrel and Box MaterialLCL 6
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
L C L per 100 pounds Barrels may be estimated at 100 lbs each as follows It miles and under 8 cents 20 miles and over 10 miles 9 cents 40 miles and oyer 20 miles 10 cents 60 miles and over 40 miles 11 cents 90 miles and over 60 miles 12
cents
Same for distances over 90 miles May be estimated at 100 lbs each Rule 17 to apply R Barrels empty excepting ale and beer in car loads of
15000 pounds may be estimated at 100 lbs each 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 nested packed 2
Barrels Paper not nested4 T 1
Barytes L C L 6
Barytes C L p
Base Balls and Bats l
Baskets N O S D 1
BasketsFruit See BoxesFruit
Baskets nested 1
Baskets Cotton see Cotton
Baskets
Baskets Grate see Iron
Bath Boilers see Boilers
Bath Tubs see Tubs
Batting Cotton in lots of 100
bales of 50 pounds each 6
Batting Cotton N O S 5
Bauxite Ore same as Clay
Beans in boxes 2
Beans in barrels or sacks D
Bearings Brass see Brass
Bed Cord see Rope
Bed Springs see Springs
Bedsteads see Furniture
Bedsteads Brass see Brass
Beef Canned packed see I Canned Goods
Beef see Meats
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 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 2
Beer Ale and Ginger in glass packed securely wired and
sealed or locked C L 4
Bees in Hives D 1
Bee Smokers boxed 1
Beeswax 4
Beets in barrels 3
Bellows 1
Bells Bell Metal or Brass 1
Bells Cast Iron
Bells Sheet Iron packed
Belting Leather
Belting Rubber
Berries Dried
Berries Gren prepaid
Bicycles see Vehicles
Billiard Tables and Billiard Table Beds boxed D 1
Binders Reapers etc see Agricultural implements
Binders Boards in Cases 2
Binders Boards in Bundles 5
Bitters same as liquors
Blacking Shoe and Stove See
Polish
Black Lead See Lead
Blankets 1
Bleaching Salts Same as Lime
Chloride of
Blinds Doors and Frames see
Sash etc
Blocks Pullev Bee Pullev
Blocks
Blocks Shuttle rough 3
BlueingI 1
Blue Stone see Vitriol BlueBoards Binders see Binders
Boards
Boats Commonwooden LCL
Boats Common wooden when flat cars are required C L
C R I oR
E
D I
M 05 to CO tO
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Boats Racing
Boats Row when loaded in
box cars L C L4 T 1
Boats Row when flat car is required min weight 10000
pounds
Boats Row when two flat cars are required min weight
10000 pounds to each car
Boats Row C L rain weight
20000 pounds
Boats Steam Yachts imn wt
10000 pounds 2
Bobbins packed 4
Boilers Bath and Range 1
Boilers See Machinery
Bolts See Iron
Boneblack 3
Bones and Bone Dust
See Rule 12 K
Bonnets same as Dry Goods
Book Cases Iron H
Books 1
Boots and Shoes1
Borax packed 4
Bottle Covers See Covers
Bottles empty 1
Bows and Shafts See Vehicle
Material
Box and Barrel Stuff See Barrel and Box Material
Boxes Ale Beer and Porter returned with empty bottles 4
Boxes Hat and Band packed D 1 Boxes Fruit and BasketsCL 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 1
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 nested packed 1
Boxes Paper not nested 3 T 1
Boxes Folding K D packed 2
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2
Boxes Tobacco empty 1
Boxes Vehicles See Vehicle
Material
Brackets Insulator See Telegraph
Brackets Wood N O S finished and boxed 3
Brackets Wood in white made
of pine or other wood 3
Brandy See Liquors
Bran L C L C
o R 4T 1
E
D 1
C R O
Bran C L 25000 lbs P
Brass NO S in boxes barrels
or casks 4
Brass Bedsteads packed 1
Brass Bearings in boxes barrels or casks 2
Brass Flues 2
Brass Scrap loose 2
Brass Scrap packed 5
Brass Valves Boxed 3
Brass Vessels in boxes barrels
or casks 2
Bread 3
Brick Common and Fire See
Rule 12 C L 40000 lbs P
Brick Common and Fire L C
L G
Brick Bath 6
Brick Machines SeeMachinery Brimstone Same as Sulphur
Bristles 4
Britannia Ware 1
Broom Corn pressed in Bales
L C L B
Broom Corn pressed in Bales
min C L 14000 lbs
Broom Corn and Broom Handles GL mixed 14000 lbs
charged for
Brooms any quantity
Brushes
Buckets N O S same as
Wooden Ware
Buckets Coal
Buckets Well
Bucks Saw see Sawbucks
Buckwheat Flour
Buggies See Vehicles
Bungs
Burial Cases See Coffins
Burlaps
Burning Fluid
Burr Blocks Finished
Burr Blocks Rough
Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in cans
Butter Butterine and Oleomargerine in buckets pails
and tubs
Butter Butterine and Oleomar
D
D
4
1
1
1
4
6
3
6
n
4
5
1
D 1
giine in kegsand firki ns 2
Butter Apple and other Fruits in wood 4
c
Cabbages packed 3
Cabbages loose C L 3
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird boxed 3 T 1
Cages Bird K D nested and packed D 1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Cake Nitre See Nitre
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt See Salt
Calcicake 5
Calicoes 6
Camphene
Camphor l
Candles boxed 4
Candy See Confectionery
Cane Sugar See Sugar Cane
Cann ed Beef packed T 4
Canned Goods N O S 4
Cannon 1
Cans empty N O S 3T 1
Cans Glass See Glass
Cans Paper crated 1
Cans tin empty racked or
boxed or in jackets 1
Cans tin empty to be used for paints and oils minimum weight 20000 lbs A
Cans Tobacco empty 1
CapsandHats 1
Caps Percussion 1
Caps Hay See Agricultural
Implements
Capstans 3
Carbons Electric Light packed L C L 2
Carbons Electric Light packed C L 3
Carboys see Glass
Card Clothing See Clothing
Cards Cotton and Woolen
Hand packed 1
Cards Cotton and Woolen 1
Cards Playing l
Cards Show Boxed See Signs
Carpeting well covered 1
Carpets Hemp and Rag 2
Carpet Lining see Lining
Carriages See Vehicles
Cars and Locomotives viz Cars Logging K D or set up C L 24000 lbs charged for Cars Logging smaller parts
boxed
Cars Logging set up L C L Street or Tramway operated either by steam cable horse
or electric power single D 1 Street or Tramway operated either by steam cable horse or electric power C L two or more on a car minimum
weight 20000 lbs 5
Cars Hand Lever or Crank for railway use viz
S U L C L l
S U C L minimum weight
20000 lbs 5
K D L C L 2
E D released C L
Cars knocked down i e cars from which trucks or other detachable parts have been removed and loaded on same car with bodies to be loaded and unloaded by ownersand
at owners risk
Cars and Locomotives standard gauge on their own wheels viz
A minimum charge of two dollars per car is allowed when shipped on their own wheels Parlor and sleeping cars2oc per mile
Coaches baggage
2 mail and expr
4
3
cars20c per mile
Box cab stock or tank cars10c per mile
Coal gondola or
dump cars 7c per mile
Flat cars upon their own whls 6c per mile Flat cars When one or more flat cars are loaded on a flat car the rate will be S cents per mile for those loaded on
the flat and 4 cents per mile for the car on wheels carrying the others
Locomotives and tendersincluding tram engines moved by their own pow
erowner to furnish fuel and crew carrier to
furnish pilot20c per mile Subject to a minimum charge of 400 maximum charge allowed 4000
6 Locomotives and tendersinclud5 ing tram en
4 gines dead
conncting rods and small parts liable to be damaged to be taken oft and
boxed25c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge I ot 500 maximum charge allowed 5000
Locomotives and tendersincluding tram engines loaded I wholly on flat
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R I O R
to
cars owner load and unload otherwise subject to
Rule 1430c per1 mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 600 maximum charge allowed 6000
Locomotives including tram engines loaded on flat cars and weighing less than 40
000 lbsv
Cartridges Metallic
Carts Hand see Vehicles
Cases and Crates Egg See
g0Xes
Cases Show see Show Cases
Cash Registers see registers
Casing Window see Woodwork
Casks Iron Ammonia Water
Naphtha etc returned ety 6
Castings Iron See Iron
Castings Plaster HI
Castor Pom ace M
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
Cattle See Live Stock
Caustic Soda See Soda
Cement in barrels 0 L L
Cement in barrels L C L B
Cement Glue packed 2
Cement Asbestos see Asbestos
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 see Crayons
Chalks Prepared 1
Charcoal in bbls or casks L
C L 5
Charcoal in barrels or casks
C L not less than 24000 lbs
to be charged for O
Checks See Domestics
Cheese
Chestnuts prepaid 3
Chests Commissary 1
Chests Ice see Refrigerators
Chicory 4
Chimogene same as Oil Coal
China Ware
Chloride of Lime see Lime
Chocolate 1
Chromos same as Paintings Chufas C L see Nuts
Churns
Cider and Vinegar in barrels
or kegs
Cider in glass packed
Cider Mills and Presses see Agricultural Implements
Cigar Lighters
Cigars boxed and strapped or
corded and sealed
Cigars not packed as above
not taken
Cigar Boxes see Boxes
Citron
Clay in boxes barrels or casks
L 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
Clay German
Cleaners Cotton Seed see
A gricultural Implements
Clocks boxed
Clock Weights see weights
Clotlies Lines see Rope
Clothes Pins
Clothing
Clothing Card
Clothing Rubber and Rubber Goods N O s
Clover Seed see Seed
Coal and CokeL C L in
boxes barrels or bags
Coal and Coke C L
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 T
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 miesClass L less 15 per cent
See Oil See Tar
Coal Oil
Coal Tar
Cocoa
Cocoa Matting see Matting
Cocoanuts see Nuts
III Codfish See Fish
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
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 See Mills
C R
O
2
4 6
3
5
R
5
Coffins NO S 1J
Coffins in nests 1
Coffins K D 3
Coffins Metallic 2
Coke see Coal
Collars Horse See Saddlery Collars Paper packed same
as Dry Goods
Cologne See Perfumery
Commissary hests and Stores 1
Compounds Washing 4
Compounds Polishing 3
Confectionery Candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading 4
Confeetionery andy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified or Bill of Lading 3
Contectionery N 0 S 1
Coolers and Filters Water bxd 1
Copal 2
Copperas in barrels or casks 5
Copperas N O S 4
Copper in boxes barrels or
casks 3
Copper Scrap packed 5
Copper Scrap loose 4
Copper Vessels in boxes bar
relsorcasks 2
Copper BottomsCopper Plates Sheets Bolts Wire and Rods 3
Copper Flues 2
Copper Ingots Pigs and Matts 4 Copper Ore C L 25000 lbs P
Copper Ore L C L 5
Copper Stills worm crated 1
Copying Presses see Presses
Cordage 3
Cork 1 j
Corn Starch see Starch
Corn see Grain
Corn Seed see Seed
Cornices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated or
loose L C L 3 T 1
Cornices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated or loose CL minimum weight
10000 lbs li
Cornices Wooden for windows doors or inside finish
1
2
5
4
3
D1
1
C R
See Woodwork
Cornices Wooden for outside
finish Same as Mouldings for building purposes
Corsets 1
Corundum L C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per lb 3
Corundum C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per lb 6
Cotton in bales J
Cotton Burnt shipments of burnt cotton are accepted at original weight and cotton rates applied500 lbs to be the average weight per bale when original weight cannot
be obtained
Cotton Dyed in bales 4
Cotton Unginned packed in bags less than 2000 lbs L
C L 2
Cotton Unginned packed in baS 2000 lbs and over L
C L 5
Cotton Unginned packed in bags C Lminimum weight
20000 lbs 6
Cotton Baskets Pat combination of cloth woodknocked down and packed together 6 Cotton Batting See Batting
Cotton Batting N O S 5
Cotton Seed L C L same as
Fertilizers L C L
Cotton Seed valuable for planting less than 2000 lbs 3 Cotton Seed valuable for planting L C L over 2000 lbs 6 Cotton Seed in carload lots of not less than 20000 lbs per
Rule 1 G
Cotton Seed Hulls C L 20000
lbs
Same without percentage
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and
Oil Cake L C L K
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and
Oil Cake C L M
Cotton Seed Mills See Agricultural Implements
Cotton Seed Oil see Oil
Cotton Waste See Paper Stock
Covers and Safes boxed3 T 1
Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed
in bales 3
Covers Wooden l
Cracklings 4
Crackers 5
An 0
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements
Cranberries 3
Crates and Cases Egg see
Boxes
Crates for peaches and apples
L C L set p 1
Crates for peaches and apples
C L set up 20000 minim R
Crates for peaches and apples
L C L K D B
Crates for peaches and apples
K D C L 24000 lbs minimum F
Crayons Chalk 4
Creameries packed or wrapped 2
Cream Tarter in boxes or kegs 2
Cream Tarter in barrels or
hogsheads 3
Crockerysame as Earthenware
Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Cross Arms Telegraph and
Telephone 6
Cross Ties hewed and sawed
subject to Rule 12Class P
Crow Bars see Iron
Crucibles 1 3
Crushers Corn and Cob See Agricultural Impelments
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators see Agricultural
Implements
Curbing Well 2
Currants see Fruit
Cutch 4
Cutlery 1
D
Dates see Fruit
Deer boxed3 T 1
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2
Demijohns Seo Glass
Denims see Domestics
Desiccat ed Meats Vegetables 4
Detergent 4
Disinfectants in glass packed 1
Disinfectants N S in bbls 4 Distributers see Agricultural
Implements
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Duck Checks Cotton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products Rule
1 without percentage 6
Doors Iron see Iron
Doors and Frames See Sash
etc
Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton
Same as Domestics
Drills Grain See Agricultural
C R O R
Implements
Dross Rosin Same as Rosin
Drugs and Medicines N O S 1
Drums 3 T 1
Dry Goods N O S 1
Dry Goods in boxes or bales 1 Dry Goods in trunks crated
or strapped I 2
Dry Goods in trunks corded
or wrapped 1
Dry Goods in trunks not
corded or wrapped D1
Dusters Bran See Agricultural Implements
Dye Liquid or Wood Liquor
in barrels 3
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
Earthware Jugware or Stoneware inboxes bbls or casks Earthware Jugware or Stoneware in crates or hogsheads Earthware Jugware or Stoneware loose C L 20000 lbs
Common Jugware C L
Eggs packed
Electric Light Carbons See
Carbons
Elevators
Elevators Hay See Agricul
tural Implements
Emery value 4 cents per lb
Emery N O S
Engines See Machinery
Equipage See Accoutrements
Essences See Extract
Evaporators Fruit See Agricultural Implements
Evaporators Sugar See Agricultural Implements
Excelsior made from Georgia pine pressed in bals LCL Excelsior made from Georgia pine C Lminimum weight
10000 lbs
Exhibitors boxed or crated3
Exhibitors woven or crated
Explosives Same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand glass or grenade packed
Extinguishers Fire on wheels Extract Bark for tanning in wood
1
2
4
3
1
3
2
6
T 1 D 1
DI
Extract Bark for tanning in glass packed2
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R A ILEO AD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
71
C R
Extraet of Indigo See Indigo Extract of Logwood See Logwood
Extract of Malt in glass
packed same as Ale
Extrkct and Essences N O S 1
O R
F
Facing Iron and Coal in bbls
or sacks L C L 6
Facing Iron and Coal in bbls
or sacks C L A
Factory sweepings and cotton
waste See Paper Stock
Fans in boxes D 1
Fans Fly boxed 3
Fans Palm Leaf pressed 1
Fanning Mills See Agricultural ImplementsM ills
Fanning
Farina 2
Faucets boxed 2
Feathers I 1
Feeders Cotton Gin See Agricultural Implements
Felloes See Vehicle Material Felt Roofing See Roofing
Felting Boiler 2
Fence Wire and Wood combination 5
Fencing 3 5
Fenders Iron See Iron
Fertilizer C L M
Fertilizer L C L K
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales 6
Figs in drums 1
Figs in casks or boxes 2
Figures not Iron packed See
Images
Filters See Coolers
Findings Shoe 1
Firearms 1
Firecrackers and Fireworks
packed so marked 1
Fire Extinguishers See Extinguishers 1
Fish N 0 S in cans boxed 4
Fish Pickled or Saltedin bbls half barrels kegs or kits 6
Fish Dry Salted etc packed 5
Fish Dry Salted in bundles 2
Fish Fresh See Meat
Fish Smoked in boxes2
Fishing Rods D t
Fishing Tackle boxed 1
Fittings Iron Pipe See Iron Fixtures Bank Store etc See
Furniture
Fixtures Gas packed 2
Fixtures Grate packed 2 3
Fixtures Grate loose 11 1
Fixtures Tobacco See Machinery
C R
Flax pressed in bales 3
Flax Seed SeeSeed
Flour in barrels estimated
weight 200 pounds F
Flour in sacks C
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 6
Flour Selfraising in packages C
Flour Rice C
Flues Copper See Copper
Flues Iron See Iron
Flues Brass See Brass
FluorSpar L C L 6
FluorSpar C L t M
Fly Fans See Fans
Fodder See Hay
Foil Tin in boxes 2
Food Preservatives packed 3
Foots Cotton seed oil see
Soap Stock
Forges Portable 3
Forks Hay and Manure See Agricultural Implementj
Fountains Soda fully boxed 3 T 1 Fountains Soda not taken un
less fully boxed
Fowls dressed B
Fo wls live in coop C L 1
Fowls live in coops L C L 1
Frames Bedwrapped or crated 2
FramesDoor and Window See
Sash etc
Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or
crated i 1
Frames loose or in bundles3 T 1
Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from
other Furniture 3T1
Freezers Ice Cream 1
Fruit and Vegetables in cans without percentage L C L 5
Same C L without percentage 6
Fruit in Glass packed 1
Fruit Berries Dried 4
Fruit Berries green prepaid
Fruit Boxes and Basket See
boxes
Fruit Dates 2
Fruit Dried Currants 2
Fruit Dried N O S 3
Fruit Dried Apples and
Peaches L C L 4
Fruit Dried Apples and
Peaches C L 6
Fruit Green N O S prepaid or guaranteed
o R
1
N
2
3
1
D 1 D 1
a

3
6
C
3
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C B
Fruit Apples Pches Prs not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes L C L
Fruit Apples Pches Prs not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes C L
Fruit Oranges Lemons Ban
anas and Pineapples L C L 4 Fruit Oranges Lemons Bananas and Pineapples C L 6
Furnaces Evaporator t See Agricultural Implements
Furs N O Su Skins and Peltries See Skins
Furs in bags3 T 1
Furs in boxes bundles and trunks strapped D1
Fuse E 1
Fuknituke 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 Rospwood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds 2
Fixtures for fitting banks stores offices c of hard or soft woods polished or finishedwith or without mirrors inserted in panels or openings to be fitted thereto knocked down or fully boxed wrapped or crated Mirrors to be properly boxed 2
Furniture all articles of Furniture N O S when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods minimum
weight 15000 3
Furniture all articles of furniture N O S when manufacttured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds 2
Furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods asfollows
Beds Folding wrapped or crated 1
O K c K
Bed Springs woven and wire 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 2
B Bureaus wrapped or crated 2
Bureau Glass Framesin bndls Chairs Cane Split and Wood 1
O Seat set up Chairs Cane Split and Wood Seat packed in pairs Chair Stuff K D in bundles 13
or boxes 3
Cots set up 1 1
Cots K D or folded 2
Cribs K D or folded 2
Desks wrapped or crated Furniture N O S set up i
wrapped or crated Furniture N O S K D n
boxed crated or wrapped 2
Hall Stands wrapped or crated 2
Lounge Frames set up H
Lounge Frames backs taken off l
Safes Kitchen set up li
Safes Kitchen K D packed 2
School Desks and Seats set up 2
School Desks and Seats K D Settees same as chairs 3
Tables wrapped or crated
Tables K D flat Table Legs Slides Leaves and 2
4 Supports Wardrobes set up wrapped or 2
crated Wardrobes K D wrapped or 13
crated 2
3 Washstands wrapped or crated Furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Walnut MahoganyRosewood and Chestnut or other hard woods as follows viz Beds Folding wrapped or 2
crated 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 1
3 Bookcases wrapped or crated H
Bureaus wrapped or crated Bureau Glass Frames in bundles i
Chairs Camp and Folding Seat 13
4 Chairs K D in bundles or
boxes Chairs N O S set up wrapped or created 3
13
Chairs Opera Iron packed Chairs Rattan and Willow 13
13
3 Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up Chair Stock K D in bundles 13
or boxes 2
Cots set up 13
Cots K D or folded 2
2 Cribs K D or folded 1
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C R 0 R
Desks wrapped or crated 1 2
Furniture N 0 S set up wrapped or crated D 1 H
Furniture N O S K D boxed crated or wrapped 1 2
Hall Stands wrapped or crated 1 2
Hat Racks K D or folded 1 2
Hat Racks wrapped or crated 1
Lounges upholstered backs taken off H 1
Lounges Willow or Rattan H 1
Lounge Frames set up U 1
Lounge Frames backs taken off l 2
Marble for Furniture boxed or crated l 2
Mattresses Hair i
Mattresses Excelsior Straw Shuck or Cotton 3
Mattresses Wire l
Mattresses 2
Parlor Frames H 1
Refrigerators wrapped or crated 2 3
Refrigerators thoroughly and completely taken apart and packed in sections 2 i
Refrigerator Material thoroughly knocked down 3
School Desks and Seats set up 1 2
School Desks and Seats K D 2 3
Settees same as Chairs Sideboards wrapped or crated l 1
Sofas and Teteatetes wrapped or crated if 1
Spring Beds set up n
Spring Beds folded i
Spring Beds K D packed 2 3
Tables set up wrapped or crated D 1
Tables K D Flat 1 2
Table Legs Slides Leaves and Supports 2 3
Wardrobes set up wrapped or crated D 1 ij
Wardrobes K D wrapped or crated 1 2
Washstandswrapped dr crated 1 2
c Gambier 4
Game See Poultry Gasoline See Oil Gauges Steam See Machinery Gelatine 1
Generators Gas 3
Ginger Ground in boxes 2
Ginger in bags Gins Cotton See Agricultural Implements Ginseng 3
1
Girders Iron See Iron Glass Carboys empty D 1 3
Glass Chimnevs 2 4
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 and
heavy
Glass Fruit Jars See Jars
Glass
Glass Insulators See Insulators
Glass Lanterns See Lanterns Glass Oil Cans with metal jackets packed
Glass Roofing and Skylight
not Window Glass
Glass Colored stained decorated enameled ground figured or etched L C L Glass Colored stained decorated enameled ground
figured or etched C L
Glass Vault Lights rough and
heavy
Glassware fine cut or engraved
Glassware N O S
Glass Window 14x16 inches
i and under
Glass Window over 14x16 inches and not over 32x44 in Glass Window over 32x44
C R O R
T 1 3
3
D 1 1
5
1
D 1 2
T 1 D 1
2 3
n i
i 2
5
D 1 1
2 3
4 5
2 4
D 1 1
Glucose in half bbls bbls or
hhds Rule 1 R
Glue1 3
Glue Scrap 5
Glycerine in cans boxed or in
barrels 1
Glycerine in iron tanks or csks 3
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled L C L4T 1
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled C L3 T 1
Grain D
Granite See Stone
Granite Roofing See Rootling Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates L Q L
Grapes C L
Graphite C L 25000 lbs class P less 20 per cent
Grass Seed See Seed
Grate Bars See Iron
Grate Baskets See Iron
Grates See Iron
Grave Stones See Stone
Grease Axle 6
Grease Car in barrels 6
Grenades packed I5
B
0
1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
U R
Grindstones 6
Grits Corn in barrels F
Grits Corn in sacks C
Grits Wheat in barrels 5
Grits in boxes2
Groceries N O S 2
Guano L C L K
Guano C L M
Guano Horns See Agricultural Implements
Gum Camphor See Camphor GumCopalKowrie and Shellac 2
Gums N 0 S 2
GunCotton HI
Gunny Bags See Bags
Gunpowder See Powder
Guns Rifles 1
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer L C L K
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer C L M
Gums Chewing 1
Hair in sacks 1
Hair Cattle for plastering
pressed in bales 6
Hair Curled pressed in bales
and Hair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured
packed in boxes D 1
Hames in bundles or packed 3
Hammocks and Fixtures It
Hams B
Hand Carts See Vehicles
Handles N 0 S boxed or
crated 5
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L 4
Handles Broom C L not less than 24000 pounds to be
charged for 6
Handies Broom and Broom CornCLmixed See Broom Corn i
Handles Plow See Agricultural Implements
Handles Beams and other woods for manufacturing purposes rough or dressed but unfinished C L 24000 lbs Rules 12 and 13 to apply P
Hangers 4
Hardware boxed N 0 S 2
Hardwood See Wood
Harness See Saddlery
Harrows and Harrow Teeth
See Agricultural Implements Hats and Caps same as Dry
Goods
Hat Boxes See Boxes
Haversacks
Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales CL or over minimum weight 20000 lbs
0 R to car load all excess to be charged for at proportionate C R
rates Hay Fodder and Straw press D
ed in bales L C L Heading see Barrel and Box Material Hay Caps see Agric Implmts K
Head Lights boxed Hearses See Vehicles Heaters Steam see Machinery D 1
Hemp in bales Herbs value not over 10c pre 3
paid 4
Herbs value over 10c prepaid 3 1
Hessians in original bales j
Hides Dry loose 1
Hides Dry in bales 3 1
Hides Dry in bales comprsd Hides Green Hides Green salted C L 4
4
not less than 20000 lbs B
Hides Green Salted L C L Hinges and Hooks in barrels 5
or casks 3
Hinges and Hooks in boxes 2
Hives Bee empty set up 1
Hives Bee K D crated Hobby Horses entirely boxed 6
or crated D 1
Hobby Horses unboxed 4 T 1
1 Hoes see Agricultural Implements 1
Hods Coal Hogs see Live Stock Hogsheads Empty double barrel rate
Hollow Ware loose L C L Hollow Ware loose shipped separately from Stoves CL not less than 15000 pounds 1
to be charged for 3
Hollow Ware packed 3
Hominy except in boxes c
Hominy inboxes 2
Honey in glass or tin boxed Honey in comb boxed i
i
Honey in barrels or kegs i
Honey Extractors crated Honey Section Boxes and i
Frames in crates or boxes Hoofs and Horns 3
5 Hoop Iron f of 6
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts Hoops Barrel Wooden same as Barrel Material D1
Hoops Truss Cgopers Hops baled 1
2
Hops in boxes Horse and Mule Shoes see i
1 Shoes g Horse Powers see Agricultural Implements
0 R
4
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CR
Horses see Live Stock
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather 2
Hose Rubber 3
Hosiery same as Knitting Factory Products
Hospital Stores 1
f Household Goods and old Furniture packed value over 15 per 100 poundsand full value expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in cases of
total loss D 1
Household Goods and old Furniture packed value limited to 5 per 100 lbs and so expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in case of total
loss L C L 1
Household Goods and Old Furniture well packed value not expressed in bill
of lading L C L 1
Household Goods and old Furniture well packed C u L 20000 pounds to be charged for value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said j valuation only to apply in
a case of total loss
Household Goods and old ji Furniturewith Live Stock
5 one attendant to have pasS gage free on same trains as car C L value limited to Ja 5 per 100 pounds said o valuation only to apply in a case of total loss D 1
J3 EXPLANATIONS
1 All Bundles of Bedding d Trunks of Clothing Household 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 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

C K
Hubs and Felloes See Vehicle Material
Hullers Clover etc See Agricultural Implements
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12
Hvdrants and Fire Plugs
Ice L C L in casks barrels
or bags prepaid
Ic C L
Images and Figures Bronze or Mtal packed not Iron Statuary3 T 1
Incubators See Agricultural
Im plements
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
Insulators packed 4
Iron Bedsteads 4
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 6
Iron Wagon Skeins loose 4
Iron Nails and Spikes Bolts
Nuts Rivts and Washers
in kegsf of 6
Iron IS ails and Spikes in bags 3
Iron Nails and Spikes in boxes 5
Iron Nails Horse and Mule
Shoes in boxes 5
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 f 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 in boxes 2
Iron Castings not Machinery unpacked each piece under
200 pounds 3
Iron Castings not Machinery each piece weighing 200 lbs or overunpacked 5
oR
D
Vtd 04 U
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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 Galvanized bxd
Ikou Hoop
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets
Fronts Fenders and Frames
not packed
Iron Grates completely packd Iron Grates completely loose
Iron Grate Bars L C L
Iron Grate Bars C L
Iron Nail Bods packed
Iron Nail Bods not packed
Iron Ore and Limestone for Furnaces C L 23000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Iron Picks and Mattocks in bundles
Iron Picks Mattocks packed
Iron Pipe
Iron Pipe fittings in kegs
casks or barrels
Iron Pipe Sittings in boxes Iron Pipe fittings in bundles
wired
Iron Plow Fenders
Iron Bailing and Fencing
Iron Betorts
Iron Booting in rolls or bun
dies wired or crated
Iron Booting boxed
Iron Booting N O 8
Iron Bussia in rolls or bundles wired or crated
Irons Sad in barrels
Irons Sad boxed
Iron Sash Weights wired any
quantity a
Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or
bundles wired or cratedf
Iron N 0 S boxed or crated
Iron Shutters and Doors
Iron Sponge purifyng matel Iron Statuary Chairs Lawn Ornaments boxed or crated
Iron Jacks
Iron Urns
Iron Tires Wagon
Iron and Steel Tires Locomotive
Iron Vault and Prison Work
u R 3 R c R
Iron Wedges and Sledges in
barrels 5
4 5 Iron Wedges and Sledges loose 3
6 Iron Work Galvanized 2
4 Isinglass 3 T 1
Ivory 1
4 of6 Tvory Black 4
5 J
4 6 Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3
of 6 Japan Ware 1
Japonica 4
Jars Glass packed common 4
2 3 Jeans Cotton Buie 1 without
percentage 6
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5
1 Oy Jellies in glass packed 1
2 3 Jellies in cans boxed 4
11 1 Jellies in wood N O S 3
of 6 Jugs See Earthenware
M Junk and Jute 6
2 Jute Butts 6
6 Jute Waste or Tailings See
Paper Stock
K
3 KaiDit L C L K
5 Kainit C L M
f of 6 Kalsomine same as paint
Kaolin Same as Clay
6 Kegs empty N O S same
2 as barrels
Kegs empty N 0 S in crates 3
D 1 Kegs Ale and Beer See Bar
6 rels Ale and Beer
3 5 Kettles Large Iron 2
6 Kerosene See Coal Oil
Kindlings in bundles 6
6 Knapsacks n
5 Sof6 Knives See Cutlery
3 Knives Hav See Agricult
ural Implements
3 5 Kowrie See Gum
5 Knitting Factory Products
2 wholly of cotton 5
K M L
of 6 Ladders not over 30 feet long 1
1 2 Ladders over 30 feet long D 1
4 Ladders Step 2
3 Lampblack in casks barrels
or boxes 3
1 2 Lamps and Lamp Gopdspked 2
6 Land Plaster L C L K
3 5 Land Plaster C L M
of 6 Lanterns packed i 1
Lard 4
6 Lasts Shoe 3
4 Laths actual weight CL P
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Laths L C L
Lead bar or sheetsinboxes
Lead in casks or pigs
Lead Black in kegs or bbls
Lead Pipe See Pipe
Lead White same as Paints
Leather loose N O S
Leather in rolls or boxes
Leather Scrap in bales
Leaves powdered in boxes or
barrels
Lemons Oranges under Fruit Lentils in bags boxes or bbls
Letter Boxes See Boxes
Licorice in sticks roots or mats
Licorice in mass boxed
Lightning Rods in boxes
Lightning Rods in bundles
Lightning Rod Fixtures pked Lemon or Lime Juice in bbls Lemon or Lime Juice in glass
packed
Lime in sacks casks or barrels C L
Lime in sacks casks or barrels L C L
Lime Chloride of in barrels
or casks
Lime Chloride of N O S
Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and
packed
Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class P less 40
per cent
Limestone ground same as
Lime
Lining Carpet
Linseed
Linters See Paper Stock
Liquors in glass boxes or
baskets N O S
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
O S
Liquors Whisky in boxes or
baskets
Lithographic Stone
Live Stock Horses and Mules
L C L
Live Stock Horses and Mules
C L
Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc L C L without percentage See Rule governing Live Stock
C R
o
B
5
6 5
1
3
4
1
3
3
4
3 2 2
4
1
L
B
6
4
5
2
4
14
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
K
H
N
Live Sock Cattle Sheep
Hogs etc C L without percentage 3
Locomotives and Tenders See
Cars
Locomotive Tires See Iron Logging Cars K D or set up
see Cars
Logs for saw mills P
Logsfor chair timber not over 44 feet long C L 24000 lbs
P less 20 per cent
Logwood 2
Logwood Extract of 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 Sectional Same as Boilers but not to be taken
as Castings 2
Boilers Steam 30 feet and
over See Rule 14 1
Boilers under 30 feet see
Rule 14 j 3
Engines Caloric Fire Portable and Stationary See Rule
14 v 2
Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presses set up See
Agricultural Implements
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms set up D 1
Cotton arid Woolen except
Looms crated 14
Cotton and Woolen except Looms K D and boxed 1
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Looms3 T 1
Machinery NOS CL 20000 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
boxed 1
Printing Presses set up D1
Saw Mills unboxed in parts
Saw Mills boxed in parts
Shaftings Hangers Pulleysetc
N
4 4 tc
a
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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
C R 2
5
6
4
5
O R
Stamp Mill Castings L C L 6
StampMill Castings C L M
Steam Gauges 1
Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2 3
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
Water Wheels Turbine See
Rule 14 3 4
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines set up
See Rule 14 1
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines etc packed K D See Rule 14 3
Machines Hemp See Agricultural Implements
Machines Meat Cutters 2
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters
See Agricultural Implements Machines Sewing unboxed 3 T 1 Machines Sewing or parts set
up crated or boxed l 1
Machines Sewing or parts K
D boxed or crated 3
Machines Shingle 2
Machines Smut See Agricultural Implements
Machines Washing 2
Macaroni 1
Mackerel See Fish
Madderr 3
Malt D
Malt inboxes 1
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude P
Manganese Ground packed 5
Manilla 3
Mantels Iron See Iron
Mantels Slate packed 2 3
ManureStableCL 24000 lbs P Maps boxed 1
Marble and Granite Bases and Shafts for Monuments unlettered 3 5
Marble and Granite same as
stone
Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels L Marble Dust L C L in bbls B Marbles in casks or boxes 4 I
Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone mark
ed matches
Match Splints packedin cases
L C L 4
Match Splints packedin cases
CLm 6
Mats and RugsN O S 1
MatsGrass Hemp Hair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Mats Oil 1
Matting 2
Mattocks and Picks See Iron
Mattresses N OS 1
Mattresses Hair 1
Mattresses Straw Cotton
Shuck and Excelsior 3
Mattresses Wire or Woven 1
Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed
See Cotton Seed
Meal Corn D
Meal Oat Rolled Oats Shredded Oats in boxes barrels kegs or drums 6
Meal Oat Rolled Oats or
Shredded Oats in sacks
Measures
Meati
Meat Bacon and Pork
Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fish fresh
Beef Fresh
Beef Smoked in boxes or barrels
Beef and Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300
lbs
Beef and Pork Salted in quarter and half barrels actual
weight
Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meat in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags bales boxes or crates
Meat Cutters See Machinery 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
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000 lbs Rule 1
Melons L C L
MerryGo Rounds L C L
MerryGoRounds C L with
out percentage 6
Meters Gas boxedj 1
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O R O R
Meters Gas not boxed not
taken
Meters Water boxed 3
Meters Water not boxed not
taken
Mica3 T 1
Milk Condensed boxed 4
Millet D
Millet Seed See Seed
Millinery 1
Millo Maize in bags or sacks 6
Mills Barilla Bark and Cob 4
Mills Cane See Agricultural
Implements
MillsCider See Agricultural Implements
Mills Coffee and Paint setup 2 Mills Corn See Agricultural
Implements
Mills Cotton Seed See Agricultural Implements
MillsFlour roller 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 See Water Mining Cars and Wagons same as Cars Logging
Mirrors 3 feet or under pked 3 T1 2
Mirrors over 3 feet not exceeding 7x12 packed 3 T 1 i
Mirrors over 7x12 packed4 T 1 D 1
Molasses Same as Syrup
Monuments etc See Stone
Mops 1
Moss in sacks 1
Moss pressed in bales 4
Motes Cotton See Paper Stock
Moulders Dust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
Mouldings in bundles 1
Mouldings common for building purposes4
Mouldings N 0 S D 1
Mouse Traps See Traps
Mowers See Agricultural Imp
MuciMge packed 2
Musical Instruments N O S D 1
Mustard Ground in boxes 2
Mustard prepared in glass
packed 2
Mustard prepared in kegs or
barrels 3
Mustard Seed 6
c R
t N
Nails Brass and Copper well
packed in boxes or kegs 3
Nails and Spikes Iron See
Iron
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 LV 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N 0 S 1 Nuts Edible in barrels or
casks N 0 S 2
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas LC
LJ 5
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL 6
o R
o
Oakum 4
Oats see Grain
Oatmeal see Meal
Oil Cake L C L K
OilCake C L M
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over
boxed 1
OilCloth less than 16 feet long
boxed 2
Oil Cloth baled 1 1
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled
not in shipping order
Olives in glass packed 1 2
Olives in barrels or casks 4
Onions in barrels 3 6
Onion Sets 3
Oranges see Fruit
Ordnance Stores N 0 S 1
Ores Iron L C L 6
Ores Iron and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Ores samples or specimens
must be prepaid 6
Organs See pianos
Oysters in cans or kegs 4
Oysters shell in barrels 5
Oysters shell in bulk C L K
Oysters in glass packed 1 2
Oil Castor m glass packed 1 2
Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil In cans encased in woed 1 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in bbls L C L 3 4
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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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 Ker0sene Lubricating the pro duct 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 barrels3
Oil Palm Seed crude L 0 L
Class K with 20 per cut 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
boxed3T1
Oils in glass 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 see Butter
Packing Asbestos see Asbestos
PackingHemp 4
Packing Metallic 2
Packing Rubber 3
Paintings and Pictures well bxd value of each box not
toexced200 D1
Paintings and Pictures over
200 in value3 T 1
Paints bulk in barrels or casks dry L C L 6
O R C R
Paints bulk in bbls or casks dry C L L
6 Paints bulk in barrels or casks in liquid 5
Paints bulk in kegs liquid 5
Paints in pails or cans packed o
1 Paints in pails or cans un
packed 1
Paints Metallic same as Paints Paneling See Woodwork
Pants Jeans Cotton 6
Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool Mixed in bales or in cases 3
4 Paper Bags See Bags Paper Barrels in nests packed 2
Paper Barrels not nested 4T1
6 Paper Binders Board See Binders Board Paper Bottle Covers packed
or pressed in bales 3
Paper Boxes See Boxes Paper Paper Cans See Cans Paper Paper Card 1
2 Paper Collars See Collars Paper Hangings in bundles 1
Paper Hangings boxed 2
4 Paper Medicated or Closet 3
Paper Pasteboard 4
Paper Printing Wrapping or Roofing B
Paper the same as above in boxes 2
4 Paper in rolls for manufacture of bags B
Paper Pulp See Pulp Paper Roofing B
Paper Sand and lint 3
D 1 Paper Stock WasteCotton Sweepings Motes Regins
2 and Linters in bales with privilege to carrier of compressing value limited to 2
cents per pound R
4 Paper Stock WasteCotton Sweepgs and Motes N 0 S 6
Paper Stock WasteCotton NOS 5
Paper Stock WasteWoolen Jute or tailings in bags 6
Paper Stock WasteWoolen Jute or tailings pressed in bales R
Paper Stock WastePaper in sacks bbls or hhds 6
Paper Stock WastePaper pressed in bales or crates R
1 Paper Stock WasteRags in sacks bbls bales hhds or
crates R
D 1 Paper Straw Boards 5
Paper Wall any quantity in bundles 1
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C R O R
Paper wall any quantity in
boxes 2
Taper Ware N O S 1
Taper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes 2
Parers Fruit boxed 2
Taris White same as paint
Paste iri barrels 6
Teaches green See Fruit
Peaches dried See Fruit Dried
Peach Stones packed 6
Pearline 4
Peanuts See Nuts
Pearl Ash 5
Peas in boxes 2
Peas in bags or barrels Same as grain
Pecans See Nuts
Pegs Shoe in bags 1
Pegs Shoe in barrels or boxes 2
Peltries See Skins
Pencils Slate 8
Pepper and Spices in bags 3
Pepper and Spices N O S
ground in boxes 2
Pepper Sauce in glass packed 1
Perfumery 1
Petroleum See Coal Oil
Phosphate Rock C L 24000
pounds P
Photographic Material 1
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
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 See Iron
Picture Backing in packages 4
Picture Frames unboxed 3 T 1 D 1
Picture Frames boxed 1
Pictures See Paintings
Pigs Feet and Tripe 6
Pigs Feet Pickled in barrels or
kegs 4
Pigs Feet in glass packed 1 2
Pine Apples in cans boxed 4
Pine Apples in glass packed 1 3
Pine Apples C L and L C L
See Oranges etc under Fruit Pine Straw loose C L 20000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
Pins in cases 1
Pins Clothes See Clothes pins Pins Insulators See Telegraph
Brackets
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S 1
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S boxed 3
6 R
Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing L C L
Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing C L 25000 pounds
PipeEarthen not Drain LCL Pipe Earthen not Drain C L
Pipe Fittings See Iron
Pipe Iron Seq Iron Bar
Band etc
Pipe Iron in coils parts of ice
machinery L C L
Pipe Iron in coils parts of ice
machinery C L
Pipe Lead in rolls or reels
Pipe Lead in casks
Pipe Organs K D boxed same
as Pianos
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral
Pipe Stove and elbows L C L Pipe Stove and elbows C L Loose or in bundles straight or mixed min weight 20000
pounds
Pipe Stove side seams not closed viz nested and wired
or crated L C L
Same O R of rust L C L Pipe Nested and wired or crated or otherwise C L
min weight 20000 lbs
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 See Agricultural Implements
Plaster Calcined L C L
Plaster Calcined C L
Plaster Castings See Castings Plaster Land same as Fertilizs
Plaster of Paris
Plate Tin See Tin Plate
Plated or White Ware
Plates Paper and Wood L C L Plates Paper and Wood C L not less than 24000 lbs Plows See Agrl Imp Plow Material See Agrl Imp
Plumbago
Plumbers Material N O S
packed
Poles Tent See Tents
Poles and Posts N O S
Polishing Powders and Compounds See Powders
Polish Stove and Shoe packed Polish Stove and Shoe in Glass
packed
Ponies Shetland same as Live Stock
c R 71T
5 6
R P
1 5
3 6
1 3
D 1
6
A
5
1
3
6
5
4 P
4
3
CO CM CO Tfl rH
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
c R
Porcelain Ware 1
Pork and Beef See Meats
Porter same as Ale
Posts split or round minimum car load 30000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
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 See Meat
Poultry live C L 1
Poultry live L C L 1
Powder Baking 3
Powder Bleachingj4
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
Powders Cattle Horse or Condition 1
Powders Polishing Compounds etc 3
Powers Horse See Agl Imp
Preserves in glass packed 1
Preserves in cans boxed 4
Preserves in wood N O S 3
Presses Cider See Aricul
tural Implements
Presses Cotton and Hay See
Agricultural Implements
Presses Copying2
PressesPrintg See Machinery Presses N O S 2
Printed Matter in sheets
boxed prepaid 2
Prints 1
Pruners See Agricultural Implements
Prunes in boxes or kegs 2
Prunes in casks 4
Pulley Blocks 4
Pulleys 4
Pulp Paper or Wood Rule 1 R
Pumice StoneS 3
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden L C L 3
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden CL 4
Pumps Hand 1
Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery LCL 3
Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery C L 4
O ft 2
R
D
N
2
5
4
5
4
5
OR
Putty L C L 5
Pyrites L C L prepaid in
boxes or barrels
Pyrites C L 24000 lbs
Q
Quartermasters Stores
Quicksilver in iron flasks
R
Radiators not packed
Radiators packed
Rags see Paper Stock
Railing See Woodwork
Raisins not strapped
Raisins strapped
Rakes see Agricultural Implements
Rattan
Rat Traps See Traps
Reapers See Agricultural Imp
Red Lead Same as Paints
Reeds
Reflectors packed D
Refrigerators see Furniture
ReGins See Paper Stock
Registers Cash boxed D
Retorts Clay
Retorts Copper
Retorts Iron see Iron
Retorts Soda Water
Rice rough
Rice in Sacks
Rice clean in bbls or casks Rice clean in boxes or kegs Rice Flour See Flour
Rivets Iron See Iron
Robes Buffalo
Rods Nailsee Iron
Rollers Field Road and Sugar see Agricultural implements
Rollers Printers
Roofing Asbestos see Asbestos i
Roofing Composition
Roofing Felt in bundles or
rolls
Roofing Glass
Roofing Granite packed
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 5
Root Angelica in barrels or
boxesv 1
Roots and Herbs value not
over 10c per pound 4
Roots and Herbs value over
10c per pound 3
Rope N O S 3
Rope Bed Cord 3
tdcntf O OlKJOl 4 Pf h wOQb to Ml 1 M fcCM COM MM ttj W
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
83
C R O R
Rope Clothes Line 3
Rope Old 6
Rope Cotton Rule 1 without
percentage 6
Rope Hemp or Jute 5
Rope Wire See Wire
Rosin any quantity Class K less 20 per cent Without percentage
Rosin Dross same as Rosin
Rubber Belting see Belting
Rubber Car Springs see Springs Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N O S see Clothing
Rubber Hose see Hose
Rubber Packing see Packing
Rubber old scrap 5 R
Rugs N O S 1
Rugs Grass HempHair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil 1
Rustic Work not boxed3 T 1 1
Rustic Work crated i
Rustic Work entirely boxed 2
Rye see Grain
S
Sacks See Bags
Saddlery 2
Saddlery Horse Collars 2
Saddlery Harness boxed 2
Saddlery Harness in bundles I
Saddles not boxed 1
Saddles boxed 2
Saddle Trees not boxed i
Saddle Trees boxed 2
Sadirons see Iron
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 1
Safes Meat and Pantry K D packed 2 3
Safes or Covers Cheese boxed 3 T 1
Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3
Sails 1
aleratus See Soda
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
C R o R
Salts Bleaching same as Lime Chloride of
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 lbs P less 20 per ct
Sand L C L in barrels B
Sand or Dust Moulding 5
Sand Paper See Paper
Saratoga Chips 5
Sardines See Fish
Sash Blinds Doors and
Frames L C L 3 4
Sash Blinds Doors and
Frames C L B
Sash Glazed L C L 1 4
Sash Glazed C L 5 6
Sash Weights See Iron
Sauce Pepper in glasspacked v 1 2
Sauces N O S 1
Sauer Kraut in barrels 4
Sausage See Meat
Sawbucks Wooden in bundles 3
Sawdust L C L in barrels
or bags 6
Sawdust C L loose L
Saw Logs See Logs
Saw Mills See Machinery
Saws Circular packed 1
Saws Drag L 2
Saws Drag with Horse Power 5
Saws N O S packed 1
Scales and Scale Beams set up
wrapped 1 2
Scales and Scale Beams K D
wrapped 3 4
Scales Scale Bems KDbxd 4 6
Scrapers Road and Pond See Agricultural Implements
Screens 1
Scythes See A gricultural Implements
Sea Grass pressed in bales 4 j
Seed Corn in boxes 2
Seed Flax 4 j
Seed Garden 2
Seed Garden returned over sameline by which originally forwarded 4
Seed Grass and Clover 3
Seed Grass and Clover C L 4
Seed Linseed 4
Seed Millet B
Seed Mustard 6
Seed N O S 2
Separators See Agricultural
Implements
Sewing Machines see Machy t
84
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
O R
Shades Window See Window Shades
Shadipes See Fish
Shafting See Machinery Shafts See Vehicle MaterialShaving and Chips pressed in
bales 6
Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles wired 3
Sheetings Same as Domestics
Sheep See Live Stock
Sheep Skins See Skins
Shellac 2
Shelleys See Agricultural lm plements
Shells Sea L C L prepaid D 1
Shells Sea C L prepaid 5
Shingles L C L B
Shingles actual weight C L P
Shingles Metallic boxed 4
Ship Stuff Same as Bran Shirting Same as Domestics Shirts 1
Shirts and Drawers unlaundried entirely cotton Same
as Domestics
Shoe Findings See Findings
Shoe Lasts See Lasts
Shoe Pegs See pegs
Shoe Polish See Polish
Shoes See Boots
Shoes Horse and Mule inkegsf of 6 Shooks and Heading See Barrel Material
Shorts See Rule 12 D
Shot in hags or boxes 2
Shot in kegs or double sacks 5
Shovels See Agl Imp
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 See Wire
Signs Card Metallic or Wood
boxed 2
Signs Glass Same as Glass
Colored Stained etc
St Johns Bread in bbls or
boxes 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 2 Skins Sheep Salted in bundles 3 Slate Mantels See Mantels
Slate Pencils See Pencils
Slate Roofing L C L 6
Slate Roofing C L Rule 12
25000 lbsP
Slates School boxed 3
1 Slats B
Sledges See Iron
Slush Soap Stock or similar material for manufacturing
soap in barrels 6
Smoke Stacks See Rule 14 1
Smokers Bee See Bee Smokers
Snaths See Agl Imp
Snuff in casks bbls 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 Stock Including Cotton seed oilfootswithout percent R
Soapstone Crude C L See
Rule 12 25000 lbs P
Soapstone packed 2
Soda in kegs boxes and drums 5
Soda Ash L C L K
Soda Ash C L M
Soda Caustic in iron casks or
drums 6
3 T1 Soda Fountains See Fountains
1 Soda
Soda Fountain Retorts See
Retorts
Soda Nitrate and Sulphate of
L C L 6
Soda Nitrate of C L M
Soda Sal 6
Soda Silicate of 6
Softner Cotton and Woolen
n o s5
Softner Cotton and Woolen
in barrels B
Solder 5
Sorghum in half bbls barrels
or hogsheads Rule 1 R
Spades See Agl Imp
Spelter in slabs or casks 5
Spices See Pepper
Spikes Iron See Iron
Spokes and Shafts See Vehicle Material
Spongei D 1
R
1
3
R
4
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
85
C K
Spreaders See Agricultural
Implements
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 StairWork See WoodWork
Stamp Mill Machinery See Machinery
Starch L C L 4
Starch C L not less than
24Q00 pounds C
Stationery 2
Statuary Iron Lawn Ornaments etc See Iron
Statues 3 T 1
Staves See Barrel and Box
Material
Steam Gauges See Machinery Steam Heaters See Machinery
Steel not packed of 6
Steel packed 2
Steel wired or strapped 5
SteelBarseach 2001bsand over 5
Steelyards K D and pcked 2
Steelyards unboxed 1
Stereotype Plates boxed for newspapers from manufacturer 2
Stereotype Plates old boxed returned to manufacturer 5
Stereotype Plates N O 8 2
Stills Worm crated 1
Stone Granite and Marbe vizBlocks rough L C L 6 Blocks rough or dressed protected if dressed otherwise
owners sisk C L P
Blocks dressed boxed or
crated L C L 3
Slabs dressed boxed or crated
L C L 3
Slabs including Tile rough or dressed or carved cut or sawed into shape but not polished protected otherwise at owners risk for use in the fundamental construction of buildings valuation limited to twenty cents per cubic foot Class P less twenty per cent without percentage but
not subject to Rule 30
Blocks Paving rough rubble and Crushed Stone C L 30000 lbs Rule 12 Class P
less 20 per cent
Curbing C L Class P less
20 per cent
Bases and Shafts for Monuments unletteree 3
Monuments and GraveStones
OR
1
packed and prepaid
A carload of Stone or Marble N O S embraces 25000 lbs Stoneware same as Earthenware
Stools Piano
Stove Boards boxed or crated
Stove Pipe See Pipe
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware including the necessary pipe
L C L
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware C L not less than 24000 lbs
Straw See Hay Rule 12
Straw Boards
Straw Goods
Straw Pine see Pine
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales
Stucco Same as Plaster Calcined
Sugar in bags
Sugar in double s tcks Same
as iu barrels
Sugar in boxes strapped
Sugar in boxes not strapped Sugar in bbls and hogsheads Sugar Cane L C L prepaid
Sugar Cane C L prepaid
Sugar Grape
Sulphates L C L
Sulphates Ash and Soda C Lv
Sulphur in boxes L C L
Sulphur in barrels L C L
Sulphur for manufacture of
Fertilizers C L
Sumac viz
Ground in bags or bbls
L C L
Same C L minimum
weight 20000 lbs
Leaf CL minimum weight
16000 pounds
Sumac Extract in bbls or
casks
Sweepings Factory See Paper
Stock
Syrups in barrels half barrels
or hogsheads
Syrups in cans boxed or in
kegs
Syrups in glass boxed
Syrup cane in glass packed
C R 1
O R
3
1
3
1
1 3
3 5
5
1
M
1
3
M
4
5 4
4 5
R
3
1
5 6
T
Tables Billiard See Billiard
Tables
Tackle Fishing See Fishing
Tackle
Tacks Iron 6
5 Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels 6 Tailings See Paper Stock
M O0 Q X
8
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Talc 6
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N O S 5
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs 2
Tanbark See Bark Tan
Tanks N 0 S3 T 1
Tanks Iron same as Boilers Tanks Oil cellar or store O
E B empty loaded in box
cars D 1
Tanks Oil cellar or store 0
R B empty requiring flat or gondola cars minimum
weight 5000 lbs each 1
Tanks Oil cellar or store 0
R B K D with pump hood and measures packed inside the body of the can 1
Tanks Wood set up D 1
Tanks Wood K D packed B
Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags 3 Tar Pitch in bbls same as Rosins class K less 20 per
cent
Tar Coal in barrels L C L B
Tar Coal C L See Rule 12 O
Tea I 1
O R
Telegraph Brackets in boxes
L C L 6
Telegraph Brackets C L R
Telephones boxed3 T 1
Tents Tent Poles and Pins 2
TerraCotta in packages 3
Terra CottaArchitectural CL TerraCotta Architectural packed in casks tierces etc
L C L 3
Terra Japonica1 4
Thread Same as Domestics Threshers See Agricultural
Implements
Tickings Same as Domestics
Ties Cotton and Hay Rule 1 R Tile Drain and Roofing See Pipe
Tile Fire for Lining etc 4
Tile Floor and Marble 4
Tin Block and Pig 5
Tin Foil in boxes 2
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls
L C L4
Tin plate C L 5
Tin Roofing See roofing
Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles
wired or crated 6
Tinners Trimmings N O S 2
Tinware and Tin Stamped Ware boxed 4
Tires Locomotive See IronTires Wagon See Iron
D 1
4 6
5
5
6
C R
Tobacco Box Material L C L 6
Tobacco Box Material C L P
Tobacco cases boxes empty 1
Tobacco Cut in boxes bbls
or bales 1
Tobacco Leaf in cases 1
Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures
See Machinery
Tobacco Smoking 1
Tobacco Stems prized 6
Tobacco Stems not prized 1
Tobacco Unmanufactured not
prized
Tobacco Unmanufactd prized 2
Tongues Pickled in barrels or
kegs 4
Tongues Smoked 3
Tongues Deer in barrels bales or boxes value limited to 6 cents per lb L C L
Tongues Deer C L
Tonqua Beans in boxes or bbls
Tools Edge
Tools Mechanic boxed
Toothpicks
TowT in bales 2
Tow in bales compressed 3
Toys boxed V D 1
Train Sugar see Agricultural
Implements
Traps Fly D 1
Traps Mouse and Rat 1
Traveling Bags see BagsTrees and Shrubbery baled or boxed L 0 L prepaid or
guaranteed
Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed 0 L prepaid or guaranteed
Tripe 6
Tripe Pickled in barrels or kegs i 4
Tripoli 4
Trucks Warehouse 1
Trunks single li
Trunks nested or filled with
merchdise crated or strapd 1
Trunks empty or filled with merchdise corded or wrapd 1
Trunks filled with merchandise not corded or wrapped D 1
Trunks N 0 S D 1
Trunks Sample D 1
Trunks filled with personal effects corded or wrapped3 T 1
Tubs N O S 1
Tubs Bath boxed 1
Tubs Bath unboxed D 1
Tubs Bath in nests2
Tubs Bath folding wrapped or crated 1
O
R
3
1
6
0
1
2
1
1
3
2
to to to h Ol 00
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C R
Tumblers packed2
Turbine and Water Wheels
see Wheels
Turnips in barrels or sacks 6
Turpentine Spirits in packages less than a barrel 3
Turpentine Spirits in barrels
without percentage R
Twine 3
Type boxed 2
Type Old in boxes barrels or
kegs 3
Type Writers boxed D 1
U
Umbrellas boxed 1
Urns see Iron
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 Sul kies 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 pi 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 La K D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total lossfor which
carrier is liable D 1
Carriages Buggiesor 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
Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D 1
CR
Carriages Childrens KD in boxes bundles or crates 1
Carriages Childrens set up
unboxed3T 1
Carriages Childrens set up
boxed D 1
Cars Railroad See Cars
Carts Hand K D and packed or bundled 3
Gigs and Sulkies knocked down boxed or well crated
L C L 3 T 1
Hearses K D boxed or crated 1J Hearses set up See Stage Coaches under Vehicles
Road Village or Pleasure Carts
See Carriages etc
Stage Coaches Omnibuses and
Hearses actual weight4T 1
Vehicle Materials Iron Box
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 etcL 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 crated 3 T 1
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 br Lumber set up act weight D 1 Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber tikei apirt 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
bundlesA 5
Wagon Tires See Tires
Valves Brass see Brass
Varnish in barrels or kegs 2
Varnish in cans boxed 2
Varnish in cans not boxed 1
o R
D 1
3T1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
O R
Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glasspacked 1
Vault Lights see blase
Vegetables Desiccated 4
Vegetables in cans See fruit
in cans i
Vegetables N 0 S prepaid or
guaranteed
Veneering boxed 1
Veneering not boxed D 1
Vermicelli1
Vinegar see Cider
Vinegar Shavings or Chips in
bags 5
Vises Iron 4
Vitriol Blue in barrels 5
w
Wadding D 1
Wagon Jacks see Jack
screws etc
Wainscoting See Woodwork
Washers in kegs of 6
Washers in other packages 2
Waste Paper etc See Paper
Stock
Water Ammonia in iron
casks 5
Water Ammonia in glass
packed 3
Water Coolers and Filters see
Coolers
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 see Iron
Weights Sash See Iron
Weights clock packed 5
Well Curbing see Curbing
Well Buckets See Buckets
Whalebone 1
Wheat see Grain
Wheat Cracked same as oatmeal
Wheat Cracked in boxes 2
Wheelbarrows See Agrl Imp Wheels and Axles Car See
Iron Bar Band etc
Wheels and Vehicles See
Vehicles
Wheels Water Rule 14 3
Whips l
Whiskey See Liquors
Whiting N 0 S 5
Whiting in boxes 3
o R 3
4
4
4
4
4
C R
Whitirg in bbls C L L
Willow Reeds in bales 2
Willow Ware xm D 1
Willow Ware Baskets nested 1
Window Casings See Wood
Work
Window Shades 1
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames See Sash etc
Wind Mills K D in bundles 3
Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors
Wire Fence Barbed or otherwise in reels or coilsowners
risk of wret or rustr of 6
Wire Binding 3
Wire Cloth 1
Wire Fence 3
Wire Goods boxed N O S 3
Wire Mattresses 1
Wire Rope 4
Wire Sieves boxed or crated 2
Wire Screens 1
Wire Telegraph 4
Wire N 0 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 billed by cord Rule 12 P
Wood Ashes See Ashes
Wooden Butter Dishes packed
L C L 3
Wooden Butter Dishes C L
not less than 24000 lbs 6
Wooden Covers See Covers
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
Wood Hard in the rough shaped for manufacturing L
C L 6
Same C L See Handles
Woodwork viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneling Window Casings all of oak or other hard woods for inside finish of houses in bundles crates
or boxes L C L 2
Woodwook viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting StairwTork Paneling Window
o R
fi
ll T 1
S
4
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
8P
Casings all of oak or other hard woods for inside finish of houses in bundles crates
or boxes C L a
Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage Wood Screws in casks or bxs Wool washed in bags not
pressed
Wool unwashed in bags not
pressed
Wool washed in bags pressed
in bales
Wool unwashed in bags
pressed in bales
Woolen Goodswithout perctge Wool Mineral in bagsv
J R O K C R Wringers Clothes packed 2 Wringers Clothes not packed Dl Y
4 5 6 Yachts See Boats Yarn Cotton Same as Domes tics
2 Yarns N 0 S 3 Yeast in wood 3
2 4 Yeast in boxes 3 Yokes 1 Z Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
3 6 Zinc in blocks or pigs L C L 5 Zinc in blocks or pigs C L 6 Zinc Cornices See Cornices
4 1 Zinc Oxide 5 Zinc Paints See Paints
J D MASSEY Secretary
L N TRAMMELL Chairman ALLEN FORT
THOS C CRENSHAW Jr
Commissioners
DISTANCE TABLES
AND
RELATION OF RAILROADS
TO THE
STANDARD FREIGHT and PASSENGER TARIFFS
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ABBEVILLE WAYCROSS RAILROAD
See Georgia and Alabama Railway
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass NolSee page No 58
Distance Table
Morgan ville 0 Rising Fawn 14 State Line 24
Trenton 6 Sulphur Springs 19
ALBANY NORTHERN RAILWAY
Formerly part of Savannah Americus Montgomery Railway PASSENGERClass AThree cents per mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Albany
Smiths
McDonalds
Phi lema
Oakfield
0 Wisps
5 Warwick 8 Clemants 14 Sheffields 18
21 Barbers 27
22 Taylors 28
24 Sawyers 30
25 Cordele 35
ATLANTA FLORIDA RAILWAY
See Southern Railway
ATLANTA KNOXVILLE AND NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No4See page No 58
No percentage allowed on Marble
Marietta
Elizabeth
Kerrs
Blackwells
Walkers
Hoys
W oodstock
Lebanon i
Holly Springs
Canton
Distance Table
0 Mabel 29
1 Hills 33
4 Ball Ground 36
6 Nelson 39
P Tate 42
9 Jasper 47
12 Talking Rock 53
16 Woffords 56
18 Talona 60
24 Ellijay 67
White Path
Cherry Log
Bryants
Blue Ridge
Mineral Bluff
State Line
Kinseys N C Mmphv IV1 C Knoxville Tenn
73
7
80
83
87
94
102
10
205
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ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 58
Distance Table
Atlanta O Coweta 30 Hogans ville 58
East Point 7 Powells 33 Louise 64
College Park 9 Newnau 39 Whitfield 65
Red Oak 12 Moreland 45 Dixie 70
Monks 16 St Charles 47 LaGrange 71
Fairburn 19 Grantville 51 Gabbettville 80
Palmetto 25 Speers Spur 55 West Point 86
AUGUSTA KNOXVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Augusta 0 Jenkins 12 Sneads 16
Lulaville 9
AUGUSTA SOTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile Minimum passenger charge twenty cents
FREIGHTClass No 6Se page No 58
Distance Table
Augusta 0 Keysville 27 Mitchell 59
Adam 5 Noah 31 Agricola 62
Adventure 7 Matthews 32 Chalker 64
Grace wood 9 Wrens 36 Warth en 71
De Bruce 11 Stapleton 41 Silas 78
Hephzibah 16 Avera 46 Sandersville 80
Bath 19 Gibson 51 Tennille 84
Blythe 22 Belle Springs 55
BLUE RIDGE ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Cornelia 0 Clarkesville Bemorest 5 Anandale 8 11 Turnerville Tallulah Falls 16 21

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BOSTON ALBANY RAILROAD
See Georgia Northern Railroad
CENTRAL OF CEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 58 Except Savannah and Atlantic Branch
MAIN STEM
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Rogers 87 Bolingbroke 206
Clifton 4 Herndon 90 Smarrs 213
Pooler 9 Midville 96 Forsyth 217
Bloomingdale 12 Sebastopol 99 Colliers 23
Meldrim 17 Wadley 107 Goggins 229
Eden 19 Bartow Ill Gainesville 234
Marlow 26 Johnson 116 Milner 240
Pineora 27 Davisboro 122 Orchard Hill 245
Guyton 30 Sun Hill 130 Griffin 251
Brewer 35 Tennille 135 Vineyard 254
Egypt 41 Oconee 146 Pomona 256
Oliver 46 Beech Hill 150 Sunnvside 258
Halcyondale 50 Toomsboro 155 Hampton 262
Cameron 55 McIntyre 162 Love joy 267
Dovpi 57 ioidon 170 Jonesboro 274
Ogeechee 62 Lewiston 174 Morrow 278
Rockev Ford 66 Griswold 181 Forest 281
Scarboro 71 M A Junction 186 Hapeville 286
Parramore Hill 74 Macon 191 East Point 288
llillcn 79 Summerfield 199 McPherson 291
Cushingville 83 Mims Crossing 203 Atlanta 294
SAVANNAH WESTERN DIVISION Now part of the Georgia Alabama Railway
AUGUSTA SAVANNAH DIVISION
Distance Table
Mlllen Lawton O Thomas 5 Waynesboro T 15 Hollywood 21 Allens 41
Perkins Munnerlyn 7 Greens Cut 11 McBean 27 Augusta 33 53
MILLEDGEVILLE BRANCH
Distance Table
Gordon 0 Stevens Pottery 9
Ivey 5 Milledgeville i
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
Between Macon and Columbia
Distance Table
Macon 0 Montezuma 49 ALBANY 107
Wise 4 Oglethorpe 51 Walker 117
Rutland 7 Greens Mill 55 Decker 120
Walden 10 Anderson 60 Holts 125
Echeconnee 12 Steyvrt 67 Leary 129
Byron 17 A MERIC US 71 Williamsburg 135
Powersville 21 Maddox 76 Arlington 142
FORT VALLEY 29 Sumter 80 Cowart 148
Masseys Lane 34 SMITHVILLE 83 Blakely 156
Marshallville 37 Adams 89 Hilton 166
Winchester 39 Leesburg 96 StateLine near Col
Barrons Lane 41 Forrester 101 umbia Ala 16661
t Between Macon and Colombus
Macon 0 FORT VALLEY 29 Favors 7
Wise 4 Everetts 36 Juniper 74
Rutland 7 Reynolds 42 Box Springs 77
Walden 10 Butler 50 Harveys 78
Echeconnee 12 Scotts 55 Upatoi 83
Byron 17 Howard 60 Schatulga 91
Powersville 21 Bostick 65 Muscogee 97
Deitzens 25 Geneva 70 COLUMBUS 100
Between Cuthbert Junction and Fort Gaines
Cuthbert Junction 0 Jones 14 Killens Mill 18
Coleman 8 Shanty 16 FORT GAINES 20
Between Smithville and Georgetown
SMITHVILLE 0 Shellman 25 Morris 46
Bronwood 8 CUTHBERT 36 Hatcher 51
DAWSON 25 Junction 38 GEORGETOWN 59
Graves 19 Springvaie 42
MACON NORTHERN DIVISION
Distance Table
MACON 0 Minetta 42 Florence 81
Morton 15 Monticello 45 Farmington 88
Grays 17 Adams Mill 51 Bishop 91
Bradleys 21 Machen 53 Watkinsvilie 95
Wayside5 24 Shady Dale 54 Sidney 97
Round Oak 27 Godfrey 61 White Hall 100
Hillsboro Adgateville 33 MADISON 37 72 ATHENS 105
INoteTrack from Macon to Fort Valley Macon and Albany is also given as a part of the road between
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
PERRY BRANCH
Distance Table
Fort Valley 0 Myrtle 6 Perry 13
BUENA VISTA ELLA VILLE DIVISION
Distance Table
Americus 0 Buena Vista 29 Halloca 48
Matthews 5 Peacocks 32 Sizemore 51
LaCrosse 8 Kinchefoonee 35 Ochillee
Ellaville 15 Zelobee 37 Belief onte 58
Walls 18 Glen Alta 39 Muscogee 62
Putnam 22 Ida Vesper 42 Columbus 64
Doyle i 25 Cusseta 46
Columbus
Nances
Fortsoni
Hines Crossing Mobleys
COLUMBUS ROME DIVISION See Note 6 of Explanatory Notes
Distance Table
O Cataula
7 Kingsboro
11 Hamilton
13 Tip Top
15 Chipley
16 Magruders 37
20 Stinson 40
24 Harris City 45
28 Greenville SO
33
SAVANNAH GRIFFIN NORTH ALABAMA DIVISION
Oriffin
Vaughns
A F Crossing JBrooks
Distance Table
O Senoia
8 Turin
9 Sharpesboro 13 Newnau
19 Sargent
24 Whitesburg 26 Carrollton 36
42
47
60
UPSON COUNTY BRANCH
Distance Table
Barnesville O A F Crossing 6 Stamps 12
YVilkinsons 2 The Rock 8 Tliomaston lb
Middlebrooks 4
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CENTRAL OF CEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
SAVANNAH ATLANTIC BRANCH
Formerly Savannah Tybee
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTSee table below
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND ANY STATION
Per 100 Lbs Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per Ton Per Car Load Per 100 Lbs Per Ton 2000 Lbs 0 L
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R Coal Coke ee and Lime 1
50 45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 30 10 2000 2000 1000 75 85
Distance Table
Savannah 0
LePageville 2
Debtford 3
Bartow 4
Palmetto 8
Estill
Light House 16J
Fusbers Point 17
Ocean House 18
Hotel Tybee 19
Chatham 20
CHATTANOOCA ROME COLUMBUS RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 58
Chattanooga o
Rossville 4
Mission Ridge 8
Battlefield 10
Chickamauga 13
Rock Springs 18
Copeland 22
Warren 24
LaFayette 27
Guilds 3i
Martindale 34
Distance Table
Trion 40
Summerville 45
Raccoon Mills 48
Lyerly 52
Taliaferro 54
Holland jgg
Sprite 63
Lavender 67
R D Junction 73
Rome 77
Siver Creek 83
Chambers 85
Caldwell 89
Lake 92
Cedartown 97
Youngs 102
Dug Down 108
Felton no
Buchanan 117
Bremen 125
Mandeville 131
Carrollton 138
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CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Chattanooga Tenn 0 Costello Ga
Thurmans 6 High Point
Woodburn Ga 6 Kendrick
Rock City 7 Henrys
Rock Creek 8 Cooper Heights
Flintstone 8 Cassandra
Moonsboro 9 Kensington
Eagle Cliff 10 Archer Ga
Durham Jnctn 11 Estelle
Wessboro 12 Marsh

13 Chamberlain Ga
14 Bronco Ga
15 Dicksons
17 Sharpe
18 McConnellsville Ga
20 Harrisburg Ga
22 Teloga
23 Sittons
24 Gadsden Ala
27
30
32
32
33
35
38
40
42
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CHICKAMAUCA DURHAM RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58 k
Distance Table
Chickamauga 0 Masseys 13 Durham 17
Durham Junction 6

CITY SUBURBAN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Savannah Thomas Pritchards Sandfly
0 Isle of Hope
2 Cedar Hammock
4 Bethesd
6
7 Burnside 12
8J Beaulieu 12
10 Montgomery 12
COLLINS REIDSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Collins
0 Reidsville
6
99
COLUMBUS SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Columbus 0 Distance Table Brooklyn 32 Cole 60
Esquilme 5 Richland 39 Dawson 66
Massey 8 Kimbrough 46 Sasser 73
Ochillee 11 Weston 48 77
Psalmonds 15 Leveretts 52 Oakland 78
Cusseta 19 Chambliss 54 Palmyra 83
Manta 24 Parrotts 57 Albany 88
Renfroe 28
CUYLER WOODBURN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Cuyler 0 Eldora 7 Ivanhoe 10
Smiths Grove 3 Glisson 8 Woodburn 125
Blitchton 4
DARIEN WESTERN RAILROAD
Formerly Darien Short Line
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 58
Darien 0 Distance Table Bay wood 6 Parker Junction
Ridgeville 3 Hudson 8 Darien Junction
Ridge 4 Crescent 11 Sapelo Junction
Inwood 5 Eulonia 16 Middleton
100
douglas McDonald railroad
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 58
Distance Table
McDonald s Mill 0 Lowther 5 Downing 15
Sweet 3 Lost Mountain 8 Douglas 20
DOVER STATESBORO RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 58
Distance Table
Dover 0 Clito 5 Statesboro10
EAST WEST RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
Allowed 25 cents as minimum passenger chargePer Circular 153 FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 58
Distance Table
Cartersville 0 Glenns 13 Fish Creek 2 S
E W Y 0 Taylorsville 14 Grady 30
4 POSCQ 16 Cedartowi 3ft
Drowns 6 Davittes 17 Lindseys 38
Shellmans 7 Howards 20 Berrys 41
Stilesboro 9 Rocbmart 22 Esom Hill 45
McGinnis 12 Brewers 27 Pell City Ala 117
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FLORIDA CENTRAL PENINSULAR RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 58
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Everett 59 Loftin 117
Anderson 9 74Mile Post 64 Yulee 114
Burroughs Ways 12 B W Crossing 70 Callahan 130
16 S B T Crossing 73 Hedges 117
Limerick 25 Waverly 81 Tisonia 121
Dorchester 28 White Oaks 85 Duval 124
Jticeboro 32 Woodbine 89 Brcmard 125
Jones 39 Seals 96 Panama 131
Darien Junction 43 Kingsland 101 Cemetry 132
Townsend 46 Evergreen 105 Jacksonville 138
Barrington 53 Fernandina FJa 126
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE
Svannah 0 Meinhard 11 Stillwell 25
C R R Junction 054 Exley 16 Clyo 32
Savannah Yard Wheat Hill 148 Rincon 5 19 State Line
FOY RAILROAD
FREIGHTClass No 6See page N 58
Distance Table
Rocky Frd 0 Echo Portal 10
Brick Yard
GEORGIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClaes No 1See page No 58 Except G J S Branch
Main Line
Distance Table
Augusta 0 Norwood 50 Alcovy 125
Wheless 5 Barnett 58 Hazelbrand 127
Belair 10 Crawfordville 64 Covington 130
Grovetown 15 Robinson 70 Almon 133
Forest 16 Union Point 76 Conyers 140
Berzelia 21 Greensboro 83 Lithonia 146
Harlem 25 Carey 90 Redan 150
Saw Dust 26 Blue Springs 92 Stone Mountain 155
Hearing 29 Buckhead 96 Clarkston 160
Bonesville 33 Madison 103 Ingleside 162
Thomson 37 Dorsey 107 Decatur
Mesena 43 Rutledge 112 Atlanta 171
Camak 47 Social Circle 119
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GEORGIA RAILROADContinued
MACON AUGUSTA BRANCH
Camak 0 Distance Table Sparta 24 Haddocks 59
Warrenton 4 Devereux 32 James 64
Mayfield 13 Carrs 36 Roberts 69
Culverton 20 Milledgeville 46 Macon 7 8
Wilsons 22 Browns 54
ATHENS BRANCH
Distance Table
Union Point 0 Stephens 16 Dunlap 30
Woodville 5 Hutchings 19 Winterville 32
Bairdstown 7 Crawford 22 Athens
Maxeys 13
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN BRANCH
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 58 and Note 6 of Explanatory Notes CIass No 1 applies on remainder of Georgia System
Social Circle 0 Distance Table Bethlehem 20 Bellmont 4
Gresham 5 Winder 25 Candler 42
Monroe 10 Mulberry v 29 Gainesville 55
Campton 16 Hoschton 34
JEFFERSON BRANCHPart of G J S Branch
Distance Table
Jefferson 0 Pendergrass 7 Bellmont13
ffirrH
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GEORGIA RAlLROADContinued
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS BRANCH
Distance Table
W P Junction 0 Siloam6 White Plains13
WASHINGTON BRANCH
Distance Table
Barnett 0 Hillman 7 Washington18
Sharon 4 Ficklin10
GEORGIA ALABAMA RAILWAY
Formerly Savannah Americus Montgomery Railway
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4 Seepage No 58
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Mt Vernon 92 DeSoto 186
Meldrim 17 Glenwood 97 Leslie 187
Cuyler 20 Stuckey 99 Parkers 189
Lillian 21 Alamo 104 Huntington 192
Ellabelle 24 Erick 108 Gatewood 194
Lanier i 27 Helena 114 Americus 199
Pembroke 32 Oswald 119 New Point 204
Morrison 35 Milan 125 Salters 207
Groveland 39 Horton 129 Plains 209
44 Rhine 133 W ie 215
48 Copeland 135 Preston 219
Hagan 50 Abbeville 140 Ponders 224
Bellville 53 Kramer 145 Ridi land 27
Manassas 55 Rochelle 149 Randalls 231
Collins 61 Pitts 154 Sawyers Mill 35
Danton 63 Seville 158 Lumpkin 237
Ohoopee 68 Williford 160 Irvins 243
Lyons 75 Penia 164 Louvale Jet 245
Appleton 78 Cordele 169 Union 250
Vidalia 80 Coney 175 Omaha
Higgston 84 Johnsons 179 Montgomery Ala 340
Ailey 90 Cobb 181
FITZGERALD BRANCH
Formerly Abbeville Waycross Railroad
Distance Table
Abbeville O Forest Glenn 8 Queenland 17
Riedsfield 5 Carswell 9 Lulaville 18
Browning 6 Bowens Mill 13 Fitzgerald 23
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CEORCIA CAROLINA NORTHEN RAILWAY
See Seaboard AirLine
CEORCIA MIDLAND RAILWAY
Now Part of Southern Railway System
CEORCIA NORTHERN RAILWAY Formerly Boston V Albany Railroad PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 58
Pidcock Lake Station Spanglers Phoebe
Distance Table
0 Barwick
3 Hollis
4 Pavo
8 Shelleys
9 Autreyville
13 Mauzy
15 Cooper
18 Moultrie
23
25
27
31
CEORCIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 58
Macon O
Sofkee 8
Avondale 11
Wellston 16
Bonaire 21
Kathleen 25
Tivola 29
Gro vania 35
Elko 38
Unadilla 44
Pinehurst 49
Findlay 52
Vienna 56
Richwoodt 60
Distance Table
Cordele 65
Wenona 69
Arabi 75
Sibley 78
Dakota 79
Worth 82
Ashburn 85
Sycamore 87
Inaha 92
Cycloneta 95
Chula 98
Tlfton 105
Eldorado 112
Lenox 118
Sparks 126
Adel 128
Cecil 134
Hahira 138
Mineola 144
Valdosta 151
Dasher 157
Lake Park 163
Melrose 167
Jennings Fla 171
Lake City U 210
Palatka it 285
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HARTWELL RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
EREIGHTClass No 2See page No 58
Distance Table
Bowersville 0 Hartwell 10
HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
1FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Moores 0 Allapaha13 Shinglers 21
Faircloth 4 Parkerson 16 Davisville 25
Ausley s 7 Irwinville Junction 19Worth 29
Pitts 11
INDIAN SPRINCS FLOVILLA RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Flo villa 0 Indian Springs 3
LEXINGTON TERMINAL RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 58
Distance Table
Lexington 0 Crawford 4
LAWRENCEVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4Seepage No 58
Distance Table
Suwanee 0 Lawrenceville 10
LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58

Distance Table
Louisville 0 Moxley 5 Wadley 10
MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See Page No 58
Macon
Sofkee
Skippertons
Hardys
Lizella
Montpelier
Morans
Distance Table
o Dyas 33 Woodbury 75
8 Oulloden 39 Snelsons 80
12 Yatesville 44 Harris City 83
16 Middlebrook 50 Odessa 91
21 Thamaston 57 Mountville 95
25 Crest 65 Robertsons 99
28 Thundering Springs 70 LaGrange 105
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Gents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Macon
M N Junction
Swift Creek
Dry Branch
Pikes Peak
0 Distance Table Fitzpatrick 15 Allentown 33
2 Ripley 17 Montrose 37
5 Jeffersonville 23 Dudley 42
9 Gallimore 27 Moore 48
12 Danville 31 Dublin 54
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MACON NORTHERN RAILWAY
Formerly Covington Macon
See Central of Georgia Bailway
MARIETTA NORTH GEORGIA RAILWAY
See Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Bailway
MIDDLE GEORGIA ATLANTIC RAILWAY
PASSENGEBClass BFour Cents per Mile
FBEIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Milledgeville 0 Aikenton 35 Carmel 54
Merriwether 8 Maclieu 39 Hayston 56
Dennis 13 Shady Dale 40 Starrsville 59
Eaton t or 21 Kelly 44 Pace Street 64
Linchburg Willard 25 Broughtonville 29 Newborn 49 Covington 51 65
MIDVILLE SWAINSBORO RED BLUFF RAILROAD
Formerly Hit Iville Swainsboro and Hit Vernon
PASSENGEBClass BFour Cents per Mi e
FBEIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Midville
Summertown
0 Wiggins 6 Modoc
10 Swainsboro 13
1
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MILLEN SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass B rFo ur Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 58
Distance Table
Milieu o JohnsonsW arehouse 14 Gravmont
South Millen 1 Garfield 15 Overstreet
Emmalane 5 Longview n ooks Crossing Cowarts 17 Durdenville
Butts 8 18 Monte Junceion
Thrift 11 19 Canoochee
Simsville 12 Summit 21 Stillmore
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD OF GEORGIA
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4 See page No 58
Distance Table
Athens 0 Harmony 18 Gillsville
Oenter v 7 Maysville 26 Lula
Nicholson 11
OCONEE WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See pageNo 58
Dublin 0 Distance Table Alcorns 16 Empire
Hutchins 5 Chester 19 Cypress
Spring Haven 10 Yonkers 23 Hawkinsville
Dexter 13 Empire Mills 28
22
23
25
27
28
32
32
39
29
35
40
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PLANT SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 58
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN DIVISION
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Blackshear g7 Boston 188
Southo ver J unction 3 Waycross 97 Thomasville 201
Burroughs 12 Glenmore 108 Leb 208
Ways 16 Argyle 116 Cairo 215
Fleming 24 Homerville 123 Whigham 222
McIntosh 31 Dupont 131 Climax 228
Walthourville 39 Stockton 139 Bain bridge 237
Johnston 46 Naylor 144 Brinson 248
Doctortown 53 Valdosta 157 Iron City 253
Jesup 57 Ousley 167 Donaldsonville 257
Screven 69 Quitman 174 Jakin 264
Offerman 76 Dixie 181 Josephine
Patterson 79 Pidcock 184 Saffold 268
BETWEEN WAYCROSS AND FOLKSTON
Distance Table
Waycross 0 Race Pond 20 Folkston 34
Braganza 8 Uptonville 28 Jacksonville Fla 75
Fort Mudge 15
BETWEEN BAINBRIDGE JUNCTION AND RECOVERY Chattahoochee Branch
Distance Table
Climax 0 Faceville 15 RecoveryIt 22
Fowltown 9
METCALFE THOMASVILLE AND ALBANY
Distance Table
Albany 0 Camilla 26 Ochlochnee47
Hardaway 9 Pelham 34 Thomasville 58
Baconton 17 Meigs 40 MetcaLe 68
Flint 20
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PLANT SYSTEMContinued
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH
Distance Table
Savannah GaJ 0 Central Junction 7 Monteith 13
BETWEEN DUPONT AND STATENVILLE
Distance Table
Dupont 0 Alexanderville 17 Statenville20
Forest 10
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION Distance Table
Brunswick O
Jamaica 16
Waynesville 24
Atkinson 27
Lulaton 31
Nahunta 35
Hoboken 44
Schlatterville 49
Way cross 58
Waresboro 66
Millwood 77
Red Bluff 81
Pearson 89
Kirkland 92
Grays Mill 100
Willacoochee 100
Alapaha Ill
Enigma 118
Brookfield 121
Tifton 129
TyTy 138
Sumner 144
Poulan 147
Isabella 150
Willingham 155
Davis1 160
Albany 170
ROME RAILROAD
See Western Atlantic Railroad
Ill
SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
EREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Sandersville 0 Tennille 4
SANDERSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
Now Part of Augusta Southern Railroad Which See
SAVANNAH AMERICUS MONTGOMERY RAILWAY
See Georgia Alabama Railway
Formerly Americus Preston Lumpkin
SEABOARD AIRLINE PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 58
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Dacula 41 Five Forks 84
3 An mirri 45 Comer 90
Mina 7 Winder 52 Carlton 95
Belt Junction 11 Statham 60 Oglesby 100
Montreal 15 Bogart 64 Elberton 107
Tucker 18 South Athens 71 Middleton 113
Till bum M 24 A thfvns 73 Heardmont 118
Tri ostpp 29 Hull 79 Calhoun Falls 124
Lawrenceville 35
112
SMITHONIA DUNLAP RAILROAD
Formerly WinierviIle and Pleasant Hill It 15 PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See p ge No 58
Distance Table
Dunlap 0 Smithonia 7
SOUTH BRUNSWICK RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6Seepage No 58
Disrance Table
S mth Brunswick 0 College 9 Waynesville 16
Gillyards 5 F C P Crossing 12
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 58
ATLANTA CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Duluth 26 Lula 66
Peachtree Suwanee 31 Bellton 67
6 Rnford 38 Alto 74
Powells 9 Flowery Branch 44 Cornelia 78
Goodwins 11 Odells 48 Mt Airy 80
Chamblee 14 Gainesville 53 Ayersville 87
Doraville 15 New Holland Toccoa 94
Norcross 20 White Sulphur 59 Folsom 99
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION
Distance Table
Atlanta O Nickajaek 13 Villa Rica 39
Simpson Street 1 Mableton 16 Temple 46
Howell 4 Austell 19 Bremen 54
Peyton 8 Lithia Springs 21 Waco 57
Chattahoochee 9 Douglasville 27 Tallapoosa
Oakdale 10 Winston 33 Birmingham Ala 176
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEYIContinued
EAST TENN YA GA DIVISION
Chattanooga 0 Distance Table Atlanta Simpson St 152
Ooltewah Junction 15 W A Connction 152
Apison 20 Atlanta Peters St Frt 153
Howards 22 Depot
Cohutta 27 Atlanta Union Depot 154
Varnells 31 Atlanta E T V G
Waring 35 Shops enddoub trks 155
Dalton 40 Roseland 156
Sugar Valley 55 Constitution 159
Oostanaula 61 Norton 160
Plain ville 66 Moores Mill 162
North Rome 78 Ellenwood 166
Rome 80 Estes 168
Lindale 84 Stockbridge 172
Silver Creek 85 Flippen 177
Chambers 86 McDonough 181
Seney 94 Locust Grove 188
Rockmart 102 Jenkinsbhrg 193
Braswell 108 Jackson 199
Dallas 119 Flo villa 204
Hiram 125 Juliette 217
Powder Springs 130 Dames Ferry 225
Austell 135 Popes 227
Mableton 138 Holton 232
Nickajack 141 Macon 240
Chattahoochee 145 Bullard 257
Peyton end doub trk 146 Adams Park 261
Ellen N 148 Westlake 267
Howell 150 Colev 275
Exposition Mills Crosg 151 Cochran 279
Empire 285
Gresston 290
Eastman 298
Amoskeag Mills 299
Chauncey 307
Cox 309
Haunson Curtis Mill 312
Helena 316
McRae 318
Scotland 323
Towns 328
Wilcox 333
Lumber City 335
Hazlehurst 342
Graham 348
Baxley 358
Surrency 367
Brentwood 372
Massey 374
Odum 378
Jesup 388
Gardiv 395
Bennetts Still396
Mount Pleasant 405
Everett 408
Sapps Still 414
Sterling 418
B W R R Crossing 422
Brunswick Union Dep 430
ATLANTA FLORIDA DIVISION
Atlanta O
A F Switch 3
Cornell 6
Haasville 10
Riverdale 15
Selina 17
Camp Creek 19
Kenwood 20
Inman 30
Distance Table
Woolsey 32
Lowry J 35
Rallulah Junction 38
Zetella 41
Williamson 45
Zebulon 51
Meansville 56
Piedmont 61
Topeki Junction 65
Yatesville 71
M B Crossing 74
Culloden 76
Musella 83
Roberta 89
Zenith 99
Fort Valley 105
feet
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
COLUMBUS DIVISION
Formerly Georgia Midland Bailway
Columbus Ga O
Fortsons Crossing 6
Flat Rock 10
Midland 14
Ellerslie 18
Ossahatchie 20
Waverly Hall 23
Oak Mountain 28
Shiloh 34
Distance Table
Nebula 38
Warm Springs 42
Baleigh A 46
Woodbury 51
Molea 56
Neal 59
Concord 63
Jolly 67
Reids 68
Williamson 72
Rover 74
Griffin 80
Strickland 87
Luella 91
Browns 92
Greenwood 94
McDonough 98
ELBERTON AIRLINE DIVISION
Tierna Distance Table O Lavonia 19 Bowmans 38
Eastanollee 7 Bowersville 24 Dewv Rose 44
Avalon 11 Canon 26 Goss 46
Martins 12 Royston 31 Elberton 50
CLEVELAND AND COHUTTA BRANCH
Distance Table
Cleveland Tenn 0 Weatherlv 11 Cohutta 15
Blue Spring 6 Red Clay Ga 13
DOCK BRANCH
Distance Table
Dock Junction 0 Sandy Fly 02 E T Docks 18
HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH
Distance Table
0 iOcmulgee River Br 97 Hawkinsville 1
Cochran
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMCoritinued
ROSWELL BRANCH
Distance Table
Chamblee O Dunwoody 5 Roswell IO
ATLANTA BELT LINE
Distance Table
Howell 0 Thompsons 2 Belt Junction 3
ATTALA AND ROME Distance Table
North Rome Ga O Coosa 13 State Line 19
Huffaker 6 Mt Hope 16 Gadsden Ala 56
Robinson Oreburg 9 10 Early 18 Attala 61
BETWEEN ROME AND SELMA
Rome O Vans Valley 13 Etna i Ala 23
Atlanta Junction 2 Cave Spring 14 Selma Ala 196
Cunningham 9 Prior 22
SOUTH GERGIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Heartpine 0 Barneys 10 Spain 22
Garnet 6 Morven 16 Quitman 28
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STILLMORE AIRLINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Swainsboro 0 Hurry hill 18 Luke Sapp 28
McLeod 6 Corsica 21 Collins 33
Stillmore 13 Cobb town 25
SYLVANIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 58
Distance Table
Rocky Ford CRR O Zeaglei1 9 Waters 18
Williamson 5 Blackville 11 Sylvania 15
Woodcliff 7
TALBOTTON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 58
Distance Table
Talbotton O Bostick S W R R 7
TIFTON NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
14
16
Fletcher 20
Fitzgerald
Tifton Brighton Harding
0 Pinetta 5 Irwin
25
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VALDOSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6Seepage No 58
Distance Table
Valdosta 0 Clyattville 10 State Line 15
WADLEY MOUNT VERNON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
WinHey O Hodo 17 Odumville 25
Pinetucky 8 Riner 19 Adrian 28
Stapleton 12 Meeks 20 Rixville 30
Kite 15 Ethel 22
WAYCROSS AIRLINE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 58
Distance Table
Way cross W altertown Elsie
O Bolen 6 Beach 11
15 Sessoms 20 Nicliolls
25
30
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WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 58
Distance Table
Atlanta O Allatoona 40 McDaniels 75
Simpson St 1 Bartow 42 Calhoun 78
Howells 3 Emerson 43 Resaca 84
Bolton 7 Cartersville 48 Tilton 9
Gilmore 9 Rogers 51 Dalton 100
Yinings 11 Cass 52 Tunnel Hill 107
Smyrna 15 Bests 55 Ringgold 114
Marietta 20 Kingston 59 Graysville 120
Elizabeth 22 Halls 64 Chickamauga Tenn 126
Kennesaw 29 Adairsville 68 Chattanooga 138
Acworth 35
ROME BRANCH
Distance Table
Kingston 0 Eves 7 Brick Yards 16
Wooleys 3 Dykes 11 Rome 18
WRICHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 58
Tennilie
Lindsays
Peacocks Cut Harrison
Distance Table
O Donovan
4 Wriglitsville 6 Meadows
10 Lovett
14 Donaldson 26
17 Bruton 28
21 Condor 32
24 Dublin 36
ACT CTSEATTTTO
THE
Railroad Commission of Georgia
AND ACTS AMENDATORY THEREOF
WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
AMD LAWS OF THE STATE RELATIM6 TO RAILROADS
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The following is the law under which the Railroad Commission was created beingAct No 269 Part 1 Title 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia T781879
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 ther 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 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
Whereas It is made the duty of the General Assembly in article 4 paragragh 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
Commis Section I Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be threeappoint Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate ment term to carry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law and sa ary one Gf 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 ifV 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 mt 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
iiocation of Sec II That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture plovment anl stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of twelve hundred dolof Secre iars at the expense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atnsesfetc lanta 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
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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 by railorganizedor doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law roadsforof 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 railrbad 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 tion foror freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon 1 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 sioners 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 toohject 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 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 thisAct contained shall he 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
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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 designateand fix the difference in rates of freight and passenger transportation to he allowed for longer and shorter distances on the same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall he the limits of longer an shorter distances
Commissioners shall make schedule of rates publish same etc
Jurisdiction and power of Commissioners
Sec VI That the said Railroad Commissioners are heroy 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 corporatiohs 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 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 fbr county legal advertising and after the same shall be 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 he 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 he 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 he organized at the time of said publication All such schedules purporting to he 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 he 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 oflices 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
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 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 YIII That all contracts and agreements between railroad companies doing business in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said sioners Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they traotfebe are a 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 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 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 Injnrfesrof any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong from vioiaor 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 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 evi ence 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
law against railroad corporations and this Act shall not he construed as repealing any statute giving such remedies
leaning Sec XII That the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained p terms in Aej 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
Duplicate Sec XIII That all railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight freight receipts to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight
f 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 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
keports Of Sec XIV That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for to
over Wit for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as they may prescribe And said witnesses pesses gtia1 recive 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
Itailroad Sec XYI That every officer agentor employee of any railroad company who shall Report to willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the CommissionCommis7 ers 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
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f mend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provi
pommis
sioners
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3iT ACT
To enlarge the powers of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to prescribe for them additional duties and for other purposes
Section 1 Beit enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and Duty to in after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission of the through6 State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates from points outrateof 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 Georgia Shall call finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive of railroad or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad crimi Gommission 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 apihe suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of the Commission to terstate11 present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerc Commis Commis ij sion and appeal to it for relief
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commis Attorney ion prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the required t AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon Smh11 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
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POWER TO BRING SUIT
AACiT 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 fif 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
Penalty for The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit with ofmiesn out notice for any violation of any of said rules or regulations whenever in their opinion Amending he circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the tfSgtoSS institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of act 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 day 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 bylaw
Power to The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without suitwith notice for any violation of said rules and regulations whenever in their opinion the out notice 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 conf let herewith are hereby repealed
Approved October 161891
AMENDING TITLE OF ACT
A3ST ACT
To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of railroads freight and passenger tariffs in this State Jo 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 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
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by the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act he and the same is hereby amended as follows towit
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
A1T ACT
To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia cmthorily upon complaint made to inspect the railroads or cmy railroad r 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 Railroad Commission 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 this State 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 allowed for 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 thif Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 171891
Caption of Act of Oct 1879
amended
By inserting and the location and building of passenger and freight depots
Inspection by Commissionersrequirep
If Condition unsafe to be put and kept in safe condition Reasonable time to be given Not to affect liability for damages
Penalty for not obeying order
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Commission to fix charges for storage And when such charges shall begin Power to vary rates
Provisions of other acts as to Railroad Commission appli cable to tnem
STORAGE CHARGES
XT 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 hereby conferred on the Railroad Commission 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 plade 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 ail 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 171891
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TO REGULATE EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
A3ST 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 far 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 low over Railroad Companies to all companies or persons owning controlling or operating a linear 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 or that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegraph whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall be under the control 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 operating 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 railroads in this State and all the penalties prescribed against Railroad Companies or persons operating railroads by existing laws embraced in sections of the Code of 1882 from Section 719a to Section 719p both inclusive are hereby declared to be of force 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 wholly or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be made applicable to any corporation company person or persons owning controlling or 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 referred to shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in this State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in 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
Express and Telegraph Companies to be under the control of the Commission For regulation of prices Powers over railroads and penalties against them of force as against express and telegraph companies
So far as applicable
Location of agencies
Regulation of charges only as to transportation and messages in this State
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t
Power to regulate rates and fares
Corporations subject to tne provisions of this constitution
Corporations not autnorized to buyshares tending to defeat competition
No secret
rebate
allowed
Not intended to impair contracts
appropri ate legislation required
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 prohibt said roads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and eniorce 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 IV 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 be intended to have the effect to defeat or lessen competition in their respective businesses or to encourage monoply and all such contracts and agreement shall be 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 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
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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 in
terest
A
Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia Section Liability of
oaqo Railroad
Companies
B as carriers
A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is able Time of and accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may responsi adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2070 blllty
C
Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all Whatpaspersons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct magbe or of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convej refused 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 Carrier o his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But khe is not liable for Passeninjuries 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 For bagrpassenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his gage own baggage Code Section 2071
F
It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees On bagto be provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers gage 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 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 Lmit as to In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the value of carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost provided the same be only such baggage 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 Vater and are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during rlaroad the day or night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor
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or agint of said roads being requested by any passenger to furnisb 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
E uai ae All common carries of passengers for hire in this State shall furnish like and equal
commoda accommodations to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition tions to all Qode Section 45 g6
J
p lice of The conductors of all trains carrying passengers in this State are invested with all the jrdilroads 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 th passengers on the train to assist in the removal of such offending person or perjsons Code Section 4586a
K
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than onehalf time of de hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph Iayed v 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 boundto against him and no excuse avails him unless it was occasioned by the act of God or the earvadm public enemies of the State Code Section 2066
gence M
common carrier cannot limit his legal liability by any notice given either by publinotice to cation or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract limit 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 deliver but also that the same be done without unreasonable delay Code Section 2073
without urn
reasonable
delay
The responsibility of the carrier commences with the delivery of the goods either to sponsfbil6 himself or his agent or at the place where he is accustomed or agrees to receive them ity 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
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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 bt made known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will re lease 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 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 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 Code Section 2084
V
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 frdm 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
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
Roads required to deliver to and receive cars from connecting roads
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W
Weighing When any railroad company shall cause to be weighed cars loaded with freight to be weighe1 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 lum When lumber or other like article of freight which from its length laps over from fromone8 one car t another shall be transported the company may cause two or three of such other1 an cars 80 loae 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 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 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 storage 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 aforesaid
Unjust dis crimination prohibited
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CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS
act
To require all railroads doing business in this State to furnish equal accommodations and separate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said companies to furnish comfortable seats and to sufficiently light and ventilate said cars to provide for keeping white and colored passengers in their respective cars or compartments to give conductors and other employees of railroads and conductors of dummy electric and street cars certain powers and authority over passengers to comply with the regulations made by said companies under the provisions of this Act to provide a penalty for the violation of the same and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after Equal ac the passage of this Act all railroads doing business in this State shall be required to lda furnish equal accommodations in separate cars or compartments of cars for white and separate colored passengers provided that this Act shall not apply to sleeping cars
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all conductors or other employees in charge of Employes such cars shall be required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compart to assign ments of cars provided by the said companies under the provisions of this Act and alpheir carsf conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby em pertinents powered to assign all passengers to seats on the cars under their charge so as to separate the white and colored races as much as practicable and all conductors and other employees of railroads and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall have and are hereby invested with police powers to carry out the provisions of this Act
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That any passenger remaining in any car or compart Penalty for ment or seat other than that to which he may have been assigned shall be guilty of a provisions misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of ttlis aetof the Code of 1882 Jurisdiction of such offences shall be in the county in which the same occurs The conductor and any and all employees on such cars are hereby clothed with power to eject from the train or car any passenger who refuses to remain in such car or compartment or seat as may be assigned to him
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That when a railroad car is divided into compartments cars propthe space set apart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be divid proportioned according to the proportion of usual and ordinary travel by each on the road or line on which said cars are used
Sec 5 Be it further enacted That it shall be unlawful for the officers or employees White anj
having charge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored passengers to colored
occupy the same car or compartment and for a violation of ths section any such officer noftcmc8
or employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be pun
ished as is prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882 ments
Sec 6 Be it further enacted That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to
nurses or servants in attendance on their employers
Sec 7 Be it further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment Cars to be
comforta
cars or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such ble etc cars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misdemeanor punishable under section 4310 of the Code of 1882
Sec 8 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 21 1891
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TAX AGAINST EAlLEOAD EXPEESS SLEEEINGCAE AND TELEGEAPH
COMPANIES
No 32
An Act to authorize the ComptrollerGeneral to appoint one of the Eailroad Commissioners of this State to act as arbitrator in certain cases and for other purposes
Section I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act that in all cases of disagreement between the ComptrollerGeneral and any railroad or express company sleepingcar companies and telegraph companies owning property in this State as to the taxable value of their said property and where said differences are referred to arbitrators the ComptrollerGeneral shall appoint any one of the Eailroad Commissioners to act as arbitrator for the State in each case and it shall he the duty of said Eailroad Commissioner when thus appointed to perform the duty of arbitrator without any additional compensation to his regular salary
Sec II Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed
Approved December 12 1894
RULES
Tariffs and Classification
governing
Express Companies
ADOPTED BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
AS AMENDED TO OCTOBER 15 1896
APPLYING BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
ILAIRIDFIF A
Merchandise Rates Per Hundred and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less
than One Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission op Georgia
o z 5 01 H T3 E2 m A a O CC S Per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 Pounds 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
Xi 5 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
131 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 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
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 be charged more than 25 cents hy 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
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GOVERNING PERISHABLES ETC
Rates Per Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less than One
Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
MILES Rates per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 POUNDS 30 30 35 40
MILES 20 40 60 80
Cents Packages Less than 100 Lbs
1 to 450 Over 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25
1 to 20 30 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25
21 to 40 30 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25
41 to 60 35 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25
61 to 80 40 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25
81 to 100 45 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 30
101 to 130 50 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 30 30
131 to 160 55 Over 60 not over 70 25 30 30 35
161 to 180 60 Over 70 not over 80 30 30 35 40
181 to 200 65 Over 80 not over 90 30 30 35 40
201 to 250 70 Over 90 not over 100 30 30 35 40
45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450

25 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 45 45 45 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 50 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 55 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 60 25 30 35 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 65 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 70 25 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 75 25 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 80 25 45 45 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 85 25 45 45 55 65 70 75 80 85 90 90
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 mav charge 25 cents less 20 per cent J 6
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TARIFF E
Governing the following perishables when carried by Express Companies
DRESSED POULTRY FRESH FTSH 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
Distance
Miles
1 1
21 to
to 450 to 20
41 to 61 to
40 60 80
81 to 100 101 to 130 131 to 160 161 to 180 181 to 200
Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54
per iOOlba MILES 4ST 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300
Cents Packages Less Than 100 Lbs
Over 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
25 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28
25 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 2S 30
25 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33
27 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 30 35 38
30 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 38 40
35 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 25 25 30 30 33 35 38 40 45
40 Over 60 not over 70 25 25 25 27 30 33 35 40 40 45 45
45 Over 70 not over 80 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50
45 Over 80j not over 90 2 5 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50
50 Over 90 not over 100 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 1 54
58
60
63
50
400
25
33
35
38
43
45
50
55
60
60
60
450
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RULES
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 otherwise shall be based on continuous mileage but when said shipments pass oyer 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 25cents 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 with 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 C O D or otherwise exceeds 5000 the following additional charge may be made on value Charge for value whether insured or not When merchandise rat 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 10000 value or fraction thereof These rates apply only to packages or shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers
RULE 7
x If 0 0 D matter is refused or cannot be delivered the shipper must be immediatly notified and if not disposed of within thirty days after such notice it may be returned subject to charge both ways
RULE 8
Gunpowder Dynamite Kerosene Benzine Naphtha Gasoline Matches and all other explosive or dangerous inflammable oils acids or materials may not be received for 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
RULE 11
When ice is used for preseivctiou of shipments of commodities in Tariff E including oysters in shell deduct Twentyfive per cent 25 from the gross weight
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CLASSIFICATION OF PERISHABLES GENERAL SPECIALS ETC
Carried at Less than
Ale
Apples
Asparagus
Bananas
Beans
Beef Fat
Beer
Beer Tonic
Berries
Butter
Cabbage
Calve dressed
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls Carrots
Celery
Cheese
Cherries
Chestmits
Cider
Clams
Cocoanuts
Crabs
Crab Meat raw Not including deviled or cooked crabs
Crackers
Cucumbers
Merchandise Rates Tariff B
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 Parsnips
and as Prescribed in
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 pounds Look under the head of packages less than 100 pounds 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 pounds and run your finger to the right until it comes to the column under the 60 miles and it will give the rate wanted85 cents
Extra RateChargesOn matter subject to half rate as one and onehalf or double rate find graduated rate according to tariff 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 or 25 pounds is 50 cents double this100is the proper amount
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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
5 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
Seale 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 Deceiving Offices will see that no deviation is made from it
WAYBILL
6 Cans packed in Ice 25 lbs
12 a a a 40
16 a 11 a 50
18 a tt 60
20 it it 65
24 ti tt a 80
30 tt a it 90
36 a a a 105
44 tt a a 120
50 a a a 135
56 a a a 150
72 a a 195
WAYBILL
12 Cans without Ice 30 lbs
18 ti a 45
24 it a a 60
27 it a tt 65
30 it tt a 70
36 ti a a 85
45 105
54 ti a a o CO
66 ti a a 155
82 it n it 195
To arrive at the proper weight of Boxes or Cases when number of Cans packed differs from thenumber 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
FOLLOWING SPECIAL RATES ARE TO BE USED ONLY OK THE CONDITIONS NAMED BELOW WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION AAdvertising Matter consisting of Printed Engraved or Photographed Advertisements on paper or cardboard not under glass and Almanacs Signs or Cards without glass in frames or racks may be charged at the Merchandise rate per one hundred pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed and no charge to he less than 25 cents
NoteThe rates on advertising matter given herein will be applied only on matter distributed gratuitously for advertising purposes and must not be applied op 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 merchandise rate
SECTION B The following matter may he 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 minimumtwentyfive cents
Catalogues and Prices Current with prices extended to and from dealers and their raveling salesmen vajue limited to 1000 minimum twentyfive cents
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Samples of Soap from manufacturers when given away for advertising purposes minimum twentyfie cents
Sample Cans of Cooked Corn from packing houses minimum twentyfive cents Sample Cans of Meat from packing houses minimum twentyfive 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 rates are to be used only on the conditions NAMED BELOW ON BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION CRates 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 or less 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 i sheets
Blotters and Blotting Pi Books printed bound unbound tBulbs
Blank Books
Blank Cards
Blank Envelopes
Card Boards
Calendars
Cards printed
Catalogues
Circulars
Chromos
Chromo Lithographs Cuttings
Engravings
1 Envelopes addressprinted Flexible or Paper Patterns i Hand Bills r 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 Begisters 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
Show Cards unmounted Stereoscopic Views
Any of the above mentioned articles which represent advertising may be taken under Section A when it gives a lower rate
tPackages of Bulbs or Seed exceeding 40 ounces in weight 4 cents per package less than rate 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 Ten Dollars be prepaid and have the nature or the contents written stamped or printed thereon and be so packed that the description may be readily verified by examination
SECTION DEspecial care and judgment must be exercised in the use of the following special rates offering them only to manufacturers and dealers to secure large 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
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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 GreenVegetables 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 sunder 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 5 cents each
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 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 orate 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 single 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
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
ExplanationsSpecial rules under each heading apply to ah articles enumerated thereunder A stands for single A Rate A for Onehalf A Rate 1 A for Once and One half A Rate D A for Double A Rate 3 t 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 OR 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
AgriculturalImplements bulky Plows ordinary stirring and
breaking
Ale
Almanacs see Section A page
and Section 0
Animals and Birds LiveRe ceive them only at O R of injury death or escape taking a Release as provided for Live Stock Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers They must be boxed or caged Enter the number of animals in each box or cage on waybill Charges may be
prepaid or guaranteed
Alligators live h
Cats
Deer
Dogs in boxes at actual wgt or securely chained at 100
lbs each
Ferrets
Guinea Pigs
Opossums
Pet animals
Rabbits J
Antlers
Apples
Asparagus
B
Bananas
Beans
Beef Fat
Beer
D A
A
B
D A
D A B B
B
B
B
B
Berries
Butter
Beer Tonic see Scale of Rates
Bees in stands O R
Benzine refuse see Rule 8
BicyclesOrdinarysee Vehicles
Bicycles Railroad taken apart see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetyK D and crated see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetynot K D and boxed
Bicycle Wheels see Vehices
BirdsLiveReceive them only at O 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 wraybill
Blanks printed bound or in sheets see Section C
Blotters and Blotting Pads see Section C
Boats Metallic Folding securely packed
Boats Row and Canoes including paddles and equipment minimum 200
Shells and all Racing Crafts including Outriggers minimum 400
Books printed bound or unbound see Section C page
Book Cases same as Furniture
Bread pound rates minimum 25 cents
Buggies see Vehicles
Burial Cases
Burros see Live Stock
Bulbs see Section C
B
B
UA
D A
D A
D A 4t A 8 t A
A
A
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C
Cabbage B
Calves dressed B
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls B
Carrots B
Celerypp B
Cheese B
Cherries B
Chestnuts B
Cider B
Clams B
Cocoanuts B
Crabs B
Crab meat raw not including deviled or cooked crabs B
Crackers B
Cucumbers B
Calendars see Section C
Calves see Live Stock
Calves dressed see Perishables etc
Cameras Photograph securely
boxed A
CamerasPhotograph in light
carrying cases D A
Canoe see Boats
Cards printed see Section C
Carriages see Vehicles CastingsFragile receive only at 07RB 1JA
Catalogues see Section C
Catalogues and prices current with prices extended to or from dealers and their traveling salesmen yalue 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 A
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 A
Crayon Portraits see Pictures
Cuttings see Section C
I
Deer see Animals
DesksSchool see Furniture DesksOffice same as Furniture Dogs see Animals
Doll Carriages and Doll Chairs
of smallvalue
Dressed Poultry
Dress Forms D
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 otherwise provided for they must be called for and delivered by owners and charges must be prepaid Empties not enumerated are to be charged fur 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 for news companies may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Beer Empties may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Berry Stands or Crates 10c Each
Bread Baskets or Boxes 5c Each
ButterTubs and all butter empties except refrigerators 5c Each
Butter Refrigerators 15cEach
Cans in boxes or kegs and oil
cans in jackets10c Each
Cans for Alcohol Fish Oils and Varnishes They may be delivered to regular patrons 15c Each
Clothing Baskets for clothing houses and merchant tailors 25c Each
Coops 10c Each
Crates and Kennels pet ani mal or dog minimum 50c J A Demijohns in boxes or kegs 10c Each
Egg Cases 5c Each
Fruit Empties 10c Each

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Gas Cylinders minimum 15c A
Homing Pigeon Basketsmin imum 50c each for each company carrying A
Ice Cream Freezers minimum 15 cents A
Ice Cream Freezers empty may by agreement with owner be returned subject to charges on delivery at rates fixed in classification A
Jars 5c Each
Jugs in boxes or kegs10c Each
Kumyss Boxes25c Each
Liquor Kegs10c Each
Meat boxes may be returned subject to charges on delivery by agreem ent w ith owners25c 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 trans ported free or tariff B rates Oyster Empties new sent to be filled and returned by express may be transported
frees or Tariff B rates
Tubs or Pails 5c Each
Other New Oyster EmptieslOc Each Poney Refrigerators for fruit25c Each Soda fountains minimum 15c A
Engravings see Pictures also
Section C
Envelopes address printed see Section C
Explosives refuse see Rule 8
V
Feathers closely compressed
and baled
Feathers not closely compressed
and baled
Ferrets see Animals
Fire Arms 0 R
Guns or Rifles trussed or boxed or taken apart and packed in sole leather or
canvas cases
When not so packedi
Pistols or Revolvers seeurely packedw
Fire Brick
FishSalted or Dry
FishFresh
Fish Roe
Fresh meats
Frogs live
Furs coarse
Fish Live When carried by more than one Company rates on Packages each 7 pounds or less do not apply ill
Fruit
Furniture 0 R B
Boxed or crated
Not boxed or crated D
Burlapped except chairsfrom
manufacturers only
Chairs boxed or crated
Chairs not boxed or crated and not otherwise specified D
Chairs Barber burlapped
boxed or crated
Chairs Dentists boxed or crated not exceeding 75 in
value
Chairs Dentists boxed or crated exceeding 7500 in
value D
Chairs Iron Frame or Folding Opera
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
Gameif
Gasoline refuse see Rule 8
Ginger Ale
Glass must be boxed or crated
O R B
Ground 1
Mirrors p
Stained 1
Show Casesj
Plate j
Signs
Window
Goats see live stock
Grapes
Greens
Green Corn
Guinea Pigs see Animals
Guns see Firearms
Gunpowder refuse see Rule 8
A D A
A 3t A
A
A
B E B
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Harvesters K D
Hand BagsOld
Hand Bilk see Section G
Heliotype Work see Section C
HidesGreen B
HobbyHorses D A
Hogs see Live Stock
Honey 0 R refuse unless properly packed A
Honey in comb and strained well packed B
Horses see Live Stock
I
Ice Cream B
Inflammables refuse see Rule 8
Instruments O R
Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition
to their own cases A
Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified 3 t A
Pianosboxed minimum500 for each Company carrying A
Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company carrying 1 A
Organs boxed A
Organs not boxed for music
dealers A
Organs not boxed for other
than music dealers 1 A
Surveyors Instruments except Tripods must be refused unless boxed Surveyors Instruments enclosed in a single box or case 3 t A
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 be
tween A
Chronometers must be refused unless boxed 3 t A
Thermometers must be refused unless boxed or securely packed Value not
exceeding 500 each A
Value exceeding 500 each D A
Tripods A
Insurance Policies blank see Section C
jr
Jarsairtight butter
Jewelry sealed or unsealed rates in Section D do not apply Graduated rates A
K
Kerosene refuse see Rule 8
L
Labels see Section C
Lard B
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 D A
Liquids in glass demijohns or earthenware O R Refuse when enclosed in paper or paper boxes or otherwise improperly packed A
Lithographs see Pictures also Section C
Live Stock Receive only at O
R of death injury or escape
Shipper must be required to sign a contract on the form furnished by the company releasing the Express as wrell 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 A
Burros not crated not exceeding 500 lbs in weight and 100 in value minimum 5 for each company carrying 1 i A
Calves crated A
Colts see Ponies
Cows not crated estimate single animal at 1000 lbs D A
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Cows crated A
A
Horses estimate single animals at 1000 lbs minimum 25 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the through rate 3 t A
Horses car loads of 10 horses estimate at 10000 lbs and 1000 lbs more for each additional horse A
Ponies or Colts not exceeding 500 lbs in weight and 100 in value minimum 1000 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the through rate
When not crated 1 i A
When crated A
A Pony Colt or Horse weighing over 500 lbs net will he classified same as a
Horse A
Sheep crated A
Lobsters see Perishables
11
Magazines see Section C
Maps see Section C
Marble and Slatp 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
Men refuse
Mineral WaterB
Mirrors see Glass
W
Naphtha refuse see Rule 8 Negatives see Photographic Dry Plates
Newspapers charge according to local agreements Newspapers auxiliary see Section B
O
Okra1j B
Oars crated A
Oars not crated D A
Oleo Butter B
Oleo OilK
Oil explosives or inflammables refuse see Rule 8
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
I
Paintings see Pictures Pamphlets see Section C
Paper for Cash Register see Section C
Parsnips
Peaches
Peas
Pears4
Pine AppleS
Plums
Pomegranates
Pop
Potatoes
Poultry dressed
Patent Insides see Section B
Peanut Roasters
Periodicals see Section C Photographs not framed see Section G
Photographic Dry Plates and
Negatives O R B
Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company carrying
Piano Stools see Furniture Pictures O R must be securely crated or boxed and marked Pictures Oil Paintings etc Shippers must invariably declare value and it must be entered on the receipt
Chromosj
Crayon Portraits
Engravings
Lithographs
Machines or 8ten cil Paintings Oil Paintings
Pictures
Water Colors
wnen tneae1 dared value I of the ship ment is 50 I or less j
fWhen the de dared value of the ship ment ex ceeds 5000 J Pigeons Quails or BirdsLive in coops for market or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape
B
1 i
A
A 1 h A
A p A
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Coops and contents must not
weigh over 150 lbsk A
PigeonsLi ve shipped by Homing Pigeon Clubs O R of injury death or escape in heavy flat topped baskets with insufficient food and water for ttie trip Minimum 50 cents per basket for each company carrying The same charge to be made on the basket full or
empty D A
Pistols see Firearms
Plants Live boxed or crated so that they can be loaded with other freight without I amage prepaid or guaranteed A
Plants when not boxed or crated prepaid or guaranteed D A
Plants also see Section C
Plows ordinary stirring and breaking A
Ponies see Live Stock
Pop see Scale of Rates
Posters see Section C
Foultry dressed E
PoultryLive 0 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 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
Quail see pigeons
R
RabbitsDead see Perishables
etc B
RabbitsLive see Animls
Radishes B
Reading Matter Plates see Section B
Revolvers see Firearms
Rifles see Fire arms
Roots see Section C
S
SausageFresh or cured B
School Desks see Furniture
Scions see Section G
Seeds see Section C
Sewing Machines racked or
boxed A
Sewing Machines not racked or
boxed O R HA
Sheep see Live Stock
Sheet Music see Section C
Show Cards unmounted see Section C
Show Cases see Glass
Shrubs4 I
Signs see Glass also Section A
SkinsDressed
SkinsUndressed
Slate see Marble
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
Tbmatoes
Trees and Shrubs for planting boxed or baled prepaid or
guaranteed
Turtles in bbls
TurtlesLive i
Turnips
Typewriting Machines securely boxed A
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Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not secure
ly boxed O RJ D A
Y
Valises old
VegetablesGreen B
Vehicles
Bicycles ordinary D A
Bicycles railroad taken apart A
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 A
Buggies not K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 t A
Childrens Carriages D A
Carriages K D and boxed or crated 1 i A
Carriages not K D and boxed orcrated 3 t A
Carriages or Buggy Poles with single trees securely attached A
Cutters with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum
300 for each company carrying 1 A
Sleighs K D and boxed or
crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 1 A
Sleighs not K D not boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 J A
Sleigh with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum
300 for each company carrying 1 J A
Sulkies K D and boxed or crated minimum 150 for each company carrying 1 J A
Sulkies not K D nor boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 t A
Tricycles K D and boxed or crated i A
Tricycles not K D and boxed orcrated D A
Vlocipdes D A
VelocipedesChildrens A
W
Watches see Jewelry
Y
Yeast Compressed B
TELEGRAPH
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 word on a day message nor more than one cent for each additional word on a night message and no additional charges shall be made for repeating a messagethat is telegraphing hack 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 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
TheDarien Telegraph Co
Upon application of the Manager of the Darien Telegraph Company to be allowed an increase in the telegraph rates and upon showing made it is
ORDERED That said company be allowed to charge fortycents for ten words exclusive of dates address and signature and three cents for each additional word for day messages until otherwise ordered
INDEX
ACT ESTABLISHING COMMISSION120124
ACT CONCERNING INTERSTATE RATES 125
ACT CONCERNING POWER TO BRING SUIT 126
ACT CONCERNING INSPECTION OF RAILROADS 1
ACT AMENDING TITLE OF COMMISSION ACT 126
ACT CONCERNING STORAGE CHARGES 128
ACT CONCERNING EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES 129
ACT CONCERNING SEPARATE CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED 135
CIRCULARS NOS 253 TO 263 INCLUSIVE 2344
CLASSIFICATION FREIGHT 6389
CODE EXTRACTS FROM 131134
CONSTITUTION EXTRACTS FROM 130
DEMURRAGE AND STORAGE RULES GOVERNING 5556
DEPOTS RULES GOVERNING LOCATION OF ETC 53
DISTANCE TABLES 92118
EARNINGS AND EXPENSES OF RAILROADS 2021
EXPLANATORY NOTES 5253
EXPRESS RULES TARIFF AND CLASSIFICATION BEGIN 138
FREIGHT RULES 4651
FREIGHT TARIFF STANDARD 6061
FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSES 58
GENERAL RULES 42
INTERSTATE LAW EXTRACT FROM 134
LIVE STOCK RULES 5354
PASSENGER RULES 4345
PASSENGER TARIFF 43
RAILROADS CLASSIFIED LIST OF59
RELATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES TO FREIGHT TARIFF 92118
REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR 317
STORAGE AND DEMURRAGE RULES 5556
TELEGRAPH RULES ETC 154

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