The twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth annual report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, 1896-1900

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GEO W HARRISON STATE PRINTER Franklin Printing and Publishing Company 1897
ALLEN FORT L N TRAMMELL Chairman THOS C CRENSHAW JR COMMISSIONERS
J D IVIASSEY Secretary
REPORT
OFFICE OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Atlanta Ga October 15th 1897
To His Excelleney W Y Atkinson Governor
In obedience to the requirements of section XIV of the Act creating the Railroad Commission of Georgia we have the honor to submit this the Twentyfifth Report of the transactions of this Commission during the past year together with recommendations for legislation which we deem advisable under the provisions of this Act
The circulars issued from time to time embody the various changes made in the rules tariffs c by the Commission during the past year which are annexed and referred to as a part of this report
WORK OF THE COMMISSION
The many matters of local and transitory interest which have daily required our attention and which were decided and disposed of without making any material change in classification or rates will not be specifically named nor noticed in detail
CHANGES IN CLASSIFICATION AND RATES
There has been no increase in any rate upon any commodity worthy of mention The Commission has however lowered rates on the following articles viz Monuments and grave stones packed and prepaid have been reduced from double first class to first class at carriers risk and from second to third class owners risk or fifty and ten per cent respectively The rate on soap stock was reduced by the removal of ten per cent in addition to the Standard Tariff allowed most of the roads previusly The carload weight of cottonseed hulls was increased from 20000 pounds to 25000 pounds and the class changed from class G to
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class P effecting a reduction in the rate of 426 per cent Salt L C
L was changed from class B to class C or a reduction of 40 per cent The carload weight of brick has been increased from 30000 pounds to 40000 pounds at the same rate per car load making a reduction of wv 33 per cent in the rate Monuments finished but unlettered have been Rv given the same rate as rough stone changing same from firstclass to class P in carloads and from firstclass to of 6th class in L C L lots reduction in rates 86f per cent and 73J per cent respectively These figures are based on the Standard Tariff On most of the roads the reduction was considerably greater they being allowed various percentages in addition to Standard rates All percentages above Standard Tariff were removed from fertilizers and the rates made class M less ten per cent and class K less ten per cent in car loads and less than carloads respectively making an average reduction of the rates on fertilizers in this State of about 18 per cent The rates on kainit and cottonseed meal were reduced the same as those on fertilizers or about 18 per cent
The rate on saws has been reduced from 1J times first class to first class packed and to second class if boxed or 33J per cent and 40 per cent j respectively Sizing for factories has been changed from fifth to sixth class in carloads or a reduction of 277 per cent In lots less than carloads this commodity has been made fifth class instead of fourth or a reduction of 18 percent in the rate
The above enumerated reductions in rates on the different commodities when taken in the aggregate make a heavy reduction in the revenues of the roads While it is the policy of the Commission to give to the people as low rates as can be made with justice to the roads and while the Board is impressed with the fact that there are other commodities which seem to be heavily burdened the Board has declined to grant reductions in a number of cases feeling that they could not justly make further general and material reductions in the revenues of the roads at this time as some lines I are now failing to pay their operating expenses and fixed charges under FV the rates at present allowed while a large majority of them barely earn luk sufficient revenue to pay cost of operation and fixed charges Under pres I ent conditions any considerable reduction of the income of the roads P would place many of them in circumstances likely to terminate in receiver t ships I
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RAILROADS AND THE RATE FIXING POWER
Railroads are the great land highways of commerce and travel they are k the arteries of transportation the life of the nation They affect to an ink calculable degree the interests of every citizen and every industry They tax the commerce of the country and in return afford accommodations for transportation and travel If this power to tax is left unrestrained and no regulation is provided by law for the control of these great highways they may arbitrarily extort from the people unjust and unreasonable charges and make unjust discriminations against persons and places greatly to their damage and detriment The very nature of things demands a commission to stand between the people and the roads to make reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs to make equitable and proper rules and regulations for the handling and delivering of freights to prevent unjust discriminations against persons and places etc This duty is an arduous task and one of great responsibility in the performance of which there are many things to be considered such as the different conditions surrounding the different roads industries and communities to be affected
From the standpoint of the people it may be said that rates are always too high and from that of the railroads that rates are always too low Between these extremes it becomes the duty of a railroad commission to find the measure of just and reasonable rates to all parties concerned taking into consideration all of the circumstances and environments and to establish and maintain the same
After having ascertained the amount of revenue necessary to pay fixed charges on investments safely and properly made and operating expenses honestly and economically expended the duty which then confronts a commission is that of making a distribution of the whole tariff upon the various classes and commodities in such relative proportions as will be just to all and when successfully performed the problem of fixing just and St reasonable rates has been solved
No exact or arbitrary rule can be laid down for fixing a just and real sonable rate on a given article In doing so the value of such article is k not per sc a controlling element further than relates to risk of damage
I whch is small and may be offset by insurance Value figures largely U when the proportion of the whole tariff that a commodity can justly bear
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is being considered but as to the actual cost of transportation it has no relation It costs but little if any more to haul a car of cotton worth say 150 per ton than to haul a car of lowgrade ore worth probably 3 per ton or less Yet to charge the ore rate for the transportation of cotton would be ridiculous and the cotton rate applied to the ore would be prohibitory Yorcan the value of service rendered to the shipper in carrying a shipment be taken alone as a basis for fixing a proper rate for its transportation The value of the service rendered in shipping a vehicle set up is no greater than if shipped knocked down and crated nor if furniture is shipped set up than when knocked down and wrapped In each case the value of transportation is the same to the shipper and yet it would be absurd to contend that rates on these articles should be the same regardless of these different conditions
It is impossible moreover to ascertain the exact cost of handling any one class of freight or a single shipmentits proportion of the cost of running the train that carries it of maintenance of roadbed track and equipment its proportion of expense of general and local offices and of the innumerable other items of expense met with throughout the entire range of railroad operation And even if the cost of transportation could be ascertained it would furnish no fixed rule for ascertaining a proper rate for in that case sand would be assessed the same rate as dry goods and perhaps more
A given commodity can unquestionably be moved at a much less cost per hundred pounds in large than in small volume but the fact that roads move a large volume of a certain traffic instead of rendering a reduced rate proper and necessary might present the strongest reason why the rate on that class should not be reduced While the rate might be considerably lowered and yet yield a profit above the cost of transportation It might be that this particular class would constitute such a large proportion of the entire business enjoyed by the roads that a reduction would bring their income down below the cost of operation In addition the preponderance of certain freights would seem to indicate that the existing rates were being borne by such commodities without injury to the industries which produced them Thus it appears that while increased volume may decrease the cost of transportation it does not necessarily demand or justify a reduced rate in all cases
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It may be contended that it is uujnst to fix very low rates on some articles and make up the deficiency by higher rates on other articles that are not more expensive to handle This is answered by the well known fact that unless certain classes of freight enjoy very low rates they cannot be brought into market at all because their selling price will not admit of it If shut out the States industrial prosperity would be damaged and the revenue which they contribute to the roads being cut off must be placed upon surviving shippers with injury to all and benefit to none
While comparisons of rates on the same or different articles in other sections of the country may be of some service in determining the proper rate on a given class in this State the shippers and railroads in the various sections have different environments different conditions different necessities and it might be as unjust to require a railroad in this state to haul a certain article at the same rate as that which is charged in Iowa as to require a Georgia farmer to produce corn or pork at the same price at which it is produced by the farmer in Iowa
It is as impossible to lay down an inflexible rule by which to make a just and reasonable rate as it would be to make the conditions and environments of all railroads the same This Commission recognizing this fact since its organization to the present time has made different rates for different roads taking into consideration their several earning capacities and the different environments of each so as to allow each of them an opportunity to earn sufficient revenue to at least pay fixed charges on legitimate capitalization and operating expenses of an economical management and when it is shown that a proposed reduction in a rate would reduce the revenues of the roads below the amount necessarily incurred by such capitalization and management the Commission has declined to grant such reduction But were the Commission disposed to make a ruling requiring a reduction of this character it is by no means clear that such ruling could be enforced under the decisions of the Courts In a case involving the legality of a rate prescribed by the Railroad Commission of California Judge Joseph McKenna late Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit and now AttorneyGeneral of the United States held That rates for railroad transportation are not alone unreasonable when they amount to practical confiscation nor necessarily reasonable when they allow any dividend however small but a railroad company is entitled to
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be reimbursed its charges and expenses and to receive besides an adequate return upon investment
As previously intimated just and reasonable rates can be approximated by taking as a basis the amount of revenue that the roads are justly entitled to receive and then establishing such relative rates on the various classes of freight as each can justly bear in relation to the whole so that the tariff in the aggregate will produce the revenue required
Therefore to determine whether or not the rate on a certain commodity is just and reasonable so far as the shippers are concerned is to ascertain whether viewed in the light of all the circumstances it bears its just proportion of the common burden assuming that the aggregate tariff is not excessive So far as the railroads are concerned it is to ascertain whether taken in connection with the entire tariff it will produce the amount of revenue which they are entitled to receive A just and reasonable rate is one that in these respects does justice to all parties concerned If it be shown that the roads are not receiving a greater amount of revenue than is right and proper the question of a just rate on a certain commodity a change of which would materially affect the revenues of the roads then becomes a question of relative proportion that is whether the existing rate on such commodity is greater than it can justly bear as compared with all others If so it must follow that rates on some other classes are too low and the same should be increased when the rate in question is reduced If such is found not to be the case it must be admitted that the rates under consideration are just and reasonable
From the reasons given it is clear that no fixed rule can be made to apply to the various commodities hauled over the different roads in making rates for their transportation The dissimilar circumstances such as gross and net receipts value of railroad property managementwhether extravagant or economicalcompetition future prospects the necessities of business and the interests of the railways and the public are additional elements not specifically referred to which enter into the making of rates and all of which ought to be considered but at last the conclusion reached may be at fault For in the very nature of things there can be no mathematical certainty here The best that can be hoped for is the exercise of a wise discretion in deciding each case presented according to its environments and conditions
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CAPITALIZATION
This subject is inseparable from that just discussed There is no adequate restraint placed upon railroad corporations in the issuance of stocks and bonds in this State If an overissue is made which is frequently done for speculative purposes this Commission is confronted by a dilemma with two horns It must either authorize rates sufficiently high to meet the obligations thus created or enforce just and reasonable rates made upon the basis of a legitimate capitalization which would force the road into the hands of a receiver with all attendant evils In either case this Commission is held responsible unjustly Circumstances which are not of its making and which are not under its control compel one or the other of the conditions named The interests of the people and of the investors alike demand that issues of railroad securities should be regulated by law We have called attention to this subject in former reports of this Commission and repeat the following extract from that for the year 1892
f In our opinion these quasipublic corporations should only be allowed to issue stocks and bonds with such legal publicity and under such legal restraints as to protect the minority shareholders against overissues and the public against vicious speculation The law should require that the principal offices of railroads incorporated by Georgia shall be located in the State that the president and a majority of the board of directors shall be Georgia citizens and residents that a competent board shall make an honest valuation of the railroads in the State to be sworn to and filed with the Secretary of State and to stand as the official standard for the issuance of stocks and bonds by railroads in this State in the future that no stocks nor bonds shall be issued by any railroad incorporated in this State without the certificate of the Secretary of State on them under his seal of office giving the valuation of said road the amount of said issue and the amount of all former issues as appears on the records of his office and that any issues of stocks or bonds in violation of the provisions of this law shall be null and void with proper penalties against the president and board of directors for the violation of the law
It is confidently believed that such a law would go far toward remedying this evil and toward the protection of the minority shareholders as well as the public generally
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LITIGATION
Since our last annual Report suits bave been instituted against the Central of Georgia Railway Company in two depot cases towit at Americus and Forsyth In both of these cases the Commission had determined that new passenger depots were necessary and ordered the construction of the same Said railway company refused to obey these orders and instead undertook to make such repairs as it thought fit at those stations which were not accepted by the Commission as a compliance with its order The AttorneyGeneral was therefore directed to institute suits in each case for the penalty provided by law The railway company has filed a demurrer attacking the validity of the Act authorizing this Commission to require the construction of depots on the following grounds
1st That the provisions contained in the Act do not correspond with the title thereof as required by Article 3 Section 7 paragraph 8 of the Constitution of the State
2d That the provisions of the Act creating the Commission were embodied in the Code of 1882 and that an amendment of said Act could not have been legally done except by the amendment of the Code as prescribed in Article 3 Section 7 paragraph 17 of the Constitution of Georgia
3rd That the order of the Commission is null and void being in contravention of Article 1 Section 1 paragraph 3 of the Constitution of Georgia and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in that it seeks to deprive the defendant of its liberty and property without due process of law
This emphasizes the necessity for legislation to remove all doubt as to the validity of the law on this point as elsewhere recommended
In the case of this Commission vs The Wrightsville Tennille Railroad Company alluded to in our last Report for refusal of that company to observe Rule No 32 the railroad has filed a demurrer on various grounds briefly as follows
1st That the Commission had no right in law to make any rule or order requiring the road to issue through bills of lading for shipments to points beyond the terminus ot its own line and passing over another line
2d That in the case complained of the shipments passed out of Georgia and into the State of South Carolina before reaching Savannah their final destination
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3rd That the enforcement of the penalty prescribed by the presiding judge is unconstitutional because it deprives the defendant of its constitutional right of trial by jury
Judge John C Hart sustained the demurrer of the defendant company and the case has been appealed to the Supreme Court where it is now pending
NECESSITY FOR ADDITIONAL POWERS
Our experience has demonstrated the necessity for the enlargement of the powers of this Board in several particulars We have in former Reports recommended legislation on several of the subjects mentioned and we earnestly urge that additional powers be conferred upon the Commission for the regulation of railroads in the matters mentioned below
INTERCHANGE OF FREIGHT AND CARS
In the opinion of a majority of this Commission it has no authority as the law now stands to regulate this important feature of transportation If it suits the interests of a railroad to disregard the routing instructions of a shipper and to deliver his freight to a different line from that preferred by the shipper or to refuse to deliver it to the connecting line at a designated point and to carry it to another point there is no power vested in this Commission to prevent the road from doing so True if the shipper is damaged by such diversion he has grounds of action in the Courts for recovery of the damage sustained but he is almost sure to be deterred from resort to a damage suit by the expense delays annoyance loss of time and the uncertain result of the suit under the efforts of lawyers and technicalities of the Courts especially if his shipment has been a small one These conditions practically amount to immunity of the roads in this practice of denying the shipper his rights
But whether damaged or not it is the right of th shipper to say what road shall carry his freight and the mere fact that he prefers a certain line is sufficient reason for the freight being delivered to that line and the law should require delivery to be made as directed by the shipper
Frequently railroads refuse to receive shipments from connecting lines at certain junction points demanding that such shipments be delivered tu them at another point which would give them a longer haul utterly ig
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noring the rights of both shipper and connection These practices are Vexatious and a serious impediment to commerce and are productive of no good to any one By them the more powerful lines can force business out of the hands of their weaker connections by which competition is destroyed and the public made to suffer loss and inconvenience
The Act of February 28 1874 requires railroads to switch off and deliver cars to connecting lines at termini and intermediate points and to transport goods by the route over which the same are consigned Rule No 32 of this Commission which has reference to this subject is based upon the Act referred to But said Act was passed prior to the creation of this Commission and power to enforce the same has never been vested in the Commission in the opinion of a majority of its members This is a board created by the General Assembly for the specific purposes named in the Act of 1879 and Acts amendatory thereof and its authority and jurisdiction are defined and limited by said Acts The subject of the interchange of freight between railroads as set out in the Act of 1874 was not included in the provisions of said Acts and is therefore a subject beyond the control and jurisdiction of this Commission
As we have stated in previous Reports there is pressing need for authority to regulate this matter that the public maybe relieved from the onerous wrongs and vexations to which they are now subject and that the commerce of the State may not be impeded and to this end appropriate legislation is earnestly recommended
ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS
Doubt has been expressed as to the validity of the amendatory Act authorizing this Commission to regulate the location and to require the erection of depots on the ground that the title of said Act does not fully embrace the subject matter contained in the Act itself The law should be so amended as to remove all doubt on that point Additional power should be granted to require the construction of sidetracks Almost as many complaints reach this office of insufficiency of sidetracks as of inadequate depot accommodations They are matters so closely connected that one of necessity calls for the other If it is desirable and proper that railroads should be required to erect depots it is equally desirable and proper that they should be required to provide ample sidetrack and other needed facilities at those depots
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ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDERS OF THE COMMISSION
We again call attention to the fact that a more speedy method ot enforcing the orders of this Commission is necessary for the accomplishment of the good that was intended by its creation In cases of disohedience to the rulings of the Board the only remedy is to sue for the penalties prescribed These suits must take the usual course through the Courts and frequently it is years before a final decision can be secured Meantime the roadscontinue thepractice complained of and the people are forced to continue to bear the injustice
This Commission should be invested with authority to immediately sue out writs of mandamus and injunction to compel the observance of its decrees If the roads at any time should think that justice had not been done them they have resort to the Courts It would be no more unjust to peremptorily require a road to perform an act or to discontinue a practice adjudged by this Commission to be unjust to the public pending an adjudication of the matter by the Courts than to require the public to endure the oppression put upon them by the railroads until a suit for penalty can drag its slow length through the Courts
DELAY IN TRIAL OF SUITS IN THE UNITED STATES
COURTS
In October 1891 and in January 1892 this Commission filed in the office of the Interstate Commerce Commission complaints against several of the leading roads in Georgia and their connections for violations of the fourth section of the Act to Regulate Commerce known as the i Long and Short Haul Clause of said Act The complaints were that the roads charged a greater rate for a shorter distance than for the longer the shorterdistance being included in the longer For instance on a shipment of freight of firstclass from Cincinnati to Acworth on the Western A Atlantic Railroad the rate was 124 per hundred pounds while a similar shipment would be carried over the same route in the same car to Atlanta 35 miles further for 107 per hundred pounds
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard these cases and on Novem11 1892 decided them in favor of this Commission and directed the defendants to cease and desist from charging a greater rate for a shorter distance than for the longer Upon the refusal of the roads to obey these
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orders suits were filed by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the United States Circuit Courts in Atlanta and Savannah to compel obedience
We regret to have to state that these cases are still pending and untried in said Courts The roads have persisted and now persist in violating the Interstate Commerce law and the orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the cases named The Interstate Commerce Commission has held that the roads violated the law in these cases and more recently in the Griffin case their decision was the same In the Social Circle case the Supreme Court of the United States decided the principle underlying all of these complaints And yet for five years the people of Georgia have been compelled to suffer this gross injustice and are paying rates held by the highest Court in the land to be unjust and unreasonable from year to year with little prospect of relief
This Commissionhas done all within its power to secure the rights of the people in this State and we feel called upon to make this statement of the facts that the public may understand the position of this Commission and that the responsibility may rest wherever it properly belongs
conclusion
In conclusion it may be stated that this Commission has done and is doing all for the protection of the public interests that it is empowered to do In this Report we have briefly outlined legislation that must be enacted if the people are to receive the full measure ol protection and
benefit to which they are entitled These recommendations briefly stated are
Control of issuance of stocks and bonds of railroads by competent
board tf rates are to be further reduced and receiverships at the same time avoided
Removal of all doubt of authority of the Commission to require the erection of depots and additional power to require the construction of sidetracks
Power to regulate the interchange of freights and cars in order to secure to shippers the right to route their goods and to prevent discriminations
Speedier method of enforcing the orders of the Commission to compel railroads to immediately accord to the public the rights which are due them
As we have stated we have exercised and are now exercising all the
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authority that has been granted us Our experience and the complaints continually received from the people clearly indicate that the additional authority recommended is necessary to their protection If they expect relief in these particulars they must look not first to this Commission but to their Senators and Representatives whom they elect to the General Assembly and who alone have the power to authorize the Commission to correct the ills complained of
Respectfully submitted
L N Trammell Chairman i
Allen Fort Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULARS
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October aQth 1896
L N Trammell Chairman A
Allen Fort V Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 264
Changes in Commissioners Classification
Monuments and Gravestones packed and prepaid L 3
Soapstock including Cotton Seed Oil Foots without percentage R
Ponies Shetland same as Live Stock estimated weight any age 1000 lbs
Freight Tariff of the Wrightsville and Tenniile Railroad Company
The Wrightsville and Tenniile Railroad Company is hereby transferred from Class Six to Class Four of the Freight Tariff Classes of Commissioners Classification of Railroads and said Company shall charge for transportation of Freight no more than as follows
N O the Standard Tariff
Class No 4
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L 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 10 per cent added
This Circular shall be effective on and after November 10th 1896 and supersedes conflictiqg circulars etc
By order of the Board L N TRAMMELL
J D MASSEY ri 3
jhairman
Secretary
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga November 19th 1896
L N Trammell Chairman J
Allen Fort V Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr j
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 265
Changes in Commissioners Classification
The following changes in Commissioners Classification have been made
C R 0 R
Cotton Seed Hulls C L 25000 lbs p
Cotton Seed Hulls L C L without percentage G
Salt in Sacks L C L q
Eggs Packed 1 2
Brick Common and Eire L C L Gr
Eliminate Slush Soap Stock or similar material for manufacturing Soap in barrels 6 C R
Barrels empty except Ale and Beer C L and L C L May be estimated to weigh 100 pounds each
This Circular effective on and after December 1st 1896 and repeals conflicting circulars etc
By order of the Board L N TRAMMELL
J D MASSEY Chairman
Secretary
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga December 9th 1896
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 266
Freight Tariff of the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Railway
Company
The Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Railway 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 the Standard Tariff with 25 per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Stone Granite and Marble Blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C J Class P with 25 per cent added
On same L C L f of6
All subject to Rule No 30
Amendment to Rule No
Said Rule has been amended so as to read as follows
Rule 6
REGULATIONS CONCERNING FREIGHT RATES
The 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 rates 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
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competition may reduce the rates between said two points below the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of the said roads or when a rate on cotton is made to a seaport out of the State which is less than the rate from the same point to the Georgia ports the railroads shall be authorized to meet said competitive rate in like manner as aforesaid Provided that before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Go remission
Changes in Commissioners Classification
C E O R
Thread Spool Cotton and Silk 3
Thread Cotton Factory Products in balls bales or skeins same as Domestics tStone Granite and Marble Blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L P The same L C L I of 6
This Circular to be effective on December 15th 1896 and repeals conflicting Circulars etc
By order of the Board L N TRAMMELL
J D MASSEY Chairman
Secretary
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga December 19th 1896
L N Trammell Chairman
Allen Fort t Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 267
ClassificationChanges and Additions
FERTILIZERS
All percentages heretofore allowed on Fertilizers are hereby withdrawn and the following classification has been adopted applicable to all railroadsin this State superseding all conflicting rates effective January 1st 1897 Fertilizers minimum carload 30000 pounds Class M less ten per cent C R r
Fertilizers L C L Class K less ten per cent C R
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer L C Lr Class R plus twenty per cent C R
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer minimum C L 10000 pounds CR P
Whetstones boxed C R 3
CAR MILEAGE
The rates for car mileage on the several roads of this State are hereby fixed as follows
On freight cars not exceeding threefourths of one cent per mile On passenger cars not exceeding three cents per mile
This Circular shall be effective on and after January 1st 1897 and supersede conflicting circulars etc
By order of the Board L N TRAMMELL
J D MASSEY rh
Chairman
Secretary
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga January 26th 1897
Jj N Trammell Chairman J
Allen Fort r Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr j
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 268
Rule number fifteen of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight f of this Commission is hereby amended by inserting in the sixth line of said Rule after the words tankstuff and before the word etc the following words kainit and cottonseed meal so that kainit and cottonseed meal will be included in the term fertilizers
Shipments of fertilizers will be exempted from the operation of Rule No 30 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
Effective at once
By order of the Board L N TRAMMELL
J D MASSEY Chairman
Secretary
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga March 17th 1897
L N Trammell Chairman 4
Allen Fort Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 269
Freight Tariff of the Seaboard Air Line
The Seaboard Air Line operating the Georgia Carolina and Northern Railway is hereby transferred from Class No 2 to Class No 4 of theCommissioners Classification of Railroads and 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 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
Estimated Weights of Canned Goods
The following scale of estimated weights of canned goods is hereby adopted
Fish Fruit Vegetables and Oysters N O S boxed
2 pounds 2 doz cans per case 60 pounds
4 U u 70 U
u flat 2 if a 36 U
1 2 a u 22 u
1 a 4 a u 42 u
2 2 u 42 u
3 2 u u 65
6 1 u u 65 C
1 gallon can J u u 45 u
1 if if i u a 90 u
Tall 1 pound cans2 u 24 M
U 2 2 a u 50 u
u 1 1 4 a a 46 a
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Additions to Commissioners Classifications
C R O R
Tea Washing
Paints dry in cases
Gypsine in cases 0
This Circular to be effective on and after March 27th 1897
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga August 11th 1897
L N Trammell Chairman l
Allen Fort r Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 270
Freight and Passenger Tariffs of the Sparks Moultrie and Gulf Railroad and of the Georgia Pine Railway Company of Georgia
On and after August 25th 1897 the Sparks Moultrie and Gulf Railroad and the Georgia Pine Railway Company of Georgia will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight no more than as follows
PassengerClass A three cents per mile
FreightClass No 6On 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 40 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 Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Amendments to Commissioners Classification
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby made
C R o R
Handles Beams and other woods for manufacturing purposes rough or dressed but unfinished C Ii 24000 lbs Rules 12 and 13 to apply without per
centage xr
Saws circular packed i
Saws circular boxed
Paints in cans packed
Extinguishers Eire on Wheels same as Engines Eire
Wiregrass L C L R
0 L 20000 pounds p
Sizing for factories L C L g
Sizing for factories 0 L g
Driving Wheels on axles of 6
Baskets fruit berry and vegetable nested and packed solid either in cases or
securely fastened L C L o
Boxes cracker empty returned g
This Circular to be effective on and after August 25th 1897 Everything in conflict repealed
By order of the Board L N TRAMMELL
J D MASSEY
8ecretury
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga October 12th 1897
L N Trammell Chairman I
Allen Fort Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr j
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 271
Passenger Tariff of tlie Georgia Pine Railway Company of Georgia
The Georgia Pine Railway Company of Georgia is hereby transferred from Class No 1 to Class No 2 of Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff and will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than four cents per mile
Freight Tariff of the Hartwell Railroad Company
The Hartwell Railroad Company is hereby transferred from Class No 2 to Class No 4 of Commissioners Classification of Railroads and will be allowed to 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
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
Explanatory Note No 9
The following is hereby adopted as Note No 9 of the Explanatory Notes of this Commission
In cases where the roads at interest have no agreement for the division of a joint rate on a shipment subject to Rule No 30 no road shall receive as its proportion of such rate a greater amount than its local rate less ten per cent In other words no railroad participating in a joint rate in this State shall take advantage of reductions made by other lines interested by assessing its full local rate but must deduct ten per cent from its local as in other cases
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ClassificationAmendments
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
C R O R
Tile paving cement C L P
Tile paving cement L C L packed R
Bagging in rolls or bales N O 8 B
Omit Bagging N O S in bales 1 2
Chert C L Class P less 20 per cent
Wire binding 3 5
Cotton Seed common any quantity G
Saw Mills L C L unboxed in parts 2 3
Saw Mills L C L boxed in parts 4
Saw mills C L same as Machinery N O S
This circular to be effective on and after October 25th 1897 repealing everything in conflict
By order of the board L N TRAMMELL
J D MASSEY Chairman
Secretary
COMMISSIONERS
RULES TARIFF
AND
GLASSIFICATION
EMBRACING ALL CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS
TO DATE
OCTOBER 15 1897
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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 plaintCm and distinctly set forth the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and objections all set forth in writing
In like manner all defenses must be distinctly set forth in writing and the items num bered 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 proper1 remedy or policy The parties may also be heard in person or by attorney or by writ j ten 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 Bailroads office of the Commissioners on or before the 20th day of each month a report duly sworn funiish t0 it 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 j reports circulars issued bv the Commission during the preceding month accompanied byaj statement showing whether said orders rules regulations and cirulars have been duly posted as required by the rules of the Commission and have been put in force on said road said report to be made on a printed form C as follows
form c
To
Secretary Railroad Commission of Georgia
Dear Sir
Your circular order Nohas been received and a copy has been fur
nished each local agent of this Company with instructions that he post the same in a conspicuous place and that the same be complied with Yours truly
L r 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 stat ions in a conspicuous place a copy of the schedules of freight and passenger rates prescribed for said road by the Commission Bail roads together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances be1 required 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 l 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 direction
RULE 5
Boads re It shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Geor furnish0 t 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
Boads re Railroad Companies are required to submit to the Commission for inspection and quired to correction all contracts and agreements between railroads doing business in this State contract as raes height and passenger tariffs Also all arrangements and agreements as etc ra to the divisions of earnings of railroads doing business in this State for inspection and 1 consideration
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UTILES
GOVERNING the transportation of passengers
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Cents Pee Mile
Foe Passengees
Class A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over 3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age 1 2 2i
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al PASSENGER RULES
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Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty 150 pounds allowed
RULE 2
r No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket Office rein office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure be openor from a station of the train upon which the passenger intends to be transported tfmenable
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At junction points where the incoming train arrives so near the leaving time of Schedule 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 poimsQ
RULE 4
Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger Railroads fares if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so but if not no collect t more than the next lowest amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged mitsge
RULE 5
No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum Ten cents a full or half rate between regular stations when tiie fare would be less than that amount hargeUm
RULE 6
No more than standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged passengers from flag nfamiTvte stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale from flag
RULE 7 stations
When in consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed rate train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standard chfer
Passenger Tariff shall be charged rival or de
parture of train uncertain
30
Four cents ito be charged when passenger hows want of proper diligence
No change can be made in ordinary or commutation rates without cocbent of Oommis sion
All tickets must be on sale at depot office
No Drawback tickets al lowed
Equal accommodations required to be furnished
Waiting ro ms required to be opened and made comfortable
RULE 8
Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices ready and open for thesleof tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply them1 selves 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 j 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 I change in rates shall be of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and j 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 j 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 I Office of the same railroad at the same prices
RULE 11
All assent heretofore given railroad companies to use drawback tickets isj hereby withdrawn
Rule No 12 omitted
RULE 13
Each railroad company doing business in this State shall furnish like and equal I 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 J at least fifteen minutes before schedule time for the arrival of all passenger trains but I 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 j actual arrival of the trains These rooms shall be provided with lights and when the j 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 delayed to bulletin and to keep posted at every telegraph station along its line in the direction trains in which said train is going the time such train is behind its schedule time and the time of its arrival as nearly as can be approximated
RULE 16
Whenever there is by reason of accident or otherwise a break or obstruction on any Noticeof railroad in this State which wTill delay any passenger train on said road it shall be the andconseduty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said passenger train and the place so obstructed and the conductor shall give notice of said to passenobstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station and of the delay nd at 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 Seat passengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary or desirable to the passengers
For 20 miles and under
For 30 miles and over 20
40 30
60 40
70 60
80 70
90 80
1 100 90
110 100
120 110
130 a 120
140 130
150 140
160 150
1 170 160
180 170
190 180
200 190
i 210 200
220 210
f 230 220
1 240 f f 230
1 260 240
r 290 260
320 290
1 350 320
1 400 350
450 400
Note 1 No more than ten
1 charge
Note 2The above Tariff
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF
For all Baggage Over 150 Pounds
under10 cents per 100 pounds
15
20
25 r
30 1
35 I
40
45
50 i
55
55
60
65
70
75 f
1 80
85
90
95
100
I105 I
110 I 1
115
120 I
125 I
130
135
1 140
Transportation of Freight
of the Rules Governing the

RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
Continuous mileage to apply on all roads under same manage1 ment
Limit for a change of freight rate
Division of rate according to distance
Reduction of rates under 20 miles and over 250 miles
RULE 1
All connecting railroads which are under the management or control by lease ownj ership 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 oneof 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 not prevent the applij cation 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 I 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 hard1 ship 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 follow1 ing rule will apply When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so ending shall govern the rate As amended August 15 1888
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 28j 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 j 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 j 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
No unjust discrimination in rates
The 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
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But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads Igehie not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or lines in adopt the order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates between said korfc line two points below the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of the said road or when a rate on cotton is made to a seaport out of the State which is less than the rate from the same point to the Georgia ports the railroads shai be authorized to meet the said competitive rate in like manner as aforesaid PraSded that before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be i 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 trahTs1
RULE 8
Railroads
No railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other not allowed company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for freight on transportation by the train for which it is offered
RULE 9
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on single shipment however small subject however to Rule No 30
passenger
trains
25 cents a minimum charge
RULE 10 pi I
r Blockades
j No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any
class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad j companies as to the transportation of freight according to percentages or otherwise
RULE ill
There shall be no secret reduction of rates nor shall any bonus be given or any ductfon of rebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public bidden
RULE 12
The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lu m lowed to t berShingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Straw Shucks HayFodder Com tamratr A in ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are maximum rates but tdiscreI j the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted from the operation of Rule 6 Provided That all such rates made by any railroad under I this rule shall be first submitted to the Commission and approved by them before beI coming effective Any complaints as to such rates will on presentation be duly con desired
t RULE 13
When railroad companies are required to load or unload car load shipments of Shippers to
Otasses L M N 0 and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost inioadd
of euch service shall be paid by shippers
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Charges for extra handling
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 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 il 4000 pounds 5 00
For 4000 il 5000 pounds 7 00
For 5000 U 6000 pounds 8 00
For 6000 U 7000 pounds 10 00
For 7000 and over in proportion
RULE 15
FertilizersThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended to be used as Fertilizers Ammonia Sulphate Bone Black Bones ground or dissolved Castor Pomace or Fish Scrap Guanos Alto Vella Fish Navarro Navarro Lump Peru vian 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 Kainit and Cotton Seed Meal 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 pel car load for the same class of goods
RULE 18
Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition well pre j pared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligible plain marking and accompanied with orders for immediate shipping
RULE 19
Car Load Rates apply to a shipment of car load or more made by one shipper at one time to one and the same point of delivery to the same consignee although the same may in fact be carried by the transportation company to the point of delivery in lots less than the amount recognized as a car load
NOTEForm BAll applications for special rates must be submitted to the Commission on Form B
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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 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
Per 1000 Feet
White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned 3000 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash sear
soned4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash green4500
Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
seasoned and undressed 3500
Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
dressed and seasoned3000
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned4000
Oak Hickorv Elm 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 Rails and Telegraph
Poles per cord 3500
Clay per cubic yard 3000
Sand per cubic yard3000
Gravel per cubic yard3200
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 ofweighed car No of the
Railroad loaded with that 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 for Railroad
At
RULE 21
In cases in which the classification of any article is lowered by a percentage railroad Manner of companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall applv 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 Standrrd Tariff shall not apply said increase to the already increased classification but only to the Standard Tariff
RULE 22
HiTWhen any article is too 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 car
Bulky shipments subject to special contract
What constitutes a car load and also a ton shipments of lapped lumberetc
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load weights for the cars used but not greater than the aggregate marked capacity off 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 mininum weights of the cars used the minimum 24000 pounds may be charged for each car 1 required to transport the shipment
A car load of any article enumerated in Class P except wood and lumber and articles included m lumber is 25000 poundsshippers to load and unload Provided That 1 when a car is loaded over its marked capacity by the shipper at a flag station the rail road companies are left free to charge for the excess at a rate that will effectually stops I practice fraught with so much danger to life and property s j
RULE 24 i i
For rules governing demurrage and storagesee Demurrage

Charge for switchm or trans ferring cars when passin g over two or more roads
Empties to he returned free
RULE 25
A charge of no more than two dollars per car will be allowed for switching or transferring a car from any point on any road to any connecting road or warehouse within a space of three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents
When in the transfer of a car between said points it is necesssary to pass over the line of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall r equitably divided between the roads at interest
When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no additional charge shall be made for the return of the empty cars
RULE 26
Terminal facilita s not to be
The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms
e buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any puM
other com pose without the consent of the owners
pames
RULE 27
Te for All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this State shall and closing receive all freight offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for from the I fl freight hrst 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 rj people the hours shall be from 7 oclock a m to 6 oclock p m with the exception of t an intermission of one hour from 12 m to 1 oclock p m on each day of the week 1 Sundays excepted Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 oclock a m or later than 6 oclock ri p m if they so desire
RULE 28
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Short roads Railroad companies whose lines of road do not exceed ten 10 miles in length may d TnTentne charge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles 1
limit m t
RULE 29
Joint rates 11 joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or conmade by trol excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be
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made only by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or rates and sub j mitted to the Commission by the initial road with a carefully prepared tariff of rates1 and distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of tbe Commission f
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RULE 30
On all shipments of freights hot governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads nol shauVe8 under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not bt focaisfi ss greater than the sum of the local rates on such freights less ten 10 per cent for the 10 per cent 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 oygf Which such freights pass so as to give to each road interested in the shipment its lobal 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 jjannerof under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested dividing in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads inter etweeeS ested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work the 3m delay in the transportation of such freight or be a subject of appeal to the Commission pames by the roads at interest
RULE 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 livermg 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 It 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 the same gauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting roads
L they shall at the terminus or intermediate point without obstruction or delav receive from the connecting road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned ann 0n ad t0 whlch the same is offered or on any connecting road with
lr0ad t0 hlch lfc 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 m connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its
dismrn6 SUght t0 beUn m connection with any other route shall such railroad J5 nat g such connecting line in favor of the balance of its own line but
tom rarfha haVe the Same rat6S fOT all and sha11 afford the usual and like cusy facilities for tfle interchange of freight to patrons of each andall lines alike
Railroad
companies
required to
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cars to
connecting
roads
Also shall receive cars from connecting roads
Not allowed to discriminate in rates in favor of any partioular line
RULE 33
The railroads in this State within thirty days from September 15th 1893 shall cause Weighing to be weighed by a sworn weigher alhlumber and coal cars belonging to them and carsIffthe weights marked upon said cars and the numbers date and weights reported to this office
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Shall receive and receipt foi shipment and issue duplicate freight receipts
Notice of change in rates
RULE 34
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 shajj be stated the class or classes of freight shipped and the rate charged over the roai giving the receipt and as far as practicable shall state the rate charged over other roads over which said shipment will pass
When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that delft ers said shipment such agent shall deliver the articles shipped upon the payment ol the lawful rate upon the same
RULE 35
Any advance in rates by railroad companies doing business within the State of Gew gia shall not be effective until ten days notice shall have been given to the public ant no reduction in rates by said companies shall be effective until three days notice shat 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 1
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
1 In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff under the class opposite to Howto the distance il it ends in 0 and if not then opposite the next greater distance Standard
found the rate required Example To find the rate for 247 miles on a box of clothing Tariff weighing 100 pounds Opposite the word clothing in the Classification is seen i s Class 1 in the Freight Tariff under Class 1 opposite the next greater distance 2o0 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
1 represents First Class
2 represents SecondClass
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
5 represents Fifth Class
6 reprsents Sixth Class
1J represents 1 times First Class
D1 represents Double First Class
3T1 represents Three Times First Class
4 T1 represents Four Times First Class jWg1 A B C D E F and II c representof termsClasses A B C D E F and H See respectively r j
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 percentage 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 cens per 100 lbs 25 per cent added 7J cents equal 38 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate allowed for 50 miles
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
5 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowered by a per Rule for
cent the following rules must be observed fractions
FirstIf the rate thus raised or lowered is in either of Classes C D F r J K r when apany other Class in which fractions appear the fraction of a half cent must be plied t retained as the following examples will indicate
Ex 1Standard Rate 65
25 per cent added 16

standard
Tariff
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate
of 8 cents
Ex 2Standard Rate 95
20 per cent added 19
Total
114
Ex 3Standard Rate 8
20 per cent added 16
Total
96
Bt 4Standard Rate 55
25 per cent added 13
Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 115 cents
Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 95 cents
Total 68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the de
fill VO f IQ 7 POTltfl
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3econdIf 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
Narrow gauge railroads in fixing rates on all freights where a rate per car load is I given will count 15000 pounds for a car load and estimate their charge mo rata with rate allowed on standard gauge I
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 i allowed to be charged provided however that a charge of three dollars per standard v 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 I this Commission
8 Wherever in the Commissioners Classification articles are designated as without percentage said articles shall take no higher rate than is prescribed bv the Standard
y m cases wliere the roads at interest have no agreement for the division of a joint rate on a shipment subject to Rule No 30 no road shall receive as its proportion of such rate a greater amount than its local rate less ten per cent In other words no railroad participating in a joint rate in this State shall take advantage of reductions made by
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RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC j
or agencies First From and after Monday the sixteenth day of December 1889 no change of consent of6 feight 0r PassenSerdepots or flag stations from their present location nor the suspeuthe Com sion of the sale of tickets or the receiving or forwarding of freights from stations now in mission use for such purposes will be permitted without the consent of this Commission pub
paniedm Second Application for the location of depots and the construction of depot i Sforma buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed tion for a fall and properunderstanding of all interests to be affected thereby
promes of Third A correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said grades depot with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for I ber ofpas no ess au on me ach side of said proposed location also facts must be given as amountof fco other rads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguousdepot grounds Also i business evidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accom li quiredf niodated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the Commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require the location of such depots and the establishing of such freight and passenger buildings i as the condition of the roads the safety of freights and the public comfort and conven I ience may require
Thus Ex 1Standard Rate
20 per cent added Total
204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20 cents
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rate is 22 cents
Third Tn making reductions observe the same manner of placing figures before do
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Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
The weights given below are estimated and not actual and are used simply to get the rating on Live Stock To illustrate One Horse Mule or Horned Animal is estimated at the same rate as 2000 lbs of any kind of firstclass freight at carriers risk and secondclass at owners risk Therefore the freight charges for 50 miles on oneHorse Mule or Horned Animal is the same as on 2000 lbs of firstclass freight and would be according to the Standard Tariff carriers risk 30 cents per 100 lbs or 6 and at owners risk 27 cents per 100 lbs or 540
Each
Each
Mannerof ascertaining rating of Live took
One Horse Mule or Horned Animal 2000 lbs
Two Horses Mules r 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 except Stallions 1000 lbs
Shetland Ponies any age 1000 lbs
Cow and calf together for both2500 lbs Estimated Cattle under one year old ex weight of
cept Bulls 1000 lbs Restock
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 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
Horses and Mules not over 120 00 each Maximum
Horned Cattle not over 50 00 each valuations
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 Special vai
Value from 400 00 to 600 00 add to regular rate 50 per cent nations
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 shiprates 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 beat 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 atle3S 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 boxed crated or in portable pens taken at actual weight carriers risk 1st class owners risk 2d class
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Shippers feed and water stock
Cars to be accompanied with attendants free
Railroad companies to give prompt notice of arrival of goods
Definition of legal notice
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 j 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
1 Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
Estimated Weights of Canned Goods
Fish Fruit Vegetables and Oysters N O S boxed
2 doz cans per case 60 pounds
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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 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 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 howoever 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 Chare on thereof from the custody of the railroad company within fortyeight 48 hours not includ freight ing Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m of the day following the day of legal notice of arrival may be subject thereafter to a charge of storage for each day limit 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 hubdred 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 Demurrag0 the railroad and consignee that are to be unloaded by consignee such as bulk meat bulk onloaded grain hay cottonseed lumber lime coal coke sand brick stone and wood and all cars assessable 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 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 consignee 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
RULE 5
When consignors ship goods consigned to themselves or order it shall be the duty of the Shipments i t to consign
railroad companies to give legal notice to such consignees or persons to whom shipping ors or or
directions order delivery This notice may be addressed by mail to the consignee at pointder
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 fhan3 his residence or place of business so located shall not be subject to storage or demurrage five miles charges allowed in the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after notice for saidptde 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 ex Authority pense of owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach property
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RULE 8
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded cars be paM t0 at an accessible Place for unloading within fortyeight 48 hours not including Sundays or when road legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m the day after the arrival of the same the
liverwith sblPPer or consignee shall he paid one dollar per day for each day said delivery is so in limit oi delayed
time RULE 9
Not assess beneve tbe weather during the period of free time is so severe inclement or rainy that able during 1 impracticable to secure means of removal or where from the nature of the goods reweatherDt 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 crimina cbarges If a railroad company collects storage or demurrage of one person under the decharges uaurrage rules it must collect of all who are liable No rebate drawback or other similar allowed be device will be allowed
sonseorPer If demurraSe is collected by a railroad company at one point on its line it must collect at places 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 exccssive loading where loading is done by shipper shall be subject to a demurrage ivelcfadingi cbarge of one dollar Per car for eacb 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 railcars must road agent must immediately issue bills of lading therefor and if said car or cars are be prompt detained or held and not carried forward within twentyfour 24 hours thereafter said railwarded road 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 are thus detained or held
RULE 12
No other charges shall be made for storage or demurrage except as provided in the fore going rules
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 Standard Tariff without percentage
CLASS NO 2
To Classes 1 2 8 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 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
0n Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten percent added
CLASS NO 4
On Classes 1 2 8 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
0n 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 the Standard Tariff with twenty 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
CLASSNO 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
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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 Railroad Western and Atlantic
Class No 2 No of Eoads 1
Atlanta and West Point
Class No 3
Douglas and McDonald
Florida Central and Peninsular
Class No
Central Sytem all lines except Savannah and Atlantic
Chattanooga Rome and Southern
East and West
Georgia and Alabama
Georgia Southern and Florida
Class No 5
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Gainesville Jefferson and Southern
Class No 6
Albany and Northern
Blue Ridge Rnd Atlantic
Charleston and Western Carolina Chattanooga Southern
Chattanooga and Durham
City and Suburban
Collins and Reidsville
Cuyler and Woodburn
Darien and Western
Foy Railroad
Georgia Northern
Georgia Pine Railway
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Indian Springs and Flovilla
Louisville and Wadley
Class No 7
Dover and Statesboro
On Stone Granite and Marble blocks inclu tered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic 1 L C L oi 6 All subject to Rule No 30
No of Roads 3
Plant System all lines
No of Roads 11
Hartwell
Lawrenceville
Northeastern of Georgia
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway System all lines Wrightsville and Tennille
No of Roads 4
Smithonia and Dunlap
Talbotton
No of Roads 30
Macon and Birmingham
Macon Dublin and Savannah
Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff Millen and Southern
Oconee and Western
Sandersville
South Brunswick
South Carolina and Georgia
South Georgia
Sparks Moultrie and Gulf
Stillmore AirLine
Tifton and Northeastern
Valdosta Southern
Wadley and Mt Vernon
Way cross AirLine
No of Roads 2
Sylvania
Ling Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlefr ot C L Class P with 25 percent added On sa e
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STANDARD FREICHT TARIFFCLASSES
PEE 100 POUNDS Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per 100 Lbs
Dis
tance 1 2 3 4 5 6 gA B CJ D 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 M 3s 7 9 2i 8
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 5i 5 9 ili 3J 10
15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 5i 11 12s 3 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 n 6i 13 15 5i 16
30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 n 6i 14 15 6 17
35 26 23 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 7 15 16 19
40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 16 16i 6i 20
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 13 8i 8 17 17i 6 21
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 Si 8 18 17i 7 22
55 32 29 26 23 19 14 14 14 9 8i 19 18 7 23
60 33 30 27 24 19 14 14 14 9 8i 19 18 7i 24
65 35 32 28 25 20 15 15 15 9i 9 20 19 71 25
70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15 15 9i 9 20 19 7i 26
75 38 35 30 27 21 16 16 16 10 9i 21 20 7i 27
80 39 36 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 9i 21 20 7i 28
85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21A 7i 29
90 42 38 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 2lf 8 29
95 44 39 34 30 23 18 18 18 Hi 11 23 23 8 30
too 45 40 35 30 23 18 18 18 Hi 11 23 23 Si 30
110 48 42 37 31 24 19 19 19 12 11 24 23 8i 31
120 51 44 39 32 25 20 20 20 13 12 25 24 8i 32
130 54 46 41 33 26 21 21 21 13 12 26 25 8f 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 9i 36
170 64 54 47 37 30 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 9i 37
180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 31 31 9i 38
190 68 58 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 9i 39
200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 153 32 33 9 40
210 71 62 51 41 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 9 41
220 72 64 52 42 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 10 42
230 73 66 53 43 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 10i 43
240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 10i 44
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 10i 45
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 10 46
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 10i 46
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 10i 47
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 10i 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 Hi 50
370 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 Hi 50
38U 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 Hi 52
390 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 ll 52
400 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 Hi 52
410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 Hi 54
420 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 Hi 54
430 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 43 52 Hi 54
440 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 ll 56
450 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 i7 25 13 54 U 56
460 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 1 12 1 56
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
Per 100 Pounds Per Ton Per Car Load I 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 5b 55 85 7 50 9 00 6 00 5j
20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 6
25 14 6J 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 ei
30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 7
35 16 7 75 1 05 12 00 1200 9 00
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
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 11
80 23 9 1 10 1 50 17 00 16 00 12 00 12
85 24 9 i 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 I0i 1 30 1 90 23 00 18 00 15 00 16
130 28 m 1 35 2 00 24 00 19 00 16 00 17
140 29 il 1 40 2 10 25 00 19 00 16 00 18
150 30 il 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 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
340 49 17 j 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 COMHISSIOH OF GEORGIA
Supersedes Classification Contained in 24th Report and All Amendments Thereof
Agricultural ImplementsCL not less than 20000 pounds owners to load and unload
Agricultural Im plements LCL as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed
Cradles Grain set up
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed
Crushers Corn or Cob
Cultivators K D packed
Hay set up
Cutters Ensilage Straw j Hay K D and packed Distributers Guano set up Distributers Guano K D
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain K D packed
Dusters Bran set up
Dusters Bran K D packed
Elevators Hay
Evaporators Fruit
Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin
Forks Hay and Manure
Furnaces Evaporator
dns Cotton
Guano Horns tin
Harrows and Harrow Frames
Harrow teeth packed
Hay Caps
Hoes in bundles
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks
HorsePowers K D
Horse Powers Railroad or Endless Chain1
U K U K 1 Incubators L C L K D and packed or crated 1
4 6 Same min C L weight 15000 lbs 3 Hullers Cotton Seed and Clover 1 i Knives Hay packed 2
n 1 Machines Hemp 1
3 T 1 D 1 Machines Smut 3 Machines NOS SeeMachines
1 2 Machines Mowing and Reap
3 4 ing Binders and Harvest
1 2 ers whether combined or
3 T 1 D 1 separate K D L C L 2 and partlv boxed C L 20
n 3 1 000 pouncis 4 Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters
H 1 whether combined or sep
2 arate set up 12
m 1 Mattocks packed 5
2 Mattocks in bundles 3
3 T 1 D 1 Purifiers Middlings 3 T 1
2 Mills Burr stone Portable 3
1 Mills Cider 4
I 1 Mills Corn and Hominy v 3
D 1 I5 Mills Cotton Seed 2 Mills Cane and Sorghum 5 Mills Fanning set up 3 T 1
2 3 Mills Fanning K D li
3 Mills with Trains Sugar 3 T 1
1 Mills N O S 2
2 D 1 3 Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Har
3 4 vesters whether combined
4 3 or separate K D L C E 2 and partly boxed C L 20
3 000 pounds 4
4 Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Har
2 O vesters whether combined
r or separate set up 4
I2 Mowers Lawn 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Pans Sugar Same as Evaporators Sugar
Planters Corn and Cotton K
D in bundles or boxes
Planters Corn and Cotton set
up b
Plow Handles and other Wood in shapes 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 set
up D 1
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
Scrapers Boad and Pond 3
Scythes in bundles 1
Scythes in boxes 2
Snaths Scythe 1
Separators same as Threshers
Shelters Corn 1
Shovels and Spades in bundles 3
Spreaders Manure set up li
Spreaders Manure KD boxed 2
Threshers If l
Trains Sugar3 T 1
Wheelbarrows Iron 3
Wheelbarrows Eailroad 1
Wheelbarrows Wood set up D 1 Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled
Accoutrements Military
Acids N 0 S D
Acids Carbolic
Acids Dry
Acids Muriate and Sulphuric in carboys boxed LC L D Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric
in carboys boxed C L
Acid Sulphuric in iron casks Acid Sulphuric in tank cars
Alcohol same as Liquor
A le see Beer
Almanacs and Trade Circulars same as Printed Matter
Alum in barrels or casks
Alum N 0 S
U it Ammonia Sulphate of same as Fetilizers Ammonia Waters
3 Ammonia Water Casks Eeturned empty
i 1 Ammunition N 0 S Anchors
Antimony Crude
5 Antimony Metal
Anvils
D 1 2 Apples green See Fruit Apples dried See Fruit dried Apple Butter See Butter Argols in boxes bbls or 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 L
5 Asbestos in bbls or casks CL Asbestos Cement L C L Asbestos Cement C L
Asbestos Ore L C L
li 5 Asbestos Ore C L Asbestos Packing in rolls or cases L C L
5 Asbestos Packing 0 L
4 Asbestos Booting in rolls or cases L CL
Asbestos Booting C L
2 2 1 Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed See Cotton Seed Ashes Wood Asphaltum packed L C L Asphaltum 0 L
Axes
D 1 Axles and Wheels Car See Iron Bar Band etc
1 Axles Carriage and Wagon See Iron Bar Band etc A xle Grease See Grease
3 B Babbitt Metal
Bacon See Meats Baggage Army
4 Baggage Personal Effects in Trunks
Bagging in rolls or bales N 0 S
2 Bagging Oil Press
Bags Burlap
4 6 Bags Cotton for Flour Bags Gunny
Bags Paper Bags Traveling Baking Powders See Powder Bale Bope
Balusters See WoodWork Bananas See Oranges etc under Fruit
B
4
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
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C R
Band and Hat Boxes See Boxes
Barilla 3
Bark Ground in bags or bbls
N 0 S 5
Bark Tan in sacks 5
Bark Tan C L 20000 lbs class P less 20 per cent
Barley See Grain
Bariev Pearl 3
Barrel and Box Material C L P Barrel and Box Material LCL 6
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
L C L Class R plus 20 per cent
Same in car loads of 10000
lbs P
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs emptyAle and Beerestimated 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 1
Baskets N O S D1
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 N O S See Cotton 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 Canned Goods
Beef see Meats
Beer and Ale in woodestimated weights bbl 350 lbs bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs eighth bbl50 lbs LCL 2
Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights as above C L 4
OR Beer Ale and Minerals bbls half bbls or kegs empty C R
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 securely wired and 4
j sealed or locked L C L Beer Ale and Ginger in glass 2
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 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 Bicycles 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 sajne as liquors 5
Blacking Shoe and Stove See Polish Black Lead See Lead
Blankets 1 1
Bleaching Salts Same as Lime Chloride of Blinds Doors and Frames see Sash etc Blocks Pulley see Pulley Blocks
Blocks Shuttle rough 3
Blueing Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue Boards Binders see Binders Boards BoatsCommonwooden LCL BoatsCommon wooden when flatcars are required C L 1
4 Boats Racing Boats Row when loaded in
E box cars L C L 4 T 1
o R
4
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4
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Boats Row when flat caris required min weight 10000
pounds
Boats Rowr when two flat cars are required minimum weight 10000 pounds to each
car
Boats Row CL min weight
20000 pounds
Boats Steam Yachts min
weight 10000 lbs 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 C L not Jess than 20000 lbs to
be charged for R
Baskets fruit berry and vegetable nested and packed solid either in cases or securely fastened L C L 2
Boxes Fruit L C L 1
Boxes Cigar empty packed D 1
BoxesjCrackeremptyreturned 5
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 v2 Boxes Paper nested packed 1
Boxes Paper not nested3 T 1
Boxes Folding KD packed 2
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2
Boxes Tobacco empty 1
Boxes Vehicles See Vehicle Material
Brackets Insulator See Telegraph
Brackets Wood N O 8 finished and boxed 3
Brackets Wood in white made of pine or other wood 3
U K I U K
D 1
Brandy See Liquors
Bran L C L
Bran C L 25000 lbs
Brass N O S in boxes barrels or casks
Brass Bedsteads packed
Brass Bearings in boxes barrels or casks
Brass Flues
Brass Scrap loose
Brass Scrap packed
Brass Valves boxed
Brass Vessels in boxes barrels
or casks
Bread
Brick Common and Fire See
Rule 12 C L 40000 lbs
Brick Common and Fire L C L
Brick Bath
Brick Machines See Machinery Brimstone Same as Sulphur
Bristles
Britannia Ware
Broom Corn pressed in Bales
L C L
Broom Corn pressed in Bales
min C L 14000 lbs
Broom Corn and Broom Handles C L 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 Butteriue and Oleomargarine in cans
Butter Butterine and Oleomargerine in buckets pails
and tubs
Butter Butterine and Oleomargeiine in kegs and
firkins
Butter Apple and other Fruits in wood L
u K
v JR
1
1
2
2
2
5
2
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1
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D
D
4 o
1
I 3
1 4
6
6
1 1
4
5
1 3
D 1 3
2 4
c
Cabbages packed 3 6
Cabbages loose C L 3 t
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird boxed 3T1
QPh
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Cages Bird KD nested and
packed D I
Cake Nitre See Nitre
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt See Salt
Calcicake 5
Calicoes 6
Camphene H
Camphor 1
Candles 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 S 3 T 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
Caps Percussion 1
Caps Hay See Agricultural Implements
Capstans 3
CarbonsElectric Lightpackd
L C L 2
Carbons Electric Light pckd
C L 3
Carboys see Glass
Card Clothing See Clothing
Cards Cotton and Woolen
Hand packed1 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
Car mileage freight f of a cent per mile
Car mileage passenger 3 cents per mile
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
O K
Cars Hand Lever or Crank for railway use viz
S UL C L 1
S U C L minimum weight
20000 lbs 5
K D L C L 2
K D released CL
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 owners
and at owners risk
Cars and Locomotives standard gauge on their own wheels viz
A minimum charge of two dollars per car is allowed when
2 shipped on th eir own wheels
Parlor and sleeping cars 2m per mile
4 Coaches baggage mail and expr
cars 20c per mile
Box cab stock or
tank cars10c per mile
Coal gondola or
dump cars7c per mile
Flat cars upon
3 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 tenders including tram engs moved by their own pwr owner 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 tenders includ
5 ing tram engs
4 dead connectg rods and small parts liable to be damaged to be taken off and
boxed25c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 500 maximum charge allowed 5000
OR
6
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE

Locomotives and tenders including tram engines loaded wholly on flat cars owner to load and unload otherwise subject to Rule
14 30c per 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 lbs
Cartridges Metallic
Carts Hand See Vehicles Cases and Crates Egg See Boxes
Cases Show See Show Cases Cash Registers See Registers Casing Window See Woodwork
Casks Irofi Ammonia Water Naphtha etc returned ety
Cassia
Castings Iron See Iron
Castings Plaster
Castor Pomace Same as Fertilizers
Catsup in wood
Catsup in glass boxed
Cattle See Live Stock Caustic Soda See Soda
Cement in barrels C L
Cement in barrels L C L
Cement Glue packed
Cement Asbestos See Asbestos
Chain Cotton Woolen and
Hempen
Chains Iron loose
Chains Iron Cable
Chains Iron in casks barrels
boxes or kegs
Chairs See Furniture
Chalk
Chalk Crayons See Crayons
Chalks Prepared
Charcoal in bbls or casks L
C L
Charcoal in barrels or casks C L not less than 24000 lbs to be charged for
Checks See Domestics
Cheese
Chert C L 30000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
Chestnuts prepaid
Chests Commissary
Chests Ice See Refrigerators
Chicory
Chimogene Same as Oil Coal
China Ware
Chloride of Lime See Lime
Chocolate
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
4 5 corded and sealed
1 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
ClayFire 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
NOTE
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5
1
5
0 4
3
1
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 follow
For fifty miks and under Class L
For one hundred miles and over fiftv miles Class L less 5 per cent
Over one hundred miks Class L less 10 per cent
The Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transporta tion of Coal and Coke in carload k quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under class L
1 less 10 per cent
UK
4
1
1
1
B
2
1
1
2
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2
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c R
For distances over fifty miles Class L less 15 per cent
Coal Oil See Oil
Coal Tar See Tar
Cocoa 1
Cocoa Matting See Matting Cocoanuts See Nuts
Codfish See Fish
Coffee Extract or Essence of 2
Coffee Green single sacks 4
Coffee Green double sacks 6
Coffee Ground or Roasted in
sacks o
Coffee Grnd in boxes or bbls 5
Coffee Roasted in boxes or
barrels 5
Coffee Mills See Mills
Coffins N 0 S H
Coffins Nested 1
Coffins K D
Coffins Metallic 2
Coke see Coal
Collars Horse See Saddlery Collars Paper packed same as Dry Goods
Cologne See Perfumery
Commissary Chests 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
Confectionery Candy value limited to 20 cts per lband so specified or Bill of Lading
Contectionery N O S 1
Copiers and Filters Water
boxed 1
Copal See Gum
Copperas in barrels or casks 5
Copperas N O S 4
Copper in boxes barrels or
casks 3
Copper Scrap packed 5
Copper Scrap lopse4 Copper Vessels in boxes barrels or casks 2
Copper BottomsCopperPlates Sheets BoltsWire and Rods 3
Copper Flues 2
Copper Ingots Pigs and Matts 4
Copper Ore C L 25000 lbs P
Copper Ore L C L 0
Copper Stills worm crated 1 Copying Presses see Presses
Cordage 3
Cork F
Corn Starch see Starch
Corn see Grain
Corn Seed see Seed
O R
14
l 1 C R
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 sheetcopper and sheet zinc boxed crated or loose CLminimum weight
10000 lbs
Cornices Wooden for windows dpors or inside finish
See Woodwork
Cornices Wooden for outside finish Same as Mouldings for building purposes
Corsets
Corundum L C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per lb
Corundum C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per lb
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
Cotton Dyed in bales
Cotton nginned packed in bags less than 2000 lbs L
C L
Cotton Unginned packed in bags 2000 lbs and over L
C L
Cotton Unginned packed in bags C Lminimum weight
20000 lbs
Cotton Baskets Pat combinaion of cloth wood knocked down and packed together Cotton Batting See Batting
Cotton Batting N O S
Cotton Factory Products See
Domestics
Cotton Seed valuable for planting less than 2000 lbs CottonSeed valuable for planting L C L over 2000 lbs Cotton Seed common any
quantity
Cotton Seed Hulls C L 25000
lbs
Same without percentage L
C L
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and Oil Cake same as Fertilizers Cotton Seed Mills See Agricultural Implements
O R
D 1
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C R
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 1
Cracklings 4
Crackers 5
Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements
Cranberries 3
Crates and Cases Egg see Boxes
Crates for peaches and apples
L C L set up 1
Crates for peaches and apples
C L set up 20000 lbs min R Crates for peaches and apples
L C L K D B
Crates for peaches and apples
K D C L 24000 lbs minimum P
Crayons Chalk 4
Creameriespacked or wrapped 2
Cream Tartar in boxes or kegs 2
Cream Tartar in barrels or
hogsheads 3
Crockerysame asEarthnware
Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Cross Arms Telegraph and
Telephone 6
Cross Ties hewed and sawed subject to Rule 12 Class P
Crow Bars see Iron
Crucibles 1
Crushers Corn and Cob See Agricultural Implements
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators see Agricultural Implements
Curbing Well 2
Currants see Fruit
Cutch 4
Cutlery 1
D
Dates see Fruit
Deer boxed3T 1
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2
Demijohns See Glass
Denims see Domestics
Desiccated Meats and Vegetables 4
Detergent 4
Disinfectants in glass packed 1
Disinfectants N O S in bbls 4
Distributers see Agricultural Implements
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Duck Checks Cotton
O R Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products with C R
out percentage Doors Iron see Iron Doors and Frames See Sash etc Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton Same as Domestics Drills Grain See Agricultural Implements Dross Rosin Same as Rosin 6
Drugs and Medicines N O S 1
Drums 3 T 1
Dry Goods N O S r
4 Dry Goods in boxes or bales Dry Goods in trunks crated 1
or strapped Dry Goods in trunks corded l
or wrapped Dry Goods in trunks not l
corded or wrapped Dusters Bran See Agricultural Implement D
3 Dye Liquid or Wood Liquor
in barrels
Dye Stuff in boxes or barrels 1
Dye Woods in boxes or bbls 2
Dye Woods in stick E Earthenware Jugware or 4
Stoneware loose Earthenware Jugware or Stoneware in boxes bbls 1
or casks 2
3 Earthenware Jugware or Stoneware in crates or hogs
heads Earthenware Jugware or Stoneware loose C L 20 4 1
000 lbs 4 J
Common Jugware C L O
Eggs packed Electric Light Carbons See Carbons 1
Elevators Elevators Hay See Agricultural Implements 1
Emerv value 4 cents per lb 3 1
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 2
pine pressed in bales LCL Excelsior made from Georgia pine C L minimum weight 4 r
10000 lbs 6 1
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C R OR
Exhibitors boxed or crated3 T 1 D1
Exhibitors woven or crated D 1 1
Explosives Same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand
glass or grenade packed 1 1
Extinguishers Fire on wheels same as Engines Fire
Extract Bark for tanning in wood 5
Extract Bark for tanning in glass packed 2
Extract of Indigo See Indigo
Extract of Logwood See Logwood
Extract of Malt in glass packed same as Ale
Extract and Essences N 0 S 1
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 ImplementsMills
Fanning
Farina 2
Faucets boxed 2
Feathers D l
Feeders Cotton Gin See Agricultural Implements
Felloes See Vehicle Material
Felt Roofing See Roofing
Felting Boiler 2
Fence Wire and Wood com
bination 5
Fencing 3 5
Fenders Iron See Iron
Fertilizers C L 30000 lbs Class M less ten per cent Fertilizers L C L Class K less ten per cent
Shi parents of Fertilizers are not subject to Rule No 30
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales 6
Figs in drums 1
Fi as 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 Ns O S in cans boxed 4
c R o R
Fish Pickled or Saltedin bbls
half barrels kegs or kits
Fish Dry Salted etc packed Fish Dry Salted in bundles Fish Fresh See Meat
Fish Smoked in boxes
Fishipg Rods
Fishing Tackleboxed
Fittings Iron Pipe See Iron Fixtures Bank Store etc See Furniture
Fixtures Gas packed
Fixtures Grate packed
Fixtures Grate loose
Fixtures Tobacco See Machinery
Flax pressed in bales
Flax Seed See Seed
Flour in barrels estimated
weight 200 pounds
Flour in sacks
Flour Buckwheat
Flour Corn L C L
Flour Corn C L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged for
Flour Sack Material
Flour Selfraising in packages
Flour Rice
Flues Copper See Copper Flues Iron See Iron
Flues Brass See Bras
FluorSpar L C L
FluorSpar C L
Fly Fans See Fans
Fodder See Hay
Foil Tin in boxes
Food Preservatives packed Foots Cotton seed oil See Soap Stock
Forges Portable
Forks Hay and Manure See Agricultural Implement5 Fountains Soda fully boxed Fountains Soda not taken unless fully boxed
Fowls dressed
Fowls live in coops C L
Fowls live in coops L C L Frames Bedwrapped or crated Frames Door and Window See Sash etc
Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or
crated
Frames loose or in bundles
Flames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from
other Furniture
Freezers Ice Cream
Fruit and Vegetables in cans without percentage L C L
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6
2
2
9
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F
C
6
4
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6
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6
M
2
3
3
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Same C L without perce nt
a crpk
age 6
Fruit in Glass packedi
Fruit Berries dried 4
Fruit Berries green prepaid
Fruit Boxes and Baskets 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 0 S prepaid
of guaranteed
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 Bananas 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
Turs in boxes bundles and
trunks strapped D 1
Fuse X I
Furniture Classification
P urniture 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 woods finished 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 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 2
XT 11 O K O f
r urmtnre all articles of Furniture N O S when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods minimum
weight 15000 34
Furniture all articles of furniture N O S when manufactured of Walnut Mahogany
Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds 2 3
Furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods as follows
Beds Folding wrapped or
era ted j 2
Bed Springs woven and wire Bedsteads wrapped or crated 2 3
Bureaus wrapped or crated 2 3
Bureau Glass Framesin bndls 1 2
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up 41 4
Chairs Cane Split and Wood Seat packed in pairs 2
Chair Stuff K D in bundles
or boxes 3 4
Cots set up 2
Cots K D or folded 2 3
Cribs K D or folded 2 3
Desks wrapped or crated 4 2
Furniture N O S set up
wrapped or crated 41 1
Furniture N O S K D
boxed crated or wrapped 2 3
Hall Standswrapped or crated 2 3
Lounge Frames set up
Lounge Frames backs taken off 1 2
Safes Kitchen set up lj 1
Safes Kitchen K D packed 2 3
School Desks and Seats set up 2 3
School Desks and Seats K D 3 4
Settees same as Chairs
Tables wrapped or crated 11 1
Tables K I flat 2 3
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports 2 3
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated j 4
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated 2 3
Washstands wrapped or crated 2 3
Furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Walnut MahoganyRose wood and Chestnut or other hard woods as follows viz
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 1
Bookcases wrapped or crated 1
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3
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C R 0 R C R 0 R
Bureaus wrapped or crated 1 2 Washstands wraped or crated 1 2
Bureau Glass Frames in bun
dies 1 2 c
Chairs Camp and Folding Seat U T
Chairs K D in bundles or Gambier 4
boxes 3 4 Game See Poultry
Chairs N 0 S set up wrap Gasoline See Oil
ped or crated n 1 Gauges Steam See Machinery
Chairs Opera Iron packed u 1 Gelatine 1
Chairs Rattan and Willow H 1 Generators Gas 3
Chairs Cane Split and Wood Ginger Ground in boxes 2
Seat set up 11 1 Ginger in bags 3
Chair Stock K D in bundles Gins Cotton See Agricultu
or boxes 2 3 ral Implements
Cots set up H 1 Ginseng 1
Cots K D or folded 2 3 Girders Iron See Iron
Cribs K D or folded 1 2 Glass Carboys empty D 1 a
Desks wrapped or crated 1 2 Glass Chimnevs 2 4
Furniture N 0 S set up Glass Demijohns empty not
wrapped or crated D 1 H packed 4 T 1 3
Furniture NOS KD boxd Glass Demijohns filled not
crated or wrapped 1 2 packed or boxed not taken
Hall Stands wrapped or crated 1 2 Glass Demijohns filled boxed o
Hat Racks K D or folded 1 2 Glass Demijohns empty pckd D 1 i1
Hat Racks wrapped or crated 1 1 Glass Floor Lights rough and
Lounges upholstered backs heavy 5
taken off 11 1 Glass Fruit Jars See Jars
Lounges Willow or Rattan l 1 Glass
Lounge Frames set up 11 1 Glass Insulators See Insula
Lounge Frames backs taken off 1 2 tors
Marble for Furniture boxed Glass Lanterns See Lanterns
or crated 1 2 Glass Oil Cans with metal
Mattresses Hair 1 jackets packed 1
Mattresses Excelsior Straw Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under D 1 2
Shuck or Cotton i Glass Plate over 7x12 feet 3 T 1 D 1
Mattresses Wire 1 Glass Roofing and Skylight
Mattresses 2 not Window Glass 2 3
Parlor Frames 1 Glass Colored stained deco
Refrigerators wrapd or crated 2 3 rated enameled ground fig
Refiigerators thoroughly and ured or etched L C L l i
completely taken apart and Glass Colored stained deco
packed in sections 2 rated enameled ground fig
Refrigerator Material thor ured or etched C L 2
oughly knocked down 3 Glass Vault Lights rough and
School Desks and Seats set up 1 2 heavy 5
School Desks and Seats K D 2 3 Glassware fine cut or engraved D 1 1
Settees same as Chairs Glassware N 0 S 2 3
Sideboards wrapped or crated 11 l Glass Window 14x16 inches
Sofas and Teteatetes wrapd and under 4 5
or crated 11 1 Glass Window over 14x16
Spring Beds set up n inches and not over 32x44
Sprins1 Reds folded i in 2 4
Spring Beds K D packed 2 3 Glass Window over 32x44
Tables set up wrapped or inches D 1 1
crated D 1 1 Glucose in half bbls bbls or
Tables K D Flat 1 2 hhds R
Table Legs Slides Leaves and Glue 3
Supports 2 3 Glue Scrap 5
Wardrobes set up wrapped or Glycerine in cans boxed or in
crated D 1 Ti barrels 1
Wardrobes K D wrapped or Glycerine in iron tanks or
crated 1 2 casks 3
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c R
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled L C L4 T 1
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled L 3 T 1
Grain D
Granite See Stone
Granite Roofing See Roofng Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates L C L
Grapes 0 L
Graphite C L 25000 lbs
class P less 20 per cent
Grass Seed See Seed
Grass Wire C L 20000 lbs P
Grass Wire L O L R
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 1
Grindstones 6
Grits Corn in barrels F
Grits Corn in sacks C
Grits Wheat in barrels 5
Grits in boxes 2
Groceries N O S 2
Guano See Fertilizers
Guano Horns See Agricultural Implements
Gum Camphor See Camphor Gum Copal Kowrie and
Shellac 2
GumsN O S 2
Gun Cotton D 1
Gunny Bags See Bags Gunpowder See Powder
Guns Rifles 1
Gypsine in Cases Same as Paints dry in Cases
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer Same as Feriiliztrs
Gums Chewing 1
o R
B
O
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 boxes D1
Hames in bundles or packed 3
Hammocks and Fixtures 1
Hams Same as Meat salted
Hand Carts See Vehicles 1
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 6
Handles Broom and Broom Corn C L mixed See Broom Corn
Handles Plow See Agricultural Implements
Handles Beams and other woods for manufacturing purposes rough or dnssed but unfinished C L 24000 lbs Rules 12 and 13 to ap
ply without percentage K
Hangers 4
Hardware boxed N OS 2
Hardwood See Wood
Harness See Saddlery
Harrows and Harrow Teeth
See Agricultural Implements Hats and Caps same as Dry Goods
Hat Boxes Se Boxes
Haversacks Same as Accoutrements
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 Strawr pressed in bales L C L R
Heading see Barrel and Box Material
Hay Caps see AgricImplmts
Head Lights boxed D 1
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 composd 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 D 1
Hobby Horses unboxed4 T 1
Hoes see Agricultural Implements
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5
1
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
DO
V o e
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 inboxes 2
Honey in glass or tin boxed 1
Honey in comb boxed 1
Honey in barrels or kegs 1
Honey Extractors crated 1
Honey Section Boxes and Frames in crates or boxes 3
Hoofs and Horns
Hoop Iron of d
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts D1
Hoops Barrel Wooden same as Barrel Material
Hoops Truss Coopers 1
Hops baled 2
Hopsj in boxes 1
Horse and Mule Shoes See Shoes
0 R
Horse Powers See Agricultural Implements 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 D1 1
Household Goods and old Furniture packed value limited to f5 per 100 lbs and so expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in case of total
loss L C L 1 4
Household Goods and Old Furniture well packed lL value not expressed in bill
of lading L C L 1 3
Household Goods and old
Furniture well packed C
g L 20000 pounds tb be
charged for value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said o valuation only to apply in
cTrT
g case of total loss
hQ Household Goods and old ST FurniturewithLive Stock
one attendant to have pas sage free on same trains as g car C L value limited to I 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in p case of total loss D 1
O E 6
S EXPLANATIONS
glAll Bundles of Bedding
S Trunks of ClothingHouse hold Goods or similar arti les 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 artides
Hubs and Felloes See Vehicle Material
Hullers Clover etc See Agricultural Implements
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12 D
Hvdrants and Fire Plugs 5
I
Ice L C L in casks barrels
or bags prepaid B
Ice C LL
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Stat
Q T 1
uary x 1
Incubators See Agricultural Implements
Indigo
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
Insulators packed
Iron Bedsteads
Iron Bar BandBoilerand Jail Plate Car Wheels and Axles Wagon and Carriage Axles
Iron Pipe f of 6
Driving Wheels on axles
D 1
of 6
4 4 CO
64
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
c R
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 kegsI of 6
Iron Nails and Spikes inbags 3
Iron Nails and Spikesin boxes 6 Iron Nails Horse and Mule Shoes in boxes 5
Iron Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel
wired or packedf of 6
Iron Bolts Nuts Rivets and Washers in other packages 2 Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate Bolts L C L of 6
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate Bolts CL See Rules 13 20 M
Iron Castings in boxes 2
Iron Castings not Machinery unpacked each piece under
200 pounds 3
Iron tastings not Machinery each piece weighing 200 lbs
or over unpacked 5
Iron Castings not Machinery or Sewing Machines in kegs
or casks 4
Iron Crow Bars and Forgings 6
Iron Flues 4
Iron Fronts Girders and
Beams for buildings 4
Iron Sheet and Galvanized in rolls or bundles wired or
crated
Iron Sheet and Galvanized
boxed 4
Iron Hoopf of 6
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed 2
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames
not packed 1
Iron Grates completely packd 2
Iron Grates completely loose
Iron Grate Bars L O L of 6
Iron Grate Bars C L M
Iron Nail Rods packed 2
Iron Nail Rods not packed 6
Iron Ore and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Iron Picks and Matlocks in
bundles 3
Iron Picks Mattocks packed 5
C R u R
Iron Pipe Iron Pipe fittings in kegs foil
casks or barrels 6
Iron Pipe fittings in boxes Iron Pipe fittings in bundles 2
wired D 1
Iron Plow Fenders 6 3
Iron Railing and Fencing 5
Iron Retorts Iron Roofing in rolls or bun 6
dies wired or crated 6
Iron Roofing boxed 5 fof 6
Iron Roofing N O S Iron Russia in rolls or bun 3
dies wired or crated 3 5
Irons Sad in barrels 5
Irons Sad boxed Iron Sash Weights wired any 2
quantity Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or K M
bundles wired or crated of 6
Iron N O S boxed or crated 1 2
Iron Shutters and Doors Iron Sponge purifying mate 4
rial Iron Statuary Chairs Lawn 3
Ornaments boxed or crated 1 9
Iron Jacks 6
Iron Urns 3 5
Iron Tires Wagon Iron and Steel Tires Locomo of 6
tive 0
Iron Vault and Prison Work Iron Wedges and Sledges in 4
barrels 5
Iron Wedges and Sledgesloose Q
Iron Work Galvanized 2 4
Isinglass 3 T 1
Ivory 1
Ivory Black 4
J Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3
Japan Ware 1
Japonica 4
Jars Glass packed common Jeans Cotton Same as Domestics 4 5
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5
Jellies in glass packed 1
Jellies in cans boxed 4
Jellies in wood N O S Jugs See Earthenware 3
Junk and Jute 6
Jute Butts Jute Waste or Tailings See Paper Stock K Kainit same as Fertilitilizers 6
o R
5
6
5
fof6
5
6
3
3
3
1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Kalsomine same as Paint
Kaolin Same as Clay
Kegs empty N O S same as Barrels
Kegs empty N O S in crates
Kegs Ale and Beer See Barrels Ale and Beer
Kettles Large Iron
Kerosene See Coal Oil
Kindlings in bundles
Knapsacks Same as accoutrements
Knives See Cutlery
Knives Hay See Agricultural Implements
Kowrie See Gum
Knitting Factory Products wholly of cotton
2 4
6
L
Ladders not over 30 feet long 1
Ladders over 30 feet long D1
Ladders Step 2
Lampblack in casks barrels
or boxes 3
Lamps and Lamp Goods pked 2 Land Plaster Sameasfertzrs
Lanterns packed 1
Lard 4 B
Lasts Shoe 3
Laths actual weight C L P
Laths L C L B
Lead bar or sheets in boxes 5
Lead in casks or pigs 6
Lead Black in kegs or bbls 5 Lead Pipe See Pipe
Lead White same as Paints
Leather loose N 0 S 1
Leather in rolls or boxes 3
Leather Scrap in bales 4
Leaves powdered in boxes or
barrels 1
Lemons Oranges under Fruit
Lentils in bags boxes or bbls 3 4
Letter Boxes See Boxes
Licorice in sticks roots or mats 3
Licorice in mass boxed 4
Lightning Rods inboxes 3
Lightning Rods in bundles v 2
Lightning Rod Fixtures pked 2
Lemon or Lime Juice in bbls 4 Lemon or Lime Juice in glass
packed 1 2
Lime in sacks casks or barrels C L L
Lime in sacks casks or barrels L C L B
Lime Chloride of in barrels
or casks 6
Lime Chloride of N O S 4
Lime Liquid prepared for 5 r c
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 O 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 SI
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
Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc CL without percentage
Locomotives and Tenders See Cars
Locomotive Tires See Iron Logging Cars K D or set up see Cars
Logs for saw mills
Logs for chair timber not over 4 feet long C L 24000 lbs P less 20 per cent
Logwood
Logwood Extract of C 1 dry Looking Glasses same as Mirs Looms See Machinery Lumber Dressed or Rough L
C L
Lumber Dressed or Rough C
L 24000 lbs See Rule 12 Lye Concentrated
R
O
R
5
2
4
3 N
P
2
4
B
P
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
66
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C K
Boilers under 30feet See
Rule 14 3
Engines Caloric Fire Portable and Stationary See
Rule 14 2
Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presses set up See Agricultural Implements
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms set up I 1
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms crated 1
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms K D and boxed 1
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Loom3 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 D 1
Saw Mills L U L unboxed in
parts 2
Saw Mills L C L boxed in
parts 4
Saw Mills C L same as Machinery N O S
ShaftingsHangers Pulleys etc 4
Shingle Machines 2
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
L C L 5
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
CL 6
Stamp Mill Machinery loose
L C L 4
Stamp Mill Machinery loose
C L 5
Stamp Mill Castings L C L 6
Stamp Mill Castings CL M
Steam Gauges 1
Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
Water Wheels Turbine See
Rule 14 3
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines setnp
See Rule 14 1
Woodworking Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines etc packed K D See Rule 14 3
Machines Hemp See Agricultural Implements
Machines Meat Cutters 2
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1
2
6
3
3
2
1
3
3
5
3
4
J iA
Machines Mowing and Reap ing Binders and Harvesters SeeAgricultural Implements Machines Sewing unboxed 3 T 1 Machines Sewing or parts set
up crated or boxed ljl
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
Mdder 3
Malt D
Malt in boxes 1
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude
Manganese Ground packed
Manilla
Mantels Iron See Iron
Mantels Slate packed
ManureStable CL24000 lbs
Maps boxed
Marble and Granite same as stone
Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels Marble Dust L C L in bbls 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
Mats and Rugs N O S
MatsGrass Hemp Hair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa
Mats Oil
Matting
Mattocks and Picks See Iron
Mattresses N O S
Mattresses Hair
Mattresses Straw Cotton
Shuck and Excelsior
Mattresses Wire or Woven Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed See Cotton Seed
Meal Corn
Meal Oat Rolled Oats Shredded Oats in boxes barrels
kegs or drums
Meal Oat Rolled Oats or Shredded Oats in sacks
Measures
Meat
Meat Bacon and Pork
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
67
Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fish fresh B
Beef Fresh B
Beef Smoked in boxes or barrels 4
Beef and Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300
lbs B
Beef and Pork Salted in quarter and half barrels actual
weight B
Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meat in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags balesboxes 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 1
Melodeons boxed 1
Melodeons not boxed not taken
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000lbs O
Melons L C L 4
Merry Go Rounds L C L 1
MerryGoRounds C L without percentage 6
Meters Gas boxed 1
Meters Gas not boxed not taken
Meters Water boxed 3
Meters Water not boxed not taken
Mica 3 T 1
Mileage Car see Car Mileage
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
Mills Cider See Agricultural Implements
Mills Coffee and Paint set up 2
Mills Corn See Agricultural Implements
Mills Cotton Seed See Agricultural Implements
Mills Flour roller 2
Mills N O 8 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
OK
3
1
P
C
o a
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 1
Mirrors over 7x12 packed 4 T 1 D 1
Molasses Same as Syrup
Monuments etc See Stone
Mops 1
Moss in sacks 1 j
Moss pressed in bales 4 j
Motes Cotton See Paper Stock
Moulders Dust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
Mouldings in bundles 1 3
Mouldings common for building purposes 4
Mouldings N O S D 1 3
Mouse Traps See Traps Mowers See Agricultural Imp
Mucilage packed
Musical Instruments N O S D
Mustard Ground in boxes Mustard prepared iu glass
packed 2
Mustard prepared in kegs or
barrels 3
Mustard Seed 6
N
Nails Brass and Copper well packed in boxes or kegsw 3
Nails and Spikes Irqn See Iron
Naphtha in iron casks 6
NaphthaCasks returned epty 6
NitreCake same as Fertilizers
Notions 1
Nutmegs 2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid 5
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL 3
Nuts Pecans in barrels C L 5
Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked
j Q Jj 5
Nuts Cocoa G L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N O S 1 Nuts Edible in barrels or
casks N O S 2
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas L
C L 5
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL 6
o
Oakum 4
Oats see Grain
Oatmeal see Meal
Oil Gake Same as Fertilizers
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over boxed 1
bO 1 to
68
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long
boxedi
Oil Cloth haled
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 see Fruit
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 Ore3 samples or specimens
must be prepaid
Organs See pianos
Oysters in cans or kegs
Oysters shell in barrels
Oysters shell in bulk C L
Oysters in glass packed
Oil Castor in glass packed
Oil Castor in bbls
Oil in cans encased in wood Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls L C L
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls C L
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in cans Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxedL C L
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed C L
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the 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
Oi1 Cocoa in original packages
Oil Cocoa in barrels
Oil Palm Seed crude L CL Class K with 20 per cent
added
Oil Cotton Seed any quantity
without percentage
Oil Kerosene See Coal Oil
C R O R C R
Oil Lard and Linseed 3
2 Oil Lubricating the product
ii 1 of Coal Oil Same as Coal Oil Oil Pine same as Coal Oil Oil Sassafras in glass or cans
1 O boxed 3T1
4 Oils in glass or cans packed except Coal Oil and Sassa
3 6
3 fras Oils Oils in jars not packed not 1
1 taken
6 Oils N O S in bbls Oleomargarine see Butter 3
P
Packing Asbestos See Asbes
6 tos
Packing Hemp 4
4 Packing Metallic 2
5 Packing Rubber 3
K Paintings and Pictures well
1 2 boxed value of each box
1 2 not to exceed 1200 D 1
3 Paintings and Pictures over
1 3 200 in value 3 T 1
Paints Drv in cases Paints bulk in barrels or 5
casks dry L C L 6
3 4 Paints bulk in bbls or casks dry C L Paints bulk in barrels or casks in liquid L
5
3 6 Paints bulk in kegs liquid 5
Paints in pails or cans packed Paints in pails or cans un 3
D 1 1 packed i
Paints in cans packed Paints Metallicsame as Paints Paneling See Woodwork
1 Pants Jeans Cotton Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool 6
Mixed in bales or in cases Paper Bags See Bags 3
2 4 Paper Barrels nested packed 2
Paper Barrels not nested Paper Binders Board See 4T1
Binders Board
6 Paper Bottle Covers packed or pressed in bales 3
Paper Boxes See Boxes Pa
per Paper Cans See Cans Paper Paper Card Paper Collars See Collars 1
1 2 Paper Hangings in bundles 1
3 4 Paper Hangings boxed 2
Paper Medicated or Closet 3
Paper Pasteboard Paper Printing Wrapping or 4
Roofing B
R Paper the same as above in
boxes 2
o r 4
D 1 2 4
1
D 1
4
4
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
69
C R
Paper in rolls for manufacture
of bags B
Paper Pulp See Pulp
Paper Roofing B
Paper Sand and Flint 3
Paper Stock Waste Cotton Sweepings Motes Regins and Linters in bales with privilege to carrier of compressing value limited to 2
cents per pound R
Paper Stock WasteCotton Sweepgs and Motes N 0 S 6 Paper Stock WasteCotton
N 0 S 5
Paper Stock WasteWoolen
Jute or tailings in bags 6
Paper Stock WasteWoolen Jute or tailings pressed in
bales R
Paper Stock Waste Paper in
sacks bbls or hbds 6
Paper Stock WastePaper pressed in bales or crates R Paper Stock WasteRags in sacks bbls bales hhds or
crates R
Paper Straw Boards 5
Paper Wall any quantity in
bundles 1
Paper wall any quantity in
boxes4 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 Nuts
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 24000
pounds P
Photographic Material 1
O R
3
C R O R
Pianos Organs and Melodeons 1
boxed Pianos Organs and Melodeons unboxed not taken 1
Pickers Cotton Raw Hide 2
Pickles in glass packed 1 2
Pickles in barrels or casks 4
Pickles in cans boxed Picks and Mattocks See Iron 4
Picture Backing in packages 4
Picture Frames unboxed 3 T 1 D 1
Picture Frames boxed Pictures See Paintings i4 1
Pigs Feet and Tripe Pigs Feet Pickled in barrels or 6
kegs 4
Pigs Feet in glass packed 1 2
Pine Apples in cans boxed 4
Pine Apples in glass packed 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 1 3
Pins in cases Pins Clothes See Clothes Pins Pins Insulators See Telegraph Brackets Pipe Copper Brass or Metal N 0 S Pipe Copper Brass or Metal 1
1
N 0 S boxed Pipe and Tile Drain or Roof 3
ing L C L Pipe and Tile Drain or Roof 5 6
ing C L 25000 pounds R P
PipeEarthennot DrainLCL 1 53
Pipe Earthen not Drain C L Pipe Fittings See Iron Pipe Iron See Iron Bar Band etc Pipe Iron in coils parts of ice 3 6
machinery L C L Pipe Iron in coils parts of ice 3
machinery C L 6
Pipe Lead in rolls or reels 4
Pipe Lead in casks Pipe Organs K D boxed same as Pianos 5
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral 1 3
Pipe Stove and elbows L C L Pipe Stove and elbows C L Loose or in bundles straight or mixed min weight 20000 D 1
pounds Pipe Stove side seams not closed viz nested and wired 3 5
or crated L C L 1
Same 0 R of rust L C L Pipe Nested and wired or crated or otherwise C L min weight 20000 lbs 3
3 5
70
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
KJ SX
Pipe Tin boxed 2
Pipe Wood L C L 3
Pipe Wood C L 4
Pipes Tobacco in boxes 1
Pitch any quantity Same as Rosin
Planieis See Agricultural Ini piements
Plaster Calcined L C L 6
Plaster Calcined C L A
Plaster Castings See Castings Plaster Land same as Fertilizs
Plaster of Paris 5
Plate Tin See Tin Plate
Plated or White Ware 1
Plates Paper and Wood L C L 3
Plates Paper and Wood C L
not less than 24000 lbs 6
Plows See Agrl Implements
Plow Material See Agrl Imp
Plumbago 5
Plumbers Material N 0 S
packed 4
Poles Tent See Tents
Poles and Posts N O S P
Polishing Powders and Compounds See Powders
Polish Stove and Shoe packed 4
Polish Stove and Shoe in Glass
packed 3
Ponies Shetland same as Live Stock
Porcelain Ware 1
Pork See MeatsPorter same as Ale
Posts split orroundminimum 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 Same as Fertilizers
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 l
Powdered Leaves in boxes or
barrels 1
Powders and Washing Compounds etc 4
Powders Cattle Horse or Condition
Powders Polishing Compounds etc 3
O R 5
R
D
N
2
Powers Horse See Agl Imp
Preserves in glass packed
Preserves in cans boxed
Preserves in wood N O S
Presses Cider See Agricultural Implements
Presses Cotton and Hay See Agricultural Implements
Presses Copying
Presses PrintgSee Machinry
Presses N O S
Printed Matter in sheets
boxed prepaid
Prints
Pruners See Agricultural Implements
Prunes in boxes or kegs
Prunes in casks
Pulley Blocks
Pulleys
Pulp Paper or Wood
Pumice Stone
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden L C L
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden C L
Pumps Hand
Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery L C L Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery C L
Putty L C L
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 Pkints
Reeds
Reflectors packed
Refrigerators see Furniture ReGins See Paper Stock
Registers Cash boxed
Retorts Clay
Retorts Copper
Retorts Iron see Iron
Retorts Soda Water
c R
1
4
3
2
9
2
1
1
1
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Rice rough E
Rice in Sacks C
Rice clean in bbls or casks C Rice clean in boxes or kegs 3 Rice Flour See Flour
Rivets Iron SeeIron
Robes Buffalo D 1
Rods Nail see Iron
Rollers Field Road and Sugar see Agricultural implements
Rollers Printers 1
Roofing Asbestos see Asbestos
Roofing Composition 4
Roofing Felt in bundles or
rolls 5
Roofing Glass 2
Roofing Granite packed 5
Roofing IronSee Iron Roofing
Roofing Slate L C L 6
Roofing Slate C L See Rule
12 25000lbs P
Roofing Tile L C L 5
Roofing Tile C L 25000 lbs R
Roofing Tin in rolls o
Root Angelica in barrels or
boxes 4
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
Rope Clothes Line 3
Rope Hair See Hair
Rope Old 0
Rope Cotton See Domestics
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 Springssee Springs Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N O See Clothing Rubber Hose see Hose
Rubber Packing see Packing
Rubber old scrap 5
Rugs N O S 1
Rugs GrassHempHairSteel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil 4
Rustic Work not boxed3 T 1
Rustic Work crated 1
Rustic Work entirely boxed 2 Bye See Grain
Sacks See Bags
OK
C R
O R
R
Saddlery 2
Saddlery Horse Collars 2
Saddlery Harness boxed 2
Saddlery Harness in bundles 1
Saddles not boxed 1
Saddles boxed 2
Saddle Trees not boxed 1
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
Safes or CoversCheese boxed 3 T 1 Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3
Sailsj 4
ialeratus See Soda
Sal Soda 6
Salt in sacks L C L C
Salt in sacks C L O
Salt Cake same as Fertilizers
Salt Table 6
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 S 1
Sauer Kraut in barrels 4
Sausage See Meat
Sawbucks Woodenin bundles 3 Sawdust L C L in barrels or bags 6
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Sawdust C L loose L
Saw Logs See Logs
Saw Mills See Machinery
Saws Circular packed i
Saws Circular boxed 2
Saws Drag 2
Saws Drag with Horse Power 5
Saws N O S packed 1
Scales and Scale Beamsset up wrapped 4
Scales and Scale Beams K D
wrapped 3
ScalesScale Beams KDbxd 4
Scrapers Hoad and Pond See Agricultural Implements
Screens 1
Scythes See Agriculture Implements
Sea Grass pressed in bales 4
Seed Corn in boxes 2
Seed Flax4
Seed Garden2
Seed Garden returned over same line by which originally forwarded
Seed Grass and Clover
Seed Grass and Clover C L
Seed Linseed
Seed Millet
Seed Mustard
Seed N O S
Separators See Agricultural Implements
Sewing Machines See Machy Shades Window See Window Shades
Shadines See Fish
Shafting See Machinery
Shafts See Vehicle Material Shavings and Chips pressed in
bales g
Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles wired 3
Sheetings Same as Domestics
Sheep See Live Stock
Sheep Skins See Skins
Shellac See Gum
Shelters See Agricultural Implements
KW ea if PrePaid D 1
Shells oea C L prepaid 5
Shingles L C L f b
Shingles actual weight C L P
Shingles Metallic boxed 4
1 hip Stuff Same as Bran
Shirting Same as Domestics
Shirts 4
Shirts and Drawers unlaundried entirely cotton Same as Domestics
Shoe Findings See Findings
Shoe Lasts See Lasts
4
3
4 4 B 6 2
O R
e r
of 6
D
Shoe Pegs See Pegs
Shoe Polish See Polish
Shoes See Boots
Shoes Horse and Mule in
kegs a
Shooks and Heading See Barrel Material
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
ShowCases4 t 4
Show Cases entirely boxed D 1 Shrubbery See Trees
Shucks in balesrough Rule 12 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 Traie boxed freight to
be prepaid or guaranteed 2
Sizing for factories L C L 5
Sizing for factories C LV 6
Skewers wooden 4
Skins Deer pressed in baies 2
Skins Fur and Peltries value limited to 25c per lb in
bags j 4
Skins Fur and Peltries value limited to 25c per lb pressed in bales 4
Skins Fur and PeltriesN 6 S D 1
Skins Sheep Dry baled l
SkinsSheepGreen in bundles 2
SkinsSheepSalted in bundles 3
Slate Mantels See Mantels
Slate PenciK See Pencils
Slate Roofing See Roofing
Slates School boxed 3
Slatsb
Sledges See Iron
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 oil foots without percentage b
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Soapstone Crude C L See
Rule 12 25000 lbs P
Soapstone packed 2
Soda in kegs boxes and drums 5 Soda Ash Same as Fertilizers
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 Same as Fer
tilizers
Soda Sal 6
Soda Silicate of 6
Softner Cotton and Woolen
N O S 5
Softner Cotton and Woolen
in barrels B
Solder 5
Sorghum in half bbls barrels
or hogsheads R
Spades See Agrl Imp
Spelter in slabs or casks 5
Spices See Pepper
Spikes Iron See Iron
Spokes and Shafts See Vehicle Material
Sponge D 1
Spreaders See Agricultural Implements
Springs Bed See Furniture
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
Statuary Iron Lawn Ornaments etc See Iron
Statues3 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
m u xt
Stereotype Plates old boxed returned to manufacturer 5
4 Stereotype Plates N O S 2
Stills Worm crated 1
Stone Granite and Marble viz Stone Granite and Marble Blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per
cubic foot C Li P
The same L C L
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
Monuments and GraveStones
packed and prepaid 1
A carload of Stone or Marble N O S embraces 25000
lbs
Stoneware Same as Earthenware
Stools Piano 1
Stove Boards boxed or crated 3
Stove Pipe See Pipe
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed 1
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware includingthe necessary pipe
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove 1 Furniture and Hollow Ware
C L not less than 24000
lbs 3
Straw See Hay Rule 12
Straw Boards 5
Straw Goods 1
Straw Pine See Pine
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales 3
Stucco Same as Plaster Calcined
Sugar in bags 2
Sugar in double sacks Same as in barrels
o R
3
of 6
3
3
3
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
mB V K
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
Same as Fertilizers
Sulphur in boxes L C L 1
Sulphur in barrels L C L 3
Sulphur for manufacture of Fertilizers C L Same as Fertilizers
Sumac viz
Ground in bags or bbls
L C L 4
Same C L minimum
weight 20000 lbs 5
Leaf C L minimum weight
16000 pounds 4
Sumac Extract in bbls or
casks 4
Sweepings Factory See Paper Stock
Syrups in barrels half barrels
or hogsheads R
Syrups in cans boxed or in
kegs 3
Syrups in glass boxed 1
Syrup cane in glass packed 5
Tables Billiard See Billiard Tables
Tackle Fishing See Fishing Tackle
Tacks Iron 0
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels 6
Tailings See Paper Stock
Talc 6
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N O S 5
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs 2
Tanbark See Bark
Tanks N O S3 T 1
Tanks Iron Same as Boilers Tanks Oil cellar or store O 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 D 1
Tanks Wood K D packed B Tank Stuff Same as Fertilizers Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags 3
C ft o ft
5 Tar Pitch in bbls same as 4 Rosins
Tar Coal in barrels L C L
Tar Coal C L See Rule 12
Tea
Tea Washipg
Telegraph Brackets in boxes
L C L
Telegraph Brackets C L
Telephones boxed3 T
Tents Tent Poles and Pins
TerraCotta in packages
Terra CottaArchitectural CL TerraCotta Architecl packed in casks tierces etc L C L 3
Terra Japoniea 4
Thread Spool Cotton and Silk 3 Thread Cotton factory products in balls bales or skeins same as Domestics
Threshers See Agricultural Implements
Tickings Same as Domestics
Ties Cotton and Hay R
Tile Drain and Roofing See Pipe
Tile Fire for Lining etc 4
Tile Floor and Marble 4
Tile Paving Cement C L P
Tile Paving Cement L C L
Packed R
Tin Block and Pig 5
Tin Foil in boxes 2
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls
L C Lv 4 5
Tin plate C L 5 6
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
Tobacco Box Material L C L 6
Tobacco Box Material C L P
Tobacco cases and boxes
empty i
Tobacco Cut in boxes bbls
or bales l
Tobacco Leaf in cases l
Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures
See Machinery
Tobacco Smoking l
Tobacco Stems prized 6
Tobacco Stems not prized 1
Tobacco Unmanufactured not
prized
Tobacco Unmanufactd prized 2
Tongues Pickled in barrels or kegs 4
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0 R O it 0 R
Tongues Smoked Tongues Deer in barrels bales or boxes value limited to 6 3 V
cents per lb L C L 3 Vehicles and Materials for
Tongues Deer C L 5 Vehicles as Follows
Tonqua Beansin boxes or bbls 1 In all items under heading of Vehicles the term Wagons
Tools Edge 2
Tools Mechanic boxed 2 is intended only to apply to
Toothpicks 2 rough cheap farm wagons
Tow in bales 2 with or without springs and
Tow in bales compressed 3 is not intended for buggies or
Toys boxed Trains Sugar See Agricultu D X varnished pleasure or business wagons which articles
ral Implements and articles of like character
Traps Fly D 1 take same classes as Buggies
Traps Mouse and Rat 1 Trotting Wagons etc
Traveling Bags See Bags Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed L C L prepaid or Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons C L boxed or well crated
guaranteed Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed C L prepaid or 6 charged at not less than 15000 pounds excess weight in proportion 3
guaranteed 0 Carriages Buggies Gigs Sul
Tripe 6 kies aild Trotting Wagons
Tripe Pickled in bbls or kegs Tripoli 4 C L loose charged at not
4 less than 24000 pounds ex
Trucks Warehouse 1 cess weight in proportion 3
Trunks single Trunks nested or filled with H 1 Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons
merchdise crated orstrapd Trunks empty or filled with 1 2 set up LC L actual weight4 T 1 Carriages Buggies or Trotting
merchdise corded or wrapd Trunks filled with merchan 1 Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value
dise not corded or wrapped D 1 not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs
Trunks N 0 S 11 in case of total loss for which
Trunks Sample Trunks filled with personal effects corded or wrapped3 D 1 1 carrier is liable D 1 Carriages Buggies or Trotting
T 1 1 Wagons L C L K D
Tubs N 0 S 1 3 boxed or well crated value
Tubs Bath boxed 1 over 15 per 100 lbs in case
Tubs Bath unboxed D 1 of total loss for which carrier
Tubs Bath nested Tubs Bath folding wrapped 2 is liable D 1 Carriage and Buggy Shafts and
or crated 1 2 Poles fully wrapped ship
Tumblers packed Turbine and Water Wheels see Wheels 2 4 ped separate from vehicles D 1 Carriages Childrens K D in boxes bundles or crates 1
Turnips in barrels or sacks Turpentine Spirits in pack 6 R Carriages Childrens set up unboxed 3 T 1
ages less than a barrel Turpentine Spirits in barrels without percentage 3 5 Carriages i Childrens set up boxed D1
R Cars Railroad See Cars
Twine 3 Carts Hand K D and pack
Type boxed Type Old in boxes barrels or 2 ed or bundled 3 Gigs and Sulkies knocked
kegs 3 down boxed or well crated
Type Writers boxed u D 1 1 LC L 3 T 1 Hearses K D boxed or crated I5 Hearses set up See Stage Coaches under Vehicles
Umbrellas boxed Urns see Iron 1 Road Village or Pleasure Carts See Carriages etc
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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Stage Coaches Omnibuses and
Hearses actual weight4 T 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
Vehice Materials WoodHubs Spokes ShaftsBowsFelloes Singletrees Wheels Bodies unfinished etc etc LC L 4
Vehicle Materials the sameC
L20000 pounds charged for 5
Velocipedes K D crated l
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 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 PartsWoodunpainted K D and packed in crates
or bundles 5
Wagon Tires See Tires
Valves Brass see Brass
Varnish in barrels or kegs2
Varnish in cans boxed 2
Varnish in cans not boxed 1
Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed l
Vault Lights see Class Vegetables Desiccated 4
Vegetables in cans See fruit in cans
Vegetables N O S prepaid or
guaranteed
Veeering boxed 1
Veneering not boxed D 1
Vermicelli
Vinegar see Cider
Vinegar Shavings or Chips in
bags 5
Vises Iron 4
Vitriol Blue in barrels 5
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W
Wadding pi
Wagon Jacks see Jackscrews etc
Wainscoting See Woodwork
Washers in kegsfof6
Washers in other packages 2 Waste Paper etc See Paper Stock
Water Ammonia in iron
casks 5
Water Ammonia in giass
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
Wax12 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
W ell Buckets See Buckets
Whalebone 1
Wheat see Grain
Wheat Cracked same as oat meal
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
Whetstones boxed 3
Whips 1
Whiskey See Liquors
Whiting N O S
Whiting in boxes
Whiting in bbls C L
Willow Reeds in bales
Willow Ware D
Willow Ware Baskets nested Window Casings See Woodwork
Window Shades 1
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames See Sashetc Wind Mills K D in bundles 3 Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors Wire CommonBarbed or otherwise in reels or coils owners risk of wet or rust of 6
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4
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Wire Binding 3
Wire Cloth 1
Wiro FfiRPP Q
Wire Goods boxed NO s 3
Wire Grass see Grass
Wire Mattresses 1
Wire Rope 4
Wire Sieves boxed or crated 2
Wire Screens 1
Wire Telegraph 4
Wire NO S 3
Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures
boxed or crated3 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 cord Rule 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 pounds 6
Wooden Covers See Covers
Wooden Ware N 0 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
O R 5
5
D1
1
C R O R
of houses in bundles crates
or boxes L C L 2 4
Woodwook 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 C L 4 6
Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage 5
Wood Screws in casks or bxs 2
Wool washed in bags not
pressed 2
Wool unwashed in bags not
pressed 4
Wool washed in bags pressed
in bales 3
Wool unwashed in bags
pressed in balesif
Woolen Goods withoutperctge
Wool Mineral in bags
Wringers Clothes packed
Wringers Clothes not packed D
Y
Yachts See Boats
Yarn Cotton Same as Domestics
Yarns N O S
Yeast in wood
Yeast in boxes
Yokes
Z
Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
Zinc in blocks or pigs L C L 5 Zinc in blocks or pigs C L 6
Zinc Cornices See Cornices
Zinc Oxide 5
Zinc Paints See Paints
J D MASSEY Secretary
L N TRAMMELL Chairman ALLEN FORT
THOS C CRENSHAW Jr
Commmissioners
co 1i M ii eoeoccii
DISTANCE TABLES
AND
RELATION OF RAILROADS
TO THE
STANDARD FREIGHT and PASSENGER TARIFFS
so
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 46
Distance Table
Morganville 0 Rising Fawn 14 State Line 24
Trenton 6 Sulphur Springs 19
ALBANY NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Albany O Oakfield 18 Taylors 28
s 5 Wises 21 Sawyers 30
McDonalds 8 Warwick 22 Cord tie 35
Philema 14 Sheffields 25
ATLANTA KNOXVILLE NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 46
Distance Table
Marietta O
Elizabeth 2
Oak Hurst 4
Blackwells 7
Woodstock 12
Toonigh 16
Holly Springs 18
Canton 24
Browns 27
Keithsburg 29
Ball Ground 35
Nelson 39
Tate 42
Jasper 47
Westbrook 49
Talking Rock 53
Talona 60
Ellijay 67
White Path 73
Cherry Log 75
Blue Ridge 83
Curtis 87
Kyle 92
State Line 95
Kinseys N C 102
Murphv IN C 107
Knoxville Tenn 207
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ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 46
Distance Table
Atlanta O
McPherson 4
East Point 7
College Park 9
Red Oak 12
Monks 16
F air burn19 Palmetto 25
Coweta 30
Powells 33
New nan 39
Moreland 45
St Charles 47
Grantville 51
Speers Spur 55
Hogans vill e 58
Louise 64
Whitfield 65
Dixie Mills 70
LaGrange 71
Gabbettville 80
West Point 81
BLUE RIDGE ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Cornelia O Clarkesville 8 Turner ville 16
Pemorest 5 Anandale 11 Tallulah Falls 21
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CENTRAL OF CEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46 Except Savannah and Atlantic Branch
MAIN STEM
Distance Tables
Savannah O Rogers 87 Bolingbroke 206
Clifton 4 Herndon 90 Smarrs 213
Pooler 9 Midville 96 Forsyth 217
Bloomingdale 12 Sebastopol 99 Colliers 223
Meldrim 17 Wadley 107 Goggins 229
Eden 19 Bartow 111 Darnesville 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 Sunnyside 258
Halcyondale 50 Toomsboro 155 Hampton 262
Cameron 55 McIntyre 162 Lovejoy 267
Dover 57 lordon 170 Jonesboro 274
Ogeechee 62 Lewiston 174 Morrow 278
ltockv Ford 66 Griswold 181 Fnrpst 281
Scarboro 71 M A Junction 186 Hapeville 286
Parramore Hill 74 Macon 191 East Point 288
Milieu 79 Summerfield 199 McPherson 291
Cushingville 83 Mims Crossing 203 Atlanta 294
MILLEN TO AUGUSTA
Millen O Thomas 15 Hollywood 41
Lawton 5 Waynesboro 2 b Allens 43
Perkins Munnerlyn 7 Greens Cut 11 McBean 27 Augusta 33 53
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CENTRAL OF
CEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
Macon
Wises
Rutland
Walden
Echeconnee
Byron
Powersville
Deitzens
Fort Valley Masseys Lane Marshallville
Winchester
Barrons Lane
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
Macon to Columbia
o Montezuma 49 Albany 107
4 Oglethorpe 51 Walker 117
7 Greens Mill Ducker 120
10 Anderson 60 Holts 125
12 Stewart Leary 129
17 Americus 71 Williamsburg 135
21 Maddox 76 Arlington 142
25 Sumter 80 Cowart 148
29 Smithville 83 Blakely 156
34 Adams 89 Hilton 166
37 Leesburg 96 State Line near Col
39 44 Forrester 101 umbia Ala
t
Macon to Columbus
Macon
Wise
Rutland
Walden
Echeconnee
Byron
Powersville Deitzens
O Fort Valley
4 Everetts
7 Reynolds
10 Butler
12 Scotts
17 Howard
21 Bostick
25 Geneva
29 Favors 73
36 Juniper 74
42 Box Springs 77
50 Harveys 78
55 Upatoi 83
60 Schatulga 91
65 Muscogee 97
70 Columbus 100
Cuthbert Junction to Fort Games
Cuthbert Junction O
Coleman 8
Smithville O
Bronwood 8
Dawson 15
Craves 19
Jones 14
Shanty 16
Smithville to Georgetown
Shellman 25
Cuthbert 36
Junctioni 38
Springvaie 42
Killens Mill 18
Fort GainesSO
Morris 46
Elatcher 51
Georgetown59
MACON TO ATHENS
Macon O
Morton
Crayp 17
Bradleys 21
Wayside 24
Round Oak 27
Hillsboro 33
Adgateville 37
Minetta 42
Monticello 45
Adams Mill 51
Macben 53
Shady Dale 54
Godfrey 61
Madison 7S
Florence 81
Farmington 88
Bishop 91
Watkinsville 95
SidneyU 97
White Hall 100
Athens105
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
GORDON TO COVINGTON
Gordon 0 Eatonton 39 Farrar 62
Ivey 5 Linchburg i 43 Broughton
Stevens Pottery 9 Willard 48 Newborn 63
Milled geville 18 Athon 52 Carmel 70
Jordans Crossing 24 Aiken ton 54 Hayston 72
Meriwether 26 Machen 57 Starsville 76
Dennis 30 Kelly 61 Covington S3
Meda 36
FORT VALLEY TO PERRY
Fort Valley 0 Myrtle 6 Perry 13
AMERIOUS TO COLUMBUS
Americus 0 Buena Vista 29 Halloca 43
Dellerfox 5 Elmview 32 Sizemore 51
LaCrosse 8 Kinchefoonee 35 Ochillee 53
Ellaville 15 Zelobee 37 Bellefonte
Walls 18 Glen Alta 39 Muscogee 62
Putnam 22 Ida Vesper 42 Columbus 64
Doyle 25 Cusseta 46
Columbus COLUMBUS TO GREENVILLE See Note 6 of Explanatory Notes 0 Cataula 16 Magruders 37
Nances 7 Kingsboro 20 Stinson 40
Fortson 11 Hamilton 24 Harris City 4s
Hines Crossing 13 Tip Top 28 Greenville 50
Mobley 15 Chipley 33
GRIFFIN TO CARROLLTON
Griffin O Senoia 19 Sargent 42
Vaughns 8 Turin 24 Whitesburg 47
A F Crossing 9 Sharpesboro 26 Carrollton 60
Brooks 13 Newnan 36
BARNESVILLE TO THOMASTON
Bameavilie O A F Crossing 6 Stamps 12
Wilkinsons 2 The Rock 8 Tliomaston 16
Middlebrooks 4
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
SAVANNAH TO 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 sol 2 3 4 i 5 6 A B C D E F G PI J K L M N O P R Coal Coke ice and Lime
15 I40 s0 25 J 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 10 2000 2000 1000 75 85
Savannah
LePageville
Debttord
Bartow
Distance Table
O Palmetto
2 Estill
3 Light House
4 Fusbers Point
8 Ocean House 18
16 Hotel Tybee 19
16J 17 Chatham 20
CHARLESTON WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Augusta O Lulaville 8 Jenkins 11
Bon Air 7 Morris 9 Sneads 14
CHATTANOOGA ROME SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46
Chattanooga O
Rossville 4
Mission Ridge 8
Battlefield 10
Chickamauga 13
Rock Springs 18
Copeland 22
Warren 24
LaFayette 27
Guilds 31
Martindale 34
Trion 40
Distance Table
Summerville 45
Raccoon Mills 48
Lyerly 52
Taliaferro 54
Holland 58
Sprite 63
Lavender 67
R D Junction 73
Rome 77
Lindale 81
Siver Creek 83
Chambers 85
Caldwell 89
Lake 92
Cedartown 97
Youngs102
Dug Down 108
Felton 110
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 46
Distance Table
Chattanooga Tenn O Costello Ga 13 Marsh Ga 27
Woodburn Ga 6 High Point 14 Chamberlain 3ff
Rock City 7 Kendrick 15 Bronco 32
Rock Creek 8 Henrys 17 Sharpe 33
Flintstone 8 Cooper Heights 18 McConnellsville
Moonsboro 9 Cassandra 20 Harrisburg 38
Eagle Cliff 10 Kensington 22 Teloga 40
Durham Jnct 11 Archer Siding 23 Chelsea 4
Wessboro 12 Estelle 24 Gadsden Ala 92
CHATTANOOCA DURHAM RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Chickamauga O Durham IT
Durham Junction 6
CITY SUBURBAN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Savannah O Isle of Hope 7 Burnside 12
Thomas 2 Cedar Hammock 8 Beaulieu 12
Pritchards 4 Bethesda 10 Montgomery12 12
Sandfly 6
COLLINS REIDSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClas3 No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
O Colemans Siding
Collins
5 Reidsville
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CUYLER WOODBURN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Cuyler
Smiths Grove Blitchton
Distance Table
O Eldora 6 Ivanhoe
2 Glisson 7 Woodburn
4 Olney 8
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DARIEN WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 46
Distance Table
Darien 0 Hudson 8 Darien Junction 21
Ridgeville 3 Crescent 11 Sapelo Junction 23
4 Eplonia 16 Middleton 29
Inwood 5 Parker Junction 18
douclas McDonald railroad
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 46
Distance Table
McDonalds Mill Sweet
O Lowther
3 Lost Mountain
5 Downing 8 Douglas
15 20
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DOVER STATESBORO RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 46
Distance Table
Dover O Clito1 5 Statesboro10
HAST WEST RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
Allowed 25 cents as minimum passenger chargePer Circular 153 FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46
iartersville
E W Y
Ladds
Browns
Shellmans
Stilesboro
McGinnis
Distance Table
O Glenns
0 Taylorsville 4 Posco
6 Davittes
7 Howards
9 Rockmari
12 Brewers
13 Fish Creek
14 Grady
lfc Cedartowu
17 Lindseys
20 Berrys
22 Esom Hill
27 Pell City
28 30 36 38 41 45
Ala 117
FLORIDA CENTRAL PENINSULAR RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 46
Savannah
Anderson
Burroughs
Ways
Limerick
Dorchester
Riceboro
Jones
Distance Table
0 Darien Junction
9 Townsend
12 Barrington
16 Everett
25 74Mile Post
28 Bladen
32 S B T Crossing 39 Waverly
43 White Oaks 85
46 Woodbine 89
53 Colesburg 92
59 Seals 95
64 Kingsland 101
70 Evergreen 105
73 Jacksonville138
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BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND SOUTH
Savannah o Exley
Savannah Yard 148 Rincom
Meinhard n Stillwell
CAROLINA STATE LINE
15 Clyo
19 State Line
24
32
FOY RAILROAD
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Rocky Ford O Echo lf Portal lO
Brick Yard f
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per mile
FREIGHT Class No 5Se page No 46 and Note 6 of Explanatory Notes
Distance Tables
I Social Circle O Bethlehem 20 Belmont 42
I Gresham 5 Winder 25 Candler
I Monroe 10 Mulberry 29 Gainesville 52
Gamps 16 Hoschton 34
JEFFERS ON BRANCH

I Jefferson O Pendergrass 6 Belmont13
CEORCIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 46
I Augusta O
I Wheless 5
I Belair 10
I Grovetown 15
I Forest 16
I Berzelia 21
I Harlem 25
I SawDust 26
I Bearing 29
I Bonesville 33
I Thomson37
Mesena 43
Camak 47
Main Line Distance Tables
Norwood 51
Barnett 58
Crawfordville 65
Robinson 71
Union Point76
Greensboro 83
Carey 89
Blue Springs 92
Buckhead 96
Madison103
Dorsey 108
Rutledge 112
Social Circle119
Alcovy 125
Hazelbrand 127
Covington130
Almon 133
Conyers 140
Lithonia 147
Redan 150
Stone Mountain 155
Clarkston 160
Jngleside 163
Decatur 165
Atlanta171
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CEORCIA RAILROADContinued
MACON AUGUSTA BRANCH Camak o
Warrenton 4
Mayfield 13
Cui verton 20
Wilsons 99
Union Point O
Wood vil Je 5
Bairdstown 7
Maxeys13
Sparta25
Devereux32
Carrs 36
Milledgeville46
Browns55
ATHENS BRANCH
Stephens16
Hutchings 19
Crawford22
Haddocks
James 64
Roberts 66
Macon 78
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Winterville 32
Athens 39
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS BRANCH
WP Junction O Siloam 7 White Plains14
WASHINGTON BRANCH
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O Hillman 4 Ficklin
7 Washington 9
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GEORGIA ALABAMA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 4 See page No 46
Savannah
Meldrim
Cuyler
Lillian
Ellabelle
Lanier
Pembroke
Morrison
Groveland
Pinola
Daisy
Polks
Claxton
Hagan
Bellville
Manassas
Cummings Mill Godleys Mill
Collins
Danton
Ohoopee
McEachins
Lyons
Donovans Mill
Stacers Mill
Appleton
Vidalia
Poes Still
Distance Tables
O Higgson
17 McGrf ggors Mill
20 Ailev
21 Mt Vernon
24 Oconee Brick Yard
27 Ockwalkee
32 Glenwood
35 Stuckey
39 Usserys Mill
42 Alar
44 Erick
46 Helena
48 Thomas Huffs Mill
50 Oswald
53 Milan
55 Horton
56 Rhine
60 Copeland
61 Abbeville
63 Kramer
68 So Lumber Co
73 Rochelle
75 Pine City
76 Pitts
77 Seville
78 Williford
80 Lloyds
82
84 Penia 164
86 Cordele 160
90 Coney 175
92 Johnstons 179
93 Cobb 181
95 DeSoto 186
97 Leslie 187
99 Parkers 189
102 Perrys Siding 190
104 Huntington 192
108 Gatewood 194
114 Ameriens 190
118 New Point 204
119 Salters 207
125 Plains 209
129 Wise 215
133 Preston 2191
135 Ponders 224
140 Richland 227
145 Randalls 231
147 Sawyers Mill 235
149 Lumpkin 237
152 Irvins 243
154 LouvaleJct 245
158 Union 25G
160 Omaha 257
162 Montgomery A la 3 lO

BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND ALBANY
Columbus O
Esquiline 5
Masseys 8
Ochillee 11
Sulphur Spring 14
Psalmonds 15
Cusseta 19
Manta 24
Renfroe 28
Brooklyn 32
Richland 39
Savilles 44
Kimbroughs 46
Weston 48
Leveretts 52
Chambliss 54
Parrott 57
Cole 60
Belmont 62
Dawson 66
Sasser 73
Stevens 75
Aremena 77
Oakland 78
Palmyra S3
Vasons J 85
Albany
Abbeville O
Riedsfield 4
Browning 6
Forest Glen 8
Carswell 10
FITZGERALD BRANCH
Bowens Mill 12
Strickland 15
Queen and 17
Lulaville 18
Wilcox 19
Fitzgerald 22
Whitley 27
Ocillami 31
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CEORCIA NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6 See page No 46
Distance Table
Pidcock Lake Station Phoebe Barwick 0 Hollis 3 Pavo 8 Shelley 9 Autreyville 13 15 18 23 Mauley Cooper Moultrie
GEORGIA PINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
W Bainbridge JuncO Eldorendo
Lynne 5 Boyken
10 Colquitt 20
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GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46
Macon O
Sofkee 8
Avondale 11
Wellston 16
Bonaire 2L
Kathleen 25
Tivola 29
Grovania 35
Elko 38
Unadilla 44
Pinehurst 49
Findlay 52
Vienna 56
Distance Table
Richwood 60
Cordele 65
Wenona 69
Arab 75
Sibley 78
Dakota 79
Worth 83
Ashburn 85
Sycamore 87
Inaha 92
Cycloneta 95
Chula 98
Tifton 105
I
Eldorado 112 I
Lenox 112
Sparks 126
Adel 128 I
Heartpine 131
Cecil 134 f
Hahira
Mineola 144
Valdosta 151
Dasher 157 I
Lake Park 163 I
Melrose 167
Palatka Fla 1
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HARTWELL RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46
Distance Table
Bowersville O Hartwell 10
HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No46
Distance Table
Worth20 Davisville 11 Steeles 20
Shinglers 5 Bush 16 Pitts 21
Amboy 9 v
INDIAN SPRINGS FLOVILLA RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Flovilla O Indian Springs 3
LEXINGTON TERMINAL RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 1Seepage No 46
Distance Table
Lexington
O Crawford
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LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile P
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46 J E
Distance Table
Sawanee o Lawrenceville 10
LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46 M
Distance Table
Louisville O Moxley 5 Wadley 10 j
MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See Page No 46
Macon
Sofkee
Skippertons
Hardys
Lizella
Montpelier
Morans
Distance Table
O Dyas
8 Culloden
12 Yatesville
16 Middlebrooks
21 Iltomagfon
25 Crest
28 Thundering Springs
33 Woodbury
39 Snelsons
44 Harris City
50 Odessa
57 Mountville
65 Robertsons
70 LaGrange
75
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95
99
105
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 46
Macon
M N Junction
Swift Creek
Dry Branch
Fitzpatrick
Distance Table
O Ripley
2 Jeffersonville
5 Gallimore
9 Danville
16 Allentown
17 Montrose 38
23 Haskins Crossing 40
28 Dudley 42
31 Moore 48
33 Dublin 54
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MIDVILLE SWAINSBORO RED BLUFF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Tabl
Hid ville O Wiggins 10 Swainsboro 18
Summertown 6 Modoc 13
MILLEN SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Millen
South Millen Emmalane
Butts
Thiift
Simsville
0 JohnsonsWarehouse 14
1 Garfield 15
5 Longview 17
8 Hooks Crossing 18
11 Cowarts 19
12 Summit 21
Gravmont 22
Overstreet 23
Durdenville 25
Monte Junction 27
Canopchee 28
Slillmore 32
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD OF GEORGIA
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46
distance Table
Athens 0 Harmony 18 Gillsville 32
Center 7 Maysville 26 Lula 39
Nicholson 11
OCONEE WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Buhlin 0 Alcorns 16 Empire 29
Hutchings 5 Chester 19 Cypress 35
Spring Haven 10 Yonkers 23 Hawkinsviile 40
Dexter 13 Empire Mills 28
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PLANT SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 46
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN
Savannah O
Southover Junction 3
Burroughs 12
Ways 16
Fleming 24
McIntosh 31
Walthourville 39
Johnston 46
Gertrude 51
Doctortown 53
Jesnp 57
Dales Mill 67
Screven 69
Offerman f 76
Patterson 79
Ice 83
Distance Tables
Blackshear 87
Way cross Dukes 97
103
Glenmore 108
Manor Ill
Argyle 116
Homerville 123
Dupont 81
Humphreys 136
Stockton 139
Naylor 144
Valdosta 157
Kinderlou 163
Ousley 167
Quitman 174
Dixie 181
DIVISION
Pidccck184
Boston 185
Thomasville 201
Leb 20S
Cairo 215
Whigham 222
Climax 228
Bainbridge237
Lucille 238
Brinson 248
Iron City253
Donaldsonville 257
Jakin 264
Josephine 265
Saffold 268
Way cross Braganza Fort Mudge
BETWEEN WAYCROSS AND FOLKSTON
O Race Pond 19 Folkston
7 Uptonville 28 Jacksonville Fla
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BETWEEN BAINBRIDGE JUNCTION AND RECOVERY
Climax O Faceville 15 Recovery I 22
1 owltown 9 J
Albany Hardaway Baconton Flint
METCALFE THOMASVILLE AND ALBANY
O Camilla 9 Pelham 17 Meigs 20
26 Ochlochnee
34 Thomasville 40 Metcal e
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CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH
Savannah Ga O Central Junction 7 Monteith 14
BETWEEN DUPONT AND STATENVILLE
Dupont O Haylow 11 Statenville i 20
Forest 9 Alexanderville 17
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION
Brunswick 0 Waresboro 66 Enigma 118
Pyles Marsh 10 Hasty 72 Brookfield 122
Jamaica 16 Millwbod 77 Tifton 129
Bladen 19 McDonald 81 TyTv 138
Waynesville 24 Pearson 89 Sumner 144
Atkinson 27 Kirkland 92 Poulan 147
Lulaton 31 Leliaton 97 Isabella 150
Nahunta 36 Grays 99 Willingham 155
Hoboken 45 Willacoochee 101 Davis 160
Schlatterville 49 Alapaha Ill Albany 170
Waycross 57
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SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 46
Distance Table
Sandersville 0 Tennille 4
SEABOARD AIR LINE
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Luxomni 25 Athens 73
Howells 3 Sweetwater Park 27 Hull 79
Linneville 4 Gloster 28 Five Forks 1 84
Deerland Park 5 Lawrenceville 34 Comer 89
Cheshire 7 Dacula 40 Carlton 95
Calhoun 9 Auburn 4ft 99
Goodrich 10 Winder 51 Swifts Quarry ti
Belt Junction 11 Houses 56 Elberton 107
Montreal 15 Statham 59 Middleton 113
Tucker 18 Bogart 68 117
Caldwell 21 McLeroy 69 Calhoun Falls S C 124
Lilburn 23 South Athens 71
SMITHONIA DUNLAP RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See pige No 46
Distance Table
Dunlap 0 Smithonia 7
SOUTH BRUNSWICK RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6Seepage No 46
Distance Table
South Brunswick 0 College 9 Waynesville 10 12
Gillyards 5 F C P Crossing 12
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SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile Minimum passenger charge twenty cents
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Augusta 0 Distance Table Keysville 27 Mitchell 59
Adam 5 Noah 31 Agricola 62
Adventure 7 Matthews 32 Ohalker 64
Grace wood 9 Wrens 36 Warthen 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
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 46
Atlanta ATLANTA CHARLOTTE 0 Snwanee AIRLINE 31 DIVISION Bellton
Peachtree 5 Bufofd 38 Yonah
Belt Junction 6 Flowery Branch 9 Odells 44 Alto
Rox borough 48 Cornelia
Goodwins 11 Gainesville 54 Mt Airy
Chamhlee 14 New Holland 56 Ayersville
Doraville 15 Hall 59 Toceoa
Norcross 20 AVhite Sulphur 60 Folsom
Duluth 26 Lula 66
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70
74
78
80
87
94
99
Atlanta
Howell
Peyton
Chattahoochee
Oakdale
dbckajack
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION
O Mableton 15 Temple 45
3 Austell 18 Bremen 58
7 Lithia Springs 21 Waco
8 Douglasville 27 Tallapoosa 63
9 Winston 32 Hooper P 0 68
12 Villa Rica 38 Birmingham Ala 167
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
EAST TENN VA GA DIVISION
Between Atlanta and Brunswick
Atlanta 0 Adams Park
Roseland 3 Westlake
Constitution 6 Cowarts
Norton 7 McGriff
Henrico 8 Coley
Moores Mill 10 Wanda
Ellenwood 13 Cochran
Estes 15 Empire
Stockbridge 19 Carne
Tunis 23 Dubois
Flippen 24 Gresston
McDonough 28 Dempsey
Locust Grove 35 Williams Lumber Co
Jenkinsburg 40 Eastman
Jackson 46 Amoskeag
Flovilla 51 Godwinsville
Cork 54 Steele
Berner 60 Chauncey
Juliette 64 Missler
Dames Ferrv 72 Cox
Popes 74 Haunson
Holton 79 Longview
Macon 87 Helena
Reid 97 McRae
Bullard 104 Scotland
108
120
139
150
156
157 160 160
164
165 170
Towns 175
Wilcox 180s
Lumber City 182
Ocmulgee T83
Hazlehurst 186
Graham 195
Pine Grove 196
Prentiss 202
Baxley 205
Wheaton 2l6
Surrency 215
Brent wood 21 i
Odum 225
Ellis 233
Jesup 235
Gardi 242
Bennetts Still 243
Penuarvis 245
Grangerville 247
Mount Pleasant 252
Everett 256
Belle Vist 258
Sapps Still 262
Sterling 266
Brunswick 277
Between Atlanta and Chattanooga
Atlanta
Howell
Peyton
Chattahoochee
Oakdale
Nickajack
Mableton
Austell
Powder Springs
Hiram
Dallas
McPherson
Braswell
Don
Rockmart
0 Long
3 Ravenel
7 Hamlet
8 Seney
9 Byrd
12 Brice
15 Chambers
18 Silver Creek
23 Lindale
28 Atlanta Junction
34 Rome
40 North Rome
45 Harper
48 Shannon
51
55 Pinson
56 Plainville jP
56 Reeves
59 Oostanaula 92
61 Sugar Valley 98
62 Miller 196
67 Carbondale 104
67 Phelps 196
69 DaltonD
71 Waring U6
73 Varnells 122
75 Cohuttai 128
78 Ooltewah Junction 136
82 Chattanooga I5
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ATLANTA FLORIDA DIVISION
O Woolsey 1 31 M B Crossing 75
3 Lowry 34 Culloden 76
6 Kallulah J unction 37 Musella 82
10 Zetella 40 Roberta 88
15 Williamson 44 Gaillards 94
16 Zebulon 50 Sand Pit 96
18 Meansville 55 Zenith 98
19 Piedmont 1 60 Lee Pope 99
24 29 Yatesville 70 Fort Valley 105
COLUMBUS DIVISION
Columbus O Nebula 38 Williamson 72
Fort son 6 Warm Springs 42 Rover 74
Flat Rock 10 Raleigh 46 Griffin 80
Midland 14 Woodbury 51 Experiment 81
Kllerslie 18 Molena 56 Strickland 87
Ossahatchie 20 Neals v 59 Luella 91
Waverly Hall 23 Concord 63 Browns 92
Oak Mountain 28 Jolly 67 Greenwood 94
Shiloh 34 Reids 68 McDonough 98
ELBERTON AIRLINE
Toccoa O
Eastanollee 7
Avalon 11
Martins 12
Lavonia 19
Bowersville 24
Canon 26
Royston 31
Fellowship Church 34
Bowmans 38
Harper 41
Dewy Rose 44
Goss 46
Elberton 50
CLEVELAND AND COHUTTA BRANCH
Cleveland Tenn O Weatherly 11 Cohntta 15
Blue Spring 6 Red ClayGa 13
Dock branch
Bock Junction O
Sand Fly
02 E T Docks
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH
Cochran O Ocmulgee River Br 97 Hawkinsville lO
ROSWELL BRANCH
Chamhlee O
Howell
North RomeGa O
Huffaker 6
Robinson 9
Oreburg 10
Dunwoody
ATLANTA BELT LINE O Thompsons
ATTALA AND ROME
Coosa 13
Mt Hope 16
Early 18
5 Roswell IO
2 Belt Junction
State Line 19
Gadsden Ala 56
Attala 61
BETWEEN ROME AND SELMA
Romev O
Atlanta Junction 2
Cunningham 8
Vans Valley 12
Cave Spring 14
Prior 21
EtnaAla 22
SelmaAla 196
SOUTH GEORGIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Heartpine Garnet
O Barneys 6 Morven
10 Spain
15 Quitman
21
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SPARKS MOULTRIE GULF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6See page 46
Distance Table
Sparks 0 Pinapolis 12 Barbour 19
Berrien 3 Corinallys 15 Sinclair 22
Bayboro 9 Horne 17 Moultrie 24
STILLMORE AIRLINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Collins O Corsica 12 McLeod 27
Seetionvilie Hurryhill 16 Swainsboro 3
Cobbtown 8 Stillmore 21
SYLVANIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 46
Distance Table
Rocky Ford CRR O Zeagler 9 Waters 13
Williamson 5 Blackville 11 Sylva nia 15
Woodcliff 7
TALBOTTON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 46
Distance Table
O Bostick SWRR 7
Talbotton
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TIFTON NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Tifton O Pinetta 14 Fletcher 20
Brighton 5 Mystic 16 Fitzgerald 25
Harding 8
VALDOSTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6Seepage No 46
Distance Table
Valdosta 0 Clyattville 10 State Line 15
WADLEY MOUNT VERNON RAILROAD
PASSENGER Class B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
W elle y O Hodo 17 Odumville 25
Pinetucky 8 Riner 19 Adrian 28
Stapleton Kite 12 Meeks 15 Ethel 20 Kixville 22 30
WAYCROSS AIRLINE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 46
Distance Table
Waycross O Bolen Sessoms 25
Waltertown 6 Beach 20 Granville 26
Elsie 11 Murrays 23 Nicholls 30
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WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 46
Atlanta O
Simpson St 1
Howells
Bolton 7
Gilmore 9
Vinings 11
Smyrna 15
1 arietta 20
Elizabeth 22
Kennesaw 29
Acworth 35
Distance Tables
Allatoona 40
Bartow 42
Emerson 43
Cartersville 48
Rogers 51
Cass 52
Bests 55
Kingston 59
Halls 64
Adairsville 68
McDaniels 75
Calhoun 78
ResacaI 84
Tilton 90
Dalton 100
Tunnel Hill 107
Ringgold 114
Gravsville 120
Chickaroauga Tenn 126 Chattanooga 138
ROME BRANCH
Kingston O Eves 7 Brick Yard 16
Wooleys 3 Dykes 11 Home 18
WRIGHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThreeCents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 4 See page No 46
Tennille
Lindsays
Peacocks Cut Harrison
Distance Table
O Donovan
4 Wriglitsville
6 Meadows
10 Lovett
14 Donaldson
17 Bruton
21 Condor
24 Dublin
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ACT CEEATI1TG
THE
Railroad Commission of Georgia
AND ACTS AMENDATORY THEREOF
WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
AND LAWS OF THE STATE RELATING TO RAILROADS
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1th aw under whieh the Railroad Commission was created beij
tlre S fP e 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly the State of Georgia 18781879 w
Commissioners appoint
Skilr to f ut the Provisions of this Act of whom one shall of eTpnWhrI m n ePenence in the railway business After the expiration of the terms of the I office of the Commissioners first appointed the term of office of successors shall be six I years but at the first appointment one Commissioner shall be appointed for two years I one or our years and one for six years The salary of each Commissioner shall be I 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 it 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 m the office of Commissioner as to fill other vacancies and it tor 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 nextenate 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 takean I oath of office to be framed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in any wayffie the holders of any railroad stock or bondsor be the agent or employee oi any railroad company or have any interest in any way in any railroad and shall so I continue during the term of office and in case any Commissioner becomes disqualified I m any way he shall at once remove the disqualifications or resign and on failure so to I o e mustbe suspended from office by the Governor and dealt with as hereinafter I provided In any case of suspension theGovernor may fill the vacancy until the suspended Commissioner is restored or removed
office1iem0f EC That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture ployment and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of twelve hundred dol I ary ex ars at the exPense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atpenses etc 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 i
AN ACT
T provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the location mi j bmldmg of passenger and freight depots in this StaP to prevent unjust discrimination hh rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad cmJ mes corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonabkrl and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in nk hon thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in i uon to the same
Whereas it is made the duty of Hie General Assembly in article 4 paragragh 2 J section 1 of the Constitution to pass laws from time lo time to regulate ff eight and I passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discrimination on the various railroads of this State and to prohibit railroads from charging other than just and reasonable ratesani enforce the same by adequate penalties therefore
Section I Be itenacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the arlvicA nnH PmiCOnf rf

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tion organized or whh may collect demand or receive more than a
and doing business in this State for the transportation of passengers or
fair and reasonable rate of toll or c p tranSp0rtation of any railroad car upon its freight of any description or for the use and J which hag
track or any of its branches same shall be deemed
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SBC IV That if aayraUxoad
nation in its rates or charges of toll or compensat o car u
Chautedferoaring violated theprovisions of this Act and uponconviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided
SBC V That the Commissioners appointed as freight and
a ailroIdTompanies doing business in this State
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another and to require the location of such afety of freight and the public
I n before applyiug joint rates to roads that
anoimdethe management and control of one and the t Commts
sioaers shall give thirty days notice to said roads of the join irate iMivisiou between said roads and give hemdhgyS
shall make reasonable and just rates of charges for use of raihoadcarsaryg y all kinds of freight and passengers on said railroad no led and shall make just and reasonable rales and regulationsrto be railroad companies on said railroads to prevent the giving or uer 1 tom directly or indirectly and from misleading or deceiving the public m any
as to the real rates charged for freight and passengers J ottang m thra
Act contained shall be taken as in any manner abridging
freight charged by any railroad company in this State for ZSlX2
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 rai roa
Extortion by railroads forbidden
Unjust d s crimination forbidden
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companies shall possess the same power and right to charge such rates for carrying such 1 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 01 1
freight and passenger transportation to beallowed for longer and shorter distances on the same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer ani shorter distances O
SonsS Se0 VI That the said Bailroad Commissioners are heioy authorized and required I IchedSe Oft0 mke ftr each of the railroad corporations doing bukmess in this State as soon as rates pub practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the trarsportatiohof etc same Passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shallin suits brought against any such railroad corporations wherein is involved the charges of f 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 I State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable ratesof I 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 I thereof to be made for one time in some public newspaper published in the cities of I Atlanta Augusta Albany Savannah Macon Rome Athens Americus and Columbus 1 in this State at a rate not to exceed fifty cents per square of usual advertising space I when less than a column is occupied or more than twelve dollars per column when as I 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 I 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 j in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people Pn j vided That the schedule thus prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad I companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the j time of said publication Provided That when any rate or change is made by the Com I missioners that affects only one road or roads in a particular locality the insertion need I 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 pre I pared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under I the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication All such schedules purporting tp be printed and published as aforesaid shall be received and held in all such suits as pritna facie the schedules of said Commissioners without further proof than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence with a cer l tificate of the Railroad Commission that the same is a true copy of the schedule pre1 pared by them for the railroad company or corporation therein named and that the same has been duly published as required by law
tionSand EC VIL That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books y power Of and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain if the sioners rules and regulations aforesaid have been complied with and to make personal visitation I of railroad offices stations and other places of business for the purpose of exainina tion 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 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 tracts be area violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the tween railrules and regulations of said Cpmmissioners 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 he 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 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 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 be the same as in civil actions except as hereinbefore otherwise provided All fines recovered under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the State Treasury to be need 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
freight
receipts
Reports of Commissioners
Power of Commissi mers over witnesses
Railroad officers to report to Commissioners
law against railroad corporations and this Act shall not be construed as repealing any statute giving such remedies
Sec XIIThat the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained I in this Act shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or inclivid 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 other I wise that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railroad in this I State street railways excepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore men tioned
Sec XIII That all railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate I 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 t 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 I this provision of the statute such railroad company shall incur a penalty to be fixed and I collected as provided in section nine of this Act
Sec XIV That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for te I make to the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recom I mend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provi I sions of this Act
Sec XV That said railroad Commissioners in making any examination for the pur I pose of obtaining information pursuant to this Act shall have power to issue subpoena 1 for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as they may prescribe And said witnesses I shall receive for such attendance two dollars per day and five cents per mile traveled I by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the place of meeting of I said Commissioners to be ordered paid by the Governor upon presentation of subpoenas I sworn to by the witnesses as to the number of days served and miles traveled before I 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 I 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 Com I missioners and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by I such Commissioners and said court shall have power to punish for contempt as in I other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of such court
Sec XVI That every officer agent or employee of any railroad company who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commission I 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 im posed 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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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 from points outrateS 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 of railroad 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 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 testate1 present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commis Commission and appeal to it for relief
Sec A Be it further enacted That in all wrork devolving upon the Railroad Commis Attorney
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sion prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the required to AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon comm1 to do so before the Interstate Commerce Commission sion
Sec 6 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act he and the same are hereby repealed
Approved December 18 1890
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POWER TO BRING SUIT
Penalty for violation of rules Amending section IX of original act
Power to institute suit without notic e
axt Acrr
To amend Section 710f 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 it 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 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 Solicitor General 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 con ct herewith are hereby repealed
Approved October 161891
AMENDING TITLE OP ACT
AItT ACT
To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of railroads freight and passenger tariffs in iiiis State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion1 in the rat charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit Railroad Companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other thanjwt 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 the1 General Assembly of this State and it is hereby ena
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by the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act be and the same Caption ot is hereby amended as follows towit 79of 0ct
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 f ioca
An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the tjAaand location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust passenger discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passenges and freights and to depotsfj 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
A3T ACT
To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia authority upon complaint made to inspect the railroads or any railroad O 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 kmers and required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the required railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if the same is found tion uninan unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition putandbe as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time kept in safe be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may Reasona be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of bsovent0
railroads in cases of damage to person or property Not to af
fect liaMl
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 penatyf0r of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit broughtin the name of not obeythe State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the in rdeis 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
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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 them
STORAGE CHARGES
A3ST ACT
To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to he charged by Railroad Cm
panies in this State to prescribe regulations for charging the same and to prescribe km 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 place of destination and residence of consignee and such other facts as in their judgment should be considered in fixing the same1
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all the provisions of the Act creating said Railroad Commission and Acts amendatory thereof prescribing the procedure of said Commission in fixing freight and passenger tariffs and hearing complaints of carriers and shippers and of altering and amending said tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amending rates and charges for storage as aforesaid
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That no Railroad Company shall make or retain directly or indirectly any charge for storage of freight greater than that fixed by the Commission for each particular storage nor shall they discriminate directly or indirectly by means ot rebate or any other device in such charges between persons
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That if any Railroad Company shall violate the provisions of this Act either by exceeding the rates of storage prescribed or by discriminating as aforesaid the person or persons so paying such overcharge or subjected to such discrimination shall have the right to sue for the same in any court of this State having jurisdiction of the claim and shall have all the remedies and be entitled to recover the same penalties and measure of damages as is prescribed in the case of overcharge of freight rates upon making like demand as is prescribed in such case and after like failure to pay the same
Sec 5 Be it enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 171891
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TO REGULATE EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
To exlmd 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 weral businesses named herein to apply the powers given to said Commissioners by law over Railroad Companies to all companies or persons owning controding 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 Stale and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and golfer the passage of this Act all companies or persons owning controlling or operating graph or that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegrap t0 be unjer whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall he under the control control of the Railroad Commissioners of this State who shall have full power to regulate the mission prices to be charged by any company or person or persons owning controlling or operat ti0 0f mg any line or lines of Express and Telegraph for any service preformed by such com pric pany person or persons and all the powers given to said Commissioners over railroads over railin 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 gainst Section 719a to Section 719p both inclusive are hereby declared to be ot force force as against corporations companies or a person or persons owning controlling or operating pfg an a line or lines of Express and Telegraph doing business in this State whose line or lines ggjgg 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 shal also have power and authority to require said companies to locate agencies at Railroad agetCieSi Stations
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the powers of the Commis Regulation sioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons herein referred to only as t0 shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in ansportathis State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another m this State messages
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act state be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved Oct 211891
Power to regulate rates and fares
Corporations subject to the provisions of thisConstitution
Corporaitons not authorized to buyshares tending to defeat competition
No secret
rebate
allowed
Not intended to impair contracts
Appropriate legislation re quired
CONSTITUTION
AETICLE IVSection II
Paragraph I The power and authority of regulating railroad freight and passenger I tariffs preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose I duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discriminations on the various railroads of this State and prohibit I 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 t corporation now existing nor alter or amend the same nor pass any other general or I special law for the benefit of said corporation except upon the condition that such cor I poration shall thereafter bold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution I and every amendment of any charter of any corporation in this State or any special law I for its benefit accepted thereby shall operate as a novation of said charter and shall bring I the same under the provisions of this Constitution Provided That this section shall I not extend to any amendment for thepurpose of allowing any existing road to take stock I 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 I 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 I have the effect or be intended to have the effect to defeat or lessen competition in their respective businesses or to encourage monoply and all such contracts and agreements shall be illegal and void
Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature j thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real I 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 appro I priate legislation
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The following1 references to the laws of the State on the subject of transportation of passengers and freight hy Common Carriers are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest
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Bailrad companies are common carriers and liable as such 2297
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Liability of Railroad Companies as carriers
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A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is able responsi and accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he maybiiity adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2278
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Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all ngersaS persons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or maybe of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons re us seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2296
D Carrier of
A carrier of passengers is bound also to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and passen
his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But he is not liable for in ers
juries to the person after having used such diligence t ode Section 2266
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The carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed inhis custody yet a For bagpassenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his own baggage Code Section 2280
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It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees to Qn agbe provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from sasestation 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 alien on the baggage not only for its freight but for the passengers fare Code Sections 2281 and 2289
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A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to be taken for the fare pajd Limit as to In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the baggage carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost provided the same be only such articles as a traveler fob business or pleasure would carry for his or her own use Code
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Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers vvater and are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during the and night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor or agent of a railroad whoafter being requested by a passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passengers in each car in the day or night and light at night shall pass any depot or station without so doing may be indicted in any county through which said railroad runs of which he is agent or conductor and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor Code Sections 522 and 523
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Equal accommodations to all
Police of railroads
Posting time of de layed trains
Carriers bound to extraordinary diligence
Effect of notice to limit
Bound to deliver without un reasonable delay
Time of responsibility
Common carriers of passengers for hire shall furnish like and equal accommodations to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition Code Section 525
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The conductors of a train carrying passengers are invested with all the powers duties and responsibilities of police officers while on duty on their trains Provided nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of any railroad company for the acts of its employees When a passengeris guilty of disorderly conduct or uses any obscene profane or vulgar language or plays any game of cards or other game of chance for money or other thing of value the conductor of the train may stop it at the place where such offense is committed and eject the passenger from the train Code Section 902
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Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph operator during the hours that 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 to be kept Code Section 2285 i
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One who pursues the business constantly or continuously for any period of time or any distance of transportation is a common carrier and as such is bound to use extraordinary diligence In cases of loss the presumption of law 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 2264
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A common carrier cannot limit his legal liability by any notice given either by publication or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract and will then be governed thereby Code Section 2276
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The 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 2282
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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 2279
Carrier has lien on goods
Fraud on carrier
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 2287
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All freight hills or freight lists charged against or to he collected out of any person for plight 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 he collectible Code Section 229S
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Whenever any person shall deliver property of any description to a railroad steamboat Recei fcg oi express company for transportation said company shall upon demand furnish the party carrier sodelivering a valid receipt which shall specify the shipping marks and numbers thereon and the weight of the property thus delivered whenever the value can be estimated by weight and in all cases where the value cannot be thus estimated the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quantity or value thereof and also the place of destination and any agent or officer of such company violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Code
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All railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to freight3 shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges receipts overtheroad giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state thefreight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad re ceiptto 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 2200
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Where there are several connecting railroads under different companies and the goods Liability of are intended to be transported over more than one railroad each company shall be re where sponsible only to its own terminus and untildelivery to the connecting road the last ggre 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 2298
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Railroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge Roads reall cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting road Code Section 2212 They deliver are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive from the connect carsronT0 lng road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to connecting which the same is offered and transport said cars to their destination with reasonable diligence Code Section 2302
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Whenever any railroad company in this State shall weigh any cars loaded with freight Weighing to he shipped and charged for by the carload such weighing shall be done by a sworn weiher weigher as provided for the weighing of cotton rice and other produce Code Section 2309 When such cars are weighed singly they shall be uncoupled at both ends and Weighed one at a time Code Section 2310 When lum
When any railroad company shall transport timber lumber or other like articles of fromne1 freight which from length laps over from one car to another such company may cause as otheran
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Unjust dis crimination prohibited
many as two or three of such cars so loaded to be weighed together after uncoupling them at both ends from other cars and in all such instances the aggregate weight of the freight I upon said two or three cars shall he averaged so that each of the cars shall he charged with an equal amount of the total weight and the shipper be made to pay freight as if each of the cars so weighed together did actually contain an equal portion of the whole load I Provided That in such cases the shipper shall not pay less than the amount of freight due on full carloads Code Section 2311
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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 I freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car on its said I road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has license to operate control or use Nor shall any railroad company discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line or route connected with it as I against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is sought to be run in con1 nection with any other route shall such company discriminate against such connecting j line or in favor of the balance of its own line but shall have the same rates for all and I shall afford the usual and like customary facilities for interchange of freight to patrons I of each and all lines alike See Code Sections 2188 and 2214
The Proviso to the first section of the Interstate Commerce Law reads as fdllows
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 I 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
AU ACT
Jo 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 I white and colored passengers in their respective cars or compartments to give conductors and ether employees of railroads and conductors of dummy electric and street cars certain powers I and authority over passengers to comply with the regulations made by said companies under the provisions of this Ait 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 tocommodafurnish equal accommodations in separate cars or compartments of cars for white and separate I 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 ofEmployes such cars shall be required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compartI ments of cars provided by the said companies under the provisions of this Act and all their cars conductors ofdummy electric and streetcars shall be required and are hereby em com 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 I 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 of I mentor seat other than that to which he may have been assigned shall be guilty of a pr visions I misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of this act
I oi the Code of 1882 Jurisdiction of such offences shall be in the county in which the I same occurs The conductor and any and all employees on such cars are hereby clothed I with power to eject from the train or car any passenger who refuses to remain in such I 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 0arg propthe space set apart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be divid
I proportioned according to the proportion of usual and ordinary travel by each on the road or line on which said cars are used
Kfa Be it further enacted That it shall be unlawful for the officers or employees White and I having charge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored passengers to I occupy the same car or compartment and for a violation of ths section any such officer not 0 oc
or employee shall be guil of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punupysame 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 j curses or servants in attendance on their employers
Sec 7 Be it further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment Carstobe oars or separate ears shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such pie etc
carswell and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misdeI oeanor punishable under section 4310 of the Code of 1882
1 Sec 8 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act 1 ce and the same are hereby repealed
I Approved October 21 1891
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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 com panies 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 l the Railroad Commissioners to act as arbitrator for the State in each case and it shall be the lj 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
Express Companies
ADOPTED BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
AS AMENDED TO OCTOBER ij 1897
APPLYING BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
TAIRIZFZB1 A
Merchandise Rates Per Hundred and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing JLess
than One Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission op Georgia
DISTANCE D 05 xs C Oi 5 3 t O r A Per 100 lbs RATES 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 M 55
SI 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 Jver 80 not over 90 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
251 to 300 1 20 IGver 90 not over 100 30 1 40 1 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
w8JnfrPUKds aVd nnder shall noi be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance less 20 per cent6 dut wden such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents
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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 RATES PER i00 POUNDS 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
per
100 lbs MILES m 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
ij to 20 30 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 35 40 45 45
21 to 40 30 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 45 45
41 to 60 35 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 55 55
61 to 80 40 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65
81 to 100 45 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
101 to 130 50 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
131 to 160 55 Over 60 not over 70 25 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
161 to 180 60 Over 70 not over 80 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85
181 to 200 65 Over 80 not over 90 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
201 to 250 70 Over 90 not over 100 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
N otePackages distance within this 25 cents less 20 per
weighing nve pouuus auu uuuei iiuu uo j r j
State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 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
RATES PER 100 it t
POUNDS 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
Rates
Distance lOOlbs
MILES 8T 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 230 300 350 400 450
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
1 to 20 25 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33
21 to 40 25 Over 10 not over 20 25 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 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 30 38 40 43 45
81 to 100 30 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 38 40 45 5i
101 to 130 35 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 25 25 30 30 33 35 38 40 50
131 to 160 40 Over 60 not over 70 25 25 25 27 30 33 35 40 40 45 45 50 55 60
lei to 180 45 Over 70 not over 80 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60 63
181 to 200 45 Over 80 not over 90 25 25 25 I 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60
201 to 250 50 Over 90 not over 1001 25 25 25 1 27 1 30 35 40 43 1 45 50 54 58 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 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 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 L
RULE 4
Graduated rates apply to matter weighing less than one hundred pounds
RULE 5
Two or more packages weighing each 10 pounds or over forwarded by one shipper at the same time to one consignee may be charged for on the aggregate weight as above Packages weighing less than 10 pounds each shipped as in the foregoing section may be aggregated provided they are estimated and charged for as weighing 10 pounds each Actual weight only must be entered on the waybill If articles of different classes are aggregated the charge may be made at the rate applying to the highest class
RULE 6
Valuation ChargesWhen the value of any merchandise shipment CO D or otherwise exceeds 5000 the following additional charge may be made on value Charge for value whether insured or not When merchandise rate is 100 or less per iOG pounds 5 cents for each 100 value or fraction thereof When merchandise rate exceeds 100 and not more than 300 per 100 pounds 10 oents for each 10000 value or fraction 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 cannot be delivered the shipper must be immediatlv notified and if not disposed of within thirty days after such notice it may be returned subject to chargo 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 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
Beer
Beer Tonic
Berries
Butter
Cabbage
Calves dressed
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls Carrots
Celery
Cheese
Cherries
Chestnuts
Cider
Clams
Cocoanuts
Crabs
Crab Meat raw Not including 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 or 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
deviled
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 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
ioeiUS tbat 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 tames A means that the article is Jovemed by foir ttae TaSff A 8 times A means that the article is governed by eight times Tariff A
Scale of Weights for Oysters Packed in Cans
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differs from theuuffirofOafs givlnbo0 addAwo znl Tif f packe pnd rite88 t0 l0WeSt nUmber wen on the list tod chargt the hundred
Shippers must mark the exact number of cans contained in each case
THE SPECIAL RATES ARE TO BE USED ONLY ON THE
CONDITIONS NAMED BELOW WITHIN THE STATE
charge to be less than 25 cents g s to be prepaid or guaranteed and no
distributeJraiftouilyor aeiidnDurnTifips b aPPlie4 nly on matter
age containing articles that ar snlH P rP08es anf must not be applied on any pack
matter ctss
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eluding Reading Matterpiates minimum twentyfive S m PkC6 in
ffiSSBaSSSSSSHS
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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 from packing houses minimum twentyfive cents SfOTEVVhen 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 in sheets
Blotters and Blotting Pads Books printed bound or unbound t Bulbs
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 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 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
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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 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 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 whichdouble 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 ah articles enumerated thereunder A stands for single A Rate A for Onehalf A Rate 1J 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 pi Special Rates In the absence of Special Rates cm 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 specined
Ail articles not enumerated below or not analogous to those enumerated are to be charged for at A Bates
Acids dangerous refuse see Rule 8
Advertising Matter see Section
A
Agricultural Implements bulky D A Plows ordinary stirring and
Ale B
Almanacs see Section A page
and Section 0
Animals and Birds LiveReceive them only at 0 R of injury death or escape taking a Release as provided for Live Stock Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers They must be boxed or caged Enter the number of animals in each box or cage on waybill Charges may be
prepaid or guaranteed
Alligators livef D A
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
It
Bananas Beans Beef Fat Beer
Berries B
Butter B
Beer Tonic see Scale of Rates
Bees in stands O R 1 J A
Benzine refuse see Rule 8
BicyclesOrdinarysee V eh icles
BicyclesRailroad taken apart see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetyK D and crated see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetynot K D and boxed B 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 waybill D A
Blanks printed bound or in sheets see Section C
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 Outtiggers minimum 400 8t 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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EULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
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Cabbage1 B
Calves dressed B
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls B
Carrots B
Celery 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 O RB 1 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
Cals 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
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
Egg Plants
Emery Wheels
Empties 0 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 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 5c Each
Butter Refrigerators15c Each
Cans in boxes or kegs and oil
cans in jackets 10c 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
Coops10c Each
Crates and Kennels pet animal or dog minimum 50c
Demijohns in boxes or kegs 10c Each
Egg Cases 5c Each
Fruit Empties10c Each
Eggs
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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
5c Each
Jugs in boxes or kegs10c Each
Kum yss Boxes 25c Each
Liquor Kegs 10c Each
Meat boxes may be returned subject to charges on delivery by agreement with owners t25c 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 fruit 25c Each Soda Fountains minimum 15c A
Engravings see Pictures also Section C
Envelopes address printed see Section C
Explosives refuse see Rule 8
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 0 R B
Boxed or crated
Not boxed or crated D
Burlapped except chairsfrom
manufacturers only
Chairs boxed or crated
Chairs not boxed or craed 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
P
Feathers closely compressed
and baled A
Feathers not closely compressed
and baled D A
Ferrets see Animals
Fire Arms O R
Guns or Rifles trussed or boxed or taken apart and packed in sole leather or
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 1
Mirrors I
Stained
Show Cases
Plate
Signs
Window
Goats see live stock
Grapes
Greens
Green Corn
Guinea Pigs see Animals
Guns see Firearms
Gunpowder refuse see Rule 8
WWW W tW j i Wt WWW
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RULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
ia
Harvesters K D
Hand BagsOld
Hand Bills see Section C
Heliotype Work see Section C
HidesGreen B
HobbyHorses D A
Hogs see Live Stock
Honey O 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 0 R
Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition
to their own cases A
Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified 3tA
Pianosboxed minimum500 for each Company carrying A
Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company carrying 1 i A
Organs boxed A
Organs not boxed for music
dealers A
Organs not boxed for other than music dealers 1 i 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 between 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
J
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 0
Lard jj
Laundries packages of clothing shipped to or by ste Section
B
Lem ops
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 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 weight and 100 in value minimum 5 for each company carrying 1 J A
Calves crated A
Colts see Ponies
Cows not crated estimate single animal at 1000 lbs D A
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139
Cows crated A
Goats crated A
Hogs 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 J A
When crated A Pony Colt or Horse A
weighing over 500 lbs net will be classified same as a Horse A
Sheep crated Lobsters see Perishables A
Ml
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 pack
ing houses see Section B MeatFresh or cured B
Men refuse Mineral Water Mirrors see Glass B
If
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
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
see
Paintings see Pictures Pamphlets see Section C
Paper for Cash Register 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
1 When the deChromos cared yalue
Crayon Portraits
Engravings
Lithographs
Machines or t ten cil Paintings
Oil Paintings
Pictures
Water Colors
ship
I of the ment is ou I or less jWhen the declared value of the shipment exceeds 5000
Pigeons Quails or BirdsLive in coops for market or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape
B

A
A
1 i A
A
D A
WWWWWWWWWW W WWf
Coops and contents must not
weigh over 150 lbs A
PigeonsLive shipped by Homing Pigeon Clubs 0 R of injury death or escape in heavy flat topped baskets with insuf ficient 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 Section 0
Plows ordinary stirring and
breaking
Ponies see Live Stock
Pop see Scale of Rates
Posters see Section C
Poultry dressed
PoultryLive QR 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 numher 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
RabbitsLive see Animals
Radishes
Reading Matter Platessee Seel tion B
Revolvers see Firearms
Rifles see Fire arms
Roots see Section C
A
E
A
SausageFresh or cured
School Desks see Furniture Scions see Section C
Seeds see Section C
Sewing Machines racked or
boxed
Sewing Machines not racked or
boxed O R
Sheep see Live Stock
Sheet Music see Section C Show Cards unmounted see Section C
Show Cases see Glass
Shrubs
Signs see Glass also Section A
SkinsDressed
SkinsUndressed
Slate see Marble
Sleigbs 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
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
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 securelv boxed i J
D
sJWbdJd td W d bd bdbd bd
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
141
Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not secure ly boxed O R D A
V 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 i 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 J A
Carriages not K D and boxed or crated 3t A
Carriages or Buggy Poles with single trees securely attached A
Cutters with Thills detached
boxed or crated minimum
800 for each company carrying 1 i A
Sleighs K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for
each company carrying 1 i 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 I 1 i 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 A
Tricycles not K D and boxed
or Crated D A
Velocipedes D A
VelocipedesChildrens A
W
Watches see Jewelry
Y
Yeast Compressed R
142
TELEGRAPH
Tariff and Rules Governing Telegraph Companies
RULE NO 1
No Telegraph company shall charge or collect more than twentyfive cents for a a night message and
IS telegraphing hack to originating Office for comparison g g
u e No 1 to take effect from and after February 1st 1892
rule no 2
The Darien Telegraph Co
anTmrtatheTek foxtrot the Darien Telegraph Company to be allowed ORriF ifm nf gpb rates aDd I1011 showing made it is
elMiveofds add Tyb6aIl0Wed tG ChMge forty cents for ten words day messages until otorist orSre ad CmtB eaCh additional word for
143
RAILROAD MILEAGE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Alabama Great Southern gg
Albany and Northern g n
Atlanta and West Point10650
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern gg
Augusta Belt VT mm 2
Augusta and Summerville 2
Augusta Terminal 20 90
Blue Bidge and Atlantic 22
Brunswick and Pensacola
Bruton and Pineora
Central System viz
First Division
Savannnah to Atlanta Millen to Augusta Gordon to Covington Griffin to Carrollton M A Junction to Athens Barnesville to Thomaston
29473
5321
8189
5957
10178
1625
Second Division
Macon to Alabama State Line Eufaula Fort Yalley to Columbus
Fort Yalley to Perry
Smithville to Columbia
Cuthbert to Fort Gaines
Third Division
Columbus and Birmingham
Columbus to Greenville
Columbus to Americus Columbus to Alabama State Line Girard
Tybee Division
Savannah to Tybee
Total
Charleston and Western Carolina
Chattanooga Borne and Southern
Chattanooga Southern
Chattanooga and Durham
City and Suburban
Collins and Beidsville
Cuyler and Woodburn
Darien and Western
Douglas and McDonald
Dover and Statesboro
East and West
Florida Central and Peninsular Foy Eailroad
Gainesville Jefferson and Southern
Georgia viz
Augusta to Atlanta
Camak to Central B B Junction
Union Point to Athens
Barnett to Washington
Union Point and White Plains
14260
7100
1250 8361
2050
107
4951
6234
114
1770
106940106940
2047
13450
4260
173
175
686
1315
29
20
996
I 45170
13808
10
65
17080
74
39
1720
135
Total
3145
3145
144
Georgia and Alabama gyg jj
Georgia Northern gj
Georgia Pine Railway jg gg
Georgia Southern and Florida 16915
Hartwell 10
Hawkinsville andFlorida Southern25
Indian Springs and Flovilla 3
Lawrenceville g gg
Lexington Terminal
Louisville and Wadley jq
Macon and Birmingham 97
Macon Dublin and Savannah 53 54
Midville Swainsboro and Bed Bluff 17 75
Millen and Southern 3153
Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis 273
Northeastern of Georgia 39 5ft
Oconee and Western40
Plant System viz
Savannah to Alabama State line 2685
Brunswick to Albany B W 170 4
Wayeross to Florida State line 3689
Savannah to South Carolina State line 179
Albany to Florida State line via Thomasville 6868
Climax to Florida Stato line 282
Pupont Junction to Florida State line 2568
Total 61625 61625
Sandersville 4
Seaboard Air Line 1233
Smithonia and Dunlap 7
Smithonia Danielsville and Carnesville g 1
South Brunswick 1 16 51
South Carolina and Georgia 85
South Georgia2729
Southern System viz
Atlanta and Charlotte AirLine 10096
Georgia Pacific Kailroad 5020
Georgia State Line to Brunswick Ga 40727
Atlanta and Florida Eailroad 10230
Georgia Midland Railroad 97 88
Elberton AirLine 50 60
Cleveland and Cohutta Branch 230
Dock Branch L80
Hawkinsville Branch lolO
Boswell Branch 911
Atlanta Belt Line 3 30
Attalla and Rome i 1890
Rome and Selma 2140
C C A Railway 155
Total 87767 87767
145
Sparks Moultrie and Gulf 24
Stillmore AirLine 8405
St Marys Lake City and Gulf 35
Sylvania 15
Talbotton 7
Tifton and Northeastern 25
Valdosta Southern i 10
Wadley and Mount Vernon 80
Waycross AirLine 3010
Western and Atlantic including Rome Railroad 13950
Western of Alabama 17
Wrightsville and Tennille 36
Total mileage 537482
Mileage as shown in 24th report 529141
Increase 8341
10 ro
Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads of Georgia for the Year Ending June
30 1897
Gross Earnings Year Ending June 0 1897 Operating Expenses Year Ending June 30 1897 Net Earnings Year Ending June 301897 Deficit Year Ending June 30 1897 Mileage in Georgia Covered by Figures Gross Earnings per Mile Year Ending June 30 1897 Operating Expenpses per Mile Year Ending June 30 1897 Net Earnings per Mile Year Ending June 80 1897 Percent df operating expense to gross earnings
A lhcinv Ar 35 427 45 37306 34 i 1878 89 35 1012 21 1j065 89
Alabama Great Southern 122726 68 84992 89 37733 79 24 5113 61 3541 37 1572 24 6925
Atlanta Knoxville Northern 263661 12 221549 28 42111 84 107 2464 12 2070 55 393 56 84
Atlanta W fifit Point 554446 91 334616 81 219830 10 87 6372 95 3846 17 2526 78 6035
10 624 71 10820 20 195 49 21 505 93 515 24
Central of Georgia 4067584 78 2464490 35 1603094 43 1069 3805 03 2305 41 1499 62 6059
Chattanooga Rome Columbus 220990 46 190097 79 30892 67 135 1636 96 1408 13 228 83 86
Qfittaoogi Ponthprn 67820 53 62285 18 5535 35 42 1577 22 1448 49 128 72 918
Chattanooga r hn rhaim 25771 57 20022 97 5748 60 17 1515 97 1177 82 338 1 5 776
City anH RnhnrhRTi 79709 69 67669 91 12039 78 17 4688 80 3j980 58 708 22 78
PiylAr Ar Woorlhnrn 5204 15 2483 34 13 591 34 400 31 191 02 677
flrtllima Ar RoiHflvillp 4 367 93 4508 51 140 58 7 623 99 644 07
Parien Woatorn 18227 69 15281 29 2946 40 29 628 54 526 94 101 60 83
Tinypr A Stfltesbnro 20800 48 9856 66 10943 82 10 2080 04 985 66 1094 38 49
TTapt West 41854 62 38316 26 3538 36 46 909 88 832 96 76 92 915
Florida Contrat k Poninsnlar 523597 94 328220 24 195377 70 138 3794 18 2378 40 1415 78 626
Poy pmlroad 12641 92 9621 74 3020 18 10 1264 19 962 17 302 01 761
Groorgia Pail road 1590658 87 1139295 71 451363 16 307 5181 29 3711 06 1470 23 716
Gainesville Jefferson Southern 55925 19 41268 48 14656 71 65 860 38 634 89 225 48 737
Ceorgia Alahflma 812491 00 567554 72 244936 28 376 2160 88 1509 45 678 02 6985
Georgia Northern 56959 82 36077 82 20882 00 31 1837 41 1163 80 673 61 633
Georgia Sonthorn Florida 863541 63 590707 44 272834 19 285 3029 97 2072 65 957 31 684
VT artwl 1 10908 55 7439 09 3469 46 10 1090 85 743 90 346 94 681
Lawrnnnovillo Pranoh 3521 96 2085 68 1436 28 10 352 19 208 56 143 62 68
Lexington Torminal 3 685 00 3649 00 36 00 4 921 25 912 25 9 00 99
Louisville Wadley 11733 19 11159 87 573 32 10 1133 31 1115 98 57 33 95
IVLaeon OriYYlirv ftavannah 64363 47 53608 60 10754 87 54 1191 91 992 75 199 16 832
Macon Birmingham 61970 OC 83056 98 21086 98 97 638 88 856 25
Millen Southern
Midville Swainsboro Red Bluff Northeastern of Georgia
Oconee Western
Plant System viz
Savannah Florida Western
Brunswick Western
Alabama Midland
Charleston Savannah
Total for the Plant System
Rome Railroad
Sandersville
Seaboard AirLine
South Carolina Georgia
Southern Railway System viz Atlanta Charlotte AirLine Ulberton Air Line
Georgia Midland
Roswell
Proprietary Lines
Total for Southern System
Stillmore AirLine
Syl vania
Talbotton
Tifton Noitheastern
Union Point White Plains
Valdosta Southern
Wadley Mt Vernon
Waycross AirLine
Western Atlantic
Wrightsville Tennille
Totals
28373 92 28204 70 169 o
27910 19 23872 98 4037 21
64995 54 43706 01 21289 53
36875 70 33387 44 3488 26
1515081 34 1127236 19 387845 15
565662 58 376951 74 188710 84
99337 10 83370 88 15966 22
48052 00 35015 84 13036 16
2228133 02 1622574 65 605558 37
38348 55 22956 19 15392 36
7773 30 6811 50 961 80
912680 80 806793 90 105886 90
84579 87 64064 95 20514 92
639545 16 509636 76 129908 40
54993 05 39149 35 15843 70
174081 41 128456 09 45625 32
6762 43 7294 40 808055 58
2541238 23 1733182 65
3416620 28 2417719 25 998901 03
36713 09 19244 11 17468 98
10108 10 8837 38 1270 72
9155 30 8092 26 1063 04
26330 87 19397 58 6933 28
7045 83 7579 51 70
7598 89 2787 19 4811
39943 78 1 17106 09 22837 69
46674 52 3596 14 10738 38
1574323 221 989915 15 584408 07
87166 40j 52951 82 34214 58
S 18305051 82 12672702 76 5632349 06
531 97
583 68
886 68 f 881 39 5 28 99
18 1550 56 1326 27 221 28 85
39 1666 55 1120 66 545 88 67
40 92 L 89 834 68 87 20 905
407 3722 55 2769 62 952 93 744
171 3307 96 2204 39 1103 57 666
32 3104 28 2605 34 498 94 8393
11 4368 36 3183 25 1185 10 7287
621 3587 97 2612 84 975 13 727
18 2130 47 1275 34 855 13 598
4 1943 32 1702 87 240 45 88
266 3431 13 3033 05 398 07 883
84 l006 90 762 67 244 22 757
100 6395 45 5096 36 1299 08 796
51 1078 29 767 63 310 66 711
98 1776 34 1310 77 465 56 737
751 38 810 48
612 4152 35 2831 99 1320 35 682
870 3927 14 2778 98 1148 16 7076
S3 1112 51 583 15 529 36 524
15 673 87 589 15 84 71 77
7 1307 90 1156 03 151 86 88
25 1053 23 775 90 277 33 73 6
587 15 631 62
10 759 88 278 71 481 17 36
30 1331 45 570 20 761 25 43
30 1555 81 1197 87 357 94 767
138 11408 13 7173 30 4234 84 628
35 2421 28 1470 8 950 40 6074
2 5387 1
Average gross earnings per mile for the State of Georgia
Average operating expenses per mile for the State f Georgia
Average net earnings per mile for the State of Georgia
Percentage of operating expenses to gross earnings for the State of Georgia
3398 00 2352 64
1045 36
692
147

Summary of Financial Operations of Kailroads in Georgia

Ralroad Mileage in Georgia Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings
1895 524052 16930146 96 12397730 60 4532416 36 732
1896 529141 18458467 95 13188336 28 5270131 67 714
1897 537482 18305051 82 12672702 76 5632349 06 692
There are fortyeight different companies and systems covered by the statement on the preceding pages Five of these viz The Central of Georgia the Georgia Railroad Plant System Southern System and the Western Atlantic Railroad or 104 per cent of the whole number operate 561 per cent of the railroad mileage in Georgia and earned 70 3 per cent of the total gross earnings reported for the State during the past year
Only five different operating companies reported deficits aggregating 2388562 The largest net revenue per mile is reported by the Western Atlantic Railroad viz 423484 while the smallest is reported by the Millen Southern viz 528 per mile
The total gross receipts for the State as compared with last year show a decrease of 15341613 The roads curtailed operating expenses to the extent of 51563352 and thus the net earnings for the State were increased 36221739 during the year just ended as compared with the year previous For the year ending June 30 1896 the percentage of operating expenses to gross earnings was 714 per cent while that for the year ending June 30 1897 was 692 per cent or a decrease of 22 per cent
INDEX
ACTS See Law
BAGGAGE
Excess Tariff for Transportation of
CIRCULARS
Nos 264 TO 271 INCLUSIVE BEGIN
CLASSIFICATION
FREIGHT SEE FREIGHT
Express see Express
Changes in See Circulars
DEMURRAGE
RULES Governing see Storage
DEPOTS
Rules Governing Location and Erection of
DISTANCES
Tables of with Names of Stations Begin
EARNINGS
See Financial
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
See Weights
EXPLANATORY NOTES
EXPRESS COMPANIES
Act Authorizing Regulation of see Law
Rules Governing
ClassificationPerishables
Classification General
Special Rates
Tariff General Merchandise
Tariff Perishable Freight
Tariff Fish Fresh Meat etc
financial
statement of Earnings Expenses etc FRACTIONSRules for Computing
16
40
80
39
129
131
135
132
126
127
128
146
39
150

FREIGHT
RULES Governing Transportation of
Classification of
Rates Standard Tariff of
Tariffs of the Several Roads
Weights of Estimated see Weights i
GAUGE
NARROWRoads of See Notes 6 and 7 of Explanatory Notes
GENERAL RULES
See Rules
LAW
Act CreatingCommission
Act Concerning Interstate Rates
Act Empowering Commission to Bring Suit
Act Amending Title of Original Act
Act Authorizing Commission to Inspect Railroads
Act Providing for Regulation of Storage Charges
Act Providing for Regulation of Express Companies
Act Providing for Regulation of Telegraph Companies
Act Requiring Commissioners to Act as Arbitrators
Act Concerning Separate Cars for White and Colored
Constitution Extracts from Concerning Railroads
General Law 1
LIVE STOCK
RULES Governing Transportation of
Estimated Weights of See Weights
MILEAGE
RAILROAD Detailed Statement of
NOTES EXPLANATORYSee Explanatory Notes
PASSENGERS
Rules Governing Transportation of
Tariff of Rates StandardJ
Tariffs of the Several Roads Begin
POWERS
Of CommissionSee Law
RAILROADS
Classified List of
M3
RECOMMENDATIONSSee Report
REPORT
LETTER to the Governor Including Recommendations
m
jmH
i CwentySixth Report
of the
Railroad Commission
of
6wHaS

from October itb i07 to October mb io Submitted to the Governor October itb isos
1 ncluding all Rates Rwles and eguiatiqis adopjed by thd Coinniisfiianferf thet oyrtiiieiit and contfdl of iaili0ld prdos d tdls egraph cqm pan iei wltf bfi aie npv of forcei
SSW
TWENTYSIXTH REPORT
OP THE
Railroad Commission
OF
GEORGIA
FROM OCTOBER J5th 1897 TO OCTOBER 15th 1898

Submitted to the Governor October 15th 1898
ATLANTA GA
GEO W HARRISON STATE PRINTER Franklin Printing and Publishing Company 1898
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
THOS C CRENSHAW Jr SPENCER R ATKINSON
COMMISSIONERS
J D MASSEY Secretary
REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15 1898
His Excellency W Y Atkinson Governor
SirSection 2201 of the Cod provides that It shall be the duty of the commissioners herein provided for to make to the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recommend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable
In compliance with the requirements of this section we hve thq honor to submit this the Twentysixth Report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia The various Circulars promulgated by the Board during the year are annexed and referred to as a part of this report
The physical condition of the railroads in Georgia and especially that of the trunk lines is excellent and the service good There have however been a few complaints made with reference to the condition and service of some of the shorter lines originally built as tram or lumber roads These complaints have been investigated and direction given for such improvementsas seemed necessary to meet the requirements of the business
A table showing the earnings expenses etc of the various roads will be found elsewhere as well as a statement showing the mileage of each road in Georgia and the total increase in mileage reported during the year
WORK OF THE COMMISSION
This Commission standing as an arbitrator between the railroad express and telegraph companies and the public and being charged with the duty of regulating in Georgia the rates and in a measure the service of these vast corporations which affect directly and materially the interests of every
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citizen and industry in the State is naturally called upon to consider applications and complaints in almost infinite variety Many of these do not come within the jurisdiction of the Board and generally in such cases all that can be done is to so inform the complainant and afford him such information as may be in our power in reference to the matter complained of However in a number of instances notwithstanding want of jurisdiction the Commission has succeeded in securing adjustments of differences between the roads and their patrons satisfactory to both Many of the matters which do fall within thescope and authority of this Commission are of a local or transient nature and consequently of no interest to the public at large though of great importance to the parties directly interested We shall not therefore burden this report with a recital of such minor cases which are daily adjudicated and disposed of but will limit ourselves to a brief review of a few of the more important matters representative of the general work of the Commission
DEPOTS
Deference was made in our last report to the question raised in regard to the validity of the law authorizing this Commission to require the location and erection of depots This is a very important and necessary power and a brief review of the matter may be of interest
On January 28th 1896 after hearing the application of the citizen of Eorsyth for improved depot accommodations at that place the Board issued an order requiring the Central of Georgia Railway Company tn erect a suitable depot building there within a specified time Said order was disregarded whereupon by direction of the Commission the Attorney General instituted suit in the name of the State against that company in Monroe Superior Court for the recovery of penalty provided by law The defendant by counsel filed its demurrer to this proceeding mainly on twigrounds substantially as follows That the Superior Court of Monroe county had no jurisdiction of the case because the wrong complained of was not perpetrated in that county the principaloffice of the defendant company not being located therein andsecondly tha the title of this
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Act of October 29th 1889 which empowered the Commission to require the erection of depots etc did not express what was contained in the body of said Act and was therefore unconstitutional null and void being in contravention of Article 3 Section 7 Paragraph 8 of the Constitution The AttorneyGeneral representing the State submitted that whatever might have been the defects of the amendatory Act in question the same had been cured by the Actof December 16 1895 adopting the new Code which embraced the original statute and amendments Counsel for the railroad company contended that in adopting the Code of 1895 the Legislature did not intend to make anything in the Code law which was not the law before its adoption and that if such was its intention it did not have the power under the Constitution to enact in this way any statutes or any changes or modifications of existing laws because the title of the Act did not indicate the matter contained in the body of the Code The court sustained the demurrer and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court Substantiallythe same contentions were urged by the respective parties before the higher tribunal which rendered its decision in the case on July 27 1898 The headnotes of that decision which epitomize the same are quoted below
1 If a railroad company of this State refuses to comply with an order passed hy the Railroad Commissioners requiring it to erect a depot building in a given town or city through which the line of its road passes such refusal in contemplation of the law is at the companys principal office or place of business and consequently the Superior Court of the county in which that office is located and it alone has jurisdiction of an action by the State against the company for recovery of the penalty incurred by the company in refusing to yield obedience to such order
2 The intention of an Act of December 161895 adopting the present Code and making the same of force as the Code of Georgia is to enact into one statute all the provisions embraced in that Code
3 This Act is not unconstitutional because it did not incorporate in its body the various sections of the Code nor because these sections were not read three times and on three separate days in each house of the General Assembly before the passage of the Act
4 The Act in question does not within the meaning of Article 3 Section 7 Paragraph 8 of the Constitution of Georgia refer to more than one subject matter nor does it contain matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof
5 The effect of this Act is to make as a part of the law of the State all new matter embodied in the Code of 1895 which could be constitutionally enacted by the Legislature It follows therefore that the Act though unconstitutional as originally passed on account of containing matter different from what was expressed in its title if otherwise constitutional became valid law by its incorporation in the present Code upon the passage of the Act first mentioned
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Thus after a considerable period of uncertainty all doubt of the authority of this Commission to require the location ahd erection of depots has been removed and its power in that respect firmly established Incidentally another very important result was the outcome of this litigation namely the decision of the court that the Code of 1895 is itself a legislative enactment and therefore the statute law of the State per se However it is the opinion of the Commission that the law should be so amended as to authorize suit to be brought by the State in the Superior Court of the county in which the town or city is located where a railroad company fails or refuses to construct a depot building in obedience to an order of this Commission I This will be again referred to in our recommendations
Upon consultation with the AttorneyGeneral it was thought advisable by the Board pending the above mentioned litigation to withold action upon a number of applications for depots Since that time the Commission has made personal visitation to the most important points from which depot applications had been received for the purpose of inspecting the present depot buildings and ascertaining what additional facilities if any were necessary In some instances the roads have without the issuance of for mal orders made the desired improvements upon their attention being called to the complaints In other cases where orders have been issued the roads have signified their intention to comply
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PAYMENT OF WAR STAMP TAX BY TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS COMPANIES
Soon after the internal revenue law of the present year became effective a number of complaints were lodged in this office against the Southern Express Company and the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies to the effect that the former required as a condition precedent to issuing receipts and forwarding shipments offered for transportation that consignees should furnish the internal revenue stamp required by said Act to be affixed to such receipts and that said telegraph companies required senders of telegraphic dispatchers to stamp the same before tendering them for transmission The Commission immediately issued rules requiring said companies to appear and show cause why suits should not be m
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stituted against them for the recovery of penalties provided by law for exacting of their patrons in Georgia a grealter charge for the service performed than was prescribed by the tariffs and rules of this Commission
The Southern Express Company by its counsel appeared and contended that it was not the intention of Congress to lay this tax upon the carrier but upon the freight or in other words upon the shipper that the theory and effect of all laws for raising revenue by indirect taxation was that the burden ultimately rested upon the consumer of the article upon which the tax was levied and that therefore this tax should be passed along so that it would be likewise distributed among and paid by the consumers of the freight carried After a careful consideration of the matter the Commission decided that this was a tax laid by Congress upon the Express Company that it was the duty of such carrier to issue bills of lading or receipts for shipments received by it for transportation that properly stamping such instruments was necessarily incidental to their issuance and that the exaction of this extra charge complained of was a violation of the tariffs and regulations of the Commission inasmuch as it indirectly increased the rates above those prescribed by it Accordingly the Express Company was directed by an order to discontinue this practice The Board was notified that tbe order would be observed and simultaneously notice was given that the Express Company would make application for an increase in its rates in Georgia sufficient to compensate it for the loss of revenue sustained in carrymg out the requirements of said order
Such an application was soon after filed and the same was duly heard It was submitted that if the rates on express shipments were just and reasonable prior to the imposition of this tax that they were not just and reasonable after this additional expense was incurred and should therefore be proportionately increased It was estimated that the loss of revenue to the Express Company in Georgia would approximate 6000000 annually
Upon considering the case the Commission being fully pursuaded that Ibe Congress intended that the burden of this tax should be borne by the Express Company and not by the general public declined to make such a change in the existing rate as would shift this burden from the shoulder of e company to the back of the shipper and accordingly said application WaS dismissed
The questions involved in this case arose in other States in which no Com
missions existed which were authorized to deal with them in a summary way The persons complaining were driven to the necessity of appealing to the courts for a redress of their grievances and it is gratifying to this Commission to be able to state that wherever the question arose is was settled m accordance with the principles applied by this Commission in making its ruling
In the case of the telegraph companiesit appeared that the Act required senders of telegraphic dispatches to affix stamps to the same denoting the tax levied thereon before tendering them for transmission While it is believed that the Act also requires that a telegraph company7 after haring received such a stamped message shall likewise stamp a copy thereof before delivery of the dispatch is made to the addressee inasmuch as this feature of the mattei in no wise affects the rates fixed by the Commission and since the law makes it the duty of a sender to stamp his message before tendering it for transmission a telegraph company does not violate the rules of this Board in requiring the sender to comply with the law before receiving his message Therefore as no rule or regulation of the Commission was involved the cases against the telegraph companies were dismissed
THE COLUMBUS RAILROAD COMPANYJURISDICTION

A case which was of considerable interest was that brought by the Commercial Guano Company of Savannah against the Columbus Railroad Company on the ground of alleged excessive charges exacted by the defendant for transporting loaded cars from the point of conjunction between its track and that of the Central of Georgia Railway Company to the boat landing in Columbus The same case had been previously heard and decided adversely to the complainant and this was upon a petition for a rehearing of the complaint The question involved was that of jurisdiction of the Commission over the lines of the defendant company
It was contended by counsel for complainants that defendant was engaged in business as a common carrier of passengers and freight was a railroad company within the meaning of the statute and therefore properly subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission Counsel
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for the defendant company submitted that same was a street railroad company that is was chartered by the General Assembly as such that its lines were operated as a street railroad and that it therefore fell within the exception contained in Section 2199 of the civil Code and consequently was not subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission
It appeared from the evidence submitted at the hearing that the General Assembly had chartered the defendant company as a street railroad company for the stated purpose of carrying freight and passengers subject to regulation by the Mayor and City Counsel of Columbus that said charter had been renewed by the same authority subsequent to the organization of the Commission and thatfihe Act creating the Commission in express terms excepted street railroads from its jurisdiction It was therefore held that the charter Act being of force and not in conflict with the law creating the Commission said defendant company was subject tO the jurisdiction of the municipal authorities of Columbus and not to that of the Railroad Commission
TRAM OR SAWMILL RAILROADSJURISDICTION
A matter frequently presented for our consideration is that of jurisdiction of this species of railroad Sometimes the owners of these tram roads while perhaps not holding themselves out to tliy public as common carriers engage in the transportation of freight and passengers forhire in a limited way In the event of disagreement between the parties owner and shipper a case is made before the Commission and the first question to be disposed of is as to whether the road complained against comes within the scope of our authority Touching this subject generally the Board has held that
All persons or corporations operating railroads within this State for hire whether for passengers or freight street railways excepted are under the laws of this State subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission
Nevertheless the Board has in some instances declined to assume juris diction over roads of this character where circumstances did not seem to require the opposite course As a general proposition the crude and inadequate facilities of these roads render the handling of freight and passengers unsafe and unsatisfactory and it is a practice which ought to be discouraged
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STORAGE CHARGES OH FREIGHT IH LESS THAH CARLOADS
Heretofore under Demurrage Rule Ho 10 of tins Commission the roads were not allowed to charge storage on freight in less than carload lots when unloaded into depots or warehouses unless such charges were uniformly made at all points on such lines At competitive points where one line made no such charge its competitor was placed at a disadvantage of being compelled to waive these charges at all points on its lines or to make the charge at the competitive point in the face of competition by the read which chose not to do so After hearing the traffic officials of the various roads the Commission amended the Rule by making it inapplicable to package freight received in less than carload lots and unloaded into depots and warehouses and it is believed that this change will be promotive of harmony without injurious effect upon either the railroads or the public
SPECIAL ARRAHGEMEHTS AHD PRIVATE CGHTRACTS
Recurring to the subject of complaints of which this Board has no jurisdiction next in point of numbers to those arising from interstate shipments come those in regard to contracts and agreements Fpr example a party arranges with a railroad company for the construction of a private spur irack to his factory or warehouse and an agreement is iftade for its maintenance again under certain circumstances an agreement is made between a shipper and a railroad company by which the latter is bound to transfer cars for the shipper at a special and lowef rate than the prescribed maximum Eventually a misunderstanding arises or it suits the interest of the road to discontinue such arrangement and the Commission is appealed to by the other party for redress As a matter of course all that we can do in such cases is to inform the complainants that this Board has no authority whatever to enforce contracts or agreements and that a remedy can be had only in the courts
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TARIFFS PRESCRIBED FOR HEW RAILWAYS
The Board has been called upon to prescribe freight and passenger tariffs for the government of three new roads during the past year as follows
The Atlantic Yaldosta Western Railway Company road projected from Valdosta Ga to Jacksonville Fla 107 miles The line is not completed as yet but we are informed that the company expects to finish construction to Valdosta during October
The Bruton Pineora Railway Company in charge of the property of the old Atlantic Short Line Railway Company which was sold under foreclosure line extends from Bruton to Stillmore under construction to Pineora Ga
The Dooly Southern Railway Company length of line 8 mile extending from Richwood on the Georgia Southern Florida Railway to Penia on the Georgia Alabama Railway
All of said roads were assigned to Class Ho Six of th Commissioners1 Classification of Railroads that class including most of the new or short lines of railroad in Georgia One or two other companies have constructed branches or extensions during the year which will be noted by reference tothe statement of railroad mileage in this State given elsewhere in thisreport
IHTERSTATE COMMERCE
Attention is especially called to the necessity for the enactment of a law which will enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to effectually regulate interstate rates To illustrate this necessity we quote an example cited in our last report
In October 1891 and in January 1892 this Commission filed in the office of the Interstate Commerce Commission complaints against several of the leading railroads in Georgia and their connections for violations of the fourth section of the Act toRegulate Commerce known as the Long and Short Haul Clause of said Act The complaints were that the roads charged a greater rate for a shorter distance than for the longer the shorter distance being included in the longer For instance on a shipment of freight of first class from Cincinnati to Acworth on the Western
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Atlantic Railroad the rate was 124 per hundred pounds while a similar shipment would be carried over the same route ih the same car to Atlanta 35 miles further for 107 per hundred pounds
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard these cases and on November 11 1892 decided them in favor of this Commission and directed the defendants to cease and desist from charging a greater rate for a shorter distance than for the longer Upon the refusal of the roads to obey these orders suits were filed by the Interstate Commerce Commissioh in the United States District Courts in Atlanta and Savannah to compel obedience
There wefe seven of these cases brought by this Commission five of I j which have been decided in its favor by the Interstate Commerce Commission That Commission in seeking to enforce its orders filed two bills in the United States District Court at Savannah and three at Atlanta one of the latter being against the Western Atlantic Railroad and connections from which the above example was cited On June 15th 1898 this case
which was allowed to control the other two Was decided adversely to the plaintiff
The case was decided upon an interpretation of the fourth section of the interstate commerce law which provides
That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property under substantially similar
circumstances and conditions for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same
line in the same direction the shorter being included within the longer distance
etc
The Court following the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Interstate Commerce Commission vs Alabama Midland Railway Company held that competition among the several transportation lines converging at Atlanta created circumstances and conditions not substantially similar to those which obtained at Cartersville Acworth Marietta and other points named on the Western Atlantic Railroad and that consequently that road in charging greater rates for the shorter distances to such points than to Atlanta had not violated the section referred to
Under the constructions placed upon it by the Courts the interstate comimerce law evidently fails to accomplish the purpose for which it was designed namely the regulation of interstate rates so as to secure relatively to interstate traffic even justice to all shippers and to prevent extortion by the railroads This has been fully demonstrated in the cases above re
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erred to While an appeal has been taken by the Interstate CommerceCommission the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Alabama Midland cse seems to have fixed a precedent under which all attempts to give the smaller towns equitable rates will be futile
This Commission has used its utmost endeavors to protect the people at local points in Georgia against unjust interstate rates It has made numerous cases before the Interstate Commerce Commission most of which that body decided favorably to it It has cooperated as far as possible in pressing suits in the Ted eral Courts to have those findings enforced And since these tests in those courts have proven the interstate commerce law totally ineffectual we feel it our duty to plainly state that fact and to say that in our opinion there is and can be no adequate relief for the people from the unjust burdens imposed upon them in many instances by excessive unequal and partial interstate rates until the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission are strengthened The courts have decreed that the Act gives the Commission no authority to make rates and its orders and suggestions in regard to the rates made by the railroads being advisory merely are of no avail In our judgment there can be no hope for an improvement in this respect until the Interstate Commerce Commission is clothed with penary power to fi and prescribe maximum rates on interstate traffic and to make rules governing the same Its findings should befinal and its tariff sheets should be deemed sufficient evidence in the courts that the rates fixed were just and reasonable Suitable penalties should be provided for all failures and refusals by railroads to comply with such rates rules and regulations and adequate legal machinery created to insure the speedy enforcement of the same so that when any rate or practice should be found to be exorbitant unjust or unreasonable an effective remedy could
be quickly applied
Holding these views we most earnestly recommend that the General Assembly request the Representatives and instruct the Senators from this State to make a concerted effort and to use every possible endeavor to secure Congressional legislation on the lines indicated above As we have said there is no relief for those who are suffering from these unjust discrimina j tions and cannot be until ample power is conferred upon the Interstate Commerce Commission by a statute framed in such clear and unmistakable terms that there can be no misinterpretation of its meaning or evasion of its provisions
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REGULATION OF SLEEPING CAR RATES
There is at present no provision for the regulation of the rates charged for sleeping car accommodations in Georgia The Commission is of the opinion that a public service of this character so closely identified with railroad transportation as sleeping car service is should likewise be subject to similar control as applies to railroads
We therefore recommend that the General Assembly enact a statute authorizing the Commission to prescribe rates rules and regulations for the government of corporations owning or operating sleeping cars in this State in the same nanner as they are now by law authorized to do with regard to railroad express and telegraph companies
This recommendation is made not only because of its inherent propriety but because it has been repeatedly suggested to this Commission by numerour citizens of the State who constituting a part of the great traveling public have an interest immediately involved Wre will not enter upon any extended discussion of this subject but will content ourselves with presenting for the consideration of your Excellency an extract from a letter addressed to the Commission which seems to state the reasons which led the general public to the belief that the rates of sleeping car companies like other transportation companies should be made subject to the control of the Commission
I call your attention to the published statement of the Pullman Car Company in press dispatches of July 2d 1898 The Company seems to have declared a quarterly dividend of 200 per share and a special dividend of 2000 and provided that the regular dividends hereafter should be 6 per cent They recommend that the surplus assets to the extent of 18000000 should be distributed to the stockholders by increasing the stock to 54000000 and that the stock shall be issued to the shareholders in proportion of one share for each two shares held
The sleeping cars are the only institution that I recall that have maintained the rights fate of 200 per berth since the war and notwithstanding the appreciation of the value of currency and the large reduction in the prices of almost everything else and notwithstanding the enormous increase of travel whereby sleepers that formerly carried five or six passengers are now on the principal trunk lines almost universally crowded yet the price is still 200
There can be no question but what the company has made millions of dollars and it would seem in the interest of the general public that it was time that such legislation was being enacted as would at least force the company to give the suffering public the benefit of some reduction in what is considered a very enormous charge
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The are from Augusta to New York is about 2100 and the sleeper oyer onefourth of that amount
I trust that in the interest of the people you will take the matter under advisement and suggest and endeavor to have passed such legislation as will afford at least a measure of relief to the traveling public
VENUE IN DEPOT CASES
As elsewhere stated the Supreme Court of Georgia has held that as the law now stands suit to recover penalties for failure or refusal of railroads to locate or construct a depot when ordered to do so by this Commission must be brought in the Superior Court of the county in which the principal office of the offending company is located and not elsewhere This is a serious impediment to the enforcement of the law as well as a source of great inconvenience
In the first place it involves the State in the expense of having its witnesses in many cases attend upon sessions of court held hundreds of miles from their residences or compels it to dispense with their personal appearance and rely upon the unsatisfactory method of submitting testimony upon answers to written interrogatories In the second place one of the principal questions of fact which necessarily arises in that class of cases is whether or not the depot in a given case required to be built is such as answers the requirements of the public comfort and convenience and whether the location selected by the Commission is a proper one This class of questions like those involving the condemnation of rights of way for public ways can be best determined when the jury shall have the opportunity of viewing the premises and their presence at or near the spot would be indispensable to the exercise of this right Aside from these considerations m all cases of tort under existing laws the company must and in all cases of breach of contract may be sued in the county where the tort was committed or the contract was to be performed With equal propriety all proceedings to enforce the performance of a duty owing to the public should be permitted to be brought in the county where that duty it to be performed and since the principal offices of some of the railroad companies operating lines in Georgia may be beyond the limits of this State there is the greater reason not only that such suit should be brought in the county
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where the depot is to he built but also that service in all such cases be perfected by the delivery of a copy of the writ to any agent of the company within such county Indeed we are of the opinion that in all cases involving the breach of any duty that may be owing upon the part of a corporation whether to the public or an individual arising either from contract or imposed by law the law should be so framed as to authorize suits to be brought in the county in which such duties are to be performed
MANDAMUS AS A REMEDY
In the present state of the law it seems that the only remedy afforded against carriers refusing to conform to the rules and orders of the Commission is to be found in the institution of suits to recover the statutory penalties imposed in such cases and we are of the opinion that this is a manifestly inadequate provision Many of such orders involve matters of the greatest concern to individuals as well as to the public a specific performance of them being indispensable to the enjoyment of their full rights under the law The recovery of a penalty might have the effect of preventing a repetition of the wrong but it neither compensates for past injuries nor gives assurance against a repetition of the wrong
A few illustrations will suffice to demonstrate the propriety of so changing the law as to enablethe courts either by mandamus or mandatory injunction in a summary way to compel carriers to specifically perform duties which they assume or which are imposed upon them by law For instance the public convenience or comfort might require the construction at a given point of a depot building which would cost mafiy thousand dollars This Commission orders its erection The company against which the order is made declines to comply Suit is instituted The extreme limit of the recovery is five thousand dollars It might be cheaper to the company to litigate even if eventually compelled to pay the penalty than to comply with the order arid even at the end of the litigation the public would be no nearer getting the depot than when the proceeding was commenced A judgment imposing the penalty would not enjoin upon the company the duty of building the depot
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Again A manufacturer erects a plant alongside a line of railroad Under a contract with the company a siding is put in for his convenience A disagreement arises between the two The company removes its siding or refuses to run its cars thereon for hauling the products of the manufacturer Under the present law his only remedy is by suit for damages and even if he ultimately recovers the continuing injury to his business will in the meantime have crushed his enterprise and destroyed his trade Practically he is remediless
The two illustrations cited are strong cases They are not likely to but may arise They are stated for the purpose of emphasizing the necessity for an improvement in the remedial process afforded by existing laws In the one case mandamus in the other mandatory injunction would afford a reasonable just and adequate remedy
The prompt and summary enforcement of the orders made by this Commission will be found to afford to the general public and as well to individuals the best protection against the practices which the Commission was designed to prevent And we therefore recommend that for the enforcement of all orders made by it in the exercise of its lawful powers this Commission be authorized to institute suit either by mandamus or injunction mandatory or preventive in the Superior Court where the duty enjoined by such ordei is to be performed or where the act to be restrained is being committed and that service thereof be perfected as in other suits for tort or breach of contract against the company
SIDETKACKS
A fruitful source of complaint from the public and particularly those engaged in the establishment and operation of industrial enterprises has been the Subject of sidetracks The location and proper maintenance of sidetracks should be subject to the control of this Commission to the end that controversies respecting that subject might be speedily settled and in such a way as not to impede the building of mills and factories along the lines of the several railways in Georgia
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S TIMMARYCONCLTJ SIOK
Briefly summarized our recommendations in regard to legislation that ife deemed advisable are
Instructions to Senators and request to Representatives from Georgia to endeavor to have tbe Interstate Commerce law strengthened
Amendment of law to authorize suits in depot cases to be brought in county where depots are proposed to be located
Making the Railroad Commission law applicable to sleeping car companies the same as to railroad express and telegraph companies
That the law be so amended as to authorize the courts by mandamus and mandatory injunction to compel the performance of corporate duties and I to so enforce compliance with the orders of this Commission
That the Commission be authorized to require the location construe
tion and maintenance of sidetracks
In conclusion we are gratified to report that during the past year the regulations of the Commission relatively to traffic have been observed and enforced with reasonable promptness and that the relations between the railroads and the public seem to be more harmonious than heretofore Gradually a better feeling between the roads and their patrons is becoming manifest This we believe is largely due to the enforcement of reasonable rates and uniform rules throughout the State by which arbitrary acts and 1 unjust discriminations and the consequent strife and discord are prevented
It has been the purpose of this Commission to stand upon the midde ground between the great carrier companies of the State and the genera public It has endeavored to administer the law fairly and justly Where it has found abuses if has corrected them Where the carriers have given to the public a proper and faithful service it has commended them It has proceeded upon the principle that the conservative course was the wiser It has recognized the fact that a rate which was too high was an imposition upon the public and the further fact that too low a rate would cripple and
render inefficient the service to the public
Notwithstanding its broad powers it recognizes that the best results are to be obtained by such an administration of its authority as that both t e railroads and the people would feel at liberty at all times to appeal to it lor the enforcement of right and the redress of wrong with the confident assur
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nce that every complaint made would be patiently beard and then settled with a due regard to the legal rights of all those concerned
Respectfully submitted
L N TRAMMELL Chairman THOS C CRENSHAW Jr SPENCER R ATKINSON
Commissioners
J D MASSEY
Secretary
CIRCULARS
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga Nov 26th 1897
L N Trammell Chairman j
Allen Fort Commissioners
Thos C Crenshaw Jr J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 272
ClassificationAmendments
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are
hereby adopted
0 R 0
Paints and Whiting hulk in bbls casks andsacks dry C L L
Excelsior made from Georgia Pine pressed in bales L 0 L 5
Excelsior made from Georgia Pine 0 L minimum weight 10000 pounds D
This circular to be effective on and after December 6th 1897 Everything in conflict hereby repealed
By order of the board
J D MASSEY L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Raileoad Commission of Geoegia Atlanta Ga Dec 22nd 1897
L N Teammell Chairman j
Thos C Crenshaw Je V Commissioners
Spencee R Atkinson J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 273
General Rule No 7
The following has been adopted as General Rule number seven of the Bailroad Commission of Georgia
The Commissioners reserve the right to suspend or modify the enforcement of any of their rules regulations rates etc at discretion where in their opinion the conditions are such that a strict enforcement of the same would work hardship or injustice
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga March 2d 1898
L N Trammell Chairman j
Thos C Crenshaw J r Commissioners
Spencer R Atkinson j
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 274
Freight and Passenger Tariff of the Atlantic Valdosta and West
ern Railway Co
The Atlantic Valdosta and Western Railway Company is hereby placed in Class No 6 of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads and ia Class B of the Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff and on and after March 10th 1898 said company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight no more than as follows PassengerClass B four cents per mile
FreightClass No 6On 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 Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Explanatory Note Number One
The following has been adopted as Explanatory Note Number One to supersede that at present in effect
In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff for distances over 100 miles under the Class opposite the distance if it ends in O and if not then opposite the next greater distance will be found the rate required For distances under 100 miles when the mileage does not end in O or 5 the nearest milage so ending shall govern the rate Examples To find the rate for 241 miles on a box of clothing weighing 100 pounds opposite
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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 if for 42 miles the rate for 40 miles would apply if for 43 miles the rate for 45 miles would apply
Changes in Classification
The following changes in the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
C R O R
Guano Horns Tin N O S D 1
Guano Horns Tin crated
Iron Roofing boxed or in rolls or bundles wired or crated 5
3
of 6
This Circular to be effective on and after March 10th 1898 Everything in conflict herewith repealed
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga August 30 1898
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Thos C Crenshaw Jr Commissioners
Spencer R Atkinson j
J D Massey Secretory
CIRCULAR NO 275
Freight and Passenger Tariffs of tbe Bruton Pineora Railway Company anil of the Dooly Southern Railway Company
The Bruton Pineora Railway Company and the Dooly Southern Railway Company are hereby placed in Class B of the Standard Passenger Tariff and in Class No Six of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads and on and after September 10th 1898 said companies will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight no more than as follows
PassengerClass B four cents per mile
IreightClass 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 the Standard Tariff with twenty 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 following is hereby adopted as Rule 5 A of the Demurrage Rules of this Commission
Rule 5 A Where the consignee shall refuse to accept freight tendered in pursuance of the bill of lading the carrier charged with the immediate duty of delivery may give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal and if he shall not within three days after receiving such notice give direction for the reshipment or unloading of such goods he shall thence forth become liable to such carrier for demurrage upon the car or cars m which they are stored to the same extent and at the same rate as such charges are now under like circumstances by the rules of this Commission
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imposed upon consignees who neglect or refuse after notice of arrival to remove freight of like character from the cars of a carrier
Rule No 10 of the Demurrage Rules of this Commission is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Rule 10Railroads shall not discriminate between persons Or places in forage 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 this rule shall not apply to package freight received in less than carload lots and unloaded in depots and warehouses Provided further That the Commission shall hear and grant applications to suspend the operation of this rule whenever justice shall demand this course
Rule No 1 of the General Rules of this Commission is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph
Unless otherwise expressly ordered upon the hearing of all causes which may hereafter come on to be heard before the Commission the respective parties shall present the testimony of their witnesses by affidavits in like manner as the same are now by law required to be submitted upon the hearing of applications for injunctions All affidavits intended to be offered by either party shall be served upon the opposite party his counsel or agent having control of his ease at least three days and all counter affidavits at least twelve hours before the day set for their hearing This rule of procedure will be varied only when in the exercise of a sound discretion this Commission shall be of the opinion that a departure from its letter is necessary to the attainment of substantial justice
Rule first of the Rules Governing the Erection and Location of Depots is hereby amended so as to read as follows
First No station or agency now or which may be hereafter established upon the line of any railroad in this State shall be discontinued or abolished by the authorities of any such railroads without first obtaining the consent of this Commission thereto
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Classification
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted t
C R 0 R
Deer Tongue value limited to 6 cents per pound L C L 5
Same C L 6
Potatoes L C L in barrels or sacks 6 R
Spools and Beamsyyarn empty without percentage 6
Earthenware other than Jugware and Stoneware Loose C L 20000
pounds 4 5
Jugware Comnjon C L O
Cotton Seed valuable for planting less than 2000 pounds sacked 5
This Circular to be effective on and after September 10th 1898 Everything in conflict herewith repealed
By order of the Board
J X MASSEY L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
COMMISSION ERS
RULES TARIFFS
AND
CLASSIFICATION
EMBRACING ALL CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS
TO DATE
OCTOBER 15 1898
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GENERAL RULES
ELE 1PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly I and distinctly set forth the grounds of complaint the items being numbered andob I jections all set forth in writing
In like manner all defenses must be distinctly set forth in writing and the items j 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 hegrd in person or by attorney or by writ ten argument upon such Written statement being first filed
Unless otherwise expressly ordered upon the hearing of all causes which may hereafter come on to be heard before the Commission the respective parties shall present the testimony of their witnesses by affidavits in like manner as the same are now by law required to be submitted upon the hearing of applications for injunctions Allaffi davits intended to be offered by either party shall be served upon the opposite party his counsel or agent having control of his case at least three days and all counter affi davits at least twelve hours before the day set for their hearing This rule of procedure will be varied only when in the exercise of a sound discretion this Commission shall be t of the opinion that a departure from its letter is necessary to the attainment of substantial justice
RULE 2MONTHLY REPORTS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall file in tbe office of the Commissioners on or before the 30th day of each month a report duly j Railroads sworn jof itsearnings and expenses for the month preceding upon a printed form A furnisht0 an also at the same time file in said office a report of all orders rules rgulareports 0IS and circulars issued by the Commission during the preceding month accompanied by a statement showing whether said orders rules regulations and circulars have been duly posted as required by the rules of the Commission and have been put in force on said road said report to be made on a printed form C as follows
form c
To a
Secretary Railroad Commission of Georgia
Dear Sir
Your circular order No has been received and a copy has been fur
nished each local agent of this Company with instructions that he post the same H j a conspicuous place and that the same be complied with
Yours truly
of
Howto bring complaint
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R B 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 requiredSt together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances Psfctarifls between stations giving name of eachstation And when any change in said schedule of rates cr classification is made either by the Commission or by any Railroad Company a copy of said change shall he immediately furnished the office of the CommisI sioners and shall also be posted in the same manner as the above
RULE 4
The rates prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in either direction
Rates apply in both oireetiois
RULF 5
It shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Geor jjoajsre
gia to furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the quiimHo I possession of said Railroad Company and a written transcript or copy of any paper in books pathe possession of said Railroad Company wh ch may appear to the Commission as pers e e
I necessary to aid them in the discharge of their duty
RULE 6
Railroad Companies are required to submit to the Commission for inspection and RoaiS recorrection all contracts and agreements between railroads doing business in this State
I as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs Also all arrangements an i agreements as contracts to the divisions of earnings of railroads doing business in this State for inspection and etc consideration
RULE 7
The Commissioners reserve the right to suspend or modify the enforcement of any of Rightta their rules regulations rates etc at discretion where in their opinion the condi etc retions are such that a strict enforcement of the same would work hardship or injustice served
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Amount of baggage allowed
Office required to be open for reasonable dime
Schedule
rate
charged at
junction
points
Bail roads allowed to collect cxh ct mileage
Te cents a
minimum
charge
Tariff rate to apply from flag station
Tariff rate only charged when arrival or departure of train uncertain
RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
1 Cents Per Mile
For Passengers ClAS3 A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over 3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age li 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 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 aes if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so but if hotno 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 tne fare would be less than that amount
RULE 6
No more than standard Passenger Tariff nhal be charged passengers from flag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale
RULE 7
When in consequence ofthe uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standaid Passenger Tariff shall be charged
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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 he 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 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 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
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 Commission
4H 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
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Duty to bulletin delayed trains
Notice of obstruction and consequent delay given to passengers in car and at stations
Roads required to neat passenger coaches
RULE 15
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time it shall be the duty of said railroad company to bulletin and to keep posted at every telegraph station along its line in the direction in which said train is going the time such train is behind its schedule time and the time of its arrival as nearly as can be approximated
RULE 16
Whenever there is by reason of accident or otherwise a break or obstruction on any railroad in this State which will delay any passenger train on said road it shall be the I dutyof said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said il passenger train and the place so obstructed and the conductor shall give notice of said obstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station and of the delay i that will probably be caused by the same
RULE 17
On all passenger trains in this State the railroads shall furnish safe and adequate heat1 ing appliances and shall keep the passenger coaches sufficiently warm to make the pas j sengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary or desirable to the passengers
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF
For all Baggage Over 150 Pounds
For 20 miles and under 10 cents per 100 pounds
For 30 nines and over 20 15 ti tt
tt 40 tt it SO 2 ti tt
tt 60 it tt it 40 25 ti tt V
tt 70 tt it 60 30 it It
tt 80 it a 70 tt it
90 it tt 80 40 a tt s
tt 100 it tt ft 90 45 ti
tt 110 tt tt 10 50 tt a
it 120 ti tt 110 55 tt a
a 130 it tt it 120 55 tt
tt 140 tt tt 130 60 a tt
it 150 tt it 140 65 tt U
tt 160 it tt tt L50 70 a tt
tt 170 i tt it 160 ii ii
ft 180 tt K tt 170 80 tt tt
ft 190 tt tt tt 180 85 it it
it 200 it tt it 190 90 tt i
a 210 tt tt ti 200 95 ti ti
it 220 tt tt It 210 100 ll
tt 230 it a p 220 105 tt it
a 240 ft it 230 110 It ll
4 260 it 240 115
ti 290 m 260 120 tt tl
It 320 tt tt 290 123 ll l
it 350 it tt it 320 130 it tt
tt 400 a tt 350 135 ti
ti 450 tt tt it 400 140
Note 1No more than ten 10 cents shall be allowed to be collected as a mini119
charge
Note 2The above Tariff1 is subject to Rule One of the Rules Governing the j Transportation of Freight
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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 I majority of whose stock is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by one of I the connecting lines shall for the purpose of transportation in apply ing this tariff be I considered as constituting but one and the same road and the rates shall be comI pnted 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 applicaI tion 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 i longer and shorter distances Five 5 miles has accordingly been fixed as the limit f 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 I reserve the right however to correct the charge in extreme cases which work hard
I ship although the same may not violate the letter of our rules
RULE 3
I For all distances over five 5 miles and under one hundred 100 miles the followI ing rule will apply When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so I ending shall govern the rate As amended August 151888
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 28 I miles charge for 30 miles
RULE 4
When freight is transported any distance greater than one hundred 100 miles if I 16 mileage does not end in 0 the nfext 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 r 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
I Toe freight rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not e 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 rry fr the same lessened rate for all persons except as mentioned hereafter and if ey adopt less freight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same I Percent at all stations along the line of road so as to make no unjust discrimination I 38 against any person or locality
Continuous mileage to apply on all roads under same management
Limit for a change of freight rate
Division of rate according to distance
Reduction of rates under 20 miles and over 250 miles
No unj ust discrimination in rates
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Longer line allowed to adopt the short line rate
Freight charges on passenger trains
Railroads not allowed to decline freight on passenger trains
25 cents
minimum
charge
Blockades
forbidden
Secret reduction of rates forbidden
Roads allowed to reduce cer tain rates at discretion
Shippers load and unload
But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or lines in order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates between said two points below the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of the said road or when a rate on cotton is made to a seaport out of the State which is less than the rate from the same point to the Georgia ports the railroads shall be authorized to meet the said competitive rate in like manner as aforesaid Provided that before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Commission
RULE 7
The rates charged for freight service by regular passenger trains may be one and a half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains provided that this rule has no application to freight carried by Express Companies
RULE 8
No railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for transportation by the train for which it is offered
RULE 9
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum chargeon a single shipment however small subject however to Rule No 30
RULE 10
No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad companies as to the transportation of freight according to percentages or otherwise
RULE 11
There shall be no secret reduction of rates nor shall any bonus be given or any rebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public
RULE 12
The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear Tanbark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are maximum rates but the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted from the operation of Rule 6 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
When railroad companies are required to load or unload car load shipments o Classes L M N 0 and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores theactual cost of such service shall be paid by shippers
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RULE 14
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as fol lows 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 5000 pounds 7 00
For 5000 6000 pounds 8 00
For 6000 7000 pounds 10 00
For 7000 and over in proportion
RULE 15
FertilizersThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended to te used 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 Kainit and Cotton Seed Meal 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 I weather chafing or other injury
RULE 17
In no case shall the amount collected on L O L shipments exceed the charge pei oar load for the same class of goods
RULE 18
Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition wellprej pared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligible plain marking and accomI panied with orders for immediate shipping g
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
Charges for extra handling
Definition of term Fertilizer
Vehicles must he properly protected
Charge for L C L shipments not exceed charge for C L shipments
Goods must be properly prepared for shipment
When car load rates apply
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Manner of applying percents age
Bulky shipments subject to special contract
What constitutes a car load and also a ton shipments of lapped lumberetc
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
BULE 20
Lumber Coal Lime and Stone and all other articles for which estimated weights are given in the Glassification except Live Stock Ale and Beer alid empty Ale and Beer packages in less than carload lots will he 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 hearing 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 hut when the weights cannot he so ascertained will be charged for at the following estimated weights
Per 1000 Feet
White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned 3000 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green14000
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 seasoned 3000
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned4000
Oak Hickory Elm green6000
Flooring and Ceiling matched and dressed 1 inchesj2500
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 40
Shingles green per 1000 500 a v
Laths dry per 1000 475
Laths green per 1000 700
Tan Bark dry per cord7 2000
Tan Bark green per cord 2600
Fence Posts and Rails and Telegraph
Poles per cord 3500
Clay per cubic yard 3000 7
Sand per cubic yard300
Gravel per cubicyard 3200
Stone undressed per cubic foot 160
Lime per bushel 80
Coal per bushel 80
Coke per bushel 40 7
Portland Cement per barrel 400
Other Cements 300
WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE
I i sworn weigher for the
Railroad at do certify on oath that I this
day ofweighed car No of the
Railroad loaded withthat the gross weight was pounds
that the marked weight of the car was pounds that said car while bping
weighed was disconnected except where lumber laps and free from all hearing 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 Tariffshall applv the increase allowed to the reduced classification hut in cases in which the classification of any article is raised by percentage railroad companies which are allowed an ihcrease on the Standard Tariff shall not apply said increase to the already increased classification but only to the Standard Tariff
RULE 22
gggrWhen any article is too bulky to put in a box car it shall he 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 car
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load weights for the cars used hut 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
A car load of any article enumerated in Class P except wood and lumber and arti cles 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
RULE 24
For rules governing demurrage and storage see Demurrage Rules
RULE 25
A charge of no more than two dollars per car will be allowed for switching or transI ierring a car from any point on any road to any connecting road or warehouse within a j Dace of three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents
I When in the transfer of a car between said points it is necessary to pass over the lines of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the roads at interest
When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no addi tional charge shall be made for the return of the empty cars
RULE 26
The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any purpose without the consent of the owners
RULE 27
All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this State shaft eceive all freight offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for from the first of April to the first of October between the hours of 7 oclock a m and tj oclock 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 he 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 he construed to prevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 oclock a m or later than 6 oclock P m if they so desire
RULE 28
Railroad companies whose lines of road do not exceed ten 10 miles in length may I barge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles
RULE 29
All joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or control excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be made only by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or ratesj and submitted to the Commission by the initial road with a carefully prepared tariff of rates d distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the mission
Charge for switching or transferring cars when passing over two or more roads
Empties to be returnd free
Terminal facilities not to be used by dther companies
Time for opening and closing freight depots
Short roads come within tenmile limit
Joint rates made by agreement
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Joint rates shall be sum of locals less 10 per cent
Manner of dividing such rates between the com panies
Refunding
over
charges
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
Weighing
cars
RULE 30
On all shipments of freights notgoverned by Rule No 1 originating and terminating in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not I under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be greater than the sum of the local rates on such freights less ten 10 per cent for the distance hauled over each road The total rate thus ascertained on such freights from the point of shipment to the point of destination shall be divided in such proportion 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 i hauled
Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prevent the total of any Joint Rate madeunder this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads inter ested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work delay in the transportation of such freight or be a subject of appeal to the Commission by the roads at interest
RULE 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 delivering depot
Whenever an overcharge on freight has been made on a shipment over two or more railroads or any parts of two or more roads it shall be settled by the delivering road j If the overcharge is made on a shipment to a flag station then the demand to be made j 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 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 I 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 1 or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of itf 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 I 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
RULE 33
The railroads in this State within thirty days from September 15th 1893 shall cause to be weighed by a sworn weigher all lumber and coal cars belonging to them and1 have the weights marked upon said cars and the numbers date and weights reported to this office
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RULE 34
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 shipment 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
RULE 35
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 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
Shall receive anfl receipt for shipment and issue duplicate freight receipts
Notice of change in rates
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
How to apply the Standard Tariff
In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff for distances over 100 miles under the class opposite the distance if it ends in O and if not then opposite the next greater distance will be found the rate required For distances under 100 miles when the mileage does not end in O or 5 the nearest mileage so ending shall govern the rate Examples To find the rate for 24i 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 if for 42 miles the rate for 40 miles would apply if for 43 miles the rate for 45 miles would apply
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
S T 1 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 P 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
b r4i To ascertain the rates allowed any company or any class apply the percentage 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 per cent added 7J cents equal 38 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate allowed for 50 miles
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
Buies for 5 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowered by a per fraction118 cen following rules must be observed
whenap FirstIf the rate thus raised or lowered is in either of Classes C D F G J K or standnrri any other Class in which fractions appear the fraction of a half cent must be
Tariff retained as the following examples will indicate
Ex 1Standard Rate 65
25 per cent added 16
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate
of 8 cents
Ex 2Standard Rate 95
20 per cent added 19
Total 114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired
rate is 115 cents
Ex 3Standard Rate 8
20 per cent added 16
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 de
sired 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 gauged
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 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
9 In cases where the roads at interest have no agreement for the division of a joint rate on a shipment subject to Rule No 30 no road shall receive as its proportion of such rate a greater amount than its local rate less ten per cent In other words no railroad participating in a joint rate in this State shall take advantage of reductions made by other lines interested by assessing its full local rate but must deduct ten per cent from its local as in other cases
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC
No change
in depots
FirstNo station or agency now or which may be hereafter established upon the withoutiCS
line of any railroad in this State shall be discontinued or abolished by the authorities theconsent J J of the Com
et any such railroad without first obtaining the consent of this Commission thereto mission
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot uons must buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed beaccom
for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby full infor
t mation
ThirdA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said Correct 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 ftcnumto other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also her of pasevidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accom amount of nodated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the quired Commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require the location of such depots and the establishing of such freight and passenger buildings the condition of the roads the safety of freights and the public eomfort and convenmnce may require
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Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
Manner ot ascertaining rating of Live Stock
Estimated weight of Livestock
The weights given below are estimated and not actual They are used simply to get the rating on live stock in the absence of actual weights and the classification tariff etc apply thereto the same as to actual weights
Each
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 except
Stallions 1000 lbs
Shetland Ponies any age1000 lbs
Each
Cow and calf together for both25001bs
Cattle under one year old except Bulls 1000 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 75 lbs
Hogs for market 350 lbs
Pigs and Stock Hogs 125 lbs
Pigs Hogs Sheep etc boxed actual weight
Maximum The rates on Live Stock as given in this Tariff are based on the following maximum
valuations valuations
Horses and Mules not over120 00 each
Homed 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 i the following rates on valuation given
Value from 150 00 to 400 00 add to regular rate 30 per cent uationsVal 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 car loads at car load mente ratea 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 i
Hogs Sheep Lambs Calves and other small animals boxed taken at actual weignc j
but no single shipment of live stock to be charged for at less 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 boxed crated or in portable pens taken at actual weigni j carriers risk 1st class owners risk 2d class
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In no case snail the charge for less than a car load of Live Stock exceed the charge for a car load
j Shippers will be expected to feed water and care for Stock at their own expense andto When food is furnished by Carrier a charge will be made for the same and collected water i from Consignee stock
One two or three cars of Live Stock will entitle the owner or his agent to be car Carst0be ried free to point of destination of consignment on the train with the Stock to care for aecompathe same Four to seven cars inclusive belonging to one owner two men in charge attendants and eight cars or more belonging to one owner three men in charge which number is free the maximum number of attendants that will be carried free for one shipment
Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
t
Estimated Weights of Canned Goods

Fish Fruit Vegetables and Oysters N O S boxed
2 pounds 1
1 1 2 3 6
2 doz cans per case 60 pounds
flat
70
36
22
42
42
65
65
1 gallon can 45
1 1 90
Talll pound cans2 24
2 2 4 50
1 4 46
DEMURRAGE RULES
RULE 1
Railroad companies shall give prompt notice by mail or otherwise to consignee of the Bajxr0act arrival of goods together with the weight and amount of freight charges due thereon and companieswhen goods or freight of any kind in carload quantities arrive said notice must contain prompt noI letters or initials of the car number of the car net weight and the amount of freight charges rlvaiofdue on the same Storage and demurrage charges may be assessed if goods are not removed goods j m 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 j consigneee is personally served with notice of the arrival of freight free time begins at ten oAegal011 olock a m on the day after such notice has been given Constructive notice referred tonoticej consists of posting notice by mail to the consignee Where this mode of giving notice is Copied there shall be twentyfour 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
I 4 en no demurrage charges shall be made until after legal notice as above specified is given
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Charge on package freight after expiration of limit
Demurrage on loaded cars how assessable
Shipments to consignors or order
Treight refused by consignees
RULE 3
All package freiglit unloaded in depot or warehouse which is not removed by the owners thereoi 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 following the day of legal notice of arrival may he subject thereafter to a charge of storage fqr 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 posses sion of the railroad company it being understood that said car or cars are to be placed and remain accessible to the consignee tor the purpose of unloading during the period in which held free of demurrage that when the period of such demurrage charges commencesthey 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 consignee 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
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 he addressed by mail to the consignee at point j 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 5 A
Where the consignee shall refuse to accept freight tendered in pursuance of the bill of lading the carrier charged with the duty of delivery may give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal and if he shall not within three days thereafter give direction for tie reshipment or unloading of such goods he shall thenceforth become liable to such carrier for demurrage upon the car or cars in which they are stored to the same extent and at the same rate as such charges are now under like circumstances by the rules of this Commission imposed upon consignees who neglect or refuse after notice of arrival to remove freightoi like character from the cars of a carrier
A consignee who has once refused to accept a consignment of goods shall not thereafter be entitled to receive the same except upon payment of all charges for demurrage whicl
would otherwise have accrued
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RULE 6
A consignee living more than five miles from the depot and whose freight is destined to lisresidence or place of business so located shall not be subject to storage or demurrage morefhaQS charges allowed in the above rules until a sufiicient time has elapsed after notice for said frvemmdiles consignee to remove said goods by the exercise of ordinary diligence pot
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
Authorityto store property
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded cars Shipper to at an accessible place for unloading within fortyeight 48 hours not including Sundays henroact j or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m the day after the arrival of the same fails to de the shipper or consignee shall be paid one dollar per day for each day said delivery is so delayed time
RULE 9
j Whenever the weather during the period of free time is so severe inclement or rainy ttat is impracticable to secure means of removal or where from the nature of the goods able during removal would cause injury or damage such time shall be added to the free period and no leather111 j demurrage charges shall be allowed for such additional time
I 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 dedis mintage rules it must collect of all who are liable No rebate drawback or other similar tion in device will be allowed allowed be
If demurrage is collected by a railroad company at one point on its line it must collect at sorfV61 all places on its line of those liable under the rules of this commission Provided That this places rule shall not apply to package freight received in less than carload lots and unloaded in j depots and warehouses Provided further That the Commission shall hear and grant apI plications to suspend the operation of this rule whenever justice shall demand this course
RULE U
1
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 dectmns I charge of one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day said car or cars are so detained and excessor held Likewise when cars are properly loaded and shipping instructions given the ing a railroad agent must immediately issue bills of lading therefor and if said car or cars arec I etained or held and not carried forward within twentyfour 24 hours thereafter said beromptilroad company shall be liable to said shipper for the payment of one dollar per car for warded aaeh day or fraction of a day that said car or cars are thus detained or held j
RULE 12
No other charges shall be made for storage or demurrage except as provide in the forel 8ing rules
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 Standard Tariff 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 Glasses 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 percent added
CLASS NO 4
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariffwith twentyfive per cent added
On J3 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 Clashes 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 milea and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
OnClasses C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
Qn 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 Commissioners Standard 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 Eoads 4
Alabama Great Southern Lexington Terminal
Georgia Railroad Western and Atlantic
Class NO 2 No of Roads 1
Atlanta and West Point
Class No 3 No of Roads 3
Douglas and McDonald Plant System all lines
Florida Central and Peninsular
Class No 4
Central Sytem all lines except Savannah and Atlantic
Chattanooga Rome and Southern
East and West
Georgia and Alabama
Georgia Southern and Florida
Class No 5
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Gainesville Jefferson and Southern
Class No 6
Albany and Northern
Atlantic Valdosta and Western
Augusta Southern
Bruton and Pineora
Charleston and Western Carolina Chattanooga Southern
Chattanooga and Durham
City and Suburban
Collins and Reidsville
Darien and Western
Dooly Southern
Flo villa and Indian Springs
Foy Railroad
Georgia Northern
Georgia Pine Railway
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Louisville and Wadley
Class No 7
Doyer and Statesboro
No of Roads 11
Hartwell
Lawrenceville
Northeastern of Georgia
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway System all lines Wrightsville and Tennille
No of Roads 4
Smithonia and Dunlap
Talbotton
No of Roads 33
Macon and Birmingham
Macon Dublin Savannah
Midvilie Swainsboro and Red Bluff Millen and Southwestern
Oconee and Western
Sandersville
Savannah and Statesboro
South Brunswick
South Georgia
Sparks Moultrie and Gulf
Stillmore AirLine
Tallulah Falls
Tifton and Northeastern
Valdosta Southern
Wadley and Mt Vernon
Way cross AirLine
No of Roads 2
Sylvania
ipd Marble blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlet L cp
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
PER 100 POUNDS V r 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 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 too 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 150 460 12 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 29 30 32 33 35 36 38 39 41 42 44 45 48 51 54 57 60 62 64 66 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 85 85 88 88 88 91 91 91 94 94 94 11 14 16 18 20 1 23 24 26 27 29 30 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 74 75 75 75 76 76 76 77 77 77 78 78 78 10 13 15 16 18 19 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 39 41 43 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 59 60 60 60 61 61 61 62 62 62 63 63 63 8 10 12 H 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 33 4 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 4 49 50 50 50 51 51 51 52 52 52 53 53 53 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 38 38 39 39 39 40 40 40 41 41 41 42 42 42 43 43 43 6 8 9 10 11 1112 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 38 6 8 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 1 38 6 8 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 36 36 36 37 37 37 38 38 38 4 53 6 7 73 73 8 8 83 83 9 9 93 93 IQ 1 li u 113 113 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 23 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 27 27 33 5 53 6 63 63 73 73 8 8 83 83 9 9 93 93 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 153 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 38 38 39 39 39 40 40 40 41 41 41 42 42 43 43 43 43 9 n 12 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 23 23 23 24 25 26 28 29 31 31 33 33 34 34 36 36 38 38 40 40 42 42 42 42 44 44 46 46 46 50 50 50 52 52 52 54 54 54 2 3 3f 5 5 6 6 6 6f 7 7 7 71 7 7 7 7 8 8 Si 8 8 8f 9 9 9 9 9 9 9f 91 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 8 10 12 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 49 50 0 50 52 52 52 54 54 54 56 56 56
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
Per 100 Pounds Per Ton
Dis tance J K L M
Miles Cts Cts Cts Cts
5 8 4 35 55
10 10 5 50 80
15 12 5 55 85
20 13 6 60 90
25 14 6f 65 95
30 15 7 70 1 00
35 16 7i 75 1 05
40 17 8 80 1 10
45 18 8 85 1 15
50 19 8 90 1 20
55 20 8 95 1 25
60 21 9 95 1 30
65 22 9 1 00 1 35
70 22 9 r 00 1 40
75 23 9 l 05 1 45
80 23 h l 10 1 50
85 24 n l 15 1 55
90 24 n l 15 1 60
95 25 10 l 20 1 65
100 25 IO 1 20 1 TO
110 26 10 1 25 1 80
120 27 io 1 30 1 90
130 28 10 1 35 2 00
140 29 11 1 40 2 10
150 30 11 1 50 2 20
160 31 12 1 60 2 25
170 32 12 1 70 2 30
180 33 12 1 80 2 35
190 84 13 1 90 2 40
200 35 13 2 00 2 45
210 36 13 2 10 2 50
220 37 14 2 20 2 55
230 38 14 2 30 2 65
240 39 14 2 40 2 65
250 40 15 2 50 2 75
260 41 15 2 60 2 75
270 42 15 2 70 2 85
280 43 16 2 80 9 85
290 44 16 2 90 2 95
300 45 16 2 95 3 OO
310 46 17 3 05 3 10
320 47 17 3 05 3 20
330 48 17 3 15 30
340 49 17 3 15 3 40
350 50 17 3 28 3 50
36 51 17 3 28 3 50
370 52 17 3 28 3 50
380 53 18 3 41 3 60
390 54 18 3 41 3 60
400 55 18 3 41 3 60
410 56 19 3 54 3 70
420 57 19 3 54 3 70
430 58 19 3 54 3 70
440 59 20 3 67 3 80
450 59 20 3 67 3 80
460 60 20 3 67 3 80
Per Car Load
N O P
Cts Cts cts
5 00 5 50 4 00
6 50 8 00 5 00 j
7 50 9 00 6 00
8 00 10 00 7 00
9 00 11 00 8 00
10 00 11 00 8 00
12 00 12 00 9 00
13 00 12 00 9 00
14 00 13 00 10 00
14 OO 13 OO IO OO
14 00 14 00 10 00
14 50 14 00 11 00
15 50 15 00 11 00
16 00 15 00 11 00
16 50 16 00 12 00
17 00 16 00 12 00
17 50 17 00 13 00
18 00 17 00 13 00
19 00 17 00 14 00
20 OO 17 OO 14 OO
21 00 18 00 14 00
23 00 18 00 15 00
24 00 19 00 16 00
25 00 19 00 16 00
26 OO 20 OO 17 OO
27 00 20 00 17 00
28 00 21 00 18 00
29 00 21 00 19 00
29 50 22 00 19 00
30 OO 22 OO 20 OO
31 00 23 00 20 00
31 50 23 00 21 00
32 00 23 00 21 00
33 00 24 00 22 00
33 50 24 OO 22 OO
34 00 24 00 22 00
34 50 25 00 23 00
35 00 25 00 23 00
36 00 25 00 24 00
36 50 26 OO 24 OO
37 00 26 00 24 00
38 00 26 00 24 00
38 50 27 00 25 00
39 00 27 00 25 00
40 OO 27 OO 25 OO
40 00 27 00 25 00
40 00 27 00 25 00
41 00 29 00 27 00
42 00 29 00 27 00
42 OO 29 OO 27 OO
44 00 31 00 29 00
44 00 31 00 29 00
44 00 31 00 29 00
46 00 33 00 31 00
46 OO 33 OO 3IOO
46 00 33 00 31 00
Per 100 lba
R
Jts
4
5
H
6
fit
7
n
8
8 9 9 30 10 11 11 12 12
13
14
14
15
m
17
18 18 19
19
20 20
20 21 i 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23
23
23
24 24 24
24 24 24 26 26
26
28
28
28
30
30
30
CLASSIFICATION
OF THE
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Supersedes Classification Contained in 25th Report and all Amendments Thereof
Agricultural ImplementsXL not loss than 20000 pounds owners to load and unload
Agricultural Implements LCL as Follows Cleaners Cotton Seed
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed
Crushers Corn or Cob
Cultivators K D packed
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 K D packed
Dusters Bran K D packed
Elevators Hay
Evaporators Fruit
Fans Grainsee MillsFanning Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin
Forks Hay and Manure
Furnaces Evaporator
Gins Cotton
Guano Horns tin X O S
Guano Horns tin crated
Harrows and Harrow Frames
Harrow teeth packed
Hay Caps
Hoes in bundles
Hoes without handles in barrels or casks
D
Horse Powers Railroad
K O R Incubators L C L K D and C R O K
packed or crated 1
4 6 Same min C L weight 15000
lbs 3
Hullers Cotton Seed and Clo
ver li
1 1 Knives Hay packed 2
r i D 1 Machines Hemp 3 2
Machines Smut 3
l 2 Machines NOS SeeMachines
3 4 Machines Mowing and Reap
1 2 ing Binders and Harvest
r l D 1 ers whether combined or
separate K D L C L 2 4
1 1 and partly boxed C L 20
4 6
3 1 Machines Mowing and Reap
1 ing Binders and Harvesters
2 whether combined or sep
ii 1 arate set up 1 1
2 Mattocks packed 5
i D 1 Mattocks in bundles 3
2 Purifiers Middlings 3 T 1 D 1
3 Mills Burr stone Portable 3
n 1 Mills Cider 4
i 11 Mills Corn and Hominy 3 4
Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Cane and Sorghum 5
2 3 Mills Fanning set up 3 T 1 1
3 Mills Fanning K D 11 1
1 Mills with Trains Sugar 3 T 1 D 1
2 3 Mills N O S 2
1 Mowing and Reaping Ma
3 chines Binders and Har
3 4 vesters whether combined
4 or separate K D L C L 2 4
3 and partly boxed C L 20
3 000 pounds 4 6
Mowing and Reaping Ma
4 chines Binders and Har
2 3 vesters whether combined
or separate set up li 1
n Mowers Lawn 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
U R
Pans Sugar Same as Evaporators Sugar
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 Si 1
Plows N O S K D 4
Presses Cider 4
Presses Hay and Cotton set
up D 1
Presses Hay and Cotton K D 4
Presses N 0 S 2
Pruners Tree in bundles L
Bakes Hand in bundles 3
Bakes Horse set up D 1
Bakes Horse K D y 1
Boilers Field and Boad 3
Boilers Sugar 3
Scrapers Road and Pond 3
Scythes in bundles 1
Scythes in boxes 2
Snaths Scythe 1
Separaiors same as Threshers
Shelters corn 1
Shovels and Spades in bundles 3
Spreaders Manure set up
SpreadersManureKDboxed 2
Threshers 1
Trains Sugar 3T1
Wheelbarrows Iron 3
Wheelbarrows Bailroad 1
Wheelbarrows Wood set up Dl Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled
A
Accoutrements Military 1
Acids N O S D 1
Acids Carbolic
Acids Dry
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 0 S 4
O R Ammonia Sulphate of same as Fertilizers Ammonia Waters
3 Ammonia Water Casks Beturned empty
i Ammunition N 0 S Anchors
Antimony Crude
5 Antimony Metal
Anvils
D 1 2 Apples green See Fruit Apples dried See Fruit dried Apple Butter See Butter Argols in boxes bbls or casks Arsenic crude in kegs boxes or barrels Asbestos in boxes kegs bags or bales L C L
Asbestos in barrels or casks LCL
5 Asbestos in bbls or casks CL Asbestos Cement L C L Asbestos Cement C L Asbestos Ore L C L
H 5 Asbestos Ore C L Asbestos Packing in rolls or cases L C L
0 4 2 2 1 Asbestos Packing 0 L Asbestos Boofing in rolls or cases L CL Asbestos Booting C L Ashes and Meal Cottonseed See Cotton Seed Ashes Wood Asphaltum packed L 0 L Asphaltum C L
Axes
Dl Axles and Wheels Car See Iron Bar Band etc
1 Axles Carriage and Wagon See Iron Bar Band etc Axle Grease See Grease
3 B Babbitt Metal
4 Bacon See Meats Baggage Army Baggage Personal Effects in Trunks Bagging in rolls or bales N 0 S
i 2 Bagging Oil Press
Bags Burlap
4 6 Bags Cotton for Flour Bags Gunny
Bags Paper Bags Traveling v Baking Powders See Powder Bale Rope
Balusters See WoodWork Bananas See Oranges etc under Fruit
C R
5
6
4
3
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L
4 L 4 L
3
6
4
L
B
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A
4
1
1
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6
6
6
6
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5
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btC R Band and Hat Boxes See Boxes
Barilla 3
Bark Ground inbags or bbls
N 0 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 Material LCL 6
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
L C L Class R plus 20 per cent
Same in car loads of 10000
lbs P
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beerestimated weights barrel 100 lbs half barrel 50 lbs keg30 lbs E
Barrels Lime or Flour estimated weight 25 lbs 6
Barrels Paper nested packed 2
Barrels Paper not nested 4 T 1
Barytes L C L 6
Barytes C L P
Base Balls and Bats 1
Baskets N O S D 1
BasketsFruit See BoxesFruit
Baskets nested 1
Baskets Cotton Patent combination of cloth and wood knocked down and packed
together 6
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 N O S See Cotton
Bauxite Ore same as Clay
Beams Sse Spools
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 Canned Goods
Beef see Meats
Beer and Ale in woodestimated weights bbl 350 lbs bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100
OR
o R
lbs eighthbbl50 lbs LCL 2
Beer and Alein wood estimated weightsas 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 j 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 0 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 2
Bells Sheet Iron packed 3
Belting Leather 2
Belting Rubber 3
Berries Dried 4
Berries Green prepaid 1
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 I
Bleaching Salts Same as Lime Chloride of
Blinds Doors and Frames see Sash etc 1
Blocks Pulley see Pulley
Blocks
Blocks Shuttle rough 3
Blueing 1
Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue Boards Binders see Binders Boards
BoatsCommonwooden LCL BoatsCommon wooden when flatcars are required C L
OR
4
E
4
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4
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1
1
D 1
5
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
1 1 C K
Boats Racing
Boats Row wben loaded in
box ears L C L4 T 1
Boats Row when flat car is required min weight 10000
pounds
Boats Row when two flat ears are required minimum weight 10000 pounds to each
car
Boats Row CL min weight
20000 pounds
Boats Steam Yachts min
weight 10000 lbs 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 11
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 bottl es 4 Boxes Hat and Band packed D 1 Boxes Fruit and BasketsCL not less than 20000 lbs to
be charged for R
Baskets fruit berry and vegetable nested and packed solid either in cases or se curely fastened L C L 2
Boxes Fruit L C L 1
Boxes Cigar empty packed D 1 BoxesCrackeremptyreturned 5
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 KD 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
C R
i shed and boxed 3
Brackets Wood in white made
of pine or other wood 3
Brandy See Liquors
Bran L C L C
Bran C L 25000 lbs P Brass N O S in boxes barrels or casks 1
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 See Machinery Brimstone Same as Sulphur
Bristles 1
Britannia Ware 1
Broom Corn pressed in Bales
L iC L B
Broom Corn pressed in Bales
min C L 14000 lbs D
Broom Corn and Broom Handles C L mixed 14000 lbs
charged for D
Brooms any quantity 4
Brushes 1
Buckets N O S same as
Wooden Ware 1
Buckets Coal 1
Buckets Well 4
Bucks Saw see Sawbucks
Buckwheat Flour 6
Buggies See Vehicles
Bungs 3
Burial Cases See Coffins
Burlaps 6
Burning Fluid l
Burr Blocks finished 4
Burr Blocks rough 5
Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in cans 1
Butter Butterine and Oleomargerine in buckets pail
1 andtubs D 1
Butter Butterine and Oleomargeiine in kegs and
firkins 2
Butter Apple and other Fruits in wood 4
c
Cabbages packed 3
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2
2
3
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5
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C R O R
Cabbages loose C L 3 6
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird boxed 3 T 1
Cages Bird K D nested and
packed D 1
Cake Nitre See Nitre
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt See Salt
Calcicake 5
Calicoes v 6
Camphene
Camphor 1
Candles boxed 4
Candy See Confectionery
Cane Sugar See Sugar Cane
Canned Beef packed 4
Canned Goods N 0 S 4
Cannon 1
Cans empty N O S 3T1
Cans Glass See Glass
Cans Paper crated 1
Cans tin empty racked or
boxed or in jackets 1 2
Cans tin empty to be used for paints and oils minimum weight 20000 lbs 4
Cans Tobacco empty 1
Caps and Hatsv 1
Caps Percussion 1
Caps Hay See Agricultural Implements
Capstans 3
CarbonsElectric Lightpackd
L C L 2 3
Carbons Electric Light pckd
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
Car mileage freight of a cent per mile
Car mileage passenger 3 cents per mile
Cars and Locomotives viz
Cars Logging K D or set up
C L 24000 lbs charged for 6
Gars Logging smaller parts
boxed 5
Cars Logging set up L C L 4
Street or Tramway operated either by steam cable horse
or electric power single D 1
Sifeeit or Tramway operated either by steam cable horse
C RIOR
or electric power C L two or more on a ear minimum
weight 20000 lbs 5
Cars Hand Lever or Crank for railway use viz
S UL C LI 1
S U C L minimum weight
20000 lbs 5
K D L C L 2
K D released CL 6
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 owners
and at owners risk 6
Cars and Locomotives standard gauge on their own wheels viz
A minimum charge of twodollars per car is allowed when shipped on their own wheels
Parlor and sleeping cars 2C per mile
Coaches baggage mail and expr cars v 20c per mile
Box cab stock or
tank cars10c per mile
Coal gondola or
dump cars7c per mile
Flat cars upon their own whis 6c per mile Flat cars When one or more fiat ears are loaded on a flat car the rate will be 3 cents per mile for those loaded on the fiat and 4 cents per mile for the car on wheels carrying the others
Locomotives and tenders including tram engs moved by their own pwr owner to furnish fuel and crew carrier to furnish
pilbt20c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 400 maximum charge allowed 4000
Locomotives and tenders including tram engs dead connectg rods and small parts liable to be damaged to be taken ofi and boxed25c per mile
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
cTfT
Subject to a minimum charge of 500 maximum charge allowed 5000
Locomotives and tenders including tram engines loaded wholly on flat cars owner to load and unload otherwise subject to Rule 14 30c per 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 lbs 4
Cartridges Metallic 1
Carts Hand See Vehicles Cases and Crates Egg See Boxes
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 See Iron
Castings Plaster D 1
Castor Pomace Same as Fertilizers
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
Cattle See Live Stock
Caustic Soda See Soda
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 Iron loose 3
Chains Iron Cable 5
Chains Iron in casks barrels
boxes or kegs 5
Chairs See Furniture
Chalki5
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 4
ChertCL I bsClass P less 20
0 R
p6r cent
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
Churns 1
Cider and Vinegar in barrels
or kegs B
Cider in glass packed 2
Cider Mills and Presses See Agricultural Implements
Cigar Lighters 1
Cigars boxed and strapped or
5 corded and sealed 1
Cigars not packed as above not taken
Cigar Boxes See Boxes
Citron 2
Clay in boxes barrels or casks
L C L B
Clay C L See Rule 12 25000
lbs
Clay Burnishing packed
Clay Fire L C L
Clay Fire C L See Rule 12 25000 lbs P
2 Clay German 5
Cleaners Cotton Seed See A gricultural Implements
Clocks boxed 1
Clock Weights See weights Clothes Lines See Rope
ClothesPins 2
Clothing 1
Clothing Card 1
Clothing Rubber and Rubber
Goods N O S 1
Clover Seed See Seed
Coal and Coke L C L in
boxes barrels or bags L
Coal and Coke C L 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
For fifty miles and under Class L
For one hundred miles and over fiftv 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 transporta
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tion of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under class L less 10 per cent
For distances over fifty miles ClasS L less 15 per cent
Coal Oil See Oil
Coal Tar See Tar
Cocoa
Cocoa Matting See Matting Cocoanuts See Nuts
Codfish See Fish
Coffee Extract or Essence of Coffee Green single sacks Coffee Green double sacks Coffee Ground or Roasted in
sacks U
Coffee Grnd in boxes or bbls Coffee Roasted in boxes or
barrels
Coffee Mills See Mills
Coffins N O S
Coffins Nested
Coffins K D
Coffins Metallic
Coke see Coal
Collars Horse See Saddlery Collars Paper packed same as Dry Goods
Cologne See Perfumery Commissary Chests and Stores
Compounds Washing
Compounds Polishing
Confectionery Candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of
Lading if
Confectionery Candy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified or Bill of Lading
Confectionery N O S
Coolers and Filters Water
boxed
Copal See Gum
Copperas in barrels or casks
Copperas N O S
Copper in boxes barrels or casks
Copper Scrap packed
Copper Scrap loose i
Copper Vessels in boxes barrels or casks
Copper BottomsCopperPlates 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 see Presses
Cordage
Cork
R O R Corn Starch see Starch Corn see GrainCorn Seed see Seed Cornices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated or loose L C L
1 Cornices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copjrer and sheet zinc boxed crated or loose CL mini mum weight
2 f 10000 lbs
4 1 Cornices Wooden for win
6 dows doors or inside finish See Woodwork
3 Cornices Wooden for outside
5 finish Same as Mouldings for building purposes
5 Corsets Corundum L C L in sacks
H 1 barrels or casks value lim
l 2 ited to 4 cents per lb i
3 Corundum C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per lb Cotton in bales Cotton Burnt shipments of burnt cotton are accepted at original weight and cotton
2
1 rates applied500 lbs to be
4 the average weight per bale
3 When original weight cannot be obtained Cotton Dyed in bales Cotton Unginned packed in
4 5 bags less than 2000 lbs L C L Cotton Unginned packed in bags 2000 lbs and over L
3 4 C L
1 Cotton Unginned packed in bags C Lminimum weight
1 20000 lbs Cotton Batting See Batting
5 Cotton Batting N O S 7
4 Cotton Factory Products See Domestics
3 Cotton Seed valuable for
5 planting less than 2000 lbs
4 sacked CottonSeed valuable for plant
2 ing L C L over 2000 lbs Cotton Seed common any
3 quantity
2 Cotton Seed Hulls C L 25000
4 lbs
P Same without percentage L
0 C L
1 3 Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and Oil Cake same as Fertilizers
3 Cotton Seed Mills See Agri
i cultural Implements
C R
T 1 1
1
3
4 2
5
6 5
5
6 G P G
cob
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Cotton Seed Oil see Oil
Cotton Waste See PaperStoek
Covers and Safes boxed3 T 1
Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed
in bales 3
Covers Wooden 1
Cracklings 4
Crackers
Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements
Cranberries 3
Crates and Cases Egg see
Boxes
Crates for peacbes and apples
L C L set up 1
Crates for peaches and apples
C L set up 20000 lbs min R Crates for peaches and apples
LlC L K D B
Crates for peaches and apples KD C L 24000 lbs minimum P
Crayons Chalk 4
Creameriespacked or wrapped 2
Cream Tartar in boxes or kegs 2 Cream Tartar in barrels or
hogsheads 3
Crockerysame as Earthnware
Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Cross Arms Telegraph and
Telephone 0
Cross Ties hewed and sawed subject to Rule 12 Class P
Crow Bars see Iron
Crucibles 1
Crushers Corn and Cob See Agricultural Implements
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators see Agricultural Implements
Curbing Well 2
Currants see Fruit
Cutch 4
Cutlery
D
Dates see Frmt
Deer boxed3 T 1
Deer Skius pressed in bales 2
Deer Tongue See Tongue Demijohns See Glass
Denims see Domestics Desiccated Meats and Vegetables 4
Detergent 4
Disinfectants in glass packed 1
Disinfectants N 0 S in bbls 4
Distributers see Agricultural Implements
Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Duck Checks Cotton
o R
4
C R
Rope Thread Yams and other factory products without percentage 6
Doors Iron see Iron
Doors and Frames See Sashetc Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton
Same as Domestics
Drills Grain See Agricultural Implements
Dross Rosin Same as Rosin
Drugs and Medicines N O S 1
Drums 3 T 1
Dry Goods JSL O S 1
Dry Goods in boxes or bales 1
Dry Goods in trunks crated
or strapped 1
Dry Goodsin 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 1
Earthenware Jugware or Stoneware in boxes bbls
or casks 2
Earthenware Jugware or Stoneware in crates or hogsheads 4
Earthenware other than J ugware and Stoneware loose
C L 20000 lbs 4
Jugware Common C L O
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 bales LCL 5
Excelsior made from Georgia pine C L minimum weight 10000 lbs D
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2
2
3
5
5
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Exhibitors boxed or crated Exhibitors woven or crated Explosives Same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand glass or grenade packed Extinguishers Fire on wheels same as Engines Fire Extract Bark for tanning in
wood
Extract Bark for tanning in
glass packed
Extract of Indigo See Indigo Extract of Logwood See Logwood
Extract of Malt in glass packed same as Ale
Extract and Essences N O S
C R O R
3 T 1 m
D 1 i
If i
F
Facing Iron and Coal in hbls
or sacks L L 6
Facing Iron and Coal in bhls
or sacks C L A
Factory sweepings and cotton waste See Paper Stock
Fansinboxes D1
Fans Fly boxed 3
Fans Palm Leaf pressed 1
Fanning Mills See Agricultural Implements Mi 1 Is
Fanning
Farina 2
Faucets boxed 2
Feathers D 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 3l 5
Fenders Iron See Iron
Fertilizers C L 30000 lbs Class M less ten per cent without percentage
Fertilizers L C L Glass K less ten per cent without percentage
Shipments of Fertilizers are not subject to Rule No 30
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales 6 j
Figs in drums 1 j
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 markedv 1
O R O R
Fire Extinguishers See Extinguishers
Fish N O S in cans boxed 4 Fish Pickled or Saltedin bbls i
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 boxes 2
Fishing Rods D
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 If 1
Fixtures Tobacco See Machinery
Flax pressedin bales 3
Flax Seed See Seed
Flbur in barrels estimated
weight 200 pounds
Flour in sacks
Flour Buckwheat
Flour Corn L C L
Flour Corn C L not lessthan 20000 lbs to be charged for
Flour Sack Material
Flour Selfraising in packages Flour Rice
Flues Copper See Copper
Flues Iron See Iron
Flues Brass See Brass
FluorSpar L C L 6
FluorSpar C L 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 Implementi Fountains Soda fully boxed 8 T 1
Fountains Soda not taken unless fully boxed
Fowls dressed B
Fowls live in coops C L 1
Fowls live in coops L C L 1
Frames Bedwrapped or crated 2
Frames Door and Window
See Sasb etc
Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or
crated If
Frames loose or in bundles3T1
Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from other Furniture 3 T1
1
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2
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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 Baskets 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 0 S prepaid
or guaranteed
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 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 D1
Furniture Classification Furniture when in car loadsas follows not less than minimum weight to be charged for excess in proportion viz
Bedsteads manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods finished 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 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 2
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3
1
3
6
C
Q
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B
O
4
3
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 wThen in less than car loads and when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods as follows
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated3 1
Bed Springs woven and wire 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 2
Bureaus wrapped or crated 2
Bureau Glass Framesin bndls 1
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat setup i
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat packed in pairs
Chair Stuff K D in bundles
or boxes 3
Cots set up l
Cots K Dor folded 2
Cribs K D or folded 2
Desks wrapped or crated 1
Furniture N O S set up
wrapped or crated 11
Furniture N O S K D
boxed crated or wrapped 2
Hall Standswrapped or crated 2
Lounge Frames set up
Lounge Framesbacks taken off 1
Safes Kitchen set up 11
Safes Kitchen K D packed 2
School Desks and Seats set up 2
School Desks and Seats K D 3
Settees same as Chairs
Tables wrapped or crated 11
Tables K D flat 2
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports 2
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated l
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated 2
Washstands wrapped or crated 2
Furniture when in less than car loads and when manufactured of Walnut MahoganyRose wood and Chestnut or other hard woods as follows viz
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 1
Bookcases wrapped or crated 1
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Bureaus wrapped or crated 1 2 Washstands wraped or crated 1 2
Bureau Glass Frames in bun
dies 1 2 c
rhairs Camp and I olding Seat M T
Chairs K D in bundles or Gam bier 4
boxes 3 4 Game See Poultry
Chairs N 0 S set up wrap Gasoline See Oil
ped or crated n 1 Gauges Steam See Machinery
Chairs Opera Iron packed H 1 Gelatine 1
Chairs Rattan and Willow m 1 Generators Gas 3
Chairs Cane Split and Wood Ginger Ground in boxes 2
Seat set up Ti 1 Ginger in bags 3
Chair Stock K D in bundles 1 Gins Cotton See Agricultu
or boxes 2 3 ral Implements
Cots set up H 1 Ginseng 1
Cots K D or folded 2 3 Girders Iron See Iron
Cribs K D or folded 1 2 Glass Carboys empty D 1 3
Desks wrapped or crated 1 2 Glass Chimnevs 2 4r
Furniture N 0 S set up Glass Demijohns empty not
wrapped or crated D 1 11 packed 4 T 1 3
Furniture NOS KD boxd Glass Demijohns filled not
crated or wrapped 1 2 packed or boxed not taken
Hall Stands wrapped or crated 1 2 Glass Demijohns filled boxed 3
Hat Racks K D or folded 1 2 Glass Demijohns empty pckd D 1 u
Hat Racks wrapped or crated U 1 Glass Floor Lights rough and
Lounges upholstered backs heavy 5
taken off H 1 Glass Fruit Jars See Jars
Lounges Willow or Rattan H 1 Glass
Lounge Frames set up U 1 Glass Insulators See Insula
Lounge Frames backs taken off l 2 tors
Marble for Furniture boxed Glass Lanterns See Lanterns
or crated l 2 Glass Oil Cans with metal
Mattresses Hair l jackets packed 1
Mattresses Excelsior Straw Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under D 1 2
Shuck or Cotton 3 Glass Plate over 7x12 feet 3 T 1 D 1
Mattresses Wire 1 Glass Roofing and Skylight
Mattresses 2 not Window Glass 2 3
Parlor Frames H 1 Glass Colored stained deco
Refrigerators wrapd or crated 2 3 rated enameled ground fig
Refrigerators thoroughly and ured or etched L C L u 1
completely taken apart and Glass Colored stained deco
packed in sections 2 rated enameled ground fig
Refrigerator Material thor ured or etched C E 2
oughly knocked down 3 Glass Vault Lights rough and
School Desks and Seats set up 1 2 heavy 5
School Desks and Seats K D 2 3 Glassware fine cut or engraved D 1 1
Settees same as Chairs Glassware N 0 S 2 3
Sideboards wrapped or crated 1 l Glass Window 14x16 inches
Sofas and Teteatetes wrapd and under 4 5
or crated H 1 Glass Window over 14x16
Spring Beds set up n inches and not over 32x44
Spring BerlSj folded i in 2
Spring Beds K D packed 2 3 Glass Window over 32x44
Tables set up wrapped or inches D 1 1
crated D 1 U Glucose in half bbls bbls or
Tables K D Flat 1 2 hhds R
Table Legs Slides Leaves and Glue 3
Supports 2 3 Glue Scrap 5
Wardrobes set up wrapped or Glycerine in cans boxed or in
crated D 1 n barrels 1
Wardrobes K D wrapped or Glycerine in iron tanks or
crated 1 2 casks 3
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Glycerine NLtro plainly labeled L C L4 T 1
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled CL 3T1
Grain D
Granite See Stone
Granite Roofing See Rbofng Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates LC L
Grapes C L
Graphite C L 25000 lbs
class P less 20 per cent
Grass Seed See Seed
Grassy Wire C L 20000 lbs P
Grass Wire L C L R
GrateBars See Iron
Grate Baskets See Iron
Grates See Iron
Grave Stones See Stone
Grease Axle 6
Grease Car in barrels 6
Grenades packed l
Grindstones 6
Grits Corn in barrels F
Grits Corn in sacks
Grits Wheat in barrels 5
Grits in boxes 2
Groceries N O S 2
Guano See Fertilizers
Guano Horns See Agricultural Implements
Gum Camphor See Camphor Gum Copal Kpwrie and
Shellac 2
GumsN O S 2
Gun Cotton D 1
Gunny Bags See Bags Gunpowder See Powder
Guns Rifles 1
Gypsine in Cases Same as Paints dry in Cases
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer Same as Fertilizers
Gums Chewing L 1
O
R
B
Q
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 boxes D1 j
Hamesin bundles or packed 3
Hammocks and Fixtures 1J
Hams Same as Meat salted
Hand Carts See Vehicles
Handles N O S boxed or
crated 5
Handles Broom boxed or crated L C L 4
V XV
Handles Broom C L not less than 24000 pounds to be charged for 6
Handles Broom and Broom Corn C L mixed See Broom Corn
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 ap
ply without percentage K
Hangers 4
Hardware boxed N O S 2
Hardwood See Woodl Harness See Saddlery
Harrows and Harrow Teeth See Agricultural Implements
Hats and Caps same as Dry Goods
Hat Boxes See Boxes
Haversacks Same as Accoutrements
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 see Barrel and Box Material
Hay Caps see AgricImplmts
Head Lights boxed D 1
Hearses See Vehicles Heaters Steam see Machinery
Hemp in bales N 3
Herbs value not over 10c prepaid 4
Herbs value over 10e prepaid 3
Hessians in original bales 3
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 D 1
Hobby Horses unboxed4 T1
Hoes see Agricultural Implements
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65
Rods Coal
Hogs see Live Stock Hogsheads empty double brrerate
Hollow Ware loose L C L Hollow Ware loose shipped separately from Stoves CL not less than 15000 pounds
to be charged for
Hollow Ware packed
Hominy except in boxes
Hominy inboxes
Honey in glass or tin boxed
Honey in comb boxed
Honey in barrels or kegs
Honey Extractors crated
Honey Section Boxes and Frames in crates or boxes
Hoofs and Horns
Hoop Iron
Hoop Poles
Hoop Skirts
Hoops Barrel Wooden same as Barrel Material
Hoops Truss Coopers
Hops baled
Hops in boxes
Horse and Mule Shoes See Shoes
Horse Powers See Agricultural Implements Horses see Live Stock
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather
Hose Rubber
Hosiery same as Knitting Factory Products
Hospital Stores
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
Household Goods and old Furniture packed value limited tof5 per 100 lbs and so expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in case of total
loss L C LN
Household Goods and Old Furniture well packed A value not expressed in bill
of lading L C L
Household Goods and old Furniture well packed C
j H 20000 pounds to be S charged forvalue limited to 5 per 100 pounds said S valuation only to apply in
D 1
O R
ease of total loss1
3 Household Goods and old FurniturewithLive Stock
one attendant to have passage free on same trains as
car C L value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in case of total loss D 1
K
EXPLANATIONS
Hi
All Bundles of Bedding Trunks of ClothingHousehold Goods or similar articles not Furniture will not be received for transportation unless packed chests of similar articles must be strapped or securely nailed This does not apply to C L of Household Goods
2 Bills 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
tides
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
Ice C L
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary 3 T
Incubators See Agricultural Implements
Indigo
Indigo Extract in barrels
Infusorial Earth
Ink in wood
Ink Printing in wood
Ink Writing Fluid in glass or
stone boxed
Insulators packed
Iron Bedsteads
Iron Bar BandBoilerand Jail Plate Car Wheels and Axles Wagon and Carriage Axles
Iron Pipe f of 6
Driving Wheels on axles
of 6
rf 00 hf 00 CO I1 I1 f1 W
66 CLASSIFICATION OF THE
c R O R 1 U K OK
Iron Wagon and Carriage Iron Pipe f of
Skeins and Boxes packed in Iron Pipe fittings in kegs
kegs barrels or casks 6 casks or barrels 6
Iron Wagon Skeins loose 4 Iron Pipe fittings in boxes 2
Iron Nails and Spikes Bolts Iron Pipe fittings in bundles
Nuts Rivets and Washers wired D 1
in kegs of 6 Iron Plow Fenders 6
Iron Nails and Spikes in bags 3 Iron Railing and Fencing Q 5
Iron Nails and Spikesin boxes 5 Iron Retorts 6
Iron Nails Horse and Mule Iron Roofing boxed or in rolls
Shoes in boxes 5 or bundles wired or crated 5 f of 6 1
Iron Plow Plates Points Iron Roofing N O S 3
Wings Castings and Steel Iron Russia in rolls or bun
wired or packed 1 of 6 dies wired or crated 3 5
Iron Bolts Nuts Rivets and Irons Sad in barrels 5
Washers in other packages 2 Irons Sad boxed 2 I
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Rail IronSash Weights wired any
road Spikes Chairs Frogs quantity K M
Fish Plates and Fish Plate Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or
Bolts L C L 1 of 6 bundles wined or crated f of 6
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Rail Iron N O S boxed or crated 1 2
road Spikes Chairs Frogs Iron Shutters and Doors 4
Fish Plates and Fish Plate IrOn Sponge purifying mate
Bolts CL See Rules 13 20 M rial 3 i
Iron Castings in boxes 2 Iron Statuary Chairs Lawn
Iron Castings not Machinery Ornaments boxed or crated i 2
unpacked each piece under Iron Jacks 6
200 pounds 3 5 Iron Urns 3 5
Iron Hastings not Machinery Iron Tires Wagon f of 6
each piece weighing 200 lbs Iron and Steel Tires Locomo
or over unpacked 5 6 tive 6
Iron Castings not Machinery Iron Vault and Prison Work 4
or Sewing Machines in kegs Iron Wedges and Sledges in
or casks 4 5 barrels 5
Iron Crow Bars and Forgings 6 Iron Wedges and Sledgesloose Q
Iron Flues 4 Iron Work Galvanized 2 4
Iron Fronts Girders and Isinglass 3 T 1
Beams for buildings 4 of6 Ivory 1
Iron Sheet and Galvanized in Ivory Black 4
rolls or bundles wired or
crated 5
Iron Sheet and Galvanized J
boxed 4 6
Iron Hoop of 6 Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Japan Ware 1
Fronts Fenders and Frames Japonica 4
packed 2 3 Jars Glass packed common 4 5
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets Jeans Cotton Same as Domes 0
Fronts Fenders and Frames tics
not packed 1 3 Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5
Iron Grates completely packd 2 3 Jellies in glass packed 1
Iron Grates completely loose n 1 Jellies in cans boxed 4
Iron Grate Bars L C L of 6 Jellies in wood N O S 3 1
1 Iron Grate Bars C L M Jugs See Earthenware
Iron Nail Rods packed 2 Junk and Jute 6
Iron Nail Rods not packed 6 Jute Butts 6
Iron Ore and Limestone for Jute Waste or Tailings See
Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Paper Stock
Class P less 40 per cent
Iron Picks and Mattocks ip K
bundles 3
Iron Picks Mattocks packed 5 Kainit same as Fertilitilizers
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
C R
Kalsomine same as Paint
Kaolin Same as Clay
Kegs empty N O S same
as Barrels
Kegs empty N O S in crates 3 Kegs Ale and Beer See Barrels Ale and Beer
Kettles Large Iron 2
Kerosene See Coal Oil Kindlings in bundles 6
Knapsacks Same as accoutrements
Knives See Cutlery
Knives Hay See Agricultural Implements
Kowrie See Gum
Knitting Factory Products wholly of cotton 5
o R
4
L
Ladders not over 30 feet long 1
Ladders oyer 30 feet long D 1
Ladders Step 2
Lampblack in casks barrels
or boxes 3
Lamps and Lamp Goods pked 2
Land Plaster Sameasfertzrs
Lanterns packed 1
Lard 4 B
Lasts Shoe 3
Laths actual weight C L P
Laths L C L B
Lead bar or sheets in boxes 5
Lead in casks or pigs 6
Lead Black in kegs or bbls 5 Lead Pipe See Pipe
Lead Whitesame as Paints
Leather loose N O S 1
Leather in rolls or boxes3
Leather Scrap irt bales 4
Leaves powdered in boxes or
barrels 1
Lemons Oranges under Fruit
Lentils in bags boxes or bbls 3 4
Letter Boxes See Boxes
Licorice in sticks roots or mats v 3
Licorice in mass boxed 4
Lightning Rods inboxes 3
Lightning Rods in bundles 2
Lightning Rod Fixtures pked 2
Lemon or Lime Juice in bbls 4 Lemon or Lime Juice in glass
packed 1 2
Lime in sacks casks or bar
rels C L L
Lime in sacks casks or barrels LCL B
Lime Chloride of in barrels
or casks 6
Lime Chloride of N 0 S 4
Lime Liquid prepared for
0 R
white washing canned and
packed 5
Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class P less 40 per cent
Limestone ground same as
Lime
Lining Carpet 2
Linseed 4
Linters See Paper Stock
Liquors in glass boxes or baskets N O S 14
Liquors in wood N O S 1
Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage talue limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed
on bill of lading
Liquors Whisky in wood N
O S 2
Liquors Whisky in boxes or
baskets 1
Lithographic Stone 1
Live Stock Horses and Mules
L C L 1
Live Stock Horses and Mules
C L 2
Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc L C L without percentage See Rule governing Live Stock 2
Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc CL 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
Logs for chair timber not over 4 feet long C L 24000 lbs P less 20 per cent
Logwood 2
Logwood Extract of C J j dry 4
Looking Glasses same as Mirs Looms See Machinery
Lumber Dressed or Rough L
C L Bi
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
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Boilers under 30 feet See
Rule 14 3
Engines Calorie Fire Portable and Stationary See
Rule 14 2
Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presss set up See
Agricultural Implements
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms set up D 1
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms crated 1
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms K D and boxed 1
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Loom 3 T 1
Machinery NOS CL 20000 lbs to be chargedfor 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 D 1
Saw Mills L C L unboxed in
parts 2
Saw Mills L C L boxed in
parts 4
Saw Mills C L same as Machinery N O S
ShaftingsHangers Pulleys etc 4
Shingle Machines 2
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
L C L 5
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
CL6
Stamp Mill Machinery loose
L C L 4
Stamp Mill Machinery loose
C L 5
Stamp Mill Castings L C L 6
Stamp Mill Castings CL M
Steam Gauges 1
Steam Heaters packed 1 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
Water AVheels Turbine See
Rule 14 3
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
O R C K
Machines Mowing and Reap ing Binders and Harvesters SeeAgrieultural Implements Machines Sewing unboxed 3 T 1
3 Machines Sewing or parts set
up crated or boxed
Machines Sewing or parts K D boxed or crated 3
Machines Shingle 2
u Machines SmuL See Agricul
i tural Implements MachinesWashing 2
Macaroni i
2 Mackerel See Fish
Madder 3
Malt D
Malt in boxes 1
6 Malt Extract same as Ale Manganese Crude P
Manganese Ground packed 5
3 Manilla 3
Q O Mantels Iron See Iron Mantels Slate packed 2
ManureStable CL24000 lbs P
Maps boxed 1
2 Marble and Granite same as stone
1 Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels L
3 Marble Dust L C L in bbls B
Marbles in casks or boxes 4
Marble Tiles 4
5 Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone marked matches
Match Splints packed in cases 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 f 2
Mattocks and Picks See Iron Mattresses N O S 1
Mattresses Hair 1
3 Mattresses Straw Cotton Shuck and Excelsior o
Mattresses Wire or Woven 1
4 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 5
Measures 1
Meat B
Meat Bacon and Pork B
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
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J R
Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fishfresh B
Beef Fresh B
Beef Smoked in boxes or barrels 4
Beef and Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300
lbs B
Beef and Pork Salted ip quarter and half barrels actual
weight nB
Pigs Feet and Tripe fresh or
pickled B
Pigs Feet in glass packed 1
Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meat in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags balesboxes or crates
Meat Cutters See Machinery Meats Desiccated See Desiccated
Medicines and Drugs N O S 1 Medicines Patent L C B 1
Medicines Patent C L 1
Melodeons boxed
Melodeons not boxed not taken
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000 lbs 0
Melons L C L 4
MerryGoRounds L C L 1
MerryGoRounds C L without percentage 6
Meters Gas boxed 1
Meters Gas not boxed not taken
Meters Water boxed 3
Meters Water not boxed not taken
Mica 3 T 1
Mileage Car see Car Mileage
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
Mills Cider See 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 O S 2
Mill Stones finished 4
Mill Stones rough 5
Mill Stuff Rule 12 LCL C
OK i C R
Mill Stuff C L 25000 lbs P
Mince Meat 4
Mineral Waters See Water j Mining Cars and Wagons same as Cars Logging
Mirrors 3 feet or under pked 3 T 1 Mirrors over 3 feet not ex
ceeding 7x12 packed 3 T 1
Mirrors over 7x12 packed 4 T 1 Molasses Same as Syrup Monuments etc See Stone
Mops 1
Moss in sacks 1
2 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
3 Mucilage packed 2
1 Musical Instruments N O S D 1
Mustard Ground inboxes 2
Mustard prepared in glass
packed 2
p Mustard prepared in kegs or
barrels 3
Mustard Seed 6
N
Nails Brass and Copper well
packed in boxes or kegs 3
Nails and Spikes Iron See Iron
Naphtha in iron casks 6
NaphthaCasks returned epty 6
NitreCake same as Fertilizers
Notions 1
Nutmegs 2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL 3
Nuts Pecans in barrels C L
Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked
LCL 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N O S 1
Nuts Edible in barrels or
casks N O S 2
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas L
C L 5
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL 6
o
Oakum 4
Oats see Grain
Oatmeal see Meal
Oil Cake Same as Fertilizers
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over boxed 1
o R
2
1
D 1
3
3
5

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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long
boxed 2
Oil Cloth baled 1
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping order
Oil Castor in glass packed 1
Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil in cans encased in wood 1 Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls L C L 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls CL 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in cans D 1 Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed L C L 1
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed C L 2
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in tank cars
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in tank cars or barrels must always be charged at actual
weight
Ofi Cocoa in original packages 1
Oil Cocoa in barrels 3
Oil Palm Seed crude L C L
Class K with 20 per cent
added
Oil Cotton Seed any quantity
without percentage R
Oil Kerosene See Coal Oil
Oil Lard and Linseed 3
Oil Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Same as Coal Oil
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or cans
boxed 3T1
Oils in glass or cans packed except Coal Oil and Sassafras Oils 1
Oils in jars not packed not taken
Oils N 0 S in bbls 3
Oleomargarine see Butter
Olives in glass packed 1
Olives in barrels or casks 4
Onions in barrels 3
Onion Sets 3
0 R Oranges see Fruit Ordnance Stores N 0 S C R 1
1 Ores Iron L C L 6
2 Ores Iron and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class P less 40 per cent
3 Ores samples or specimens must be prepaid 6
Organs See pianos Oysters in cans or kegs 4
4 Oysters shell in barrels Oysters shell in bulk C L
Oysters in glass packed 1
6 P
1 Packing Asbestos See Asbestos Packing Hemp 4
Packing Metallic 2
Packing Rubber o
Paintings and Pictures well boxed value of each box not to exceed 1200 D 1
Paintings and Pictures over 200 in value 3 T 1
4 Paints Drv in cases 5
Paints bulk in barrels or casks dry L C L 6
6 Paints bulk in bbls casks or sacks dryCL L
Paints bulk in barrels or casks in liquid 5
Paints bulk in kegs liquid 5
Paints in pails or cans packed o
Paints in pails or cans unpacked i
2 Paints in cans packed Paints Metallicsame as Paints
4
Paneling See Wood work Pants Jeans Cotton 6
Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool Mixed in bales or in cases O
Paper Bags tee Bags Paper Barrels nested packed 2
4 Paper Barrels not nested 4T1
D 1 Paper Binders Board See Binders Board Paper Bottle Covers packed or pressed in bales 3
Paper Boxes See Boxes Pa
2 per Paper Cans See Cans Paper Paper Card 1
Paper Collars Sefe Collars Paper Hangings in bundles 1
4 Paper Hangings boxed 2
Paper Medicated or Closet 3
2 Paper Pasteboard 4
6 Paper Printing Wrapping or Roofing B
Paper samaas above in boxes 2
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
71
c K Pianos Organs and Melodeons C R
boxed Pianos Organs and Melodeons unboxed not taken
Pickers Cotton Raw Hide Pickles in glass packed 2
1
Pickles in barrels or casks 4
Pickles in cans boxed Picks and Mattocks See Iron 4
Picture Backing in packages 4
Picture Frames unboxed 3 T 1
Picture Frames boxed Pictures See Paintings fi
Pigs Feet See Meat
Pine Apples in cans boxed 4
Pine Apples in glass packed Pine Apples C L and L C L See Oranges etc under Fruit Pine Straw loose 0 L 20000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent 1
Pins in cases Pins Clothes See Clothes Pins Pins Insulators See Telegraph Brackets Pipe Copper Brass or Metal 1
N O S Pipe Copper Brass tor Metal 1
3 N 0 S boxed Pipe and Tile Drain or Roof 3
in L C L Pipe and Tile Drain or Roof 5
ing C L 25000 pounds R
PipeEartbennot DrainLCL 1
Pipe Earthen not Drain C L 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 3
Pipe Lead in rolls or reels 4
Pipe Lead in casks Pipe Organs K D boxed same as Pianos 5
Pipe Sheet Iron Spiral 1
Pipe Stove and elbows L C L Pipe Stove and elbows C L Loose or in bundles straight or mixed min weight 20000 D 1
pounds Pipe Stove side seams not closed viz nested and wired 3
or crated L C L Same O R of rust L C L Pipe Nested and wired or crated or otherwise C L 1
min weight 20000 lbs 3
C R
Paper in rolls for manufacture
of bags B
Paper Pulp See Pulp
Paper Roofing B
Paper Sand and Flint 3
Paper Stock Waste Cotton 1 Sweepings Motes Regins and Linters in bales with privilege to carrier of compressing value limited to 2
cents per pound R
Paper Stock WasteCotton Sweepgsand Motes N O S 6 Paper Stock WasteCotton
N 0 S 5
Paper Stock WasteWoolen
Jute or tailings in bags 6
Paper Stock WasteWoolen Jute or tailings pressed in
bales R
PaperStock WastePaper in
sacks bbls or hhds 6
Paper Stock WastePaper pressed in bales or crates R Paper Stock WasteRags in sacks bbls bales hhds or
crates R
Paper Straw Boards 5
Paper Wall any quantity in
bundles 1
Paper wall any quantity in
boxes 2
Paper Ware N 0 S 1
Paper Writing Book or Blotting inboxes 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 Nuts
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 24000
pounds P
Photographic Material 1
1 72 CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R O C R O R
Pipe Tin boxed 2 Powers Horse See Agl Imp
Pipe Wood L C L g Preserves in glass packed 1 a 1
Pipe Wood C L 4 5 Preserves in cans boxed 4
Pipes Tobacco in boxes 1 Preserves in wood N O S 3
Pitch any quantity Same as Presses Cider See Agricul
Eosin tural Implements
Planters See Agricultural Im Presses Cotton and Hay See
piemen ts Agricultural Implements
Plaster Calcined L C L 6 Presses Copying 2
Plaster Calcined C L A Presses PrintgSee Machinry
Plaster Castings See Castings Presses N O S 4 2
Plaster Land same as Fertilizs Printed Matter in sheets
Plaster of Paris 5 boxed prepaid 2
Plate Tin See Tin Plate Prints i
Plated or White Ware 1 Pruners See Agricultural Im
Plates Paper and W ood L C L 3 plements
Plates Paper and Wood C L Prunes in boxes or kegs 2
not less than 24000 lbs 6 Prunes in casks 4
Plows See Agrl Implements Pulley Blocks 4
Plow Material See Agrl Imp Pulleys 4 5
Plumbago 5 Pulp Paper or Wood R
Plumbers Material N O S Pumice Stone 3
packed 4 Pumps and Pump Material
Poles Tent See Tents wooden L C L O 4
I Poles and Posts N 0 S P Pumps and Pump Material
Polishing Powders and Com wooden C L 4 5
pounds See Powders Pumps Hand 1
Polish Stove and Shoe packed 4 Pumps Steam pumping en
Polish Stove and Shoe in Glass gines and machinery L C L 3 4
packed 3 Pumps Steam pumping en
Ponies Shetland same as Live Stock gines and machinery C L 4 5
Porcelain Ware 1 2 Putty L C L j 5 6
Pork See Meats Pyrites L C L prepaid in
Porter same as Ale boxes or barrels B
Posts split or roundminimum Pyrites C L 24000 lbs P
car load 30000 lbs Class P A
less 20 per cent T
Potash N O S 5 Quartermasters Stores 1
Potash Ball package 5 Quicksilver in iron flasks 1
Potash German Muriate of m
and Sulphate of Same as n
Fertilizers Radiators not packed 1
PotatoesLCL inbblsor sacks 6 R Radiators packed 9 u
Potatoes C L 6 D Rags see Paper Stock
Poultry dressed See Meat Railing See Woodwork
Poultry live C L 1 N Raisins not strapped 1
Poultry live L C L 1 2 Raisins strapped 2
Powder Baking 3 Rakes see Agricultural Imple
Powder Bleaching 4 ments
Powder Gun and other Ex Rattan 1
plosives L C L D 1 Rat Traps See Traps
Powder Gun and other Ex Reapers See Agricultural Imp
plosives C L 5000 lbs or Red Lead Same as Paints
over 1 Reeds 2
Powdered Leaves in boxes or Reflectors packed D 1
barrels 1 Refrigerators see Furniture
Powders and Washing Com Re Gins See Paper Stock
pounds etc 4 Registers Cash boxed D 1 1
Powders Cattle Horse or Con Retorts Clav 1
dition 1 Retorts Copper 2
Powders Polishing Com Retorts Iron see Iron
pounds etc 3 Retorts Soda Water 4
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
73
C R
Rice rough D
Rice in Sacks C
Rice clean in bbls or casks C Rice clean in boxes or kegs 3 Rice Flour See Flour
Rivets Iron See Iron
Robes Buffalo D 1
Rods Nail see Iron
Rollers Field Road and Sugar see Agricultural Implements
Rollers Printers 1
Roofing Asbestos see Asbestos
Roofing Composition 4
Roofing Felt in bundles or
rolls 45
Roofing Glass 2
Roofing Granite packed 5
Roofing IronSee Iron Roofing
Roofing Slate L C L 6
Roofing Slate C L See Rule
12 25000 lbs P
Roofing Tile See Pipe
Roofing Tin in rolls 5
Root Angelica in barrels or
boxes 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
Rope Clothes Line 3
Rope Hair See Hair
Rope Old 6
Rope Cotton See Domestics
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 Springssee Springs Rubber Clothing and Rubber
Goods N O Ssee Clothing Rubber Hose see Hose
Rubber Packing see Packing
Rubber old scrap 5
Rugs N O S 1
Rugs GrassHempHairSteel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil l
Rustic Work not boxed3 T 1
Rustic Work crated 1
Rustic Work entirely boxed 2
Rye See Grain
S
Sacks See Bags
0 R Saddlery C R 2
Saddlery Horse Collars 2
Saddlery Harness boxed 2
Saddlery Harness in bundles 1
Saddles not boxed 1
Saddles boxed 2
Saddle Trees not boxed 1
Saddle Trees boxed 2
Sadirons See Iron Safes Iron each weighing 3000 pounds or less See
Rule 14 Safes Iron each weighing over 3000 lbs and not over 6000 A
lbs See Rule 14 Safes Iron each weighing over 6000 lbs and not over 10000 3
lbs See Rule 14 Safes Iron each weighing over 10000 lbs Special Contract See Rule 14 2
Safes Meat and Pantry set up Safes Meat and Pantry K D Is
6 packed 2
Safes or CoversCheese boxed 3 T 1
Sago in bags boxes or barrels 4 3
Sails S aleratus See Sod a 1
Sal Soda 6
Salt in sacks L C L C
Salt in sacks C L Salt Cake same as Fertilizers O
Salt Table Salts Bleaching same as Lime Chloride of 6
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 Sand C L N O S See Rule 12 30000 lbs P less 20 per ct 2
Sand L C L in barrels B
Sand or Dust Moulding Sand Paper See Paper 5
Saratoga Chips Sardines See Fish 5
R Sash Blinds Doors and
Frames L C L Sash Blinds Doors and Q O
Frames C L B
Sash Glazed L C L 1
1 Sash Glazed C L Sash Weights SeeIron 5
Sauce Pepper in glasspacked 1
Sauces N O S 1
Sauer Kraut in barrels Sausage See Meat 4
Sawbucks Woodenin bundles Sawdust L C L in barrels 3
or bags 6
O R
1
3
4
4
6
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Sawdust C L loose
Saw Logs See Logs
Saw Mills See Machinery
Saws Circular packed
Saws Circular boxed
Saws Drag
Saws Drag with Horse Power
Saws N O S packed
Scales and Scale Beamsset up
wrapped
Scales and Scale Beams K D
wrapped
ScalesScale BeamsKDbxd Scrapers Road and Pond See Agricultural Implements
Screens
Scythes See Agricultural Implements
Sea Grass pressed in bales
Seed Corn in boxes
Seed Flax
Seed Garden
Seed Garden returned over sam e line by which originally forwarded
Seed Grass and Clover Seed Grassand Clover C L
Seed Linseed
Seed Millet
Seed Mustard
Seed N O S
Separators See Agricultural implements
Sewing Machines See Machy Shades Window See Window Shades
Shadines See Fish
Shafting See Machinery Shafts See Vehicle Material Shavings and Chips pressed in
balesII
Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles wired Sheetings Same as Domestics Sheep See Live Stock
Sheep Skins See Skins Shellac See Gum
Shellers See Agricultural Implements
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 Same as Bran Shirting Same as Domestics
Shirts
Shirts and Drawers unlaundried entirely cotton Same as Domestics
Shoe Findings See Findings Shoe Lasts See Lasts
C R KJ it J R 0 R
L Shoe Pegs See Pegs
Shoe Polish See Polish
Shoes See Boots
1 Shoes Horse and Mule in
2 kegs f of 6
2 Shooks and Heading See Bar
5 rel Material
1 Shorts See Rule 12 D
Shot in bags or boxes 2
1 2 Shot in kegs or double sacks 5
Shovels See Agl Imp
3 4 Show Cards See Signs
4 6 Showcases 4 T 1 3T1
Show Cases entirely boxed D 1 u
Shrubbery See Trees
1 Shucks in balesrough Rule 12 D
Shucks prepared baled
shipped from factory or fur
4 niture warehouse 4
2 Shuttle Blocks rough 3 I
4 Sieves Tin nested packed in
2 boxes 2
Sieves Wire See Wire
Signs Card Metallic or Wood
4 boxed 2
3 Signs Glass Same as Glass
4 Colored Stained etc
4 St Johns Bread in bbls or
B boxes l
6 Signs Trade boxed freight to
2 be prepaid or guaranteed
Sizing for factories L C L 5
Sizing for factories C L 6
Skewers wooden 4
Skins Deer pressed in bales 2
Skins Fur and Peltries value
limited to 25c per lb in
bags D 1 1
Skins Fur and Peltries value
limited to 25c per lb press
6 ed in bales 1 3
Skins Fur and Peltries NOS D 1
3 Skins Sheep Dry baled 1
SkinsSheepGreen in bundles 2
SkinsSheepSalted in bundles 3
Slate Mantels See Mantels
Slate Pencils See Pencils
Slate Roofing See Roofing
Slates School boxed 3
D 1 1 Slats B
5 Sledges See Iron
B Smoke Stacks See Rule 14 1
P Smokers Bee See Bee Smokers
4 Snaths See Agl Imp
Snuff in casks bbls or boxes 2
Snuff in jars packed 2
1 Snuff in jars not packed D 1
Soap Castile and Fancy 2
Soap Common in boxes 6 R
Soap Stock including cotton
seed oil foots without per
centage R
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
75
C R O R C R O R
Soapstone Crude C L See newspapers from manufac
Rule 12 25000 lbs P turer 2
Soapstone packed 2 4 Stereotype Plates old boxed
Soda in kegs boxes and drums 5 returned to manufacturer 5
Soda Ash Same as Fertilizers Stereotype Plates N O S 2
Soda Caustic in iron casks or Stills Worm crated 1 3
drums 6 Stone Granite and Marble
Soda Fountains See Foun viz Stone Granite and Mar
tains Soda ble Blocks including Monu
Soda Fountain Retorts See ments rough or dressed or
Retorts finished unlettered valua
Soda Nitrate and Sulphate of tion limited to 20 cents per
L C L 6 cubic foot C L P
Soda Nitrate of Same asFer The same L C L f of 6
tilizers Slabs dressed boxed or crated
Soda Sal 6 L C L 3
Soda Silicate of 6 Slabs including Tile rough or
Softner Cotton and Woolen dressed or carved cut or
N 0 S 5 sawed into shape but not
Softner Cotton and Woolen polished protected other
in barrels B wise at owners risk for use
Solder 5 in the fundamental con
Sorghum in half bbls barrels struction of buildings vaiu
or hogsheads R ation limited to twentv
Spades See Agrl Imp cents per cubic foot Class
Spelter in slabs or casks 5 P less twenty per cent
Spices See Pepper without percentage but
Spikes Iron See Iron not subject to Rule 30
Spokes and Shafts See Ye Blocks Paving rough rubble
hide Material and Crushed Stone C L
Sponge D I 30000 lbs Rule 12 Class P
Spools and Beams Yarn less 20 per cent
empty without percentage 6 Curbing C L Class P less
Spreaders See Agricultural 20 per cent
Implements Monuments and GraveStones
Springs Bed See Furniture packed and prepaid 1 3
Springs Car N 0 S 6 A carload of Stone or Marble
Springs Car Rubber loose 4 N O S embraces 25000
Springs Car Rubber boxed 5 lbs
Springs Iron Bed in barrels 3 Stoneware Same as Earthen
Springs Vehicle See Vehicles ware
StairWork See WoodWork Stools Piano 1
Stamp Mill Machinery See Stove Boards boxed or crated 3
Machinery Stove Pipe See Pipe
Starch L C L 4 Stoves Gas and Oil boxed 1
Starch C L not less than Stoves Stove Plates and Stove
24000 pounds C Furniture and Hollow Ware
Stationery 2 including the necessary pipe
Statuary Iron Lawn Orna L C L 1 3
ments etc See Iron Stoves Stove Plates and Stove
Statues 3 T 1 1 Furniture and Hollow Ware
Staves See Barrel and Box C L not less than 24000
Material 1 lbs 3 5
SteamGauges See Machinery Straw See Hay Rule 12
Steam Heaters See Machinery Straw Boards 5
Steel not packed f of 6 Straw Goods 1
Steel packed 2 Straw Pine See Pine
Steel wired or strapped 5 Straw orWooden Bottle Covers
SteelBarseach 2001bsand over 5 pressed in bales 3
Steelyards K D and packed 2 Stucco Same as Plaster Cal
Steelyards unboxed 1 cined
Stereotype Plates boxed for Sugar in bags 2 4
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Sugar in double sacks Same as in barrels
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 Grape6
Sulphates L C L 6
Sulphates Ash and Soda C L
Same as Fertilizers
Sulphur in boxes L C L 1
Sulphur in barrels L 0 L 3
Sulphur for manufacture of Fertilizers C L Same as Fertilizers
Sumac viz
Ground in bags or bbls
L C L 4
Same C L minimum
weight 20000 lbs 5
Leaf C L minimum weight
MK 16000 pounds 4
Sumac Extract in bbls or
casks 4
Sweepings Factory See Paper Stock
Syrups in barrels half barrels
or hogsheads R
Syrups in cans boxed or in
kegs 3
Syrups in glass boxed 1
Syrup cane in glass packed 5
Tables Billiard See Billiard Tables
Tackle Fishing See Fishing
Tackle
Tacks Iron 6
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels 6
Tailings See Paper Stock
Talc 6
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N O S 5
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs 2
Tanbark See Bark
Tanks N O S3 T 1
Tanks Iron Same as Boilers Tanks Oil cellar oratore O R
B empty loaded in box cars D 1 Tanks Oil cellar or store O
R B empty requiring flat or gondola cars minimum
wveight 5000 lbs each 1
Tanks Oil cellar or store O
R B K D writh pump hood and measures packed inside the body of the can 1
Tanks Wood set up D 1
Tanks Wood K D packed B Tank Stuff Same as Fertilizers Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags 3
U it Tar Pitch in bbls same as Rosins CR
5 Tar Coal in barrels L C L B
4 Tar Coal C L See Rule 12 O
Tea 1
Tea Washing 4
Telegrabh Brackets in boxes
L C L 6
Telegraph Brackets C L Telephones boxed 3 R
T 1
Tents Tent Poles and Pins 2
TerraCotta in packages Terra CottaArchitectural CL TerraCotta Architect packed O
in casks tierces etc L C L 3
Terra Japonica 4
Thread Spool Cotton and Silk Thread Cotton factory products in balls bales or skeins same as Domestics Threshers See Agricultural Implements Tickings Same as Domestics
Ties Cotton and Hay R
5 Tile Drain and Roofing See Pipe
Tile Fire for Lining etc 4
Tile Floor and Marble 4
Tile Paving Cement C L Tile Paving Cement L C L P
4 Packed R
Tin Block and Pig 5
6 Tin Foil in boxes Tin Plate in boxes or rolls 2
L C L r 4
Tin plate C L Tin Roofing See Roofing Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles 5
wired or crated 6
Tinners Trimmings N O S Tinware and Tin Stamped 2
Ware boxed Tires Locomotive See Iron Tires Wagon See Iron 4
Tobacco Box Material L C L 6
Tobacco Box Material C L Tobacco cases and boxes P
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 t 1
Tobacco Unmanufactd prized Tongues Pickled in barrels or 2
kegs 4
o K
D 1
4
6
5
6
3
1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
u R O R
Tongues Smoked Tongue Deer in barrels bales or boxes value limited to 6 3
cents per lb L C L 5
Tongue Deer C L 6
Tonqua Beans in boxes or bbls Tools Edge 1
2
Tools Mechanic boxed 2
Toothpicks 2
Tow in bales 9
Tow in bales compressed 3
Tovs boxed Trains Sugar See Agricultural Implements D 1
Traps Fly D 1
Traps Mouse and Rat Traveling Bags See Bags Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed L C L prepaid or 1
guaranteed Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed C L prepaid or 6
guaranteed Tripe See Meat O
Tripe Pickled in bbls or kegs Tripoli 4
4
Trucks Warehouse 1
Trunks single Trunks nested or filled with n 1
merchdise crated or strapd Trunks emptv or filled with 1 2
merchdise corded or wrapd Trunks filled with merchan 1
dise not corded or wrapped D 1
Trunks N O S 1 1
Trunks Sample D 1 1
Tubs N O S 1 3
Tubs Bath boxed Tubs Bath unboxed t
D 1
Tubs Bath nested Tubs Bath folding wrapped 2
or crated 1 2
Tumblers packed Turbine and Water Wheels see Wheels 2 4
Turnips in barrels or sacks Turpentine Spirits in pack 6 R
ages less than a barrel Turpentine Spirits in barrels 3 5
without percentage R
Twhne 3
Type boxed Type Old in boxes barrels or 2
kegs 3
Type Writers boxed U D 1 1
Umbrellas boxed Urns see Iron 1
V
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R
O R
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 springs 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 8000 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 wSll crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which
carrier is liable D 1
Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value over 15 perj00 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier
is liable D1
Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D 1 Carriages Childrens K D in
boxes bundles or crates 1
Carriages Childrens set up
unboxed 3T 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
LC L3T 1
Hearses K D boxed or crated 1 Hearses set up See Stage Coaches under Vehicles
Road Village or Pleasure Carts
See Carriages etc
4
4
3T1
1

D 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R O R
Stage Coaches Omnibusesand
Hearses actual weight4 T 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
V ehicl e Materials WoodHubs Spokes ShaftsBowsFelloes Singletrees Wheels Bodies unfinished etc etc LCL 4
Vehicle Materials the sameC
L20000 pounds charged for 5
Velocipedes K I crated 1
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles set up securely boxed li
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 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 PartsWoodunpainted 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
Vaseline4 in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed 1
Vault Lights see Glass
Vegetables Desiccated 4
Vegetables in cans See fruit in cans
Vegetables N O Sr prepaid or
guaranteed
Veneering boxed 1
Veneering not boxed D 1
Vermicelli r 1
Vinegar see Cider
Vinegar Shavings or Chips in
bags 5
Vises Iron 4
Vitriol Blue in barrels 5
3T1
w
Wadding D
Wagon Jacks see Jackscrews etc
Wainscoting See Woodwork
Washers in kegsfoPfi
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 andlFilters see Coolers
Waters Aetated 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 l
Wax Paraffine l
Wedges see Iron
Weights Sash See Iron
Weights clock packed 5
Well Curbing see Curbing
Well Buckets See Buckets
Whalebone l
Wheat see Grain
WheatCrackedsame 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
Whetstones boxed 3
Whips i
Whiskey See Liquors
Whiting N O S 5
Whiting in boxes 3
Whiting in bbls casks or
sacks dry C L L
Willow Reeds in bales 2
Willow Ware D 1
Willow Ware Baskets nested 1 Window Casings See Woodwork
Window Shades l
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames See Sashetc
Wind Mills K D in bundles 3 Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors
Wire Common Barbed or otherwise in reels or coils own ers risk of wret or rust of 6
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
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Wire Binding
Wire Cloth
Wirp TTpnpfi
Wire Goodsboxed N0 S Wire Grass see Grass
Wire Mattresses
Wire Rope
Wire Sieves boxed or crated
Wire Screens
Wire Telegraph
Wire N O 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 cord Rule 12 Wood DryC L of 9 cords to be billed by cord Rule 12 Wood Ashes See Ashes Wooden Butter Dishespacked
L C L
Wooden Butter Dishes C L not less than 24000 pounds Wooden Covers See Covers
Wooden Ware N O S
Wooden Ware does not include Willow Ware which is
Wood Liquor in barrels
Wood Plates L C L
Wood Plates C L not less
than 24000 lbs
Wood Hard in the rough shaped for manufacturing
L C L
Same C L See Handles Woodwork viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneling Window Casings all of oak or other hard woods for inside finish
O R O R
3 5
1
3 5
3
1
4
2
1
4
3
3 T J D 1
D 1 1
P
P
3
6
1 3
D 1 3 3
6
6
C K
of houses in bundles crates
or boxes L C L 2
Woodwook viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneliug Window Casings all of oak or other hard woods for inside finish of houses in bundles crates
or boxes C L 4
Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage 5
Wood Screws in casks or bxs 2
Wool washed in bags not
pressed 2
Wool unwashed in bags not
pressed 4
Wool washed in bags pressed
in bales 3
Wool unwashed in bags
pressed in bales
Woolen Goods withoutperctge
Wool Mineral in bags
Wringers Clothes packed
Wringers Clothes not packed D
Y
Yachts See Boats
Yarn Cotton Same as Domes
tics
Yarns N O S
Yeast in wood
Yeast in boxes Yokes i
Z
Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
Zinc in blocks or pigs L C L 5 Zinc in blocks or pigs C L 6
Zinc Cornices See Cornices
Zinc Oxide 5
Zinc Paints See Paints
O R 4
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
THOS C CRENSHAW Jr V Commissioners SPENCER R ATKINSON
J D MASSEY Secretary
cohimh coeoio
DISTANCE TABLES
AND RELATIONS OF RAILROADS TO THE STANDARD FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TARIFFS
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 48
Distance Table
Morganville 0 Rising Fawn 14 State Line 24
Trenton 6 Sulphur Springs 19
ALBANY NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Albany O Oakfield 18 Taylors 28
Smiths 5 Wises 21 Sawyers 30
McDonalds 8 Warwick 22 Cordile 35
Philema 14 Sheffields 25
ATLANTA KNOXVILLE NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 48
Distance Table
Marietta O Keithsburg 29 Cherry Log 75
Elizabeth 2 Ball Ground 35 Blue Ridge 83
Oak Hurst 4 Nelson 39 Murphy Junction 84
Blackwells 7 Tate 42 Curtis 87
Woodstock 12 Jasper 47 Mineral Bluff 88
Toonigh 16 Westbrook 49 Kyle 92
Holly Springs 18 Talking Rock 53 State Line 95
Univeter 20 Talona 60 Kinseys N C 103
Canton 24 Ellijav 67 Murpliv JN C 109
Browns 25 White Path 73 Knoxville Teim 205
83
ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 48
Distance Table
Atlanta O Coweta 30 Hogansville 58
McPherson 4 Powells 33 Louise 64
East Point 6 Newuan 39 Whitfield 65
College Park 9 Moreland 45 Dixie 69
Red Oak 12 St Charles 47 LaGrange 71
Monks 16 Grantville 51 Gabbettville 80
Fairburn Palmetto 18 Speers Spur 25 55 West Point 87
ATLANTIC VALDOSTA WESTERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 48
Distance Table
Valdosta O Headlight 33 Moni 71
Blanton 7 Finlayson 33 Rattan villa 8l
Winston 14 Suwannee River 47 Crackertown 85
Haylow 20 Ewings 53 Johnson City 87
Camp Morgan 25 Eddys 61 Crawford 92
Craig Junction 32 Baxter 70 Jacksonville 107
AUCUSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile Minimum passenger charge twenty cents
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Augusta O
Adam 5
Adventure 7
Grace wood 9
Richmond 11
Hephzibahi 16
Bath 19
Blythe 22
Distance Table
Keysville 27
Noah 31
Matthews 32
Wrens 36
Stapleton 41
Avera 46
Gibson 51
Belle Springs 55
Mitchell 59
Agricola 62
Chalker 64
Warthen 71
Silas 78
Sandersville 80
Tennille 84
BRUTON PINEORA RAILWAY
PASSENGER CLASSBFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Bruton O Keys Old Mill
keens 3 Leairds
Garbut 4 McLemore
ett 8 Thompsons Mill
Adrian 13
19 Moores Mill
20 YoumanS 23 Stillmore 26 Grimshaw
28
29
38
43
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEM
f
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 48 Except Savannah and Atlantic Branch
Savannah O
Clifton 4
Pooler 9
Bloomingdale 12
Meldrim H
EdenWM 19
Marlow 26
Pineora 27
Guyton 30
Brewer 35
Halcyondale 50
Cameron 55
Dover 57
Ogeechee 62
Rocky Ford 66
Scarboro71
Parramore Hill 74
Millen 79
Cushingville 83
MillenO
Lawton 5
Perkins 7
Munnerlyn H
MAIN STEM Distance Tables
Rogers 87
Herndon 90
Midville 96
Sebastopol 99
Wadley 107
Bartow Ill
Johnson 116
Davisboro 122
Sun Hill 130
Tenniile 135
Oconee 146
Beech Hill 150
Toomsboro 155
McIntyre 162
Gordon 170
Lewiston 174
Griswold 181
M A Junction 186
Macon 191
Summerfield 199
Mims Crossing 203
MILLEN TO AUGUSTA
Thomas 15
Waynesboro 21
Greens Cut 27
McBean 33
Bolingbroke 206
Smarrs 213
Forsyth 217
Colliers 223
Goggins 229
Barnesville234
Milner 240
Orchard Hill 245
Griffin 251
Vineyard 254
Pomona 256
Sunny side 258
Hampton 262
Lovejoy 267
Jonesboro 274
Morrow v 278
Forest 281
Hapeville 286
East Point 288
McPherson 291
Atlanta294
Hollywood 41
Allens 43
Augusta 53
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
Macon to Columbia
Macon 0 Montezuma 49 Albany 107
Wise 4 Oglethorpe 51 Walker 117
Rutland 7 Greens Mill Ducker 120
Walden 10 Anderson 60 Holts 125
Echeconnee 12 Stewart 67 Leary 129
Byron 17 Americus 71 Williamsburg 135
Powersville 21 Maddox 76 Arlington 143
Deitzens 25 Sumter 80 Cowart 148
Fort Valley 29 Smith Ville 83 Blakely 156
Masseys Lane 34 Adams 89 Hilton 166
Marshallville 37 Leesburg 96 State Line near Col
Winchester 39 Forrester 101 umbia Ala 16661
Barrons Lane 44
t Macon to Columbus
Macon1 O Fort Valley 29 Favors 73
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 ii 91
Powersville 21 Bostick 65 Muscogee 97
Deitzens 25 Geneva 70 Columbus lOO
Cuthbert Junction to Fort Gaines
Cuthbert Junction Coleman O Jones 8 Shanty 14 Killens Mill 16 Fort Gaines 18 20
Smithville to Georgetown
Smith vi lie Bronwood Dawson Graves O Shellman 8 Cuthbert 15 Junction 19 Springvaie 25 Morris 36 Hatcher 38 Georgetown 42 46 51 59
MACON TO ATHENS
Macon O Minetta 42 Florence 81
Morton 15 Monticello 45 Farmington 88
Grays 17 Adams Mill 51 Bishop 91
Bradleys 21 Machen 53 Watkinsville 95
Wayside 24 Shady Dale 54 Sidney 97
Bound Oak 27 Godfreys 61 White Hall 100
Hillsboro 33 Madison 72 Athens 105
Adgateville 37
tNoTETrack from Macon to Fort Valley is also given as a part of the road between Macon and Albany
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
GORDON TO COVINGTON
Gordon O Eatonton 39 Farrar 62
Ivey 5 Linchburg 43 Broughton 66
Stevens Pottery 9 Willard 48 Newborn 68
Mil led Seville 18 Athon 52 Carmel 70
Jordans Crossing 24 Aikenton 54 Hayston 72
Meriwether 26 Machen 57 Starsville 76
Dennis 30 Kelly 61 Covington 83
Meda 36
FORT VALLEY TO PERRY
Fort Valley 0 Myrtle 6 Perry 13
AMERICUS TO COLUMBUS
Americus 0 Buena Vista 29 Hall oca 48
Dellerfox 5 Elmview 32 Sizemore 51
LaCrosse 8 Kinchefoonee 35 Ochillee 53
Ellaville 15 Zelobee 37 Bellefonte 58
Walls 18 Glen Alta 39 Muscogee 62
Putnam 22 Ida Vesper 42 Columbus 64
Doyle 25 Cusseta 46
COLUMBUS TO GREENVILLE
See Note 6 of Explanatory Notes
Columbus O Cataula 16 Magruders 37
Nances 7 Kingsboro 40
Fortson 11 Hamilton
Hines Crossing 13 Tip Top 28 Greenville 50
Mobley 15 Chipley 33
GRIFFIN TO CARROLLTON
Griffin O Senbia 19 Sargent 42
Vaughns 8 Turin 47
A F Crossing 9 Sharpesboro 26 Carrollton 60
Brooks 13 Newnan 36
Barnesville BARNESVILLE TO THOMASTON O A F Crossing 6 Stamps 12
Wilkinsons 2 The Rock 8 Thomaston 16
Middlebrooks 4
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CENTRAL OF CEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
SAVANNAH TO TYBEE PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTSee table below
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND ANY STATION
Per 100 Lbs Per BU Per 100 Lbs Per Ton Per Car Load Per 100 Lfcs Per Ton 2000 LUs C L
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B c D E F G H J K L M N O P R Coal Cok ice and Lime
50 45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 1 2000 2000 1000 75 85
Savannah LePage ville
Debtford
Bartow
CHARLESTON WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Augusta O Lui avilie 8 Jenkins 11
Bon Air 7 Morris 9Sneads 14
Distance Table
o Palmetto 8 Ocean House 18
2 Estill 16 Hotel Tybee 19
3 Light House lfil Thatham 20
4 Fusbers Point 17
CHATTANOOGA ROME SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 48
Distance Table
Chattanooga O Summerville 45 Chambers 85
Rossville 4 Raccoon Mills 48 Caldwell 89
Mission Ridge 8 Lyerly 52 Lake 92
Battlefield 10 Taliaferro 54 Cedartown 97
Chickamausra 13 Holland 58 Youngs 102
Rock Springs 18 Sprite 63 Dug Down 108
Copeland 22 Lavender 67 Felton 110
Warren 24 R D Junction 73 Buchanan 117
LaFayette 27 Rome 77 Bremen 125
Guilds 31 Lindale 81 Mandeville 131
Martindale 34 Siver Creek 83 Carrollton 138
Trion 40
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CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
28 30 32 38 35 38 40 43 9
Chattanooga Tenn O High Point 14 Smallwood Siding
Woodburn Ga 6 Kendrick 15 Chamberlain
Rock City 7 Henrys 17 Bronco
Rock Creek 8 Cooper Heights 18 Sharpe
Flintstone 8 Cassandra 20 McConnellsville
Moonsboro 9 Kensington 22 Harrisburg
Eagle Cliff 10 Archer Siding 23 Teloga
Durham Jnct 11 Estelle 24 Chelsea
Wessboro 12 Marsh Ga27 Gadsden Ala
Costello Ga13
CHATTANOOGA DURHAM RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Chickamauga O Massey 12
Durham Junction 5 Durham 17
CITY SUBURBAN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Savannah O Isle of Hope 7 Burnside 12
Thomas 2 Cedar Hammock 8 Beaulieu 12
Pritchards 4 Bethesda lof Montgomery152 152
Sandfly 6
COLLINS REIDSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Collins
Wallings Siding
O Colemans Sidin 3
5 Reidsville
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DARIEN WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 48
Distance Table
Darien O Hudson
Ridgeville 3 Crescent
Ridger 4 Eulonia
Inwood 5 Parker Junction
8 Darien Junctbn 21
11 Sapelo Junction 23
16 Middleton 29
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DOOLY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Richwood O Dorough 4 Penia 8
Lath 1
Douglas McDonald railroad
PASSENGERClass Three Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClassNo 3See page No 48
Distance Table
McDonalds Mill Sweats
O Lowther
3 Lost Mountain
6 Downing
7 Douglas
15 20
90
DOVER STATESBORO RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
EREIGHTClass No 7See page No 48
Distance Table
Dover O 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 48
Cartersvil Le
Ladds
Stilesboro
McGinnis
Taylorsville
Deatons
Davitts
O
4
10
12
14
16
18
Distance Table
Waddells 19
Kocbmart 23
Pineville 25
Fish Creek 29
Grady 30
Lindseys 32
Gedartown 37
Slaterville 41
Berrys 42
Greenwav 43
Esom Hiil 46
Pell CityAla 117
Florida central peninsular railroad
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 48
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Darien Junction 43 White Oaks 85
Anderson 9 Townsend 46 Woodbine 89
Burroughs 12 Barrington 53 Colesburg 92
Ways 16 Everett 59 Seals 96
Limerick 25 74Mile Post 64 Kingsland 101
Dorchester 28 Bladen 70 Evergreen 105
Riceboro 32 S B T Crossing 73 Jacksonville 138
Jones 39 Waverly 81
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE
Savannah O Exley 15 Clyo r 32
Savannah Yard 148 Rincon 19 State Line
Meinhard 11 Stillwell 24 i
FLOVILLA INDIAN SPRINGS RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Flovilla O Indian Springs 3
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FOY RAILROAD
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Rocky Ford O Echo lf Portal lO
Brick Yard f
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per mile
FREIGHT Class No 5See pge No 48 and Note 6 of Explanatory Notes
Distance Tables
Gainesville 7 Winder 27 Monroe 42
Bellmont 10 Bethlehem 32 Gresham 47
Hoschton 18 Camps 36 Social Circle 52
Mulberry 23
JEEFEI SON BRANCH
Jefferson O Pendergrass 6 Bellmont 13
GEORGIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 48
Main Line
Distance Tables
Augusta O Norwood 51 Alcovy 125
Wheless 5 Barnett 58 Hazelbrand 127
Belair 10 Crawfordville 65 Covington 130
Grovetown 15 Robinson 71 Almon 133
Forest 16 Union Point 76 Conyers 140
Berzelia 21 Greensboro 83 Lithonia 147
Harlem 25 Carey 89 Redan 150
Saw Dust 26 Blue Springs 92 Stone Mountain 155
Bearing 29 Buckhead 96 Clarkston 160
Bonesville 33 Madison 103 Ingleside 163
Thomson 37 Dorsey 108 Decatur 165
Mesena 43 Rutledge 112 Atlanta 171
amak 47 Social Circle 119
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GEORGIA RAILROADContinued
MACON AUGUSTA BRANCH
Camak O
Warrenton 4
Mayfield13
Cui verton20
Wilsons 22
Sparta 25
Devereux32
Carrs 36
Milledgeville 46
Browns 55
Haddocks 59
James 64
Roberts 69
Macon 78
ATHENS BRANCH
Union Point O
Wood vil Je 5
Bairdstown 7
Maxeys13
Stephens16
Hutchings 19
Crawferd22
Dunlap39
Winterville32
Athens39
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS BRANCH
W P Junction O Siloam 7 White Plains 14
WASHINGTON BRANCH
Barnett O Hillman 7 Washington 17
Sharon 4 Ficklin 9
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CEORCIA ALABAMA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4 See page No 48
Distance Tables
Sava nn alt 0 Higgston 83 Penia 163
Meldrim 17 McGreggors Mill 86 Cordele 168
Cuyler 20 Ailey 90 Coney 174
Lillian 21 Mt Yernon 91 Johnstons 179
Ellabelle 24 Oconee Brick Yard 93 Cobb 181
Lanier 27 Ochwalkee 95 DeSoto 185
Pembroke 32 Glenwood 96 Leslie 187
Morrison 35 Stuckey 99 Parkers 189
Groveland 39 Usseryrs Mill 102 Perrys Siding 190
Palaky 42 Alamo 104 Huntington 191
Daisy 44 Erick 107 Gatewood 194
Polks 46 Helena 114 A mericus 199
Claxton 48 Thomas Huffs Mill 118 New Point 204
Hagan 50 Oswald 119 Salters 207
Bellville 53 Milan 124 Plains 209
Manassas A 55 Horton 129 Wise 215
133 Preston 219
Godleys Mill 60 Copeland 135 Ponders 224
Collins 61 Abbeville 139 Richland 227
Danton 63 Kramer 145 Randalls 231
Ohoopee 68 So Lumber Co 147 Sawyers Mill 234
Lyons 74 Rochelle 148 Lumpkin 236
Donovans Mill 76 Pie City 152 Irvins 241
Stacers Mill 77 Pitts 153 Louvale Jet 243
Appleton 78 Seville 157 Union 247
Yidalia 80 Williford 160 Omaha 254
Poes Still 82 Lloyds 162 Montgomery Ala 338
BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND ALBANY
Columbus 0 Brookland 32 BelmOxit i 62
Esquiline 5 Richland 39 Dawson 66
Masseys 8 Savilles 44 Sasser 73
Ochillee 11 Kimbroughs 46 Stevens 75
14 Wfiston 48 Aremena 77
Psalmonds 15 Leveretts 52 Oakland 78
Cusseta 19 Chambliss 54 Palmyra S3
Manta 24 Parrott 56 Vasons 85
Renfroe 28 Cole 60 Albany 88
FITZGERALD BRANCH
Abbeville O Bowens Mill 12 Wilcox 19
Biedsfield 4 Strickland 15 Fitzgerald 22
Browning 6 Queenland 17 Whitlev 27
Forest Glen 9 Lulaville 18 Ocill
Carswell 11
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GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 48
Pidcock Lake Station Oaklawn Bar wick
Distance Table
O Hollis 3 Pavo 7 Shelley 10 lone
12 Autreyville
15 Mauzey
18 Cooper
20 Moultrie
23
26
28
31
GEORGIA PINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
W Bainbridge O Boyken
Lynne 5 Colquitt
Eldorendo 10 Corea
15 Damascus
20 Rowena
24 Arlington
29
34
39
GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 48
Macon o
Sofkee 8
Avondale 11
Wellston 16
Bonaire 21
Kathleen25
Tivola 29
Grovania 35
Elko 38
Unadilla 44
Pinehurst 49
Findlay 52
Vienna 56
Distance Table
Rich wood 60
Cordele 65
Wenona 69
Arabi 75
Sibley 78
Dakota 79
Worth S2
Ashburn 85
Sycamore 87
Inaha 92
Cycloneta 95
ChulaI 98
Tifton 105
Eldorado 112
Lenox 118
Sparks 126
Adel 128
Heartpine131
Cecil 134
Hahira 138
Mineola 144
Valdosta 151
Dasher 157
Lake Park 163
Melrose 167
PalatkaFla 285
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HARTWELL RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 48
Distance Table
Rowersville O Hartwell 10
HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Worth O Davisville 11 Steeles 20
Shinglers 5 Bush 16 Pitts21
Amboy 9
LEXINGTON TERMINAL RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 48
Distance Table
Lexington O Crawford 4
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LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 48
Distance Table
Suwanee O Lawrenceville lO
LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Louisville O Moxley 5 Wadley T 10
MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See Page No 48
Distance Table
O Dyas 33 Woodbury 75
8 Cullodeu 39 Snelsons 80
12 Yatesville 44 Harris City 83
16 Middlebrooks 50 Odessa 91
21 Thoiuaston 57 Mountville 95
25 Crest 65 Robertsons 99
28 Thundering Springs 70 LaGrange 105
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 48
Distance Table
Macon O Ripley 17 Montrose 38
M N Junction 2 Jeffersonville 23 Dudley 42
Swift Creek 5 Gallimore 28 Moore 48
Dry Branch Fitzpatrick 9 Danville 16 Allentown 31 Dublin 33 54
Macon
Sofkee
Skippertons
Hardys
Lizella
Montpelier
Morans
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MIDVILLE SWAINSBORO RED BLUFF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Midville Summer town O Modoc 6 13 Swaivsboro 18
MILLEN PASSENGERClass B FREIGHT Class No 6 SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY Four Cents per Mile See page No 48 Distance Table
Milieu O JohnsonsWarehouse 14 Gravmont jj 22
South Millen 1 Garfield 15 Overstreet 23
Emmalane 5 Kimball 17 Durdenville 25
Butts 8 H ooks Crossing 18 Monte Junction 27
Thrift 11 Cowarts 19 Canoochee 28
Simsville 12 Summit 21 Still more 32
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD OF GEORGIA
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4 See page No 48
Distance Table
Athens O Harmony 18 Gillsville 32
Center 7 Maysville 26 Lula 39
Nicholson 11
OCONEE WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 48
Distance Table
Dublin Hutchings Spring Haven Dexter O Alcorns 5 Chester 10 Yonkers 13 Empire Mills 16 Empire 19 Cypress 23 Hawkinsville 28 29 35 40
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PLANT SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per MileO FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 48
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN DIVISION
Distance Tables
Savannah o Blackshear 87 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 Iupmt 131 Climax 228
Walthourville 39 Stockton 139 Bainbridge 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
Waycross O Race Pond 20 Folkston 34
Braganza 8 Uptonville 28 Jacksonville Fla 75
Fort Mudge 15
BETWEEN CLIMAX AND RECOVERY
Climax O Faceville 15 Recovery 22
Fowltown 9
METCALFE THOMASVILLE AND ALBANY
Albany O Camilla
Hardaway 9 Pelham
Baconton 17 Meigs
Flint 20
26 Ochlochnee47
34 Tiioinasville58
40 Metcalfe 68
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PLANT SYSTEMContinued
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH
Savannah Ga O Central Junction 7 Monteith 13
BETWEEN DUPONT AND ST ATEN VILLE
Dupont O Haylow 11 Staten ville 20
Forest 10 Alexnderville 17
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION
Brunswick
Jamaica
Waynesville
Atkinson
Lulaton
Nahunta
Hoboken
Schlatterville Waycross
0 Waresboro 66 Brookfield i2i
16 Millwood 77 Tifton 129
24 McDonald 81 TyTy 138
27 Pearson 89 Sumner 144
31 Kirkland 92 Poulan 147
35 Grays 99 Isabella 150
44 Willacoochee 100 Willingham 155
40 Alapaha Ill Davis 160
58 Enigma 118 Albany 170
100
SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 26 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Sandersville 0 Tennille 4
SAVANNAH STATESBORO RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Cuyler O Eldora 6 Ivanhoe K
Smiths Grove 2 Glisson 7 Woodburn 13
Blitchton 4 Olney 8
SEABOARD AIR LINE
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 48
Distance Table
Atlanta 0 Luxomni 25 Athens 73
Howells 3 Sweetwater Park 27 Hull 79
Linneville 4 Gloster 28 Five Forks 84
Deerland Park 5 Lawrenceville 34 Comer 89
Cheshire 7 Lacula 40 Carlton
Calhoun 9 Auburn 45 Oglesby 99
Goodrich 10 Winder 5 1 Swifts Quarry 103
Belt Junction it Houses 56 Elberton 107
Montreal 15 Statham 59 Middleton 113
Tucker is Bogart 63 Heardmont 117
Caldwell 21 McLeroy 69 Calhoun Falls S C 124
Lilburn 23 South Athens 71
LOGA NVILLE LAWRENCE VILLE BRANCH
liawrencevilie 0 Tripp 5 Loganville 10
SMITHONIA DUNLAP RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See p ge No 48
Distance Table
Dunlap
O Smithonia
7
101
SOUTH BRUNSWICK RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 43
Distance Table
South Brunswick O College 9 Waynesville 1612
Gillyards 5 F C P Crossing 12
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 4rSee page No 48
Atlanta ATLANTA O CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION Suwanee 31 Bellton 67
Peachtree 5 Buford 37 Yonah 70
Belt Junction 6 Blowery Branch 44 Alto 74
Roxborough 9 Odells 48 Cornelia 78
Goodwins 11 Gainesville 53 Mt Airy BO
Cbamblee 13 New Holland 55 Ayersville 87
Doraville 15 Hall 58 Toccoa 93
Norcross 19 White Sulphur 59 Folsom 99
Duluth 25 Lula 66
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION
Atlanta O Mahleton 16 Temple 46
Howell 3 A nstell 19 Bremen 54
Peyton 8 Lithia Springs 21 Waco 56
Chattahoochee 9 Douglasville 27 Tallapoosa 64
Oakdale 10 Winston 33 Hooper P 0 68
Nickajack 13 Villa Rica 39 Birmingham Ala 167
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
EAST TENN VA GA DIVISION
Atlanta
Roseland
Constitution
Norton
Henrico
Moores Mill
Ellen wood
Estes
Stockbridge
Tunis
Flippen
McDonough Locust Grove
Jenkinsburg
Jackson
Flo vi I la
Cork
Berner
Juliette
Dames Ferry
Popes
Holton
Macon
Reid
Bullard
Between Atlanta and Brunswick
O Adams Park 108 Towns 176
4 Westlake 115 Wilcox 180
7 Cowarts 118 Lumber City 183
8 McGriff 121 Ocmulgee 184
9 Longstreet 123 Hazlehurst 190
10 Wanda 126 Graham 196
14 Cochran 127 Pine Groye 199
16 Empire 133 Prentiss 203
19 Carne 135 Baxley 203
23 Dubois 136 Wheaton 210
25 Gresston 137 Surrency 215
29 Dempsey 139 Brentwood 220
86 Williams Lumber Co 145 Odum 226
41 Eastman 146 Ellis 233
46 Amoskeag 147 Jesup 236
51 Godwinsville 151 Gardi 242
55 Steele 155 Bennetts Still 243
60 Chauncey 155 Pendarvis 246
65 Missler 157 Grangerville 248
73 Cox 157 Mount Pleasant 253
75 Haunson 160 Everett 256
80 Achord 161 Belle Vista 259
88 Helena 164 Sapps Still 262
98 McRae 166 Sterling 266
104 Scotland 171 Brunswick 278
Between Atlanta and Chattanooga
Atlanta O
Howell 3
Peyton 8
Chattahoochee 9
Oakdale 10
Nickajack 13
Mableton 16
Austell 19
Powder Springs 24
Hiram 29
Dallas 35
McPherson 40
Braswell 45
Don 49
Rockmart 52
Long 56
Ravenel 57
Hamlet 57
Seney 60
Byrd 61
Brice 63
Chambers 67
Silver Creek 68
Lindale 70
Atlanta Junction 71
Home 74
North Rome 75
Harper 78
Shannon 82
Pinson 84
Plain ville 87
Reeves 91
Oostanaula 93
Sugar Valley 9
Miller 101
Carbondale 104
Phelps 108
Dalton 113
Waring 119
Varnefis 123
Cohutta 127
Ooltewah Junction 138
Chattanooga153
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTE MContinued
ATLANTA FLORIDA DIVISION
Atlanta O
A F Switch 3
Cornell 6
Haasville 10
Riverdale 15
Selina 17
Camp Creek 19
Kenwood 20
Fayetteville 25
Inman 30
Woolsey 32
Lowry 35
Kallulah Junction 38
Zetella 41
Williamson 45
Zebulon 51
Meansville 56
Piedmont 61
Yatesville 71
M B Crossing 74
Culioden 76
Musella 83
Roberta 89
Gaillards 95
Sand Pit 97
Zenith 99
Lee Pope 99
Fort Valley105
COLUMBUS DIVISION
Columbus O
Fortson 6
Flat Rock 10
Midland 13
Ellerslie 18
Ossahatchie 20
Waverly Hall 23
Oak Mountain 28
Shiloh 33
Nebula 37
Warm Springs 42
Raleigh 46
Woodbury 51
Molena 56
Neals 59
Concord 63
Jolly 67
Reids 68
Williamson 72
Rover 74
Griffin 80
Experiment 81
Strickland 87
Luella 90
Browns 91
Greenwood 94
McDonough 98
ELBERTON AIRLINE
Toccoa O
Eastanollee 7
Avalon 11
Martins 12
Lavonia 19
Bowersville 24
Canon 26
Royston 31
Fellowship Church 34
Bowmans 38
Harper 41
Dewy Rose 44
Goss 46
Elberton 51
CLEVELAND AND COHTJTTA BRANCH
ClevelandTenu O Weatherly 11 Cohntta 15
Blue Spring 6 Red ClayGa 13
DOCK BRANCH
Dock Junction O
Sand Fly
02 E T Docks
18
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH
Cochran O Ocmulgee River Br 97 Hawkinsrille 10
ROSWELL BRANCH
Chamblee O Dunwoody 5 Roswell 10
Howell
ATLANTA BELT LINE
O Thompsons 2 Belt Junction 3
North RoiueGa O
Huffaker 6
Robinson 9
Oreburg 10
ATTAL4 AND ROME
Coosa 13
Mt Hope 16
Early 18
State Line 19
Gadsden Ala 56
Attala 61
Rome
Atlanta Junction Cunningham
BETWEEN ROME AND SELMA
O Vans Valley 13 Etna Ala 23
2 Cave Spring 15 SelmaAla 196
9 Prior 22
SOUTH CEORCIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Quitman o Morven
Spain 6 Barneys
12 Garnet
18 Heartpine
22
28
I
105
SPARKS MOULTRIE GULF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page 48
Distance Table
Sparks O Pinopolis I 11 Barbour 19
Berrien 3 Conolys 14 Sinclair 21
Bayboro 9 Horne 16 Moultrie 24
STILLMORE AIRLINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Collins O Corsica 12 McLeod 27
Section ville 5 Hurry bill 15 S wainsboro 34
Cobbtown 8 Stillmore 20
SYLVANIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 48
Distance Table
Rocky Ford CRR O Zeagler 9 Waters 13
Williamson 5 Blackville 11 Sylvauia 15
Woodcliff 7
TALBOTTON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 48
Distance Table
Talbott on O Bostick S W R R 7
TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Oonelia O Clarkesville 8 Turnerville 16
Pemorest 5 Anandale 11 Tallulah Falls 21
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TIFTON NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Tifton O Pinetta 14 Fletcher 20
Brighton 5 Mystic 16 Fitzgerald 25
Harding 8
VALDOSTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6Seepage No 48
Distance Table
Valdosta O Briggston 8 Honduras 14
Dees 5 Clyattville 10 State Line 15
WADLEY MOUNT VERNON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 48
Distance Table
Wadley O Hodo 17 Odomville 25
Pinetucky 8 Riner 19 Adrian 28
Ennis 11 Meks 21 KiXTille 30
Kite 15 Ethel 22
WAYCROSS AIRLINE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No48
Distance Table
Waycross O Bolen 15 Nicholls 30
Waltertown 6 Beach 20 Bell 35
Elsie 11 Sessoms 25 Douglas 42
WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 48
Distance Tables
Atlanta O Allatoona 40 McDaniels 75
Simpson St 1 Bartow 42 Calhoun 78
Howells 3 43 Resaca 84
Bolton 7 Cartersville 48 Tilton 90
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
Kingston o 7 Brick Yard 16
Wooleys 3 Dykes 11 Rome 18

WRICHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 48
Tennille
Lindsays
Peacocks Cut Harrison
Distance Table
O Donovan
4 Wrights vi lie
6 Meadows
10 Lovett
14 Donaldson 26
17 Bruton 28
21 Condor 32
24 Dublin 30
ACT CEEATIIT3
THE
Railroad Commission
AND ACTS AMENDATORY THEREOF
WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
AND LAWS OF THE STATE RELATING TO RAILROADS
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The following is the law undei 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 tk 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 an d 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 Ho 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 5 therefore
Commis Section I Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three li0nomt Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate ment term carry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law and salary Qne 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 Commis sioner 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 1 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 tile 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 rsaidCommissioners respectively as herein provided Said Commissioners shall take an oath of office to be framed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in any way be the holders of any railroad stock or bonds or be the agent or employee of any railroad company or have any interest in any way in any railroad and ehMiti 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 gEC n That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an pffice necessary furniture pSyment1 and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of twelve hundred doof Seere lars at the exPense of the State The offlce of said Commissioners shall be kept ing jpensea etc janta 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 e
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expended by said Commissioners for office rent furniture and stationery shall m 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 xjion organized dr 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 corpora bidden tion 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 disnation in its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers tioifforor freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon bidden
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 tided 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 havethe 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 til kinds of freight and passengers on said railroad no matter by whom owned or earned 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 6wm8 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 mtes 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 and fix the difference in rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed for longer and shorter distances on the i same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer ani shorter distances
sionersiS Sec VI That the said Railroad Commissioners are heroy authorized and required shall make to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in tbis State as soon as ratesfUpubf Practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of et Same Passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shall in j 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 I State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates of J 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 1 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 publishedit 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 Promoted 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 Com missioners 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 I proof than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence with a cer tificate of the Railroad Commission that the same is a true copy of the schedule prepared by them for the railroad company or corporation therein named and that the same has been duly published as required by law
Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain ifthe I 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
Jurisdiction and power of Commissioners
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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 business in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they area violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the rales 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 hot approved by such Commissioners or by virtue of which rates shall be charged exceeding the rates fixed for freight and passengers shall be deemed held and taken to be violations of article 4 section 1 paragraph 4 of the Constitutionand shall be illegal and void
Sec IX That if any railroad company doing business in this State by its agents or employees 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 shail be the same as now provided by law
Sec X That if any railroad company doing business in this State shall in violation of any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong or injury on any person such person shall have a right of action and recovery for such wrong or injury in the county where the same was done in any court having jurisdiction thereof and the damages to be recovered shall be the same as 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
ec XI That in all cases under the provision of this Act the rules of evidence shall be the same as in civil actions except as hereinbefore otherwise provided All fines Covered 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 giyen the persons injured shall be regarded as cumulative to the remedies now given by
Power of Commissioners over contracts be tween rail roads
Penalty for violation of rules
Injuries resulting from violation of rules
Buies of evidence
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Meaning of terms
Duplicate
freight
receipts
Reports of Commissioners
PoWer of Commissioners over witnesses
Railroad officers to report to Commissioners
law against railroad corporations and this Act shall not be construed as repealing any statute giving such remedies
Sec XII That the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this Aet shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individ I 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 men 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 j shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable f 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 j collected as provided in section nine of this Act
Sec XIV That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for to make to the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recoin mend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provisions of this Act I
Sec XV That said railroad Commissioners in making any examination for the pur j pose of obtaining information pursuant to this Act shall have power to issue subpoenas j 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 J said Commissioners to be ordered paid by the Governor upon presentation pf 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
1 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 tjie 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 Dr employee of any railroad company who shall j 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 j 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 nornore than five thousand dollars for each offence to be recovered in an action of debt w name of the State 1
Sec XVII That all laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed
Approved October 14 1879
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IT ACT
To enlarge the powers of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to prescribe for them additional duties and for other purposes
Section 1 Be iti enacted by the General Assembly of the Stale of Georgia That from and juty to inafter the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission of the vestimate State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates from points out rates851 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 of Railroad or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad officials to Commission to call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and to tionsmlna 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 temausIn present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commis Commission and appeal to it for relief sion
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commis Attomesion prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the reared to AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon represent to do so before the Interstate Commerce Commission siomm
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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Peualty for violation of rulefe Amending section IX of original act
Power to institute suit without notice
POWER TO BRING SUIT
ACT
To amend Section 719f of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and for oilier purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and il it 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 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 daysfrom 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 thepresiding 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 contact herewith are hereby repealed
Approved October 161891
AMENDING TITLE OF ACT
act
To amend an Act entitled an Act to piovide for the regulation of railroads freight and passenger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit Railroad Companiesr corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same approved October 14 1879
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State and it is hereby enacted
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iy the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act be and the same Caption ot is hereby amended as follows towit 1879
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 insertAct will read as follows 5he loca
An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the e of location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust passenger discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passenges and freights and to depotsht 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 ssarae are hereby repealed
Approved August 31 1891
INSPECTION OF RAILROAD TRACKS
ACT
To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia authority upon complaint made to inspect the railroads or any railroad cr 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
I
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 Eailroad Commission of this State is hereby empowered sskrs and required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the required railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if the same is found tion uninan unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition pand16 as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time kept in safe be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may Reason a be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of 40
railroads in cases of damage to person or property Not to af
feet liaMl
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 penaityf0r of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of not obeythe State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the iDS orders 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 thie Act fee and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 17189L
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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 them
STORAGE CHARGES
A2T ACT
To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to he charged by Railroad Cow panics in this State to prescribe regulations for charging the same and to prescribe hm 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 thepassage 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 meansot 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 asaforesaid 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 fail ure 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
TO
regulate express and telegraph companies
A3ST AST
To extend the powers of the Railroad Commissions so as to give them power regulate charges by Express Companies for transportation to regulate charges of Telegraph Zpanies for the transmission of messages by telegraph or charges by persons engaged m tha leueral businesses named herein to apply the powers given to said Commissioners by law wer Railroad Companies to all companies or persons owning controlling or operating a Lor lines of Express and Telegraph andmake the penalties presented against railroads for violating Commissionersrules apply to the companies and persons herein named whose line or lines is or are wholly or in part in this Stale and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act all companies or persons owning controlling or operating ot that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Expressor Telegraph whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall be under the cont 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
tateState and all the penalties prescribed OrtSS operating railroads by existing laws embraced in sections of the Code of 188 Section 719a to Section 719p both inclusive are hereby declared to be of force aZt corporations companies or a person or persons owning controlling or operating Sine or lines of Express and Telegraph doing business m this State whose lme or lines isorare 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 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 theCommissioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in this Stated 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 rgulation 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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Power to regulate rates and fares
Corporations sub ject to the provisions of this Constitution
Corporations not authorized to buy shares tending to defeat competition
No secret
rebate
allowed
Not intended to impair contracts
Appropriate legislation required
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 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 agreements shall be illegal and void
Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freights or passage and any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties
Par YI 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 VIL The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appro1 priate legislation
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The following references to the laws of the State on the subject of
transportation of passengers and freight by Common Carriers are
here inserted as relating to matters of general interest
A
Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia section Railroad 2297 Companies
as carriers
B
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 rcsponsiadopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2278
C
Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all what paspersons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or sengers of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons refused seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2296
D
A carrier of passengers is bound also to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and Carrier of hisagents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But he is not liable for in passengers juries to the person after having used such diligence Code Section 2266
E
The carrier of passengers is respohsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a jor passenger cannot relievo himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his gage own baggage Code Section 2280
F
It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees to on bagbe provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from gage station to station on their roads when required And it is the duty of the conductor of very 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 alien on the baggage not only forits freight but for the passengers fare Code Sections 2281 and 2289
G
Acarrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to be taken for the fare paid Limit as to In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the value of oarrier 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 2288
H
Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers Water are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during the light on lay and night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor or rai r0a agent of a railroad who after being requested by a passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of Water to the passengers in each car in the day or night and light at night shall pass any depot or station without so doing may be indicted in any county through which said railroad runs of which he is agent or conductor and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor Code Sections 22 and 623
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Equal accommoda
Police of railroads
Common carriers of passengers for hire shall furnish like and equal accommodations to tlons to all all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition Code Section525 J
The conductors of a train carrying passengers are invested with all the powers duties and responsibilities of police officers while on duty on their trains Provided nothin herein contained shall affect the liability of any railroad company for the acts of its employees When a passenger is guilty of disorderly conduct or uses any obscene profane or vulgar language or plays any game of cards or other game of chance for money or other thing of valuethe conductor of the train may stop it at the place where such offense is committed and eject the passenger from the train Code Section 902
K
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one half of one hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph operator during the hours that 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 to be kept Code Section 2235
L
Posting time of delayed trains
Carriers bound to extraordinary diligence
Effect of notice to limit
BoUnd to deliver without unreasonable delay I
Time of responsibility
One who pursues the business constantly or continuously for any period of timeror any distance of transportation is a common carrier and as such is bound to use extraordinary diligence In cases of loss the presumption of law 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 2264
M
A common carrier cannot limit his legal liability by any notice given either by publication or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract and will then be governed thereby Code Section 2276
N
The 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 2282
0
The responsibility of the carrier commenced 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 2279
Carrier has lien on goods
Fraud on carrier
The carrier has a lien on the goods for 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 2287
Q
The carrier may require the nature and value of thegoods delivered to him
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known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will release him from liability Code Section 2290
ft
All freight bills or freight lists charged against or to he collected out of any person for Frej ht whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight charged lists how in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific description before they shall be made outcollectible Code Section 2298
S
Whenever any person shall deliver property of any description to a railroad steamboat rierS f or express company for transportation said company shall upon demand furnish the party go delivering a valid receipt which shall specify the shipping marks and numbers thereon and the weight o the property thus delivered whenever the value can be estimated by weight and in all cases where the value cannot be thus estimated the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quantity or value thereof and also the place of destination and any agent or officer of such company violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Code
Section 602
T
All railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to pficatshippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges receipts 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 receiptsCode Section 2200
U
Where there are several connecting railroads under different companies and the goods oads are intended to be transported over more than one railroad each company shall be re geare sponsible only to its own terminus and until delivery to the connecting road the last several 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 2298
V
Railroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge Roadsraall ears consigned to points on or beyond such connecting road Code Section 2212 They deliver to are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive from the connect carsrorrJ6 ing road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to connecting which the same is offered and transport said cars to their destination with reasonable diligence Code Section 2302
W
Whenever any railroad company in this State shall weigh any cars loaded with freight weighing to be shipped and charged for by the carload such weighing shall be done by a sworn weigher as provided for the weighing of cotton rice and other produce Code Section 2309 When such cars are weighed singly they shall be uncoupled at both ends and Weighed one at a time Code Section 2310 berfetcm
When any railroad company shall transport timber lumber or other like articles of freight which from length laps over from one car to another such company may cause as another
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riiany as two or three of such cars so loaded to be weighed together after uncoupling them 1 at both ends from other cars and in all such instances the aggregate weight of the freight upon said two or three cars shall be averaged so that each of the cars shall be charged with I an equal amount of the total weight and the shipper he made to pay freight as if each of ij the cars so weighed together did actually contain an equal portion of the whole load J Provided That in such cases the shipper shall not pay less than the amount of freight due on full carloads Code Section 2311
X
crimina13 railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State shall make any un 1 lotted0 dlscnmination in its rates or charges of toll for the transportation of passengers or j 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 Nor shall any railroad company discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line or route connected with it as f against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is sought to be run in con nection 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 See Code Sections 2188 and 2214
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 foroign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid
CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS
To require all railroads doing business in this State to furnish equal accommodations and sepa rale cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said companies to furi nidi com or table seats and to sufficiently light and ventilate said cars to provide for keeping white and colored passengers in their respective cars or compartmen ts to give conductors and other mpUyees 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 EqualacIhe passage of this Act all railroads doing business in this State shall be required to commodai 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 cars
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all conductors or other employees in charge of Empleyes 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 thefr cars8 conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby em payments powered to assign all passengers to seats on the cars under their charge so as to sepa rate 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 of meut or seat other than that to which he may have been assigned shall be guilty of a violating
i i i t 1 provisions
misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed m section 4310 of this act oi 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 Iear 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 c ro I the space set apart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be erly dividI proportioned according to the proportion of usual and ordinary travel by each on the eI road or line on which said cars are used
Sec5 Be it further enacted That it shall he unlawful for the officers or employees white and having charge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored passengers to colored occupy the same car or compartmentandfor a violation of this section any such officer nothfoc 1 or employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punshed as is prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882 ments
j Sec 6 Be it further enacted That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to nurses or servants in attendance on their employers
ec 7 Be it further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment Cars to be fars or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such ableetc
tars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misde I ineanor punishable under section 4310 of 1he Code of 1882
ec 8 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act I to and the same are hereby repealed a
Approved October 21 1891
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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 be 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
Express Companies
ADOPTED BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION v OF GEORGIA
AS AHENDED TO OCTOBER 15 i898
APPLYING BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
TARIFF A
Merchandise Rates Per Hundred and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Leg
than One Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission op Georgia
DISTANCE at H a 3 d 0 cc 1 Per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 Pounds 30 40 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 136 140
MILES JSI 20 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 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
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 by one company for any dstance within this State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents ess 20 per cent
OXAZEHE1 E3
GOVERNING PERISHABLES ETC
Rates Per Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less than One
Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission op Georgia
MTTFft Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS Mil 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
100 lbs
MILES 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 80 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 35 40 45 45
21 to 40 30 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 45 45
41 to 60 35 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 55 55
61 to 80 40 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 N 60 65
81 to 100 45 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
101 to 180 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 r j j s
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TARIFF E
Governing the following perishables when carried by Express Companies
DRESSED POULTRY ERESH FTSH FRESH MEAT AND SAUSAGES
Rates per One Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages weighing less than One Hundred Pounds on above articles
Distance
Miles
1 to 450
1 to 20
21 to 40
41 to 60
61 to 80
81 to 100
101 to 130
131 to 160
161 to 180
181 to 200
201 to 250
As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS 4ST 25 25 25 27 30 35
per
lOOlba MILES W 20 40 60 80 100 130
Cents Packages Less Than
100 Lbs
Over 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25 25 25
25 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25
25 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25
25 Over 20 lot over 30 25 25 25 25 25 25
27 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 25 25
30 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28
35 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 25 25 30 30
40 Over 60 not over 70 25 25 25 27 30 33
Over 70 not over 80 25 25 25 27 30 35
45 Over 80 not over 90 25 25 25 27 30 35
50 Over 90 not over 100 25 25 25 27 30 35
40 43 45
160 180 200
25 25 25
25 25 25
25 25 27
25 27 28
28 30 30
30 33 35
33 35 38
35 40 40
40 43 45
40 43 45
40 43 45
50
250
25
27
28 30 35 38 40 45 50 50 50
54 58 60 63

300 350 400 45


25 25 25 25
28 30 33 35
30 33 35 35
33 35 38 40
38 40 43 45
40 45 45 50
45 45 50 55
45 50 55 60
50 58 60 63
50 58 60 63
54 58 60 63
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HULES
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 0 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 lees 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 oi any merchandise shipment CO D or otherwise exceeds 5000 the following additional charge may be made on value Charge tor 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 0 0 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 maybe 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 preservation of shipments of commodities ip Tariff E include ing 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 Fatj Beer
Beer Tonic
Berries
Butter
Cabbage
Calves dressed
Cantaloupes 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 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 smiles 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
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
I
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 50
18 tt it 60
20 it it 65
24 tt it 80
30 it 90
36 105
44 it it 120
50 a it 135
56 it tt 150
72 195
WAYBILL
12 Cans without Ice 30 lbs
18 45
24 it 60
27 tt 65
30 a 70
36 it 85
45 it 105
54 tt 130
66 it 155
82 a 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
AAdvertising Matter consisting of Printed Engraved or Photographed Advertisements on paper or cardboard not under glass and Almanacs Signs1 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 B1The 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 tw6ntyfive cents
1 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 cepts
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Samples oi Soap from manufacturers when given away for advertising purpose minimum twentyfive 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 reused only on the conditions NAMED BELOW ON BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION CBates 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 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 pacTcage 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
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 under head of General Specials not nursery stock or shipments from nurseries
Packages of Almanacs for city delivery received by freight for distribution may b charged for at 5 cents each
Stencil Plates and Shipping Cards to be used on packages to be returned by express whenshipped 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 Bicydes 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 singlemerchandise 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 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 OR for Owners Risk 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 forat A Rates
A
Acids dangerous refuse see Rule 8
Advertising Matter see Section A
Agricultural Implements bulky Plows ordinary stirring and
breaking1
Ale
Almanacs see Section A and Section 0
Animals and Birds LiveRej 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 f
Cats
Der
Dogs in boxes at actual wgt or securely chained at 100
lbs each
Ferrets
Guinea Pigs
Opossums
Pet animals
RabbitssJ
Antlers
Apples
Asparagus
It
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 V ehicl es BicyclesRailroad taken apart see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetyK D and crated see Vehicles
BicyclesSafetynot K D and
boxed
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 waybillf
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
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
1 J A
D A
D A
D A 4 t A 8t A
A
A
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RULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
C
Cabbage B
Calves dressed B
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls B
Carrots B
Celery 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 0 R B 1 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
Cals 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
D
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
Dynamite refuse see Rule 8
E
Eggs
Egg Plants
Emery Wheels
Empties 0 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 transported free or Tariff B rates
Berry Stands or Crates10c
Bread Baskets or Boxes 5c
Butter Tubs and all butter empties except refrigerators 5c
Butter Refrigerators15c
Cans in boxes or kegs and oil
cans in jackets10c
Cans for Alcohol Fish Oils and Varnishes They may be delivered to regular patrons 15c
Clothing Baskets for clothing houses and merchant tailors 25c
Coops 10c
Crates and Kennels pet animal or dog minimum 50c Demijohns in boxes or kegs 10c
Egg Cases 5c
Fruit Empties 10c
A K D A
Each
Each
Each
Each
Each
Each
Each
Each
m
Each
Each
Each
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
139
Gas Cylinders minimum 15c A
Homing Pigeon Baskets minimum 50c each for each
company carrying A
IceCream Freezers minimum
15 cents 2 A
Ice Cream Freezers empty may by agreement with owner he returned subject to charges on delivery at
rates fixed in classification A
jarg 5c Each
Jugs in boxes or kegs10c Each
Kumvss Boxes25c Each
Liquor Kegs10 Each
Meat boxes may be returned subject to charges on delivery by agreement with owners 7 25c Each
Milk Cans may be transported
free or Tariff B rates
Mineral Water Cases may be transported free or Tariff B
rates
Oyster Empties may be transported free or tariff B rates Oyster Empties new sent to be filled and returned by express may be transported
free or Tariff B rates
Tubs or Pails 5c Each
Other New Oyster Empties 10c Each Poney Refrigerators for 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 0 R B
Boxed or crated
Not boxed or crated D
Burlapped except chairsfrom
manufacturers only
Chairs boxed or crated
Chairs not boxed or craed 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 B
School Desks
FursCoarse including undressed skins
FursDressed
G
V
Feathers closely compressed
and baled A
Feathers not closely compressed
and baled D A
Ferrets see Animals
Fire Arms O R
Guns or Rifles trussed or boxed or taken apart and packed in sole leather or
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 1
Mirrors I p
Stained j
Show Casesj
Plate1
Signs j
Window
Goats see live stock
Grapes
Greens
Green Corn
Guinea Pigs see Animals
Guns see Firearms
Gunpowder refuse see Rule 8
33 1 4 5 i pqi w 5 5 i pqmp
140
RULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
E3
J
Harvesters K D
Hand BagsOld
Hand Bills see Section C Heliotype Work see Section C
HidesGreen
HobbyHorses
Hogs see Live Stock
Honey 0 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 0 R
Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition
to their own cases
Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified
Pianos 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
lused unless boxed
Thermometers must be refused unless boxed or se curely packed Value not
exceeding 500 each
Value exceeding 500 each
Tripods
Insurance Policies blank see Section C
B D A
A
B
B
A
3 t A A
1 A A
A
1 A
3t A
A 3t A
A D A A
Jarsairtight butter
Jewelry sealed or unsealed rates in Section D do not kpply Graduated rates
K
Kerosene refuse see Rule 8
L
Label see Section C
Lardi
Laundries packages of clothing shipped to or by ste Section
B
Lemons
Lettuce gross weight
Lobsters
Letter File Cases see Furniture Lithographed Views of Cities mounted on eloth with rollers see Section C Lithographic Stones O R must
be boxed or crated
Liquids in glass demijohns or earthenware O R Refuse when enclosed in paper or paper boxes or otherwise improperly packed
Lithographs see Pictures also Section C
Live Stock Receive only at O R of death injury or escape 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
Bu rros 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
RA IL Llb AD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
141
Cows crated
Goats crated
Hogs J
Horses estimate single animals at 1000 lbs minimum 25 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the
through rate
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
91
Magazines see Section C
Maps see Section C
Marble and Slatemanufactured 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 cured1
Men refuse
Mineral Water
Mirrors see Glass
nr
Naphtha refuse see Rule 8 Negatives see Photographic Dry Plates
Newspapers charge according to local agreements Newspapers auxiliary see Section B
O
Okra
Oars crated
Oars not crated Oleo Butter
A
A
3 t A
A
1 J A A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
A D A
B
Oleo Oili
Oil explosives or inflammables refuse see Rule 8
Opera Chairs see Furniture Opossums see Animals
rgans not boxed for other than
music dealers
Oranges
ysters in shell
Oysters canned see scale of
Weights
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 carry
mg
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
brayon Portraits
Engravings
Lithographs
Machines or 8ten
When the declared value of the shipment is 50 OJ 10SS
acuiiies uxk i Whenthedecil Paintings rclared value
of the shipment ex
Oil Paintings
Pictures
Water Colorsj ceeds 5000
Pigeons Quails or BirdsLive in coops for market or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape
B

A
A
1 i A
A
D Ai
WWWWWWWWWW W WWfs
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KULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
Coops and contents must not
weigh over 150 lbs
PigeonsLi ve shipped by Homing Pigeon Clubs O R of injury degth 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
emptymm
Pistols see Firearms
Plants 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 guaranteed Plants 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
A
D A
A D A
A
E
A
D A
8
SausageFresh or cured
School Desks see Furniture Scions see Section C
Seeds see Section C
Sewing Machines racked or
boxed
Sewing Machines not racked or
boxed 0 R
Sheep see Live Stock
Sheet Music see Section C Show Cards unmounted see Section C
Show Cases see Glass
Shrubs
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
Stencil Plates and Shipping C ards 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
B
A
1 A
B
P
Q
Quail see pigeons
R
RabbitsDead see Perishables
etc g
RabbitsLive see Animals
Radishes
Reading Matter Plates see Section B
Revolvers see Firearms
Rifles see Fire arms
Roots see Section C
T
Terrapin live
Tricycles see Vehicles
Tripods see Instruments
Thermometers see Instruments
Tomatoes
Trees and Shrubs for pianting boxed or baled prepaid or
guaranteed
Turtles in bbls
TurtlesLive
Turnips
Typewriting Machinessecurely boxed A
dtdb td bS p bdWbdbdp tdp
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
143
Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not securely boxed 0 R D A
T
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 j A
Buggies not K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 t A
Childrens Carriages D A
i Carriages K D and boxed or
crated 1 A
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
Sleighs K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for
each company carrying
Sleighs not K D not boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying Sleigh with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying
Sulkies K D and boxed or crated minimum 150 for
each company carrying
Sulkies not K D nor boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying Tricycles K D and boxed or
crated
Tricycles not K D and boxed
or crated
Velocipedes
VelocipedesChildrens
VV
Watches see Jewelry
Y
Yeast Compressed
1 i A
1 A
3 J A
1 i A
1 h A
3t A
A
D A D A A
B
144
TELEGRAPH
Tariff and Hules 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 twopoints 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 1st 1892
rule no 2
No telegraph office where messages are received and transmitted for the public shall he 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
Xlie Iariei 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
145
RAILROAD MILEAGE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Alabama Great Southern Albany and Northern
Atlanta and West Point
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern
Atlantic Valdosta and Western
August Belt
Augusta and Summerville
Augusta Southern
Augusta Terminal
Brunswick and Pensacola Bruton and Pineora
Central System viz
Firgt Division
Savannah to Atlanta
Millen to Augusta
Gordon to Covington
Griffin to Carrollton
M and A Junction to Athens
Barnsville to Thomaston
Second Division
Macon to Alabama State Line Bufaula Fort Valley to Columbus
Ifort Valley to Perry
Smithville to Columbia
Outhbert to Fort Gaines
Third Division
Columbus and Birmingham Columbus and Greenville
Columbus to Americus
Columbus to Alabama State Line Girard
Pybee Division
Savannah to Tybee
29473
5321
8189
5957
10178
1625
14260
7100
1250 88 61
2050
L07
4951
6234
114
1770
2432
35
8611
1051
70
38
2
85
141
22
427
Total 106940106940
Charleston and Western Carolina 2047
Chattanooga Rome and Southern 13450
Chattanooga Southern 4265
Chattanooga and Durham 1784
City and Suburban 17
Collins and Reidsvilie r 691
Darien and Western 29
Dooly Southernv 8
Douglas and McDonald 20
Dover and Statesboro 996
East and West 4570
Florida Central and Peninsular 13808
Elovilla and Indian Springs 3
Eoy Railroad 10
Gainesville Jefferson and Southern 65
146
Georgia viz
Augusta to Atlanta 17080
Camak to Central Railroad Junction 74
Union Point to Athens 39
Barnett to Washington 1720
Union Point and White Plains 135
Total
3145 3145
Georgia and Alabama 37611
Georgia Northern 31
Georgia Pine Bailway 39
Georgia Southern and Florida 16915
Hartwell 10
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern 25
Lawrenceville 980
Lexington Terminal 4
Louisville aud Wadley 10
Macon and Birmingham 97
Macon Dublin and Savannah 5354
Midville Swainsboro and Bed Bluff 1775
Millen and Southwestern 3153
Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis 273
Northeastern of Georgia 3950
Oconee and Western 40
Plant System viz
Savannah to Alabama State line 2685
Brunswick to Albany B W 1704
Waycross to Florida State line3689
Savannah to South Carolina State line 179
Albany to Florida State une via Thomasville 6868
Climax to Florida State line j St2
Dupont Junctipn to Florida State line 2568
Total
162561625
Sandersville
Savannah and Statesboro
Seaboard Air Line
Smithonia and Dunlap k
Smithonia Danielsville and Carnesvill
South Brunswick
South Georgia 7
Southern System viz
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line 10096
Georgia Pacific Bailroad 5020
Georgia State Line to Brunswick Ga 40727
Atlanta find Florida Bailroad 10230
Georgia Midland Bailway 9788
Elberton AirLine 5060
Cleveland and Cohutta Branch 230
Dock Branch 180
Hawkinsville Branch 1010
Boswell Branch r 911
Atlanta Belt Line 330
Attalla and Borne 1890
Borne and Selma 2140
C C A Bailway 155
4
125 13364
7
6
165 28
Total
8776787767
147
Sparks Moultrie and Gulf
Stillmore Air Line
Sylvania
Talbotton
Tallulah Falls
Tifton and Northeastern
Valdosta Southern
Wadley and Mount Vernon
Waycross Air Line
Western and Atlantic including home Railroad
Western of Alabama
Wriglitsville and Tennille
24
3405
15
7
2090
25 15 30 42
13952
17
36
Total mileage Mileage as shown in 25th report
547526
537482
Increase
10044
Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads of Georgia for the Year Ending June
30 1898
Albany Northern
Alabama Great Southern
Atlanta Knoxville Northern
Atlanta West Point
Central of Georgia
Chattanooga Rome Southern
Chattanooga Southern
Chattanooga Durham
City Suburban
Collins Reidsville
Darien Western
Dover Statesboro
East West
Florida Central Peninsular
Foy Railroad
Georgia Railroad
Gainesville Jefferson Southern
Georgia Alabama
Georgia Northern
Georgia Southern Floridai
Hartwell
Lawrenceville Branch
Lexington Terminal
Louisville Wadley
Macon Dublin Savannah
Macon Birmingham
Millen Southwestern
Midville Swainsboro Red Bluff
Northeastern of Georgia
Oconee Western
Gross Earnings Year Ending June 30 1898
33328 61
132897 67 144958 70 575259 47
3870313 51 309102 99 34943 16 33982 27 88135 52 5199 51 19660 56 20869 10 46575 18 598772 89 12955 60
1632547 88 67566 74
1008387 27 65219 69 949627 06 11518 32 4270 04 3000 00
11897 71 60159 49 65129 66 27953 68 28811 46 72332 60 36672 39
Operating Expenses Year Ending June 301898 Net Earnings Year Ending June 30 1898 Deficit Year Ending June 301898
35351 74 9 023 13
91240 19 41657 48
109278 45 35680 25 227496 39
347763 08
2413224 08 1457089 43
209505 70 39172 52 16452 76 99597 29 4229 36
17529 51
63320 63 24814 89 1119 49 6038 23
4080 02
13622 33
8493 53 12375 57 7490 50
39084 68
385384 87 213388 02
9486 52 1219804 61 3469 08
412743 27
74872 49 7305 75
720224 30 288162 97
39590 20 25629 49
654054 02 295573 04 4623 41
6894 91
2734 67 1535 37 600 00
2400 00
11789 01 108 70
61468 10 77511 87 23618 24 1308 61 12382 21

4340 44 6665 16 15338 62
22146 30
56993 98
33545 39 3127 00
Gross Earnings per Mile Year Ending June 30 I 1898
952 25
5464 54 1379 24 6673 54 3596 45 2289 65 819 30 1959 76 5184 44 752 46 677 95 2086 91 1019 15 4336 42 1295 56 5317 75 1039 33 2681 10 2103 86 3332 02 1151 83 427 00 750 03 1189 77 1114 06 672 34 873 55 1600 63 1859 44 916 81
Operating Expenses per Mile Year Ending June 30 1898
1010 04 3751 65 1039 75 4034 37 2242 46 1551 89 918 16 948 83 3724 74 590 45 469 73 849 35 855 24 2791 02 948 65 3973 31 1151 85 1914 93 1277 10 2294 92 689 49 273 47 600 00 1178 90 1138 29 801 20 737 91 1230 35 1465 14 838 63
Net
Earnings per Mde Year Ending June 30 198
1712 89 339 48 2639 17 1353 99 737 75
1010 93 1459 64 162 01 208 21 1237 55 163 90 1545 40 346 90 1344 44
766 17 826 76 1037 10 462 34 153 54 150 00 10 87
135 63 370 29 394 31 78 18
Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings
Year Ending June 30 1898
106
6865
75
6045
6235
677 112
48
7184
78
69
40
839
6436 73
7472
118
714
607 6887 59
64
80
99
10218
118
84
76
786
9147
148
JPiarrfc System viz Savannah Florida Western 1692485 69 2261810 55
Brunswick Western 598294 35 423130 74
Alabama Midland 112860 11 93389 15
Charleston Savannah 52790 60 44226 47
Total for Plant System 245643 75 1822556 91
Borne Railroad 38942 46 29510 87
Sandersville 10311 96 8111 35
Seaboard Air Lire 856931 92 747286 44
South Carolina Georgia 98004 07 75391 69
South Georgia 34778 14 20874 16
Southern Railway System viz
Atlanta Charlotte AirLine 635494 86 573220 15
Elberton AirLine 58557 91 51332 52
Georgia Midland 175566 95 156742 77
Roswell 7534 13 7681 25
Owned lines 2756950 57 1944023 31
Total for Southern Ry System 3634104 42 2733000 00
Savannah and Statesboro 8114 15 6104 81
Stillmore Air Line 40679 27 22314 76
Syl vania 9985 50 8596 69
Talbotton 9336 48 8944 05
Tallulah Falls 10737 47 11645 64
Tifton Northeastern 35005 23 22404 54
Union Point White Plains 7377 10 5478 08
Yaldosta Southern 7284 81 3069 17
Wadley Mt Vernon 47462 31 19232 26
Way cross AirLine 43483 03 32607 02
Western Atlantic 1635472 43 1063739 52
Wrightsville Tennille 90493 72 60705 79
Totals Deduct total deficits 19046983 95 13494677 94
Total net earnings
430675 14 175163 61 19470 96 8564 13 633873 84 9431 59 2200 61 109645 48 22612 38 13903 98
62274 71 7225 39 18824 18
812927 26 901104 42 2009 34 18364 51 1388 81 392 43
12600 69 1899 02 4215 64 28230 05 10876 01 571732 91 29787 93
558043 24 28157 23
5552306 01
4163 55 3511 11 3526 88 4799 14 3962 62 2146 00 2299 54 3092 50 1166 72 1242 08
147 12
908 17
28457 23
6341 00 1157 27 1793 70 827 02 4464 70 4151 79 624 16 1196 44 665 70 1333 78 513 75 1400 21 546 45 728 48 1582 07 1449 43 11953 00 2513 71
Average Gross earnings per mile for the State of Georgia
Average operating expenses per mile for the State of Georgia
Average net earnings per mile for the State of Georgia
Percentage of operating expenses to gross earnings for the State of Georgia
3104 08 2483 16 2918 41 4020 59 2940 08 1626 00 1802 52 2696 81 897 52 745 50
5719 62 1014 47 1601 38 843 16 3148 22 3122 32 469 60 656 32 573 11 1277 72 557 21
896 18 405 78 306 92 641 07 1086 90 7774 00 1686 27
I iff to
yD
3517 45 2492 09 1025 35 708
1059 47 1027 96 608 47 778 56 1022 54 519 00 489 02 395 69 269 20 496 57
7458
7072
8275
8378 7419
7578 786 872 7693 60
621 38 142 80 192 32
1316 48 1029 47 154 56 540 12 92 58 56 06
504 03 140 67 421 56
9020 8766 8928
10195
7051
7520 752 555 86
95
1085
64
7426
42
941 00 362 53 4178 00 827 44
41
749
6504
6708
149
Summary of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia
Railroad Mileage in Georgia Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings
1895 524052 16930146 96 12397730 60 4532416 36 732
1896 529141 18458467 95 13188336 28 5270131 67 714
1897 537482 18305051 82 12672702 76 5632349 06 692
1898 547526 19046983 95 13494677 94 5552306 01 708
150
INDEX
ACTS See Law
BAGGAGE
Excess Tariff for Transportation of i
CIRCULARS
Nos 272 to 275 inclusive begin
CLASSIFICATION
FREIGHT see Freight
Express see Express
Changes in see Circulars
DEMURRAGE
RULES Governing see Storage
DEPOTS
Rules Governing Location and Erection of
DISTANCES
Tables of with Names of Stations Begin
EARNINGS
See Financial
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
See Weights
EXPLANATORY NOTES v
EXPRESS COMPANIES
Act Authorizing Regulation of see Law
Rules Gorning
ClassificationPerishables
ClassificationGeneral
Special RAes
Tariff General Merchandise
Tariff Perishable Freight
Tariff Fish Fresh Meat etc
FINANCIAL
STATEMENT of Earnings Expenses etc
FRACTIONS
Rules for Computing
freight
rules Governing Transportation of
Classification of V
Rates Standard Tariff of
Tariffs of the Several Roads
Weights of Estimated See Weights
Gauge
NarrowRoads of See Notes 6 and 7 of Explanatory Notes
general RULES
See Rules
152
LAW
Act Creating Commission
Act Concerning Interstate Rates
Act Empowering Commission to Bring Suit
Aot Amending Title of Original Act
Act Authorizing Commission to Inspect Railroads
Act Providing for Regulation of Storage Charges
Act Providing for Regulation of Express Companies
Act Providing for Regulation of Telegraph Companies
Act Requiring Commissioners to Act as Arbitrators
Act Concerning Separate Cars for White and Colored
Constitution Extracts from Concerning Railroads
General Law
LIVE STOCK
RULES Governing Transportation of
Estimated Weights of See Weights
mileage
railroad Detailed Statement of
NOTES EXPLANATORY
See Explanatory Notes
PASSENGERS
Rules Governing Transportation of
Tariff of Rates Standard
Tariffs of the Several Roads Begin
110
115
116 116
117
118 119
119 126 125
120 121
42
145
30
30
82
POWERS
Of CommissionSee Law
PROCEDURE
See Rules General
railroads
Classified List of 49
RECOMMENDATIONSSee Report
REPORT
Letter to the Governor Including Recommendations 3
Rules
General 28
See Freight Passenger Storage Express Etc See Also Explanatory Notes
STATIONS
See Distances
storage
rules Regulating Charges for 43
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
Law Authorizing Regulation of See Law
Rules and Tariff 144
WEIGHTS
Of Lumber Lime Tanbark and Similar Freight 30
Live Stock 42
Canned Goods V 43
W

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TWENTYSEVENTH REPORT
RAILROAD COMMISSION
GEORGIA
From October 15th 1898 to October 15th 1899
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L N TRAMMELL Chairman
THOS C CRENSHAW Jr SPENCER R ATKINSON
COMMISSIONERS
J D MASSEY Secretary
REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15 1899
Bis Excellency A D Candler Governor
SirWe have the honor to submit this the Twentyseventh Report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia pursuant to the provisions of section 2201 of the Code and to recommend for your consideration such legislation as in our opinion is necessary to the adequate regulation of public railway carriers to the end that the public may receive that measure of protection to which it is entitled and which is in complete harmony with the spirit of the law as now of force
PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE RAILROADS
It is with gratification that we are enabled to report that the physical condition of the railroads in Georgia as well as their equipment and service are excellent This is especially true of the trunk lines which are laid with heavy steel rail and well ballasted and which compare favorably with railroads in any section of the country The condition of the weaker lines is of course not so good but none with the exception of one short branch have been reported to this Commission during the past year as being in an unsafe or dangerous condition
WORK OF THE COMMISSION
It Would be tedious as well as unprofitable to enumerate all of the matters which have presented themselves to the Board for consideration since the filing of the last report of this Commission hence only the more important
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ones will be specially noticed The complaints which have been received cover almost every possible grievance connected in any manner with the operation of railroads Naturally many of these relate to matters lying without the scope of the Commissions authority and generally all that can be done in such cases is to so inform the complainant and to offer such advice and suggestions as may seem appropriate Frequently however although without jurisdiction which would enable the Commission to grant authoritative relief in the premises the Board has been able nevertheless to secure adjustments of these differences which were satisfactory alike to the railroads and their patrons
CIRCULARS
The various changes which from time to time have been made in tin1 tariffs classifications and rules of the Commission ate set forth in the circulars issued during the past year copies of which are annexed to this report as a part hereof
EXPRESS RATES ON DAIRY PRODUCTS AND EMPTIES
In January last the Board became convinced that justice to the rapidly growing dairy industry of the State necessitated the establishment of rates for the transportation of dairy products and the vessels in which the same are shipped to market After hearing the evidence submitted by the parties at interest both freight and express rates were fixed as set forth in Circular No 276 These rates we believe to be both just and satisfactory and they have not since being fully put in effect been the subject of complaint to the Commission
WOOD RATES
The minimum carload of wood as fixed by this Commission has heretofore been eight cords if green and nine cords if dry Upon investigation of the matter it was made to appear that shippers from South Carolina enjoyed a minimum carload of ten cords which gave them a decided advantage m
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Georgia market over Georgia shippers To place Georgia shippers upon an equality it was found necessary either to increase the minimum carload of wood to ten cords or to decrease the rate in proportion The first named was deemed the more expedient method and accordingly the minimum was made uniformly ten cords instead of eight and nine as heretofore effective February 10 1899 This was equivalent to a reduction of about twentyfive per cent in the rate
PASSENGER TARIFF OF THE HARTWELL RAILWAY
COMPANY
Upon the showing made by the Hartwell Railway Company the Board changed its line from Class A to Class B of the Standard Passenger Tariff thereby granting an increase from three cents to four cents per mile in the rate The small mileage ten miles the limited business enjoyed by the road and the fact that other similar lines had been allowed more than three cents per mile were chief among the considerations which moved the Commission to grant the change prayed for
FALSE BILLING OF FREIGHT SHIPMENTS
Effective August 15 1899 the Commission amended its Freight Rule No 18 by adding thereto the following
In all cases where goods are tendered for shipment which are so packed as to render it impracticable for the carrier to ascertain the contents of such packages the carrier may refuse to receive the same for transportation unless the consignor upon demand shall furnish correct statements of the contents
The object of this amendment was to enable carriers to protect themselves against unscrupulous consignors who sometimes seek to gain an unlawful advantage by billing goods which take high rates as goods of a lower class for example a package of silks or other expensive drygoods which take firstclass rates might be billed as jeans to which sixthclass rates apply This provision was deemed especially appropriate inasmuch as it could not possibly work any hardship or injustice to honorable shippers but would affect only those whom it was intended to reach
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TH E CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY
Under date of February 2 1899 complaint was filed against tbe City and Suburban Railway Company alleging that its line of road extending from Sand Fly station to Montgomery near Savannah was in unsafe condition that theservice was inadequate and the schedules inconvenient and that as a consequence those dependent on this line for transportation were subjected not only to great hardships but had suffered severely by depreciation of property values as well
The case was regularly heard It was apparent that there was merit in the complaint and that the plaintiffs ought to have relief On the other hand it was shown by the company that the traffic of this line had never been very extensive and that the income derived from it was small The Commission before having made up its decision in the case suggested to the parties a plan of settlement between themselves whereby substantially the relief sought by plaintiffs would be secured without injustice to the defendant company Both parties manifested a spirit of reasonable concession and each agreed to the suggestion with the result that the whole matter was settled in an amicable and satisfactory manner
DEPOTS
The Commission has received a large number of applications for the erection of depot buildings at various points Among the more important are Americus Atlanta Augusta Dalton Dublin Douglasville Emerson Forsyth Hartwell Marietta Monticello Odessadale Tennille and Tifton A number of these have been disposed of while others are yet pending A short statement concerning each is given below
AMERICUS
On January 26th 1892 which was just prior to the appointment of a receiver for the old Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia the Commission issued an order requiring the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company lessee of the property of the company first named to erect
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a passenger depot at Americus The receivership above referred to prevented the carrying out of this order In the latter part of the year 1895 the property was sold under foreclosure and reorganized as the Central of Georgia Kailway Company On December 20th 1895 the Commission made an order requiring the new company to erect a depot at Americus with which it refused to comply Suit was at once instituted for the recovery of the penalty prescribed by law but inasmuch as a suit had been instituted against the same company in the matter of refusal to erect a depot at Forsyth in which a test of the validity of the Commissions authority to require railroads to erect depots was to be made upon the advice of the AttorneyGeneral the prosecution of the Americus suit was suspended to await the decision of the courts in the Forsyth depot case as it was in all respects similar to the Americus case This litigation finally reached the Supreme Court which court by its decision of July 27 1898 affirmed the authority of the Commission to require railroads to erect depots but held that the State could not recover in that case because suit had been instituted in the Monroe Supenior Court instead of the Superior Court of Chatham County in which county are located the principal offices of the defendant company Before further proceedings were had the management of the company announced its willingness to build a depot at Americus without the issuance of an order by the Commission
Thus while there was a long delay in the matter it will be seen that it was entirely due to causes over which the Commission had no control and in addition to the erection of a handsome and commodious passenger depot at Americus which work is now in progress the final result was the decision by our highest judicial authority that this Commission has the power to require the erection of depots by railroad companies
ATLANTA
About a year ago the mayor and city council of Atlanta filed complaints against all of the railroad companies whose lines converge at Atlanta alleging total inadequacy of their passenger depot accommodations and praying that each company be required to erect a comfortable and commodious depot building in that city
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That the apcommodations afforded by the present union depot were madequatewas conceded by the roads but it was the expressed preference of the authorities both of the city and of the railroads that if possible some agreement might be reached whereby a union station should be erected upon the old site rather than that all lines should build separate depots in various parts of the city To the end that efforts in this direction might be made the city authorities asked that a postponement be granted To this the representatives of the roads assented at the same time expressing the desire and hope that such an agreement could be reached
At the expiration of the appointed time the parties reported that noprogress had been made but stated that with further time it was hoped that the matter might be settled satisfactorily This being agreeable to both parties the Commission granted further time in the hope that this result might be attained Similar reports were thereafter rendered by the partiesand additional time asked upon the same ground and which was granted by the Commission for the same reason Thus the matter went over from time to time until August 1st of the present year when it was admitted that nothing had been done and that there was little hope that anything could be accomplished Whereupon the Commission made orders at the request of the city authorities directing that each road should within sixty daysfrom that date file plans and specifications for the erection of a passenger depot in the city of Atlanta
Subsequently the time was extended until October 5th On that day the roads were represented either in person by their officials or by letter but no plans were filed In the written response of Major J W Thomas President of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway Company lessee of the Western and Atlantic Railroad there was expressed a willingness on the part of that company to cooperate with the State if some arrangement could be reached for the erection of a depot by the State on itsown property in Atlanta
Being fully impressed with the importance of exhausting every effort looking to the erection of a union depot on the present site the Commission invited President Thomas to appear on the 9th of October in order that the matter might be thoroughly discussed At that meeting President Thomas proposed to present to the Commission a proposition in writing stating the terms upon which his company would be willing to receive from the State
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and operate a new terminal station on its property in Atlanta provided the State should decide to make the improvements The matter was postponed therefore until October 19th when it was promised the proposition would be submitted
The difficulty of arriving at a solution of this problem is only equalled by its importance Leaving aside the question of depot facilities at Atlanta a problem of the gravest importance to the entire State is presented viz that of securing such improvements upon the States property as the case demands in order to permanently insure the value and supremacy of the States terminal property in the city of Atlanta upon which will depend to a vital degree the permanency and increase in the value of the State road which is of importance not to any particular town or community but to the State at large
It is probable that the Commission will have occasion to submit to your Excellency hereafter a special report with further reference to this matter
AUGUSTA
No hearing was had in the matter of application of the mayor and city council of Augusta for improved depot facilities at that place the Georgia Railroad having readily admitted that better accommodations were needed Some delay has attended the beginning of work owing to the fact that the Georgia Railroad which owns the real estate occupied by the union depot has experienced some difficulty in completing arrangements with other roads centering iii Augusta for the joint occupancy of the depot
DALTON EMERSON AND MARIETTA
Complaints both verbal and written having at various times reached this office with reference to depot facilities at the above named towns before making formal cases the attention of the authorities of the Western and Atlantic Railroad were called to the same The Commission was informed that the needed improvements would be made without delay consequently
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no formal action was taken Handsome depot buildings have been completed at Dalton and Marietta The old one at Emerson has been remodeled and repaired in such manner as to fully meet the public requirements at that point
DUBLIN
The authorities of Dublin having filed complaints against the Wrightsville and Tennille and Macon Dublin and Savannah Railroads this Commission by personal visitation inspected the depot facilities of said lines in that town The authorities of the Wrightsville and Tennille acknowledged that its depot facilities there were inadequate and announced its purpose to build a depot at Dublin without delay for which purpose plans and specifications had already been prepared Hence no order was directed to thai company but the Macon Dublin and Savannah was required by an order to erect a suitable depot Subsequently this order was temporarily suspended pending negotiations between the railroads looking to the erection and joint occupancy of a union depot there These negotiations have not yet been completed
DOTJGLASVILLE
Upon the attention of the Southern Railway authorities being called to the petition filed by the town authorities of Douglasville for the erection of a depot to take the place of one which was destroyed by fire plans were without the issuance of an order filed with the Commission Said plans were however found not to contemplate a building of sufficient dimensions to properly accommodate the business at that point and upon the suggestion of the Board other plans were prepared which proved satisfactory Later some contention arose concerning the location of this building but in the opinion of the Commission the site selected by the petitioners was impracticable on account of heavy grade at that point An order was accordingly issued requiring the location of the building upon the site of the depot which had been burned Thp building has been completed
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FORSYTH
The history of this depot case is idntica with that of Americus before alluded to The building which is now complete is handsome and adequate
HARTWELL AHB TEXXILLE
Petitions have been received asking that the Hartwell Railway Company at Hartwell and the Southern Railway at Tennille be required to erect new depots These petitions have not as yet been finally passed upon by the Board
MOHTICELLO
Upon the attention of the management of the Central of Georgia Railway Company being directed to the petition for a new depot at Monticello willingness was announced on the part of the company to erect the building plans for which were drawn and submitted for approval The railway company has met with considerable difficulty in securing grounds suitable for a depot at this point and this has delayed somewhat the beginning of work upon the proposed structure the completion of which it is now hoped will not be long deferred
OBESSADALE
In this case the Board issued an order requiring the Macon and Birmingham Railway to provide proper depot facilities upon the showing made by the complainants The work of building has not as yet been commenced for the reason that the company has not yet been able to procure grounds suitable for a depot site
TIFTOH
The issuance of an order requiring the Plant System to erect a new depot on the line of the Brunswick and Western Railroad at Tifton has resulted m the building of a union depot at that place occupied jointly by the Plant
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System tlie Georgia Soutliern and Florida Railway and the Tifton and Northeastern Railroad The building affords ample accommodations for freight and passenger traffic and seems to have proven entirely satisfactory to the public
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
As stated at the outset there are many complaints made to this Commission concerning matters of which it has no jurisdiction Among other things the Board is appealed to for orders compelling railroads to furnish empty cars to shippers to require proper grade crossings constructed and I objectionable buildings to be removed Others wish to have sidetracks put in or to prevent them from being taken up Contracts for the maintenance j of sidetracks and for the performance of certain kinds of service by the roads are referred to us for enforcement Complaints that improper equipment is furnished that the races are not separated in cars that schedules are inconvenient and other matters connected with the physical management of the roads are lodged with the Commission Claims for damages j on account of lost delayed or damaged shipments of freight are sent in to us for recovery But of these complaints over which this Board has no jurisdiction by far the greater number are those which concern interstate commerce
In many of these instances the remedies of complainants lie in the courts Advice to that effect is always given In other cases the law has provided no practicable remedy and these serve to demonstrate the great necessity for the enlargement of thepowers of this Commission in order that there may be some tribunal to which the people may come for speedy and summary relief in such cases
EXPRESS COMPANIES
No complaints of importance were lodged against the Southern Express Company during the year just closed Those which were filed were promptly and satisfactorily adjusted
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CLOSING EXPRESS OFFICES
Several of the offices of the Southern Express Company have been closed recently owing to inability of the company to secure suitable agents the failure of agents to make satisfactory bond etc This was the case however only at small and unimportant offices and the Commission has received no complaints on that subject
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
The year has passed without complaint being entered against any of the telegraph companies The service performed by these companies so far as this Commission is advised has been in all respects satisfactory to the public which fact it is a matter of gratification to us to report
RECOMMENDATIONS
In previous reports recommendations have been made by this Board touching most of the subjects treated below and while the General Assembly has not heretofore seen proper to act upon the suggestions previously made we trust that their importance to the public will be deemed a sufficient warrant for our again calling the attention of your Excellency to them in order that you may if you deem proper press them upon the attention of the lawmaking body and to that end we present as of this date some recommendations made in previous reports which are now as pertinent if not more pressing than before since the evils then anticipated have in many instances become actualities
MANDAMUS AS A REMEDY
In the present state of the law it seems that the only remedy afforded against carriers refusing to conform to the rules and orders of the Commission is to be found in the institution of suits to recover the statutory penalties imposed in such cases and we are of the opinion that this is a manifestly inadequate provision Many of such orders involve matters of the
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greatest concern to individuals as well as to the public a specific performance of them being indispensable to the enjoyment of their full rights under the law The recovery of a penalty might have the effect of preventing a repetition of the wrong but it neither compensates for past injuries nor gives assurance against a repetition of the wrong
A few illustrations will suffice to demonstrate the propriety of so changing the law as to enable the courts either by mandamus or mandatory injunction in a summary way to compel carriers to specifically perforin duties which they assume or which are imposed upon them by law Tor instance the public convenience or comfort might require the construction at a given point of a depot building which would cost many thousand dollars This Commission orders its erection The company against which the order is made declines to comply Suit is instituted The extreme limit of the recovery is five thousand dollars It might be cheaper to the company to litigate even if eventually compelled to pay the penalty than to comply with the order and even at the end of the litigation the public would be no nearer getting the depot than when the proceeding was commenced A judgment imposing the penalty would not enjoin upon the company the duty of building the depot
Again A manufacturer erects a plant alongside a line of railroad Under a contract with the company a siding is put in for his convenience A disagreement arises between the two The company removes its siding or refuses to run its cars thereon for hauling the products of the manufacturer Under the present law his only remedy is by suit for damages and even if he ultimately recovers the continuing injury to his business will in the meantime have crushed his enterprise and destroyed his trade Practically he is remediless
The two illustrations cited are strong cases They are not likely to but may arise They are stated for the purpose of emphasizing the necessity for an improvement in the remedial process afforded by existing laws In one case mandamus in the other mandatory injunction would afford a reasonable just and adequate remedy
The prompt and summary enforcement of the orders made by this Commission will be found to afford to the general public and as well to individuals the best protection against the practices which the Commission was designed to prevent And we therefore recommend that for the en
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forcement of all orders made by it in the exercise of its lawful powers this Commission be authorized to institute suit either by mandamus or injunction mandatory or preventive in the Superior Court where the duty enjoined by such order is to be performed or where the act to be restrained is being committed and that service thereof be perfected as in other suits for tort or breach of contract against the company
VENUE IN DEPOT SUITS
As elsewhere stated the Supreme Court has held that as the law now stands suit to recover penalties for failure or refusal of railroads to locate or construct a depot when ordered to do so by this Commission must be brought in the Superior Cdurt of the county in which the principal office of the offending company is located and not elsewhere The principle of this decision applies as well to all other cases in which railroad companies refuse to observe the orders of the Commission This is a serious impediment to the enforcement of the law as well as a source of great inconvenience and expense to the public
In the first place it involves the State in the expense of having its witnesses in many cases attend upon sessions of court held hundred of miles from their residences or compels it to dispense with their personal appearance and rely upon the unsatisfactory method of substituting testimony upon answers to written interrogatories In the second place one of the principal questions of fact which necessarily arises in that class of cases is whether or not the depot in a given case required to be built is such as answers the requirements of the public comfort and convenience and whether the location selected by the Commission is a proper one This class of questions like those involving the condemnation of rightsofway for public ways can be best determined when the jury shall have the oppor tunity of viewing the premises and their presence at or near the spot would be indispensable to the exercise of this right Aside from these three con siderations in all cases of tort under existing laws the company must and in all cases of breach of contract may be sued in the county where the tort was committed or the contract was to be performed With equal propriety all proceedings to enforce the performance of a duty owing to the
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public should be permitted to be brought in the county where that duty is to be performed and since the principal offices of some of the railroad companies operating lines in Georgia may be beyond the limits of this State there is the greater reason not only that such suit should be brought m the county where the depot is to be built but also that service in all such cases be perfected by the delivery of a copy of the writ to any agent of the company within such county Indeed we are of the opinion that in all cases involving the breach of any duty that may be owing upon the part of a corporation whether to the public or as an individual whether such duty arises from contract or is imposed by law the law should be so framed as to authorize suits to be brought in the county in which duties are to be performed and that the remedy by mandamus or mandatory injunction should be provided for their enforcement
SIDETRACKS
We recommend that the law be so amended as to give the Commission the same jurisdiction with regard to the location building maintenance and discontinuance of sidetracks as it now has over freight and passenger depots
Heretofore the General Assembly thought it wise to confer upon this Board the authority to require the location and erection of such freight and passenger depot buildings as the safety of freight and the public comfort require and to make rules and regulations governing the maintenance and discontinuance of the same This law has proven very beneficial and has demonstrated the wisdom of vesting in this Commission the authority to require railroads to afford to the public which they serve the facilities and conveniences which are due from them as common carriers This fact and the fact that sidetrack facilities are naturally and necessarily a part of the accommodations given in connection with depots show conclusively that depots and sidetracks should be subject to one and the same law rules and regulations Precisely the same reasons upon which the power to regulate depots was vested in this Commission apply with equal force to the matter of sidetracks and should in our judgment prompt the lawmaking power to treat it in the same manner
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SLEEPINGCAR COMPANIES
Sleepingcars have come into such general use and are thereby so closely identified with modern passenger service that in our opinion the charges made for the accommodations which they furnish should be made subject to the same control that this Commission now exercises over passenger rates If it is proper and desirable as a matter of public policy that the rates charged by railroads for transporting passengers shall be controlled and regulated then it is equally desirable and proper as a matter of public policy that rats charged by sleepingcar companies shall be likewise controlled and regulated If it is right and necessary that the rates paid by a passenger to a railroad company for transportation shall be prescribed by State authority itis no less right and proper that the rates charged the same passenger on the same train for a serviceso closely allied to that of a common carrier of passengers as to become practically a part of it should also be prescribed by State authority
We therefore recommend that legislation be encted making sleepingear companies doing business in this State relatively to intrastate traffic subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission and to the same rules and regulations to which the passenger service of railroads is subjected
TELEPHONE COMPANIES
The use of the telephone as a means of communication both locally between points in the same town and for long distances between towns and cities widely separated has become so general as to remove telephone companies from that class of persons serving the public and the control of which is usually vested in local municipal bodies and has become of such importance to the public as to admit of their classification in the matter of governmental control along with railroad telegraph and express companies and since the companies just mentioned have been placed under contrl of this Commission the necessity for a system of State regulation being instituted for the control of telephone companies becomes an parent 1
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There is from a practical point of view no essential difference so far as their relations toward the public are concerned between telephone and telegraph companies Both are created by authority of the law for the express purpose of serving the public by affording facilities for communication by wire for hire Some years ago the General Assembly of Georgia recognizing the fact that telegraph companies were owing to the nature of the service rendered in no sense different from railroad companies so far as being public servants and being regulated by State authority as such were concerned enacted a law making all telegraph companies subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission the same as railroads by providing that the Act creating this Commission should also apply to telegraph companies
As above pointed out the public relations and responsibilities of telephone companies are not different from those of telegraph companies each is required to serve the public each is indispensable to the conduct of the business of the people according to improved modern business methods each has equal facilities for laying burdens upon the public to which their necessities require them to submit and one is as capable of extortion as the other and since the State has placed the telegraph undei the control of her Railroad Commission with satisfactory results there is the greater reason why its chief competitor the telephone companies should be made subject to the same authority
We therefore recommend that the General Assembly enact a law providing that all of the provisions of the law creating this Commission and of all Acts amendatory thereof be made likewise applicable to telephone companies so that they may be under the same supervision as other similar public corporations are
INTERCHANGE QE CARS BETWEEN RAILROADS
Doubt has been expressed concerning the authority of this Commission to enforce Rule 32 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight which is as follows
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EULE 32
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 points 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 Eo railroad shall discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of anv 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 bhe customary facilities for the interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike
The necessity for such a rule and its strict enforcement is apparent Without some such provision it would lie within the power of any railroad to impede commerce by refusing to receive from or to deliver cars to its connections and thus cause injury not only unjustly but unnecessarily both to its connecting lines and to the business public
Eule 32 is based upon the Act of February 28 1874 the requirements of which are substantially the same as those of said Eule That Act however being passed prior to the creation of this Commission it has been contended that since similar provisions to those embraced therein were not incorporated into the Eailroad Commission Act and since the Commission is purely a legislated agency created to exercise only the powers expressly delegated to it the General Assembly neither conferred nor intended to vest any such powers in the Commission
Although the above stands as a rule of this Commission which it is our purpose to enforce to the extremity of the law in all cases which may arise and notwithstanding the fact that just at this time there are no complaints upon these grounds before the Commission yet in our opinion it is of great importance that such legislative action should be taken as will remove all Tiubt and vest in the Commission undeniable power to speedily correct all such abuses as are contemplated by the above rule and we recommend that such legislation be enacted without delay
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ROUTING OR FREIGHT SHIPMENTS
Another subject closely related to that just discussed is that of routing shipments As the law now stands we do not believe that the Commission has authority to require railroads to regard the instructions of shippers If it suits the interest of a road to ignore the wishes and instructions of a shipper by delivering his freight to a different line from that designated by him there is no power lodged with this Commission to prevent the road from doing so True should a shipper be damaged by such diversion he might have grounds for action in the Courts for recovery of damages sustained But he is almost sure to be deterred from availing himself of this remedy especially if his shipment has been a small one by the long and vexatious delays the expense and trouble attendant upon a suit against the railroad
But whether damaged or not we think that the shipper ought to have the right to say what road or roads shall carry his freight between given points The mere fact that a certain line is preferred by him is sufficient reason for his freight being delivered to that line when so directed
SUMMARYCONCLUSION
Summarized the recommendations of this Commission for the enact ment of additional legislation are
That the Board be empowered to summarily enforce its orders through the courts either by mandamus or injunction
That the State be authorized to institute suit in the county in which a depot is to be located or a duty imposed by an order of the Commission instead of in the county where the principal office of the defendant company is located where such company fails or refuses to locate and erect a depot building or refuses to perform a duty directed to be performed by it by an order of this Commission
That the jurisdiction now exercised by the Board with respect to depots be extended so as that the same will apply to sidetracks
That sleepingcar and telephone companies be made subject to the same control by the Commission as railroad and telephone companies
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That clear and undoubted authority be conferred upon this Board to regulate the interchange of cars between railroads and to require freight shipments to be routed according to the instructions of shippers
This Commission has done and is now doing all that it is empowered to do toward the protection of the public interest along the lines laid down by the law Frequent appeals are made to the Board for the enforcement of right and the redress of wrong where in its opinion it has not but ought to have jurisdiction Legislation necessary to remedy these defects by conferring additional powers upon the Commission has been recommended from year to year but these recommendations have not so impressed themselves upon the General Assembly We again earnestly urge that these additional powers be conferred upon the Board It must be done if this department of the State Government is to keep abreast with the progress of the age and properly fulfill the mission for which it was created It must be done if the State is to receive a proper benefit from the lessons of past experience and if the people are to receive the full measure of protection to which they are entitled and such a recognition of their rights as would be in harmony with our fundamental law
Respectfully submitted
L K TRAMMELL Chairman THOS C CRENSHAW Jr SPENCER R ATKINSON
Commissioners
J D MASSEY
Secretary A
CIRCULARS
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga January 28 1899
L N Trammell Chairman
Thos C Crenshaw Jr I Commissioners
Spencer R Atkinson
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR UO 276
Rue 5 A of the Demurrage Rules of this Commission is hereby amended so as to read as follows
Rule 5 AWhere the consignee shall refuse to accept freight tendered in pursuance of the bill of lading the carrier charged with the duty of delivery may give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal and if he shall not within three days thereafter give direction for the reshipment or unloading of such goods he shall thenceforth become liable to such carrier for demurrage upon the car or cars in which they are stored to the same extent and at the same rate as such charges are now under like circumstances by the rules of this Commission imposed upon consignees who neglect or refuse after notice of arrival to remove freight of like character from the cars of a carrier
A consignee who has once refused to accept a consignment of goods shall not thereafter be entitled to receive the same except upon payment of all iharges for demurrage which would otherwise have accrued
Express Rates on Butter Butter Empties and Milk
The following amendments to the General Classification governing express companies in this State are hereby adopted
Empties Butter returned under 100 pounds 5 cents
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Butter is hereby transferred from Express Tariff B to Express Tariff E and express companies in this State will be allowed to charge for the transportation of Butter no more than the rates prescribed by the said Tariff E
The following Tariff on Milk is hereby adopted and express companies will be allowed to charge for the transportation of Milk between points in this State no more than the rates therein named
Rates on Milk per can depot delivery only
Empties to be returned free Milk not for depot delivery Tariff E rates
Miles Per 5gallon can Per 8gallon can I Per 10gallon can
5 6 cents 9 cents 11 cents
10 7 U 11 CC 14 CC
15 8 CC 12 CC 15 CC
20 9 cc 14 cc 16 cc
25 9 cc 14 cc 18 cc
30 9 cc 14 cc 18 cc
35 10 cc 16 cc 20 cc
40 10 cc 16 cc 20 cc
45 11 cc 17 cc 21 cc
50 11 cc 17 cc 21 cc
55 12 CC 18 cc 23 m
0 12 cc 18 cc 23 cc
65 13 cc 20 cc 26 C4
0 13 cc 20 cc 26 CC
75 14 CC 22 cc 27
80 14 cc 22 cc 27 CC
85 15 cc 23 cc 29 cc
90 15 cc 23 u 29 cc
95 15 cc 24 30 cc
100 to 250 16 cc 25 cc 31 cc
Cream or Milk in cans packed in ice same rates per hundred pounds as apply to ten gallon cans of Milk in above tariff
Amendments to Commissioners Freight Classification
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
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C R 0 R
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons C L boxed or well crated dharged at not less than 8000 pounds excess weight in
propbrtilon M
Chert C L 30000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
Wood green or dry C L of ten cords to be billed by the cord Rule 12 P
Barrel and box material C L 24000 pounds P
Handles brOom C L 24000 poundstD
Handles broom L C L boxed or crated B
Kindling same ias Rosin and Rosin Dross
Pigs Feet and Tripe freSh or pickled
CocaCola syrup in barrels or kegs
Stand Pipe Material K D t 6
Bultiter minimum charge allowed 15 cts
Milk minimum Charge allowed 15 cts B
Empties dairy returned by the line over wthiidh shipment was made not over 100 pounds 5 cts each for any distance
This Circular to he effective on and after February 10th 1899 Everything in conflict hereby repealed
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY E K TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga May 10 1899
L N Trammell Chairman j
Thos C Crenshaw Jr V Commissioners
Spencer R Atkinson J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR HO m
Passenger Tariff of the Hartwell Railway Company
The Hartwell Railway Company is hereby transferred from Class A to Class B of the Standard Passenger Tariff of this Commission and will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than the rates prescribed by said Tariff vizi Passengers twelve years and over four cents per mile over five years and under twelve years of age two cents per mile
Amendment of Demurrage Rule No 3
Demurrage Rule Ho 3 of this Commission is hereby amended by adding thereto the following proviso
Provided That in no case shall the amount collected for storage of a less than carload shipment exceed the amount authorized to be charged as storage or demurrage on a carload of similar freight tor the same length of time when not unloaded from car as provided by the Demurrage Rules
Cl assiflcat ion
The following amendments tO the Commissioners hereby adopted
Classification are C R O R
Juices Fruit and Fountain Syrups viz
In glass packed
In wood L C L
Same C L
CocaCola syrup same as Juices Fruit etc
Syrup Cane in cans same as Fruit and vegetables in cans
Handles Broom L C L boxed bundled ior crated
Handles Broom C L 24000 pounds
Rakes Worse bay st up
Same knocked down well packed
Bran L C L
Sadirons in boxes barrels or cases
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1 3
4 1
5 j
I
j
B K
iy2i i I 3
D I 5
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This Circular to be effective on and after May 20th 1899 Everything in conflict hereby repealed
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY L 1ST TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga August 1 1899
L N Trammell Chairman J
Titos C Crenshaw Jr V Commissioners
Spencer R Atkinson J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 278
Passenger Tariff of tlie Atlantic Valdosta Western Railway Co
The Atlantic Valdosta Western Railway Company is hereby transferred from Class B to Class A of the Standard Passenger Tariff of this Commission and will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than the rates prescribed by said Tariff viz Passengers twelve years and over three cents per mile over five years and under twelve years of age one and onehalf cents per mile
Amendment to Rule No 18
Rule Number Eighteen of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission is hereby amended by adding thereto the following
In all cases where goods are tendered for shipment which are so packed as to render it impracticable for the carrier to ascertain the contents of such packages the carrier may refuse to receive the same for transportation unless the consignor upon demand shall furnish correct statements of the contents
Classification
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
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C R O R
Seed Cane Sorghum h B
Slag C L 30000 lb Rule 12 Class P less 20 per cent
Agricultural Implements viz Drills Grain set up 2
Drills Graini K D packed 3 4
Outfits Graders or Contractors L C L 2
Same C L 24000 lbs minimum 6
Same C D 24000 libs minimum with Dive Stuck 5
Cans Fruit and Syrup tin in bulk C L minimum
weight 15000 lbs 5
Same entirely boxed or crated C D minimum 15000 lbs I 5
Same L C D vI 3
Carrara same as White Lead
This Circular shall he effective on and after August 15 1899 Everything in conflict hereby repealed
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY I XKVM M Ki
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga November 4 1899
L N Trammell Chairman 1
Thos C Crenshaw Jr V Commissioners
Spencer R Atkinson J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 279
Passenger Tarriff of Atlantic Valdosta Western RailVay Company
The Atlantic Valdosta Western Railway Company is hereby transferred from Class A to Class B of the Standard Passenger Tariff of this Commission and will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than the rates prescribed by said Tariff vizPassengers twelve years old and over four cents per mile over five anff under twelve years old two cents per mile
Amendment of Freight Rul No 12
Rule number Twelve of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended by inserting after the word Wood and before the word Straw in the second line of said rule the words Syrup Sugar Cane so that hereafter the provisions of said Rule Twelve will be applicable to shipments of Syrup and Sugar Cane in this State
Classification
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
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0 R 0 B
Salt C L minimum 20000 lbs P
Salt in sacks L 0 L G
Corn in ear 0 L subject to Buie 13 N
Corn in ear sacked L C L D
Agricultural Implements viz Plows Discs entirely of metal KD f of 6 Melons freight guaranteed C L 24000 lbs P
Hides furs peltries skins viz
Furs in bags 3 T 1
Furs in boxes bundles or trunks strappedD 1
Furs N O S see Skins N O S
Hides dry loose 1
Hides dry tied in bundles or bales any quantity 4
Hides green 5
Hides green salted 6
Peltries see Skins N O S
Skins deer pressed in bales 2
Skins N 6 S furs and peltries value limited to 25 per lb
in bags D 1 1
Same pressed in bales 1 2
Same N O SD 1
Skins sheep dry in bales1
Same green in bundles 2
Same salted in bundles 3
This Circular shall be effective on and after November 15 1899 Everything in conflict hereby repealed
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY E N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
COMMISSION ERS
RULES TARIFFS
CLASSIFICATION
EMBRACING ALL CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS
TO DATE
OCTOBER 15 1899
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GENERAL RULES
RULE 1PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
L to All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly ig com and distinctly set forth the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and obI jections 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 he heard in person or by attorney or by written argument upon such written statement being first filed
Unless otherwise expressly ordered upon the hearing of all causes which may hereafter come on to be heard before the Commission the respective parties shall present the testimony of their witnesses by affidavits in like manner as the same are now by law required to be submitted upon the hearing of applications for injunctions All affidavits intended to be offered by either party shall be served upon the opposite party his counsel or agent having control of his case at least three days and all counter affidavits at least twelve hours before the day set for their hearing This rule of procedure will be varied only when in the exercise of a sound discretion this Commission shall be of the opinion that a departure from its letter is necessary to the attainment of substantial justice
RULE 2MONTHLY REPORTS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall file in the office of the Commissioners on or before the 30th day of each month a report duly l oads sworn of its earnings and expenses for the month preceding upon a printed form A Lired to and shall also at the same time file in said office a report of all orders rules regulaigL tions and circulars issued by the Commission during the preceding month accompaj rts nied by a statement showing whether said orders rules regulations and circulars have been duly posted as required by the rules Of the Commission and have been put in force on said road said report to be made on a printed form C as follows
fokm c
To I
Secretary Railroad Commission of Georgia
Dear Sir
Your circular order No has been received and a copy has been fur
nished each local agent of this Company with instructions that he post the same in a conspicuous place and that the same be complied with
Yours truly
of
189
R R Co
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RULE 3POSTING TARIFFS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall post and beep 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 uiredSt0 together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances post tariff 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
Therates prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in either direction
Rates apply d both oirections
RULE 5
It shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Geor Roads re gia to furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the quired to possession of said Railroad Company and a written transcript or copy of any paper in books pathe possession of said Railroad Company which may appear to the Commission aspersetcnecessary to aid them in the discharge of their duty
RULE 6
Railroad Companies are requred to submit to the Commission for inspection andRoadg correction all contracts and agreements between railroads doing business in this State quired to as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs Also all arrangements and agreements as contracts to the divisions of earnings of railroads doing business in this State for inspection andetcconsideration
RULE 7
The Commissioners reserve the right to suspend or modify the enforcement of any of Right to their rules regulations rates etc at discretion where in their opinion the condi honsare such that a strict enforcement of the same would work hardship or injustice served
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RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS I
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Foe Passengees Cents Pee Mile
Class A Class B Class C
3 4 U 2 5 M
Over five years and under twelve years of age
PASSENGER RULES RULE 1
Each passenger shall be entitledto baggage notexceeding one hundred and fifty i I
Amount o
baggage al 150 pounds
lowed RULE 2
Office re n0 more than the schedule of passeuger rates shall be charged where the ticket 3 open for office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure time0nable from a station of the train upon which the passenger intends to be transported
RULE 3
I Schedule At junction points where the incoming train arrivesso near the leaving timeof charged at the outgoing train that it is not practicable for a passenger to procure a ticket no more Uxr than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged
i RULE 4 I l
fr Railroads Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger fares 1 I collect t0 if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so but if not no more j mileage than the next lowest amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged
RULE 5
j Ten centsa No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum charge01 full or half rate between regular stations when the fare would be less than that amount
RULE 6
Tariff rate No more than standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged passengers from M fromflag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale
stations
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RULE 8
Where a railroad company has provided agents and offices ready and open for Four cents the sale of tickets and passengers for war of proper diligence fail to supply them to be i elves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each pas whmf plsenger twelve years old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over ger five years old and under twelve may he demanded and collected Provided however want of Offices at way stations may be closed one minute before the arrival of trains Fgence dl1 f
RULE 9
The Commission will consider applications for an advance or reduction in the No change Standard Tariff for the transportation of passengers or in Commutation Rates but no canbe j change in rates shall be of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and ordinary published in the newspapers of the State as required by law in Section VI of the Act tatio muJ approved October 14 189 Provided That this rule shall not be construed as placing rates with any restriction on the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates on excursion jUof1 trains Commis
Sion
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 ia hereby withdrawn
Rule No 12 omitted
All tickets must be on salerai depot office
No Drawback tickets allowed
RULE 13
Each railroad company doing business in this State shall furnish like and equal Equal ac accommodation to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition thmsre I
RULE 14 befuedt
Railroad companies are required at junction stations to open their waiting rooms nished eagt fifteen minutes before schedule time for the arrival of all passenger trains but Waitin j at intermediate stations shall not be required to open after 10 oclock p m except for quiredto
elayed trains due before that time and shall keep said waiting rooms open until the and made 1 actual arrival of the trains These rooms shall be provided with lights and when the comforta
I clemency of the weather requires it with fire We

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RULE 15
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall he more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time it shall be the duty of said railroad company to bulletin and to keep posted at every telegraph station along its line in the direction in which said train is going the time such train is behind its schedule time and the time of its arrival as nearly as can be approximated
RULE 16
Whenever there is by reason of accident or otherwise a break or obstruction on any railroad in this State which will delay any passenger train on said road it shall be the consequent duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said gfven to passenger train and the place so obstructed and the conductor shall give notice of said passengers obstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station and of the delay at stations that will probably be caused by the same
RULE 17
Boads re On all passenger trains in this State the railroads shall furnish safe and adequate heatheat6pas ing appliances and shall keep the passenger coaches sufficiently warm to make the passenger aeneers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary or jcoacnes
i desirable to the passengers
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF
For 20 miles For all Baggage Over and under 150 Pounds 10 cents per 100 pounds
For 30 miles and over 20 15 11
40 ll ll 30 20 ll il
It 60 II ll ll 40 25 ll IL
ll 70 ll ll ll 60 30 il U
n 80 ll ll ll 70 ll II
li 00 ll ll ll 80 40 il II
ll 100 ll ll II 90 45 a Il
II 110 ll ll ll 100 50 a IL
II 120 li ll ll 110 u ll
II 130 ll ll ll 120 55 il IL II
ll 140 ll ll II 130 60 u
II 150 1 ll 140 il l L li
ll 160 II II ll L50 70 u
ll 170 l II II 160 u IL
ll 180 ll u II 170 80 il ti
ll 190 ll ll II 180 il li
ll 200 ll ll II 190 90 u li
ll 210 II ll ll 200 95 u li
II 220 a ll ll 210 100 ii IL
ll 230 li li ll 220 105 il IL
ll 240 u II ll 230 i 110 ti IL
l 260 ti ll ll 240 115 ii IL
ll 290 ii ll ll 260 L 20 u li
ll 320 ii li ll 290 125 il
ll 350 li li I 320 130 u ll
ll 400 n a II 350 135 ti ll
ll 450 n a U 400 140 il ll
Note 1No more than ten 10 cents shall be allowed to be collected as a minimum
i charge
j Note 2The above Tariff is subject to Rule One jpf the Rules Governing tin
Transportation of Freight
Duty to bulletin delayed trains
Notice of obstrnc
tinn and
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RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
Continuous mileage to apply on all roads under same management
Limit for a change of freight rate
RULE 1
All connecting railroads which are unjler 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 andjjthe Isame road and the ratesshall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road unless otherwise specified The fact that each of saidroads has a separate Board of Directors shall not prevent the application of this rule
RULE 2
Instances Since a separate rate cannot be conveniently given for every possible distance the law authorizes the Commission f to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances Five 5 miles has accordingly been fixed as the limit tor 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 151888
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 28 finles charge for 30 miles
RULE 4
When freight is transported any distance greater than one hundred 100 miles if 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
or distances under 20 or over 250 miles a reduction of rates may be made without ing 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 PP y 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
The freight rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates wThich shall not ranscended by the railroads They may carry however at less than the prescribed No unjust 8 Provided that if they carry for less for one person they shall for the like service rry or the same lessened rate for all persons except as mentioned hereafter and if rates ey adopt less freight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same ercent at all stations along the line of road so as to make no unjust discrimination S against any person or locality
Division of rate accordingto distance
Reduction of rates under 20 miles and over 250 miles
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Longer line allowed to adopt the short line Irate
Freight charges on passenger trains
Railroads not allowed to decline freight on passenger trains
25 cents minimum charge
Blockades
forbidden
Ij Secret re1 duction of I rates f orli hidden
Roads allowed to reduce certain rates at discretion
Shippers load and unload
But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads not under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or lines in order to give said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates between saidi two points below the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reduction at all stations along the lines of the said road or when a rate on cotton is made to a seaport out of the State which is less than the rate from the same point to the Georgia pom the railroads shall be authorized to meet the said competitive rate in like manner as aforesaid Provided 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 half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains provided that this rule has no application to freight carried by Express Companies
RULE 8
No railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for transportation by the train for which it is offered
RULE 9
Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a single shipment however small subject however to Rule No 30
RULE 10
No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad companies as to the transportation of freight according to percentages or otherwise
RULE 11
There shall be no secret reduction of rates nor shall any bonus be given or any rebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public
RULE 12
The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lumv ber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Syrup Sugar Cane Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear TanBark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are maximum rates but the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted from the operation of Rule 6 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 wild 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 cod of such service shall be paid by shippers
RULE 14
i
Charges
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles mav be as fol for extra lows Viz handling
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
RULE 15
Definition
FertilizersThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended to be used as Fertilizers Ammonia Sulphate Bone Black Bones ground or dissolved izer 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 Lumn and Ground Phosphate SodaNitrate of and Sulphate ofTank Stuff Kainit and Cotton Seed Meal etc
RULE 16 Vehicles I
must he j
Vehicles designed for transportation at carriers risk must be properly protected by protected I the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire weather chafing or other injury
RULE 17 Saf fi
In no case shall the amount collected on L C L shipments exceed the charge pe notexcee
car load for the same class of goods aiffsdiip
RULE 18 ments
Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and mmsAe warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition wellpre pp S 1 pared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligible plain marking and accom for ship I panied with orders for immediate shipping In all cases where goods are tendered for tents c
shipment which are so packed as to render it impracticable for the carrier to ascertain packages 1
correctly I
tne contents of such package the carrier may refuse to receive the same for trans stated
portation unless the consignor upon demand shall furnish correct statements of the contents
RULE 19
Cab Load Rates apply to a shipment of car load or more made by one shipper at Whn car one time to one and the same point of delivery to the same consignee although the Lvtfyf1 same may in fact he carried by the transportation company to the point of delivery m lots less than the amount recognized as a car load
J
ft
NOTE Form BAll applications for special rates must be submitted to the Commission on Form B
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Manner of Applying i percentage
Bulky shipments subject to special contract
What con J stitutes a par load pnd also a on shipments of lapped I lumberetc
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS1
RULE 20
Lumber Coal Lime and Stone and all other articles for which estimated weights are given in theClassification 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
Per 1000 Feet
White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned 3000 lbs
White Pine and Poplar green4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash seasoned 4000
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 HickoryElm seasoned4000
Oak Hickory Elm green6000
Flooring and Ceiling matched and dressed 14 inches2500
Bevelled Weather Boards dressed1500
Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry
carloads to depth of 50 inches
Hooppoles Staves Heading green
carload to depth of43 inches24000 Pounds
Shingles dry per 1000 Id
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 Rails and Telegraph
Poles per cord 3500
Clay per cubic yard 3000
Sand per cubic yard3000
Gravel per cubic yard4 3200
Stone undressed per cubic foot 160
Lime per bushel 80
Coal per bushel 80 i
Coke per bushel 40
Portland Cement per barrel 400
Other Cements 300
24000 Pounds
WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE
I sworn weigher for the
Railroad at 1 do certify on oath 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 waspounds 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 railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall applv the increase allowed to the reduced classification but in cases in which the classification of any article is raised by percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall not apply said increase to the already increased classification but only to the Standard Tariff
RULE 22
giWhen any article is too 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 nnnHs A car load is 20000 pounds unless otherwise snecifid Foj loads above 20000 pounds prorate at car load rates charged A car load of wood is ten cords whether sreen or dry 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 car
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9ad 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 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
RULE 24
For rules governing demurrage and storage see Demurrage Rules
RULE 25
v A charge of no more than two dollars per car will be allowed for switching or trans Charge for fprring a car from any point on any road to any connecting road or warehouse within a switching snace of three miles from starting point without regard to weight or contents ferring
When in the transfer of a car between said points it is necessary to pass over the piggingen i I lines of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall be oj
equitably divided between the roads at interest
When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no addi bereturnd tional charge shall be made for the return of the empty cars free
RULE 26
The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depols side tracks platforms iVcmties1 buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any pur
pose without the consent of the owners other com
panies
RULE 27
All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this State shall Time for I receive all freight offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for from th opening j tirst of April to the first of October between the hours of 7 oclock a m and 6 oclock freight de8 j p m and from October the first to April the first between the hours of 7 oclock a m pots 1 Rnd 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 dayof the week Sundays excepted Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 oclock a m or later than 6 oclock m if they so desire
RULE 28
Railroad companies whose lines of road do not exceed ten 10 miles in length maj charge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles
RULE 29
All joint rate between two or more roads not under the same management or con rate trol excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be agreement hiade only by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or rates and subbutted to the Commission by the initial road with a carefully prepared tariff of rates bd distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the in mission
Short roaTsi come withj in tenmile limit
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Joint rates shall be sum of locals less 10 per cent
Manner of dividing such rates between the companies
Refunding
over
charges
15 Railroad jj companies
I required to deliver
ij cars to connecting
II roads
Also shall 1 receive cars i from con neeting i roads
Jij Not al lowed to discrimij nate in ratesiD p favor of i any partic ular line
Weighing cars
RULE 30
On all shipments of freights not governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be greater than the sum of the local rates on such freights less ten 10 per cent for the distance hauled over each road The total rate thus ascertained on such freights from the point of shipment to the point of destination shall be divided in such proportions between the roads over which such freights pass so as to give to each road interested in the shipment its local rate less ten 10 per cent for the distance such shipment is hauled
Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prevent the total of any Joint Rate made under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads interested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work delay in the transportation of such freight or be a subject of appeal to the Commission by the roads at interest
RULE 31
All overcharges on freight by any railroad in this State shall be settled witldn thirty days after demand by consignee or person paying the freight upon the ag A at the delivering depot
Whenever an overcharge on freight has been made on a shipment over two or morerailroads 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 madeon 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 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 consigned1 to any point oh 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 lineor route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of itsown 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
RULE 33
The railroads in this State within thirty days from September 15th 1893 shall causeto 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 weightsreporteai to this office
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RULE 34
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 shali 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 shipment 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
RULE 35
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 rates by said companies shall be effective until three days notice shall have bee given to the public in either case by posting the proposed rates in a conspicuous place at the several stations to be affected thereby

1
Shall receive ani receipt for shipment and issue duplicate freight receipts
Notice o change in J rates
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Slow to uply the Standard Tariff
Definition of terms
j i Rules for computing t ifraitionsj f when apI plied to
standard Tariff
EXPLANATORY NOTES
In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff for distances over 100 miles under the class opposite the distance if it ends in O and if not then opposite the next greater distance will be found the rate required For distances under 100 miles when the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so ending shall govern the rate Examples To find the rate for 241 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 if for 42 miles the rate for 40 miles would apply if for 43 miles the rate for 45 miles would apply
2 CHARACTERS
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
5 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class
1 represents 1 times First Class
D 1 represents Double First Class
8 T 1 represents Three Times First Class
4 T1 represents Four Times First Class
A B 0 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 It represents Carriers Ilisk
O B represents Owners Bisk
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 percentage indicated For instance The percentage allowed the Central Bailroad on First Class for 50 miles is 25 per cent which would be as follows First Class rate 30 cents 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 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowered by a per cent the following rules must be observed
FirstIn computing rates on classes in which fractions occur in the Standard i Tariff fractions less than half but as much as a quarter of a cent are to estimated as half a cenb Fractions over half but less than threefourths of a cent to be estimated as half a cent Fractions three quarters and over to be estimated as one cent Fractions less than quarter of a cent to be omitted as the following examples will indicate
Sx 1Standard Bate 65
25 per cent added 16
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate
of 8 cents
Ex 2Standard Bate 95
20 per cent added 19
Total 114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired
rate is 115 cents
Ex 3Standard Bate 8
20 per cent added 16
Total
Bt 4Standard Rate
25 per cent added
96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 95 cents
55 1
13
Total
68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the desired rate is 7 Gents
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icondIf the rate thus raised or lowered be in any other Class than those alreadymen tioued omit fractions of less than half a cent and estimate half a cent or more as one cent
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 rauee
7 On shipments of brick and lumber passing between standard gauge railroadsand 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
9 In cases where the roads at interest have no agreement for the division of a joint rate on a shipment subject to Rule No 30 no road shall receive as its proportion of suchrate greater amount than its local rate less ten per cent In other words no railroad particinatinor in a joint rate in ths Stnto shall take advantage of reductions made by other lines interested by assessing its full local rate but must deduct ten percent from itslocal as in other cases
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTSETC
FirstNo station or agency nowor which may be hereafter established upon the wfhout16 line of any railroad in this State shall be discontinued or abolished by the authorities hegonsenij of any such railroad without first obtaining the consent of this Commission thereto mission
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot Hons must buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed be aecom
for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby Fuinmor
m mation
tfliRDA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said
depot with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for profiles of oot less than one mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as ftcnumto other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also be of P evidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accom amount of oodated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said gtcSifts road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the quired Commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require Relocation of such depots and the establishing of such freight and passenger buildings the condition of the roads the safety of freights and the public comfort and conven
Thns Ex 1Standard Rate
20 per cent added Total
204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20cents
17
34
Ex 2Standard Rate
20 per cent added Total
216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the desired rate is 22 cents
18
36
No change in depots
enee may require
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Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Livestock
j Vanner of tascertaini ng rating of Live jfStock
Estimated weight of Livestock
The weights given below ar estimated and not actual They are used simply to get the rating on live stock in the absence of actual weights and the classification tariffs etc apply thereto thesame as to actual weights
Each
One Horse Mule or Horned
Animal 2000 lbs
Two Horses Mules or Horned
Animals 3500 lbs
Each additional Horse Mul
or Horned Animal1000 lbs
Stallions Jacks and Bulls 3000 lbs
Mare and Foal together for
both 2500 lbs
Colts under 1 year old except
Stallions 1000 lbs
Shetland Ponies any age1000 lbs
Maximum Evaluations
Special valuations
Mixed shipments
Each
Cow and calf together for both2500 lbs Cattle under one year old except Bulls 1000 lbs
Calves and Sheep 175 lbs
Calves and Sheep in lots of 5
or more
Lambs
Lambs in lots of 5 or more
Hogs for market
Pigs and Stock Hogs
Pigs Hogs Sheep etc boxed actual weight
150 lbs 100 lbs 75 lbs 350 lbs 125 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 rates for cattle but carrier will be released from damage to animals caused by their own acts or to each other aiid 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 at less 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 boxed crated or in portable pens taken at actual weight carriers risk 1st class owners risk 2d class
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In no case shall the charge for less than a car load of Live Stock exceed the charge or 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 water from Consignee stock
One two or three cars of Live Stock will entitle the owner or his agent to be car Carg be ried free to point of destination of consignment on the train with the Stock to care for accompathe same Four to seven cars inclusive belonging to one owner two men in charge attendants and eight cars or more belonging to one owner three men in charge which number is free the maximum number of attendants that will be carried free for one shipment
Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
Estimated Weights of Canned Goods
Fish Fruit Vegetables and Oysters N O S boxed
2 doz cans per case 60 pounds
2 pounds
i
1
2
fiat
gallon can
Tall 1 pound cans2
70
36
22
42
42
65
65
45 90 24 50
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DEMURRAGE RULES
EULE 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 companies when goods or freight of any kind in carload quantities arrive said notice must contain prompt noletters or initials of the car number of the car net weight and the amount of freight charges Strafo due on the same Storage and demurrage charges may he assessed if goods are not removed goods
u 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 consigneee is personally served with notice of the arrival of freight free time begins at ten of legal0 oclock a m on the day after such notice has been given Constructive notice referred to notiee 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 aided 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 enno demurrage charges shall he made until after legal notice as above specified is given
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Charge on package freight after expiration of limit
Charge on Ijftess lhan J carload not Jifto exceed Urate on carload
demurrage n loaded ears how assessable
Shipments o consign jjrs or or
I ler
freight efnsod by onsiguets
EULE 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 following theday 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
Provided That in no case shall the amount collected for storage of a less than carload shipment exceed the amount anthorized to be charged as storage or demurrage on a carload of similar freight for the same length of time when not unloaded from car as provided by the Demurrage Rules
EULE 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 hulk 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 ears 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 posses
sion 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 consignee 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
EULE 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 5 A
Where the consignee shall refuse to accept freight tendered in pursuance of the bill or lading the carrier charged with the duty of delivery may give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal and if he shall not within three days thereafter give direction for the reshipment or unloading of such goods he shall thenceforth become liable to such carrier for demurrage upon the car or cars in which they are stored to the same extent and at the same rate as such charges are now under like circumstances by the rules ofthis Commission imposed upon consignees who neglect or refuse after notice of arrival to remove freight o like character from the cars of a carrier
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A consignee who has once refused to accept a consignment ot goods shall not thereafter he entitled to receive the same except upon payment of all charges for demurrage which would otherwise have accrued
RULE 6
A consignee living more than five miles from the depot and whose freight is destined to Consignees
r more than
I his residence or place of business so located shall not be subject to storage or demurrage miles
charges allowed in the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after notice for said pot1 de consignee to remove said goodsby the exercise of ordinary diligence
RULE 7
Railroad companies are authorized to store such property in public warehouses at the ex tostorety pense of owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach properly
RULE 8
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded cars bepafd t0 at an accessible place for unloading within fortyeight 48 hours not including Sundays SfVde or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m the day after the arrival of the same iiver withtheshipper or consignee shallbe paid one dollar per day for each day said delivery is so time10
delayed
RULE 9
Whenever the weather during the period of free time is so severe inclement or rainy Not assessthatit is impracticable to secure means of removal or where from the nature of the goods fncfeent8 removal would cause injury or damage such time shall be added to the free period and no weather 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 de crimina
1 nunage rules it must collect of all who are liable No rebate drawback or other similar u011 in
device will be allowed allowed be
If demurrage is collected by a railroad company at one poiht on its line it must collect at sorfsr1
11 places on its line of those liable under1 the rules of this commission Provided That this placesrale shall not apply to package freight received in less than carload lots and unloaded in depots and warehouses Provided further 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 or excessive loading where loading is done by shipper shall be subject to a demurrage dfrens c arge of one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day said car or cars are so detained adexcessor held Likewise when cars are properly loaded and shipping instructions given the inl0ad railroad agent must immediately issue bills of lading thereor and if said car or cars are c etained or held and not carried forward within twentyfour 24 hours thereafier said bfpromjt
2 ralroad mpany shall be liable to said shipper for the payment of one dollar per car forward each day or fraction of a day that said car or cars are thus detained or held
11 RULE 12
j Ho Other charges shall be made for storage or demurrage except as provided in the fore j going rules
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FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSES
AND
CLASSIFIED LIST OF RAILROADS IN GEORGIA
A
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FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSESPERCENTAGES
1
1
I
t Each Company doing business as a common carrier in this State is allowed to apply the I Standard Freight Tariff subject to the conditions of the Tariff Class below in which such I Company is placed
I CLASS NO 1

The Standard Tariff without percentage
CLASS NO 2
pi To Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and E add ten per cent to Comil missioners Standard Tariff
i To Classes C D F J4 and P apply the Commissioners Standard Tariff
CLASS NO 3
If On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent
I added
On Classes B K M E the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
1 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
f On B K M E 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
I CLASS NO 5
I Add twentyfive per cent to all Classes except C D F J and P
CLASS NO 6
I On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K Ls M N O and Es For 40 miles and under
the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standfi ard 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
l added
On Classes C D F J andP the Standard Tariff without percentage j On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 7
p On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E H and K Commissioners Standard Tariff with fifty per I l cent added
I m On Classes C D F G J L M N O and E Commissioners Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
jf 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
Alabama Great Southern
Georgia Railroad
Class No 2 Atlanta and West Point
Class No 3
Douglas and McDonald
Florida Central and Peninsular
Class No d
Central System all lines except Savannah and Atlantic Chattanooga Rome and Southern
East and West
Georgia and Alabama
Georgia Southern and Florida
Class No 5
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Gainesville Jeiierson and Southern
Class No 6
Albany and Northern
Atlantic Valdosta and Western
Bruton and Pineora
Charleston and Western Carolina Chattanooga Southern
Chattanooga and Durham
City and Suburban
Collins and Reidsville
Darien and Western
Doolv Southern
Flovilla and Indian Springs
Foy Railroad
Georgia Northern
Georgia Pine Railway
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Louisville and Wadley
Class No 7
Dover and Statesboro
No of Roads 4
Lexington Terminal Western and Atlantic
No of Roads 1
No of Roads 3
Plant System all lines
Hartwell
Lawrenceville
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway all lines except between Augusta and Tennille
Wrightsville and Tennille
No of Roads 4
Smithonia and Dunlap
Talbotton
No of Roads 31
Macon and Birmingham
Macon Dublin Savannah
Midville Swainsboro ahd Red Bluff
Millen and Southwestern
Sandersville
Savannah and Statesboro
Southern Railway between Augusta and Tennille only
South Georgia
Sparks Moultrie and Gulf
Stillmore AirLine
Tallulah Falls
Tifton and Northeastern
Valdosta Southern
Wadley and Mt Vernon
Waycross AirLine
No of Roads 2 Sylvania
No of Roads 10
On Stone Granite and Marble blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlet tered val uation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L Class P with 25 per cent added On same O L of 6 All subject to Rule No 30
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STANDARD FREICHT TARIFFCLASSES
PER 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 44 34 7 9 24 8
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 H 5 9 Hi 34 10
15 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 54 11 124 3 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
BO 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 74 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 16 164 64 20
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 13 84 8 17 174 64 21
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 8 8 18 174 7 22
55 32 29 26 23 19 14 14 14 9 84 19 18 7 23
60 33 30 27 24 19 14 14 14 9 84 19 18 74 24
65 35 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 74 26
75 38 35 30 27 21 16 16 16 10 94 21 20 74 27
80 39 36 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 94 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 V 44 39 34 30 23 18 18 18 Hi 11 23 23 8 30
too 45 40 35 30 23 18 18 18 Hi 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 81 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 14v 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
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 36 104 44
250 75 70 55J 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 IO4 45
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 104 4
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 loi 46
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 loi 47
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 104 47
300 fcO 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 i 34 34 34 22 V 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 n 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 50 114 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 Hi 56
ISO 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 Hi 56
460 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 12 1 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 xCts 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 51 55 85 7 50 9 00 6 00 5
0 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 L
25 14 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00
30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 7
35 16 71 75 1 05 12 00 12 00 9 00 7i
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
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 JO
65 22 9 1 00 1 35 15 50 15 00 11 00 j 10
70 75 22 9 1 00 1 40 16 00 15 00 11 00 li
23 9J 1 05 1 45 16 50 16 00 12 00 il
80 23 H 1 10 1 50 17 00 16 00 12 00 12
85 24 9 1 15 1 55 17 50 17 00 13 00 12
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 loi 1 30 1 90 23 00 18 00 15 00 j 10
130 28 ioJ 1 35 2 00 24 00 19 00 16 00 17
140 29 11 1 40 2 10 25 00 19 00 16 00 1 is
150 30 11 1 50 2 20 26 OO 20 OO 17 OO 1
160 31 12 1 60 2 25 27 00 20 00 17 00 19 I 9
17 32 12 1 70 2 30 28 0D 21 00 18 00
18 33 12 1 80 2 35 29 00 21 00 ID 00 20
190 34 13 1 90 2 40 29 50 22 00 19 00 1 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 j 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 j 22
250 40 15 2 50 2 75 33 50 24 DO 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 j 23
290 44 16 2 90 2 95 36 00 25 00 24 00 j 3
300 45 16 2 95 3 OO 36 50 26 OO 24 OO j 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 00 24 00 j 24
330 48 17 3 15 3 30 38 50 27 00 25 00 j 24
340 49 17 3 15 3 40 39 00 27 00 25 00 1 24
350 50 17 3 28 3 50 40 OO 27 OO 25 OO j 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 1 24
380 53 18 3 41 3 60 41 00 29 00 27 00 20
390 54 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 27 00 2y
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 j 28
420 57 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 j 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 1 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 j 30
OP THE
Hailroad Commission of Georgia
Supersedes Classification Contained in 26th Report and ail Amendments Thereof
U R
Agricultural Implements CL
not less than 20000 pounds owners to load and unload
Agricultural Implements LCL as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed
Cradles Grain set up 3 T 1
Cradles Grain K D in bundles 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 l
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 3
Dusters Bran set up 3 T 1
Dusters Bran K D packed 2
Elevators Hay
Evaporators Fruit yj
Evaporators Sugar B 1
Fans Grainsee MillsFanning Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin 2
Forks Hay and Manure 3
Furnaces Evaporator 1
Gins Cotton I 2
Guano Horns tin N 0 S I 1
Guano Horns tin crated
Harrows and Harrow Frames 3
Harrow teeth packed 4
Hay Caps 3
Hoes in bundles 3
Hoes without handles in bar
fels or casks 4
Horse Powers K D 2
Horse Powers Railroad or Endless Chain 1J
O it 6 Incubators L C L K D and packed or crated Same min CL weight 15000 lbs Hullers Cotton Seed and Clover i J R 1 3
4 1 Knives Hay packed 2
D 1 Machines Hemp t 1
Machines Smut 3
2 Machines NOSSee Machines
4 Machines Mowing and Reap
2 ing Binders and Harvest
D 1 ers whether combined or
i 1 separate K D L C L 2
and partly boxed C L 20
4 1 000 pounds Machines Mowing and Reap 4
ing Binders and Harvesters whether combined or sep
2 arated set up If
4 Mattocks packed 5
D 1 Mattocks in bundles 3
Purifiers Middlings 3 T 1
Mills Burr stone Portable 3
1 Mills Cider 4
H Mills Corn and Hominy 3
Mills Cotton Seed 2 l
Mills Cane and Sorghum 5
31 Mills Fanning set up 3 T 1
Mills Fanning K D 14
Mills with Trains Sugar 3 T 1
3 Mills NO S Mowing and Reaping Ma 2
3 chines Binders and Har
i vesters wliether combined
or separate K D L C L and partly boxed C L 20 2
000 pounds Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Har 4
Q O vesters whether combined
or separate set up 14
Mowers Lawn 1
OR
D 1
1
D 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
J K
Pans Sugar Same as Evaporators Sugar
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 Sulky8 T 1
Plows set up N 0 S 1
Plows Disc entirely of metal
K D of 6
Plows N 0 S K I 4
Presses Cider 4
Presses Hay and Cotton set
up 4 D 1
Presses Hay and Cotton K D 4
Presses N 6 S 2
Pruners Tree in bundles 1
Bakes Hand in bundles 8
Bakes Horse set up 1J
Same K D and well packed
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
Shelters corn 1
Shovels and Spades in bundles 3
Spreaders Manure set up ljj
Spreaders Manure KD boxed 2
Threshers 1
Trains Sugar 3T1
Wheelbarrows Iron 3
Wheelbarrows Bailroad
Wheelbarrows Wooclsetup D1
Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled
A
Accoutrements Military 1
Acids N O S D 1
Acids Carbolic
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
O K 3 1 Alum N 0 S Ammonia Sulphate of same as Fertilizers Ammonia Waters Ammonia Water Casks return ed empty O Jtt 4 5 6
Ammunition N 0 S Anchors 1 5
5 Antimony Crndq 3
Antimony Metal Anvils 4 5
D 1 2 Apples green See Fruit Apples dried See Fruit dried Apple Butter See Butter Argols in boxes bbls or casks Arsenic crude in kegs boxes or barrels Asbestos in boxes kegs bags or halos T C L 4 3 2
Asbestos in barrels or casks L CL 6
5 Asbestos in bbls or casks CL Asbestos Cement L C L A phestos Clement C L L 4 L 4
Asbestos Ore T C T
1 3 Asbestos Ore C L Asbestos Packing in rolls or L 3
5 A phestos Packing 0 L 6
5 4 Asbestos Booting in rolls or 4
Aphestos Boofing 0 L L
2 2 Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed See Cotton Seed Ashes Wood Asphaltum packed L C L Asphaltnm C L B i A
1 5
Axles and Wheels Car See Tron Bar Band etc
D1 1 Axles Carriage and Wagon See Iron Bar Band etc Axle Grease See Grease B Bahhitt Metal 4
3 Bacon See Meats Armv 1
Baggage Personal Effects in Trunks 1
4 Bagging in rolls or bales N 0 S B
Bagging Oil Press
2 Bags Burlap 6
Bags Cotton for Flour d
4 Bacs Gunny d
6 Bags Paper Bags Traveling Baking Powders See Powder Bale Bope Balusters See WoodWork Bananas See Oranges etc under Fruit 6 1 5
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
G K Uxt
Band and Hat Boxes See Boxes
Barilla 3
Bark Ground in bags or bbls
N 0 SI 5
Bark Tan in sacks 5
Bark Tan C L 20000 lbs class P less 20 jer cent
Barley See Grain
Barley Pearl 3
Barrel and Box Material C L
24000 lbs P
Barrel and Box Material LCL 0
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
L C L Class R plus 20 per cent
Same in car loads of 10000 lbs P Barrels half Barrels and Kegs emptyAle and Beerestimated 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 nested 4 T 1
Barytes L C L 0
Barytes C L P
Base Balls and Bats 1
Baskets N O S D 1
BasketsFruit SeeBoxeFruit
Baskets nested 1
Baskets Cotton Patent combination of cloth and wood knocked down and packed
together 6
Baskets Grate see Iron
Bath Boilers See Boilers
Bath Tubs see Tubs
Batting Cotton in lots of 100
bales of 50 pounds each
Batting N 6 S See Cotton Bauxite Ore same as Clay
Beams See Spools
Beans in boxes S
Beans in barrels or sacks X
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
Beer and Ale in woodestimated weights bbl 350 lbs bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100
591
o R
lbs eighth bbl50 lbs LCL 2
Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights as above C L 4
Beer Ale and Minerals bbls half bbls or kegs empty
See Barrels E
Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed L C L securely wired and sealed or locked 2 Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed C L securely wired
and sealed or locked 4
Beer Ale and Porter Boxes
See Boxes
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 B 1
Bee Smokers boxed 1
Beeswax 4
Beets in barrels 3
Bellows 1
Bells Bell Metal or Brass 1
Bells Cast Iron 2
Bells Sheet Iron packed 3
Belting Leather 2
Belting Rubber 3
Berries Dried 4
Berries Green prepaid 1
Bicycles see Vehicles
Billiard Tables and Billiard Table Beds boxed D 1
Binders Reapers etc see Agricultural Impleihents
Binders Boards in Cases 2
Binders Boards in Bundles 5
Bitters same as liquors
Blacking Shoe and Stove See Polish Black Lead See Lead
Blankets1
Bleaching Salts Same as Lime Chloride of
Blinds Doors and Frames see Sash etc
Blocks Pulley see Pulley Blocks
Blocks Shuttle rough 3
Blueing 1
Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue
Boards Binders see Binders Boards
BoatsCommonwooden LCL
BoatsCommon wooden when flatcars are required C L
o E4
E
4
E
4
E
1
1
D t 5
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C K
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 minimum weight 10000 pounds to each
Car
Boats Row CL inin weight
20000 pounds
Boats Steam Yachts min
weight 10000 lbs
Bobbins packed 4
Boilers Bath and Range 1
Boilers See Machinery
Bolts See Iron
Boneblack 3
Bones and Bone Dust See Fertiliz jrs
Bonnets same as Dry Goods
Book Cases Iron I5
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 BasketsCL not less than 20000 lbs to
be charged for R
Baskets fruit berry and vegetable nested and packed solid either in cases or securely fastened L C L 2
Boxes Fruit L C L 1
Boxes Cigar empty packed D 1 BoxesCrackeremptyreturned 5
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 KD packed 2
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2
Boxes Tobacco empty 1
Boxes Vehicles See Vehicle Material
Brackets Insulator See Telegraph
rackets Wood N O S fin
XV
ished and boxed 3
Brackets Wood in white made
of pine or other wood 3
Brandy See Liquors
Bran L C L
I Bran C L 25000 lbs
I Brass N O S in boxes barrels or casks l
Brass Bedsteads packed 1
Brass Bearings in boxes barrels or casks 2
Brass Flues 2
Brass Scrap loose 2
Brass Scrap packed 5
Bra ves boxed 3
Brass V essels 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
CL G
Brick Bath 6
Brick Machines See Machinery Brimstone Same as Sulphur
Bristles 1
Britannia Ware 1
Broom Corn pressed in Bales
L C L B
Broom Corn pressed in Bales min C L 14000 lbs D
Broom Corn and Broom Handles C L mixed 14000 lbs
charged for D
Brooms any quantity 4
Brushes 1
Buckets N O S same as
Wooden Ware 1
Buckets Coal 1
Buckets WellV 4
Bucks Saw see Sawbucks
Buckwheat Flour 6
Buggies See Vehicles
Bungs 3
Burial Cases See Coffins
Burlaps 6
Burning Fluid 1
Burr Blocks finished 4
Burr Blocks rough 5
Butter Butteriue and Oleo
margerine in cans 1
Butter Butterine and Oleomargeiine in kegs firkins buckets pails boxes and
tubs 5
Butter Apple and other Fruits in wood 4
c
Cabbages packed 3
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4T 1
2
2
1
5
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
6
CR
Cabbages loose C L 3
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird boxed3 T 1
Cages Bird K D nested and
packed D 1
Cake Nitre See Nitre
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt See Salt
Calcicake 5
Calicoes 6
Camphene
Camphor 1
Candles boxed 4
Candy See Confectionery
Cane Seed See Seed
Cane Sugar See Sugar Cane
Canned Beef packed 4
Canned Goods N 0 S 4
Canned Vegetables See Fruit
Cannon 1
Cans empty N O S3 T 1
Cans Glass See Glass
Cans Paper crated L
Cans tin empty NOS racked or boxed or in jackets
L C L 1
Canstin empty to be used for paints and oils minimum
weight 20000 lbs
Cans Fruit and Syrup tin in bulk C L min weight
15000 lbs
Same entirely boxed or crated C L min 15
000 lbs
Same L C L
Cans Tobacco empty 1
Caps and Hats 1
Caps Percussion 1
Caps Hay See Agricultural Implements
Capstans 3
CarbonsElectric Lightpackd
L C l 2
Carbons Electric Light pckd
C L n 3
Carboys see Glass
Card Clothing See Clothing
Cards Cotton and Woolen
Hand packed 1
Cards Cotton and Woolen 1
CardsPlaying l
Cards Show boxed See Signs
arpeting well covered 1
Carpets Hemp and Rag 5 2
Carpet Lining See Lining
Carriages See Vehicles
Carmiieage freight f of a cent Per mile
Car mileage passenger 3 cents Per mile
1 e k
Carrara Same as White Lead
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 electrip power single 11 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 Li 1
S U C L minimum weight
20000 lbs1 St 5
K D L C L 2
K D released CL
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 owners
and 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 cars25c per mile
Coaches baggage mail and expr
cars 20c per mile
Box cab stock or
tank cars10c per mile
Coal gondola or
dump cars7c 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 tenders includng tram engs moved by their own pwr owner to furnish fuel and crew carrier to furnish pilot 20c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 400 maximum charge
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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allowed 4000
Xrocomotives and tenders including tram engs dead connectg rods and small parts liable to be damaged to be taken ofl and boxed 25c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge oi 500 maximum charge allowed 5000
Locomotives and tenders including tram engns loaded wholly on flat cars owner to load and unload otherwise
subject to Rule 1430c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 600 maximum charge allowed 6000
Locomotives including tram engines loaded on flat cars and weighing less than 40000 lbs 4 5
Cartridges Metallic 1
Carts Hand See Vehicles
Cases and Crates Egg See Boxes
Cases Show See Show Cases
Cash Registers See Registers
Casing Window See Woodwork
Casks Iron Ammonia Water
Naphtha etc returned ety 6
Cassia 1 3
Castings Iron See Iron
Castings Plaster D 1
Castor Pomace Same as Fertilizers
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
Cattle See LiveStock
Caustic Soda See Soda
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 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 4
C R u it
ChertCL 30000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
Chestnuts prepaid 3 5
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
Churns 3
Cider and Vinegar in barrels
or kegs B
Cider in glass packed 2
Cider Mills and Presses See Agricultural Implements
Cigar Lighters 1
Cigars boxed and strapped or
corded and sealed 1
Cigars not packed as above not taken
Cigar Boxes See Boxes
Citron a 2
Clay in boxes barrels or casks
L CL B
Clay C L See Rule 12 25000 lbs P
Clay Burnishing packed 5
Clav Fire L C L B
Clay Fire C L See Rule 12
25000 lbs P
Clay German 5
Cleaners Cotton Seed See A gricultural Implements
Clocks boxed 1
Clock Weights See weights
Clothes Lines See Rope
ClothesPins 2
Clothing L 1
Clothing Card 1
Clothing Rubber and Rubber
Goods N O S y 1
Clover Seed See Seed
Coal and Coke L 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
For fifty miles and under Class L
For one hundred miles and over fiftv 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 transporta
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tion of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under class L less 10 ter cent
For distances over fifty miles Class L less 15 per cent
O R
Coal Oil See Oil
Coal Tar See Tar
Cocoa 1
Cocoa Matting See Matting Cocoanuts See Nuts
CocaCola Syrup in barres or kegssame as juices fruit
0tc
Codfish See Fish
Coffee Extract or Essence of 2
Coffee Green single sacks 4
Coffee Green double sacks 6
Coffee Ground or Roasted in sacks 3
Coffee Grnd in boxes or bbls 5
Coffee Roasted in boxes or
barrels 5
Coffee Mills See Mills
Coffins N O S U 1
Coffins Nested 1 2
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 Chests 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 5
Confectionery andy value limited to 20 cts per lband so specified or Bill of Lading 3 4
ConfectioneryN 6 S 1
Coolers and Filters Water
boxed 1
Copal See Gum
Copperas in barrels or casks 5
Copperas N O S 4
Copper in boxes barrels or
casks 5
Copper Scrap packed 5
Copper Scrap loose 4
Copper Vessels in boxes barrels or casks 2
Copper BottomsCopperPlates 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 6
Copper Stills worm crated 1 3
c R
Copying Presses see Presses
Cordage 3
Corki 1
Corn Starch see Starch
Corn see Grain
Corn Seed see Seed
Corn in ear C L subject to
Rule 13 i
Corn in ear L C L sacked Cornices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated
or loose L C L3 T 1
Corpices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated or loose CLminimum weight
10000 lbs 1
Cornices Wooden for windows doors or inside finish
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 bags 2000 lbs and over L
C L 5
Cotton Unginned packed in bags C Lminimum weight
20000 lbs 6
Cotton Batting See Batting
Cotton Batting N O S 5
Cotton Factory Products See
Domestics
Cotton Seed valuable for planting less than 2000 lbs
sacked 5
Cotton Seed valuable for planting L C L over 2000 lbs 6
Cotton Seed common any
quantity G
Cotton Seed Hulls C L 25000 lbs P
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D I
1
3
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Same without percentage L
C L G
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and Oil Cake same as Fertilizers Cotton Seed Mills See Agricultural Implements
Cotton Seed Oil see Oil
Cotton Waste Same as Paper Stock
Covers and Safes boxed3 T 1
Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed
in bales 3
Covers Wooden v 1
Cracklings 4
Crackers 5
Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements
Cranberries 3
Crates and Cases Egg see Boxes
Crates for peaches and apples
L C L set up 1
Crates for peaches and apples
C L set up20000 lbs min R Crates for peaches and apples
L C L K D B
Crates for peaches and apples
K D C L 24000 lbs minimum P
Crayons Chalk 4
Creameriespacked or wrapped 2 Cream Tartar in boxes or kegs 2 Cream Tartar in barrels or
hogsheads 3
Crockerysame asEarthnware
Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Cross Arms Telegraph and
Telephone 6
Cross Ties hewed and sawed subject to Rule 12 Class P
CrowT Bars see Iron
Crucibles
Crushers Corn and Cob See Agricultural Implements
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators see Agricultural Implements
CurbingWell 2
Currants see Fruit
Cuteh 4
Cutlery 1
D
Dates see Fruit
Deer boxed3 T 1
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2 Deer Tongue See Tongue Demijohns See Glass
Denims see Domestics
Desiccated Meats and Vegetables 4
Detergent 4
OR
C R O R
Disinfectants in glass packed 1 Disinfectants N O 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 without percentage 6
Doors Iron see Iron
Doors and Frames See Sashetc Drawers and Shirts TJnlaundrjed entirely of Cotton
Same as Domestics
Drills Grain See Agricultural 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 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 1
Earthenware Jugware or Stoneware in boxes bbls or casks 2
Earthenware Jugware or Stoneware in crates or hogsheads 4
Earthenware other than Jugware and Stoneware loose
C L 20000 lbs 4
Jugware Common 0 L O
Eggs packed 1
Electric Light Carbons See Carbons
Elevators I
Elevators Hay See Agricultural Implements
Emery value 4 cents per lb 3
Emery N O S 2
Empties dairy returned by the line over which shipment has beenmadenot over 100 pounds 5 cents each for any distance
Engines See Machinery
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Equipage See Accoutrements Essences See Extract Evaporators Fruit See Agricultural Implements Evaporators Sugar See Agricultural Implements Excelsior made from Georgia
pine pressed in bales LCL 5
Excelsior made from Georgia pine C L minimum weight 10000 lbs D
Exhibitors boxed or crated3 T 1
Exhibitors woven or crated D 1
Explosives Same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand glass or grenade packed 1
Extinguishers Fire on wheels same as Engines Fire
Extract Bark for tanning in
wood 5
Extract Bark for tanning in glass packed 2
Extract of Indigo See Indigo Extract of Logwood See Logwood
Extract of Malt in glass packed same as Ale
Extract and Essences N Q S 1
F
Facing Iron and Coal in bbls
or sacks L C L 6
Facing Iron qnd Coal in bbls
or sacks C L a
Factory sweepings and cotton waste See Paper Stock
Ians inboxes Dl
Fans Fly boxed 3
Ians Palm Leaf pressed 1
lanning Mills See Agricultural ImplementsMills Fanning
Farina 2
Faucets boxed 2
Feathers D 1
Feeders Cotton Gin See Agricultural Implements
Felloes See Vehicle Material le t Roofing See Roofing
Felting Boiler 2
Fence Wire and Wood combination 5
Fencing 3
Fenders Iron See Iron lertihzers C L 30000 lbs
Class M less ten per cent without percentage
Fertilizers L C L Class K less ten per cent without percentage
Shipments of Fertilizrs are not subject to Rule No 30
5 rrc
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D1
1
1
5
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales 6
Figs in drums 1
Figs in casks or boxs 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 Ns 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 Smoked in boxesw 2
Fishing Rods D1
Fishing Tackle boxed 1
Fittings Iron Pipe See Iron Fixtures Bank Store etc See Furniture
Fixtures Gas packed 2
Fixtures Grate packed 2
Fixtures Grate loose
Fixtures Tobacco See Machinery
Flax pressed in bales 3
Flax Seed See Seed
Flour in barrels estimated weight 200 pounds F
Flour in sacks G
Flour Buckwheat 3
Flour Corn L C Ls 4
Flour Corn CL not less than 20000 lbs to be charged for C
Flour Sack Material 6
Flour Selfraising in packages C
Flour Rice Q 1
Flues Copper See Copper
I lues Iron See IronFlues Brass See Bras
FluorSpar L CL 6
FluorSpar C L m
Fly Fans See Fans
Fodder See Hay
Foil Tin in boxes 2 j
Food Preservatives packed 3
Foots Cotton seed oil See Soap Stock
Forges Portable 3 j
Forks Hay and Manure See Agricultural Implement
Fountains Soda fully boxed 3 T 1 Fountains Soda not taken un
less fully boxed
Fowls dressed jp
Fowls live in coops C L 1
Fowls live in coops L C L 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
O K
Frames Bedwrapped or crated 2 Frames Door and Window
See Sash etc
Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or
crated
Frames loose or in bunnieso l 1
Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from
other Furniture 3 11
Freezers Ice Cream 1
Fruit and Vegetables in cans without percentage L C L o Same C L without percentage
Fruit in Glass packed 1
Fruit Berries dried 4
Fruit Berries green prepaid
Fruit Boxes and Baskets See
O H 3
1
D 1
D 1
Boxes
Fruit Dates
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 v 6
Fruit Green N O S prepaid
or guaranteed
Fruit Apples Pches Prs not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes L C L f Fruit Apples Pches Prs not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes C L
FfuitJuiees See Juices
Fruit Oranges Lemons Bananas and Pineapples L C L 4
Fruit Oranges Lemons Bananas and Pineapples C L 6
Furnaces Evaporator See Agricultural Implements
Furs See Hides
Fuse 4
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 woods finished 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
u
stores offices c 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 Furniture all articles of Furniture N O S when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods minimum
weight 15000
Furniture all articles of furniture N O S when manufactured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds
Furniturewhen in less than car loads and when manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods as follows Beds Folding wrapped or
crated
Bed Springs woven and wire Bedsteads wrapped or crated Bureaus wrapped or crated Bureau Glass Framesin bndls Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat packed in pairs
Chair Stuff K D in bundles
or boxes
Cots set up
Cots K D or folded
Cribs KD or folded
Desks wrapped or crated
Furniture N O S set up
wrapped or crated
Furniture N O S K D boxed crated or wrapped Hall Standswrapped or crated
Lounge Frames set up
Lounge Frames backs taken off
Safes Kitchen set up
Safes Kitchen K D packed School Desks and Seats set up School Desks and Seats K D Settees same as Chairs
Tables wrapped or crated
Tables K D flat
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated
Washstandswrapped or crated Furniture when in less than car loads and when manu
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facturedof Walnut MahoganyRosewood and Chestnut or other hard woods as follows viz
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated
Bedsteads wrapped or crated Bookcases wrapped or crated Bureaus wrapped or crated Bureau Glass Frames in bundles
Chairs Camp and Folding Seat Chairs K D in bundles or
boxes
Chairs N O S set up wrapped or crated
Chairs Opera Iron packed
Chairs Rattan and Willow
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up
Chair Stock K D in bundles
or boxes
Cots set up
Cots K D or folded Cribs K D or folded
Desks wrapped or crated
Furniture N O S set up
wrapped or crated
Furniture NOS KD boxd
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 Qrefatcd
MattressesEtalKTrnTrrr Mattresses Excelsior Straw chuck or Cotton
Mattresses Wire
Mattresses
Parlor Frames
Refrigerators wrapd or crated Refrigerators thoroughly and completely taken apart and
packed in sections
Refrigerator Material thor
oughly knocked down
school Desks and Seats set up School Desks and Seats K D tees same as Chairs Sideboards wrapped or crated Solas and Teteatetes wrapd
or crated
Spring Beds set up
Spring Beds folded
Spring Beds K D packed rabies set up wrapped or
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1
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1
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CR
crated j 1
Tables K D Flatl
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports 2
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated d i
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated i
Washstands wraped or crated 1
c
Gambier 4
Game See Poultry
Gasoline See Oil
Gauges Steam See Machinery
Gelatine
Generators Gas
Ginger Ground in boxes
Ginger in bags
Gins Cotton See Agricultu
ral Implements
Ginseng
Girders Iron See Iron
Glass Carboys empty D 1
Glass Chimneys 2
Glass Demijohns empty not
packed 4 T 1
Glass Demijohns filled not
packed or boxed not taken Glass Demijohns filled boxed Glass Demijohns empty pekd D 1 Glass Floor Lights rough and
heavy 5
Glass Fruit Jars See Jars
Glass
Glass Insulators See Insulators
Glass Lanterns See Lanterns
Glass Oil Cans with metal
jackets packed 1
Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under D 1 Glass Plate over 7x12 feet 3 T 1 Glass Roofing and Skylight 1
not Window Glass 2
Glass Colored stained decorated enameled ground fig
ured or etched L C L l
Glass Colored stained decorated enameled ground figured or etched C L
Glass Vault Lights rough and
heavy 5
Glassware fine cut or engraved D 1
Glassware N 0 S2
Glass Window 14x16 inches
and under 4
Glass Window over 14xi6 inches and not over 32x44
in 2
Glass Window over 32x44 inchesv D 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
e r
Glucose in half bbls bbls or
hhds R
Glue
Glue Scrap 9
Glycerine in cans boxed or in
barrels
Glycerine in iron tanks or
casks
Glycerine Nitro plainly la
beled L Cy L A T 1
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled C L 3 T 1
Graders Outfits See Outfits
Grain D
Granite See Stone
Granite Roofing See Roofng Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates LC L
Grapes C L
Graphite C L 25000 lbs claisstP less 20 per cent
Grassieed See Seed
Grass Wire C L 20000 lbsP
Grass Wire L C L R
Grate Bars See Iron
Grate Baskets See Iron
Grates See Iron
Grave Stones See Stone
Grease Axle
Grease Car in barrels 6
Grenades packed Is
Grindstones
Grits Corn in barrels
Grits Corn in sacks C
Grits Wheat in barrels 5
Grits in boxes 2
Groceries N O S 2
Guano See Fertilizers
Guano Horns See Agricultural Implements
Gum Camphor See Camphor
Gum Copal Kowrie and
Shellac 2
GumsN O S 2
Gpn Cotton D1
Gunny Bags See Bags Gunpowder See Powder
Guns Rifles 1
Gypsine in Cases Same as Paints dry in Cases
Gypsum Land Plaster Fertilizer Same as Fertilizers
Gums Chewing 1
O R
Hair in sacks 1
Hair Cattle for plastering
pressed in bales 6
Hair Curled pressed in bales
and Hair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured
o R
O R
packed in boxes HI
Hames in bundles or packed 3
Hammocks and Fixt ures 15
Hams Same as Meat salted
Hand Carts See Vehicles
Handles N O S boxed or
crated 5
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L B
Handles Broom C L not less than 24000 pounds to be charged for K
Handles Broom and Broom Corn C L mixed See Broom Corn
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 ap
ply without percentage K
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 Same as Accoutrements
Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales 0 L or over mininium weight 20000 lbs to car load all excess to be charged fot at proportionate
ratesA D
Hay Fodder hgd Straw pressed in bales L C L R
Heading see Barrel and Box Matrial
Hay Caps see AgricImpPmts
Head Lights boxed D 1 1
Hearses See Vehicles
HeatersSteam see Machinery
Hemp in bales 8
Herbs value not over 10c prepaidv I
Herbs value over 10c prepaid 3
Hessians in original bales 6
Hides furs peltries and Skins j viz j
Furs in bagf 3 T li
Furs in boes bdls or tranks
strapped D 1
Furs NO see Skins NOS
Hides dry loose 1
Hides dry tied in bundles or bales any quantity 4
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
Hides green C R 5
Hides green salted 6
Peltries see Skins N O S
Skins Deer pressed in bales 2
Skins N 0 S furs and peltries value limited to 25 cts
per lb in bags D 1 1
Same pressed in bales 1 2
Same N O S D 1
Skins Sheep dry in bales 1
Same green in bundles 2
Same salted in bundles 3
Hinges and Hooks in barrels
or casks 3
Hinges and Hooks in boxes 2
Hives Bee empty set up 1
Hives Bee K D crated 6
Hobby Horses entirely boxed
or crated D 1 1
Hobby Horses unboxed 4 T 1 3TL
Hoes see Agricultural Implements
Hods Coal 1
Hogs see Live Stock Hogsheads empty double barrel rate
Hollow Ware loose L C L 1 3
Hollow Ware loose shipped separately from Stoves CL not less than 15000 pounds
to be charged for 3 5
Hollow Ware packed 3 4
Hominy except in boxes Hominy inboxes C
2
Honey in glass or tin boxed 1 3
Honey in comb boxed 1 3
Honey in barrels or kegs 1 5
Honey Extractors crated 1
Honey Section Boxes and
Frames in crates or boxes 3 4
Hoofs and Horns K
Hoop Iron of 6
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts D 1
Hoops Barrel Wooden same as Barrel Material
Hoops Truss Coopers 1
Hops baled 2
Mule Shoes See
Horse and Shoes
Horse Powers See Agricultural Implements Horses see Live Stock
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather 2
Hose Rubber 3
Hosiery same as Knitting Factory Products
Hospital Stores i
c R
f Household Goods and old j 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 tof5 per 100 lbs and so expressed in bill of lading said valuation onlv to apply in case of total
loss L C L 1
I Household Goods and Old Furniture well packed
value not expressed in bill is of lading L C L 1
Household Goods and old
Furniture well packed C
1 L 20000 pounds to be O charged for value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said o valuation only to apply in
case of total loss
Household Goods and old FurniturewithLive Stock
E one attendant to have pas sage free on same trains as car C L value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said
of valuation only to apply in
case of total loss D 1
c
s EXPLANATIONS
1All Bundles of Bedding Trunks of Clothing Ho use 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
lticles
Hubs and Felloes See Vehicle Material
Hullers Clover etc Se Agricultural Implements
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12 D
Hydrants and Fire Plugs 5
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
O R O R
Ice L C L incasks barrels
or bags prepaid B
Ice C L L
Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary 3 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 f of 6
Driving Wheels on axles
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 M ashers
in kegsf of 6
Iron Nails and Spikes in bags 3
Iron Nails and Spikesin boxes 5
Iron Nails Horse and Mule
Shoes in boxes 5
Iron Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel
wired or packedof 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 LC L
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frpgs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate Bolts CL See Rules 13 20 M
Iron Castings in boxes 2
Iron Castings not Machinery unpackedeach piece under
200 pounds 3
Iron Hastings not Machinery each piece weighing 200 lbs
or over unpacked 5
Iron Castings not Machinery or Sewing Machines in kegs
or casks 4
Iron Crow Bars andForgings a6
Iron Fluesv 4
Iron Fronts Girders and Beams for buildings 4
D 1
of 6
of 6
1 2 li i of 6 M 2 6
of 6
6
2
D 1 6
of 6
Iron Sheet and Galvanized in rolls or bundles wired or
crated
Iron Sheet and Galvanized
boxed 4
Iron Hoopof6
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets
Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed 2
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 Rods packed
Iron Nail Rods not packed
Iron Qre and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent
Iron Picks and Matlocks in
bundles
Iron Picks Mattocks packed
Iron Pipe
Iron Pipe fittings in kegs
casks or barrels
Iron Pipe fittings in boxes
Iron Pipe fittings in bundles
wired
Iron Plow Fenders
Iron Railing and Fencing
Iron Retorts
Iron Roofing boxed orin nils or bundles wired or crated 5
Iron Roofing N O S 3
Iron Russia in rolls or bundles wired or crated 3
Irons pad in barrels boxes
or casesT 5
Iron Sash Weights wired any
quantity K
Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or
bundles wired orcrated of 6
Iron N O S boxed orcrated 1 Iron Shutters and Doors 4
Iron Sponge purifying material3
Iron Stand Pipe material KD of 6 Iron Statuary Chairs Lawn Ornaments boxed or crated 1
Iron Jacks6
Iron Urns 3
Iron Tires Wagon of 6
Iron and Steel Tires Locomo
tiver 6
Iron Vault and Prison Work 4 Iron hedges and Sledges in
barrels 5
Iron WeJges and Sledgesloose 3
IronWork Galvanized 2
Isinglass3 T 1
of 6
M
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
J R O K
Ivory 1
Ivory Black 4
J
Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3
Japan Ware
Japnica 4
Jars Glass packed common 4 5
Jeans Cotton Same as Domestics
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5
Jellies in glass packed 1
Jellies in cans boxed 4
Jellies in wood N O S 3
Jugs See Earthenware
Juices Fruit and Fountain Syrups viz
In glass packed 3
In wood L C L 4
Same C L 5
Junk and Jute 6
Jute Butts 6
Jute Waste or Tailings See Paper Stock
K
Kainit same as Fertilitilizers
Kalsomine same as Paint
Kaolin Same as Clay
Kegs empty N 0 S same as Barrels
Kegs empty N 0 S in crates 3
Kegs Ale and Beer See Barrels Ale and Beer
Kettles Large Iron 2 4
Kerosene See Coal Oil
Kindlings in bundles same as Rosin and Ros n Dross
Knapsacks Same as accoutrements
Knives See Cutlery
Knives Hay See Agricultural Implements
Kowrie See Gum
Knitting Factory Products wholly of cotton 1 5
L
Ladders not over 30 feet1 long 1
Ladders over 30 feet long D 1
Ladders Step 2
Lampblack in casks barrels
or boxes 3
Lamps and Lamp Goods pked 2 v
Land Plaster Sameasfertzrs
Lanterns packed 1
Lard 4 B
Lasts Shoe 3
Laths actual weight C L p
o
Laths L C L
Lead bar or sheets in boxes
Lead in casks or pigs
Lead Black in kegs or bbls Lead Pipe See Pipe
Lead White same as Paints Leather loose N 0 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 inboxes
Lightning Rods in bundles Lightning Rod Fixtures pked Lemon or Lime Juice See Juices Fruit
Lime in sacks casks or bar
rels C L L
Lime in sacks casks or barrels L C L B
Lime Chloride of in barrels
or casks 6
Lime Chloride of N 0 S 4
Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and packed 5
Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class P less 40 per cent
Limestone ground same as Lime
Lining Carpet 2
Linseed 4
Linters See Paper Stock
Liquors in glass boxes or baskets N O S 1
Liquors in wood O S 1
Liqhors 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 Whiskyin wood N
0 S2
Liquors Whisky ip boxes or
baskets 1
Lithographic Stone1
Live Stock Horses and Mules
L C L 1
Live Stock Horses an1 Mules
C L 2
Live Stock Cattle Sheep hi
Hogs etc L OL without
percentage See Rule gov si
erning Live Stock 2
Live Stock Cattle Sheep
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
O K
Hogs etc CLwithout 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
Logs for chair timber not over 4J feet long C L 24000 lbs P less 20 per cent
Logwood 2
Logwood Extract of C J dry 4
Looking Glasses same asMirs Looms See Machinery
Lumber Dressed or Rough L
C L B
Lumber Dressed or Rough C
L 24000 lbs See Rule 12 P Lye Concentrated5
M
Machinery
Boilers Sectional Same as Boilers but not to b3 taken
as Castings 2
Boilers Steam 30 feet and
over See rule 14 1
Boilers under 30 feet See
Rule 14 3
Engines Caloric Fire Portable and Stationary See
Rule 14 2
Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presses set up See Agricultural Implements
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms set up D 1
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms crated 1
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms K D and boxed
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Loom 3 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 D 1
Saw Mills L C L unboxed in
parts 2
Saw Mills L C L boxed in
parts 4
Saw Mills C L same as Ma
U R N chinerv N O S ShaftingsHangers Pulleys etc C L 4
Shingle Machines 2
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed L C L 5
Stamp Mill Macbinerv boxed CL 6
Stamp Mill Machinery loose L C L 4
Stamp Mill Machinery loose C L 5
Stamp Mill Castings L C L 6
Stamp Mill Castings CL M
Steam Gauges 1
Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
Water Wheels Turbine See Rule 14 3
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
O Machines Mowing and Reap ing Binders and Harvesters SeeAgricultural Implements Machines Sewing unboxed 3 T 1
Machines Sewing or parts set up crated or boxed 12
Machines Sewing or parts K D boxed or crated 3
12 Machines Shingle 2
l Machines Smut See Agricultural Implements
Machines Washing 2
2 Macaroni 1
Mackerel See Fish Madder 3
Malt D
Malt in boxes 1
6 Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude P
3 Manganese Ground packed 5
Manilla 3
3 Mantels Iron See Iron
Mantels Slate packed 2
ManureStable CL24000 lbs P
Maps boxed 1
2 Marble and Granite same as
1 stone
3 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
Marble Tiles 4
o R 5
3
4
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Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone marked matches
Match Splints packed in cases
L C L 4
Match Splints packed incases
C L v 6
Mats and Rugs N G 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 Straw C o 11 o n
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 5
Measures 1
Meat B
Meat Bacon and Pork B
Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fish fresh B
Beef Fresh B
Beef Smoked in boxesor barrels 4
Beef and Pork Salted in barrels estimated weight 300
lbs B
Beef and Pork Salted in quarter and half barrels actual
weight B
Pigs Feet and Tripe fresh or
pickled B
PigsFeet in glass packed 1
Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meat in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags balesboxes 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 1
Melodeons boxed 1
Melodeons not boxed not taken
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000 lbs
Melons L C L 4
MerryGoRounds L C L 1
OR
3
3
2
3
1
P
J K
MerryGoRounds C L without percentage 6
Meters Gas boxed 1
Meters Gas not boxed not taken
Meters Water boxed 3
Meters Water not boxed not taken
Mica 3 T 1
Mileage Car see Car Mileage
Milk Condensed boxed 4
Milk minimum charge allowed 15 cts B
Millet D
Millet Seed See Seed
Millinery 1
Millo Maize in bags or sacks Mills Barilla Bark and Cob
Mills Cane See Agricultural Implements
Mills Cider See Agricultural Implements
Mills Coffee and Paint set up Mills Corn See Agricultural Implements
Mills Cotton Seed See Agricultural Implements
Mills Flour roller
Mills N O S
Mill Stones finished
Mill Stones rough
Mill Stuff Rule 12 L C L
Mill Stuff C L 25000 lbs
Mince Meat
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 exceeding 7x12 packed 3 T 1
Mirrors over 7x12 packed 4 T 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 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
1
D 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Kj IV
barrels 3
Mustard Seed 6
N
Nails Brass and Copper well
packed in boxes or kegs 3
Nails and Spikes Iron See Iron
Naphtha in iron casks 6
NaphthaCasks returned epty 6
NitreCake same as Fertilizers
Notions 1
Nutmegs 2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL 3
Nuts Pecans in barrels C L
Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked
L C L 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N 0 S 1 Nuts Edible in barrels or
casks N O S 2
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas L
C L 5
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL 6
O
Oakum 4
Oats see Grain
Oatmeal see Meal
Oil Cake Same as Fertilizers
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over
boxed 1
Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long
boxed A 2
Oil Cloth baled 1
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping order
Oil Castor in glasspacked 1
Oil Castor in bbls 3
Oil in cans encased in wood I Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in bbls L C L 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls C L 3
Oil Coal orits produht Kerosene Lubricating the pro
duct of Coal Oil Pine in cans D 1 Oil Coal or its products Ker
osene Lubricatingthe pro duct of Coal Oil Pine in cans boxed LCL 1
Oil Coal orits products Ker CV osene Lubricating the pro
duct of Coal Oil Pine in cabsboxed C L 2
Oil Coal or itsproducts Kei osene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
G R
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
Oh Cocoa in original packages 1
Oil Cocoa in barrels 3
Oil Palm Seed crude L C L
Class K with 20 per Cent
added
Oil Cotton Seed any quantity
without percentage R
Oil Kerosene See Coal Oil
Oil Lard and Linseed 3
Oil Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Same as Coal Oil
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or cans
boxed 3 T1
Oils in glass or cans packed except Coal Oil and Sassafras Oils 1
Oils in jars not packed not taken
Oils N O S in bbls 3
Oleomargarine see Butter
Olives in glass packed 1
Olives in barrels or casks 4
Onions in barrels 3
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
Ore3 samples or specimens
must be prepaid 6
Organs See pianos
Outfits graders or Contractors
LCL
Same C L 24000 lbsy minimum
Same C L 24000 lbs min
imum with Jivestoclc
Oysters in cans or kegs 4
Oysters shell in barrels1
Oysters shell in bulk C L
Oysters in glass packed 1
P
j Packihg Asbestos See Asbestos I
j Packing Hemp
j Packing Metallic j Packing BtibberV Paintings and Pictures wrell boxed value of each box
O K
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
75
C R O K
not to exceed 200 D 1 1
Paintings and Pictures over 200 in value3T1 D 1
Paints Dry in cases 5
Paints bulk in barrels or
casks dry L C L 6
Paints bulk in bbls casks or
sacks 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 4
Paints in pails or cans unpacked 1
Paints Metallicsame 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 nested packed 2
Paper Barrels not nested4T 1
Paper Binders Board See Binders Board
Paper Bottle Covers packed
or pressed in bales 3
Paper Boxes See Boxes Pa per
Paper Cans See Cans Paper
Paper Card 1
Paper Collars See Collars
Paper Hangings in bundles 1
Paper Hangings boxed 2
Paper Medicated or Closet 3
Paper Pasteboard 4
Paper Printing Wrapping or
Roofing B
Paper same as above in boxes 2
Paper in rolls for manufacture
of bags B
Paper Pulp See Pulp
Paper Roofing B
Paper Sand and Flint 3
Paper Stock Waste Cotton Sweepings Motes Regins and Linters in bales with privilege to carrier of com pressing value limited to 2
cents per pound R
Paper Stock WasteCotton Sweepgs and Motes N0 S 6 Paper Stock WasteCotton
N 0 S 5
Paper Stock WasteWoolen Jute or tailings in bags 6
Paper Stock WasteWoolen Jute or tailings pressed in
bales R
Paper Stock Waste Paper ini
sacks bbls or hbds6 Paper Stock WastePaper
c R
pressed in bales or crates R Paper Stock WasteRags in sacks bbls bales hhds or
cratesR
Paper Straw Boards 5
Paper Wall any quantity in
bundles 1
Paper wall any quantity in
boxes 2
Paper Ware N O S 1
Paper Writing Book or Blotting inboxes v 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 Nuts
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 Q S
ground in boxes 2
Pepper Sauce in glass packed 1
Perfumery 1
Petroleum See Coal Oil
Phosphate Rock O L 24000 pounds P
Photographic Material1
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
boxed li
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 Iron Picture Backing in packages 4
Picture Frames unboxed 3 T 1
Picture Frames boxed
j Pictures See Paintings s
Pigs Feet See Meat
Pine Apples in cans boed 4
i Pine Apples in glass packed 1
Pine Apples C L anjl L G L
See Oranges etc under Fruit
Pine Straw loose C L 20000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
i Pins in cases1
Pins Clothes See Clothes Pins
O R

1
2
D 1 1

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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Pins Insulators See Telegraph Brackets
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N 0 S
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S boxed
Pipe and Tile Drain or Roof
ing L C L
Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing C L 25000 pounds
PipeEarthennot DrainLCL Pipe Earthen not Drain C D 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
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 WoodrC L
Pipes Tobacco in boxes
Pitch any quantity Same as Rosin
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 Implements Plow Material See Agrl Imp
Plumbago
Plumbers Material N O S
packed
Poles Tent See Tents
1
D 1
O R C R
Poles and Posts N O S P
Polishing Powders and Compounds See Powders Polish Stove and Shoe packed 4
Polish Stove and Shoe in Glass packed 3
Ponies Shetland same as Live Stock
6 p 5 Porcelain Ware 1
Pork See Meats Porter same as Ale Posts split or roundminimum
6 car load 30000 lbs Class P
less 20 per cent Potash N O S 5
Potash Ball package 5
3 Potash German Muriate of and Sulphate of Same as Fertilizers
PotatoesLCL inbblsorsackfj 6
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 4v
3 Powder Gun and other Ex
plosives L C L D 1
Powder Gun and other Explosives C L 5000 lbs or over 1
5 Powdered Leaves in boxes or
barrels 1
Powders and Washing Compounds etc 4
3 Powders Cattle Horse or Con
dition 1
5 Powders Polishing Compounds etc 3
Powers Horse See Agl Imp Preserves in glass packed 1
5 Preserves in cans boxed 4
Preserves in wood N O S 3
Presses Cider See Agricultural Implements Presses Cotton and Hay See Agricultural Implements Presses Copying 2
Presses PrintgSee Machinry Presses N O S o
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 R
Pumice Stone 3
Pumps and Pump Material
O R
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEOEGIA
C K
wooden L C L 3
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden C L 4
Pumps Hand 1
Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery L C L 3 Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery C L 4
Putty L C L 5
Pyrites L C L prepaid in
boxes or barrels B
Pyrites C L 24000 lbs P
Q
Quartermasters Stores 1
Quicksilver in iron flasks 1
R
Eadiators not packed 1
Eadiators packed 3
Eags see Paper Stock
Bailing See Woodwork
Eaisins not strapped 1
Eaisins strapped 2
Bakes see Agricultural Implements
Battan 1
Eat Traps See Traps
Eeapers See Agricultural Imp
Bed Lead Same as Paints
Beeds 2
Reflectors packed D 1
Refrigerators see Furniture
ReGins See Paper Stock
Registers Cash boxed D 1 1
Retorts Clay 1
RetortsCopper 2
Retorts Iron see Iron
Retorts Soda Water 4
Rice rough D
Rice in Sacks 0
Rice clean in bbls or casks C
Rice clean in boxes or kegs 3
Rice Flour See Flour
Rivets Iron See Iron
Robes Buffalo D 1
Rods Nail see Iron
Rollers Field Road and Sugar see Agricultural Implemeiits
Rollers Printers 1
Roofing Asbestos see Asbestos
Roofing Composition 4
Roofing Felt in bundles or
rolls 5
Roofing Glass 2
Roofing Granite packed 5
Roofing IronSee Iron Roofing
Roofing Slate L C L 6
Roofing Slate CL See Rule
12 25000 lbs P
Roofing Tile See Pipe
o n
4
5 I
4
5
6
U K
Roofing Tin in rolls o
Root Angelica in barrels or
boxes 4
Roots5 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
Rope Clothes Line 3
Rope Hair See Hair
Rope Old 0
Rope Cotton See Domestics
Rope Hemp or Jute 5
Rope Wire See Wire
Rosin any quantity Class K
less20 per cent Without percentage
Rosin Dross Same as Rosin Rubber Belting See Belting Rubber Car Springssee Springs Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N O Ssee Clothing Rubber Hose see Hose
Rubber Packing see Packing Rubber old scrap i 5
Rugs N O S 1
Rugs GrassHempHairSteel Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil 1
Rustic Work not boxed3 T 1
Rustic Work crated 1
Rustic Work entirely boxed 2
Rye See Grain
O K 0
R
I
s
Sacks See Bags
Saddlery 2
Saddlery Horse Collars 2
Saddlery Harness boxed 2
Saddlery Harness in bundles 1
Saddles not boxed 1
Saddles boxed 2
Saddle Trees not boxed 1
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 Is 1 Safes Meat and Pantry K D
78
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
packed
Safes or CoversCheese boxed Sago in bags boxes or barrels
Sails
aleratus See Soda
Sal Soda
Salt in sacks L C L
Salt in sacks CL20000 lbs Salt Cake same as Fertilizers
Salt Table
Salts Bleaching same as Lime Chloride of
Salts Epsom in casks or bbls
Salts Epsom C L
Salts Epsom N 0 S
Saltpetre L C L i
Saltpetre C L
Samp
Sand C L N O S See Rule 12 30000 lbs P less 20 per ct
Sand L C L in barrels
Sand or Dust Moulding
Sand Paper See Paper
Saratoga Chips
Sardines See Fish
Sash Blinds Doors and
Frames L C L
Sash Blinds Doors and
Frames C L
Sash GlazedL C L
Sash Glazed C L
Sash Weights See Iron Sauce Pepper in glasspacked
Sauces N O S
Sauer Kraut in barrels
Sausage See Meat
Sawbucks Woodenin bundles Sawdust L C L in barrels
or bags
Sawdust C L loose
Saw Logs See Logs
Saw Mills See Machinery Saws Circular packed
Saws Circular boxed
Saws Drag
Saws Drag with Horse Power
Saws N O S packed
Scales and Scale Beamsset up
wrapped
Scales and Scale Beams K D
wrapped
ScalesScale Beams KD bxd Scrapers Road and Pond See Agricultural Implements
Screens
Scythes See Agricultural Implements
Sea Grass pressed in bales
Seed Cane Sorghum
Seed Corn in boxes
Seed Flax
Seed Garden
u c o ft J R
2 3 Seed Garden returned over
3 T 1 same line by which origin
3 ally forwarded 4
1 Seed Grass and Clover 3 Seed Grass and Clover C L 4
6 Seed Linseed 4
G Seed Millet B
P Seed Mustard 6 Seed N O S 2
6 Separators See Agricultural Implements Sewing Machines See Machv
5 Shades Window See Win
B dow Shades
4 Shadines See Fish
5 Shafting See Machinery
M Shafts See3VehicIe Material
2 Shavings and Chips pressed in bales 6 Sheathing Metallic boxed or
B crated or in bundles wired 3
5 Sheetings Same as Domestics Sheep See Live Stock
5 Sheep Skins See Skins Shellac See Gum Shellers See Agricultural Im
3 4 plements Shells Sea L C L prepaid D 1
B Shells Sea C L prepaid 5
1 4 Shingles L C L B
5 6 Shingles actual weight C L P Shingles Metallic boxed 4
1 2 Ship Stuff Same as Bran
L Shirting Same as Domestics
4 Shirts 1 Shirts and Drawers unlaun
3 dried entirely cotton Same as Domestics
6 Shoe Findings See Findings
L Shoe Lasts See Lasts Shoe Pegs See Pegs Shoe Polish See Polish
1 Shoes See Boots
2 Shoes Horse and Mule in
2 kegs of 6
5 Shooks and Heading See Bar
1 rel Material Shorts See Rule 12 D
1 2 Shot in bags or boxes 2 Shot in kegs or double sacks 5
3 4 Shovels See Agl Imp
4 6 Show Cards See Signs Showcases 4T1 3 Show Cases entirely boxed D 1
1 Shrubbery See Trees Shucks in balesrough Rule 12 D Shucks prepared baled
4 shipped from factory or fur
B niture warehouse 4
2 Shuttle Blocks rough 3
4 Sieves Tin nested packed in
2 boxes 2
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
79
C R
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 5
Sizing for factories C L 6
Skewers wrooden 4
Skins Deer See Hides
Slag C L 30000 lbs Rule 12 Class P less 20 per cent Slate Mantels See Mantels Slate Pencils See Pencils Slate Roofing See Roofing
Slates School boxed 3
Slats H
Sledges See Iron
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 oil foots without percentage N
Soapstone Crude C L See
Rule 12 25000 lbs P
Soapstone packed 2
Sodan kegs boxes and drums 5
Soda Ash Same asFet tilizers
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 SameasFertilizers
Soda Sal 6
Soda Silicate of 6
Softner Cotton and Woolen
N O S 5
Softner Cotton and Woolen
in barrels B
Solder 5
Sorghum See fviup
Spades See Agrl 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
R
4
O
Spools and Beams Yarn empty without percentage Spreaders See Agricultural Implements
Springs Bed See Furniture
Springs Car N O S
Springs Car Rubber loose Springs Car Rubber boxed Springs Iron Bed in barrels Springs Vehicle See Vehicles StairWork See WoodWork Stamp Mill Machinery See Machinery
Starch L C L
Starch C L not less than
24000 pounds I
Stationery
Statuary Iron Lawn Ornaments etc See Iron
Statues 3 r
Staves See Barrel and Box Material
Steam Gauges See Mach in ery Steam Heaters See Machinery
Steel not packed c
Steel packed
Steel wired or strapped
SteelBarseach 2001bsand over Steelyards K D and packed
Steelyards unboxed
Stereotype Plates boxed for newspapers from manufacturer v
Stereotype Plates old boxed returned to manufacturer
Stereotype Plates N O S 1
Stills Worm crated A
Stone Granite and Marble viz Stone Granite and Marble Blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited ter20 cents per
cubic foot C L
The same L C L
Slabs dressed boxed or crated
L C L
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 Glass 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
R
6
2
5
2
1
P
3
O R
3
f of 6
mwoiwmos to O to ct os
80
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
c it
less 20 per cent
Curbing C L Class P less 20 per cent
Monuments and GraveStones
packed and prepaid 1
A carload of Stone or Marble N O S embraces 25000
lb3
Stoneware Same as Earthenware
Stools Piano
Stove Boards boxed or crated 3
Stove Pipe See Pipe
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed 1
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 3
Straw See Hay Eule 12
Straw Boards 5
Straw Goods 1
Straw Pine See Pine
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales 3
Stucco Same as Plaster Calcined
Sugarin bags 2
Sugar in double sacks Same as in barrels
Sugar in boxes strapped 4
Sugar in boxes not strapped 2
Sugar in bbls and hogsheads i
Sugar Cane L C L prepaid 0
Sugar Cane C L prepaid O
Sugar Grape 5
Sulphates L Q L 6
Sulphates Ash and Soda C L
Same as Feriilizers
Sulphur in boxes L C L 1
Sulphur in barrels L C L 3
Sulphur for manufacture of Fertilizers C L Same as Fertilizers
Sumac viz
Ground in bags or bbls
L C L 4
Same C L minimum
weight 20000 lbs 5
Leaf CL minimum weight
10000 pounds 4
Sumac Extract in bbls or
casks 4
Sweepings Factory See Paper Stock
Syrup in barrels half barrels
or hQggsheads tR
Syrup in cans Same as Fruit and Vegetables in cans
O R Syrups in glass boxed cut
1
Syrup cane in glass packed Syrups Fountain See Juices Fruit 5
3 T Tables Billiard See Billiard Tables Tackle Fishing See Fishing Tackle
Tacks Iron 6
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels Tailings See Paper Stock 6
Talc 6
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N O S 5
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs Tanbark See Bark 2
3 Tanks N O S 3 Tanks Iron Same as Boilers Tanks Oil cellar or store O R T 1
B empty loaded in box cars D 1
5 Tanks Oil cellar or store O R B empty requiring fkat or gondola cars minimum weight 5000 lbs each Tanks Oil cellar or store O E B K D with pump hood and measures packed
1
inside the body of the can i
Tanks Wood set up D 1
4 Tanks Wood K D packed Tank Stuff Same as Fertilizers B
Tapioca in boxesbbls or bags 3
5 Tar Pitch in bblsT same as
4 Rosins
Tar Coal in barrels L C L B
Tar Coal C L See Eule 12 O
Tea 1
Tea Washing Telegraph Brackets in boxes 4
L C L 6
Telegraph Brackets C L Telephones boxed 3 R
T 1
Tents Tent Poles and Pins 2
TerraCotta in paekages Terra CottaArchitectural CL TerraCotta Architect packed in casks tierces etc L C L 3
3
Terra Japonica 4
Thread Spool Cotton and Silk Thread Cotton factory products in balls bales or skeins same as Domestics Threshers See Agricultural Implements 3
5 Tickings Same as Domestics
Ties Cotton and Hay Tile Drain and Roofing See Pipe R
Tile Fire for Lining etc 4
Tile Floor and Marble 4
Tile Paving CementC L P i
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
81
U K
O K
Tile Paving Cement L C L
Packedi R
Tin Block and Pig 5
Tin Foil in boxes 2
Tin Plate in boxes or rolls
L C L 4 5
Tin plate C L 5 6
Tin Roofing See Roofing
Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles
wired or crated 6
Tinners Trimmings N 0 S 2
Tinware and Tin Stamped
Ware boxed 4
Tires Locomotive See Iron
Tires Wagon See Iron
Tobacco Box Material L 0 L 6
Tobacco Box Material Q L P
Tobacco cases and boxes
empty 1
Tobacco Cut in boxes bbls
or bales 1
Tobacco Leaf in cases 1
Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1 3
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures
See Machinery
Tobacco Smoking 1
Tobacco Stems prized 6
Tobacco Stems nqt prized 1
Tobacco Unmanufactured not
prized 1
Tobacco Unmanufaetd prized 2
Tongues Pickled in barrels or
kegs 4
Tongues Smoked 3
Tongue Deer in barrels bales or boxes value limited to 6
cents per lb L C L 5
Tongue Deer C L 6
Tonqua Beansin boxes or bbls 1
Tools Edge 2
Tools Mechanic boxed 2
Toothpicks 2
Tow in balesT 2
Tow in bales compresse4 3
Toys boxed D1
Trains Sugar See Agricultural Implements
Traps Fly D1
Traps Mouse and Rat 1
Traveling Bags See Bags
Trees ana Shrubbery baled or boxed L C L prepaid or
guaranteed 6
Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed C L prepaid or
guaranteed 0
Tripe See Meat
Tripoli 4
Trucks Warehouse 1
Trunks single 1 1
Trunks nested or filled with
merchdise crated or strapd 1 2
6 rrc
c
Trunks empty or filled with merchdise corded oawrapd Trunks filled with merchandise not corded or wrapped
Trunks N O S
Trunks Sample
Tubs N O S
Tubs Bath boxed
Tubs Bath unboxed
Tubs Bath nested
Tubs Bath folding wrapped
or crated
Tumblers packed
Turbine and Water Wheels see Wheels
Turnips in barrels or sacks Turpentine Spirits in packages less than a barrel
Turpentine Spirits in barrels without percentage
Twie
R
O
1
D 1 D 1 D 1 1 1
D 1 2
1
2
6
3
K
1
3
2
4
R
5
Type boxed
Type Old in boxes barrels or
kegs 3
Type Writers boxed Dl 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 springs 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 I boxed or well crated charged at not less than 8000 pounds excess weight
in proportion 3 4
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons
C L loose charged at not less than 24000 pounds excess weight in proportion 3 4
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons set up LC L actual weight4 T 1 3T1
eo
82
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for whicb
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 D1
Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D 1 Carriages Childrens K D in
boxes bundles or crates 1
Carriages Childrens set up
unboxed3T 1
Carriages Childrens set up
boxed Dl
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 actual weight 4 T 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
Vehic eMaterials WoodHubs Spokes ShaftsBowsFelloes Singletrees Wheels Bodies unfinished etc etc LC L 4
Vehicle Materials the sameC
L20000 pounds charged for 5
Velocipedes K D crated 1
Velocipedes Bicycles or Tricycles set up securely boxed h
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 or Lumber set up sect weight D 1
OR
D 1
3T1
C R o R
n
Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quantity act weight Wagons Childrens same as Childrens Carriages
Wagons Street Sprinkler D 1
Wagon PartsWoodunpainted 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
Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed 1
Vault Lights see Glass
Vegetables Desiccated 4
Vegetables in cans See fruit in cans
Vegetables N O 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 Jackscrews etc
Wainscoting See Woodwork
Washers in kegs of 6
Washers in other packages 2
Waste Same as Paper Stock 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
Watermelons See Melons
Wax 4
Wax Comb Foundation bxd 2
Wax Extractors crated 1
Wax Paraffine 1
Wedges see Iron
Weights Sash See Iron
1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
83

U R
Weights clock packed 5
Well Curbing see Curbing
Well Buckets See Buckets
Whalebone 1
Wheat see Grain
WheatCrackedsame 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
Whetstones boxed 3
Whips 1
Whiskey See Liquors
Whiting N O S 5
Whiting in boxes 3
Whiting in bbls casks or
sacks dry C L L
Willow Reeds in bales 2
Willow Ware D 1
Willow Ware Baskets nested 1 Window Casings See Woodwork
Window Shades 1
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames See Sashetc
Wind Mills K D in bundles 3 Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors Wire Common Barbed or otherwise in reels or coils owners risk of wret or rust of 6
Wire Binding 3
Wire Cloth 1
Wire Fence 3
Wire Goods boxed N O S 3
Wire Grass see Grass
Wire Mattresses 1
Wire Rope 4
Wire Sieves boxed or crated 2
Wire Screens 1
Wire Telegraph 4
Wire NO S 3
Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures
boxed or crated3 T 1
Wire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated D 1
Wood Green or Dry C L of 10 cords to be billed by coyd
Rule 12 P
Wood Ashes See Ashes
Wooden Butter Dishes packed
L C L 3
Wooden Butter Dishes C L not less than 24000 pounds 6
R Wooden Covers See Covers C R
Wooden Ware N 0 S Wooden Ware does not include 1
Willow Ware which is D 1
Wood Liquor in barrels 3
Wood Plates L C L Wood Plates C L not less 3
than 24000 lbs Wood Hard in the rough shaped for manufacturing 6
L C L Same C L See Handles 6
4 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 Woodwook viz Railing Bal 2
usters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneling Window Casings all of oak or other hard woods for inside finish of housesin bundles crates
or boxes C L Woolen and Cotton Goods 4
mixed without percentage 5
Wood Screws in casks or bxs Wool washed in bags not 2
pressed Wool unwashed in bags not 2
pressed Wool washed in bags pressed 4
5 in bales Wool unwashed in bags 3
5 pressed in bales 6
Woolen Goods without perctge 4
Wool Mineral in bags 1
Wringers Clothes packed 2
Wringers Clothes not packed Y Yachts See Boats Yarn Cotton Same as Domestics D 1
D 1 Yarns N O S 3
Yeast in wood 3
Yeast in boxes 3
1 Yokes Z 1
Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
Zinc in blocks or pig L C L 5
Zinc in blocks or pigs C L Zinc Cornices See Cornices 6
Zinc Oxide Zinc Paints See Painr 5
L N TRAMMELL Chairman
THOS C CRENSHAW Jr Commissioners SPENCER R ATKINSON
J D MASSEY Secretary
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DISTANCE TABLES
AND RELATIONS OF RAILROADS TO THE STANDARD FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TARIFFS
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ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 52
Distance Table
Morgan ville 0 Rising Fawn 14 State Line 24
Trenton 6 Sulphur Springs 19
ALBANY NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Albany Smiths 0 Philema 14 Clements 25
5 Oakfield 18 Raines 28
Beloit 9 Warwick 22 Cordele 35
Walters 11
ATLANTA KNOXVILLE NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 52
Distance Table
Marietta O Keith sburg 29 Cherry Log 75
Elizabeth 2 Ball Ground 35 Blue Ridge 83
Oak Hurst 4 Nelson 39 Murphy Junction 84
Blackwells 7 Tate 42 Curtis 87
W oodstock 12 Jasper 47 Mineral Bluff 88
Toonigh 16 Westbrook 49 Kyle 92
Holly Springs 18 Talking Rock 53 State Line 95
Univeter 20 Talona 60 Kinsevs N C 103
Canton 24 Ellijav 67 Murphv IN C 109
Browns 25 White Path 73 Knoxville Tenn 205
87
ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 52
Distance Table
Atlanta O Palmetto 25 Hogansville58
McPherson 4 Coweta30 Louise 64
East Point 7 Powells 33 Whitfield 65
College Park 9 Newnan 39 Dixie 70
JEted Oak 12 Moreland 45 LaGrange 71
Monks 16 St Charles 47 GabbettviUe 80
Fairburn19 Grantville51 West Point86
ATLANTIC VALDOSTA WESTERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Yaldosta
Blanton
Mayday
Haylowt
Craig Junction
Headlight
Finlayson
O Fargo
10 Ewings
17 Eddys
23 Baxter
33 Battenville
35 Crackertown 39
47 Kent
55 Crawford
65 Plummer
72 Hoyt
83 Grand Junction 86 Jacksonville
88
93
99
105
107
lit
BRUTON PINEORA RAILWAY
PASSENGER CLASSBFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Bruton O Leaird 21 Pi ne wood 33
Keens 3 McLemore 24 Stillmore 38
Garbutt 4 Thompsons 26 Grimshaw 43
Scott 8 Moores Mill 28 Mtter 47
Adrian Keys Mill 13 Youmans jj 19 30 Register 58
CENTRAL OF CEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52 Except Savannah ahd Atlantic Branch
Savaunali 0
Clifton 4
Pooler 9
Bloomingdale 12
Meldriin 17
Eden 19
Marlow 26
Pineora 27
Guyton 30
Brewer 35
Egypt 41
Oliver 46
Haley ondale 50
Cameron 55
Dove 57
Ogeechee 62
Rocky Ford 66
Scarboro 71
Parramore Hill 74
Millen 79
Cushingville 83
Millen O
Lawton 5
Perkins 7
Munnerlyn 11
MAIN STEM1 Distance Tables
Rogers 87
Herndon 90
Midville 96
Sebastopol 99
Wadley 107
Bartow m
Johnson116
Davisboro 122
Sun Hill 130
Tennitle 135
Oconee i46
Beech Hill 150
Toomsboro 156
McIntyre162
Gordon1170
Lewiston 174
Griswold 18t
M A Junction 186
Macon 191
Summerfield 199
Mims Crossing 2Q3
MILLEN TO AUGUSTA
Thomas 15
Waynesboro 21
Greens Cut 27
McBean 33
Bolingbroke 206
Smarts 213
Forsyth 217
Colliers 223
Goggiils 229
Barnesvilie 234
Milfier 240
Orchard Hill 245
Griffin 251
Vineyard 254
Po mfia 256
Sunnyside 258
Hampton 262
LoVejby 267
Jonesboro 274
Morrow 278
Forest 281
Hapeville 288
East Point 288
McPherson 291
Atlanta 294
Hollywood 41
Allens 45
Augusta 53
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
Macon to Columbia
Macon O Montezuma 49 Albany 107
Wise 4 Oglethorpe Greens Mill 51 Walker 117
Rutland 7 55 Ducker 120
Walden 10 Anderson 60 Holts 125
Echeconnee 12 Stewart 67 Leary 129
Byron 17 Americas 71 Williamsburg 135
Powers ville 21 Maddox 76 Arlington 142
Deitzens 25 Sumter 80 Cowart 148
Fort Valley Masseys Lane 29 Smithville 83 Blakely 156
34 Adams 89 Hilton 166
Marshall ville 37 Leesburg 96 State Line near Col
Winchester 39 Forrester 101 umbia Ala 16661
Barrons Lane 44
t
Macon to Columbus
Macon O Fort Valley 29 Favors 73
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
Pwersville 21 Bostick 65 Muscogee 97
Deitzens 25 Geneva 70 Columbus 100
Cuthbert Junction to Fort Gaines
Cuthbert Junction O Jones 14 Killens Mill 18
Coleman 8 Shanty 16 Fort Gaines 30
Smithville to Georgetown
Smithville O Shell man 25 Morris 46
Bronwood 8 Cuthbert 36 Hatcher 51
Dawson 15 Junction 38 Georgetown 59
Graves 19 Springvaie 42
Macon O
Morton 15
Grays 17
Bradleys 21
Wayside 24
Round Oak 27
Hillsboro 33
Adgateville 37
TNoteTrack from Macon and Albany
MACON TO ATHENS
Minetta 42
Monticello 45
Adams Mill 51
Macben 53
Shady Dale 54
Godfrey 61
Madison 73
to Fort Valley is also given
Florence 81
Farmington 88
Bishop 91
Watkins ville 95
Sidney 97
White Hall 100
Athens 105
is a part of the road between
90
CENTRAL OF CEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
GORDON TO COVINGTON
Gordon
Ivey
Stevens Pottery Milled geville Jordans Crossing
Meriwether
Dennis
Meda
o Eatonton 39 Farrar 62
5 Lincbburg 43 Broughton 66
9 Willard 48 Newborn 68
18 Athon 52 Carmel 70
24 Aikenton 54 Hayston 72
26 Machen 57 Starsville 76
30 36 Kelly 61 Covington H3
FORT VALLEY TO PERRY
Fort Valley O Myrtle 6 Perry 13
AMERICTJS TO COLUMBUS
Americus O Buena Vista 29 Halloca 48
Dellerfox 5 Elmview 32 Sizemore 51
LaCrosse 8 Kinchefoonee 35 Ochillee
Ellaville 15 Zelobee 37 Bellefonte 58
Walls 18 Glen Alta 39 Muscogee 62
Putnam 22 Ida Vesper 42 Columbus 64
Doyle 25 Cusseta 46
Columbus
Nances
Fortson
Hines Crossing Mobley
COLUMBUS TO GREENVILLE
See Note 6 of Explanatory Notes
O Cataula 16 Magruders
7 Kingsboro 20 Stinson
11 Hamilton 24 Harris City
13 Tip Top 28 Greenville
15 Chipley 33
37
40
45
50
GRIFFIN TO CARROLLTON
Griffin
Vaxighns A F Crossing Brooks
O Senoia
8 Turin
9 Sharpesboro 13 New nan
19 Sargent
24 W hitesburg 26 Carrollton 36
42
47
60
BARNESVILLE TO THOMASTON
Barnesville O A F Crossing
Wilkinsons 2 The Rock
Middlebrooks 4
6 Stamps
8 Thomaston
12
16
91
CENTRAL OF GEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
SAVANNAH TO 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 ICO LfeS Per Ton 2COO Lb 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 d o 3 3rd o J
50 45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 10 2000 2000 1000 75 85
Distance Table
Savannah O Palmetto 8 Ocean House 18
LePageville 2 Estill 16 Hotel Tybee 19
Debtford 3 Light House 16 Chatham 20
Bartow 4 Fusbers Point 17
CHARLESTON WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Augusta O Lulayille 8 Jenkins 11
Bon Air 7 Morris 9 Sneads 14
CHATTANOOGA ROME SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52
Distance Table
Chattanooga O Summerville 45 Chambers 85
Rossville 4 Raccoon Mills 48 Caldwell 89
Mission Ridge 8 Lyerly 52 Lake 92
Battlefield 10 Taliaferro 54 Cedartown 97
Chickamauga 13 Holland 58 Youngs 102
Rock Springs 18 Sprite Dug Down 108
Copeland 22 Lavender 67 Felton 110
Warren 24 Morrisons 73 Buchanan 117
LaFayette 27 Rome 77 Bremen 125
Guilds 31 Lindale 81 Mandeville 131
Martindale 34 Siver Creek 83 Carrollton J38
Trion j 40
92
CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Chattanooga Tenu O Henrys 17 Bronco 32
Woodburn Cooper Heights 18 Sharpe 33
Rock Creek 8 Cassandra 20 McConnellsville 35
Flintstone 8 Kensington 22 Harrisburg 38
Moonsboro 9 Archer Siding 23 Teloga 40
Eagle Cliff 10 Estelle 24 Chelsea 43
Durham Jnct 11 Marsh 27 Menlo 46
High Point 14 Chamberlain 30 Gadsden Ala92
Kendrick 15
CHATTANOOGA DURHAM RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Chickatnauga O Massey 12
Durham Jnuction 5 Durham 17
CITY SUBURBAN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Savannah O Isle of Hope 7 Burnside lot
Thomas 2 Cedar Hammock 81 Beaulieu 10f
Pritchards 4 Bethesda 9 Montgomery 11
Sandfly 51
COLLINS REIDSVILLE RAILROAD
jj l
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile FREIGHTClas3 No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Collins
O Colemans Siding
5 Reidsville
7
93
DARIEN WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 52
Distance Table
Darien O Hudson
Bidgeville 3 Crescent
Ridge 4 Eulonia
Inwood 5 Parker Junction
8 Darien Junction 21
11 Sapelo Junction 23
16 Middleton 29
18
DOOLY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Richwood o Dorough 4 Penta 8
Lath 1
douclas McDonald railroad
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 52
Distance Table
McDonalds Mill O Lowther
Sweats 3 Lost Muntain
6 Downing
7
15
94
DOVER STATESBORO RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CrFive Gents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 52
Distance Table
Dover O Clito 5 Statesboro lO
EAST WEST RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
Allowed 25 cnts as minimum passenger chargePer Circular 153 FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52
Distance Table
Cartersville 0 Aragon 19 Cedartown 37
Ladds 4 Rockmart 23 Slaterville 41
Stilesbor o 10 Pineville 25 Berrys 42
McGinnis 12 Fish Creek 29 Green wav b 43
Taylorsville 14 Grady 30 Esom Hiil 46
Deatons 16 Lindseys 32 Pell v ity Ala 117
Davitts 18
FLORIDA CENTRAL PENINSULAR RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 52
SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA LINE
Distance Table
Savannah 0 Darien Junction 42 Waverly 89
Anderson 8 Townsend 46 Taylors Siding 81
Burroughs 11 Barrington 53 White Oak 84
Wavs 15 Everett 69 Satilla River 88
Haskells 20 74Mile Post 64 Woodbine 89
Limerick 24 Rattan 65 Colesburg 92
Dorchester 27 Bladen 70 Seals 96
Rieeboro 32 S B T Crossing 73 Kingsland 101
Hewitts 37 Glencoe w 1 acksonville Flal3S
Jones 1 39
SAVANNAH TO SOUTH CAROLINA LINE
Wheat HillVI Exlev 16 Berrys 29
Meinhard h Rincon 19 Clyo 32
Jarrells 14 Stillwell 25 Columbia SC 142
FLOVILLA INDIAN SPRINGS RAILWAY PASSENGERClass BMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Flovilla O Indian Springs 3
95
FOY RAILROAD
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Rockv Ford O Echo lf Portal lO
Brick Yard f
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per mile
FREIGHT Class No 5See page No 52 and Note 6 of Explanatory Notes
Distance Tables
Gainesville O Mulberry 23 Monroe 42
Candler 7 Winder 27 Gresham 47
Bellmont 10 Bethlehem 32 Social Circle 52
Hoschton 18 Camps 36
JEFFERSON BRANCH
Jefferson O Pendergrass 6 Bellmont 13
GEORGIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 02
Augusta O
Wheless 5
Belair 10
Grovetown 15
Forest 16
Berzelia 21
Harlem 25
Saw Dust 26
Dearing 29
Bonesville 33
Thomson J 37
Mesena 43
Gamak 47
Main Line Distance Tables
Norwood 51
Barnett 58
Crawfordville 65
Robinson 71
Union Point76
Greensboro 83
Carey 89
Blue Springs 92
Buckhead 96
Madison1103
Dorsey 108
Rutledge112
Social Circle119
Alcovy 125
Hazelbrand 127
Covington130
Almon 133
Conyers 140
Lithonia 147
Redan 150
Stone Mountain 155
Clarkston 160
I ngleside 163
Decatur 165
Atlanta171
96
GEORGIA RAILROADContinued
MACON AUGUSTA BRANCH
O Sparta 25 Browns
Warrenton 4 Devereux 32 Haddocks
Mayfield 13 Carrs 36 James
Culverton 20 Milled geville 46 Roberts
Wilsons 22 Prison Farm 48 Macon
ATHENS BRANCH
Union Point O Stephens 16 Dunlap
Woodville 5 Hutchings 19 Winterville
Bairdstown 7 Crawford 22 Athens
Maxeys 13
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS BRANCH
W P Junction O Siloam 7 White Plains
WASHINGTON BRANCH
55
59
64
69
78
30
32
39
14
Barnett
Sharon
O Hillman 4 Ficklin
7 Washington
9
17
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GEORGIA ALABAMA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52
Distance Tables
Savannah O Vidalia 80 Listonia 161
Meldrim 17 Schumpert Blands 81 Penia 163
Cuyler 20 Higgston 83 Cordele 163
Stetson 21 Rogers Mill 84 Coney 174
Ellabelle 24 McGrt goers Mill 86 Un gen in 179
Lanier 27 Ailev m 90 Cobb 181
Pembroke 32 Mt Vernon 91 DeSoto 185
Morrison 35 Gillicans Mill 93 Leslie 187
Polk Corbetts Mill 37 Ochwalkee 95 Parkers 189
Groveland 39 Glenwood 96 Unntinptnn s 191
Surrencys Mill 40 Stuckey 99 Allens 193
Palaky 42 Alamo 104 Gatewood 194
Daisy 44 Erick 107 Amerieus 19
Tutens Mill 47 Helena 114 New Point 204
Claxton 48 Aults Mill 116 Salters 207
Hagan 50 Reynolds Moons Mill 118 Plains 209
Bellville Milan 124 Wise 215
Manassas Horton 129 Preston 219
Cummings Mill 56 Peocock McMillans Ponders 224
Godleys Mill 60 Mill 130 Ricliland 22T
Collins 61 Rhinen 133 Randalls 231
Wallings Mill 62 Abbeville 139 Lumpkin 236
Danton 63 Gunns Hill 142 Charles 241
Ohoopee 68 Kramer 145 Louvale 243
Lyons 74 Rochelle 148 Union 247
Stacers 75 Pine City 152 Omaha 254
Donovans Mill 76 Pitts 153 Montgomery Ala 333
Lang Stacers Mill 77 Seville 157
BETWEEN COLUMBUS ANE ALBANY
Columbus O Renfroe 28 Belmont 62
Sand Pit 3 Brooklyn 32 Dawson 66
Esquiline 5 Rich l aud 39 Sasser 73
Masseys 8 Savilles 44 Stevens 75
Oehillee 11 Kimbroughs 46 Aremena 77
Sulphur Springs 14 Weston 48 Oakland 73
Psalmonds 15 Leveretts 52 Palmyra S3
Cusseta 19 Chambliss 54 Vasons 85
Manta 24 Parrott 56 Albany 83
FITZGERALD BRANCH
Abbeville O Carswell 11 Whitlev 27
Riedsfield 4 Bowens Mill 12 Huff Thomas Mill 23
Browning 6 Queenland 17 Smith Thomas Co 29
Forest Glen 9 Lulaville 18 Ocilla 31
Dicks Mill 10 Fitzgerald 22
7 rrc
g 1
98
GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Pidcock 0 Shelley 18 Schley 37
Lake Station 3 lone 20 Sigsbee 40
Oaklawn 7 Autreyvlle 23 Dewev 42
Bar wick 10 Mauzey 26 Doe Run 45
Hollis 12 Cooper 28 Carlilse 47
Pavo 15 Moultrie 31
GEORGIA PINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
W Bainbridge O Boyken 15 Damascus 29
Lynne 5 Colquittw 20 Rowena 34
Eldorendo 10 Corea 24 Arlington
GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY
v
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52
Distance Table
Macon O Ricbwood 60 Eldorado
Sofkee 8 Cordeie 65 Lenox
Avondale 11 AVenona 69 Spark
Wellston 16 Arabi 75 Adel
Bonaire 21 Sibley 78 Heartpme
Kathleen Tivola 25 29 79 Cecil
Worth 83 Hahira
Grovania 35 Ashburn 85 Mineola
Elko 38 Sycamore 87 Valdosta
44 Inaha 92 Dasher
Pinehurst 49 Cvcloneta 95 Lake Park
52 Chula 98 Melrose
Kerns 53 Tifton 105 Palatka Fla
Vienna 56
118
126
128
131
134
138
144
151
157
163
167
99
HARTWELL RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52
Distance Table
Bowersville O Hartwell 10
HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass JBFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Worth O Bavisvilie 11 Steeles A 20
Shinglers 5 Bush 16 Pitts 21
Amboy 9
FITZGERALD BRANCH
Distance Table
Davisville O Greers Siding10
LEXINGTON TERMINAL RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 1Seepage No 52
Distance Table
Lexington O Crawford 4
100
LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52
Distance Table
Suwanee O Lawrenceville 10
LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
louisville Moxley 5 Wadley 10
MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See Page No 52
Macon
Sofkee
Skippertons
Hardys
Lizella
Montpelier
Morans
Distance Table
O Dyas
8 Cnlloden 12 Yatesviile
16 Upson
21 hoiuasrou
25 Crest
28 Thunder
33 Woodbury 15
39 Snelsons 80
44 Harris 83
50 Odessadale 91
57 Mountville 95
65 Robertsons 99
70 LaGrauge 105
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 52
Distance Table
17 Montrose 38
23 Dudley 42
28 Moore 48
31 Dnbliu54
33
Macon
M N Junction
Swift Creek
Dry Branch v Fitzpatrick
O Ripley
2 Jeffersonville 5 Gallimore
9 Danville
16 Allentown
101
MIDVILLE SWAINSBORO RED BLUFF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page Nd 52
Distance Table
Midville O Modoc 13 Swainsbor 18
Bummer town 6
MILLEN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6Jlillcii See page No 52 Distance Table O Garfield 15 Overstreet 23
Bouth Millen 1 Kimball 17 Durdenville
Emmalane 5 Hooks Crossing Cowarts 18 Monte Junction 27
Butts 8 19 Monte 29
Thrift 11 Summit 21 Canoochee 28
Simsville 12 Gravmont 22 Still more 32
J ohnsonsW areh euse 14
102
PLANT SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 52
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN DIVISION Distance Tables
Savannah O Blackshear 87
Southo verJunction 3 Wa yoross 97
Burroughs 12 Glenmore 108
Ways 16 Argyle 116
Fleming 24 Homerville
McIntosh 31 131
Walthourville 39 Stockton 139
Johnston 46 Naylor 144
Doctortown 53 ValdoMa 157
Jesup 57 Ousley 167
Screven 69 Quitman
Offerman 76 Dixie 181
Patterson 79 Pidcock 184
Boston 188
Thoniasvi lit 201
Leb 208
Cairo 215
Whigham 222
Climax 228
Bainbridge237
Brinson 248
Iron City 253
Dot ah I son ville 257
Jakin 264
Josephine 265
Saffold 268
BETWEEN WAYCROSS AND FOLKSTON
WaycroS O Race Pond 20 Folkston J4
Braganza 8 Uptonville 28 Jacksonville Fla 75
Fort Mudge 15
BETWEEN CLIMAX AND RECOVERY
Climax O Faceville 15 Recovery 22
Fowl town9
METCALFE TIIOMASVILLE AND ALBANY
Albany O Camilla 26 Ochlocbnee 47
Hardaway 9 Pelham 34 Thomasville58
Baconton 17 Meigs 40 Metcalfe 68
Flint 20
103
PLANT SYSTEMContinued
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH
Savannah Ga O Central Junction 7 Monteith 13
Dupont Forest
BETWEEN DUPONT AND STATENVILLE
O Haylow11 Statenville 20
10 Alexanderville 17
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION
Brunswick O
Jamaica 16
Waynesville 24
Atkinson 27
Lula ton 31
Nahunta 35
Hoboken 44
Schiatterai e 49
Way cross 58
Waresboro 66
Millwood 77
McDonald 81
Pearson 89
Kirkland 92
Grays 99
Willacoochee 100
Alapaha HI
Enigma H8
BrookfLld T if ton TyTy 121 12D 13S 144
Poulan 147
Isabella 150
Willingham 155
Davis 160
Albany 170
104
SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Sandersville 0 Tennille 4
SAVANNAH STATESBORO RAILWAY
PASSENGER Class BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
8 Sherwood 22
Smiths Grove 2 Ivanhoe 10 Nellwood 25
Blitchton 4 Woodburn 13 Pretoria 30
Eldora B Stilon 17 Statesboro 34
Glisson 7 Oric 20
SEABOARD AIR LINE
PASSENGER Class AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52
Distance Table
Atlanta O Lilburn 23 South Athens 71
Howells 3 Luxomni 25 Athens 73
Linneville 4 Sweetwater Park 27 Hull 79
28 Five Forks 84
Mina 7 JLawreuceill 34 Comer 89
Cheshire 7 Dacula 40 Carlton 95
Plasters 7 Auburn 45 Oglesby 99
Calhoun 9 Winder 5 1 Swifts Quarrv 103
Goodrich 10 Houses 56 Elberton 107
Belt Junction 11 Statham 59 Middleton 113
Montreal 15 Bogart 63 Heardmont 1 117
Tucker 18 McLeroy 69 Calhoun Falls S C 124
Caldwell 21
LOGANVILLE LAWRENCE VILLE BRANCH
liawrenceville 0 Tripp 5 Logranville 10
SMITHONIA DUNLAP RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See p ge No 52
Distance Table
Dunlap
O Smithonia
7
105
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4 Except between Augusta and TennilleSee page No 52
ATLANTA CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION
67 70 74 78 80 87 93 99
Atlanta O Suwanee 31 Bellton
Peachtree 5 Buford 37 Yonah
Belt Junction 6 Flowery Branch 44 Alto
Roxborough 9 Odells 48 Cornelia
Goodwins 11 Gainesville 53 Mt Airy
Uliamblee 13 New Holland 55 Ayersville
Doraville 15 Hall 58 Toccoa
Norcross 19 White Sulphur 59 Folsom
Duluth 25 JLula 66
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION
Atlanta O Mableton 16 Temple 46
Howell 3 Austell 19 Bremen 54
Pevton 8 Lithia Springs 21 Waco 56
Chattahoochee 9 Douglasville 27 Tallapoosa 64
Oakdale 10 Winston 33 Hooper P 0 68
Nickajack 13 Villa Rica 39 Birmingham Ala 167
AUGUSTA TENNILLE
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile Minimum passenger charge twenty cents
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Augusta O Keysville 26 Mitchell 59
A dam 5 Moab 30 Agricola 61
Adventure Matthews 31 Cfialker 64
Grace wood 8 Wrens 35 Warthep 70
De Bruce 10 Stapleton 41 Silas 77
Hephzibah 16 Avera 45 Sanriersvilie 79
Bath 18 Gibson 50 Tennille 82
lythe 21 Belle Springs 55
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTERiiContinued
EAST TENN VA GA DIVISION
Between Atlanta and Brunswick
Atlanta O Adams Park 108 Towns 176
Koseland 4 Westlake 115 Day 180
Constitution 7 Cowarts 118 Lumber City 183
Norton 8 McGriff 121 Ocmulgee 184
Henrico 9 Longstreet 123 Hazlehurst 390
Moores Mill 10 Wanda 126 Graham 196
Ellenwood 14 Coclnan 127 P ne Grove 199
Estes 16 Empire 133 Prent SS 203
Stockbridge 19 Carne 135 Baxley 206
Tunis 23 Dubois 136 Wheaton 219
Flippen 25 Gresston 137 Surrency 215
McDonoug h 29 Dempsev 139 Brentwood 229
Locust Grove 36 Williams Lumber Co 145 Odum 226
Jenkinsburg 41 Eastman 146 Ellis 233
Jackson 46 Amoskeag 147 Jt Slip 236
Flovilla 51 Godwinsville 151 Gardi 242
Cork 55 Steele 155 Bennetts Still 243
Berner 60 Chauncey 155 Pen arvis 246
Juliette 65 Miss 1er 157 Grangerville 248
Dames Ferry 73 Cox 157 Mount Pleasant
Popes Haunson 160 Everett 256
Holton 80 Achord 16L 259
Macon 88 Helena 164 Sapps Still 262
Reid 98 McRae 166 Sterling 266
Bullard 104 Scotland 171 Brunswick 278
Between Atlanta and Chattanooga
Atlanta o Long i 56 Pinson 84
Howell 3 Ravenel 57 Plainville 87
Peyton 8 Hamlet 57 91
Chattahoochee 9 Seney 60 93
Oakdale 10 Byrd 61 Sugar Valley 98
Nickajack 13 Brice 63 Mdler 101
Mableton ft 36 Chambers 67 Carbondale 104
Austell 19 Silver Creek 68 Phelps 108
Powder Springs 24 Lindale 70 Dalton 113
Hiram 29 Atlanta Junction 71 Waring 119
Dallas 35 Rome 74 Varnells 123
McPhersmi 40 Norih Rome 75 Cohutta 12 r
Braswell 45 Berwin 78 Ooltewah Junction 138
Don 49 Shannon 82 Chattanooga 153
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContsnued
ATLANTA FLORIDA DIVISION
Itlantii O Woolsey 32 M B Crossing 74
A F Switch 3 Lowry 35 Ullnd ii 76
6 Kalluiah Junction 38 Musella 83
Haasville 10 Zetella 41 Roberta 89
15 William Gaidar Is 95
Selina 17 Zebulon 51 Sand Pit 97
Camp Creek 19 Meansville Zenith 99
Kenwood 20 Piedmont 61 Lee Pope 99
Fayetteville 25 Yatesville 71 Fort Valley 105
Inman 30
Collin hm s O COLUMBUS DIVISION Nebula 37 Williamson 72
Fortson 6 Warm Springs 42 Rover 74
Flat Rock 10 Raleigh i 46 Gridin SO
Midland 13 W oorlbuT y 51 Experiment 81
Ellerslie 18 Molena 56 Strickland 87
Ossahatchie 20 Neals 59 Luella 90
Waverly Hall 23 Concord 63 Browns 91
Oak Mountain 28 Jolly Reids 67 Greenwood 94
Shiloh 33 68 McDonough 98
ELBERTON AIRLINE
Toccoa O Bowersvillei 24 Harper 41
Eastanollee 7 Canon 26 Dewv Rose 44
Avalon 11 Royston 31 Goss 46
Martins 12 Fellowship Church 34 Ellbertoii 51
Lavonia 19 Bowmans 38
ATHENS BRANCH
Athens O Harmony Grove 18 Gillsville 32
Center 7 Maysville 28 Lula 89
Nidholson 11
CLEVELAND AND COHUTTA BRANCH
ClevelandTenn O Weatherly 11 Coliwti 15
Blue Spring 6 Red ClayGa 13
DOCK BRANCH Doclc Junction O Sand Fly
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HAWKINS VILLE BRANCH
Cock ran O Ocmulgee River Br 97 Hawkinsville 10
ROSWELL BRANCH
diamblee O Dunwoody 5 Roswell 10
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ATLANTA BELT LINE
Howell O Thompsons 2 Belt Jonction 3
ATTALI AND ROME
Nortti Rome Ga O Coosa 13 State Line 19
Huffaker 6 Mt Hope 16 Gadsden Ala 56
Robinson 9 Early 18 Attala Ala 61
Oreburg 10
BETWEEN ROME AND SELMA
Rome O Vans Valiev 13 Etna Ala 23
Atlanta Junction 2 Cave Spring 15 Selma Ala 196
Cunningham 9 Prior 22
SOUTH CEORCIA RAILROAD
LPASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Quitman O Morven 12 Garnet 22
Spain 6 Barneys 18 Heartpine 28
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SPARKS MOULTRIE GULF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 0See page 52
Distance Table
Sparks O Pinopolis 11 Barbour 1
Berrien 3 Conolys 14 Sinclair 21
Bayboro 9 Horne 16 Moultrie
STILL MORE AIRLINE RAILWAY
PASSEN6ER Class BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6Seepage No 52
Distance Table
Collins O Corsica 12 McLeod 27
SectionviHe 5 Hurryhill 15 Swainsbor 34
Cobbtown 8 Stillmore 20
SYLVANIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 52
Distance Table
Rocky Ford CRR O Zeigler
Kolb Gera 5 Daiiin
Woodcliff I 7
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PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 52
Distance Table
Talbotton O Bostick S W R R 7
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TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Cornelia Pemorest Clarkesville
O Anandale 5 Turnerville 8
11 Tallulah Lodge
16 Tallulah Falls
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TIFTON NORTH EASTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClas3 AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Tift on O Pinetta 14 Fletcher 20
Brighton 5 Mystic 16 Fitzgerald25
Harding 8
VALDOSTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile k REIGHTClass No 6Seepage No 52
Distance Table
Vald sta O Briggston 8 Olympia 14
5 Clyattville 10 State Line145
WADLEY MOUNT VERNON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Wadley O Hodo 17 Odomville 25
Pinetucky 8 Riner 19 Adrian 28
En iis 11 Meeks 30
Kite 15 Ethel 22
WAYCROSS AIRLINE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FRRIGHTClass No 6See page No 52
Distance Table
Waycross 0 Bolen 14 Nichols 29
Wahertown 6 Beach 18 Bell 34
Upchurch 9 Sessoms 25 Douglas 42
Elsie 11 Granville 26
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WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 52
Distance Tables
A tla nta O Allatoona 40 McDaniels 75 78
Simpson St 1 Bartow 42 43 Calhoun
3 Resaca 84
Bolton 7 Cartersvitle 48 Tilton 90
Gilmore 9 Rogers 51 Dalton 99
Vinings 11 Cass 52 Tunnel Hill 107
Smyrna Marietta Bests Ringgold J14
20 Kingston 59 Graysville 120
Elizabeth 22 Halls 64 Chickamauga Tenn 126
Kennesaw Acworth 29 35 Adairsville 68 Chattanooga 137
ROME BRANCH
Kingston O Eves 7 Brick Yard 16
Wooleys 3 Dykes 11 Howie 1
WRICHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 52
Distance Table
Tennille 0 Donaldson 26 Adorns 52
6 28 Chester 55
Harrison 10 Condor 32 Yonkers 60
Donovan 13 Dublin 30 Empire 65
Wrightsville 4 17 Hutchings 42 Luckie 72
Meadows 21 Spring ha ven 47 Hawkins ville 70
Lovett 24 Dexter 49
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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
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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 tk rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad compa nies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates j and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in rela n turn 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 articled paragraph 2 and i 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 j 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 i merit termcarry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law and salaryQne 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 J 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 j 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 oi said Commissioners respectively as herein provided Said Commissioners shall take an oath of office to be framed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in any way be the holders of any railroad stock or bonds or be the agent or employee of any railroad company or have any interest in any way in any railroad and shall so continue during the term of office and in case any Commissioner becomes disqualified j 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 n That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture SSmenT and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of twelve hundred dol j ot Secre larg at the expense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in At j peases etc anta 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 Thatthe total sum to be j
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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 wrailql organized or doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law roads fo of this State now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or any railroad corpora 111 tion 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 i
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 passenger or freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon
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 sionersr 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 discririlinations in the transportations of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State shall havethe 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 Commis r
sioners shall give thirty days notice to said roads of the joint rate contemplated and of i
its division between said roads and give hearing to roads desiring to object to thesame 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 i
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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xmpanies 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 an shorter distances
jmmis Sec YI That the said Railroad Commissioners are heioy authorized and required
Si make to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State as soon as
heduleof practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of
ihSsamej 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 circumstanceamay require change and revise said schedules When any schedule shall have been made j or revised as aforesaid it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause publication
I 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
II 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 preparedand 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 A such schedules purporting to be printed and published as aforesaid shall be received an held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules of said Commissioners without fu er 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 tli j
same has been duly published as required by law I
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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 dath 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 siouers i Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they bnsbet are a violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the tween ra rules and regulations of said Commissioners and all arrangements and agreements whatever as to the division of earnings of any kind by competing railroad companies doing business in this State shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and approval in so far as they affect rules and regulations made by said Commissioners to secure to all persons doing business with said companies just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and said Commissioners may make such rules and regulations as to such contracts and agreements as may then be deemed necessary and proper and any such agreement not approved by such Commissioners or by virtue of which rates shall be charged exceeding the rates fixed for freight and passengers shall be deemed held and taken to be violations of article 4 section X 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 penaity f employees shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and pre
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 eaGh 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 anv railroad company doing business in this State shall in violation injuries r of any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong from viol or injury on any person such person shall have a right of action and recovery for such j
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 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
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Sec XII That the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this Act shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individ uals now owning or operating or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad in whole or in part in this State and the provisions of this Act shall apply to all persons firms and companies and to all associations of persons whether incorporated or otherwise that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railroad in this State street railways excepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore mentioned
Sec XIII That all railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the railroad that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped upon payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipt If any railroad company shall violate this provision of the statute such railroad company shall incur a penalty to be fixed and collected as provided in section nine of this Act
Sec XIV That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for to make to the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recommend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provisions of this Act
Sec 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 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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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 n after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission of the vestUte U State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates from points out rate81 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 stall call finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive attention or unreasonableor discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad ffflSto Commission tq call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and to Jimina 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 he the duty of the Commission to Peal t0 Iu present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commis Comm son and appeal to it for relief sion
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commis Attorney8ion prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the General AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon represent0 to do so before the Interstate Commerce Commission sion miS
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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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 Slate of Georgia and it it I 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
I Penalty for The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit with I i ofruies out notice for any violation of any of said rules or regulations whenever in their opinion
ect1odilx the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the i I of original 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 I ample and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person or corpo I ration as may be directed by said Commissioners shall not be made within thirty days i 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 j presidingjudge 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 I 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 I of this State as the said Commissioners may appoint whose fees shall be the same as now provided bylaw j
Power to The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without J 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 contact herewith are hereby repealed
Approved October 161891
AMENDING TITLE OF ACT
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To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide forthe regulation of railroads freight and passen ger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rati j charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit Railroad Companies 1 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 I thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to j 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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hy the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act be and the same Caption ca is hereby amended as follows towit 1879
After the word tariffs in the second line add the following words And the locaanien e tion and building of passenger and freight depots so that the whole caption of said By insertAct will read as follows the loca
An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the oi
location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust passenger discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passenges and freights and to depots 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 311891
INSPECTION OP RAILROAD TRACKS
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To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia authority upon complaint made to inspect the railroads or 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 theKailroad Commission of this State is hereby empowered and required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the J
railroads or any railroad or any partof any railroad in this State and if the same is found tion unin an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition ut j as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time kept in safe be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may Reasona I be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of be
railroads in cases of damage to person or property fectliaMl
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 penatyf0j of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of not bey I the State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the in or j State and his fees shall be the same as now provided by law Suits shall be brought in the county where the wrong or violation occurs
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 171891
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STORAGE CHARGES
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To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to be charged by Railroad Companics in this Stale 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 purI poses
Commis Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the I chares f r assae Act power is hereby conferred on the Railroad Commission of Georgi
storage and ey are required to fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for jjt suchWhen sorae f freight made and charged by Railroad Companies doing business in this State shaiUen and fix at wiiat time after tiie reception of freight at place of destination such charges I kwer to n for storage shall begin with power to vary the same according to the value and character 1 vary rates f 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
1 yovisions C Be it farther enacted That all the provisions of the Act creating said Railroad of other Commission and Acts amendatory thereof prescribing the procedure of said Commission I Kahroad n freight and passenger tariffs and hearing complaints of carriers and shippers
I Son aipn and f altering and amending said tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amendj cable to ng rates and charges for storage as aforesaid
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Sec 3 Beit further macted 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
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 linear lines of Express and Telegraph and make Ike penalties prescribed against railroads far violating Commissioners rules apply to the companies and persons herein named whose line or lines is or are wholly or in part in this Stale and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and Express after the passage of this Act all companies or persons owning controlling or operating graph or that mayhereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegraph under whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall be under the control control t of the Railroad Commissioners of this State who shall have full power to regulate the mission prices to be charged by any company or person or persons owning controlling or operatrfiula ing any line or lines of Express and Telegraph for any service preformed by such com grteej pany person or persons and all the powers given to said Commissioners over railroads over railin 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 force as 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 telegraph is or are wholly or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be compames made applicable to any corporation company person or persons owning controlling or j operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph The said Commissioners shall also
have power and authority to require said companies to locate agencies at Railroad agencies
Stations
Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the powers of the Commis Regulation sioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons herein referred to ony as 0 hall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in transporta
this State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in this State messages 1 in this
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act state be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved Oct 211891
CONSTITUTION
i and ado
Power to regulate rates and fares
Corporations subject to the provisions of this Constitution
Corporations not autnorizori to buyshares tending to defeat competition
No secret
rebate
allowed
Not intended to impair contracts
Appropriate legislation re juired
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 eniorce the same by 1 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 ovation 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 agreements shall be illegal and void
Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the naturel 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 r
Par VII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appro priate legislation

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The following references to the laws of Ihe State on the subject of transportation of passengers and freight by Common Carriers are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest
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Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia section oi
2297 Companies
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A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that be is able Time of and accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may responsiadopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2278
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r Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all what pastf persons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or e of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons refused i seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2296
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7 A carrier of passengers is bound also to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and Carrier of bis agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But lie is not liable for in fassen8ersf juries to the person alter having used such diligence Code Section 2266 r E
The carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a ror bag passenger cannot relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his Sage r own baggage Code Section 2280
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I It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees to Onbagi be provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from ga8e
station to station on their roads when required And it is the duty of the conductor of j 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 l under the control of the company of which he is conductor The carrier of passengers has r a lien on the baggage not only for its freight hut for the passengers fare Code Sections s 281 and 2289
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A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to he taken for the fare paid Limit as to
II In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid theyalueo
baggage
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 2288
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Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers water and are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during the day and night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor or agent of a railroad who after being requested by a passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passengers in each car in the day or night and light at night shall pass any depot or station without so doing may be indicted in any county through which said railroad runs of which he is agent or conductor and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor Code Sections 522 and 523
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commoda Common carriers of passengers for hire shall furnish like and equal accommodations to
tlojas to all all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition Code Section 525
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railroads The conductors of a train carrying passengers are invested with all the powers duties and responsibilities of police officers while on duty on their trains Provided nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of any railroad company for the acts of its employees When a passenger is guilty of disorderly conduct or uses any obscene profane or vulgar language or plays any game of cards or other game of chance for money or other thing of value the conductor of the train may stop it at the place where I such offense is committed and eject the passenger from the train Code Section 9021
trains telegraph operator during the hours that 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 to be kept Code Section 2235
extraordi any distance of transportation is a common carrier and as such is bound to use extranary dili ordinary diligence In cases of loss the presumption of law is against him and no
Effect of common carrier cannot limit his legal liability by any notice given either by pubnotice to lication or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express con
Bound to The common carrier is bound not only for the safe transportation and delivery of without goods but also that the same be done without unreasonable delay Code Section 2282 unreason
able delay C
Time of re The responsibility of the carrier commences with the delivery of the goods either sponsibil 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 2279
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Carrier has The carrier has a lien on the goods for freight and may retain possession until it is lien on paid unless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery This lien exists
goods onjy 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 2287
Fraud on The carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to be made
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Posting time of delayed
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a
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Carriers One who pursues the business constantly or continuously for any period of time or
tract and will then be governed thereby Code Section 2276
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Know and any lraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will release him irom liability Code Section 2290
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All freight bills or freight lists charged against or to he collected out of any person for whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight charged in said bills or freight lists by aome certain and specific description before they shall be collectible Code Section 2298
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Whenever any person shall deliver property of any description to a railroad steamboat or express company for transportation said company shall upon demand lurnish the party sodelivering a valid receipt which shall specify the shipping marks and numbers thereon and the weight of the property thus delivered whenever the value can be estimated by weight and in all cases where the value cannot be thus estimated the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quantity or value thereof and also the place of destination and any agent or officer of such company violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Code Section 602
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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 W7hen the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that delivers such treight such agent shall deliver the article shipped on payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipts Code Section 2200
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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 delivery 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 2298
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Eailroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge all ears consigned to points on or beyond such connecting road Code Section 2212 They are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive from the connect ing road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to which the same is offered and transport said cars to their destination with reasonable diligence Code Section 2302
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Whenever any railroad company in this State shall weigh any cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged for by the carload such weighing shall be done by a sworn weigher as provided for the Weighing of cotton rice and other produce Code Section 2309 When such cars are weighed singly they shall be uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time Code Section 2310
When any railroad company shall transport timber lumber or other like articles of freight which from length laps over from one car to another such company may cause as
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
Weighing by s worn weigher
When lumber etc laps from one car to another
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many as two or three of such cars so loaded to he weighed together after uncoupling them at both ends from other cars and in all such instances the aggregate weight of the freight upon said two or three cars shall he averaged so that each of the cars shall be charged with
an equal amount of the total weight and the shipper he made to pay freight as if each of the cars so weighed together did actually contain an equal portion of the whole load
Provided That in such cases the shipper shall not pay less than the amount of freight due on full carloads Code Section 2311
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criminal8 railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State shall make any un
just 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 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 See Code Sections 2188 and 2214
The Proviso to the first section oftie 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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CAES FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS
AIT ACT
To require all railroads doing lusiness in this State to furnish equal accommodations and sepa rate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said companies to furnish comjoriable 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 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 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 such cars shall be required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compartments of cars provided by the said companies under the provisions of this Act and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby empowered to assign all passengers to seats on the cifts 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 compartment or seat other than that to which he may have been assigned shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 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 caris divided into compartments the space set apart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be 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 Beit iurther enacted That it shall be unlawful for the officers or employees having barge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored passengers to occupy the same car or compartment and for a violation of this section any such officer or employee shall be guilly of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as is prescribed in section 4810 of the 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
Sec 7 Be it further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment cars or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such cars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misde meanor 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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Equal accommodations in separate cars
Employf s to assign passengers their cars or compartments
Penalty of violating provisions of this a ct
Cars properly divided
White and colored passengers not to occupy i ame compartments
Cars io be comfortable etc
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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 appointedtoperform the duty of arbitrator without any additional compensation to his regular salary
Sec II Be it further enacted That ail laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed
Approved December 12 1894
RULES
Tariffs and Classification
I GOVERNING I
Express Companies
ADOPTED BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
AS AMENDED TO OCTOBER 15 1899
APPLYING BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
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Merchandise Rates Per Hundred and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Les
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As Fixed by the Railroad Commission op Georgia
DISTANCE K to 3 O cd su s Per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 Pounds J 30 Uo 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
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 15 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 35 35 40 45
41 to 00 50 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 35 36 40 45 45 50
fl to SO 1 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 40not over 50 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 b0 65 70 75 80 85 90
181 to 160 90 Over 50not 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 95 100 410 120 130 130
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 80j 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 90 100 105 115 120 130 185 140
Packages weighing five poundsand 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 jess 20 per cent
GOVERNING PERISH ARLES ETC
lites Per Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less than One
Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the KaIlroad Commission of Georgia
HTTT TC Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS J8 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
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100 lbs
MILES 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 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 35 40 45 45
21 to 40 30 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 45 45
41 to 60 35 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 55 55
61 to 80 40 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 155 60 65
81 to 100 45 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
ICI 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 70 175 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 E
Governing the following perishables when carried by Express Companies
DRESSED POULTRY FRESH FTSH FRESH MEAT BUTTER AND SAUSAGES
Rates per One Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages weighing less than One Hundred Pounds on above articles
As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Rates per lOOlbs RATES PER 100 POUNDS S 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 51 53 60 63
Distance MILES 0 20 40 60 80 13 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 451
Miles Cents Packages Less Than 1 100 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 noc over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 35 35
41 to 60 25 Over 20 iot over 30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 35 40
61 to 80 27 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 30 35 38 40 43 45
81 to 100 30 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50
101 to 130 35 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 25 25 30 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50 55
131 to 160 40 Over 60 not over 70 25 25 25 27 30 33 35 40 40 45 45 50 55 60
161 to 180 45 Over 70 not Over 80 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60 63
181 to 200 45 Over 80 not over 0 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60 63
201 to 250 50 Over 90 not over 100 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 51 53 61 63
MILK TARIFF
Rates on Milk per can depot delivery only Empties to be returned f iee Milk not for depot delivery Tariff E rates
Miless Per 5gallon can Per 8gallon can Per 10 gallon can
i 6 cents 9 cents 11 cents
lb 7 11 14
15 8 12 15
20 9 14 16
25 9 14 18
30 9 14 18
35 10 16 20
40 10 16 20
45 11 17 21
50 11 17 21
55 12 18 23 1
60 12 18 23
65 13 20 26
70 33 20 26
75 14 22 27
80 14 22 27
85 15 23 29
90 15 23 29
95 15 24 30
100 to 250 16 25 31
Cream or Milk in cans packed in ice same ratts per hunred pounds as apply on ten gallon cans of milk in above tariff
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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 over two or more roads not under the same management and control by lease ownership or otherwise 30 per cent may be added to the Express Standard Tariff based on continuous mileage When said shipments are handled by two or more express companies each company may charge its local less ten per cent
Packages weighing five pounds and under shall not be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance within this State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent
RULE 3
The Express Companies are directed to have published and posted at all their offices in the State of Georgia the said classifications rates and rules 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 Actum 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 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 fraction 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 cannot be delivered the shipper must be immediatly notified and if not disposed of within thirty days after such notice it maybe 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 Bultry 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
BULE 10
No Express office where Express business is done in this State shall be discontinued or abolished without first obtaining the consent of tbe 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
Applps
Asparagus
Bananas
Beans
Beef Fat
Beer
Beer Tonic
Berries
Cabbage
Calves dressed Cantaloupes in crates or bbls
Carrots
Celery
Cheese
Cherries
Chestnuts
Cider
Clams
Cocoanuts
Crabs
Crab Meat raw Not including deviled cooked crabs Crackers
Cucumbers
Fugs
Egg Plants
Fish Roe
Fish salted or dry
Frogs live
Fruit
Furscoarse
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
or Oysters in shell Oysters canned
See Scale of weights Parsnips
Peaches
Pears V r Peas
Pine Apples
Plums
Pomegranates
Pop
Potatoes vt rRadihes i uRabbits dead
Skins undressed of any kind Soda Water
Squashes in crates Strained Honey
Sugar Cane
Vegetables green Tomatoes
Terrapins
Trees and Shrubs for plant ing when boxed or baled prepaid or guaranteed Turtles in barrels
Turtles liveTurnips
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 bead 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 for60 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 Oyster Packed in Cans
order secure uniformity in weights and charges on shipments of Oysters packed m eans 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 40
16 it a 50
18 tt tt 60
20 it it 65
24 it u 80
30 a 90
36 it a 105
44 it a 120
50 a tt 135
56 a it 150
72 a 195
WAYBILL
12 Cans without Ice 30 lbs
18 45
24 60
27 65
30 70
36 85
45 105
54 130
66 155
82 195 it
ai7lve athe proper weght of Boxes or Cases when number of Cans packed differs from the number of Cans given above add two and onehalf pounds for each pound rate 88 nex owes number given on the list and charge at the hundred
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 Photoertlsement8 on paper or cardboard not under glass and Almanacs Signs t 8 fVU frTe 0r rck8 may be charged at the Merchandise rate per
teen WeighV Charg68 40 be preaid orSratMd 110
diSShJntffln1aVertiDg atter given herein wiU be aPPlied only on matter ratuitosly for advertising purposes and must not be applied on any pack
Sckpd wffh fHvirpi8 that tfre 80 S t0 ihe consignee Any article of merchandise Merchandise rate 2 WlU Subject the shiPmet to the regular graduate at
nJr PwbJ matter may be charged for at the Merchandise rate
per one hundred pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed
MftrSiSaient 18ides and other appliances used in place thereof including Keading Matter Plates minimum twentyfive cents
of Nothing shipped to or by laundries minimumtwentyfive cents
Catalogues Brices 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 purpose minimum twentyfive 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 REUSED ONLY ON THE CONDITIONS NAMED BELOW ON BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION C Rates on Printed Matter and Seeds and Bulbs prepaid to railroad points only within the State for manufacturers publishers and dealers
The following articles may be carried at ten cents for each one and onehalf pounds 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 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 ana continuous shipments
Packages of Merchandise not including Jewelry Grocers Samples and Electrotypeand Stereotype Plates for advertising cuts value not exceeding 10 may be forwarded at a rate of one cent per ounce
140
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 allpoints 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 t Vegetables under head of General Special only covers GreenVegetables r 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 nurse ries f
Packages of Almanacsfpr city delivery received by freight for distribution may be charged for at 5 cents each
Stencil Plates and Shipping Cards to be used bn 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 wight with an allowance of 20 per cent for ice t regular merchandise rates unless there are authorize specials iotlie contrary
Safety Bicycles not knocked down and boxed or crated charge double mercban
dise rates same as Ordinary Bicycles
Burlaps which have been used for covering shipments of silk from silk mills may be rtrned free
AirtigbtJersey Butter Jars six in crate to be returned empty when shipped full by express may be returned between all 1 points at 15 cents each
Fish Roe may be classed same as Fresh Fish
Sulkies Knocked Down not Boxed or CratedCharge three times merchandise rateminimum charges 300
Harvesters Knocked DownCharge sin gle merchandise rate They should not be classed as Bulky Agricultural Implements on which double merchandise rate is charged as provided in Classification
Shell Clams in Bulk should be waybilled at the estimated weight for Oysters that is 10 pounds to the gallon
Empty Paper BoxesCharge double merchandise rate
Shipment of Posters to Traveling Shows should be taken at graduated merchandise rates and not at the rats given under Section A of Classification Card
railroad commission of Georgia l
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
EiPLiNATioKSSpecial rnles under eachJieadmgpgtoalUrticleB enumerated
thereunder A stands for single A Date J Three Times A Rate Etc
ajin he pa W
charge on a single shipment4 e no single charge less than the one specified
All article not enumerated below or not analogonejo 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 Plows ordinary stirring and
breaking
Ale V
Almanacs see Section A and Section 0
Animals and Birds LiveRe1 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
Cats
Deer
Dogs in boxes at actual wg t or securely chained at 100 lbs each
Ferrets
Guinea Pigs
Opossums
Pet animals
Rabbits J
Antlers
Apples v
Asparagus

Bananas
Beans
Beef Fat
Beer
D A
AA
B
D A
Berries
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 OR 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 m sheets see Section C
Blotters and Blotting Pads see
D B B
B
B
B
B
Section C
Boats Metallic Folding se
curely packed
Boats Row and Canoes including paddles and tquipment minimum 200
Shells and all Racing Crafts including Outi iggers minimum 400
Books printed bound or unbound see Section C
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
1 h A
D A
D A
D A 4 t A 81 A
A
a1
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RULES TARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
C
Cabbage B
Calves dressed B
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls B
Carrots B
Celery 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 O RB 1 J 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
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
E
Deer see Animals
DesksSchool see Furniture DesksOffice same as Furniture Doga 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 Plants b
Emery Wheels
Empties 0 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 transported free or Tariff B rates
Berry Stands or Crates10c Each
Bread Baskets or Boxes 5c Banh
Butter under 100 pounds 5 cents each for any distance
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 i5c 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
t ruit Empties10c Each
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
143
Gas Cylinders minimum 15c i A
Homing Pigeon Baskets minimum 50c each for each company carrying A
Ice Cream Freezers minimum
15 cents i A
Ice Dream 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
Kumvss Boxes25c Each
Liquor Kegs 10c Each
Meat boxes may be returned subject to charges on delivery by agreement with owners 25c Each
Milk Cans may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Mineral Water Cases may be transported free or Tariff B
rates
Oyster Empties may be transported free or tariff B rates Oyster Empties new sent to be filled and returned by express may be transported free or Tariff B rates
Tubs or Pails 5c Each
Other New Oyster Empties 10c Each P ney Refrigerators for fruit25c Each Soda Fountains minimum 15c J A
Engravings see Pictures also Section C
Envelopes address printed see Section C
Explosives refuse see Rule 8
F
Feathers closely compressed
and baled A
Feathers not closely compressed and baled D A
Ferrets see Animals
Fire Arms 0 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
Fisti S lted or Dry B
FishFresh E
Fish Roe B
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 ap
py
Fruit
Furniture O R B
B xed or crated
Not boxed or crated D
Burlapped except chairsfrom
manufacturers only
Chairs boxed or crated
Chairs not boxed or craed 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
Game
Gasoline refuse see Rule 8
Ginger Ale
Glass must be boxed or crated O R B
Ground v I
MirrorsI
Show Cases J
Plate I
Signs
Window J
Goats see live stock
Grapes
Greens
Green Corn
Guinea Pig see Animals
Guns see Firearms
Gunpowder refuse see Rules
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144 RULESTARIFFS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
13
Harvesters K D
Hand BagsOld
Hand Bills see Section C
He iotype Work see Section C
HidesGreen B
HobbyHorses D A
Hogs see Live Stock
Honey 0 U refuse unless properly packedA
Honey in comb arid strained well packed B
Horses see Live Stock
1
Ice Cream B
Inflammables refuse see Rule 8
Instruments O R
Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition to their own caBes A
Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified 3 t A
Piano boxed minimum500 for each Company carrying A
Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company carrying 1 Jf A
Organs boxed A
Organs not boxed for music
dealers A
Organs not boxed for other than music dealers 1 J A
Surveyors Instruments except Tripods must be refused unless boxed Surveyors Instruments enclosed in a single box or
case L 3 t A
SurveyorsInstruments 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 relused unless boxed3 t A
Thermometers must be refused unless boxed or securely packed Value not exceeding 500 each A
Value exceeding 500 each D A
Tripodsiiib 1 1 A
Insurance Policies blank see Section C 1
Jarsairtight butter
Jewelry sealed or unsealed rates in Section D do not apply Graduated rates A
k
Kerosene refuse see Rule 8
L
Labelc see Section C
Lard B
Laundries packages of clothing shipped to or byJ ste Section
B
Lemons
Lettuce gross weight
Lobsters 1V
Letter File Cases see Furniture
Lithographed Views of Cities mounted on cloth with rollers see Section C
Lithographic Stones ORraust 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 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 fox 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 carry
ing 1 A
Calves crated A
Colts see Ponies
Cows not crated estimate single animal at 1000 lbs D A
tcWtd
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
145
Cows cratedv
goats crated
Hogs J
Horses estimate single animals at 1000 lbs minimum 25 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the
through rate
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 ea h 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
91
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
W
Naphtha refuse see Rule 8
Negatives see Photographic Dry Plates
Newspapers charge according to local agreements
Newspapers auxiliary see Section B

Okra
Oars crated
Oars not crated
Oleo Butter
A
A
3 t A
A
1 i A A
A
A
A
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 s
Organs not boxed for other than
music dealers
Oranges
Oysters in shell
Oysters canned see scale of weights
see
Paintings see Pictures Pamphlets see Section C
Paper for Cash Register 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
i 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
1 When the deChromos I
Crayon Portraits
Engravings
Lithographs
Machines or ten
elared value of the shipment is 50 or less
1 w When the deed Paintings rclared vaJue
of the shipment ex
Oil Paintings
Pictures
Water Colors
ceeds 5000
Pigeons Quails or BirdsLive in coops for market or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape
B
i
A
A
1 J A
A
D A
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146
RULES TARIFFS 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 flat topped baskets with sufficient food and water for the trip Minimum 50 eents per basket for each company carrying The same charge to be made on the basket full or
empty U A
Pistols see Firearms
Plants Live boxedor crated so that they can be loaded with other freight without 1 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
Poultry 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 SectionB
Produce
Prospectuses see Section C
Proof sheets see Section C
Publications see Section C

Quail see pigeons
K
RabbitsDead see Perishables
etc B
RabbitsLive see Animals
Radishes v B
Reading Matter Plates see Section B v Revolvers see Firearms
Rifles see Fire arms
Roots ste Section C
S
SausageFresh or cured B
School Desks see Furniture
Scions see Section C
Seeds see Section C
Sewing Machines racked or
boxed A
Sewing Machines not racked or
boxed O R i i 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 A
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 B
Tricycles see Vehicles
Tripods see Instruments
Thermometers see Instruments
Tomatoes B
Trees and Shrubs for planting boxed or baled prepaid or guaranteed B
Turtles in bbls B
TurtlesLive B
Turnips B
Typewriting Machines securely boxed A
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
147
Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not securely boxed O RS
V
Valises old
VegetablesGreen
Vehicles
Bicycles ordinary
Bicycles railroad taken apart Bicycles safety K D and
boxed or crated
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
i Buggies not K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying
Childrens Carriages
Carriages K D and boxed or
qrated
Carriages not K D and boxed
or crated
Carriages or Buggy Poles with single trees securely attached
D A
B
D A A
A
1 i A
3 t A D A
14 A
3t A
T Cutters with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying
Sleighs K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for
each company carrying
Sleighs not K D not boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying Sleigh with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying
Sulkies K D and boxed or crated minimum 150 for
each company carrying
Sulkies not K D nor boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying Tricycles K D and boxed or
crated
Tricycles not K D and boxed
or crated
Velocipedes
V elocipedesChildrens
W
Watches see Jewelrv
Y
A W Yeast Compressed
1 4 A
1 4 A 3 4 A
14 A
14 A
3t A
A
D A D A A
B
148
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 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 such discontinuance wherein shall be stated the reasons therefor
Xlie 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 he 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
149
RAILROAD MILEAGE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Alabama Great Southern Albany and Northern
Atlanta and West Point
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Atlantic Valdosta and Western
Augusta Belt
Augusta and Summerville Augusta Terminal
Brunswick and Pensacola Bruton and Pineora
Central System viz
2432
35
8611 1052 69 1 38 2
144
22
58
First Division
Savannah to east end Ocmulgee bridge Macon Millen to Augusta 19002
Second Division
East end Ocmulgee bridge to Atlanta Gordon to Covington M A Junction to Athens Griffin to Carrollton V 10471 10178
Barnesville to Thomaston Third Division
Macon to Alabama State line Eufaula Fort Valley to Columbus Fort Valley to Perry Smithville to Columbia Cuthbert Junction to Fort Gaines 14260 71 8361 2050
Fourth Division
Columbus and Birmingham Columbus and Greenville Columbus to Americus 107
Columbus and Seafight Ala State line Girard 114
S A Division
Savannah to Tybee
Total v 106940106940
Charleston and Western Carolina
Chattanooga Rome and Southern
Chattanooga Southern
Chattanooga and Durham
City and Suburban
Collins and Reidsville
Darien and Western
Dooly Southern
Douglas and McDonald
Dover and Statesboro
East and West
Florida Central and Peninsular
Flovilla and Indian Springs
Foy Railroad
Gainesville Jefferson and Southern
2047
13450
4265
1730
22
691
29
8
16
996
4570
13808
3
10
65
150
Georgia viz
Augusta to Atlanta
Camak to Central Railroad Junction
Union Point to Athens
Barnett to Washington
Union Point and White Plains
17080
74
39
1720
135
Total
Georgia and Alabama
Georgia Northern
Georgia Pine Railway
Georgia Southern and Florida
Hartwell
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern
Lawrenceville
Lexington Terminal
Louisville and Wadley
Macon and Birmingham
Macon Dublin and Savannah
Midville Swainsboro and R6d Bluff
Millen and Southwestern
Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis
Plant System viz
Savannah to Alabama State line
Brunswick to Albany B W
Waycross to Florida State line Savannah to South Carolina State line Albany to Florida State line via Thomasville
Climax to Florida State line
Dupont Junction to Florida State line
3145
2685
1704
3689
179
6868
282
2568
3145 376 11 47 39
16915
101
31
10
4
10
968
5354
1775
3378
273
Total 61625
Sandersville
Savannah and Statesboro
Seaboard Air Line
Smithonia and Dunlap
Smithonia Danielsville and Carnesville
South Georgia
Southern System viz
Atlanta and Charlottee Air Line
Georgia Pacific Railroad
Georgia State line to Brunswick Ga
Atlantaand Florida Railroad
Georgia Midland Railway
Elberton Air Line
Athens Branch
Cleveland and Cohutta Branch
Dock Branch
Hawkinsville Branch
Roswell Branch
Atlanta Belt Line
Attalla and Rome
Rome nd Selma i
C C A Railway
Augusta Southern
10096
5020
40727
10230
9788
5060
3950
230 180
1010
980
330 1890 2340
80
8150
616 25
4
34
13364
6
28
Total
99861 99861
151
Sparks Moultrie apd Gulf
Stillmore Air Line
Sylvania v
Talbotton
Tallalulah Falls
Tifton and Northeastern
Tifton Thomasville and Gulf
Valdosta Southern
Wadley and Mount Vernon
Waycross Air Line
Western and Atlantic including Rome Railroad Western of Alabama
Wrightsville and Tennille
24
3405
15 7
2090
25
16 14 5 30 42
13934
17
76
Total milage Mileage as shown in 26th report
Increase
553186
547526
5660

statement of Financial Operations of Railroads of Georgia for the Year Ending June
30 1899

llbany Northern
labama Great Southern
Itlanta Knoxville Northern
tlanta West Point
tlantic Valdosta Western
entral of Georgia
Ihattanooga Eome Southern
hattanooga Southern
Ihattanooga Durham
ity Suburban
ollins Reidsville
arien Western
ooly Southern
over Statesboro
last West
lorida Central Peninsular
lovilla Indian Springs
by Railroad
eorgia Railroad
ainesville Jefferson Southern
jeorgia Alabama
Borgia Northern
eorgia Pine
eorgia Southern Florida
lartwell
hwrenceville Branch
pxington Terminal
puisville Wadley
iacon Dublin Savannah
aeon Birmingham
alien Southwestern
dville Swainesboro Red Bluff prtheastern of Georgia
Gross Earnings Year Ending June 301899 Operating Expenses Year Ending June 301899 Net Earnings Year Ending June 301899 Deficit Year Ending June 301899 Gross Earnings per Mile Year Ending June 30 1899 Operating Expenses per Mile Year Ending June 30 1899 Net Earnings per Mile Year Ending June 30 1899 Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings June 30 1899
41690 81 41029 03 66178 1191 17 1172 26 18 91 98
136501 05 96473 44 40027 61 5612 70 3966 83 1645 87 7068
158663 49 123417 42 35246 07 1509 64 1174 29 335 26 775
606664 17 368536 22 238127 95 7037 87 4275 36 2762 51 6075
88441 20 29138 33 59302 87 1245 65 410 40 835 25 33
4515812 02 2789451 65 1725860 37 4195 80 2592 06 1603 74 6178
391481 98 238227 93 153254 05 2336 82 1726 29 1110 53 6085
71095 72 87261 48 16165 76 824 30 1011 72
35304 09 17j078 25 18225 84 2040 61 987 18 1053 52 48
105j855 94 70682 20 35 j 173 74 4813 00 3214 00 l600 00 6677
5006 15 4213 53 792 62 72400 610 00 115 00 84
19966 23 16987 4b 2978 80 688 49 585 77 102 72 85
14223 05 6900 13 7322 92 1777 88 862 51 915 36 4850
18019 80 9674 64 8345 16 1801 98 967 46 834 51 53
47533 27 38888 48 8644 79 1040 11 850 95 189 16 81 81
736341 89 443154 35 293jl87 54 5332 72 3209 40 2123 32 6018
2759 08 2378 11 380 97 919 69 792 70 126 99 8580
12915 54 8855 26 4060 28 1291 55 885 55 406 02 6856
1657822 55 1141394 23 516428 32 5400 07 3717 89 1682 18 6885
66551 12 64645 18 1905 94 1023 86 994 54 J 28 55 9713
1044333 35 762015 45 282317 90 2776 67 2026 04 750 63 7297
72702 97 46709 62 25993 35 1615 62 1037 99 577 63 6424
16608 00 6446 70 10161 30 572 69 222 30 350 39 38 82
953797 94 695714 47 258083 47 3346 66 2441 10 905 56 7294
11482 85 8679 99 2802 86 1148 28 867 99 280 28 75
3467 50 2946 47 521 03 346 75 294 64 52 10 84
1500 00 1200 00 300 00 375 00 300 00 75 00 80
10392 55 9689 82 702 73 1039 25 968 98 70 37 91
57354 36 46866 94 10487 42 1062 12 867 17 104 21 8173
65597 72 70092 42 4494 70 677 17 723 57
24003 60 27443 10 3439 50 750 11 857 60
27077 52 21233 39 5844 13 1525 50 1196 25 329 25 7850
75174 56 65702 04 9472 52 1927 55 1684 66 242 88 87
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Plant System viz
Savannah Florida Western
Brunswick Western
Charleston Savannah
Alabama Midland
Total for Plant System
Borne Bailroad
Sandersville
Seaboard Air Line
South Georgia
Southern Bailway System viz Atlanta Charlotte Air Line
Elberton Air Line
Georgia Midland
Boswell
Augusta Southern
Owned Lines
Total for Southern By System
Savannah Statesboro
Stillmore Air Line
Sparks Moultrie Gulf
Syl vania
Talbotton
Tallaluh Falls
Tifton Northeastern
Union Point White Plains
Valdosta Southern
Wadley Mt Vernon
Way cross Air Line
Westerm Atlantic
Wrightsville Tennille
Totals
Deduct total deficits
Total net earnings
1809936 03 1379935 70 430000 33
624460 72 459164 34 165296 39
57263 02 45330 23 11932 80
123611 1C 104750 14 18860 96
2615270 8 1989180 41 626090 48
39845 3C 26478 23 13367 07
8922 74 7129 01 1793 73
971484 25 796764 05 174720 20
45726 55 19403 98 2632257
759091 30 532128 98 226962 32
90322 38 59728 54 30593 84
183315 51 159691 31 23624 20
7847 39 8146 80
91507 99 84095 46 7412 53
2944462 21 2199209 29 745252 92
4076546 78 3043000 38 1033546 40
10947 25 7694 19 3253 06
35372 93 21837 80 13535 13
35801 49 19543 34 16258 15
9861 97 8604 69 1257 28
8453 78 8199 40 254 38
9778 79 20392 25
42464 95 18900 91 23564 04
6753 03 4767 97 1985 06
14832 12 7597 38 7234 74
45170 22 19810 29 25359 93
67473 75 83723 21
1832701 31 1249968 98 582732 33
114260 19 74594 68 39665 51
21087310 36 14790718 85 6347554 39 f0 QR9 88
6296591 51
299 41
10613 46
16249 46
50962 88 i
4452 48 3664 67 5205 73 3860 66 4283 38 2195 00 2230 68 7105 13 1633 09
7515 75 1785 02 1870 57 800 75 1122 80 4733 86 4234 67 576 17 1040 38 1523 49 657 46 1207 68 467 88 1694 60 500 22 1022 90 1505 87 1606 50 13394 00 2372 83
3394
2694
4120
3273
3224
1458
1782
5827
692
5268
1180
1629
831
1031
3535
3161
405
642
831
573
1171
975
756
353
523
660
1993
9136
1481
Average gross earnings per mile for the State of Georgia3937 85
Average operating expenses per mile for the State of Georgia 2762 01
Average net earnings per mile for the State of Georgia 1175 84
Percentage of operating expenses to gross earnings for the State of Geargia 7014
67 1057 81 7624
62 970 04 7353
93 1084 80 7916
44 589 40 8474
47 1014 89 76
00 736 00 6645
25 448 43 80
28 1277 95 82
99 940 09 42
60 2247 15 7010
40 601 62 6613
50 241 07 8711
30
85 90 95 9190
70 1198 16 7470
03 1073 61 7465
00 171 32 70
28 398 10 617
63 69186 54
64 83 81 87
34 36 34 93
70
04 942 56 4460
18 147 04 7060
95 498 94 5100
34 845 33 4385
41
00 4259 00 6820
03 862 78 6528
Summary of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia
Railroad Mileage in Georgia Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings
1895 524052 16930146 96 12397730 60 4532416 36 732
1896 529141 18458467 95 13188336 28 5270131 67 714
1897 537482 18305051 82 12672702 76 5632349 06 692
1898 547526 19046983 95 13494677 94 5552306 01 708
1899 553186 21087310 36 14790718 85 6296591 51 70 14
There are fiftyone separate companies or systems included in the foregoing tables which operate in Georgia aggregating 553186 miles Five of these viz the Central of Georgia the Southern Plant System Georgia Rairoad and Western Atlantic Railroad or 98 per cent of the whole number operate 308860 miles or 558 per cent of the total mileage of the State The gross earnings for the entire State were 21087310 36 Of this amount the five systems above named reported 1474426088 or 699 per cent of the total
Only six companies showed deficits aggregating 5096288 The largest gross revenue per mile 13 39400 the largest operating expenses per mile 913600 and the largest net earnings per mile 4259 00 were reported by the Western Atlantic Railroad The smallest net earnings per mile were reported by the Albany Northern viz 1891
For the year ended June 30 1898 the total gross earnings in Georgia were 1904698395 This year they were 2108731036 or an increase of 204032651 Last year the operating expenses were 1349467794 this year they were 1479071885 or amincrease of 129604091 For 1898 the net earnings were 555230601 for 1899 they were 629659151 showing an increase of 74428550
The average of gross earnings per mile for the Stale is 393785 Average operating expenses per mile 276201 net earnings per mile 117584 The percentage of gross earnings consumed as operating expenses in the State was 7014 per cent Last year it was 708 or a decrease of 66 of one per cent for the year just closed
INDEX
ACTS Sek Law
BAGGAGE
Excess Tariff for Transportation of 36
CIRCULARS
Nos 276 TO 279 INCLUSIVE BEGIN 22
CLASSIFICATION
FREIGHT See Freight
Express See Express
Changes in See Circulars DEMURRAGE
RULES Governing See Storage DEPOTS
Rules Governing Location and Erection of 45
DISTANCES
Tables of with Names of Stations Begin 86
EARNINGS
See Financial ESTIMATED WEIGHTS See Weights
EXPLANATORY NOTES 44
EXPRESS COMPANIES
Act Authorizing Regulation of see Law
Rules Governing 135
ClassificationPerishables 137
ClassificationGeneral 141
Special Rates 139
Tariff General Merchandise 132
Tariff Perishable Freight 133
Tariff Fish Fresh Meat Butter etc 134
EINANCIAL
Statement cf Earnings Expenses etc 152
FRACTIONS
Rules for Computing 44
FREIGHT
RULES Governing Transportation of 37
Classification of 57
Rates Standard Tariff of 54
Tariffs of the Several Roads 52
Weights of Estimated Sejs Weights
GAUGE
NARROWRoads of See Notes 6 and 7 of Explanatory Notes
GENERAL RULES
See Rules
156
LAW
Act Creating Commission 114
Act Concerning Interstate Rates 119
Act Empowering Commission to Bring Suit 120
Act Amending Title or Original Act 120
Act Authorizing Commission to Inspect Railroads 121
Act Providing for Regulation of Storage Charges 122
Act Providing for Regulation of Express Companies 123
Act Provides for Regulation of Telegraph Companies 123
Act Requiring Commissioners to Act as Arbitrators 130
Act Concerning Separate Cars for White and Colored 129
Constitution Extracts from Concerning Railroads 124
General Law 125
LIVE STOCK
RULES Governing Transportation of 46
Estimated Weights of See Weights
MILEAGE
RAILROAD Detailed Statement of 149
NOTES EXPLANATORY
See Explanatory Notes
PASSENGERS
Rules Governing Transportation ob 34
Tariff of Rates Standard 34
Tariffs of the Several Roads Begin 86
POWERS
Of Commission See Law
PROCEDURE
See Rules General
RAILROADS
Classified List of 53
RECOMMENDATIONSSee Report
REPORT
LETTER to the Governor Including Recommendations 7 3
Rules
General 32
See Freight Passenger Storage Express Etc See Also Explanatory Notes
STATIONS
See Distances
storage
rules Regulating Charges for 47
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
Law Authorizing Regulation of See Law
Rules and Tariff 148
WEIGHTS
Of Lumber Lime Tanbark and Similar Freight 40
Live Stock 46
Canned Goods 47
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TWENTYEIGHTH REPORT
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Railroad Commission
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GEORGIA
ATLANTA GA
Geo W Harrison State Printer The Franklin Printing and Publishing Go 1900
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T C CRENSHAW Gherman
SPENGER R ATKINSON J POPE BROWN
COMMISSIONERS
I D MASSEY Secretary
REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15 1900
7o His Excellency A D Candler Governor
Sir Under the Act creating the Railroad Commission of Georgia it is made the duty of that Board to make a report annually to Your Excellency and from time to time to recommend for your consideration such legislaion as in its opinion is necessary to the adequate regulation of the business of the railway carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers and freight for hire within the State of Georgia to the end that the public may receive a proper service from those engaged in that business and such a service as they are entitled to expect from such carrir companies throughout the State
REGULATION OF PUBLIC CARRIERS BY STATE AUTHORITY
Experience has demonstrated the practical value to the public of the Railroad Commission Its utility is no longer problematical The wise public policy which suggested its organization has been vindicated by the experience of the people of Georgia in their dealings with the railway companies within the last twenty years It may be truthfully said that under its administration of the powers conferred upon it by the Act creating it and by those Acts which have from time to time been passed amending the original law the people of Georgia are better served by the carrier companies and at less cost to themselves than are the people of any other section of the country similarly situated This is due largely to the fact that there is a responsible body charged by law with the constant duty ot supervising the operations of the railway companies throughout the State and seeing to it that they render to the public the best possible service and exact from the public no more than a reasonable compensation for the service which they perform
The power of the State to so regulate the business of the commoncar
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riers has come to be recognized as one of the attributes of its sovereign power The authority of the State with respect to such matters is no longer open to judicial controversy The carriers of the State have adapted themselves to the system which the Legislature in its wisdom has seen proper to devise for their control The details of ratemaking are being constantly wrought out with infinite pains with the result that in so far as intrastate traffic is concerned there is no cause for complaint and such complaints as are made and remain unredressed relate to such matters only as pertain to interstate traffic and are for this reason bevond the control ot this Commission
PHYSICAL CONDITION OF RAILROADS
The Commission has made it its particular business to examine from time to time the physical condition of the various railroads operated throughout the State and we are gratified to report that in point of equipment and service the railroads of Georgia will compare favorably with those of even the most densely populated sections of the country The class of rail and ballast which is being used in the reconstruction of tracks is of the best and this is particularly true of the trunk lines over which the greater volume of the traffic is handled
PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COMMISSION
The system adopted by this Commission for hearing complaints enables it to pass speedily upon all questions that are presented for its consideration It is not a technical system of pleading such as prevails in the ordinary courts of the land If a citizen of Georgia feels that he has been aggrieved by the conduct of any railway company doing business within the borders of the State he files a simple complaint frequently by letter stating the cause of his grievance Immediately the attention of the company complained against is called to the cause of complaint and if the Epattei be such as cannot be settled by correspondence alone the authorities of the company complained against are cited to appear This simple
process of adjusting differences between the public and the carriers has enabled the Commission to dispose of a great variety of minor complaints to say nothing of others of greater consequence to the entire satisfaction of the parties concerned and in such manner as to afford to the public the character of service which it had the right to expect and demand
REGULATION OF INTERSTATE TRAFFIC
Not infrequently however complaints are made of matters involving interstate traffic and the want of power in the Commission of this State to deal with that class of questions emphasizes in the minds of the Commissioners the importance of having such federal legislation upon the subject as would enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant appropriate relief In furtherance of this idea at a general convention of railroad commissioners throughout the Union which convened in Milwaukee Wisconsin in the early part of June last Commissioner Atkinson representing the Railroad Commission of Georgia introduced and secured the passage of a resolution a copy of which was as follows
Resolved That we recommend that the Federal Congress do by appropriate legislation confer upon the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to prescribe reasonable maximum rates for the transportation of freights and passengers by persons and corporations engaged in interstate commerce and as well authority to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry such power to make rates into execution
We know of no measure which would contribute more toward the protection of the public against unjust discriminations on the part of the public carriers in the matter of rates and the methods of transportation than the passage by the Federal Congress of legislation upon the lines suggested by this resolution We recommend to Your Excellency that you suggest to the General Assembly the propriety of giving the principle of this resolution its endorsement and that the members of Congress and Senators from Georgia be requested to cooperate in securing the passage of such a law
CHANGES IN TARIFFS RULES ETC
This Commission in the exercise of its power to regulate rates finds it necessary from time to time in order to prevent unjust discriminations
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and as well to adjust the rates to new conditions of traffic which arise to make changes in the rules regulations and tariffs which it prescribes for the government of railroad traffic in this State and the various changes and amendments which have been so made during the past year will be found in the schedules hereto attached
DEPOTS
No serious controversy has arisen since the date of our last report in bringing about compliance on the part of the railways with the orders of the Railroad Commission with respect to the construction repair and proper maintenance of their depot buildings Many of these have under orders from the Commission been constructed at various places throughout the State and wherever the public has been wanting in proper facilities in that respect the Commission has caused proper buildings to be erected and such as would meet the requirements of the public comfort and convenience
There are now pending a number of applications for the building of depots in different parts of the State and many depot buildings heretofore passed upon by the Commission are now in process of construction
ATLANTA DEPOT
The most notable exception to this grows out of the conditions existing at this time in the city of Atlanta It so happens that the State of Georgia owns the terminals in that city over which passes a very large proportion of the passenger traffic of the whole Southern country The depot building now upon the States property is confessedly inadequate to the comfortable accommodation of the great volume of passenger traffic which passes through Atlanta over the various lines of railway which converge at that point
It will be remembered that an application was made to the Railroad Commission by the Mayor and Council of the City of Atlanta asking that the various railroads terminating in that city be required to furnish proper and adequate accommodations for their passengers
In view of the great interest which the State necessarily had in the
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maintenance of its present controlling position as the owner of the terminals in the heart of the city and which all the railroads converging at that point would be bound to use for their own profit and convenience the Commission has not deemed it advisable to exercise its power to compel these companies to construct separate stations
This state of affairs was brought to the attention of the last General Assembly and a special commission was appointed by that body of which Your Excellency is the Chairman which commission was charged with the duty of advising or suggesting to the General Assembly some solution of this delicate and difficult problem While it is of the greatest importance that the interest of the State in the maintenance of the integrity of its terminals should be fully protected we beg to call attention to the fact that in the meantime no adequate provision has been or can be made under existing conditions for the comfortable and convenient accommodation of the public Quoting from our last report on this subject we beg to say
The difficulty of arriving at a solution of this problem is only equalled by its importance Leaving aside the question of depot facilities at Atlanta a problem of the gravest importance to the entire State is presented vij that of causing such improvements to be made upon the States property as the case demands in order to permanently insure the supremacy and value of the States terminal property in the City of Atlanta upon which will depend to a vital degree the permanency and increase in the value of the State road which is of importance not to any particular town or community but to the State at large
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY
No complaints of such importance as to attract general interest have been lodged against the Southern Express Company during the past year Those filed related almost exclusively to shipments between local points and those cases have been adjusted to the satisfaction of the parties complaining
WAR REVENUE STAMPS
It will be remembered that soon after the passage by the Federal Congress of what is known as the War Revenue Act this Commission chal
lenged the right of the Express Company to charge the shipper with the expense ot the revenue stamp which that Act required to be placed upon each bill of lading or receipt issued by the Company Upon hearing before the Commission it was ruled that the burden of this tax should fall upon the Company and in accordance with the suggestions of the Commission the Southern Express Company acquiesced in this ruling Sometime thereafter certain nonresident holders of some of the stock of the Southern Express Company filed in the Federal Court a bill to enjoin the Express Company from complying with this order and to enjoin the Railroad Commission from enforcing by suit compliance with its directions In this bill it was alleged that the loss to the Southern Express Company from the enforcement of this order would amount annually to the sum of 4200000 or in other words the order of the Commission made in the premises resulted in a saving to the people of Georgia of 4200000 annually by relieving them of this tax and imposing it where it belonged upon the Express Company
Upon the hearing of this case in the Circuit Court an injunction was granted against the Railroad Commission to enjoin it from enforcing obedience to its order but no injunction was granted against the ExpressCompany and it has steadily complied with this direction of the Commission pending the litigation
From the order granting an injunction against the Commission an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals and recently a judgment in that court was obtained reversing the order of the Circuit Court and directing that the injunction be dissolved and the bill dismissed Application has been made to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari from this judgment and this cause will soon come up to be heard before that tribunal
Attention is directed specially to this matter as it involves questions of great importance and of great general interest to the public In other states which have no Railroad Commissions or which having Railroad Commissions have not conferred upon them the power to make rates this tax has been imposed upon the public and the express companies have borne no part of the burden
The railroads operating in this State on the contrary voluntarily assumed the burden of this tax and even on interstate traffic have paid it
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TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
No complaint has been filed against either of the telegraph companies doing business in this state during the past year The service performed by them insofar as this Commission is advised or has power to control it has been in all respects satisfactory to the public
RECOMMENDATIONS
In previous reports recommendations have from time to time been made by this Board touching most of the subjects treated of below and while the General Assembly has not heretofore seen proper to act upon the suggestions thus made we trust that their importance to the public interest will be deemed sufficient warrant for our again calling attention of Your Excellency to them in order that you may if you see proper press them upon the attention of the lawmaking body
MANDAMUS AS A REMEDY
In the present state of law it seems that the only remedy afforded against carriersrefusing to conform to the rules and orders of the Commission is to be found in the institution of suits to recover the statutory penalties imposed in such cases and we are of the opinion that this is manifestly an inadequate provision Many of such orders involve matters of the greatest concern to individuals as well as to the public a specific performance of the duties enjoined being indispensable to the enjoyment of their full rights under the law The recovery of a penalty might have the effect of preventing a repetition of the wrong but it neither compensates for past injuries nor gives assurance against like conduct in the future
A few illustrations will suffice to demonstrate the propriety of so changing the law as to enable the courts either by mandamus or mandatory injunction in a summary way to compel carriers to specifically perform duties which they assume or which are imposed upon them by law For instance the public convenience br comfort might require the construction at a given point of a depot building which would cost many thousand dollars This Commission orders its erection The Company against which
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the order is made declines to comply Suit is instituted The extreme limit of the recovery is five thousand dollars It might be cheaper to the Company to litigate even if eventually compelled to pay the penalty than to comply with the order and even at the end of the litigation the public would be no nearer getting the depot than when proceeding was commenced A judgment imposing the penalty would not enjoip upon the Company the duty of building the depot But the remedy by mandamus would be both speedy and effective
Again A manufacturer erects a plant alongside a line of railroad A disagreement arises between the two The company removes its siding or refuses to run its cars thereon for hauling the products of the manufacturer Under the present law his only remedy is by suit for damages and even if he ultimately recovers the continuing injury to his business will in the meantime have crushed his enterprise and destroyed his trade Practically he is remediless i
The two illustrations cited are strong cases They are not likely to but may arise They are stated for the purpose of emphasizing the necessity for an improvement in the remedial processes afforded by existing laws In one case mandamus in the other mandatory injunction would afford a reasonable just and adequate remedy
The prompt and summary enforcement of the orders made by this Commission yvill be found to afford to the general public and as well to individuals tbe best protection against the practices which the Commission was designed to prevent And we therefore recommend that for the enforcement of all orders made by it in the exercise of its lawful powers this Commission in addition to the powers now vested in it be authorized to institute suit either by mandamus or injunction mandatory or preventive in the Superior Court where the duty enjoined by such order is to be performed or where the act to be restrained is being committed and that service thereof be perfected as in other suits for tort or breach of contract against the company
VENUE IN DEPOT SUITS
The Supreme Court has held that as the law now stands suit to recover penalties for failure or refusal of railroads to locate or construct a depot when ordered to do so by this Commission must be brought in the Super
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ior Court of the county in which the principal office of the offending company is located and not elsewhere The principle of this decision applies as well to all other cases in which railroad companies fail or refuse to observe the orders of the Railroad Commission This is a serious impediment to the enforcement of the law as well asa source of great inconvenience and expense to the public
In the first place it involves the State in the expense of having its witnesses in many cases attend upon sessions of court held hundreds of miles from their residences or compels it to dispense with their personal appearance and rely upon the unsatisfactory method of substituting testimony upon answers to written interrogatories In the second place one of the principal questions of fact which necessarily arises in that class of cases is whether or not the depot in a given case required to be built is such as answers the requirements of the public comfort and convenience and whether the location selected by the Commission is a proper one This class ot questions like those involving the condemnation of rightofways for public ways can best be determined when the jury shall have the opportunity of viewing the premises and their presence at or near the spot would be indispensable to the exercise of this right Aside from these three considerations in all cases of tort under existing laws the company must and in all cases of breach of contract may be sued in the county where the tort was committed or the contract was to be performed With equal propriety all proceedings to enforce the performance of a duty owing to the public should be permitted to be brought in the county where the duty is to be performed and since the principal offices of some of the railroad companies operating lines in Georgia may be beyond the limits of this State there is the greater reason not only that such suit should be brought in the county where the depot is to be built but also that service in all such cases be perfected by the delivery of a copy of the writ to any agent of the company within such county Indeed we are of the opinion that in all cases involving the breach of any duty that may be owing upon the part of a corporation whether to the public or as an individual whether such duty arises from contract or is imposed by law the law should be so framed as to authorize suits to be brought in the county in which duties are to be performed and that the remedy by mandamus or mandatory injunction should be provided for their enforcement
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SIDE TRACKS
We recommend that the law be so amended as to give the Commission the same jurisdiction with regard to the location building maintenance and discontinuance of sidetracks as it now has over freight and passenger depots
Heretofore the General Assembly thought it wise to confer upon this Board the authority to require the location and erection of such freight and passenger depot buildings as the safety of freight and the public comfort required and to make rules and regulations governing the maintenance and discontinuance of the same This law has proven very beneficial and has demonstrated the wisdom of vesting in this Commission the authority to require railroads to afford to the public which they serve the facilities and conveniences which are due from them as common carriers This fact and the fact that sidetrack facilities are naturally and necessarily a part of the accommodations given in connection with depots show conclusively that depots and sidetracks should be subject to one and the same law rules and regulations Precisely the same reasons upon which the power to regulate depots was vested in this Commission apply with equal force to the matter of sidetracks and should in our judgment prompt the lawmaking power to treat it in the same manner
PHYSICIAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RAILROADS
Not infrequently the tracks of railroad companies holding hostile and competitive relations intersect each other but at such intersecting points for reasons personal to themselves make no provisionTor the transfer of passengers or freight from one line to the other refusing to institute such physical connection between their tracks thus preventing the public from making choice of routes from such points and practically denying to the public the benefit of competitive rates from such points The Commission is of the opinion that the public interest will be promoted by the passage of an Act vesting in it the power to compel railway companies to make and maintain physical connection between their intersecting tracks at such points and under such reasonable rules and regulations as this Commission shall deem necessary to their protection and to the accommodation and convenience of the public and it so recommends
SLEEPINGGAR COMPANIES
Sleepingcars have come into such general use and are thereby so closely identified with modern passenger service that in our opinion the charges made for the accommodations which they furnish should be made subject to the same control that this Commission now exercises over passenger rates If it is proper and desirable as a matter of public policy that the rates charged by railroads for transporting passengers shall be controlled and regulated then it is equally desirable and proper as a matter of public policy that rates charged by sleepingcar companies shall be likewise controlled and regulatd If it is right and necessary that the rates paid by a passenger to a railroad company for transportation shall be prescribed by State authority it is no less right and proper that the rates charged the same passenger on the same train for a service so closely allied to that of a common carrier of passengers as to become practically a part of it should also be prescribed by State authority
We therefore recommend that legislation be enacted making sleepingcar companies doing business in this State relatively to intrastate traffic subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission and to the same rules and regulations to which the passenger servie of railroads is subject
TELEPHONE COMPANIES
The use of the telephone as a means of communication both locally between points in the same town and for long distances between towns and cities widely separated has become so general as to remove telephone companies from that class of persons serving the public the control of which is usually vested in local municipal bodies and has become of such importance to the public as to admit of their classification in the matter of government control along with railroad telegraph and express companies and since the companies just mentioned have been placed under the control of this Commission the necessity for a system of State regulation being instituted for the control of telephone companies becomes apparent
There is from a practical point of view no essential difference so far as their relations toward the public are concerned between telephone and telegraph companies Both arecreated by authority of the law for the express purpose of serving the public by affording facilities for communication by wire for hire Some vears ago the General Assembly of Georgia recognizing
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the fact that telegraph companies were owing to the nature of the service rendered in no sense different from railroad companies so far as being public servants and being regulated by State authority as such were concerned enacted a law making all telegraph companies subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission the same as railroads by providing that the Act creating this Commission shall apply to telegraph companies
As above pointed out the public relations and responsibilities of telephone companies are not different from those of telegraph companies each is required to serve the public each is indispensable to the conduct of the business of the people according to improved modern business methods each has equal facilities for laying burdens upon the public to which their necessities require them to submit and one is as capable of extortion as the other and since the State has placed the telegraph under the control of her Railroad Commission with satisfactory results there is the greater reason why its cheap competitor the telephone companies should be made subject to the same authority
We therefore recommend that the General Assembly enact a law providing that all of the provisions of the law creating this commission and of all acts amendatory thereof be made likewise applicable to telephone companies so that they may be under the same supervision as other similar public corporations
In the exercise of the great powers conferred upon this Commission from the date of its inception to the present hour it has been its purpose to so administer the affairs committed to its care as to at all times promote the interests of the public and to assure to it the enjoyment of all the benefits j of modern improvement and invention as applied to the business of trans j portation and at the lowestpossiblecostconsistent with the proper maintenance of the properties charged with the duty of furnishing transportation facilities to the public The relations between the people and the carrier compa 1 nies in this State are necessarily not entirely free from friction Holding 1 such diverse interests such a condition may well be expected When we j consider however the contests constantly being waged in other States in 1 which the power of the State to control the carrier companies as they are 1 in Georgia controlled is challenged we believe that the people of this State j
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are to be congratulated upon the institutionfof a system which demonstrates that the State control of its corporations can be and has been made effective
Respectfully submitted
T C CRENSHAW Chairman
J D MASSEY
Secretary
SPENCER R ATKINSON
J POPE BROWN
Commissioners
CIRCULARS
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga January 5 1900
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Rule No 17 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission is hereby amended so as to read as follows
In no case shall the amount collected on a less than carload shipment exceed the charge per carload for the same class of goods
Wherever under the Commissioners Tariff a carload rate figures a higher rate per hundred pounds than the prescribed less than carload rate on the same class of freight a rate as great as but not greater than the less than carload rate per hundred pounds may be charged
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The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
Salt minimum 20090 lbs
Salt in sacks L C L
Mops packed or bundled
Nuts viz
Hickory Nuts and Black Walnuts L C L Same C L 24000 lbs Onions in barrels or sacks
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By order of the Board
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CIRCULAR NO 281
I Freight and Passenger Tariff of the Tifton Thomasville and Gulf
Railway Company
The Tifton Thomasville and Gulf Railway Company is hereby placed Is Class Number 6 of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads and in Class A of the Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff and on and after March 1st 1900 said company will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers and freight no more than as follows
PassengerClass A three cents per mile
FreightClass No 6On 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 i Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty 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
Classificat ion
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
C R O R
Cotton Seed common any quantity G
NoteL C L shipments of cotton seed to be sacked Otherwise 20000 lbs may
be charged for
Collars horse other than leather See Rule 18 4
Quilting attachments K D 1
This Circular shall be effective on and after March 1st 1900 EveryI thing in conflict hereby repealed
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY L N TRAMMELL
Secretary Chairman
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Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga October 31 1900
T C Crenshaw Chairman
Spencer R Atkinson
J Pope Brown
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 282
Freight and Passenger Tariffs of the Offerman Western Railroad Company the Sparks and Nashville Railroad Company and tlie Seaboard Air Lane Railway
The Offerman and Western Railroad Company and the Seaboard Air Line Railway are hereby placed in Class A of the Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff and on and after November 10 1900 will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than three cents per mile
The Sparks and Nashville Railroad Company is hereby placed in Class B of the Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff and on and after November 10th 1900 will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than four cents per mile
The Offerman and Western Railroad Company and the Sparks and Nashville Railroad Company are hereby placed in Class No six of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads and on and after November 10th 1900 will be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than as follows
FreightClass 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 40 per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with 30 percent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty 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
It appearing that the lines of railroad heretofore known and operated as the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad the Georgia and Alabama Railway and the Seaboard Air Line or Georgia Carolina and Northern
Commissioners
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i Eailway are now controlled managed and operated as constituting but one system jof railroads known as the Seaboard Air Line Railway it is I therefore
ORDERED That Rule Number One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission shall apply to the several lines of railroad above named and that rates charged for the transporta tion of freight over said lines or any part thereof in this State shall be i computed upon a continuous mileage basis as upon a single line of railroad and on and after November 10th 1900 there shall be charged for the transportation of freight over said lines of railroad in this State no more than the rates prescribed for railroads in Class Number Four of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads in which class said Seaboard Air Line Railway is hereby placed which rates are as follows
FeeightClass No 4On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L I 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 Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Amendment of Freight Rule No 23
The first paragraph of Rule Number Twentythree of the Rules Govenfing the Transportation of Freight of this Commission is hereby amended so as to read as follows
A ton of all articles enumerated in the Commisssoners Classification except scrap iron is 2000 pounds A ton of scrap iron is 2240 pounds A carload of any article is ten tons unless otherwise specified Where a shipment weighs more than the minimum carload weight prescribed a proportionate by higher rate may be charged A carload of wood is ten cords whether green or dry 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 is greater than the aggregate of the miniI mum 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 j the actual weight of the lumber But if the total weight of such ship ment 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
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Classification
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
CR OR
Phosphate fruit beverage ready for use and not fountain j uiees extracts etc in barrels or kegs
Furniture viz
Mattresses woven wire or spring beds C L minimum 12000 lbs
Same L C L in packages of six or more
Same in packages of less than six
Houses Portable L 3 L 1
Same C L
Herbs and Roots value not over 10 cents per lb L C L
Same C L
Locomotives and tenders including tram engines moved by their own power owner to furnish fuel and crew owner also to furnish pilot where rate amounts to 1000 or less carrier to furnish pilot where charge exceeds 1000 20 cents per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 400 maximum charge allowed 6000
Onions in barrels or sacks
Pipe Stove side seams not closed nested and wired or crated O R of rust L C L
Syrup in barrels half barrels kegs or hhds K
B
3 2
4 6 4 6
3
R
6
4
This Circular shall be effective on and after November 10th 1900 Everything in conflict hereby repealed
By order of the Board J D MASSEY Secretary
T C CRENSHAW Chairman
Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga December 1 1900
T C Crenshaw Chairman
Spencer R Atkinson
J Pope Brown
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 283
Passenger Tariff of the Georgia Pine Railway Company of Ceorgia
Notice is hereby given that this Commission did on November 16th 1900 make the following order which was immediately served upon the I parties at interest
Ordered That the Georgia Pine Railway Company of Georgia be and the same is hereby placed in Class A of the Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff and on and after December 1st 1900 will be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than three 3 cents I per mile
Application of Rule Number One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight to the Chattanooga Durham Railroad as a Part of the Chattanooga Rome Southern Railroad
Notice is hereby given that the Railroad Commission did on November 25th 1900 upon satisfactory evidence that the two railroads above named were controlled and operated by one and the same company issue the following order
Ordered That the Chattanaoga Durham Railroad be reclassified so as to place it in the same class as the Chattanooga Rome Southern Railroad and that the said two lines be hereafter treated as constituting but one and the same railroad Let the Secretary so state in the forthcoming Report of Lthe Commission and send a copy hereof to the president of the Chattanooga Rome Southern Railroad
This order to be effective on and after December 15th 1900

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Classification
The following amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
C R OB
Onions in sacks L C L 5
Same in barrels or crates 6
Same in barels crates boxes or sacks or in bulk 6
Onion sets same as onions
This Circular except as otherwise specified to be in effect on and after December 15th 1900 Everything in conflict herewith repealed
By order of the Board
J D MASSEY T C CRENSHAW
Secretary Chairman
COMMISSIONERS
RULES TARIFFS
AND
CLASSIFICATION
EMBRACING ALL CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS
TO DATE
OCTOBER 15 1900
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GENERAL RULES
KULE 1PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION
How to All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly bring comistinctly set forth the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and obplaint jections 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
Unless Otherwise expressly ordered upon the hearing of all causes which may hereafter come on to be heard before the Commission the respective parties shall present the testimony of their witnesses by affidavits in like manner as the same are now by law required to be submitted upon the hearing of applications for injunctions All affi
avits intended to be offered by either party shall be served upon the opposite party his counsel or agent having control of his case at least three days and all counter affidavits at least twelve hours before the day set for their hearing This rule of procedure will be varied only when in the exercise of sound discretion this Commission shall be of the opinion that a departure from its letter is necessary to the attainment of substantial justice
RULE 2MONTHLY REPORTS
Each Railroad Company doing business within the State of Georgia shall file in the office of the Commissioners on or before the 30th day of each month a report duly sworn of its earnings and expenses for the month preceding upon a printed form A required to and ajso the same time file in said office a repott of all orders rules rgulamonthly tions and circulars issued by the Commission during the preceding month accompareportB nied by a statement showing whether said orders rules regulations and circulars have been duly posted as required by the rules of the Commission and have been put in force on said road said report to be made on a printed form C as follows
FORM C
To
Secretary Railroad Commission of Georgia
Dear Sir
Your circular order Nobas 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
Yourstruly
of
R R 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 requrired to together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances post tariffs 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 CommisBioners and shall also be postd in the same manner as the above
RULE 4 Rates ap
The rates prescribed by the Commission shall except in cases specified apply in either direction
RULE 5
It shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Geor Roads re giato furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the jltrd to possession of said Railroad Company and a written transcript or copy of any paper in books pathe possession of said Railroad Company whch may appear to the Commission aspersetc necessary to aid them in the discharge of their duty
RULE 6
Railroad Companies are requred to submit to the Commission for inspection and Roajs re correction all contracts and agreements between railroads doing business in this State furnish0 as to rates of freight and passenger tarifis Also all arrangements and agreements as contracts to the divisions of earnings of railroads doing business in this State for inspection and e c consideration
RULE 7
The Commissioners reserve the right to suspend or modify the enforcement of any of Right to their rules regulations rates etc at discretion where in their opinion the condi Sc re tions are such that a strict enforcement of the same would work hardship or injustice served
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RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Fob Passengers Cents Pee Mile
Class A Class B 1 Class 0
Twelve years old and ever 3 4 5
Oyer fiye years and under twelye years of ape li 2 2

PASSENGER RULES
RULE 1
Amount of Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty
baggage al 150 pounds lowed
RULE 2
Sredto No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket be open for office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure timenable from a station of the train upon which the passenger intends to be transported
RULE 3
rateedUle At junction points where the incoming train arrives so near the leaving time of charged at the outgoing train that it is not practicable for a passenger to procure a ticket no more points11 than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged
RULE 4
Allowedto Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger fares collect if they shall make the necessary change to enable them to do so but if not no more mileage than the next lowest amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be chargei
RULE 5
Ten cents a jo railroad company shall be allowed tp Charge more than 10 cents as a minimum charge111 full or half rate between regular stations when the fare would be less than that amount
RULE 6
toappiy No more than standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged passengers from flag from flag stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale
stations
Tariff rate RULE 7
charged When in consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed rivaforde train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standard tram unf Passenger Tariff shall be charged certain
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RULE 8
Where a railroad company haa provided agents and offices ready and open foi Four cents the sale of tickets and passengers for want of proper diligence fail to supply them be selves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each pas whenpassenger twelve years oid and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over shows five years old and under twelve may be demanded and collected Provided Jiowever want of Offices at way stations may be closed one minute before the arrival of trains lgeiufeidl1
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 ol 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
No change can be made in ordinary or commutation rates without consent of Commission
All assent heretofore hereby withdrawn
Rule No 12 omitted
given railroad companies to use drawback tickets
is
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
All tickets must be on sale at depot office
No Drawback tickets allowed
Equal accommodations required to be furnished
Waiting rooms required to be opened and made comfortable
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Duty to bulletin delayed trains
Notice of obstruction and consequent delay given to passengers in car and in stations
Roads required to heat passenger coaches
RULE 15
Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one 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 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 railroad in this State which will delay any passenger train on said road it shall be the duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said passenger train and the place s obstructed and th conductor shall give notice of said obstruction to the passengers in the cars before leaving the station and of the delay that will probably be caused by the same
RULE 17
On all passenger trains in this State the railroads shall furnish safe and adequate heating appliances and shall keep the passenger coaches sufficiently warm to make the passengers comfortable whenever the weather is cold enough to make heating necessary or desirable to the passengers
EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF
For 20 miles and For all Baggage under Over 150 Founds 10 cents per 100
For 30 miles and over 20 15 it ti
It 40 tt tt U 30 20 a
tt 60 a a a 40 25 a a
tt 70 u tt a 60 30 a tt
tt 80 a a 70 ti tt
90 tt it a 80 40 a tt
tt 100 tt a a 90 tt tt
a 110 a a 100 50 a tt
it 120 a a 110 tt tt
tt 130 tt a a 120 tt tt
a 140 it a a 130 60 tt tt
tt 150 a tt 6 140 65 tt u
tt 160 it tt a L50 70 tt tt
tt 170 t a a 160 tt a
ft 180 a a 170 80 a tt
tt 190 tt tt a 180 85 tt n
a 200 tt tt u 190 90 tt tt
a 210 a a a 200 95 u tt
tt 220 a tt a 210 100 a a
230 a n a 220 105 tt tt
a 240 u a a 230 110 tt tt
i 260 it a a 240 115 a tt
tt 290 tt a a 260 120 tt a
u 320 tt a a 290 125 t 1
a 350 u a a 320 130 tt tt
a 400 a a a 350 135 it tt
tt 450 tt a a 400 140 tt tt
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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RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT
RULE 1
All connecting railroads which are under the management or control by lease own Continuous ership or otherwise of one and the same company and all connecting railroads a piyon majority of whose stock is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by one of unVersame the conm cting lines shall for the purpose of transportation in applying this tariff be manageconsidered 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 hat each of said roads has a separate Board of Directors shall not preventthe 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 Limit for a longer and shorter distances Five 5 miles has accordingly been fixed as the limit of
for a change of freight rates for all distances less than one hundred 100 miles and rate 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 follow ing rule will apply When the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so Gf rate ending shall govern the rate As amended August 151888 toSstance
Illustration For a distance of 27 miles charge for 25 miles for a distance of 28 miles charge for 30 miles
RULE 4
When freight is transported any distance greater than one hundred 100 miles if the mileage does not end in 0 the next ten 10 mile group above shall govern the rate
Illustration For 121 miles charge for 130
RULE 5
For distances under 20 or over 250 miles a reduction of rates may be made without making a change at all stations short of 250 miles Provided however That when any railroad shall make a reduction of rates for distances over 250 miles the same shall pply 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
The freight rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not
transcended by the railroads They may carry however at less than the prescribed No unjust rates provided that if they carry for less for one person they shall for the like service nation in carry for the same lessened rate for all persons except as mentioned hereafter and if rates 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
Reduction of rates under 20 miles and over 250 miles
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allowedto6 wben there are between any two points in this State two or more competing roads
adopt the nt under the same management or in the same system then the longer line or lines in rate ne orer t said points the benefit of competition may reduce the rates between said I two points below the Standard Tariff without making a corresponding reduction at all j stations along the lines of the said road or when a rate on cotton is made to a seaport out of the State which is less than the rate from the same point to the Georgia port the railroads shall be authorized to meet the said competitive rate in like manner as aforesaid Provided that before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be submitted to and approved by the Commission
Freight charges on passenger trains
RULE 7
The rates charged for freight service by regular passenger trains may be one and a half times that for freight by ordinary freight trains provided that this rule has no application to freight carried by Express Companies
RULE 8
Railroads
not allowed IN o railroad company shall by reason of any contract with any express or other
freight on company decline or refuse to act as a common carrier to transport any article proper for
passenger transportation by the train for which it is offered trams
RULE 9
minimum Railroad companies may collect twentyfive 25 cents as a minimum charge on a charge single shipment however small subject however to Pule No 30
RULE 10
Blockades t i
forbidden No railroad company doing business in this State shall permit a blockade of any 11 class of freights on account of any arrangement existing between it and other railroad companies as to the transportation of freight according to percentages or otherwise
RULE 11
dimtionof bere shall be no secret reduction of rates nor shall any bonus be given or any rates for rebate paid to any person but the rates shall be uniform to all and public
bidden e
RULE 12
Roads al The rates specified for Ores Sand Clay Rough Stone Common Brick Bone Lum I reducecer ber ShinSles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Syrup Sugar Cane Straw Shucks tain rates Hay Fodder Corn in ear TanBark Turpentine Rosin Tar Household Goods are tionSCre maximum rates but the roads are left free to reduce them at discretion and all such rates are exempted from the operation of Rule 6 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 to When railroad companies are required to load or unload car load shipments ol
unload d 01asse L N 0 and p or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost of such service shall be paid by shippers
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RULE 14
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as fol for extra lows viz handling
Under 2000 pounds no extra charge for handling
For 2000 pounds and under 3000 pounds 3 00
For 3000 41 4000 pounds 5 00
For 4000 it 5000 pounds 7 00
For 5000 it 6000 pounds 8 00
For 6000 it 7000 pounds 10 00
For 7000 and over in proportion
RULE 16
FertilizersThis term embraces the following and like articles when intended fo Definition be used as Fertilizers Ammonia Sulphate Bone Black Bones ground or dissolved FertuCastor Pomace or Fish Scrap Guanos Alto Vella Fish Navarro Navarro Lump Peru zer
I rian Soluble Pacific Nitrate Cake Piaster of Paris PotashGerman Salts of Muriate I of Sulphate ofSalt Oaker South Carolina Lumn and Ground Phosphate SodaNitrate j of and Sulphate ofTank Stuff Kainit and Cotton Seed Meal etc
RULE 16
Vehicles designed for transportation at carriers risk must be properly protected by Vehicles the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire properly weather chafing or other injury protected
RULE 17
In no case shall the amount collected on a less than carload shipment exceed the charge for j c barge per carload for the same class of goods Whenever under the Commissioners rments I t ariff a carload rate figures a higher rate per hundred pounds than the prescribed less not exceed t han carload rate on the same class of freight a rate as great as but not greater than c Lshipthe less than carload rate per hundred pounds may be charged ments etc
Rule 18
Railroad companies are not required to receive cotton or other merchandise and Goods warehouse the same unless the articles offered are in good shipping condition wellpre properly j pared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligible plain marking and accom prepared j panied with orders for immediate shipping In all cases where goods are tendered for mentand
I shipment which are so packed as to render it impracticable for the carrier to ascertain f 4V packages
me contents of such package the carrier may refuse to receive the same for trans correctly
porlation unless the cor signor upon demand shall furnish correct statements of theStated contents
J RULE 19
Cab Load Rates apply to a shipment of car load or more made by one shipper at When car
I one time to one and the same point of delivery to the same consignee although the lead rates same may in fact be carried by the transportation company to the point of delivery apply j 1 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
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Manner of applying percentage
Bulky shipments subject to special contract
What constitutes a car load and also a ton shipments of lapped lumberetc
ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
RULE 20
Lumber Coal Lime find 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 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
Per 1000 Feet
White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned 3XK lbs
White Pine and Poplar green4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash seasoned 4000
Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash gren4500
Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
seasoned and undressed3500
Yellow Pine Boards two inches and less
dressed and seasoned3000
Oak Hickory Elm seasoned4000
Oak Hickorv Elm Breen6000
Flooring and Ceiling matched and dre s
ed IK inches2500
Bevelled Weather Boards dressed1500
Hooppoles Staves and Head In a iry
carloads to depth of 50 inches24000 Pounds
Hooppoles Staves Heading green
WEIGHERS
carload to depth of 43 inches24000 Pounds
Shingles dry per 1000 40
Shinges green per 1000 500
Laths dry per 1000 475
Laths green per 1000 700
Tan Park dry per cord 2000
Tan Bark green per Cord 2600 V
Fence Posts and Rails and Telegraph
Poles per cord 3500
Clay per cubic yard 30GC
Sand per cubic yard3000 s
Gravel per cubic yard 320
Stone undressed per cubic foot 160
Lime p r bushel 80
Coal per bushel80
Coke per bushel 40
Portland Cement per barrel 400
Other Cements 300
ERTIFICATE
I eworn 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 waspounds that said car while being
weighed was disconnected except wherelumber 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 anv article is lowered by a percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall applvthe increase allowed to the reduced classification but in cases in which the classification of any article is raised by percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall not apply said increase to the already increased classification but only to the Standard Tariff
RULE 22 m
8When any article is too bulky to put in a box car it shall be subject to special contract
RULE 23
A ton of all articles enumerated in the Oommissioders Classification except scrap iron is 2000 pounds A ton of scrap iron is 2240 pounds A carload of any article is ten tons unless otherwise specified Where a shipment weighs more than the minimum carload weight prescribed a proportionately higher rate may be charged A carload of wood is ten cords whether gren or dry A carload of lumber and alll articles embraced in lumber is 24000 pounds When lumber is loaded in 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 ot 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
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 tne railroad companies are left free to charge for the excess at a rate that will effectually stop practice fraught withso much danger to life and property
RULE 24
fFor rules governing demurrage and storage see Demurrage Rules
RULE 25
A charge of no more than two dollars per car will be allowed for switching or transferring a car from any point on any road to any connecting road or warehouse within a snate of three miles bom starting point without regard to weight or contents
When in the transfer of a Car between siid points it is necessary to pass over the lines of any intermediate road or roads the maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the roads at interest
When a charge is made for the transfer of loaded cars between said points no additional charge shall be made forthe return of the empty cars
RULE 26
The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company for any purpose without the consent of the owners
RU LE 2
All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this State shall fpctive all freight offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for from thd dot of April to the first of October between the hours of 7 oclock a m and 6 oclock 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 he 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 rgents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 oclock a m or later than 6 oclock f m if they so desire
RULE 28
Railroad companies whose lines of road do not exceed ten 10 miles in length may charge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles
RULE 29
All joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or control excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 mum be made only by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or rates anu su mitted to the Commission by the initial road with a carefully prepared tariff 1 rates nd distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the Commission
Charge for switching or transferring cars when passing over two or more roads
Empties to be returnd free
Terminal lacilities not to be used by other companies
Time for opening and closing freight depots
Short roads come within tenmile limit
Joint rate made by agreement
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Joint rates shall be sum of locals less 10 per cent
Manner of dividing such rates between the companies
Refunding
over
charges
Railroad
companies
required to
deliver
cars to
connecting
roads
Also shall receive cars from connecting roads
Not allowed to discriminate in rates iD favor of any particular line
Weighing
cars
RULE 30
On all shipments of freights not governed by Rule No 1 originating and terminating in this State which shall pass over the whole or portions of two or more roads not under the same control the maximum rate charged on such shipments shall not be greater than the sum of the local rates on such freights less ten 10 per cent for the distance hauled over each road The total rate thus ascertained on such freights from the point of shipment to the point of destination shall be divided in such propo tions between the roads over which such freights pass so as to give to each road interested in the shipment its local rate less ten 10 per cent for the distance such shipment is hauled
Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prevent the total of any Joint Rate made under this Rule from being divided in such proportions between the roads interested in the same as they may agree upon but a failure to so agree between the roads interested shall in no way affect the total Joint Rate to be charged and collected on or work delay in the transportation of such freight or be a subject of appeal to the Coumnssioa by the roads at interest
RULE 31
All overcharges on freight by any railroad in this State shall be settled witlrn thirty days after demand by consignee or person paying the freight upon the ag t at the delivering depot
Whenever an overcharge on freight has been made on a shipment over two or more railroads or any parts of two or more roads it shall be settled by the delivering road of the overcharge is made on a shipment to a flag station then the demand to bemade 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 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 gjhall discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in fator 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 cus tomary facilities for the interchange of freight to patrons of eachand all lines alike
RULE 33
The railroads in this State within thirty days from September 15th 1893 shall cause to he 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 aftd weights reported to this office
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RULE 34
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 shali 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 shipment 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
RULE 35
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 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
Shall re I ceive and 5 receipt for I shipment 1 and issue I duplicate f freight re j ceipts
Notice of change in rates
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How to apply the Standard Tariff
Definition
ofjterms
Rules for j computing fractions when applied to standard Tariff
EXPLANATORY NOTES
In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff for distances over 100 miles under the class opposite the distance if it ends in O and if not then opposite the next greater distance will be found the rate required For distances under 100 miles when the mileage does not end in 0 or 5 the nearest mileage so ending shall govern the rate Examples To find the rate for 241 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 if for 42 miles the rate for 40 miles would apply if for 43 miles the rate for 45 miles would apply
2 CHARACTERS
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
6 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class
1 represents 1 times First Class
D 1 represents Double First Class
8 T 1 represents Three Times First Class
8 Articles not enumerated will
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
be classed with similar or analogous articles
4 To ascertain the rates allowed any company or any class apply the percentage 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 7J cents equal 38 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate allowed for 50 miles
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
6 When any rate in any Class in the Standard Tariff is raised or lowered by a per cent the following rules must be observed
j lFirstIn computing rates on classes in which fractions occur in the Standard Tariff fractions less than half but as much as a quarter of a cent are to be estimated as half a cent Fractions over half but less than threefourths of a cent to be estimated as half a cent Fractions three quarters and over to be KBf estimated as one cent Fractions less than quarter of a cent to he omitted as urn the followingexamples will indicate
Sx 1Standard Rate 65
25 per cent added 16
Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate
of 8 cents
Ex 2Standard Rate Q5
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
96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 95 cents
55 13
Total
Hk 4Standard Rate
25 per cent added
Total 68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the de
sired rate is 7 cents
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icondIf 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 Bate 17
20 per cent added 34
Total 204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20
cents
Ex 2Standard Bate 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 ntanrlard othw
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 guage roads to broad guage roads under like conditions will be allowed a transfer charge subject to note six of the Explanatory Notes o this Commission t
8 Wherever in the Commissioners Classification articles are designated as without
percentage said articles shall take no higher rate than is prescribed by the s tandard 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
9 In cases where th roads at interest have no agreement for the division of a joint rate on a shipment subject to Rule No 30 no road shall receive as its proportion of such rate a greater amount than its local rate less ten per cent In other words no railroad participating in a joint rate in this State shall take advantage of reductions made by
other lines interested by assessing its full local rate but must deduct ten per cent from its local as in other cases
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC I
No change j
in depots i
EirstNo station or agency now or which may be hereafter established upon the I
line of any railroad in this State shall be discontinued or abolished by the authorities theonsent J of any such railroad without first obtaining the consent of this Commission thereto mission
SecondApplication for the location of depots and the construction of depot Borismust buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed he accom 3
for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby full infor I
mation
ThirdA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said Correct 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 to other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also her of pas s 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 siness road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the quired Commissioners may intelligently comply with the law making it their duty to require the location of such depots and the establishing of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the roads the safety of freights and the public comfort and convenience may require

Manner of I ascertain ing rating I of Live Stock
Estimated weight of Livestock
Maximum
valuations
Special valuations
Mixed shipments
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Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
The weights given below are estimated and not actual They are used simply to get the rating on live stock in the absence of actual weights and the classification tariffs etc apply thereto the same as to actual weights
Each
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 except Stallions 1000 lbs
Shetland Ponies any age1000 lbs
JCiAOHi
Cow and calf together for bnth2500 lbs Cattle under one year old ex
cept Bulls 1000 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 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 maxima valuations
Horses and Mules not over120 00 each
Homed Cattle not over 50 00 each
Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over 150 00 pnrh
Fat Hogs and Fat Calves not over15 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
Mixd shipment of Cattle Hogs Lambs etc will be taken in car loads at car load rates for cattle but carrier will be released from damage to animals caused by their own acts or to each other and from escape if not haltered suffocation exhaustion from
heat or cold
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
The word calves used in these Rules and Regulations iaipplies 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 clasa
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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 feedand j 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 car cars to be ried free to point of destination of consignment on the train with the Stock to care for j
the same Four to seven cars inclusive belonging to one owner two men in charge attendant and eight cars or more belonging to one owner three men in charge which number is ree the maximum number of attendants that will be carried free for one shipment
Return transportation not given to owners agents or attendants
Estimated Weights of Canned Goods
1 Fish Fruit Vegetables and Oysters N O S boxed
2J4 pounds 2 doz cans per case 60 pounds

VA
flat
gallon can
Tall 1 pound cans2 2 2
1 4
70
36
22
42
42
65
65
45 90 24 50
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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 togelher with the weight and amount of freight charges due thereon and togive when goods or freight of any kind in carload quantities arrive said notice must contain Promno 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 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 giyen 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 consigneee is personally served with notice of the arrival of freight free time begins at tenno oclock a m on the day after such notice has been given Constructive notice referred to consists oi 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 m Rules 3 and 4 to he 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 notioe then no demurrage charges shall be made until after legal notice as above specified is given
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RULE 3
charge on All package freight unloaded in depot or warehouse which is not removed by the owner IfeebthtP thereot from the custody of the railroad company within fortyeight 48 hours not includtkfterexpi ing Sundays or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m of the day following the imit 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 pound
per day
Charge on Provided That in no case shall the amount collected for storage of a less than carload iarioadnot kipment exceed the amount anthorized to be charged as storage or demurrage on a carlo exceed oa similar freight for the same length of time when not unloaded from car as provided rate on by the Demurrage Rules farload RULE 4
Demurrage Loaded cars which by Rule 13 of the Commission or by consent and agreement between ars how the railroad and consignee that are to be unloaded by consignee such as bulk meat bulk assessable grajn hay cottonseed lumber lime coal coke sand brick stone and wood and all car 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 place 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 posses sion of the railroad company it being understood that said car or cars are to be placed ano 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 consignee shall receive four or more cars during any one day loaded with lumber laths shingles wood coaly 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
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
Shipments to consignors or order
RULE 5 A
refilledhy tL0 consignee shall refuse to accept freight tendered in pursuance of the bill off
consignees lading the carrier charged with he duty of delivery may give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal and if he shall not within three days thereafter give direction for the reshipment or unloading of such goods he shall thenceforth become liable to such carrier for demurrage upon the car or cars in which they are stored to the same extent and at the same rate as such charges are now under like circumstances by the rules of this Commission imposed upon consignees who neglect or reruse after notice of arrival to remove freight ot like character from the cars of a carrier
il
Shipper to be paid when road fails to deliver within limit of time
Not assessable during inclement weather
A consignee who has once refused to accept a consignment ot goods shall not thereafter he entitled to receive the same except upon payment of all charges for demurrage w ic would otherwise have accrued
EULE 6
A consignee living more than five miles frtm the depot and whose freight is destined his residence or place of business so located shall not be subject to storage or demurrage charges allowed in the above rules until a suflicient time has elapsed after notice for said pot 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 ex tottafey pense of owner if same is not removed before demurrage charges attach
EULE 8
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights atthe depot or to place loaded cars at an accessible place for nnloading within fortyeight 48 hour not including Sunday or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m the day after the arrival of the same the shipper or consignee shall he paid one dollar per day for each day said delivery is so delayed
EULE 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
EULE 10
Railroads shall not discriminate between persons or places in storage or demurrage No djg charges If a railroad company collects storage or demurrage of one person under the de criminamurrage rules it must collect of all who are liable No rebate drawback or other similar charges
device will be allowed tween per
If demurrage is collected by a railroad company at one point on its line it must collect at msor all places on its line of those liable under the rules of this commission Provided That this rule shall not apply to package freight received in less than carload lots and unloaded in depots and warehouses Provided further That the Commission shall hear and grant applications to suspend the operation of this rule whenever justice shall demand this course
EULE 11
Cars detaindd 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 immediately issue bills of lading therefor and if said car or cars are detained or held and not carried forward within twentyfour 24 hours thereafter 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 are thus detained or held
RULE 12
No other charges shall be made for storage or demurrage except as provided in the foregoing rules
Improper directions and excessive loading
Cars must be promptly forwarded
FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSES
AND
CLASSIFED 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 X Iff 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 0 the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classe 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
0n Lime and Ice Class L 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
0n 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 the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent addad
On classes C D I 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 Commissioners Standard 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
Alabama Great Southern
Georgia Railroad
Class No 2 Atlanta and West Point
Class No 3
Plant System all lines
Class No 4
Central System all lines except Savannah and Atlantic
Chattanooga Rome and Southern
East and West
Georgia Southern and Florida
Hartwell
Class No 5
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Gainesville Jeiierson and Southern
No of Roads 4
Lexington Terminal Western and Atlantic
No of Roads 1
No of Roads 1
No of Roads 9
Lawrenceville
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway all lines except between Augusta and Tennille
Wrightsville and Tennille
No of Roads 4
Smithonia and Dunlap
Talbotton
Class No 6
Albany and Northern
Atlantic Valdosta and Western
Bruton and Pineora
Charleston and Western Carolina Chattanooga Southern
City and Suburban
Collins and Reidsville
Darien and Western
Dooly Southern
Flovila and Indian Springs
Eoy Railroad
Georgia Northern
Georgia Pine Railway
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Louisville and Wadley
Macon and Birmingham
Macon Dublin Savannah
No of Roads 33
Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff
Millen and Southwestern
Nashville and Sparks
Offerman and Western
Sandersville
Savannah and Statesboro
Southern Railway between Augusta and Tennille only
South Georgia
Sparks Moultrie and Gulf
Stillmore AirLine
Tallulah Falls
Tifton and Northeastern
Tifton Thomasville and Gulf
Valdosta Southern
Wadley and Mt Vernon
Waycross AirLine
Class No 7 No of Roads 2 Dover and Statesboro Sylvania
On Stone Granite and Marble blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlet tered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L Class P with 25 per cent added On same L C L of 6 All subject to Rule No 30
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
PER 100 POUNDS Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per 100 Lbs
Dis tance I 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D F G H
Miles Cts Ots 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 2 8
I 10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 M 5 9 IH 3 10
i5 18 16 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 5 11 12 34 12
120 20 18 16 14 12 10 10 10 7 6 12 14 5 14
25 22 20 18 16 13 n 11 11 n 6 13 15 5 16
30 24 21 19 17 14 li 11 11 n i 14 15 6 17
35 26 23 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 7 15 16 6 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 6f 21
J50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 Si 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 8 19 18 7 24
65 35 32 28 25 20 15 15 15 9 9 20 19 74 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 39 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 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21 8 29
95 44 39 34 30 23 18 18 18 IH 11 23 23 8 30
too 45 40 35 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 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 9 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 9 38
190 68 58 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 9 39
1200 70 60 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 94 40
210 71 62 51 4l 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
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 io 44
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 io 45
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 10 46
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 io 46
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 io 47
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 io 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 11 50
370 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 11 50
380 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 11 52
390 88 76 61 51 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 11 54
430 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 43 52 m 54
440 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 11 56
450 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 11 56
460 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 12 56
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STANDARD FREIGHT TARIFFCLASSES
RJ 3er 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 5 55 85 7 50 9 00 6 00 1
20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 6
25 14 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
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 Si
50 I 19 8 90 1 20 14 OO 13 OO IO OO 9
55 1 20 8 95 1 25 14 00 14 00 10 00 9
go 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 9f 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 9 1 15 1 55 17 50 17 00 13 00 12
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 27 101 1 30 1 90 23 00 18 00 15 00 16
130 28 lof 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
18 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 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 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
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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DIRECTIONS FOR COMPUTING RATES
For the benefit of those who may not be familiar with the subject the following directions are given for the computation of rates from the Classification and Tariff of the Commission contained in this volume
This can best be done by an actual exampleTake for instance a I shipment of dry goods weighing 500 pounds from Savannah to Tennille I Ga That town being on the line of the Central of Georgia Railway we turn to the distance tables of that company on page 80 where the distance from Savannah to Tennille is shown to be 135 miles At the top of the page it will be noticed that the Central of Georgia Railway is in Freight j Class No 4 and that reference is made to page No 45 Turning to page 45 a classified list of railroads in Georgia is found the Central being in I Class No 4 and on the opposite page No44 we find that on several classes of freight all roads in Class 4 are allowed to add 25 per cent to rates I shown in the Standard Tariff
Now turn to the Classification which begins on page 49 arranged in alphabetical order and under the head of D it will be seen that Dry Goods are in firstclass Turn to the Standard Tariff page 46 and follow down the first column which shows the miles There being no distance of 135 shown the next highest distance governs and opposite 140 miles in the next column this being the column for firstclass the rate is seen to be 57 cents per 100 pounds The road being allowed to add 25 per cent to this class and 25 percent of 57 cents being 14 cents we find by adding j the 57 and 14 together that the maximum rate is 71 cents per 100 pounds or on the 500 pound shipment 355
JOINT SHIPMENT OF SEVERAL RAILROADS
Where a shipment passes over two or more roads proceed exactly in the same manner and ascertain the rate for the distance hauled over each road I separately and having done this add together these several rates thus ascertained and deduct from the total ten per cent of the amount and the remainder will be the net maximum rate to be collected As an example suppose j that a shipment passes over a part of three different roads and the rate for the first is 150 the next 285 and the third 4 20 The total is 855 and onetenth of that sum is 85J cents or 86 cents which subtracted from the total of 855 leaves a net maximum joint rate of 769 on the shipment
A careful readingof all the rules will be of very great assistance Especial reference is made to Freight Rules Nos 1 2 3 and 4 page 29 to Rules 20 21 and 23 page 32 to Rule 30 page 34 and to the Explanatory i Notes beginning on page 36
The Classification and Distance Tables being arranged in alphabetical order any particular article of freight or the distance table of any particular railroad may be easily found The Index in the back of this Report will enable one to find readily any Rule Tariff etc desired
NoteWhile for convenience the Distance Tables show distances to j some towms and cities outside of this State it will be borne in mind that jj the rates shown in this Report apply only to shipments which originate and terminate in Georgia as shipments passing from one State to another constitute interstate commerce over which the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington D O alone has jurisdiction
CLASSIFICATION of the
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Supersedes Classification Contained in 27th Report and all Amendments Thereof
C R
Agricultural Implements C L
not less than 20000 pounds owners to load and unload
Agricultural Implements LCL as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed
Cradles Grain set up il
Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed
Crushers Corn or Cob
Cultivators K D packed
Cultivators set up 3 T 1
Cutters Ensilage Straw and
Hay set up 1
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 3
Dusters Bran set up 3 T 1
Dusters Bran K D packed 2
Elevators Hay 1
Evaporators Fruit r 1
Evaporators Sugar D 1
Fans Grainsee MillsFanning Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin 2
Forks Hay and Manure 3
Furnaces Evaporator 1
Gins Cotton 2
Guano Horns tin N O S D 1
Guano Horns tin crated
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 11
O R Incubators L C L K D and G R
packed or crated 1
6 Same min CL weight 15000
lbs Hullers Cotton Seed and Clo 3
ver n
Knives Hay packed 2
D 1 Machines Hemp
Machines Smut 3
2 MachinesNOSSee Machines
4 Machines Mowing and Reap
2 ing Binders and Harvest
D Is ers whether combined or
1 1 separate K D L C L 2
and partly boxed C L 20
000 pounds Machines Mowing and Reap 4
ing Binders and Harvesters whether combined or sep
2 aratedsetup H
4 Mattocks packed 5
D 1 Mattocks in bundles 3
Purifiers Middlings 3 T 1
Mills Burr stone Portable Mills Cider 3
1 1 4
n Mills Corn and Hominy 3
Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Cane and Sorghum 5
3 Mills Fanning set up 3 T 1
Mills Fanning R D 1
Mills with Trains Sugar 3 1
3 Mills N O S 2
Mowing and Reaping Ma
3 chines Binders and Har
4 vesters whether combined
or separate K D L C L and partly boxed C L 20 2
000 pounds Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Har 4
3 vesters whether combined
or separate set up
V Mowers Lawn 1
OR
D 1
1 D 1
50
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Pans Sugar Same as Evaporators Sugar
Planters Corn and Cotton K
D in bundles or boxes Planters Corn and Cotton set
up
Plow Handles and other Wood in shape for Implements boxed crated or bundled Plow Irons and Mold Boards over 20 pounds each
Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel same as Bar Iron
Plows Gang and Sulky
Plpws set up N O S
Plows Disc entirely of metal
K D
Plows N 0 S K D
Presses Cider
Presses Hay and Cotton set
up
Presses Hay and Cotton K D
Presses N 0 S
Pruners Tree in bundles Bakes Hand in bundles
Bakes Horse set up
Same K D and well packed Boilers Field and Boad
Boilers Sugar
Scrapers Boad 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 SpreadersManureKDboxed
Threshers
Trains Sugar
Wheelbarrows Iron
Wheelbarrows Bailroad Wheelbarrows Wood set up Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled
A
Accoutrements Military
Acids N O S
Acids Cdrbolic
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 Aoid Sulphuric in tank cars Alcohol same as Liquor
Ale see Beer
Alman cs and Trade Circulars same as Printed Matter Alum in barrels or casks
U K O K J K
Alum N 0 S 4
Ammonia Sulphate of same
as Fertilizers
2 3 Ammonia Waters 5
Ammonia Water Casks re
n 1 turned empty 6
Ammunition N 0 S 1
Anchors 5
4 5 Antimony Crude s 3
Antimony Metal 4
4 Anvils 5
Apples green See Fruit
Apples dried See Fruit dried
Apple Butter See Butter
3 T 1 D 1 Argols in boxes bbls or casks 4
1 2 Arsenic crude in kegs boxes
or barrels 3
of6 Asbestos in boxes kegs bags
4 or bales L C L 2
4 Asbestos in barrels or casks
L C L 6
D 1 Asbestos in bbls or casks CL L
4 5 Asbestos Cement L C L 4
2 Asbestos Cement C L L
1 Asbestos Ore L C L 4
3 Asbestos Ore C L L
H 1 Asbestos Packing in rolls or
3 cases L C L 3
3 5 Asbestos Packing 0 L 6
3 5 Asbestos Booting in rolls or
3 4 cases L C L 4
1 Asbestos Booting C L L
2 Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed
i 2 See Cotton Seed
Ashes Wood B
i 2 Asphaltum packed L C L 6
3 Asphaltum C L A
n 1 Axes 5
2 Axles and Wheels Car See
1 Iron Bar Band etc
3 T 1 D1 Axles Carriage and Wagon
3 See Iron Bar Band etc
1 1 A xle Grease See Grease
D 1 B
Babbitt Metal 4
3 Bacon See Meats
Baggage Army 1
1 Baggage Personal Effects in
D 1 Trunks 1
4 Bagging in rolls or bales
3 N 0 S B
Bagging Oil Press
D1 2 Bags Burlap 6
Bags Cotton for Flour 6
2 4 Bags Gunny 6
3 6 Bags Paper 6
6 Bags Traveling S 1
Baking Powders See Powder
Bale Bope 5
Balusters See Wood W ork
Bananas See Oranges etc
6 under Fruit
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51
c R
Band and Hat Boxes See Boxes
Barilla t 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
24000 lbs P
Barrel and Box Material LCL 6
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty except Ale and Beer
L C L Class R plus 20 per cent
Same in car loads of 10000 lbs P Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beerestimated 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 nested 4 T 1
Barytes L C L 6
Barytes C L P
Base Balls and Bats 1
Baskets N O S D 1
BasketsFruit SeeBoxesFruit
Baskets nested 1
Baskets Cotton Patent combination of cloth and wood knocked down and packed
together 6
Baskets Grate see Iron
Bath Boilers See Boilers
Bath Tubs see Tubs
Batting Cotton in lots of 100 bales of 0 pounds each 6
Batting N O S See Cotton Bauxite Ore same as Clay
Beams See Spools
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 Canned Goods
Beef see Meats
Beer and Ale in woodestimated weights bbl 350 lbs i bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100
O
R
C R
lbs eighth bbl501bs 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
Ber 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 See Boxes
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 v 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
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 Pulley see Pulley
Blocks
BlockSj Shuttle rough 3
Blpeing 1
Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue Boards Binders see Binders Boards
BoatsCommonwooden LCL BoatsCommon wooden when flatcars are required C L
O R 4
E
4
E
4
E
1
1
D l 5
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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 minimum weight 10000 pounds to each car
0 R 4T 1
2
2
Boats Row CL min weight
20000 pounds
Boats Steam Yachts min
weight 10000 lbs 2
Bobbins packed 4
Boilers Bath and Range 1
Boilers See Machinery
Bolts See Iron
Boneblack 3
Bones and Bone Dust See Fertiliz jrs
Bonnets same as Dry Goods
Book Cases Iron l
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 Baskets CL not less than 20000 lbs to
be charged for R
Baskets fruit berry and vegetable nested and packed solid either in cases or securely fastened LC L 2
Boxes Fruit L C L 1
Boxes Cigar empty packed D 1 BoxesCrackeremptyreturned 5 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 KD packed 2
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2
Boxes Tobacco empty
Boxes Vehicles See Vehicle Material
Brackets Insulator See Telegraph
Brackets Wood N O S fin
3
5
E
D 1
ished and boxed
Brackets Wood in white made
of pine or other wood
Brandy See Liquors
Bran L C L
Bran C L 25000 lbs
Brass N O S in boxes barrels or casks
Brass Bedsteads packed
Brass Bearings in boxes barrels or casks
Brass Flues v
Brass Scrap loose
Brass Scrap packed
Byass Val ves boxed
Brass Vessels in boxes barrels
or casks
Bread
Brick Common and Fire See
Rule 12 C L 40000 lbs
Brick Common and Fire L
C L
Brick Bath
Brick Machines See Machinery Brimstone Same as Sulphur
Bristlesi
Britannia Ware
Broom Corn pressed in Bales
L C L
Broom Corn pressed in Bales min C L 14000 lbs
Broom Corn and Broom Handles C L mixed 14000 lbs
charged for
Brooms any quantity
Brushes
Buckets N O S same as
Wooden Ware
Buckets Goal
Buckets Well
Bucks Saw see Sawbucks Buckwheat Flour i
Buggies See Vehicles
Bungs
Burial Cases See Coffins
Burlaps
Burning Fluid
Burr Blocks finished
Burr Blocks rough
Butter Butterine and Oleo
margerine in cans
Butter Butterine and Oleomafgerine in kegs firkins buckets pails boxes and
tubs
Butter Apple and other Fruits in wood
C R 3
O
3
1
1
4
6
3
6
n
4
5
1
5
4
c
Cabbages packed 3
td I1 I1 OsQ hj osto OS Ol to to to MhI
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53
C R
Cabbages loose C L 3
Cabinet Ware See Furniture Cages Bird boxed 3T1
Cages Bird KDnested pkd D 1 Cake Nitre See Nitre
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed
Cake Salt See Salt
Calcicake 5
Calicoes 6
Camphene 1
Camphor 1
Candles boxed 4
Candy See Confectionery
Cane Seed See Seed
Cane Sugar See Sugar Cane
Canned Beef packed 4
Canned Goods N O S 4
Canned Vegetables See Fruit
Cannon 1
Cans empty N O S 3 T 1
Cans Glass See Glass
Cans Paper crated 1
Cans tin empty NOS racked or boxed or in jackets
L C L 1
Cans tin empty to be used for paints and oils minimum
weight 20000 lbs
Cans Fruit and Syrup tin in bulk C L min weight
15000 lbs
Same entirely boxed or crated C L min 15
000 lbs
Same L C L
Cans Tobacco empty 1
Caps and Hats 1
Caps Percussion 1
Caps Hay See Agricultural Implements
Capstans 3
CarbonsElectric Lightpackd
L C L 2
Carbons Electric Light pckd
v U t O
Carboys see Glass
Card Clothing See Clothing Cards 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
Car mileage freight f of a cent per mile
Car mileage passenger 3 cents per mile
Carrara Same as White Lead
o R 6
2
4
5
5
3
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 lbs5
Cars Hand Lever or Crank for railway use viz
S TL L C L 1
S IT C L minimum weight
20000 lbs 5
K DL C L 2
K D released CL
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 owners
and 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 cars 2c per mile
Coaches baggage mail and expr
cars 20c per mile
Box cab stock or
tank cars10c per mile
Coal gondola or
dump cars7c 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 tenders ineludng tram engs moved by their own pwr owner to furnish fuel and crew owner also to furnish pilot where rate amounts to 10 or less carrier to furnish pilot where charge exceeds 10 20c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 400 maximum charge
o R
6
5
4
6
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
cR
allowed 6000
Locomotives and tenders including tram engs dead connectg rods and small parts liable to be damaged to be taken oft and boxed 25c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 500 maximum charge allowed 5000
Locomotives and tenders including tram engns loaded wholly on flat cars owner to load and unload otherwise
subject to Rule 1430c per 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 lbs 4
Cartridges Metallic 1
Carts Hand See Vehicles Cases and Crates Egg See Boxes
Cases Show See Show Cases Cash Registers See Registers Casing Window See Wood
work
Casks Iron Ammonia Water Naphtha etc returned ety 6
Cassia 3
Castings Iron See Iron
Castings Plaster D 1
Castor Pomace Same as Fertilizers
Catsup in wood 4
Catsup in glass boxed 2
Cattle See Live Stock
Caustic Soda See Soda
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 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
0 t 5
Charcoal in barrels or casks
C L not less than 24000
lbs to be charged for O
Checks See Domestics
Cheese 4
o
R
5
ChertCL 30000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
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
Chufns
Cider and Vinegar in barrels
or kegs B
Cider in glass packed 2
Cider Mills and Presses See Agricultural Implements
Cigar Lighters 1
Cigars boxed and strapped or
corded and sealed 1
Cigars not packed as above not taken
Cigar Boxes See Boxes
Citron 2
Clay in boxes barrels or casks
L CL B
Clay C L See Rule 12 25000 lbs P
Clay Burnishing packed 5
Clay Fire L C L B
Clay Fire C L See Rule 12
25000 lbs
Clay German
Cleamers Cotton Seed See Agricultural Implements
Clocks boxed l
Clock Weights See weights Clothes Lines See Rope
Clothes Pins 2
Clothing i
Clothing Card i
Clothing Rubber and Rubber
Goods N O S l
Clover Seed See Seed
Coal and Coke L C L in
boxles barrels or bags L
Coal and Coke C L L
O R 5
NOTE
Coal RatesAll percentages now allowed Railroad Companies in this State on Coal and Coke in carload quantities are withdrawn and the said companies excepting the Western and Atlantic and Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transportation of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under Class L
For one hundred miles and over fiftv miles Class L less o per cent
Over one hundred smiles Class L less 10 ner cent
The Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transporta
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55
tion of Coal anrt Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under class L less 10 per cent
For distances over fifty miles Class
L less 15 per cent
Coal Oil See Oil
Coal Tar See Tar
Cocoa
Cocoa Matting See Matting Cocoanuts See Nuts CocaCola Syrup in barres or kegssame as juices fruit
Codfish See Fish
Coffee Extract or Essence qf 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
no ppp a
Coffee MilIs See Mills
Coffins N O S
Coffins Nested
Coffens K D
Coffins Metallic
Coke see Coal
Collars Horse See Saddlery Collars Paper packed same as Dry Goods
Cologne See Perfumery Commissary Chests and Stores
Compounds Washing
Compounds Polishing
Confectionery Candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of
Lading
Confectionery Candy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified or Bill of Lading
Contectionery N 0 S
Coolers and Filters Water
boxed
Copal See Gum
Coppera in barrels or casks
Copperas N O S
Copper in boxes barrels or
casks
Copper Scrap packed
Copper Scrap loose
Copper Vessels in boxes barrels or casks
Copper BottomsCopperplates 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
c K
NoteL C L ship neats of coton seed to be sacked
O K Copying Presses see Presses C K
Cordage 3
Cork Corn Starch see Starch Corn see Grain Corn Seed see Seed Corn in ear G L subject to 1
Rule 13 N
Corn in ear L C L sacked Cornices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated D
or loose L C L 3 Cornices Sheet iron galvanized iron sheet copper and sheet zinc boxed crated or loose CLminimum weight T 1
10000 lbs Cornices Wooden for window doors or inside finish See Woodwork Cornices Wooden for outside finish Same as Mouldings n
1 for building purposes
2 Corsets Corundum L C L in sacks barrels or casks value lim i
ited to 4 cents per lb Corundum C L in sacks barrels or casks value lim 3
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 J
5 be obtained
Cotton Dyed in bales Cotton Unginned packed in bags less than 2000 lbs L 4
4 C L Cotton Ungmred packed in bags 2000 lbs and over L 2
C L Cotton Unginned packed in bags C Lminimum weight 5
20000 lbs Cotton Batting See Batting 6
Cotton Batting N O S Cotton Factory Products See Domestics Cotton Seed valuable for planting less than 2000 lbs 5
sacked Cotton Seed valuablefor plant 5
ing L C L over 2000 lbs Cotton Seed common any 6
quantity Cotton Seed Hulls C L 25000 G
3 lbs p
to be sacked Otherwise 20000 lbs may be charged
O K
D 1
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GLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Same without percentage L
C L G
Cotton Seed Meal Ashes and Oil Cake same as Fertilizers Cotton Seed Mills See Agricultural Implements
Cotton Seed Oil see Oil
Cotton Waste Same as Paper Stock
Covers and Safes boxed3 T 1
Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden packed or pressed
in bales 3
Covers Wooden 1
Cracklings 4
Crackers 5
Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements
Cranberries 3
Crates and Cases Egg see Boxes
Crates for peaches and apples
L C L set up 1
Crates for peaches and apples
C L set up 20000 lbs min R
Crates for peaches and apples
L C L K D B
Crates for peaches and apples
K D C L 24000 lbs minimum P
Crayons Chalk 4
Creameriespacked or wrapped 2
Cream Tartar in boxes or kegs 2
Cream Tartar in barrels or
hogsheads 3
Crockery same asEarthnware
Croquet Sets in boxes 2
Cross Arms Telegraph and Telephone 6
Cross Ties hewed and sawed subject to Rule 12 Class P
Crow Bars see Iron
Crucibles
Crushers Corn and Cob See Agricultural Implements
Crystals Washing 5
Cultivators see Agricultural
Implements
Curbing Well 2
Currants see Fruit
Cuteh 4
Cutlery 1
D
Dates see Fruit
Deer boxed 3 T 1
Deer Skins pressed in bales 2
Deer Tongue See Tongue Demijohns See Glass
Denims see Domestics
Desiccated Meats and Vegetables 4
Detergent 4
oR
4
O
o
Disinfectants in glass packed 1
Disinfectants N O 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 with
out percentage 6
Doors Iron see Iron
Doors and Frames See Sashetc Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton
Same as Domestics
Drills Grain See Agricultural 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
Dry Goods in trunks corded
or wrapped 1
Dry Goods in trunks not
corded or wrapped D 1
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 stick4
Earthenware Jugware or
Stoneware loose 1
Earthenware J ugware or Stoneware in boxes bbls
or casks 2
Earthenware Jugware or Stoneware in crates or hogsheads 4
Earthenware other than Jugware and Stoneware loose
C L 20000 lbs 4
Jugware Common C L O
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
Empties dairv returned by the line over which shipment has been madenot over
100 pounds 5 cents each fur any distance
Engines See Machinery
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
O R O R
Equipage See Accoutrements
Essences See Extract
Evaporators Fruit See Agricultural Implements
Evaporators Sugar See Agricultural Implements
Excelsior made from Georgia pine pressed in bales LOL 5
Excelsior made from Georgia pine C L minimum weight
10000 lbs D
Exhibitors boxed or crated 3 T 1 D1
Exhibitors woven or crated D 1 1
Explosives Same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand
glass or grenade packed 1
Extinguishers hire on wheels same as Engines Fire
Extract Bark for tanning in
wood 5
Extract Bark for tanning in
glass packed 2
Extract of Indigo See Indigo
Extract of Logwood See Logwood
Extract of Malt in glass packed same as Ale
Extract and Essences N 0 S 1
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 Implements Mills
Fanning
Farina 2
Faucets boxed 2
Feathers D 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
Fertilizers C L 30000 lbs
Class M less ten per cent without percentage
Fertilizers L C L Class K less ten per cent without percentage
Shipments of Fertilizers are not subject to Rule No 30
O R
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 Smoked in boxes 2
Fishing Rods D 1
Fishing Tackle boxed 1
Fittings Iron Pipe See Iron Fixtures Bank Store etc See Furniture
Fixtures Gas packed 2
Fixtures Grate packed 2
Fixtures Grate loose 1
Fixtures Tobacco See Machinery
Flax pressed in bales 3
Flax Seed See Seed
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 Brasi
FluorSpar L C L 6
FluorSpar C L 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 Implement
Fountains Soda fully boxed 3 T 1
Fountains Soda not taken unless fully boxed
Fowls dressed iJ B
Fowls live in coops C L 1
Fowls live in coops L C L 1
58 CLASSIFICATION OF THE
J K
Frames Bedwrapped or crated 2
Frames Door and Window
See Sash etc
Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or
crated 1
Frames loose or in bundles3 T 1
Frames Mounted with Mirrors
Or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from
other Furniture3 T 1
Freezers Ice Cream 1
Fruit and Vegetables in cans without percentage L C L 5
SameCL without percentage 6
Fruit in Glass pack 1
Fruit Berries dried 4
Fruit Berries green prepaid
Fruit Boxes and Baskets See Boxes
Fruit Dates 2
Fruit Dried Currants 2
Fruit Dried N 0 S 3
Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches L C L 4
Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches C L 6
Fruit Green N 0 S prepaid
or guaranteed
Fruit Apples Fches 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 Juices See Juices 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 See Hides
FuseD 1
Furniture C lassification
Furniture when in car 16adsas follows not less than minimum weight to be charged for excess in proportion viz
Bedsteads manufactured of Pine Poplar or other common woods finished or in the white minimum weight
15000 pounds
Bedsteads manufactured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewood Chestnut or other hard woods minimum
weight 15000 pounds 2
Fixtures for fitting banks stores offices c of hard
O K
3
1
Dl D 1
3
1
3
6
C
3
B
O
4
3
C K
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 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 3
Bed Springs woven and wire
See Mattresses wire
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 2
Bureaus wrapped or crated 2
Bureau Glass Framesin bndls 1
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat setup 1
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat packed in pairs
Chair Stuff K D in bundles
or boxes 3
Cots set up 1
Cots K D or folded 2
Cribs K D or folded 2
Desks wrapped or crated 1
Furniture N O S set up
wrapped or crated 11
Furniture N O S K D
boxed crated or wrapped 2
Hall Standswrapped or crated 2
Lounge Frames set up 1
Lounge Frames backs taken off 1
Safes Kitchen set up li
Safes Kitchen K D packed 2
School Desks and Seats set up 2 School Desks and Seats K D 3
Settees same as Chairs
Tables wrapped or crated 11
Tables K I flat 2
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports 2
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated 1
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated 2
Washstands wrapped or crated 2
Furniture when in less than car loads and when manu
o K
3
4
3
2

3
2
1
2
1
3
3
1
2
1
3
3
4
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3
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factured of Walnut Mahogany Rosewoocjand Chestnut or other hard woods as follows viz
Beds Folding wrapped or
crated
Bedsteads wrapped or crated Bookcases wrapped or crated Bureaus wrapped or crated Bureau Glass Frames in bun
dlesi
Chairs Camp and Folding Seat Chairs K D in bundles or
boxes
Chairs N O S set up wrapped or crated
Chairs Opera Iron packed
Chairs Rattan and Willow
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat set up
Chair Stock K D in bundles
or boxes
Cots set up
Cots K D or folded
Cribs E D or folded
Desks wrapped or crated
Furniture N 0 S set up
wrapped or crated
Furniture NOS ED boxd
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 Woven Wire or Spring Beds CL min 12
000 lbs
Same L C L in package
of six or more
Same in packages of less
than six
Mattresses NOS
Parlor Frames
Refrigerators wrapd or crated Refrigerators thoroughly and completely taken apart and
packed in sections
Refrigerator Material thoroughly knocked down
School Desks and Seats set up School Desks and Seats K I Settees same as Chairs Sideboards wrapped or crated
C R O R Sofas and TetCatetes wrapd J K 0 R
or crated Spring Beds See Mattresses Wire Tables set up wrapped or 13 l
1 crated D 1 13
1 Tables K D Flat 1 2
n 1 Table Legs Slides Leaves and
i 2 Supports Wardrobes set up wrapped or 2 3
i 2 crated D 1 13
n ri Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated 1 2
3 4 Washstands wraped or crated 1 2
c
n 1 Gam bier 4
1 Game See Poultry
if 1 Gasoline See Oil Gauges Steam See Machinery
n 1 Gelatine 1
Generators Gas 3
2 3 Ginger Ground in boxes 2
n 1 Ginger in bags 3
2 3 Gins Cotton See Agricultu
1 2 ral Implements
1 2 Ginseng Girders Iron See Iron 1
D 1 13 Glass Carbovs empty D 1 3
Glass Chimnevs 2 4
1 2 Glass Demijohns empty not
1 2 packed 4 T 1 3
1 2 Glass Demijohns filled not
1 packed or boxed not taken Glass Demijohns filled boxed 3
n 1 Glass Demijohns empty pckd D 1 13
13 1 Glass Floor Lights rough and
13 1 heavy 5
1 2 Glass Fruit Jars See Jars
Glass
1 2 Glass Insulators See Insula
1 tors Glass Lanterns See Lanterns
3 Glass Oil Cans with metal
jackets packed 1
Glass Plate 7x12 feet or under D 1 2
3 Glass Plate over 7x12 feet 3 Glass Roofing and Skylight T 1 D 1
2 3 not Window Glass Glass Colored stained deco 2 3
n rated enameled ground fig
2 ured or etched L C L 11 1
H 1 Glass Colored stained deco
2 3 rated enameled ground figured or etched C L 1 2
Glass Vault Lights rough and
2 heavy 5
Glassware fine cut or engraved D 1 1
3 Glassware N 0 S 2 3
1 2 Glass Window 14x16 inches
2 3 and under Glass Window over 14x16 4 5
13 1 1 inches aid not over 32x44in 2 4
60
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Glass Window over 32x44
inches D 1
Glucose in half bbls bbls or
hhds R
Glue 3
Glue Scrap 5
Glycerine in cans boxed or in
barrels 1
Glycerine in iron tanks or
casks 3
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled L C L 4 T 1
Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled C L 3 T 1
Graders Ou fits See Outfits
Grain D
Grain Corn in ear sacked
LCL D
Grain Corn in ear C L subject Rule 13 N
Granite See Stone
Granite Roofing See Roofng Grapes in bundles boxes or
crates LC L
Grapes C L
Graphite C L 25000 lbs
class P less 20 per cent
Grass Seed See Seed
irass Wire C L 20000 lbs P
Grass Wire L C L R
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 1
Grindstones 6
Grits Corn in barrels F
Grits Corn in sacks C
Grits Wheat in barrels 5
Grits in boxes 2
Groceries N O S 2
Guano See Fertilizers
Guano Horns See Agricultural Implements
Gum Camphor See Camphor Gum Copal Kowrie and
Shellac 2
GumsN O S 2
Gun Cotton D 1
Gunny Bags See Bags Gunpowder See Powder
Guns Rifles 1
Gyp fine in Cases Same as Paints dry in Cases Gypsum Land Plaster Fertil
izer Same as Fertilizers
Gums Chewing 1
i H
Hair in sacks 1
Hair Cattle for plastering pressed in bales 6
O R 1
B
O
B
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1
C R
Hair Curled pressed in bales
and Hair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured
packed in boxes D1
Hames in bundles or packed 3
Hammocks and Fixtures 1J
Hams Same as Meat salted
HandCarts See Vehicles
Handles N O S boxed or
crated 5
Handles Broom boxed or
crated L C L B
Handles Broom Q L not less than 24000 pounds to be charged for K
Handles Broom and Broom Corn C L mixed See Broom Corn
Handles Plow See Agricultural Implements
Handles Beams and other wnods for manufacturing purposes rough or dressed but unfinished C L 24000 lbs Rules 12 and 13 to ap
ply without percentage K
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 Same as Accoutrements
Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales C L or over minimum wreight 20000 lbs to car load all excess to be charged for at proportionate
rates D
Hay Fodder and StrawT pressed in bales L C L R
Heading see Barrel and Box Material
Hay Caps see AgricImplmts
Head Lights boxed D 1
Hearses See Vehicles
HeatersSteam See Machinery
Hemp in bales 3
Herbs See Roots
Hessians in original bales 6
Hides furs peltries and Skins viz
Furs in bags 3 T 1
Furs in boxes bdls or trunks
strapped D 1
Furs NOS see Skins NOS
Hides dry loose i 1
Hides dry tied in bundles or bales any quantity 4
O R
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C B
Hides green 5
Hides green salted 6
Peltries see Skins N 0 S
Skins Deer pressed in bales 2 Skins N O S furs and peltries value limited to 25 cts
per lb in bags D 1
Same pressed in bales1
Same N O S D 1
Skins Sheep dry in baits 1 Same green in bundles 2
Same salted in bundles 3
Hinges and Hooks in barrels
or cask 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 Dj l
Hobby Horses unboxed4 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 inboxes 2
Honey in glass or tin boxed 1
Honey in comb boxed 1
Honey in barrels or kegs 1
Honey Extractors crated 1
Honey Section Boxes and Frames in crates or boxes 3
Hoofs and Horns
Hoop Iron of 6
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts D1
Hoops Barrel Wooden same as Barrel Material
Hoops Truss Coopers 1
Hops baled 2
Hops in boxes 1
Horse and Mule Shoes See Shoes
Horse Powers See Agricultural Implements
Horses see Live Stock
Hose Carriages See Vehicles
Hose Leather 2
Hose Rubber 3
Hosiery same as Knitting Factory Products
Hospital Stores 1
r o
1
2
1
3TI
3
5
4
3
3
5
4
K
C R
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 lpss D 1
Household Goods and old Furniture packed value limited to f5 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 b Furniture well packed C
3 L 20000 pounds to be o charged for value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said o valuation only to apply in
o case of total loss
Household Goods and old FurniturewithLive Stock
5 one attendant to have pas05 sage free on same trains as g car C L value limited to p 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in a case of total loss D 1
O R
1
4
3
6
5
c explanations
H 1All Bundles of Bedding Trunks of ClothingHouse hold Goods or similar arti2 cles not Furniture will not be received for transportation unless paeked 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
Houses portable L C L 4
Pme C L 6
Hubs and Felloes See Vehicle Material
Hullers Clover etc See Agricultural Implements
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12 D
62
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Hydrants and Fire Plugs 5
I
lee L C L in casks barrels
or bags prepaid B
Ice C bI L
Images and Figures Bronze or Mtal packed not Iron Statuary 3 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 t of 6
Driving Wheels on axles
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 Spikesin 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 othbr packages 2
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate
Bolts L C L of 6
Iron Bridge Pig ScrapRailroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate Bolts CL 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 over unpacked 5
Iron Castings not Machinery or Sewing Machines in kegs
or casks 4
Iron Crow Bars and Forgings 6
Iron Flues 4
Iron Fronts Girders and Beams for buildings 4
o R
D 1
I of 6
of 6
L 0 R OR
Iron Sheet and Galvanized in rolls or bundles wired or
crated
Iron Sheet and Galvanized
boxed 4
Iron Hoop of 6
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets
Fronts Fenders and Frames
packed 2
Iron Mantels Grate Baskets
Fronts Fenders and Frames
not packed 1 3
Iron Grates completely packd 2 3
Iron Grates completely loose 1
Iron Grate Bars L O Lf of 6
Iron Grate Bars C Li M
Iron Nail Rods packed 2
iron Nail Rods not packed 6
Iron Ore and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs
Class P less 40 per cent iron Picks and Matlocks in
bundles 3
Iron Picks Mattocks packed 5
Iron Pipe 0f 6
Iron Pipe fittings in kegs
casks or barrels 6
Iron Pipe fittings in boxes 2
Iron Pipe fittings in bundles
wired j 1
Iron Plow Fenders 6
Iron Railing and Fencing 3
Iron Retorts 0
Iron Roofing boxed or in rolls or bundles wired or crated 5
Iron Roofing N O S 3
Iron Russia in rolls or bundles wired or crated 3
Irons Sad in barrels boxes
or cases 5
Iron Sash Weights wired any
quantity K
Iron Scrap Sheet in roiis or
bundles wired or crated of 6
Iron N O S boxed orcrated 1
Iron Shutters and boors 4
Iron Sponge purifying material 3
Iron Stand Pipe material KD of 6 Iron Statuary Chairs Lawn Ornaments boxed or crated 1
Iron Jacks 6
Iron Urns 3
Iron Tires Wagonf of 6
Iron and Steel Tires Locomotive 3
Iron Vault and Prison Work 4
Iron Wedges and Sledges in
barrels 5
Iron Wedges and Sledgesloose 3
Iron Work Galvanized 2
Isinglass 3 T 1
I of 6
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C K
Ivory 1
Ivory Black 4
J
Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3
Japan Ware 1
Japnica 4
Jars Glass packed common 4
Jeans Cotton Same as Domestics
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5
Jellies in glass packed 1
Jellies in cans boxed 4
Jellies in wood N O S 3
Jugs See Earthenware
Juices Fruit and Fountain Syrups viz
In glass packed 1
In wood L C L 4
Same CL 5
Junk and Jute 6
Jute Butts 6
Jute Waste or Tailings See Paper Stock
K
Kainit same as Fertilizers
Kalsomine same as Paint
Kaolin Same as Clay
Kegs empty N O S same as Barrels
Kegs empty N O S in crates 3
Kegs Ale and Beer See Barrels Ale and Beer
Kettles Large Iron 2
Kerosene See Coal Oil
Kindlings in bundles same as Rosin and Rosin Dross
Knapsacks Same as accoutrements
Knives See Cutlery
Knives Hay See Agricultural Implements
Kowrie See Gum
Knitting Factory Products
wholly of cotton 5
L
Ladders not over 30 feet long 1
Ladders over 30 feet long D 1
Ladders Step 2
Lampblack in casks barrels
or boxes 3
Lamps and Lamp Goods pked 2 Land Plaster Same as fertzrs
Lanterns packed 1
Lard 4
Lasts Shoe 3
Laths actual weight C L P
Laths L C L B
Lead bar or sheets in boxes 5
Lead in casks or pigs 6
Lead Black in kegs or bbls 5 Lead Pipe See Pipe
Lead White same as Paints
Leather loose N O S 1
Leather in rolls or boxes 3
Leather Scrap in bales 4
Leaves powdered in boxes or
barrels 1
Lemons Oranges under Fruit
5 Lentils in bags boxes or bbls 3 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 Juiee See Juices Fruit
Lime in sacks casks or bar3 rels C L L
Lime in sacks casks or bar
rpls L C L B
Lime Chloride of in barrels
or casks 6
Lime Chloride of N O S 4
Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and
packed 5
Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class P less 40 per cent
Limestone ground same as Lime
Lining Carpet 2
Linseed 4
Linters See Paper Stock
Liquors in glass boxes or baskets N O S 1
Liquors in wood N O S 1
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 2
Liquors Whisky in boxes or
baskets 1
Lithographic Stone 1
Liye Stock Horses and Mules
L C L 1
Live Stock Horses and Mules CL1 2
Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc L C L without percentage See Rule governing Live Stock
Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc CL without percentage
Locomotives and Tenders See Cars
Locomotive Tires See Iron Logging Cars K D or set up
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4
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2
2
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
see Cars
Logs for saw mills P
Logs for chair timber not over 4 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
v 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 i 1
Boilers under 30 feet See
Rule 14 3
Engines Caloric Fire Portable and Stationary See
Rule 14 2
Brick Machines See Rule 14 4
Cotton Presses set up See Agricultural Implements
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms set up D 1
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms crated lij
Cotton and Woolen except
Looms K D and boxed 1
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Loom 3 T1
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 D 1
Saw Mills L C L unboxed in parts 2
Saw Mills L C L boxed in
parts 4
Saw Mills C L same as Machinery N O S
ShaftingsHangers Pulleys etc 4
Shingle Machines 2
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
L C L 5
Stamp Mill Machinery boxed
CLb 6
U H
1
2
I2
6
3
3
2
1
3
5
C K
Stamp Mill Machinery loose
L C L 4
Stamp Mill Machinery loose
CL 5
Stamp Mill Castings L C L 6
Stamp Mill Castings CL M
Steam Gauges 1
Steam Heaters packed 4
Steam Heaters not packed 2
Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4
Water Wheels Turbine See
Rule 14 3
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines set up
See Rule 14 l
Woodworking 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 SeeAgricultural Implements
Machines Sewing unboxed 3 T1 Machines Sewing or parts set
up crated or boxed 1
Machines Sewing or parts K
D boxed or crated 3
Machines Shingle 2
Machines Smut See Agricultural Implements
Machines Washing 2
Macaroni 1
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
ManureStable CL24000 lbs
Maps boxed
Marble and Granite same as stone
Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels Marble Dust L C L in bbls 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 Lr 4
Match Splints packed in cases
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Mats and Rugs N O S
MatsGrass Heinp Hair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa
Mats Oil
Matting
Mattocks and Picks See Iron
Mattresses N O S
Mattresses Hair
Mattresses Straw Cotton
Shuck and Excelsior
Mattresses Wire or Woven Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed See Cotton Seed
Meal Corn
Meal Oat Rolled Oats Shredded Oats in boxes barrels
kegs or drums
Meal Oat Rolled Oats or Shredded Oats in sacks
Measures
Meat
Meat Bacon and Pork
Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fishfresh
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
w7eight 4
Pigs Feet and Tripe fresh or
pickled
PigsFeet in glass packed
Shipments of articles enumerated tinder head of Meat in quantities less than 10000 pounds must be in bags balesboxes 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
Melons L C L
Merry GoRounds L C L
MerryGoRounds C L without percentage
Meters Gas boxed
Meters Gas not boxed not taken
Meters Water boxed
Meters Water not boxed not taken
c R
1
3
1
2
1
1
3
1
D
B
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C R O R
Mica 3 T 1
Mileage Car see Car Mileage
Milk Condensed boxed 4
Milk minimum charge allowed 15 cts B
Millet D
Millet Seed See Seed
Millinery l
Millo Maize in bags or sacks
Mills Barilla Bark and Cob
Mills Cane See Agricultural Implements
MillsCider See Agricultural Implements
Mills Coffee and Paint set up Mills Corn See Agricultural Implements
Mills Cotton Seed See Agricultural Implements
Mills Flour roller
Mills N O S
Mill Stones finished
Mill Stones rough
Mill Stuff Rule 12 L C L
Mill Stuff C L 25000 lbs
Mince Meat
Mineral Waters See Water
Mining Cars and Wagons same as Cars Logging
Mirrors 3 feet or under pked 3 T Mirrors over 3 feet not exceeding 7x12 packed 3 T
Mirrors over 7x12 packed 4 T Molasses Same as Syrup
Monuments etc See Stone
Mops N O S
Mops packed or bundled
Moss in sacks
Mqss pressed in bales
Motes Cotton See Paper Stock
Moulders Dust or Sand 5
Mouldings boxed 2
Mouldings in bundles 1 3
Mouldings common for building purposes 4
Mouldings N O S D 1 3
Mouse Traps See Traps Mowers See Agricultural Imp
Mucilage packed 2
Musical Instruments N O S D 1
Mustard Ground inboxes 2
Mustard prepared in glass
packed 2
Mustard prepared in kegs or
barrels 3
Mustard Seed 6
N
Nails Brass and Copper well packed in boxes or kegs 3
Nails and Spikes Iron See Iron
h f d Q OX 4 to to to 405
66
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
V XV
Naphtha in iron casks 6
NaphthaCasks returned epty 6 NitreCake same as Fertilizers
Notions 1
Nutmegs 2
Nuts Chestnuts prepaid
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL 3 Nuts Pecans in barrels C L
Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked
LCL 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N O S 1
Nuts Edible in barrels or casks N O S 2
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas L
C LI 5
Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL 6 Nuts Hickory and Black Walnuts L C L 4
Same CL 24000 lbs 6
O R
O
Oakum 4
Oats see Grain
Oatmeal see Meal
Oil Cake Same as Fertilizers
Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over
boxed 1
Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long
boxed 2
Oil Cloth baled 1J 1
Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping order
Oil Castor in glass packed 1 2
Oil Castor in bbls3
Oil iff cans encased in wood 1 3
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls L C L 3 4
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
bbls C L3 6
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the pro
duct of Coal Oil Pine in cans D 1 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 4
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
tank cars 6
Oil Coal or its products Ker
osene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in tank cars or barrels must always be charged at actual
weight
Oil Cocoa in original packages
Oil Cocoa in barrels
Oil Palm Seed crude L C L Class K with 20 per cent
added
OiJ Cotton Seed any quantity
without percentage
Oil Kerosene See Coal Oil
Oil Lard and Linseed
Oil Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Same as Coal Oil
Oil Pine same as Coal Oil
Oil Sassafras in glass or cans
boxed
Oils in glass or cans packed fexcept Coal Oil and Sassafras Oils
Oils in jars not packed not taken
Oils N 0 S in bbls
Oleomargarine see Butter
Olives in glass packed
Olives in barrelb or casks
Onions in sacks LCL
Same in barrels or crates
Same in barrels crates boxes or in sacks or in
bulk C L
Onion Sets Same as Onions Oranges see Fruit
Ordnance Stores N O S
Ores Iron L C L
Ores Iron and Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs ClasstP less 40 per cent
Ore3 samples or specimens
must be prepaid
Organs See pianos
Outfits graders or Contractors
LCL
Same C L 24000 lbs
minimum iv
SameCL 24000 lbs minimum with Jive stock
Oysters in cans or kegs
Oysters shell in barrels
Oysters shell in bulk C L
Oysters in glass packed
P
Packing Asbestos See Ashes tos
Packing Hemp
Packing Metallic
Packing Rubber
Paintings and Pictures well boxed value of each box not to exceed 200
C R
R
3
3T1
1
3
o R
D I 24
D1 1
2
6
5
5
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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
67
C R
Paintings and Pictures over
200 in value 3T1
Paints Dry in cases 5
Paints bulk in barrels or
casks dry L C L 6
Paints bulk in bbls casks or
sacks dry C L L
Paints bulk in barrels or
casks in liquid 5
Paints bulk m kegs liquid 5
Paints in pails or cans packed 3 Paints in pails or cans unpacked 1
Paints Metallicsame as Paints Paneling See Wood work
Pants Jeans Cotton 6
Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool Mixed in bales or in cases 3 Paper Bags See Bags
Paper Barrels nested packed 2
Paper Barrels not nested4T 1
Paper Binders Board See Binders Board
Paper Bottle Covers packed
or pressed in bales 3
Paper Boxes See Boxes Pa per
Paper Cans See Cans Paper
Paper Card 1
Paper Collars Sed Collars
Paper Hangings in bundles 1
Paper Hangings boxed 2
Paper Medicated or Closet 3
Paper Pasteboard 4
Paper Printing Wrapping or
Roofing b
Paper same as above in boxes 2
Paper in rolls for manufacture
of bags B
Pape Pulp See Pulp
Paper Roofing B
Paper Sand and Flint 3
Paper Stock Waste Cotton Sweepings Motes Regins and Linters in bales with privilegeto carrier of compressing value limited to 2
cents per pound R
Paper Stock WasteCotton Sweepgs and Motes N 0 S 6
Paper Stock WasteCotton
N 0 S I 5
Paper Stock WasteWoolen
Jute or tailings in bags 6
Paper Stock Waste Woolen Jute or tailings pressed in
bales b
Paper Stock Waste Paper in sacks bbls or hhds 6
Paper Stock WastePaper pressed in bales or crates R
o K
D 1
4
C R
Paper Stock WasteRags in sacks bbls bales hhds or
crates R
Paper Straw Boards 5
Paper Wall any quantity in
bundles 1
Paper wall any quanty in bxs 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 Nuts
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 RockCL24000 lbs P
Phosphate fruit beverage ready for use and not fountain juices extracts etc in
barrels or kegs B
Photographic Material 1
Pianos Organs and Melodeons
boxed
Pianos Organs and Melodeons unboxed not taken
Pickers Cottor Raw Hide 2
Pickles in glass packed 1
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
Picture Frames boxed1 Pictures See Paintings
Pigs Feet See Meat
Pine Apples in cans boxed 4
Pine Apples in glass packed 1
Pine Apples C L and L C L
See Oranges etc under Fruit
Pine Straw loose 0 L 20000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
Pins in cases 1
Pins Clothes See Clothes Pins
O R
3
1
2
D 1 1
3
I
68 CLASSIFICATION OF THE
e r
Pins Insulators See Telegraph Brackets
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S 1
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S boxed 8
Pipe and Tile Drain or Hoofing L C L5
Pipe and Tile Drain or Hoofing C L 25000 pounds H
Pipe Earthennot Drain LCL 1 Pipe Earthen not Drain C L 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 L C L D 1 Pipe Stove and elbows C L Loose or in bundles straight or mixed min weight 20000
pounds 3
Pipe Stove side seams not closed viz nested and wired
or crated LCL 1
Same O R of rust L C L
Pipe Nested and wired or B crated or otherwise C L
min weight 20000 lbs 3
Pipe Tin boxed 2
Pipe Wood L C L 3
Pipe Wood C L 4
Pipes Tobacco in boxes 1
Pitch any quantity Same as Rosin
Planters See Agricultural Implements
Plaster Calcined L C L 6
Plaster Calcined C L A
Plaster Castings See Castings Plaster Land same as Fertilizs
Plaster of Paris 5
Plate Tin See Tin Plate
Plated or White Ware 1
Plates Paper and Wood L C L 3 Plates Paper and Wood C L
not less than 24000 lbs 6
Plows See Agrl Implements
Plow Material See Agrl Imp
Plumbago 5
Plumbers Material N O S
packed 4
Poles Tent See Tents
O R c R
Poles and Posts N O S P
Polishing Powders and Compounds See Powders Polish Stove and Shoe packed 4
Polish Stove and Shoe in Glass
packed 3
Ponies Shetland same as Live Stock
Porcelain Ware 1
P 5 6 Pork See Meats Porter same as Ale Posts split or roundminimum car load 30000 lbs Class P
less 20 per cent Potash N O S 5
Potash Ball package 5
3 Potash German Muriate of and Sulphate of Same as Fertilizers
PotatoesLCLin bblsorsacks 6
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
3 Powder Gun and other Ex
plosives L C L D 1
Powder Gun and other Ex
plosives C L 5000 lbs or over 1
5 Powdered Leaves in boxes or
barrels 1
Powders and Washing Com pounds etc 4
4 Powders Cattle Horse or Con
dition I
5 Powders Polishing Compounds etc 3
Powers Horse See Agl Imp Preserves in glass packed 1
5 Preserves in cans boxed 4
Preserves in wood N O S 3
Presses Cider See Agricultural Implements Presses Cotton and Hay See Agricultural Implements Presses Copying 2
Presses PrintgSee Machinry 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 R
Pumice Stone 3
v Pumps and Pump Material
R
2
R
D
N
2
3
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
69
C R
wooden L C L 3
Pumps and Pump Material
wooden C L 4
PumpsHand 1
Pumps Steam pumping engines and njachinery L C L 3
Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery C L 4
Putty L C L 5
Pyrites L C L prepaid in
boxes or barrels B
Pyrites C L 24000 lbs P
Q
Quartermasters Stores 1
Quicksilver in iron flasks 1
Quilting attachments K D 1
R
Radiators not packed 1
Radiators packed 3
Rags see Paper Stock
Railing See Woodwork
Raisins not strapped 1
Raisins strapped 2
Rakes see Agricultural Implements
Rattan 1
Rat Traps See Traps
Reapers See Agricultural Imp
Red Lead Same as Paints
Reeds 2
Reflectors packed D 1
Refrigerators see Furniture
Re Gins See Paper Stock
Registers Cash boxed D 1
Retorts Clay 1
Retorts Copper 2
Retorts Iron see Iron
Retorts Soda Water 4
Rice rough D
Rice in Sacks C
Rice clean in bbls or casks C
Rice clean in boxes or kegs 3
Rice Flour See Flour
Rivets Iron See Iron
Robes Buffalo B 1
R6ds Nail see Iron
Rollers Field Road and Sugar see Agricultural Implements
Rollers Printers 1
Roofing Asbestos see Asbestos
Roofing Composition 4
Roofing Felt in bundles or
rolls 5
Roofing Glass 2
Roofing Granite packed 5
Roofing IronSee Iron Hoofing
Roofing Slate L C L 6
Roofing Slate C L See Rule
12 25000lbs P
Roofing Tile See Pipe
o
K
4
5
Roofing Tin in rolls Root Angelica in barrels or
boxes
Roots and Herbs value not over 10c per pound L C L
4 Same C L
c K
5
1
4
6
o
Roots and Herbs value over
5 10c per pound 3
6 Rope N O S 3
Rope Bed Cord 3
Rope Clothes Line 3
Rope Hair See Hair
Rope Old 6
Rope Cotton See Domestics
Rope Hemp or Jute 5
Rope Wire See Wire
Rosin any quantity Class K leis 20 per cent Without percentage
Rosin Dross Same as Rosin Rubber Belting See Belting Rubber Car Springssee Springs Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N O Ssee Clothing Rubber Hose see Hose Rubber Packing see Packing
Rubber old scrap 5
Rugs N O S 1
Rugs GrassHempHairSteel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3
Rugs Oil 1
Rustic Work not boxed3 T 1
Rqstic Work crated 1
Rustic Work entirely boxed 2
1 Rye See Grain
S
Sacks See Bags
Saddlery 2
Saddlery Horse Collars 2
Saddlery Horse Collars other than of Leather See Rule 18
Saddlery Harness boxed 2
Saddlery Harness in bundles 1
Saddles not boxed 1
Saddles boxed 2
Saddle Trees not boxed 1
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
R
6
R
1
4
1
70 CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C K
packed 2
Safes or CoversCheese boxed 3 T 1 Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3
Sails 1
Saleratus See Soda
Sal Soda 6
Salt in sacks L C L C
Salt in sacks C L20000 lbs O
Salt Cake same as Fertilizers
Salt Table 6
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 lbsP 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 S 1
Sauer Kraut in barrels 4
Sausage See Meat
Sawbucks Woodenin 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 Circular boxed 2
Saws Drag 2
Saws Drag with Horse Pdwer 5
Saws N O S packed 1
Scales and Scale Beamsset up
wrapped 1
Scales and Scale Beams K D
wrapped 3
ScalesScale BeamsKDbxd 4
Scrapers Road and Pond See Agricultural Implements
Screens 1
Scythes See Agricultural Implements
Sea Grass pressed in bales 4
Seed Cane Sorghum B
Seed Corn in boxes 2
Seed Flax 4
Seed Garden 2
o ft
3
4
4
6
2
2
4
6
c R
Seed Garden returned oyer same line by which origin
ally 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 Shades Window See Window Shades
Shadines See Fish
Shafting See Machinery Shafts See Vehicle Material Shavings 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 See Gum
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 LastsShoe Pegs See Pegs
Shoe Polish See Polish Shoes See Boots
Shoes Horse and Mule in
kegsf of 6
Shooks and Heading See Barrel Material
Shorts See Rule 12v D
Shot in bags or boxes 2
Shot in kegs or double sacks 5 Shovels See Agl Imp
Show Cards See Signs Showcases4 T 1
Show Cases entirely boxed D 1 Shrubery See Trees
Shucks in balesrough Rule 12 D Shucks prepared baled shipped from factory or fur
niture warehouse 4
Shuttle Blocks rough 3
Sieve Tin nested packed in boxes 2
o R
1
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RAILROAD COM MISSION OF GEORGIA
Sieves Wire See Wire Signs Card Metallic or Wood
boxed
Signs Glass Smne as Glass
Colored Stained etc
St Johns Bread in bbls or
boxes
Signs Trade boxed freight to be prepaid or guaranteed
Sizing for factories L C L
Sizing for factories C L
Skewers wooden
Skins Deer See Hides
Slag 0 L 30000 lbs Rule 12 Class P less 20 per cent Slate Mantels See Mantels Slate Pencils See Pencils Slate Roofing See Roofing
Slates School boxed
Slats
Sledges See Iron
Smoke Stacks See Rule 14
Smokers Bee See Bee Smokers Snaths See Agl Imp
Snuff in casks bbls or boxes
Snuff in jars packed
Snuff in jars not packed
Soap Castile and Fancy
Soap Common in boxes
Soap Stock including cotton seed oil foots without percentage
Soapstone Crude C L See
Rule 12 25000 lbs
Soapstone packed
Soda in kegs boxes and drums Soda Ash Same as Fer tilizers Soda Caustic in iron casks or
drums
Soda Fountains See Fountains Soda
Soda Fountain Retorts See Retorts
Soda Nitrate and Sulphate of
L C L
Soda Nitrate of Same as Fertilizers
Soda Sal
Soda Silicate of
Softner Cotton and Woolen
N O S
Softner Cotton and Woolen
in barrels
Solder
Sorghum See Syrup
Spades See Agrl Imp
Spelter in slabs or casks
Spices See Pepper
Spikes Iron See Iron Spokes and Shafts See Vehicle Material
Sponge
6
6
6
5
B
5
5
D 1
O R
Spools and Beams Yarn empty without percentage 6 Spreaders See Agricultural Implements
Springs Bed See Furniture
Springs Car N O S
Springs Car Rubber loose Springs Car Rubber boxed Springs Iron Bed in barrels Springs Vehicle See Vehicles StairWork See WoodWork Stamp Mill Machinery See Machinery
Starch L C L
Starch C L not less than
24000 pounds
Stationery
Statuary Iron Lawri Ornaments etc See Iron
Statues3 T 1
Staves See Barrel and Box Material
Steam Gauges See Machinery Steam Heaters See Machinery
Steel not packedf 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 O 8 2
Stills Worm crated 1
Stone Granite and Marble viz Stone Granite and Marble Blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per
cubic foot C L P
The same L C L
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
toO CO O 05
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
less 20 per cent
Curbing C L Class P less 20 per cent
Monuments and GraveStones
packed and prepaid 1
A carload of Stone or Marble N O S embraces 25000
lbs
Stoneware Same as Earthenware
Stools Piano 1
Stove Boards boxed or crated 3 Stove Pipe See Pipe
Stoves Gas and Oil boxed 1
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware includingthe necessary pipe
Stoves Stove Plates and Stove Furniture and Hollow Ware
C L not less than 24000
lbs 3
Straw See Hay Buie 12
Straw Boards 5
Straw Goods 1
Straw Pine See Pine
Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers
pressed in bales 3
Stucco Same as Plaster Calcined
Sugar in bags 2
Sugar in double sacks Same as in barrels
Sugar ih 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
Same as Fertilizers
Sulphur in boxes L C L 1
Sulphur in barrels L C L 3
Sulphur for manufacture of Fertilizers C L Same as Fertilizers
Sumac viz
Ground in bags or bbls
L C L 4
Same C L minimum weight 20000 lbs 5
Leaf CL minimum weight
16000 pounds 4
Sumac Extract in bbls or
casks 4
Sweepings Factory See Paper Stock
Syrup in barrels half barrels
kegs or hosgsheads B
Syrup in cans Same as Fruit and Vegetables in cans
CR
Syrups in glass boxed 1
Syrup cane in glass packed 5
Syrups Fountain See Juices Fruit
T
Tables Billiard See Billiard Tables
Tackle Fishing See Fishing Tackle
Tacks Iron 6
Tacks Tin in kegs or barrels 6
Tailings See Paper Stock
Talc 6
Tallow in barrels B
Tallow N O S 5
Tamarinds in boxes or kegs 2 Tanbark See Bark
Tanks N O S3 T 1
Tanks Iron Same as Boilers Tanks Oil cellar or store O B
B empty loaded in box cars D 1 Tanks Oil cellar or store O
B Bj empty requiring flat or gondola cars minimum
weight 5000 lbs each 1
Tanks Oil cellar or store O
B B K D wdth pump hood and measures packed inside the body of the can 1
Tanks Wood set upv D 1
Tanks Wood K D packed B Tank Stuff Same as Fertilizers Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags 3 Tar Pitch in bbls same as Bosins
Tar Coal in barrels L C L B Tar Coal C L See Buie 12 O
Tea 1
Tea Washing 4
Telegraph Brackets in boxes
L C L 6
Telegraph Brackets C L B
Telephones boxed3 T 1
Tents Tent Poles and Pins 2
TerraCotta in packages 3
Terra CottaArchitectural CL TerraCotta Architect packed in casks tierces etc L C L 3
Terra Japonica 4
Thread Spool Cotton and Silk 3 Thread Cotton factory products in balls bales or skeins same as Domestics Threshers See Agricultural Implements
Tickings Same as Domestics
TiesCotton and Hay B
Tile Drain and Booting See Pipe
Tile Fire for Lining etc 4
Tile Floor and Marble 4
Tile Paving Cement C L P
o R
D 1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
73
0 R
O K
Tile Paving Cement L C L
Packed R
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
Tobacco Box Material LC L 6
Tobacco Box Material C L P
Tobacco cases and 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 Snloked 3
Tongue Deer in barrels bales or boxes value limited to 6
cents per lb L C L 5
Tongue Deer C L 6
Tonqua Beansin boxes or bbls 1
Tools Edge 2
Tools Mechanic boxed 2
Toothpicks 2
Tow in balesi 2
Tow in bales compressed 3
Toys boxed D1
Trains Sugar See Agricultural Implements
Traps Fly D 1
Traps Mouse and Rat 1
Traveling Bags See Bags Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed L C L prepaid or
guaranteed
Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed C L prepaid or
guaranteed
Tripe See Meat
Tripoli 4
Trucks Warehouse 1
Trunks single 1
Trunks nested or filled with merchdise crated or strapd 1
5
6
1
6
0
1
2
C R
Trunks empty or filled with merchdise corded or wrapd 1 Trunks filled with merchandise not corded or wrapped D 1
Trunks N G S D 1
Trunks Sample D 1
Tubs N 0 S 1
Tubs Bath boxed 1
Tubs Bath unboxed D 1
Tubs Bath nested 2
Tubs Bath folding wrapped
or crated 1
Tumblers packed 2
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
Twine
Type boxed
Type Old in boxes barrels or
kegs 3
Type Writers boxed D 1
o R
1
3
2
4
R
5
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 Sulkies and Trotting Wagons
C L boxed or well crated charged at not less thau 8000 pounds excess weight
in proportion
Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons
C L loose charged at not less than 24000 pounds excess weight in proportion Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons set up LC L actual weight4 T
3 4
3 4
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
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Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxedpr well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which
carrier is liable D 1
Carriages Buggies or Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value over 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier
is liable D 1
Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles D 1 Carriages Childrens K D in
boxes bundles or crates 1
Carriages Childrens set up
unboxedB T 1
Carriages Childrens set up
boxed D 1
Cars Railroad See Cars
Carts Hand K D and packed or bundled 3
Grigs and Sulkies knocked down boxed or well crated
LC L3 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 weight4 T 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
V ehicl eMterials Wood Hubs Spokes ShaftsBowsFelloes Singletrees Wheels Bodies unfinished etc etc LC L 4
Vehicle Materials the sameC
L20000 pounds charged for 5
Velocipedes K I 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 i
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
OR
1
H
D 1
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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 I
Wagon PartsWoodunpainted
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 i 2
Varnish in cans not boxed 1
Vaseline in cans packed 2
Vaseline in glass packed 1
Vault Lights see ilass
Vegetables Desiccated 4
Vegetables in cans See fruit in cans
Vegetables N O S prepaid or
guaranteed
Veneering boxed 1
Veneering not boxed D I
Vermicelli 1
Vinegar see Cider
Vinegar Shavings or Chips in
bags
Vises Iron
Vitriol Blue in barrels
w
Wadding D
Wagon Jacks see Jackscrews etc
Wainscoting See Woodwork
Washers in kegsfof
Washers in other packages Waste Same as Paper Stock Waste Paper etc See Paper Stock
Water Ammonia in iron casks Water Ammonia in glass
packed
Water Coolers and Filters see Coolers
Waters Aerated such as
Moxie inwood
Waters Aerated such as Moxie in glass or stone packed
Waters Mineral in wood
Waters Mineral in glass or
stone packed
Watermelons See Melons
Wax
Wax Comb Foundation bxd
Wax Extractors crated
Wax Paraffine
Wedges see Iron
Weights Sash See Iron
H H tS M OlW W CQCTl tCCi i O Ol
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
75
O R
Weights clock packed 5
Well Curbing see Curbing
Well Buckets See Buckets
Whalebone 1
Wheat see Grain
WheatCrackedpme as oatmeal Wheat Cracked in boxes 2
Wheelbarrows See Agrl Imp Wheels and Axles Car See Iron Bar Band etc
Wheels and Vehicles See
Vehicle
Wheels Water Rule 14 3
Whetstones boxed 3
Whips 1
Whiskey See Liquors
Whiting N O S 5
Whiting in boxes 3
Whiting in bbls casks or
sacks dry C L L
Willow Reeds in bales 2
Willow Ware D 1
Willow Ware Baskets nested 1 Window Casings See Woodwork
Window Shades 1
Window Shade Cloth 1
Window Frames See Sashetc Wind Mills K D in bundles 3 Wine See Liquors
Wines High same as Liquors Wire Common Barbed or oth
erwise in reels or coils owners risk of wret or rust of 6
Wire Binding 3
Wire Cloth 1
Wire Fence 3
Wire Goods boxed N O S 3
Wire Grass see Grass
Wire Mattresses 1
Wire Rope 4
Wire Sieves boxed or crated 2
Wire Screens 1
Wire Telegraph 4
Wire NO S 3
Wire Work Racks Stands v
Vases Signs and Figures
boxed or crated 3 T 1
Wire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated D1
Wood Green or Dry C L of 10 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 pounds 6
o R
4
5
5
C R
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 Stair 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
Woodwook 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 C L 4
Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percentage 5
Wood Screws in casks or bxs 2
Wool washed in bags not
pressed 2
Wool unwashed in bags not
pressed 4
Wool washed in bags pressed
inhales 3
Wool unwashed in bags
pressed in bales 6
W oolen G oods without perctge 4
Wool Mineral in bags 1
Wringers Clothes packed 2
Wringers Clothes not packed D 1
i
Y
OR
3
4
6
D 1
Yachts See Boats
Yarn Cotton Same as Domestics
Yarns N O S
Yeast in wood
Yeast in boxes
Yokes
3
3
3
1
z
Zinc in sheets or rolls 4
Zinc in blocks or pigs L C L 5
Zinc in blocks or pigs C L 6
Zinc Cornices See Cornices
Zinc Oxide 5
Zinc Paints See Paint
T C CRENSHAW Chairman
SPENCER R ATKINSON V Commissioners
D POPE BROWN
J D MASSEY Secretary

DISTANCE TABLES
AND RELATIONS OF RAILROADS TO THE STANDARD FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TARIFFS
78
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 45
Distance Table
Morganville 0 Rising Fawn 14 State Line 24
Trenton 6 Sulphur Springs 19
ALBANY NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Albany O Philema 14 Clements 25
Smiths 5 Oakfield 18 Raines 28
Beloit 9 Warwick 22 Cordtle 35
Walters 11
ATLANTA KNOXVILLE NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 45
Distance Table
Marietta O
Elizabeth 2
Oak Hurst 4
Blackwells 7
Woodstock 12
Toonigh 16
Holly Springs 18
ITniveter 20
Canton 24
Browns 25
Keithsburg 29
Ball Ground 35
Nelson 39
Tate 42
Jasper 47
Westbrook 49
Talking Rock 53
Talona 60
Ellijay 6
White Path 73
Cherry Log 75
Blue Ridge 83
Murphy Junction 84
Curtis 87
Mineral Bluff 88
Kyle 92
State Line 95
Kinseys N C 103
MurphVjN C 109
Knoxville Teun 205
79
ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 2See page No 45
Atlanta
McPherson East Point College Park Red Oak
Monks
Fairburn
Distance Table
O Palmetto
4 Coweta
7 Powells
9 Newnan 12 Moreland 16 St Charles 19 Grantville
25 Hogansville 58
30 Louise 64
33 Whitfield 65
39 Dixie 70
45 LaGrange 71
47 Gabbettville 80
51 West Point 86
ATLANTIC VALDOSTA WESTERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Valdosta
Blanton
Howell
Mayday
Haylow
Thelma
Craig Junction Headlight
Finlayson
Vickers Junction
Fargo
Duncan
Ewings
Eddys
Baxter
Moniac
O
10
13
16
22
27
33
34
33 Battenville
43 Kent
47 Crawford
49 Plummer
53 Kingsgrove
64 Hoyt
71 Grand Crossing
72 Jacksonville
88
87
92
90
103
105
107
HO
BRUTON PINEORA RAILWAY
PASSENGER CLASSBFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Bruton O Keys Mill
Kepns 3 Norristown
Garbutt 4 Covena
Scott 8 Youinans
Adrian 13 Stillmore
18 Canoe 42
20 Metter 47
24 Pulaski 54
30 Register 58
38
80
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 45 Except Savannah and Atlantic Branch
MAIN STEM
Savannah O
Clifton 4
Pooler 9
Bloomingdale 12
Meldrim 17
Eden 19
Marlow 26
Pineora T 27
Guyton 30
Brewer 35
Egypt 41
Oliver 46
Halcyondale 50
Cameron 55
Dover 57
Ogeechee 62
Rocky Ford 66
Scarboro 71
Parramore Hill 74
Milleh 79
Cushingville 83
Rogers 87
Distance Tables
Herndon 90
Midville 96
Gertrude 100
Wadley 107
Bartow Ill
Johnson 116
Davisboro 122
Sun Hill 130
Tennille 135
Oconee 146
Beech Hill 150
Toomsboro 155
McIntyre 161
Oordon 170
Lewiston 174
Griswold 181
M A Junction 186
Macon 191
Macon Junction 192
Summerfield 199
Mims 203
Bolingbroke 207
Smarrs 213
Forsyth 217
Colliers 223
Goggins 229
Barnesville234
Milner 240
Orchard Hill 245
Griffin 251
Vineyard 254
Pomona 256
Sunnyside 258
Hampton 262
Love joy 267
Jonesboro 274
Morrow 278
Forest 281
Hapeville 286
East Point 288
McPherson 291
Atlanta294
MILLEN TO AUGUSTA
Millen O
Lawton 5
Perkins 7
Munnerlyn 11
Thomas 15
Waynesboro 21
Greens Cut 27
McBean 33
Hollywood 41
Allens 43
Augusta 53
81
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
Macon O
Wise 4
Rutland7
Walden 10
Echeconnee 12
Byron 17
Powersville 21
Deitzens 25
Fort Valley 29
Masseys Lane H4
Marshallville 37
Winchester 39
Barrons Lane 41
Macon O
Wise 4
Rutland 7
Walden 10
Echeconnee 12
Byron 17
Powersville 21
Deitzens 25
MACON TO COLUMBIA
Montezuma 49
Oglethorpe 51
Greens Mill 55
Anderson 60
Stewart 67
Americas 71
Maddox 76
Sumter 80
Smithville 83
Adams 89
Leesburg 96
Forrester 101
MACON TO COLUMBUS
Fort Valley 29
Everetts 36
Reynolds 42
Butler 50
Scotts 55
Howard 60
Bostick 65
Geneva 70
Albany 107
Walker 117
Ducker 120
Holts 125
Leary 129
Williamsburg 135
Arlington 142
Nesbit 149
Blakely156
Hilton 166
State Line near Columbia Ala 16661
Favors 73
Juniper 74
Box Springs 77
Harveys 78
Upatoi 83
Schatulga 91
Muscogee 97
Columbus 100
CUTHBERT JUNCTION TO FORT GAINES
Cuthbert Junction Coleman 14 Killens Mill 18
8 Shanty 16 Fort Gaines v20
SMITHVILLE TO GEORGETOWN
Smithville Bronwood Dawson Graves O Shellman 8 Cuthbert 15 Junction 19 Spring vale 25 Morris 1 36 Hatcher 38 Georgetown 42 46 51 59
MACON TO ATHENS
Macon M A Junction Chalk Cut Van Buren Morton Grays Bradleys Wayside O Round Oak 5 Hillsboro 6 Minnetta 8 Monticello 16 Macben 18 Shady Dale 22 Godfrey 25 Madison 29 Apalachee 34 Farmington 43 Bishop 7 46 Watkinsville 54 Sidney 55 Whitehall 62 Athens 73 82 89 93 96 98 101 106
tNoTB Track from Macon to Fort Valley is also given as a part of the road between Macon aad Albany
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
GORDON TO COVINGTON
Gordon
Ivey
Stevens Pottery Milled greville Jordans Crossing Meriwether
Dennis
Meda
o Eatonton 39 Farrar 62
5 Linchburg 43 Broughton 66
9 Willard 48 Newborn
18 Athon 52 Carmel 76
24 Aikenton Hayston 72
26 Machen 57 Starsville 76
30 Kelly 61 Cuviugton SU
36
FORT VALLEY TO PERRY
Fort Valley O Myrtle 6 Perry IS
Americu O
Dell erf ox 5
LaCrosse
Ellaville 15
Walls IS
Putnam 22
Doyle 25
AMERICUS TO COLUMBUS
Buena Vista 29
Eiiivkw 82
Kinchrfoonee 35
Zelobee 37
i den Alta 39
Ma Vesper 42
Cuui 41
Halloca 46
Sizemore 51
Ochillee 53
Bellefonte 58
Muscogee 62
Columbus 64r
COLUMBUS TO GREENVILLE
SeeNote 6 of Exj danatory Notes
Columbus O Cataula 16 Mgruders 37
7 Kingshorn 20 Stinson 40
Fortson 11 Hamilton 24 Harris City
Hines Crossing 13 Tip Top 28 Jieeuville 60
Mobley 15 CliipLy
GRIFFIN TO CARROLLTON
Griffin O Turin 24 Whitesburgv 47
Vaughns 8 Sharpesboro 26 Banning 4s
A F Crossing 9 Newuan 3fi Clem 54
Brooks 13 Sargents 42 Currolltom 60
Senoia 19
BARNESVILLE TO THOMASTON
O A F Crossing
2 The Rock
4
12
16
Baniesvilie
Wilkinsons
Middlebrooks
6 Stamps
8 Thontaston
88
CENTRAL OF CEORCIA RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
SAVANNAH TO TYBEE PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTSee table below
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND ANY STATION
Per 100 Lbs Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per I Per Car Ton Load Per ICO 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 10 2000 2000 1000 75 85
Savannah LePage ville Debtford Bartow
Distance Table
O Palmetto 8 Ocean House 18
2 Estill 16 Hotel Tybee 19
3 Light House 36 Chatham 20
4 Fusbers Point 17
CHARLESTON WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Augusta O Lulaville 8 Jenkins ll
Bon Air 7 MorrisL 9 Sneads14
CHATTANOOGA ROME SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 45
Chattanooga
Rossville
Mission Ridge
Battlefield
Chickamauga
Rock Springs
Copeland
Warren
LaFayette
Guilds
Martindale
Trion
Chickamauga
Durham Junction
Distance Tables
O Summerville 45 Chambers 85
4 Raccoon Mills 48 Caldwell 89
8 Lyerly 52 Lake 92
10 Taliaferro 54 Ceclartown 97
13 Holland 58 Youngs 102
18 Sprite 63 Dug Down 108
22 Lavender 67 Felton no
24 Morrisons 73 Buchanan 117
27 Rome 77 Bremen 125
31 Lin dale 81 Mandeville 131
34 Siver Creek 83 Carrollton 13S
40
DURHAM BRANCH
O Lula Lake 10 Garys Camp 13
5 Massey 12 Durham 17
84
CHATTANOOGA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
ERE1GHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Chattanooga Tenn O Kendrick
Woodburn Ga 6 Henrys
Rock Creek 8 Cooper Heights
Flintstone Cassandra
Moonsboro 9 Kensington
Eagle Cliff10 Estelle
IDurham Jnct11 Marsh
High Point14 Chamberlain
15 Bronco 32
17 Sharpe 33
18 McConnellsville 35
20 Harrisburg 38
22 Teloga 40
24 Chelsea 43
27 Menlo 46
30 GadsdenAla92
CITY SUBURBAN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Savannah O Isle of Hope 7 Burnside 10
Thomas 2 Cedar Hammock 8 Beaulieu 10
Pritchards 4 Bethesda 9 Montgomery 11
Sandfly
COLLINS REIDSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Collins
O Reidsville
7
r 85
DARIEN WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 45
Distance Table
Darien O Hudson 8 Darien Junction 21
Ridgeville 3 Crescent 11 Sapelo Junction 23
g Ridge 4 Eulonia 16 Middleton 29
Inwood 5
DOOLY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Ricliwood Lath
0 Dorough
1
4 Penia
8
86
DOVER STATESBORO RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 45
Distance Table
Dover O 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 45
Distance Table
Cartersville Ladds 0 4 Davitts Aragon 17 Lindseys 31 fin
Browns Shelmans Stilesboro McGinnis Glenwood Taylorsville Deatons 6 7 9 12 13 14 16 Red Ore Rockmart Pineville Brewers Fish Creek Grady 20 Slaterville 22 Berrys 25 Greenway 26 Isbells 28 Esom Hill 29 Pell City 39 41 42 44 45 Ala IH
FLOVILLA INDIAN SPRINGS RAILWAY PASSENGERClass BMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 45
Distance Table
Flovilla O Indian Springs 3

87
FOY RAILROAD
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
v Distance Table
Rocky Ford O Echo Portal lO
Brick Yard
GAINESVILLE JEFFERSON SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 45 and Note 6 of Explanatory Notes
Distance Tables
Gainesville O
Candler 7
Bnllmont10
Hoschton 18
Mulberry23
Winder 27
Bethlehem32
Camps 36
Monroe42
Gresham 47
Social Circle 52
JEFFERSON BRANCH
Jeffers n O Pendergrass 6 Bellmont 13
GEORGIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AT1 FREIGHTClass No 1Si
Augusta O
Whelesst 5
Belair 10
Gro veto wn 15
Forest 16
Berzelia0 21
Harlem 25
Saw Dust 26
Dearing 29
Bonesville 33
Thomson 37
Mesena 43
Cam ik 47
e Cents per Mile page No 45
Main Line Distance Tables
Norwood 50
Barnett 5K
Crawfordville 64
Robinson 70
Union Point76
Greensboro 83
Carey 90
Blue Springs 92
Buckhead 96
Madison103
Dorsey 107
Rutledge112
Social Circle119
Alcovy 125
Hazelbrand 127
lovingXon130
Almon 133
Conyers 140
Lithonia 146
Redan 150
Stone Mountain 155
Clarkston 160
Ingleside 162
Decatur 165
Clifton 167
Atlanta171
GEORGIA RAILROADContinued
MACON AUGUSTA BRANCH
Camak o
Warrenton 4
Mayfield13
Culverton20
Granite Hill 21
Wilsons22
Sparta 25
Devereux32
Carrs 36
Oconee Siding45
Milledgeville 46
Prison Farm 47
Browns 54
Haddocks 59
James 64
Roberts 69
Macon 78
ATHENS BRANCH
Union Point O
Woodville 5
Bairdstown 7
Maxeys 13
Stephens 16
Hutchings 19
Crawford 22
Popes 26
Dunlap 30
Winterville 32
Athen 39
UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS BRANCH
Union Point O Caldwellp 5 Jarrells 12
W P Junction 2 Siloam 7 White Plains 14
WASHINGTON BRANCH
BarnettO Hillman 7 Little River 11
Sharon 4 Ficklin10 Washington 17
89
CEORCIA NORTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass B Four Cents per Mile
FREIGHT Class No 6 See page No 45
Distance Table
0 lone 20 Schley 37
Lake Station Oaklawn Berwick v Hollis Pavo Shelley 3 Autreyville 7 Mauzey 10 Cooper 12 Moultrie 15 Shellhorn June 18 23 Sigsbee 26 Dewey 28 Doe Run 31 Pritchett 32 Carlilse 42 45 49 51
GEORGIA PINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Bainbridge O Boyken
Lynne 6 Colquitt
Eldorendor 17 Corea
15 Damascus
21 Rowena
25 Arlington
29 35 40
CEORCIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 45
Macon
Sofkee
Avondale
Wellston
Bonaire
Kathleen Tivola
Grovania
Elko
Unadilla Pinehurst Findlay Kerns Vienna
Distance Table
O Rich worxl 8 Cordeie
11 Wenona
16 Arabi
2L Sibley
25 Dakota
29 Worth
35 Ashburn 38 Sycamore
44 Inaha
49 Cycloneta
52 Chula
53 Tiftoii
56
60 Eldorado 112
65 Lenox 118
70 Sparks 126
74 del 128
78 Heartpine 131
79 134
83 Hahira 138
85 Mineola 144
87 Valdosta 151
92 Dasher 158
95 Lake Park 163
98 Melrose 167
105 Palatka Fla 285
90
HARTWELL RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 45
Distance Table
Bowersville O Hartwell 10
HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Worth O Davisville 11 Steeles 20
Shinglers 5 Bush 16 Pitts 21
Amboy 9
FITZGERALD BRANCH
Distance Table
Davisville O Greers Sidingr 10 Alapaha River 12
LEXINGTON TERMINAL RAILROAD
PASSENGER Minimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 45
Distance Table
O Ciawford 4
Lexington
91
LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 45
Distance Table
Suwanee O Lawrenceville lO
LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Louisville O Moxley 5 Wadley 10
MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See Page No 45
Macon
Soikee
Skippertons
Hardys
Lzella
Montpelier
Morans
Dyas
Distance Table
O Culloden 8 Yatesville
12 Upson
16 Thomaston
21 Crest
25 Thunder
28 Woodbury 33
39 Snelsons 80
44 Harris 83
50 Odessadale 91
57 Mountville 95
65 Mutual 98
70 Robertsons 99
75 LaGrange 105
MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 See page No 45
Macon
M N Junction
Swift Creek
Dry Branch
Fitzpatrick
Distance Table
o Ripley 17 Montrose 38
2 Jeffersonville 23 Dudley 42
5 Gallimore 28 Shewmake 46
9 Danville 31 Moore 48
16 Allentown 33 Dublin 54
92
MIDVILLE SWAINSBORO RED BLUFF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Midville O Modoc 13 Swainsboro 18
Summer town 6
MILLEN SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHT Class No 6See page No 45
Millen
South Millpn
Emmalane
Butts
Thrift
Simsville
Johnsons Warehouse
0 Distance Table Garfield 15 Overstreet 23
1 Kimball 17 Durdenville 25
5 Hooks Crossing 18 Monte Junction 27
8 Cowarts 19 Monte 29
11 Summit 21 Canoorhpp 28
12 Gravmont 22 Stillmore 33
14
NASHVILLE SPARKS RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
arCSil Brewers9 Nashville i2
Massee 6
OFFERMAN WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
OfFermau O Coffee 14 Rigdon 29
Bristol 7 Sallie 21 Hedge 33
Merschon 9 Alma 94 35
Woods 11 Horst 27
93
PLANT SYSTEM
FASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 3See page No 45
SAVANNAH FLORIDA WESTERN DIVISION Distance Tables
Savannali
Southover J unction
Burroughs
Ways
Fleming
McIntosh
Walthourville
Johnston
Doctortown
Jeswp
Screven
Oflerman
Patterson
O
q
12
16
24
31
39
46
53
57
69
76
79
Blackshear 87 Boston
Waycross 97 Tliomasville
Glenmore 108 Leb
Argyle 116 Cairo
Homerville123 Whigham
Dupont 131 Climax
Stockton 139 Bainbrldge
Naylor 144 Brinson
Valdosta157 Iron City
Ousley 167 Donaldsonville
Quitman 174 Jakin
Dixie 181 Josephine
Pidcock184 Saffold
188 201 208 215 222 f 228
237 248 253 257 264 265 268
Waycross Braganza Fort Mudge
BETWEEN WAYCROSS AND FOLKSTON
O Race Pond 20 Folkston
8 Upton ville 28 Jacksonville Fla
15
34
75
BETWEEN CLIMAX AND RECOVERY
Climax O Faceville 15 Recovery 22
Fowl town 9
METCALFE THOM AS VILLE AND ALBANY
Albany
Hardaway Baconton
Flint
O Camilla 26 Ocblochnee47
9 Pelham 34 Thomasville58
16 Meigs 40 Metcalfe 68
20
94
PLANT SYSTEMContinued
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH Savannah Ga O Central Junction 7 Monteith
BETWEEN DUPONT AND STATENVILLE
Dupont
Forest
O Hay low ll
10 Alexanderville 0
Statenville
13
Brunswick
Jamaica
Waynesvilie
Atkinson
Lulaton
Nahunta
Hoboken
Schlattervilie Waycross
BRUNSWICK WESTERN DIVISION
O Varesboro
16 Millwood
24 McDonald
28 Pearson
31 Kirkland
36 Grays
45 Willacoochee
49 Alapaha
59 Enigma
67 BrookflId
78 Tiftoh
82 TyTygg
89 Sumner
93 Poulan
100 Isabella
101 Willingham
112 Davis
119 Albany
122
180
139
145
148
151
155
161
171
95
SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERMinimum charge of 25 Cents allowed
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
SandersviHe 0 Tennille
SAVANNAH STATESBORO RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Culer O Olney
Smiths Grove 2 Ivanhoe
Blitchton 4 Woodburn
Eldora Stilson
Glisson 7 Iric
8 Sbeiwood 10 Nellwood
13 Pretoria
17 Statesboro 20
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 45
22
Uo
sa
34
Atlanta
Howells
Linneville
Deerland Park
Mina
Cheshire
Plasters
Calhoun
Goodrich
Belt Junction
Montreal
Tucker
Caldwell
Distanc Tables
o Lilburn 24
3 Lnxomni 25
4 Sweetwater Park 27
6 Gloster 29
7 Lawreneeville 34
8 Dcula 40
7 Auburn 45
9 Winner 5 2
10 Houses 56
11 Statbam 59
15 Bogart 63
18 21 McLeroy 69
South Athens 71
Athens
Hull 70
Five Forks 84
Comer 90
Carlton 95
Oglesby 100
Swifts Quarry 102
Elbert cm 107
Middleton 118
Heardmont H7
Cajhoun Falls S C 124
LOG A N VILLE LAWRENCE VILLE BRANCH Lawreneeville O Tripp 5 Logan ville IO
Savannah
Anderson
Burroughs
Ways
Haskells
Limerick
Dorchester Riceborcj
Hewitts
Jones
FLORIDA CENTRAL PENINSULAR
SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA LINE
0 Darien Junction
9 Townsend
11 Barrington
16 Evtrtt
20 74Mile Post
25 Rattan
28 Bladen
33 S B T Crossing
39 Glencoe
40
43 Wayerly
47 Tav I ors Siding
53 White Oak
59 Satilla River
64 Woodbine
65 Colesburg
70 Seals
73 Kingsland
76 Jacksonville
80
81
84
88
89
93
96
101
Fla138

96
SAVANNAH TO SOUTH CAROLINA LINE
Say annali O
Wheat Hill
Distance Tables
0 Exlev 15
6 Rincon 19
11 14 Stillwell 25
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
O Vidalia 80
17 Schumpert Blands 81
20 Higgston 84
22 Rogers Mill 84
24 McGreggors Mill 88
27 Ailev 90
32 Mt Vernon 92
35 Gillicans Mill 93
37 Ochwalkee 95
39 Glen wood 97
43 Stuckey 101
44 Alamo 104
45 Erick 108
50 Helena 114
49 Aults Mill 116
51 Reynolds Moons Mill 118
53 Milan 124
56 Horton 129
58 Peacock McMillans
62 Mill 130
61 Rhine 133
65 Abbeville 139
63 Gunns Hill 142
68 Kramer 145
75 Rochelle 149
75 Pine City 152
78 Pitts 154
79 Seville 157
29
Columbia S C 142
Savannah
Meldrim
Cuyler
Stetson
Ellabelle
Lanier
Pembroke
Morrison
Polk Corbetts Mill
Groveland
Surrencys Mill
Palaky
Daisy
Tutens Mill
Claxton
Hagan
Bellvillev
Manassas
Cummings Mill
Godleys Mill
Collins
Wallings Mill
Danton
Ohoopee
Lyons
Stacers
Donovans Mill
Lang Stacers Mill
BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND ALBANY
Columbus
Sand Pit
Esquiline
Masseys
Ochillee
Listonia 161
Penia 163
Cordele168
Coney 175
Hugenin 179
Cobb 181
DeSoto 186
Leslie 187
Parkers 191
Huntington 192
Allens 195
Gatewood 196
Amerieus 199
New Point 204
Salters 208
Plains 210
Wise 215
Preston 220
Ponders 224
Richland 228
Randalls 232
Lumpkin 236
Charles 241
Lo uvale 245
Union 250
Omaha 257
Montgomery A la 340
Cusseta Manta
A bbeville
Riedsfield
Browning
Forest Glen Dicks Mill
O Renfroe 28 Belmont 62
3 Brooklyn 32 Dawson 66
5 Richland 39 Sasser 73
8 Savilles 44 Stevens 75
11 Kimbroughs 46 Aremena 77
14 Weston 48 Oakland 78
15 Leveretts 52 Palmyra 83
19 Chambliss 54 Vasons 85
24 Parrott 56 Albany 88
FITZGERALD BRANCH
O Carswell 11 Whitlev 27
4 Bowens Mill 12 Huff ThomasMill 28
6 Queenland 14 Smith Thomas Co 29
9 Lulaville 18 Ocill 31
10 Fitzgerald 22
SMITHONIA DUNLAP RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See p ige No 45
Distance Table
Dunlap O Smfthonia
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4 Except between Augusta and Tennille See page No 45
ATLANTA CHARLOTTE AIRLINE DIVISION
Atlanta
Peachtree
Belt Junction Roxborough Goodwins Cbamblee
Doraville
Norcross
Duluth
O Suwanee
5 Buford
6 Flowery Branch
9 Odells
11 Gainesville
13 New Holland
15 Hall
19 White Sulphur 25 JLula
31 Bellton
37 Yonah
44 Alto
48 Cornelia 53 Mt Airy 55 Ayersville
58 Toccoa
59 Folsom
66
67
70
74
78
80
87
93
99
Atlanta
Howell
Peyton
Chattahoochee Oakdale
Nickajack 13 Villa Rica
GEORGIA PACIFIC DIVISION
O Mableton 16 Temple 46
3 Austell 19 Bremen 54
8 Lithia Springs 21 Waco
9 Douglasville 27 Tallapoosa 64
10 Winston 33 Hooper P0
39 Birmingham Ala 167
AUGUSTA TENNILLE
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile Minimum passenger charge twenty cents
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Augusta
Adam
Adventure
Gracewood
DeBruce
Hephzibah
Bath
Blythe
O Keysville 26
5 Moab 30
6 Matthews 31
8 Wrens 35
10 Stapleton 41
15 Avera 45
18 Gibson 50
21 Belle Springs 55
Mitchell
Agricola
Chalker
Warthen
Silas
Sandersville
Tennille
77
79
82
98
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
EAST TENN YA GA DIVISION
Between Atlanta and Brunswick
Atlanta O Adams Park 108 Towns 176
Roseland 4 Westlake 115 Day 180
Constitution 7 Cowarts 118 Lumber City 183
Norton 8 McGriff 121 Okmulgee 184
Henrico 9 Coley 123 Hazlehurst 190
Moores Mill 10 Wanda 126 Graham 196
Ellenwood 14 Cochran 127 Pine Grove 199
Rex 16 Empire 133 Prentiss 203
Stockbridge 19 Came 135 Baxley 206
Tunis 23 Dubois 136 Wheaton 210
Flippen 25 Gresston 137 Surrency 215
McDonough 29 Dempsey 139 Brentwood 220
Locust Grove 36 Williams Lumber Co 145 Odum 226
Jenkinsburg 41 Eastman 146 Ellis 233
Jackson 46 Amoskeag 147 Jesup 236
Flovilla 51 Godwinsville 151 Gardi 242
Cork 55 Steele 155 Bennetts Still 243
Berner 60 Chauncey 155 Pendarvis 246
Juliette 65 Missler 157 Grangerville 248
Dames Ferry 73 Cox 157 Mount Pleasant 253
Popes 75 Haunson 160 Everett 256
Holton 80 Achord 161 Belle Yista 259
Macon 88 Helena 164 Sapps Still 262
Reid 98 McRae 166 Sterling 266
Bullard 104 Scotland 171 Brunswick 278
Between Atlanta and Chattanooga
Atlanta O Long 56 Pinson 84
Howell 3 Ravenel 57 Plain ville 87 1
Peyton 8 Hamlet 58 Reeves 91
Chattahoochee 9 Seney 60 Oostanaula 93
Oakdale 10 Byrd 61 Sugar Valley 98
Nickajack 13 Brice 63 Miller 101
Mableton 16 Chambers 67 Carbondale 104 1
Austell 19 Silver Creek 68 Phelps 108
Powder Springs 24 Lindale 70 Dalton 113
Hiram 29 Atlanta Junction 71 Waring 119
Dallas 35 Rome 74 Varnells 123 I
McPherson 40 North Rome 75 Cohutta 127
Braswell 45 Berwin 78 Ooltewah Junction 138 M
Don 49 Shannon 82 Chattanooga 153
Rockmart 53

SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContlnued
ATLANTA FLORIDA DIVISION
Atlanta O Woolsey 32 M B Crossing 74
A F Switch 3 Lowry 35 Culloden 76
Cornell 6 Kallulah Junction 38 Musella 83
Haasville 10 Zetella 41 Roberta 89
15 Williamson 45 Gaillards 95
Selina IT Zebulon 51 Sand Pit 97
Camp Creek 19 Meansville 56 Zenith i 99
Kenwood 20 Piedmont 61 Lee Pope 100
Fayetteville 25 Yatesville 71 Fort Valley
Inman 30
COLUMBUS DIVISION
Columbus O Nebula 37 Williamson 72
Fortson 6 Warm Springs 42 Rover 74
Flat Rock 10 Raleigh 46 Griffin SO
Midland 13 Woodbury 51 Experiment 81
Ellerslie 18 Molena 56 Strickland 87
Ossahatchie 20 Neals 59 Luella 90
Waverly Hall 23 Concord 63 Browns 91
Oak Mountain 28 Jolly 67 Greenwood 94
Shiloh 33 Reids 68 McDonough 98
ELBERTON AIRLINE
Toccoa O Bowersville 24 Harper 41
Eastanollee 7 Canon 26 Dewv Rose 44
Avalon 11 Royston 31 Goss 46
Martins 12 Fellowship Church 19 Bowmans 34 Flberton 51
Lavonia 38
ATHENS BRANCH
Athens 1 O Harmony Grove 18 Gillsville 32
Center 7 Maysville 26 Lula 3d
Nicholson 11
CLEVELAND AND COHUTTA BRANCH
Cleveland Tenu O Weatherly 11 Cohut ta 15
1 Blue Spring 6 Red Clay 13
DOCK BRANCH
Dock Junction O Sand Fly 02 E T Docks 18
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5 K J J SH fffCi
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEMContinued
HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH
Cochran 6 Ocmulgee River Br 97 Hawkinsrille lO
ROSWELL BRANCH
Chamblee O Dunwoody 5 Roswell IO
ATLANTA BELT LINE
Howell O Thompsons 2 Belt Junction 6
ATT AL i AND ROME
North Rome Ga O Coosa 13 State Line 19
Huffaker 6 Mt Hope 16 Gadsden Ala 56
Robinson 9 Early 18 Attala Ala 61
Oreburg 10
BETWEEN ROME AND SELMA
Rome 0 Vans Valley 13 Etna Ala T 23
Atlanta Junction 2 Cave Spring 15 Selma Ala 196
Cunningham 9 Prior 22
SOUTH GEORGIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Quitman O Morven 12 IGarnet 22
Spain 6 Barneys 18J Heartpine 2
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SPARKS MOULTRIE GULF RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page 45
Distance Tables
Tiftefi O Log
Dosia 6 Obe
9 Mile Post 9 Barber
14 Kalamazoo
17 Sinclair
21 Moultrie
23
24
27
BAYBORO BRANCH
Kalamazoo O Conoly 7 Bayboro 13
Horne 5 Pinopohs
STILLMORE AIRLINE RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
o 12 McLeod r 27
Collins Sectionville 5 Hurry bill 15 Swainsboro 3A
Cobbtown 8 Stillmore 20
SYLVANIA RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 7See page No 45
Distance Table
Rocfcy Ford CRR O Zeigler 9 Waters
Kolb Gem 5 Daffin 12 Sylvania
Woodcliff 7
TALBOTTON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass 0Five Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 5See page No 45
Distance Table
Talbotton O Bostick S W RR 7
TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass CFive Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Cornelia O Anandale
Demorest 5 Turnerville
Clarkes ville 8
11 Tallulah Lodge
16 Tallulak Falls
13
15
20
21
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TIFTON NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Tifton O Pinetta 14 Fletcher 20
Brighton 5 Mystic 16 Fitzgerald 25
Harding 8
TIFTON THOMASVILLE GULF RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass A Three Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6 iSee page No 45
Distance Table
Tifton O Barbers 22 Mascotte 40
Lumberville 6 Aberdeen 25 Coolidge 41
Parkers 7 Moultrie 27 Humboldt 42
Urbana 8 Sunset 33 Merrillville
Omega 10 jFtna 34 DnrftTi 47
Anita 11 Murphev 36 Brick Yard 54
Hugging 14 Suberdale 38 Thomas ville 56
Obe 17
VALDOSTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Valdosta O Briggston 8 Olympia 14
Dees 6 Clyattville 10 State Line145
WADLEY MOUNT VERNON RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Wadley O Hodo 17 Odom ville 25
Pinetucky 6 Riner 19 Adrian 28
Ennis 11 Meeks 21 Rixville 30
Kite 15 Ethel 22
WAYCROSS AIRLINE RAILROAD PASSENGERClass BFour Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 6See page No 45
Distance Table
Waycross O Murray 21 Chatterton 35
Waltertown 6 Sessoms 25 Douglas 42
Upchurch 9 Granville 26 Upton 45
Elsie 11 Nicholls 20 Hadleys Mill 5
Bolen Beach 15 Saginaw 18 31 Yickers 54
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WESTERN A ATLANTIC RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile FREIGHTClass No 1See page No 45
Atlanta O
Simpson St 1
Howells 3
Bolton 7
Gilmore 9
Vinings 11
Smyrna
Marietta 20
Elizabeth 22
Kennesaw 29
Acworth 35
Ruby 38
Distance Tables
Allatoona 40
Bartow 12
Emerson 43
Cartersville 48
Rogers 51
Cass52
Bests 55
Kingston 59
Cement 60
Halls 64
Adairsville 69
McDaniels 75
Calhoun
Resaca
Tilton
Dalton
Rocky Face
Tunnel Hill
Catoosa
Ringgold
Graysville
Chickamauga Tenn Chattanooga
78
84
90
99
104
107
113
115
121
126
137
ROME BRANCH
Kingston O Eves 7 Brick Yard
Wooleys 3 Dykes H Home
16
18
WRICHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD
PASSENGERClass AThree Cents per Mile
FREIGHTClass No 4See page No 45
Tennille Peacocks Cut
Harrison
Donovan i Wrightsville
Meadows
Lovett
Distance Table
O Donaldson
6 Bruton
10 Condor
13 Dublin
17 Hutchings
21 Springhaven 24 Dexter
26 Alcorns 52
28 Chester 55
32 Yonkers 60
36 Empire 65
42 Luckie 72
47 49 Hawkinsville 76

ACT CTSIE ATITT3
THE
Railroad Commission of Georgia
AND ACTS AMENDATORY THEREOF
WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
ADD LAIS 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 GeneralAssembly 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 ommis Section I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three ppoint Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate idltaiarinto carry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law i sa aryand Qne 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 thefact 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 beframed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in ny 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
jcation of gEC n That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture Imaentand stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of twelve hundred dolryfex larB at the expense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atnsesetcanta 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 aqnum
Sec III That from and after the passage of this Act if any railroad corporation raiiln I organized or doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law norof 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 rataa8 nation in its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers Mon foror freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon 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 j 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 discrim inations 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 j comfort may require Provided however That before applying joint ratesto 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 saidCommissioners 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 th limits of longer ani shorter distances 4 L Vt
Commi Sec YI That th said Railroad Commissioner rhereto yauthorized and required shalf make to make for each of the railroad corporations doing huHiness in this State as soon as schedule of practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for th transportation of fishsame passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shall in tc 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 ascircumstances may require change and revise said schedules When any schedule shall have been made orrevised as aforesaidit 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 ata 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 spcti 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 thie protection of the people Provided That the schedule thus prepared and published as aforesaid fqr 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 td be printed and published as aforesaid shall be received and held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules of said Qqmmissionera without further proof than the production of the schedules desired 0 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 sam has been duly published as required by law
Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books and papers of all the railroad companies doing business ip 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 speh examination which rules and regulations shall be observed and obeyed as other rules and regulations aforesaid said
i Jurisdic tion and power of j ComroisI sioners
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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 providd for in this Act
Sec YIII That all contracts and agreementjS 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 tracts be area violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the tween railj rules and regulations of said Commissioners and all arrangements and agreements whatever as to the division of einings of an 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 th 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 I
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 ijunes 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 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 exeinplary damages Provided That all suits under this Act shall be brought within twelve months after the commission of the alleged wrong or injury j
Sec XI That in all cases under the provision of this Act the rules of evidence shall Buies of be the same as in civil actions except as hereinbefore otherwise provided All fines 61 1
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
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Meaning of terms
Duplicate
freight
receipts
j Reports of Commissioners
Power of Commissioners over witnesses
Railroad officers to report to p Commissioners
law against railroad corporations and this Act shall not be construed as repealing any statute giving such remedies
Sec XII That the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this Act shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individ uals now owning or operating or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad in whole or in part in this State and the provisions of this Act shall apply to all persons firms and companies and to all associations of persons whether incorporated or otherwise that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railroad in this State street railways excepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore mentioned
Sec XIII That all railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shallbe 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 Bhall incur a penalty to be fixed and collected as provided in section nine of this Act
Sec XIV That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for to make to the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recommend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provisions of this Act
Sec 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 agent jor employee of any railroad company who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commissioners as necessary to the purpose of this Act or who shall willfully and unlawfully hinder delay or obstruct said Commissioners in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon them shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offence to be recovered in an action of debt in the name of the State
Sec XVII That all laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed
Approved October 14 1879
Ill
tXT 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 after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates from points out 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 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 he the duty of the Railroad Commission to call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact gnd to 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 the suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of the Commission to present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commission and appeal to it for relief
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commission prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon to do so before the Interstate Commerce Commission
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
Duty to ic v estimate through rates
Shall call attention of railroacl officials tel discrim ins I tions
Shall appeal to ln terstate Commission
Attorney General requiredtej represent Commission
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POWER TO BRING SUIT
A2T ACT
To amend Section 719 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 i 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 enaity for The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit withfruJesn out notice for any violation of any of said rules or regulations whenever in their opinion mending the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the f original institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of P 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 daysfrom the time of such notice such company shall incur a penalty for each offence of not less thah 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
ower to The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit withoutaitwith noce fr any violation of said rules and regulations whenever in their opinion the ut 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 conflict herewith are hereby repealed
Approved October 161891
AMENDING TITLE OP ACT
AXT 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 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
by the authority of the same That the caption of the above recited Act be and the same Caption oi is hereby amended as follows towit 79f ct
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 follqws theloea
An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the jnand location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust passenfer discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passenges and freights and to depots6 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
A2T ACT
To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia authority upon complaint made to inspect the railroads or any railroad o 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 Eailroad Commission of this State is hereby empowered mand required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the requiredrs railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if the same is found onun1 in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition be as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided Thatreasonable time lept in safe be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may isona be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of ble time to railroads in cases of damage to person or property Nbftoaf
feet liaMl
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 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 ordersr State and his fees shall be the same as now provided by law Suits shall be brought in the county where the wrong or violation occurs
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 171891
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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 applicable to them
STORAGE CHARGES
AIT ACT
To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to be charged by Railroad Companies in this Stale to prescribe regulations for charging the same and to prescribe him suit shall be brought for overcharges and to fix the measure of recovery and for other pur poses
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 j and to fix at what time after the reception of freight at place of destination such charges I for storage shall begin with power to vary the same according to the value and character j 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 j Commission and Acts amendatory thereof prescribing the procedure of said Commission i in fixing freight and passenger tariffs and hearing complaints of carriers and shippers j and of altering and amending said tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amend J ing rates and charges for storage as aforesaid
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That no Railroad Company shall make or retain directly I or indirectly any charge for storage of freight greater than that fixed by the Commission j for each particular storage nor shall they discriminate directly or indirectly by means j 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 j aforesaid the person or persons so paying such overcharge or subjected to such dis I crimination shall have the right to sue for the same in any court of this State having I 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 j 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 j the same are hereby repealed
Approved October 171891
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TO REGULATE EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
AILT ACT
To extend the powers of the Railroad Commissioners so as to give them power and authority to regulate charges by Express Companies for transportation to regulate charges of Telegraph Companies for the transmission of messages by telegraph or charges by persons engaged in the several businesses named herein to apply the powers given to said Commissioners by law over Railroad Companies to dll 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 Stale and for other purposes
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and Express after the passage of this Act all companies or persons owning controlling or operating graph616 or that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegraph tbePunde whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall be under the control the control of the Railroad Commissioners of this State who shall have full power to regulate the missicnm prices to be charged by any company or person or persons owning controlling or operator reguiaing any line or lines of Express and Telegraph for any service preformed by such com prices pany person or persons and all the powers given to said Commissioners over railroads ovraiiin this State and all the penalties prescribed against Railroad Companies or persons roadsmd operating railroads by existing laws embraced in sections of the Code of 1882 from against Section 719a t Section 719p both inclusive are hereby declared to be of force force as against corporations companies or a person or persons owning controlling or operating against exa line or lines of Express and Telegraph doing business in this State whose line or lines fekfgraph Is or are wholly or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be comPames made applicable to any corporation company person or persons owning controlling or So far as operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph The said Commissioners shall also appllcable have power and authority to require said companies to locate agencies at Railroad agencies f Stations
Sec 2 Be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid That the powers of the Commis Regulation sioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons herein referred to oniaso3 shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in transportathis State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in this State messages
in this
Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act state be and the same are hereby repealed
Approved Oct 211891
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OOXSTITUTION
ARTICLE IVSection II
Power to regulate rates and fares
Corporations subject to the provisions of this Constitution
Corporations not authorized to buy shares tending to defeat competition
No secret rebate allowed Not intended to impair contracts
Appropri ate legislation required
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 prohib t 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 agreements shall be illegal and void
Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freights or passage and any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties
Par VI No provisions of this article shall be deemed held or taken to impair th obligation of any contract heretofore made by the State of Georgia
Par VII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appro priate legislation
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The following references to the laws of the State on the subject of
transport ation of passengers and freight by Common Carriers are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest
A
Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia section ot
2297 Companies
as carriers
B
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 adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2278
C
Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all What paspersons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons refused seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2296
D
A carrier of passengers is bound also 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 in Passen8ers juries to the person alter having used such diligence Code Section 2266
E
The carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a For passenger cannot relievo himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his gage own baggage Code Section 2280
F
It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees to onbagbe provided with cheeks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from ase station to station on their roads when required And it is the duty of the conductor of every passenger train to cause upon application to him all trunks and baggage to be checked from any station to any point of destination on their road or any road running under the control of the company of which he is conductor The carrier of passengers has a lien on the baggage not only for its freight hut for the passengers fare Code Sections 2281 and 2289
G
A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to he taken for the fare paid Limit as to in case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the baggage carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost provided the same be only such articles as a traveler lor business or pleasure would carry for his or her own use Code
Section 2288
H
Railroad companies snail keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers water and are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during the day and night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor or agent of a railroad who after being requested by a passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passengers in each car in the day or night and light at night shall pass any depot or station without so doing may be indicted in any county through which said railroad runs ol which he is agent or conductor and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor Code Sections 522 and 523
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1
Equal ac Common carriers of passengers for hire shall furnish like and equal accommodations to
tionsto all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition Code Section 5251
J
Police of The conductors of a train carrying passengers are invested with all the powers duties railroads anj resp0nsikiiities 0f police officers while on duty on their trains Provided nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of any railroad company for the acts of its employees When a passenger is guilty of disorderly conduct or uses any obscene profane or vulgar language or plays any game of cards or other game of chance for money or other thing of value the conductor of the train may stop it at the place where such offense is committed and eject the passenger from the train Code Section 902
K
Posting Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than onetime of de half of one hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a trains telegraph operator during the hours that 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 timesuch train is behind its schedule Provided That such bulletin shill not be required to be posted at any station until onehalf hour before the regular sqhedule time at which such train is to arrive at the station at which such bulletin is required to be kept Code Section 2235
L
Carriers One who pursues the business constantly or continuously for any period of time or exraordi any distance of transportation is a common carrier and as such is bound to use extranary dili ordinary diligence In cases of loss the presumption of law 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 2264
M
Effect of A common carrier cannot limit his legal liability by any notice given either by pubnotice to lication or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract and will then be governed thereby Code Section 2276
N
delivert0 The common carrier is bound not only for the safe transportation and delivery of
without goods but also that the same be done without unreasonable delay Code Section 2282
unreason
able delay q
Time of The responsibility of the carrier commences with the delivery of the goods either biiitynSi 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 2279
P
The carrier has a lien on the goods for freight and may retain possession until it is Carrier paid unless this right is waive 1 by special contract or actual delivery This lien exists goods110n only when the carrier has complied with his c ontract 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 2287
Q
Fraud on The carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to be made carrier
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Known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will release him from liability Code Section 2290
R
All freight hills or freight lists charged against or to be collected out of any person for Freight whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight charged lists how in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific description before they shall be made ou collectible Code Section 2298
S
Whenever any person shall deliver property of any description to a railroad steamboat Carrier or express company for transportation said company shall upon demand furnish the party so delivering a valid receipt which shall specify the shipping marks and numbers thereon and the weight of the property thus delivered whenever the value can be estimated by weight and in all cases where the value cannot be thus estimated the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quantity or value thereof and also the place of destination and any agent or officer of such company violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Code
Section 602
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 receipts 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 ireight such agent shall deliver the article shipped on payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipts Code Section 2200
U
Where there are several connecting railroads under different companies and the goods railroads are intended to be transported over more than one railroad each company shall be re ggeare sponsible only to its own terminus and until delivery to the connecting road the last several 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 2298
V
Railroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge Roads real 1 cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting road Code Section 2212 They deliver to are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive from the connect carsfroaT6 ing road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to connecting which the same is offered and transport said cars to their destination with reasonable diligence Code Section 2302
W
Whenever any railroad company in this State shall weigh any cars loaded with freight weighing to be shipped and charged for by the carload such weighing shall be done by a sworn ga weigher as provided for the weighing of cotton rice and other produce Code Section 2309 When such cars are weighed singly they shall be uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time Code Section 2310 bietc1
When anv railroad company shall transport timber lumber or other like articles ofaJDifrtn r r cfnecarto
freight which from length laps over from one car to another such company may cause asanotber
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many as two or three of such cars so loaded to he weighed together after uncoupling them at both ends from other cars and in all such instances the aggregate weight of the freight upon said two or three cars shall be averaged so that each of the cars shall be charged with an equal amount of the total weight and the shipper be made to pay freight as if each of the cars so weighed together did actually contain an equal portion of the whole load Provided That in such cases the shipper shall not pay less than the amount of freight due on full carloads Code Section 2311
X
1 criminaiS Norairoad corporation organized or doing business in this State shall make any unI tlon pro just discrimination in its rates or charges of toll for the transportation of passengers or I e freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car on its said I road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith
which it has license to operate control or use 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 See Code Sections 2188 and 2214
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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Penalty of
CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS
A3ST ACT
7b require all ailroads doing business in this State to furnish equal accommodations and sepa ate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said compames to fur nish 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 tier employees of railroads and conductors of dummy electric and street cars certain powers and authority aver passengers to comply with the regulations made by said companies under the provisions of this Ac t to provide a penalty for the violation of the same and for other pur c
poses coinmoda
Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after ggpasrate lie passage of this Act all railroads doing business in this State shall be required to cars furnish equal accommodations in separate cars or compartments of cars for white and I
colored passengers provided that this Act shall not apply to sleeping cars to assign I
5ec 2 Be it further enacted That all conductors or other employees tn charge of pajfW rflrs ghall be required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compart or COm mentscara provided by the said companies under the provisions of this Act and all parents conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby empower d 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 carsshall 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 m any car or compart provisionsj uient or seat other than that to which he may have been assigned shall be gudtyofa
misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed msection 4310 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 Syri
Sec 4 Be it further enacted That when a railroad car is divided into compartments g dlvl1 the space set apart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be proportioned according to the proportion of usual and ordinary travel by each on the
road or line on which said cars are used colored
Sec5 Ba it further acted That it Bhall be unlawful for the officers or employees having charge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored passengers to copy m occupy the same car or compartment and for a violation of this section any officer meng or employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as is prescribed in section 4310 of the 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 S5fe
Sec 7 Be it further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment ableetc ars or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such cars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misde
meanor punishable under section 4310 of ihe Code of 1882
rEC 8 PBe it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws m conflict with this Act be and the sarpe are hereby repealed
Approved October 21 1891
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TAX AGAINST RAILROAD EXPRESS SLEEPINGCAR AND TELEGRAPH
COMPANIES
No 32
An Act to authorize the ComptrollerGeneral to appoint one of the Railroad Commissionersof this State to act as arbitrator in certain cases and for other purposes
Ui Section I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after
S3 the passage of this Act that in all cases of disagreement between the ComptrollerGen
hil eral and any railroad or express company sleepingcar companies and telegraph com
panies owning property in this State as to the taxable value of their said property and wheresaid 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 be theduty 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
Express Companies
adopted by the railroad commission
OF GEORGIA
AS AMENDED TO OCTOBER 15 1900
APPLYING BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
tar iulet a
Merchandise Kates Pr Hundred and Graduated Kates for Packages Weighing Less than
Oue Hundred Pounds
As Fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
w o m pchandise Rates RATES PER 100 Pounds 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
CO Q Per 100 lbs 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 3 c 40 45 45 50
61 to 80 60 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 50 50 551 55
81 to lOOj 70 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 30 35 40 45 1 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 180 181 to 200 201 to 250 1 00 Over 60 not over 70 25 35 45 50 60 70 75 80 95 100 110 120 130 130
1 05 Over 70 not over 80 30 40 50 60 70 75 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140
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 1 60 70 80 90 100 1051 115 120 130 135 140
LVe p0U1ds aid under sba11 not charged more than 25 cents by one company for anv distance less 20 per cent when euch Packages are bandied by two or more companies each comj any may charge725 cents
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
MILES
1 to 1 to 21 to 41 to 61 to 81 to 101 to 18 L to 161 to 181 to 201 to
450
20
40
60
80
100
180
160
Rates RATES PER 100 POUNDS BSP1 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
per
100 lbs MILES 8P 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450
Cents Packages Less than 100 Lbs
Oyer 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
30 Oyer 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 35 40 45 45
30 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 80 30 35 35 40 45 45 45
35 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 55 55
40 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65
45 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
50 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
55 Over 60 not over 70 25 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
60 Over 70 not over 80 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 60 65 70 75 80 85
65 Over 80 not over 90 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
70 Over 90 not over 100 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
NotePackages weighing distance within this State but 25 cents less 20 per cent
ive pounds ana unaer snail not ue uniugeu uiuic mau j
when such packages are handled by two or more companies each Company may charge
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TARIFF E
Governing the following perishables when carried by Express Companies
DRESSED POULTRY FRESH FTSH FRESH MEAT BUTTER AND SAUSAGES
Rates per One Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages weighing less than One Hundred Pounds on above articles
As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia
RATES PER 100
POUNDS 8 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
Rates
Distance lOOlbs
MILES 8 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 230 300 350 400 450
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
21 to 40 25 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 2S 30 33 35 35
41 to 60 25 Over 20 lot over 30 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 28 30 33 33 38 40
61 to 80 27 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 30 35 38 40 43 45
81 to 100 30 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50
01 to 130 35 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 25 25 30 30 33 35 38 40 45 45 50 55
31 to 160 40 Over 60 not over 70 25 25 25 27 30 33 35 40 40 45 45 50 55 60
61 to 180 45 Over 70 not over 80 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60 63
81 to 200 45 Over 80 not over 90 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 50 58 60 63
01 1 to 250 50 Over 90 not over 100 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63
MILK TARIFF
Rates on Milk per can depot delivery only Empties to be returned fiee Milk not for depot elivtry Tariff E rates
Miles Per 5gallon Per 8gallon Per 10gallon
can can can
J 6 cents 9 cents 11 cents
10 7 11 t 14
15 8 it 12 a 15
20 9 ft 14 16
25 9 if 14 18
30 9 11 14 a 18
35 10 16 20
40 10 it 16 20
45 11 if 17 21
50 11 17 n 21
55 12 t f 18 23
60 12 it 18 23
65 13 11 20 26
70 13 ft 20 t 26
75 14 ft 22 27
80 14 it 22 27
85 15 23 29
90 15 23 29
95 15 it 24 30
100 to 250 16 tl 25 31
Cream or Milk in cans packed in ice same rates per hunred pounds as apply on ten gallon cans or milk in above tariff
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 over two or more roads not under the same management and control by lease ownership or otherwise 30 per cent may be added to the Express Standard Tariff based on continuous mileage When said shipments are handled by two or more express companies each company may charge its local less ten per cent
Packages weighing five pounds and under shall not be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance within this State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent
RULE 3
The Express Companies are directed to have published and posted at all their offices in the State of Georgia the said classifications rates and rules 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 CO D or otherwise exceeds 5000 the following additional charge may be made on value Charge for value whether insured or not When merchandise rate is 100 or less per 10G 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
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RULE 7
If C 0 D matter is refused or cannot be deli vered the shipper must be immediatlv notified and if not disposed of within thirty days after such notice it may be 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
HU LE 10
No Express office where Express business is done ir this State shall be discontinued or abolished without first obtaining the consent of the Commission upon application duly filed by said company wherom shall be stated the reasons therefor
RULE 11
Wfien ice is used for prtei Vciion 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
Appbs
Asparagus
Bananas
Beans
Beef Fat
Ber
Beer Tonic
Worries
Cabbage
Calves dressed Cantaloupes in crates or bbls
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
Squashek 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 leftside 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 thehead 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 ofthe 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 G0 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 f 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 a 40
16 4 44 50
18 44 44 60
20 4 65
24 4 4 80
30 44 90
36 4 44 105
44 44 120
50 135
56 44 150
72 44 195
WAYBILL
12 Cans without Ice 30 lbs
18 4 4 45
24 44 4 60
27 44 65
30 44 44 70
36 44 44 00 S
45 44 44 105
54 44 44 130 k
66 44 44 4 155
82 4 44 44 195
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
NoteThe rates on advertising matter given herein will be applied only on matter distributed gratuitously for advertising purposes and must not be applied on any package containing articles that are sold to the consignee Any article of mercnandise packed with advertising matter will subject the shipment to the regular graduate at merchandise rate
SECTION BThe following matter may be charged for at the Merchandise rate per one hundred pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed
Auxiliary Newspapers Patent insides and other appliances used in place thereof including Reading Matter Plates minimum twentyfive cents
Packages of clothing shipped to or by laundries 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 purpose minimum twentyfi ve 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 ehould be applied When shipments are ordered returned these rates apply
THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL BATES ARB TO BE USED ONLY ON THE COEDITIONS NAMED BELOW ON BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE
SECTION C Rates on Printed Matter and Seeds and Bulbs prepaid to railroad points only within thq Slate 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 t Bulbs
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 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 conteots written stamped or printed thereon and be so packed that the description may be readily verified by examination
SECTION DEspecial cafe 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 t
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 nurse ries
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 whei 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 authorize i specials to the contrary
Safety Bicy 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 emptywhen 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
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
ExplanationsSpecial rules under each heading apply to all articles enumerated ihereunder 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
il
Agricultural Implements bulky D A Plows ordinary stirring and
breaking A
Ale B
Almanacs see Section A 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 liveD A
Cats
Deer
Dogs in boxes at actual wgt or securely chained at 100
lbs each
Ferrets
Guinea Pigs
Opossums
Pet animals
Rabbits J
Antlers D A
Apples B
Asparagus B

Bananas B
Beans B
Beef Fat B
Beer B
Be ries B
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 Vehic es
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 B A
Blanks printed bound or in sheets see Section C
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 81 A
Books printed bound or unbound see Section C
Book Cases same as Furniture
Bread pound rates minimum
25 cents A
Buggies see Vehicles
Burial Caes A
Burros see Live Stock Bulbs see Section C
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C
Cabbage B
Calves dressed B
Cantaloupes in crates or bbls B
Carrots B
Celery 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 07 R B 1 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
Chromo Lithographs see Section C
Chronometers see Instruments
Cigar Boxes empty
Circulars see Section C
Clothing packages of to or from Laundries see Section B
Colts See Live Stock
Corn cooked sample cans of see Section B
Cows see Live Stock
Crabs deviled or cooked
Crayon Portraits see Pictures
Cuttings see Section C
I
Deer see Animals
DesksSchool see Furniture 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 Plants Bv
Emery Wheels
Empties 0 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 trans
ported free or Tariff B rates
Berry Stands or Crates10c Each
Bread Baskets or Boxes 5c Each
Butter under 100 pounds 5 cents each for any distance Cans in boxes or kegs and oil
cans in jackets 10c Each
A Cans for Alcohol Fish Oils and Varnishes They may be delivered to regular patrons15c Each
Clothing Baskets for clothing houses and merchant tailors 25c Each
Coops 10c Each
Crates and Kennels pet aniA mal or dog minimum 50c A
Demijohns in boxes or kegs 10c Each
Egg Cases 5c Each
Fruit Empties 10c Each
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Gas Cylinders minimum 15c i A Homing Pigeon Baskets minimum 50c each for each
company carrying A
Ice Cream Freezers minimum 15 cnts 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
Kumvss Boxes25c Each
Liquor Kegs10c Each
Meat boxes may be returned subject to charges on delivery by agreement with owners 25c Each
Milk Cans may be transported
free or Tariff B rates
Mineral Water Cases may be transported free or Tariff B
rates
Oyster Empties may be transported free or tariff B rates Oyster Empties new sent to be filled and returned by express may be transported
free or Tariff B rates
Tubs or Pails 5c Each
Other New Oyster Empties 10c Each Poney Refrigerators for fruit25c Each Soda fountains minimum 15c A
Engravings see Pictures also Section C
Envelopes address printed see Section C
Explosives refuse see Rule 8
F
Feathers closely compressed
and baled A
Feathers not closely compressed and baled D A
Ferrets see Animals
Fire Arms O R
Guns or Rifles trussed or boxed or taken apart and packed in sole leather or
canvas cases A
When not so packed 3 t A
Pistols or Revolvers securely
packed A
Fire Brick A
Fisa S lted or Dry B
FishFresh E
Fish Roe B
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
Fruit
Furniture O R B
B xed or crated
Not boxed or crated D
Burlapped except chairsfrom
manufacturers only
Chairs boxed or crated
Chairs not boxed or era ed and not otherwise specified D Chairs Barber burlapped
boxed or crated
Chairs Dentists boxed or crated not ex eeding 75 in
value
Chairs Dentists boxed or crated exceeding 7500 in
value D
Chairs Iron Frame or Folding Opera
Letter File Cases boxed or 1
crated
Piano Stools boxed or crated
Piano Stools not boxed or
crated D
School Desks
FursCoarse including undressed skins
FursDressed
G
Game
Gasoline refuse see Rule 8
Ginger Ale
Glass must be boxed or crated O R B
Ground
Mirrors
Stained
Show Cases
Plate
Signs
Window
Goats see live stock
Grapes
Greens
Green Corn
Guinea Pigs see Animals
Guns see Firearms Gunpowder refuse see Rule 8

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13
J
Harvesters K D
Hand BagsOld
Hand Bilk see Section C Heliotype Work see Section C
HidesGreen
HobbyHorses
Hogs see Live Stock Honey 0 R refuse unless
properly packed
Honey in comb and strained
well packed
Horses see Live Stock
I
lee Cream
Inflammables refuse see Rule 8 Instruments 0 R
Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition
to their own cases
Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified
Pianosboxed minimum500 lor 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 refused 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
A
B
B
A
3t A A
1 A A
A
1 J A
3t A
A St A
A D A A
Jarsairtight butter
Jewelry sealed or unsealed rates in Section D do not apply Graduated rates
I
Kerosene refuse see Rule 8
Ij
Labels see Section C
Lard
Laundries packages of clothing shipped to or by si e Section B
Lemons
Lettuce gross weight
Lobsters
Letter File Cases see Furniture
Lithographed Views of Cities mounted on cloth with rollers see Section C
Lithographic Stones O R must be boxed or crated
Liquids in glass demijohns or earthenware O R Refuse when enclosed in paper or paper boxes or otherwise improperly packed
Lithographs ste Pictures also Section C
Live stock Receive only at O R of death i jury 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 yhose fine may be used from any and all liabilities for doss 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
A
B
D
1 i
D A
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Cows eraeel
goat8 X crated
Hogs j
llirses estimate single animals at 1000 lbs minimum 25 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the
through rate
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 ea h 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
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Magazines see Section C
Maps see Secton 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
N
Naphtha refuse see Rule 8 Negatives see Photographic Dry Plates
Newspapers charge according to local agreements Newspapers auxiliary see Section B
O
Okra
Oars crated
rOars not crated
Oleo Butter
3
t
A
A
A
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 shell
Oysters canned see scale of weights
A
I
1JA
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
A D A
B
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 carryingi
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 kten
When the de dared value I of the ship ment is 50 j or less
achinesor iten I
oil Paintings Whenthede1
Oil Paintings 1
Pictures oi r
Water ColorsJ ceedj
Pigeons Quails or BirdsLive in coops for market or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape
B
1 i
A
A
1 i A
A
D A
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Coo s and contents must not
weigh over 150 lbs
Pigeons Live shipped by Homing Pigeon Clubs O1 R of injury death or escape in heavy flat topped baskets with sufficient 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
Plants 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 guaranteed Plants 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 Liye 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
S
SausageFresh or cured
School Desks see Furniture Scions see Section C
Seeds see Section C
Sewing Machines racked or
boxed
Sewing Machines not racked or
boxed O R
Sheep see Live Stock
Sheet Music see Section C Show Cards unmounted see Section C
Show Cases see Glass
Shrubs
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 0 R must be boxed
or crated
Stencil Plates and Shipping ards 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
B
A
i J A
B
D

Quail see pigeons
R
RabbitsDead 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
T
Terrapin live
Tricycles see Vehicles
Tripods see Instruments
Thermometers see Instruments
Tomatoes
Trees and Shrubs for planting boxed or balrd prepaid or
guaranteed
Turtles in bbls
TurtlesLive
Turnips
Typewriting Machines securely boxed Av
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Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not secure
ly boxed O R D A
V
Valises old
V ege tablesGreen 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 J 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 J A
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 carryingi 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 corppany carrying 3 A
Sleigh with Thills detached boxed or crated minimum
300 for each company carrying 1 l 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 carrving 3 t A
Tricycles K D and boxed or crated A
Tricycles not K D and boxed or crated D A
Velocipedes D A
VelocipedesChildrens A
W
Watches see Jewelrv
Y
Yeast Compressed B
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TELEGRAPH
Tariff and Mules Governing Telegraph Companies
EULE 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 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 desiringsuch discontinuance wherein shall be stated the reasons therefor
The Iiirie 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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RAILROAD MILEAGE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
IN MILES AND DECIMAL FRACTIONS
Alabama Great Southern
Albany and Northern
Atlanta and West Point
Atlanta Belt Line
Atlanta Knoxville and Northern
Atlantic Valdosta and Western
Augusta Belt v
Augusta and Summerville
Augusta Terminal
Bruton and Pineora
Central System viz
First Division
Savannah to east end Ocmulgee bridge Macon Millen to Augusta
Second Division
East end Ocmulgee bridge to Atlanta
Gordon to Porterdale
M A Junction to Athens
Griffin to Carrollton
r Barnesville to Thomaston
Third Division
Macon to Alabama State line Eufaula
Fort Valley to Columbus
Fort Valley to Perry
Smithville to Columbia
Cuthbert Junction to Fort Gaines
Fourth Division
Columbus and Birmingham
Columbus and Greenville
Columbus to Americus
Columbus and Searight Ala State line Girard
S A Division
Savannah to Tybee
Total
Charleston and Western Carolina
Chattanooga Rome and Southern
Chattanooga Southern
City and Suburban
Collins and Reidsville
Darien and Western
Dooly Southern
Dover and Statesboro
East and West
Flovilla and Indian Springs
Foy Railroad
Gainesville Jefferson and Southern
2432
3500
8611
550
10530
7013
380
200
144
5300
19002
5321
10471
8594
10178
5957
1625
14260
7100
1250 8361
2050
107
4951
6234
114
1770
107345107345 2047
15109
4265
2200
691
2900
800
990
4570
300
1000
6500
142
Georgia viz
Augusta to Atlanta 17080
Oamak to Central Railroad Junction 74 00
Union Point to Athens 3900
Barnett to Washington 1720
Union Point and White Plains 1350
Total
31450 31450
Georgia Northern
Georgia Pine Railway
Georgia Southern and Florida Hartwell
Hawkinsville and Florida Southern
Lawrenceville
Lexington Terminal
Louisville and Wadley
Macon and Birmingham
Macon Dublin and Savannah Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff
Millen and Southwestern
Nashville and Sparks
Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Offerman and Western
Plant System viz
Savannah to Alabama State line 26847
Brunswick to Albany B W 16878
Waycross to Florida State line 3684
Savannah to South Carolina State line 1771
Albany to Florida State line via Thomasville 7071
Climax to Florida State line 2820
Dupont Junction to Florida State line 2568
5100 3952
16900
1010
3300
1000 400
1000
9680
5354
1775
3378
1150
273
3500
Total 61639 61639
Sandersville 400
Savannah and Statesboro 3400
Seaboard Air Line viz
Florida Central and Peninsular 13808
Georgia and Alabama 376 11
Georgia Carolina and Northern 13364

Total 64783
Smithonia and Dunlap
Smithonia Danielsville and Carnesville
South Georgia
Southern System viz
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line 10094
Georgia Pacific Railroad 5020
Georgia State line to Brunswick Ga V 406 40
Atlanta and Florida Railroad 10230
Georgia Midland Railway 9788
Elberton Air Line 5060
Athens Branch 3893
Cleveland and Cohutta Branch 230
Dock Branch 180
Hawkinsville Branch 1010
Roswell Branch 980
Atlanta Belt Line 330
Attalla and Rome 1890
Rome and Selma 2140
G C A Railway 80
Augusta Southern 8250
64783
700
28 00 2yoo

Total
99815 99815

143
Sparks Moultrie and Gulf 4000
Stillmore Air Line 3405
Sylvania 1500
Talbotton 700
Tallulah Falls 2090
Tifton and Northeastern 2500
Tifton Thomasville and Gulf5550
Valdosta Southern 14 50
Wadley and Mount Vernon 3000
Waycross Air Line 4500
Western and Atlantic including Rome Railroad 13934
Western of Alabama 17
Wrightsville and Tennille 7600
Total mileage 561488
Mileage as shown in 27th report 553186
Increase 8302
Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads of Georgia for the Year Ending June
30 1900
Albany Northern
Alabama Great Southern
Atlanta Knoxville Northern
Atlanta West Point
Atlantic Valdosta Western
Central of Georgia
Chattanooga Rome Southern
Chattanooga Southern
Chattanooga Durham
City Suburban
Collins Reidsville
Darien Western
Dooly Southern
Dover Statesboro
East West
Florida Central Peninsular
Flovilla Indian Springs
Foy Railroad
Gainesville Jefferson Southern
Georgia Railroad
Georgia Alabama
Georgia Northern
Georgia Pine
Georgia Southern Florida
Hartwell
Lawrenceville Branch
Lexington Terminal
Louisville Wadley
Macon Dublin Savannah
Macon Birmingham
Millen Southwestern
Midville Swainesboro Red Bluff
Gross Earnings Year Ended June 301900 Operating Expenses Year Ended June 30 1900 Net Earnings Year Endea June 30 1900 Deficit Year Ended June 30 1900 Gross Earnings per Mile Year Ended June 30 1900 Operating Expenses per Mile Year Ended June 30 1900 Net Earnings per Mile Year Ended June 30 1900 Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings Year Ended June 301900
56305 35 45747 09 10558 26 1608 72 1307 06 301 66 81 20
164153 75 113568 82 50584 93 6749 74 4669 77 2079 97 6918
186068 50 136915 53 49152 97 1767 03 1300 24 466 79 7350
702472 45 434767 66 267704 79 8157 85 5048 98 3108 87 6189
108003 18 87276 87 20726 31 1540 04 1244 50 295 54 8000
4621764 51 2933837 96 1687926 55 4321 83 2743 44 1578 39 6348
308010 83 249271 25 58739 58 2231 96 1806 31 425 65 80 92
95085 74 117806 80 22721 06 1102 44 1365 87 124 00
38482 08 20221 67 18260 41 2224 39 ljl68 88 1056 26 5000
94905 39 74085 50 20819 89 4314 00 3367 00 947 00 7700
4115 04 4036 13 78 91 595 51 584 10 11 42 9800
22863 90 16888 59 5975 31 788 41 582 37 206 04 7400
16724 47 8210 04 8514 43 2090 56 1026 23 1064 30 4909
15154 09 10056 25 5097 84 1515 40 1005 62 509 78 6600
57067 18 51009 20 6057 98 1248 73 1116 17 132 55 8938
527285 59 415512 09 111773 50 3818 70 3009 14 809 56 7880
2400 00 1325 00 1075 00 800 00 441 33 358 67 5520
10176 25 7546 72 2629 53 1017 62 754 67 262 95 7416
72527 09 80526 32 7999 23 1115 80 1231 17 in oo
1677486 75 1124693 56 552793 19 5464 13 3663 50 L800 63 6705
1343137 19 9u7850 32 435286 87 3571 13 2413 79 1157 34 6767
105185 88 71931 59 33254 29 2337 69 1 598 48 738 08 QQ
59197 51 30953 69 28243 82 1517 85 793 68 724 20 5228
1022626 42 660046 37 362580 05 3588 16 2315 95 1272 21 6454
12624 73 10518 29 2106 44 1262 47 1051 82 210 64 8300
3995 42 3936 06 59 36 399 54 393 60 5 93 9850
1900 00 1500 00 400 00 542 00 428 00 112 00 7750
12438 29 10895 08 1543 21 1243 93 1089 50 154 32 8800
68506 38 43212 29 25294 09 1268 64 800 23 468 41 6395
79904 15 83396 67 3492 52 823 75 870 07 112 00
40396 40 28317 34 12079 06 1262 39 884 92 377 47 7000
28987 85 20328 89 8658 96 1633 12 1145 28 487 83 5742

Plant System viz
Savannah Florida Western
Brunswick Western
Charleston Savannah
Alabama Midland
Total for Plant System
Sandersville
Seaboard Air Line
South Georgia
Southern Bailway System viz Atlanta Charlotte Air Line
Elberton Air Line
Georgia Midland
Boswell
Augusta Southern
Owned Lines
Total for Southern By System
Savannah Statesboro
Stillmore Air Line
Sparks Moultrie Gulf including
T M By s
Sylvania
Talbotton
Tallulah Falls g
Tifton Northeastern
Tifton Thomasville Gulf
Union Point White Plains
Valdosta Southern
Wadley Mt Vernon
Way cross Air Line
Western Atlantic
Borne Bailroad
Wrightsville Tennille
Total
Deduct total deficits
Total net earnings
1741989 63 693731 06 57766 61 140091 80 2633579 10 10616 7i 1106507 63 55225 60
908277 51 89946 31 189507 46 9254 52 112375 40 3130696 28 4440057 48 37475 89 28821
52616 28 17348 98 14038 75 15895 04 48976 60 19923 74 6232 92 18922 35 45870 30 84194 01 1807619 10 41160 19 166815 18
22211850 06
1268610 30 463686 82 48287 47 U2248 72 1892833 31 7651 99 887624 55 24024 95
603718 80 56390 24 168488 34 7909 03 101422 71 2275437 96 3213367 08 21604 26 20662 98
20919 35 18038 56 14026 22 11667 95 23672 78 8068 24 8342 46 7613 08 20382 87 74900 82 1204584 93 23891 50 111263 11
15421330 63
473379 33 230044 24 9479 14 27843 08 740745 79 2964 80 218883 08 31200 65
304558 71 33556 07 21019 12 1345 49 10952 69 855258 32 1226690 40 15871 63 8158 79
31696 93
12 53 4227 09 25303 82 11855 50
l30927 25487 43 9293 19 603034 17 17268 69 55552 07
6827531 36 37011 93
689 58
2109 54
37011 93
4285 34 4071 19 5251 51 4377 87 17985 91 2654 20 4002 85 1972 34
8998 19 1777 59 1936 12 944 34 1355 06 4644 05 4368 93 1102 23 847 70
1315 41 1156 59
760 54 1959 06 737 90 461 70 1304 99 1529 01 2004 62 13194 30 2286 67 2194 94
3120 81
2721 16 4389 77 3507 77
13739 51 1912 99 3211 03 858 03
5980 97 1114 43
1721 38 807 04
1222 99 3375 37 3161 89 635 42 607 73
592 98 1202 57
558 27 946 91 298 82 617 96 525 04 679 43 1783 35 8792 59 1327 30 1463 99
1164 52 1350 02 861 74 870 09 4256 37 741 20
791 82 inr30
3017 22 663 16 214 74 137 30 132 07 1268 68 1207 04 466 81 239 96
792 42
202 25 1011 75 439 09
779 95 849 58 221 26 4401 71 959 37 730 95
6790519 431
Average gross earnings per mile for the State of Georgia 4 110
Average operating expenses per mile for the State of Georgia 2 P
Average net earnings per mile for the State of Georgiarfi
1 ercentage of operating expenses to gross earnings for the State of Georgia7 69
7282
6684
8359 8012 7187
7000 8010
4300
66 47
6269
8891
8546
9025
7268
7237
5764
7160
3975 ii
10400
7L
4833
4049
13385
4023
4443
8000 6664 5804 6670
26 853 68 256 57
Summary of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia
Railroad Mileage in Georgia Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings
524052 16930146 96 12397730 60 4532416 36 7320
529141 18458467 95 13188336 28 5270131 67 7140
537482 18305051 82 12672702 76 5632349 06 6920
547526 19046983 95 13494677 94 5552306 01 7080
553186 21087310 36 14790718 85 6296591 51 70 14
1900 561488 22211850 06 15421330 63 6790519 43 6943
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