The thirtieth through thirty-second annual report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, 1901-1904

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birtietb IReport
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ffrom October 15 1901 to October 15 1902 Submitted to tbe overnor October 151902
INCLUDING ALL RATES RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND CONTROL OF RAILROAD EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES WHICH ARE NOW OF FORCE
Of
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THIRTIETH REPORT
OF THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION
OF
GEORGIA
For the Year Ended October 15 1902
Atlanta Ga
Geo W Harrison State Printer The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company 1902
SPENCER R ATKINSON Chairman
J P BROWN g GUNBY JORDAN
COMMISSIONERS

J D MASSEY Secretary
REPORT
Office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15th 1902
To His Excellency A D Candler Governor
Sir Agreeably to the provisions of Section 2201 of the Code of this State the Railroad Commission begs to submit for your consideration this the Thirtieth Report of said Commission for the year which ends on this date
The history of the proceedings of this Commission dating from its first organization demonstrates not only that it is possible for the State to regulate justly the business of the carrier companies doing business within the State so as to prevent the exaction by them of excessive rates and to prevent unjust discrimination against the public but likewise that such regulation is indispensable to the welfare of the State and to the protection of its citizens against a continuance of those oppressive exactions which first quickened the public mind into a realization of the imperative necessity for that legislative action which found final expression in the organization of this Board
The wisdom of this legislation has been vindicated an hundred fold by the recent experiences of the general government and of the governments of other States in their efforts to check and control the growing tendencies toward a consolidation of the various carrier companies of the country through the medium of socalled Securities Companies and otherwise
Against the manifest perils to which the individual in the conduct of his private affairs is necessarily exposed as a result of such combinations it is competent for the General Assembly by appropriate legislation to safeguard to a great extent the interests of the people of this State
Such imperfections as must necessarily be found in working out in the first instance a plan for the governmental regulation and control of the carrier companies of the State suggested to the General Assembly in the
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very beginning of the experimental stage of the work upon which the State was about to enter in the enactment of the RailroadjCommission law the wisdom and importance of seeking from the Commission which it was then creating such information as might be acquired by it in the course of the actual administration of law as would enable the General Assembly by appropriate amendment to perfect that system
It was therefore made the duty of this Commission to call to the attention of your Excellency such changes in the law creating this Board as its experiences from time to time might suggest and it is in response to that requirement of the law that we beg leave to make the following
RECOMMENDATIONS
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Many complaints have from time to time been made to the Commission that the railroad companies principally at noncompetitive points on the lines of their several roads fail or refuse to receive receipt for and forward promptly to destination goods which are tendered to them for shipment This is notably true during the cotton and fertilizer seasons and of shipments of those commodities The companies when complaint is made seek to excuse the failure so to receive receipt for and forward to destination goods offered for shipment upon the ground that their rolling stock is otherwise employed The Commission is of the opinion that every railroad company engaged in business within the State of Georgia should provide itself with rolling stock and other equipment adequate to the prompt and expeditious transportation of any freights which may be offered It is our opinion that the duty of the railroad companies and the interests of the business and shipping public demand that this should be done The socalled extraordinary conditions arising from the sudden access of great volumes of freight in view of their necessarily frequent recurrence should be anticipated and provision should be first made by the railroad companies of this State for the movement of traffic originating in this State and offered for shipment by its citizens
It will be observed that while this Commission has ample power to prescribe and regulate rates of freight the General Assembly has not heretofore conferred upon it the power to prescribe the time within which the carrier companies of the State should receive receipt for and forward to l destination freights tendered for shipment An Act conferring upon this Commission such a power with an appropriate penalty for violation of its
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MvWia pnrrvimr infn the Bower conferred would be of inestimablel
tioned and to which they should not be subjected
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SIDETRACKS AND PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
RAILROADS
In our opinion the Commission ought to have conferred upon it the
volume of business warrants their construction
The General Assembly has heretofore seen proper to empower the Commission to require the location and erection of freight and passenger depot buildings Sidetracks being quite as necessary and indeed as much a part of the indispensable facilities required for the proper handling of traffic as depot buildings themselves ought as we believe to be likewise comprehended by the law so as to enable the Board to require the roads whenever necessary to afford adequate sidetrack facilities If it is desirable that the Commission be clothed with the power to require the erection of a depot it is equally desirable and reasonable that so important a concomitant as sidetracks be made subject to the same regulations and we so recommend
Practically the same reasoning applies to the provision of such physical connection between intersecting and connecting lines of railway as will render possible the interchange of freights and cars between such lines Several cases have come to the knowledge of the Commission where on account of conflicting interests or unfriendly feeling the officials of intersecting lines refused to make such connections with the result that inconvenience and hardship were put upon the people who are entitled to route their freights by the shortest line regardless of the relations existing between the managements of the different railroads
We therefore recommend that legislation be enacted conferring upon the Railroad Commission the authority in such cases to require the intersecting or connecting railroads to put in the usual appliances to render feasible and covenient the interchange of freights and cars
authority to require railroad companies to construct and maintain side v tracks wherever the public convenience demands them and where
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VENUE IN SUITS TO RECOVER PENALTY
We recommend that the law be so amended as to authorize the bringing of suit to recover penalties for the violation of rules and orders of the Commission in the county wherein such violation may be committed instead of as at present in the county in which are located the principal offices of the offending company We are aware of no good reason to the contrary and are convinced that the change suggested would not only aid largely in the attainment of justice but would also render more economical and convenient its administration
For example where a railroad company has failed to comply with an order of the Board requiring the construction of a depot at a point in a given county instead of bringing suit to recover the statutory penalty in that county it is necessary to go perhaps hundreds of miles in order to bring suit in the county where the companys principal offices are located And this notwithstanding the fact that the States evidence to prove the necessity for such depot and the reasonableness of the Commissions order must be found in the vicinity of the proposed location and notwitstauding the fact that the defendant railroad company could there present its case equally as well as at the county of its home office
As it now is the State must either bear the expense of summoning witnesses from a distance or rely upon answers to written interrogatories The jury is precluded from inspecting the premises while the trial of all such suits in the county where the violation occurred Would entirely obviate the difficulties above mentioned
MANDAMUS
At this time the only means given the Commission by law to compel obedience to its rules and regulations is to sue in the courts for the recovery of penalties provided by the statute in cases where such rules and regulations are violated
This remedy is manifestly inadequate and ought to be impoved The law should in our judgment be so amended as to enable the courts of this State either by mandamus or mandatory injunction in a summary way to compel carriers specifically to perform the duties which they assume or which are imposed upon them by law
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An example will suffice to demonstrate the necessity as above suggested A railroad company finds that its revenues can be increased by charging exhorbitant or discriminatory rates The Commission issues an order requiring the company to desist The company refuses The Commission institutes suit to recover the statutory penalty The maximum ithat can be recovered is five thousand dollars The company finds that it would be to its financial advantage to litigate even if compelled finally to pay the penalty The litigation drags its slow length through the courts and months even years elapse before the penalty is finally recovered In the meantime the public has been compelled to pay the unjust rate and perhaps the commercial prosperity of a town or section has been destroyed
If a given order or rule of the Commission is to be tested in the courts it seems to us that its actual enforcement under monddinus from the courts would best demonstrate whether it was reasonable or unreasonable It would enable the Commission to give immediate relief to the public and at the same time reserve to the carrier companies all the legal rights they now enjoy Hence we earnestly recommend that the law be amended as above indicated
CONCLUSION
While there are other subjects in this connection to which the Comimission might invite your Excellency attention the matters hereinbefore referred to are of such pressing importance that it deems it best at this time to call attention only to the changes in the law above recommended
Respectfully submitted
SPENCER R ATKINSON Chairman
J P BROWN
G GUNBY JORDAN
Commissioners
J D MASSEY Secretary
CIRCULARS
Railroad Commission op Georgia
Atlanta Ga November 221901
Spencer R Atkinson
Chairman Cominixiinprx J Pope Brown commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 286
It appearing that the Chattanooga Rome Southern Railroad and the Chattanooga Durham Railroad are now controlled and operated by the Central of Georgia Railway Company it is ordered That Rule One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight of the Commission shall apply to said lines as constituting butone and the same railroad and that the freight and passenger tariffs thereof be accordingly adjusted on a continuous mileage basis
RULE NO 37
Where by Rule 36 or other rules or orders of the Commission or otherwise itshall become the duty of a railroad company or where such company shall voluntarily undertake transport poles wire and other materials for the construction operation or repair of telegraph or telephone lines and to distribute such materialsalong or upon its right of way between stations in this State as desired by the consignor the following regulations will govern
All such freight shall be billed at current tariff rates from the point of shipmentto the first regular station next beyond the last intermediate place where any of such material is to be unloaded The consignor shall furnish all labor necessary to effect such distribution For the extra service and hazard of stopping cars and enginesbetween stations as above indicated the railroad company may charge and collect ten dollars per car in addition to the current tariff rates It being understood that no regulation of this Commission shall require such distribution service to be performed except for telephone and telegraph companies duly chartered according ta law
CLASSIFICATION
The following additions and amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
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Telegraph and Telephone Material viz
O R O R
Poles 0 L
Poles L O L
Insulator Brackets or Pins 0 L
Same L 0 L
Braces Crossarms Iron
Crossarms with Insulator Pins or Brackets amxea Same without Insulator Pins or Brackets L G L
Same without Insulator Pins or Brackets C L
Insulators Porcelain or Glass packed
Wire see Wire
Supplies mixed shipments of consisting of 1
Sal Ammoniac Pencil zincs Bluestone Muriatic Acid Machine Bolts Washers Hand Axes Pliers Connectors Screw Drivers Linemen s Spurs Screws Iron Pole Steps Wire Pointed Tacks or Staples Lig nins Arrestors Fuse Blocks Terminal Heads for Cables Anchor Rods Paraffine Rubber Tubing Cable Aerial Submarine and Underground
and other analogous materials
Telephones boxed
Outfits for construction or repair of telephone or telegraph line same as Outfits Gradis or Contractors
Wire Copper and Insulated L C L
Same C L
Omit Wire Telegraph Try
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product ot Pine in bbls or iron drums L L C
Coal ii
Same C L
Omit Naphtha in ifon Casks
Omit Plows Disc entirely of metal K D
Garments entirely of cotton when shipped by factories in bales or cases viz Jackets or jumpers pants overalls shirts and drawers un
laundered and knitting factory products V
Boxes paper folding K D and shipped flat in bales bundles or crates same as bags paper viz
P
B
R
6
16
6
6
P
4
1
1
2
4
4
5
6
4
6
This circular shall be effective on after December 1 1901 Everything in conflict herewith repealed
Bv order of the Board 1
Spencer R Atkinson Chairman
J D Massey Secretary
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Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga February 281902
Spencer R Atkinson
Chairman
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J P Brown
G Gunby Jordan
rNBY Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 287
Freight and Passenger Tariffs of the Fitzgerald Ocmulgee Red Bluff Railway Company and the Sylvania Railroad Company
The Fitzgerald Ocmulgee Red Bluff Railway Company and the Sylvania Railroad Company are hereby placed in Class B of the Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff and will hereafter be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than the rates prescribed for said class viz For passengers twelve years and over four 4 cents per mile for passengers over five and under twelve years of age two 2 cents per mile
Each of said Companies is hereby placed in Class No Six of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads and will hereafter be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than the rates prescribed by said Class viz
FreightClass No 6On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
Freight ami Passenger Tariff of the Register Grlenville Railroad
It appearing that a certain line of road known as the Register Glenville Railroad is now engaged in the transportation of persons and property for hire said line of road is hereby placed in Class A of the Commissioners Standard Passenger Tariff and will hereafter be allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than the rates prescribed for said Class viz Far passengers twelve years and over three 3 cents per mile for passengers over five and under twelve years of age one and onehalf 1 cents per mile
Said line of road is hereby placed in Class No Four of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads and will hereafter be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than the rates prescribed by said Class viz
FreightClass No 6On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N 0 the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Class No Seven of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads is hereby abolished and cancelled
The following additions and amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
Class No Seven Abolished
Classification
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1 2
C R O R
Boilers L C L 30 feet or over in length 1
Boilers L O L under 30 feet in length 3
Boilers O L 24000 lbs minimum 6
Coffins plain or stained not painted nor varnished wrapped 1
Coffins N O S boxed or crated 2
Omit Coffins N O S
Omit Coffins nested 1
Thread Cotton Factory products in balls bales or skeins packed in burlaps or cases same as Domestics
Toys viz
Drums boxed 3 T 1
Furniture childrens L C L Dl
Same C L minimum weight 15000 pounds1
Hobby Horses entirely boxed or crated L C L Dl
Hobby Horses not boxed 3T1
Hobby Horses boxed or crated O L minimum weight 15000 pounds 1
Sleds or Sleighs childrens L C L in bdls Dl
Same C L minimum weight 15000 poundsI 1
Trunks 1
Wax Show Figures 1 D1
Wheelbarrows childrens in bdls L C L Dl
Same minimum weight 15000 lbs 1
Mixed C L minimum weight 15000 lbs 1
Toys N O S 1
Presses Hay setup 1
Same small and detachable parts removed and packed r 4
Wall Plaster same as Lime
Automobiles and Locomobiles same as Carriages
Pea Hullers same asCorn Shellers
Coffee substitutes Cereal same as Chicory
Stone Granite and Marble viz
Blocks and heavy Slabs including grave and monumental work rough dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per
cubic foot C L P
Same L C Liof 6
Lighter Slabs for furniture inside finish of buildings etc dressed boxed
or crated L C L 3
Same C L 6
Monuments and Gravestones lettered packed and prepaidL C L 1
Same carloads J 5
Building Stone including Tile but not interior finish nor ornamental work cut or sawed into shape rough dressed or carved but not polished protected otherwise at owners risk valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot Class P less 20 per cent not subject to Buie No 30
This Circular to be effective on and after March 151902 Everything in conflict herewith repealed
By order of the Board
Spencer B Atkinson Chairman
J D Massey Secretary
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Spencer R Atkinson Chairman
J P Brown 1
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
Railroad Commission op Georgia
Atlanta Ga May 30 1902
Commissioners
CIRCULAR NO 288
Amendment of Rales and Regulations Governing the Transportaion of Live Stock
The first paragraph of said Rules and Regulations will be superseded by the following
The following scale of estimated weights shall apply to carload shipments of live stock only in cases where actual scale weights cannot be ascertained but said scale shall apply to and govern such shipments in less than carload lots regardlessof what the actual weights may be
Freight Tariff of the Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad Company
The Brunswick Birmingham Railroad Company is hereby placed in Class Number Six of the Commissioners Classification of Railroads and will hereafter be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than the rates prescribed by said class viz
FreightClass No 6On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N Oand R For 40 miles and under theStandard 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 wiih thirty per cent added over 10O miles the Standard Tariff with twenty percent added
On Classes C 3 F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten percent added
Classification
The following additions and amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
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C R OR
Boilers C L 20000 lbs minimum 0
Breeching Metal same as harness under Saddlery
Liquors viz Whiskey or Domestic Wine in glass packed m boxes or
baskets each package weighing not less than 20 pounds
Iron viz Sheet Iron and Steel plain galvanized or corrugated in crates
or bundles
Planished or Russia IronI
Saw Dust loose C L Rules 12 and 13 to apply v
Gas in iron buoys requiring flat or gondola car minimum weight 5000 IIds acb
Gas for dental purposes or for calcium lights in cylinders
Gas Liquid Carbonic Acid in iron drums or tubes carrier s optionbee
Note p
NoteDrums or tubes containing Carbonic Acid Gas must b pi ainly marked by proper label or otherwise NOTICEDANGER This package must not be exposed to the sun or stored in a warm pi ace7 Timber rough hewed round split or sawed other than fuel same as Lumber
Stone Granite and Marble viz
Blocks and Slabs including furniture marble slabs for interior finish and grave and monumental work rough dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L
Same L C L Vf 0
Monuments and Gravestones lettered packed and prepaid G L r
Same L C oib
NoteCommon Oak Furniture plainsawed varnished will take rates applying to Furniture made of Pine Poplar etc Fine Oak Furniture quartersawed rubbed will be classed as Furniture made of Walnut Mahogany and other hardwoods
Earthenware not Chinaware Crockery Jugware or Stoneware viz
Inboxes
In slatted boxes crates bbls tierces casks or hhds L G G
Loose L C b
Packed or loose C L
Jars Glass Fruit packed L C L
Same C L minimum weight 20000 pounds
Jugware common C L
This circular to be in effect on and after June 151902 Everything in conflict hereby repealed Spencer R Atkinson Chairman
J D Massey Secretary
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga June 27 1902
Spencer R Atkinson Chairman 1 J P Brown r Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 289
The following additions and amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted
C R OR
Monuments and Gravestones lettered valuation limited to 20 cents per
cubic foot packed charges prepaid or guaranteed 0 L P
Same L 0 L of 6
Pipes tubes or cylinders sheet metal parts of machinery or otherwise
N O S 1
Jars fruit glass or earthenware any quantity 3 5
Insulator pins and brackets Rules 12 and 13 to apply without percentage OL K
Same L C L R
Tarpaulins packed in boxes or bales same as Domestics
This Circular shall be effective on and after July 101902 Everything in conflict herewith repealed
By order of the Board Spencer R Atkinson Chairman
J D Massey Secretary
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Railroad Commission op Georgia
Atlanta Ga July 25 1902
Spencer R Atkinson I
JP Brown Chairman Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR NO 290
Revision of Freight Tariff Classes and of the Classification of Railroads
The Railroad Commission having duly considered the revision of its Classification of Railroads respecting the percentages allowed to be charged by the several railroads in addition to the Standard Freight Tariff of the Commission in the assessment of their rates or tariffs for the transportation of freight within this State it is hereby
Ordered That effective October 151902 all classes of said Freight Tariff Classes as shown on page number 40 of the Twentyninth Report of the Railroad Commission be and the same are hereby cancelled and abolished
It is further ordered That Classes Numbers One 1 Two 2 and Three 3 be and the same are hereby created and made effective October 15 1902
It is further ordered That the rates applicable to said classes on and after October 15 1902 shall be and the same are hereby made as follows
CLASS NO 1
The Standard Tariff without percentage
CLASS NO 2
On Classes 1 2 3 4 56 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 0 D F Jand P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 3
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

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On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent adned
It is further ordered That in said Class Number One 1 the following named railroad companies be the same are hereby classified and placed viz
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co
The Georgia Railroad Co
The Lexington Terminal Railroad Co
The Western and Atlantic Railroad Co
and on and after October 15 1902 the said railroad companies shall be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight in this State no more than the rates above prescribed for said Class Number One 1 x
It is further ordered That in said Class Number Two 2 the following named railroad companies be and the same are hereby classified and placed viz
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co
The Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Ry Co
The Central of Georgia Railway Co
The East and West Railroad Co
The Georgia Southern and Florida Ry Co
The Hartwell Railway Co
The Lawrenceville Branch Railroad
The Register and Glenville Railroad
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
The Southern Railway Co
The Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad Co and on and after October 15 1902 the said railroad companies shall be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight in this State no more than the rates above prescribed for said Class Number Two 2
It is further ordered That in said Class Number Three 3 the following name companies be and the same are hereby placed viz
The Albany and Northern Railway Co
The Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad Co
The Atlantic Valdosta and Western Ry Co
The Augusta Southern Railroad Co
The Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad Co
The Charleston and Western Carolina Ry Co
The Chattanooga Southern Railroad Co
The Collins and Reidsville Railroad Co
The Darien and Western Railroad Co
The Dooly Southern Railroad Co
The Fitzgerald Ocmulgee and Red Bluff Railway Co
The Floyilla and Indian Springs Ry Co
The Foy Railroad
The Gainesville Jefferson and Southern R R
The Georgia Florida and Alabama Ry Co
The Georgia Northern Railway Co
The Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway Co
The Iron Belt Railroad
The Louisville and Wadley Railroad Co
The Macon and Birmingham Railway Co
The Macon Dublin and Savannah R R Co
The Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff Railroad Co
The Millen and Southwestern Railway Co
The Nashville and Sparks Railroad Co
The Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad Co
The Ocilla Pinebloom and Valdosta Railroad
The Sandersville Railroad Co
The Savannah and Statesboro Railway Co
The Smithonia and Dunlap Railroad Co
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The South Georgia Railway Co
The Stillmore Air Line Eailway Co
The Sylvania Eailroad Co
The Talbotton Eailroad Co
The Tallulah Falls Eailway Co
The Tifton and Moultrie Eailway
The Tifton and Northeastern Eailroad Co
The Tifton Thomasville and Gulf Ey Co
The Valdosta Southern Eailway Co
The Wadley and Mount Vernon Eailroad Co and on and after October 15 1902 the said railroad companies shall be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight in this State no more than the rates above prescribed for said Class Number Three 3
AMENDMENT OP FREIGHT RULE NO 25
Rule Number Twentyfive 25 of the Rules Governing the Trasportation of Freight of this Commission is hereby amended so as to read as follows
A charge of no more than two dollars per car without regard to weight or contents will be allowed for transporting switching or transferring a loaded car from any point on any railroad to any connecting railroad or to any warehouse sidetrack or other customary point of delivery which may be designated by the consignor within a distance of three miles from the point of starting
When in the transfer switching or transportation of a car between said points it is necessary to pass over the tracks of any intermediate railroad or railroads the maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the railroads at
interest
When a charge is made for the transfer switching or transportation of loaded cars between such points no additional charge shall be made for the accompanying movement of the empty car in the opposite direction
DEMURRAGE RULE No 1A
The following is hereby adopted as Rule One 1 A of the Demurrage Rules of this Commission
When a car destined for delivery at a particular point shall be brought within the customary switching limits of the delivering road at the point of destination designated in the billof lading and placed at a point not more than three miles distant from the freight depot of the road charged with the duty of making delivery the shipment of freight in such car contained shall within the meaning of these rules be deemed to have arrived at destination in so far as to impose upon the consignee the duty of giving direction for the disposition and placing of the car upon the receipt by him of the usual notice of arrival
Classification
The following additions and amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted viz
CR OR
Tubing boiler L C L
Same C Lof6
Beets in barrels
Tile Marble same as Stone Granite and Marble
This Circular except as otherwise above specified shall be of full force and effect on and after the tenth day of August 1902 Everything in conflict with the provisions of this Circular is hereby repealed
By order of the Board Spencee R Atkinson Chairman
J D Massey Secretary
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Railroad Commission op Georgia
Atlanta Ga August 29 1902
Commissioners
Spencer R Atkinson Chairman
J P Brown
G Gunby Jordan
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 291
Revision of Freight Tariff Classes and of the Classification of Railroads
i ordered That Circular No 290 dated July 25 1902 so far as the same relates to the revision of the Freight Tariff Classes and to the Classification of the Railroads in this State respecting their rates or tariffs of freight be and the same is hereby revoked and annulled
v IUfurthr0rdered That Classes Numbers One 1 Two 2 Three 3 and Four 4 be and the same are hereby created and made effective October 15 1902
iff lano16red jhat the rates applicable to said classes on and after October 15 1902 shall be and the same are hereby made as follows
Class No 1
The Standard Tariff without percentage
Class No 2
ncelrt 6added 3 4 6 E the Standard Tariff with twenty per
On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with 10 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
Class No 3
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twentyfive per cent added J
On B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage
On Lime and Ice Class L with ten per cent added
Class No 4
On Classes 12 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added
On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without per centage
OnLime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
It is further ordered That in said Class Number One 1 the following named ralroad companies be and the same are hereby classified and placed viz
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co
The Georgia Railroad Co
The Lexington Terminal Railroad Co
The Western and Atlantic Railroad Co
and on and after October 151902 the said railroad companies shall be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight in this State no more than the rates above prescribed for said Class Number One 1
d is urther ordered That in said Class Number Two 2 the following named railroad company be and the same is hereby classified and placed viz
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co
and on and after October 15 1902 the said railroad company shall be allowed to c argei for the transportation of freight in this State no more than the rates above prescribed for said Class No Two 2
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It is further ordered That in said Claps Number Three 3 the following named railroad companies be and the same are hereby classified and placed viz
The Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Ky Co
The Central of Georgia Railway Co
The East and West Railway Co
The Georgia Southern and Florida Ry Co
The Hartwell Railway C6
The Lawrenceville Branch Railroad
The Register and Glenville Railroad
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
The Southern Railway Co
The Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad Co and on and after October 15 1902 the said railroad companies shall be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight in this State no more than the rates above prescribed for said Class No Three 3
It is further ordered That in said Class No Four 4 the following named railroad companies be and the same are hereby placed viz
The Albany and Northern Railway Co
The Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad Co
The Atlantic Yaldosta and Western Ry Co
The Augusta Southern Railroad Co
The Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad Co
The Charleston and Western Carolina Ry Co
The Chattanooga Southern Railroad Co
The Collins and Reidsville Railroad Co
The Darien and Western Railroad Qo
The Dooly Southern Railroad Co
The Fitzgerald Ocmulgee and Red Bluff Railway Co
The Flovilla and Indian Spring Ry Co
The Foy Railroad
The Gainesville Jefferson and Southern Railroad
The Georgia Florida and Alabama Ry CoJ The Georgia Northern Ry Co
Tne Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Ry Co
The Iron Belt Railroad
The Louisville and Wadley Railroad Co
The Macon and Birmingham Railway Co
The Macon Dublin and Savannah Railroad Co
The Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff Railroad Co
The Millen and Southwestern Railway Co
The Nashville and Sparks Railroad Co
The Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad Co
The Ocilla Pinebloom and Valdosta Railroad
The Sandersville Railroad Co
The Savannah and Statesboro Railway Co
The Smithonia and Dunlap Railroad Co
The South Georgia Railway Co
The Stillmore Air Line Railway Co
The Sylvania Railroad Co
The Talbotton Railroad Co
The Tallulah Falls Railway Co
The Tifton arid Moultrie Railway
The Tifton and Northeastern Railroad Co
The Tifton Thomasville and Gulf Ry Co
The Yaldosta Southern Railway Co
The Wadley and Mount Vernon Railroad Co and on and after October 15 1902 the said railroad companies shall be allowed to charge for the transportation of freight in this State no more than the rates above prescribed for said Class Number Four 4
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Classification
The following additions and amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted viz
J CR OR
Rood Preparations Cereal N 0 S viz
In bags or boxes g
In barrels 6
Food prepared N O S Z 1
Soap and Washing Powders same as Soap Common
Prints same as Domestics
Musical Instrumepts viz
Melodeons Organs Cabinet or Pianos boxed L 0 L l
Same L C L not boxed not taken
Same boxed wrapped or crated C L minimum weight 8000 pounds 1
This Circular except as otherwise above specified shall be of full force and effect on and after the tenth day of September 1902 Everything in conflict with the provisions of this Circular is hereby repealed
rrrr oar Spencer R Atkinson Chairman
J D Massey Secretary
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta Ga October 15 1902
Spencer R Atkinson Chairman 1
J P Brown l Commissioners
G Gunby Jordan J
J D Massey Secretary
CIRCULAR No 292
AMENDMENT OF DEMURRAGE RULE No 8
Rule No 8 of the Demurrage Rules of this Commission is hereby amended by adding after the last word thereof the following
Where upon the request of an intending shipper a railroad company places a par or cars at a reasonably accessible point on its team tracks or on a private track designated by the shipper free loading time shall expire fortyeight hours not inC j I Sundays nor legal holidays from the time such car or cars are so placed and thereafter a demurrage charge of no more than one dollar per car per day or traction of a day may be assessed and collected until such car or cars have been tendered to the railroad company with shipping instructions If loading is interrupted by weather conditions such as are stated in Demurrage Rule 9 time during which such interruption continues shall not be computed against the shipper
AMENDMENT OF FREIGHT RULE NO 25
Rule No 25 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight is hereby amended by adding after the last word the following proviso
Provided That this rule shall not interfere with any prevailing legal rate for the transportation of freight between different stations but shall apply only to switching movements or service incident to the forwarding or delivery of shipments and to local transportation movements or service between points both of which are situated at or immediately adjacent and tributary to a single station and within the customary yard or switching limits thereof
ADOPTION OF FREIGHT RULE NO 38
The following is hereby adopted as Rule No 38 of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
rule 38
Freight forwarded from any point other than a regular agency station except as otherwise provided in Rule No 25 may be billed and freight charges may be assessed thereon as if shipped from the first agency station in the opposite direc ition or next further removed from the point of destination and likewise freight
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forwarded to such a point may be billed and freight charges may be assessed thereon as if shipped to the first agency station beyond the point of actual destination
Provided however That in no case shall any rate be thus made higher than it would be for a distance greater by five miles than the distance such shipment is actually transported
AMENDMENT OF GENERAL RULE NO I
Rule No 1 of the General Rules of the Commission is hereby amended so as to
reatanj every depot station office and agency now maintained conducted or used in Georgia by any railroad express or telegraph company doing business in this State for the transaction of business with the public is hereby formally established and located at the point and on the premises where the same is now being so
maintamed and conducteaon Qr agency as aforesaid now established or
hereafter to be established pursuant to orders made by the Railroad Commissionr or voluntarily by such company or otherwise shall be closed removed suspended discontinued or abolished without authority granted by this Commission upon written application
CLASSIFICATION
The following additions and amendments to the Commissioners Classification are hereby adopted viz C R O R
Ventilators sheet metal L C L D1
Same C L minimum weight 10000 lbs
Cornices and ornamental work for buildings made of sheet or stamped metal plain galvanized or painted viz Boxed or crated b U
L C L
Same nested L C L
Loose L C L 9
Boxed crated or loose 0 L minimum weight 10000 lbs
Cornice mouldings galvanized iron not cornices nested and crated any
Ochre in sacks barrels or casks L C L
Same C L
Ochre to be used in manufacture of Fertilizers same as Fertilizers
Cotton Mill Rollers iron and steel I 1
Same returned to be repaired or recovered rating to apply in both
directions fi 1
Evaporators fruit 1
Evaporators Sugar iron set up
Same with legs or rockers detached
Vehicles and Vehicle material viz Bows doubletrees felloes hubs
rims shafts singletrees spokes and whiffletrees N O b fimsheu
L C L
Same C L
Same in the white L C L
Same in the white C L
Bows doubletrees felloes hubs rims shafts singletrees spokes and Whiffletrees N O S in the rough L C L
Bicycles Tricycles or velocipedes viz Crated or boxed not taken other
wise L C L 2
Same C L minimum weight 10000 lbs
Velocipedes Railroad
Trucks Warehouse and Factory L C L
Same C L j5
Omit Wax Paraffine
Omit Locomotives including tram engines loaded on flat cars and
weighing less than 40000 lbs 4
This circular shall be in effect on and after the fifteenth day of November 1902 Everything in conflict herewith repealed
By order of the Board r
J D Massey Spencer R Atkinson
Secretary Chairman
COMMISSIONERS
RULES TARIFFS
AND
CLASSIFICATION
EMBRACING ALL CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS
TO DATE
OCTOBER 15 1902
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GENERAL RULES
EULE 1PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION W
All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly
How to ani distinctly set forth the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and obbring com
plaint jections all set forth m writing
In like manner all defenses must be distinctly set forth in writing and the itemsnumbered 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 affidavits intended to be offered by either party shall be served upon the opposite partyr 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 procedurewill 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 sworn of its earnings and expenses for the month preceding upon a printed form A Railroads and shall also at the same time file in said office a report of all orders rules regulafumish t0 tions and circulars issued by the Commission during the preceding month accompareportsly 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
Yours truly
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 together with a copy of the Commissioners Classification and a Table of Distances between stations giving name of each station And when any change in said schedule of rates or classification is made either by the Commission or by any Railroad Company a copy of said change shall be immediately furnished the office of the Commissioners and shall also be posted in the same manner as the above
RULE 4
The rates prescribed by the Commission shall exceptin cases specified apply in either direction
RULE 5
It shall be the duty of each Railroad Company doing business in the State of Georgia to furnish to the Railroad Commission upon demand any books or papers in the possession of said Railroad Company and a written transcript or copy of any paper in the possession of said Railroad Company which may appear to the Commission as necessary to aid them in the discharge of their duty
RULE 6
Railroad Companies are required to submit to the Commission for inspection and correction all contracts and agreements between railroads doing business in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs Also all arrangements and agreements as to the divisions of earnings of railroads doing business in this State for inspection and consideration
RULE 7
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
Railroads required to post tariffs
Rates apply in both oirections
Roads required to furnish books papers etc
Roads required to furnish contracts etc
Right to modify etc reserved
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RULES
GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
STANDARD PASSENGER TARIFF
Cents Per Mile
For Passengers
Class A Class B Class C
Twelve years old and over 3 4 5
Over five years and under twelve years of age n 2 2 h
PASSENGER RULES
RULE 1
Amount of Each passenger shall be entitled to baggage not exceeding one hundred and fifty
baggage al 150 pounds lowed v r
RULE 2
quimito No more than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged where the ticket
reasonable office at any station shall not have been open for a reasonable time before the departure time from a station of the train upon which the passenger intends to be transported
RULE 3
rate6dUle At junction points where the incoming train arrives so near the leaving time of function t the outgoing train that it is not practicable for a passenger to procure a ticket no more points than the schedule of passenger rates shall be charged
RULE 4
aUowedto Railroad companies are authorized to collect the exact mileage for passenger fares exact1 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 charged
RULE 5
minimum8 No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more than 10 cents as a minimum charge fiill or half rate between regular stations when the fare would be less than that amount
RULE 6
tcfappiy 6 No more than standard Passenger Tariff shall be charged passengers from flag stations8 stations or other stations where tickets are not kept on sale
Tariff rate RULE 7
only
When in consequence of the uncertain time of arrival or departure of a delayed rival or de train it is impracticable for tickets to be purchased no more than the regular Standard
train1 unf Passenger Tariff shall be charged certain
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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 want of proper diligence fail to supply the charged selves therewith before getting on the train then four 4 cents per mile for each pas en pas senger twelve years old and over and two 2 cents per mile for each passenger over stows five years old and under twelve may be demanded and collected Provided however prGper n Offices at way stations may be closed one minute before the arrival of trains lgence
RULE 9
The Commission will consider applications for an advance or reduction in the 5nange Standard Tariff for the transportation of passengers or in Commutation Rates but no madelin change in rates shall be of effect or put in force until ratified by the Commission and or commupublished 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 out con
any restriction on the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates on excursion Commis siori
trains
RULE 10
Tickets on sale at any office in a city must be kept on sale at the Depot Ticket All tickets v j must he on
Office of the same railroad at the same prices sale at de
RULE 11 pot office
All assent heretofore given railroad companies to use drawback tickets NoDraw hereby withdrawn ets aitiCk
RuleNo 12 omitted lowed
RULE 13
Each railroad company doing business in this State shall furnish like and equal chmmodaaccommodation to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition onse
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Railroad companies are required at junction stations to open their waiting rooms Waiting at least fifteen minutes before schedule time for the arrival of all passenger trains but rooms reat intermediate stations shall not be required to open after 10 oclock p m except for he opened delayed trains due before that time and shall keep said waiting rooms open until the and made actual arrival of the trains These rooms shall be provided with lights and when the tie inclemency of the weather requires it with fire
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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 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 duty of said road to have the same bulletined at all stations at and between the said passenger train and the place so obstructed and the conductor shall give notice of said 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 all Baggage Over 150 Pounds
For 20 miles and under10 cents per 100 pounds
For 30 miles and over 20 15
ti 40 a a 30 20 it it
a 60 ii a a 40 it ii
ii 70 ii a 60 30 ii ii
a 80 ii a a 70 35 it ii
a 90 ii a a 80 40 ii ii
a 100 ii a it 90 45 ii u
it 110 ii a 100 50 it it
a 120 ii a 110 ii u
it 130 ii it a 120 ii it
it 140 ii ti a 130 60 it a
it 150 ii ii a 140 65 it it
it 160 it ii a 150 70 it tt
tt 170 t it a 160 it it
tt 180 ii u 170 80 it it
it 190 ii it a 180 ii a
a 200 ii if a 190 90 ii it
a 210 it ii a 200 95 ti tt
a 220 ii it a 210 100 it a
it 230 ii ii a 220 it it
a 240 ii ii a 230 110 it tt
260 ii ii a 240 115 ii tt
u 290 ii it a 260 L20 ii H
u 320 ii it a 290 125 ii ti
it 350 ti it a 320 130 ii tt
ii 400 it ii a 350 135 it it
a 450 ii ii a 400 140 it it
Note 1No more than ten 10 cents shall be allowed to be collected as a minimum charge
Note 2The above Tariff is subject to Rule One of the Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight
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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 Continuing ership or otherwise of one and the same company and all connecting railroads a applyonjJ majority of whose stock is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by one of unjersame 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 applica 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 o Limit for a longer and shorter distances Five 5 miles has accordingly been fixed as the limit freight for a change of freight rates for all distances less than one hundred 100 miles and ra e 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 har stiip 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 miles charge for 30 miles
RULE 4
Division of rate according to distance
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 Reduction 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 mile and apply to similar distances on all the roads controlled by the same company and in no mjjeg 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 he transcended by the railroads They may carry however at less than the prescribed gjg rates provided that if they carry for less for one person they shall for the like service nation W 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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Longer line allowed to adopt the short line rate
Freight charges on passenger trains
Railroads not allowed todeclin3 freight on passenger trains
25 cents
minimum
charge
Blockades
forbidden
iSecret reduction of rates forbidden
Roads allowed to reduce certain rates at discretion
Shippers to load and unload
But when there are between any two points in this State two or more competing road j 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 j out of the State whicbi is less than the rate from the same point to the Georgia port i the railroads shall be authorized to meet the said competitive rate in like manner as i aforesaid Provided that before taking effect the proposed change of rates shall be j 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 j 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 Buie 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 Bough Stone Common Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths Staves Empty Barrels Wood Syrup Sugar Cane Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear TanBark Turpentine Bosin 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 Buie 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 of Classes L M N 0 and P or to load car load shipments of Naval Stores the actual cost of such service shall be paid by shippers
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RULE 14
Extra HandlingThe charge for handling extra heavy articles may be as follows viz handling
Under 2000 pounds no extra charge for handling
For 2000 pounds and tinder 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 Detoitioa be used as Fertilizers Ammonia Sulphate Bone Black Bones ground or dissolved FertilCastor Pomace or Fish Scrap Guanos Alto Vella Fish Navarro Navarro Lump Peru lzer 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 andCotton Seed Meal etc
RULE 16
Vehicles designed for transportation at carriers risk must be properly protected by yehicles the shipper with sufficient covering or packing from all liabilities to injury from fire joperly 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 charge per carload for the same class of goods Whenever under the Commissioners shipments tariff a carload rate figures a higher rate per hundred pounds than the prescribed less rcfe0erd than carload rate on the same class of freight a rate as great as but not greater than Cshipthe less than carload rate per hundred pounds may be charged
RULE 13
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 well pre pr0perly pared by the shipper with proper packing and intelligible plain marking and accom ship panied with orders for immediate shipping In nil cases where goods are tendered for ment and shipment which are so packed as to render it impracticable for the carrier to ascertain packages the contents of such packagethe carrier may refuse to receive the same for trans gated 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 When carone time to One and the same point of delivery to the same consignee although the apply 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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ESTIMATED WEIGHTS
Manner of applying percentage
Bulky shipments subject to special contract ss
What constitutes a oar load and also a ton shipments of lapped lumberetc
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 acertificate 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 Hickory Elm seasoned4000
Oak Hickory Elm greenjj6000
Flooring and Ceiling matched and dressed liuches
Bevelled Weather Boards dressed
Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry
carloads to depth of 50 inches
Hooppoles Staves Heading green
carload to depth of 43 inches24000 Pounds
Shingles dry per 1000 40
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 Kails and Telegraph
Poles per cord 3500
Clay per cubic yard 3003
Sand per cubic yard3000
Gravel per cubic yardl 3200
Stone undressed per cubic foot 160
Lime per bushel 80
Coal per bushel 80
Coke per bushel 40
Portland Cement per barrel 400
Other Cements 300
2500
1500
24000 Pounds
WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE
I sworn weigher for the
Railroad at do certify on oath that I this
day ofI weighed car Noof the
Railroad loaded withthat the gross weight was pounds
that the marked weight of the car was pounds that said car while being
weighed was disconnected except where lumber laps and free from all bearing of other cars that the scales were balanced immediately before weighing said car and to the best of my knowledge the weights are correct
Signed
Weigher forRailroad
At
RULE 21
In cases in which the classification of any article is lowered by a percentage railroad companies which are allowed an increase on the Standard Tariff shall apply the increase allowed to the reduced classification but in cases in which the classification of any article isjaised 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
BWhen 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 Commissioners 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 green or dry A carload of lumber and all 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
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Charge for switching or transferring cars when passing over two or more roads
Empties to he returnd free
Not to interfere with tariff rates
carload weights for the cars used but not greater than the aggregate marked capacity of said cars freight shall not be charged for more than the actual weight of the lumber
But if the total weight of such shipment is less than the aggregate of the minimum weights of the cars used the minimum 24000 pounds may be charged for each car
Acar oadany acle enumerated in Class P except wood and iumber 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 aflag station 1he railroad companies are left free to charge for the excessat a rate that will effectually stop a practice fraught with so much danger tolife and property
RULE 24
For rules governing demurrage and storage see Demurrage Rules
RULE 25
r A charge of no more than two dollars per car without regard to weight or contents will be allowed for transporting switching or transferring a loaded carfrom any point on anv railroad to any connecting railroad or to any warehouse sidetrack or other customary point of delivery which may be designated by the consignor within a distance of three miles from the point of starting 1
When in the transfer switching or transportation of a car between said points it is necessary to pass over the tracks of any intermediate railroad or railroads the maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the railroads at interest
When a charge is made for the transfer switching or transportion of loaded cars between such points no additional charge shall be made for the accompanying movement of the empty car in the opposite direction Provided That this rule shah not interfere with any prevailing legal rate for the transportation of freight between different stations but shall apply only to switching movements or service incident to the forwarding or delivery of shipments and to local transportation movements or service between points both of which are situated at or immediately adjacent and tributary to a single station and within the customary yard or switching limits thereof
RULE 26
F The terminal facilities of a railroad company such as depots side tracks platforms faecrtieg buildings turntables etc cannot be used by another railroad company tor any pur not tobe pose without the consent of the owners other com
RULE 27 panies
All agents at depot stations within incorporate towns and cities in this StateshaB Timefor receive all freight offered for shipment and deliver all freights applied for fro and closing first of April to the first of October between the hours of 7 o clock a mand b o clock freight dep m and from October the first to April the first between the hours of 7 o clock a in pots and 5 oclock p m provided that in cities having a population of over ten thousand people the hours shall be from 7 oclock a m to 6 oclock p m with the exception ot an intermission of one hour from 12 m to 1 oclock p m on each day of the wee Sundays excepted Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to prevent the agents from receiving or delivering freight earlier than 7 o clock a m or later than 6 o clock p m if they so desire
RULE 28
Railroad companies whose lines of road do not exceed ten 10 miles in length may come withcharge from any point on the road the rates prescribed for ten 10 miles limit1 mi
RULE 29
All joint rates between two or more roads not under the same management or con joint rates trol excepting the maximum Joint Rates provided for in Rule 30 Circular 171 must be agreemnt made only by agreement between roads at interest in such joint rate or rates and submitted to the Commission by the initial road with a carefully prepared tariff of rates and distances and such Joint Rates shall not go into effect without the approval of the Commission
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
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 witlrn thirty days after demand by consignee or person paying the freight upon the agent at the delivering depot
Whenever an overcharge on freight has been made on a shipment over two or more railroads or any parts of two or more roads it shall be settled by the delivering road if the overcharge is made on a shipment to a flag station then the demand to be made on the agent at the regular station to which the same was billed
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 pointwithout obstruction or delay receive from the connecting road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to which the same is offered or on any connecting road with said road to which it is destined and to transport said cars to their destination with reasonable diligence
3 No railroad shall discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is spught 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 customaryifacilities 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 and 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 Shall re and shall issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers when required in which shall receiptfor be stated the classes or classes of freight shipped and the rate charged over the road shipment giving the receipt and as far as practicable shall state the rate charged over other roads over which the shipment will pass freight re
When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that deliv ceipts ers said shipment such agent shall deliver the articles shipped upon the payment of the lawful rate upon the same
RULE 35
Any advance in rates by railroad companies doing business within the State of Geor gia shall not be effective until ten days notice shall have been given to the public and ratesf 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
RULE 36
The several railroad companies in this State in the conduct of their intrastate busi staffra ness shall afford to all persons equal facilities in the transportation and delivery of equal facilfreight without unjust discrimination in favor of or against any and wherever special ities to all facilities are afforded to one shipper in the transportation or delivery of freight in car shippers load lots or less whether upon a special rate authorized by this Commission or otherwise such company shall be bound to afford to any other shipper or shippers under substantially similar circumstances like facilities upon like rates
Such railroad companies upon such business shall at all terminal and connecting points to any other railroad company whose tracks are of the same gauge afford undere0nnectfD substantially similar circumstances equal facilities for the interchange of freight and lines equal upon like terms and conditions whether in carload lots or less without discrimination facilities in favor of or against any and wherever special facilities are afforded to one such railroad company in the interchange and delivery of freight either to consignees or connecting lines whether upon a special rate authorized by this Commission or otherwise such company shall be bound to afford to all other connecting lines under like and substantially similar circumstances like facilities upon like terms and rates
RULE 37
Where by Rule 36 or other rules or orders of the Commission or otherwise it shall fionam become the duty of a railroad company or where such company shall voluntarily un distribudertake to transport poles wire and other materials for the construction operation or tion of marepair of telegraph or telephone lines and to distribute such materials along or upon its right of way between stations in this State as desired by the consignor the follow and teieing regulations will govern phone
All such freights shall be billed at current tariff rates from the point of shipment to companies the first regular station next beyond the last intermediate place where any of such material is to be unloaded The consignor shall furnish all labor necessary to effect such distribution For the extra service and hazard of stopping cars and engines between stations as above indicated the railroad company may charge and collect ten dollars No unjust per car in addition to the current tariff rates It being understood that no regulation discrimiof this Commission shall require such distribution service to be performed except for al telephone and telegraph companies duly chartered according to law
RULE 38
Freight forwarded from any point other than a regular agency station except as Freight otherwise provided in Rule No 25 may be billed and freight charges may be assessed orfronffl thereon as if shipped from the first agency station in the opposite direction or next stations further removed from the point of destination and likewise freight forwarded to such etc a point may be billed and freight charges may be assessed thereon as if shipped to the first agency station beyond the point of actual destination
Provided however That in no case shall any rate be thus made higher than it would be for a distance greater by five miles than the distance such shipment is actually transported
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
Sow to In the Commissioners Standard Freight Tariff for distances over 100 miles under pplythe the class opposite the distance if it ends in 0 and if not then opposite the next standard greater distance will be found the rate required For distances under 100 miles when arif 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
Steficition
ofjertns
1 represents First Class
2 represents Second Class
3 represents Third Class
4 represents Fourth Class
5 represents Fifth Class
6 represents Sixth Class
represents 1 i times First Class
D 1 represents Double First Class
3 T1 represents Three Times First Class
4 T1 represents Four Times First Class
A B C D E F and II c represent Classes A B C D E F and H c respectively
L 0 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 numerated will be classed with similar or analogous articles
ot4 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 7 cents equal 38 cents per 100 lbs which is the rate allowed for 50 miles
RULE FOR COMPUTING FRACTIONS
Kales for
computing fractions w kea applied to Standard Tariff
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 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 estimated as one cent Fractions less than quarter of a cent to be omitted as the following examples 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 95
20 per cent added 19
Total 114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired
rate is 115 cents
Ex 8Standard Rate 8
20 per cent added 16
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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econdIf 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 1 lijnrn vinum
20 per cent added 34
Total 204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20
Ex 2Standard Rate 18
20 per cent added 36
Total 216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the desired
1 1 rate is 22 cents
Third In making reductions observe the same manner of placing figures before deducting the percentage
6 Narrow gauge railroads in fixing rates on alj freights where a rate per car load is given will count 16000 pounds for a car load and estimate their charge pro rata with rate allowed on standard gauge
7 On shipments of brick and lumber passing between standard gauge railroads and narrow gauge railroads under the same management no more than Class P will be allowed to be charged provided however that a charge of three dollars per standard gauge car of 30000 poundsor 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 Notesof this Commission
8 Wherever in the Commissioners Glassification 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 ni
9 In cases where the roads at interest have no agreement for the division of a joint 1 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 iwo
RULES GOVERNING ERECTION AND LOCATION OF DEPOTS ETC
FirstEach and every depot station office and agency now maintainedconducted stations or used in Georgia by any railroad express or telegraph company doing business in offices etc this State for the transaction of business with the public is hereby formally estab ffshedV lished and located at the point and on the premises where the same is now being so No disconmaintained and conducted No such depot station office or agency as aforesaid now1111811 established or hereafter to be established pursuant to orders made by the Railroad out authorCommission or voluntarily by such company or otherwise shall be closed removed ity from suspended discontinued or abolished without authority granted by this Commission the fom upon written application mission
bEconD Application for the location of depots and the construction of depot PPlica buildings must be filed in the Railroad Commission office with all information needed be accom1 for a full and proper understanding of all interests to be affected thereby Fainmor7
ThirdA correct profile of the ground upon which it is proposed to locate said mation depot with grades curves cuts fills trestles and bridges on said railroad extending for jjgfjj of not less than one mile each side of said proposed location also facts must be given as grades to other roads if any proposing to occupy same or contiguous depot grounds Also evidence showing number of population probable tonnage and passengers to be accom Imountof modated by said location or buildings and also distance from nearest stations on said business road All said information to be given correctly and as full as practicable so that the qui
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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
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Live Stock
Manner of The following scale of estimated weights shall apply to carload shipments of live inratin1 soc only in cases where actual scale weights cannot be ascertained but said scale of Live shall apply to and govern such shipments in less than carload lots regardless of what I stock actual weights may be
Each
Estimated One Horse Mule or Horned
weight of Animal 2000 lbs
Livestock rjiWQ jjorses 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 agev 1000 lbs
Each
Cow and calf together for both2500 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
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
Bace 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
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
Mixedship Mixed shipment of Cattle Hogs Lambs etc will be taken in car loads at car load ments rates for cattle but carrier will be released from damage to animals caused by their own acts or to each other and from escape if not haltered suffocation exhaustion from heat or cold
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
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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 will be expected to feed water and care for Stock at their own expense fand10 When food is furnished by Carrier a charge will be made for the sarnie 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 tied 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
23 pounds 2 doz cans per case 60 pounds
Vn 4 70
1 flat 2 36
1 2 22
1 4 42
2 2 42
3 2 65
6 1 65
1 gallon can 45
1 1 90
Tall 1 pound cans2 21
2 2 50
1 4 46
DEMURRAGE RULES
RULE 1
Railroad companies shall give prompt notice by mail or otherwise to consignee of the inpanies arrival of goods together with the weight and amount of freight charges due thereon and no
when goods or freight of any kind in carload quantities arrive said notice must contain tice of arletters or initials of the car number of the car net weight and the amount of freight charges goods due on the same Storage and demurrage charges may he assessed if goods are not removed in conformity with the following rules and regulations No storage or demurrage charges however shall in any case he allowed unless legal notice of the arrival of goods has been given to the owner or consignee thereof by the railroad company
RULE 1A
When a car destined for delivery at a particular point shall be brought within the customary switching limits of the delivering road at the point of destination designated in the bill of lading and placed at a point not more than three miles distant from the freight depot of the road charged with the duty of making delivery the shipment of freight in such car contained shall within the meaning of these rules be deemed to have arrived at destination in so far as to impose upon the consignee the duty of giving direction for the disposition and placing of the car upon the receipt by him of the usual notice of arrival
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Definition of legal notice
Charge on package freight after expiration of limit
Charge on less than carload not to exceed rate on carload
Demurrage on loaded cars how assessable
Shipments to consignors or order
RULE 2
Legal notice referred to in thiese rules may be either actualor constructive Where theconsignee is personally served with notice of the arrival of freight free time begins at ten oclock a m onthe day after such notice has been given Constructive notice referred to cpnsiste of posting notice by mail to the consignee Where this mode of giving notice is adopted there shall be twentyfour 24 hours additional free time to be 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 nbr employees have received such notice then no demurrage charges shall be made until after legal notice as above specified is given
RULE 3
All package freight unloaded in depot or warehouse which is not removed by the owners thereof from the custody of the railroad company within fortyeight 48 hours not including 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 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 mote 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 carload1 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 nptunloaded from car as provided by the Demurrage Rules
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 carstaking 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 ancJ 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 fpr unloading purposes on demand ofthe consignee provided hownver that if the yailrpad 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 oompany 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
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RULE 5 A
Where the consignee shall refuse to accept freight tendered in pursuance of the bill of Freight 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 ot goods shall not thereafter be 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 th depot and whose freight is destined to Consignees his residence or place of business so located shall not be subject to storage or demurrage charges allowed in the above rules until a sufficient time has elapsed after notice for said de 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
RULE 8
When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded cars Shipper to atan accessible place for unloading within fortyeight 48 hours not including Sundays enroad or legal holidays computed from ten oclock a m the day after the arrival of the same
the shipper or consignee shall be paid one dollar per day for each day said delivery is so in limit off j i time
delayed
Where upon the request of an intending shipper a railroad company places a car or cars at a reasonably accessible point on its team tracks or on a private track Carg t0 designated by the shipper free loading time shall expire fortyeight hours not includ loaded ing Sundays or legal holidays from the time such car or cars are so placed and there byghhy after a demurrage charge of no more than one dollar per car per day or fraction of a pers day may be assessed and collected until such car or cars have been tendered to the railroad company with shipping instructions If loading is interrupted by weather conditions such as are stated in Demurrage Rule 9 time during which such interruption continues shall not be computed against the shipper
RULE 9
Whenever the weather during the period of free time is so severe inclement or rainy Not assessthat it is impracticable to secure means of removal or where from the nature of the goods incfement 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
KTJLE 10
Railroads shall not disc rim in at between persons or places in storage or demurrage charges If a railroad company collects storage or demurrage of one person under the demurrage rules it must collect of all who are liable No rebate drawback or other similar device will he 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
KULE 11
deletions ars detained or held for want of proper shipping instructions or by reason of improper iviioad r excessive loadinS where loading is done by shipper shall be subject to a demurrage ing charge of one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day said car or cars are so detained
Oars must 0r keld Likewise when cars are properly loaded and shipping instructions given the be prompt railroad agent must immediately issue bills of lading therefor and if said car or cars are warded detained or held and not icarried 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
KTJLE 12
No other charges shall be made for storage or demurrage except as provided in the foregoing rules
2To discrimination in charges allowed between persons or places
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 which1
such Company is placed
CLASS NO 1
The Standard Tariff without percentage
CLASS NO 2
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 Class L with ten per cent added
CLASS NO 3
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 d
On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N 0 and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 milesthe 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 addod
On classes C D F J and P the standard tariff without percentage
On Lime andTce the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added
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CLASSIFIED LIST OF RAILROADS IN GEORGIA
For Freight Tariffs See Corresponding Numbers on Opposite page
Class No 1 No of Railroads 6
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co The Lexington Terminal Railroad Co
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co The Union Point and White Plains Railroad The Georgia Railroad Co t
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
Class No 2 No of Railroads 1
TheAtlantic Coast Line Railroad Co
Class No 3 No of Railroads 10
The AtlantaliKnoxAdlleandiNorthern Ry Co
The Central of Georgia Railway Co
The East and West Railroad Co
The Georgia Southern and Florida Ry Co The Hartwell Ry Co
The Lawrepcevillp Branch Railroad
The Register and Glenviile Raijroad The Seaboard Air Line Railway
The Southern Railway Cp
The Wrightsville find Tennille R R Co
Class No 4 No o Railroads 38
The Albany and Northern Railway Co The Atlantic arid Birmingham R R Co The Augusta Southern Railroad Co
The Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad Co
The Charleston and Western Carolina Ry Co 1 S fiii tlll i
The Chattanooga Southern Railroad Co The Collins and Reidsville RailroadCo51 The Darien and Western Railroad Co The Dooly Southern Railroad Co
The FitzgeraldOcmulgee and Red Bluff i Railway Cb i
The Flovilla and Indian Springs Ry Co The Foy Railroad
The Gainesville Jefferson andSouthern Railroadj I Of
The Georgia Florida and Alabama Ry Co The Georgia Northern Railway Co
The Hawkinsville and Florida Southern Railway Co
The Iron Belt Railroad
The Louisville and Wadley Railroad Co
The Macon and Birmingham Ry Co
The Macotaji Dublin and Savannah Railroad Co fi
The Midville Swainsboro and Red Bluff Railroad Co 1 1
The Millen and Southwestern Railway Co The Nashville and Sparks Railroad CcWy TheOcilla and Irwin ville Railroad Co The Ocilla Pinebloom and Valdosta R R The Sandersville Railroad Co 1
The Savannah and Statesboro Railway Co The Smithonia and Dunlap Railroad Cb The South Georgia Railway Co TheStillmore Air Line Railway Co The Sylvania Railroad Co
The Talbotton Railroad Co
The Tallulah Falls Railway Co
The Tifton and Moultrie Railway
The Tifton and Northeastern Railroad Co The Tifton Thomasville and Gulf Ry Co The Valdosta Southern Railway Co 1
The Wadley and Mt Vernon Railroad Cb
On Stone Granite and Marble blocks including Monuments rough or dressed or finished unlettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C LClass P with 25per cent added On same L C L of6 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 I
TANCE I 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 18 7 6 6 6 4i 3i 7 9 2 8
10 16 14 13 10 9 8 8 8 54 5 9 Hi Si 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 H 11 11 7i 6i 13 15 6i 16
30 24 21 19 17 14 11 11 11 7i 6i 14 15 6 17
35 26 23 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 7i 15 164 6 19
40 27 24 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 7 16 164 6i 20
45 29 26 24 21 17 13 13 13 8i 8 17 174 6 21
50 30 27 25 22 18 13 13 13 8 8 18 17 i 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 8i 19 18 71 24
65 35 32 28 25 20 15 15 15 n 9 20 19 7 25
70 36 33 29 26 20 15 15 15 9 4 9 20 19 7 26
Vb 38 35 30 27 21 16 16 16 10 94 21 20 7 27
80 39 36 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 9i 21 20 74 28
85 41 37 32 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 21 i 7 29
90 42 38 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 211 8 29
95 44 39 34 30 23 18 18 18 Hi 11 23 23 8 30
lOO 45 40 35 30 23 18 18 18 U 11 23 23 8i 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 s 32
130 54 46 41 33 26 21 21 21 13 12 26 25 8 33
140 57 48 43 34 27 22 22 22 13 13 27 26 9 34
150 60 50 45 35 28 23 23 23 14 13 28 28 9 35
160 62 52 46 36 29 24 24 24 14 13 29 29 9J 36
170 64 54 47 37 30 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 9 37
180 66 56 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 31 31 9 38
19u 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
219 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 lot 43
240 74 68 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 104 44
250 75 70 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 104 45
260 76 71 56 46 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 104 46
270 77 71 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 104 46
280 78 72 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 104 47
290 79 72 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 lof 47
300 80 73 58 48 38 33 33 33 21 19 38 42 li 48
3iU 81 73 58 48 38 33 33 33 21 19 38 42 H 48
320 82 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 21 20 39 42 li 49
330 83 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 22 20 39 44 H 49
340 84 74 59 49 39 34 34 34 22 20 39 44 li 49
350 85 75 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 li 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 46 114 50
380 88 76 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 111 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 50 114 52
410 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 ill 54
420 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 54
430 91 77 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 43 52 Ilf 54
440 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 ill 56
450 94 78 63 53 43 38 38 38 2 y 25 43 54 114 56
460 1 94 78 63 1 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 Per 100 lbs
Dis tance J K L I 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 51
20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 6
25 14 61 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 61
30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 7
35 16 7J 75 1 05 12 00 12 00 9 00 n
40 17 8 80 1 10 13 00 12 00 9 00 8
45 18 8 85 1 J5 14 00 13 00 10 00 81
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 91 1 05 1 45 16 50 16 00 12 00 11
80 23 91 1 10 1 50 17 00 16 00 12 00 12
85 24 91 1 15 1 55 17 50 17 00 13 00 12
90 24 91 1 15 1 60 18 00 17 00 13 00 IS
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 SO 1 90 23 00 18 00 15 00 16
130 28 101 1 35 2 00 24 00 19 00 16 00 17
140 29 11 1 40 2 10 25 00 19 00 16 00 18
150 30 11 1 50 2 20 26 OO 20 OO 17 OO 18
160 31 12 1 60 2 25 27 00 20 00 17 00 19
170 32 12 1 70 2 30 28 00 21 00 18 00 19
180 33 12 1 80 2 35 29 00 21 00 19 00 20
190 34 13 1 90 2 40 29 50 22 00 19 00 20
200 35 13 2 OO 2 45 30 OO 22 OO 20 OO 20
210 36 18 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 0 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 2700 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 67 380 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
j or the benefit ot 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 shipment of dry goodsweighing 500 pounds from Savannah to Tennille Oa That town being on the line of the Central of Georgia Railway we turn to the distance tables of that company on page 81 where the distance from Savannah to Tenqille is shewn to be 135 miles At the top of the page it will be noticed that the Central of Georgia Railway is in Freight Class No 3 and that reference made to page N6 42 Turning to page 43 a classified list of railroads ini Georgia is found the Central being in Class No S and on the opposite page No 42 we find that on several classes of freight all roads m Class 3 are allowed to add 25 per cenfi to rates shown in the Standard Tariff
Now turn tp the Classification which begins on page 47 arranged in alphabetical oider andunder the head of D will be seen that Dry Goods are in firstclass Turn to the Standard Tariff page 44 and follow down the firstj column Which shows the miles There being no distance 6f 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 tp be 57 cents per 100 pounds The road being allowed to add 25 per cent1 to this class and 25 percent of 57 cents being 14 cents we find by adding the 57 and 14 togetherthat the maximum rate is 71 cents per 100 pounds or on the 500 pound shipment 355
JOINT SHIPMENT OVER 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 separately and having done this add together these several rates thus ascer tained and deduct from the total ten per cent of the amount and the remainder will be the net maximupa rate to be collected As an example suppose 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 420 The total is 855 and onetenth of that sqm is 85 cents or 86 cents which subtracted from the total of 855 leaves a net maximum joint rate of 769 on the shipment
A careful reading of all the rules will be of very great assistance Especial reference is made to Freight Rules Nos 1 2 3 and 4 page 27 to Rules 20 21 and 28 page 30 to Rule 30 page 32 and to the Explanatory Notes beginning on page 34
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 some towns and cities outside of this State it will be borne in mind that 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 C alone has jurisdiction
IFICATION
OF THE
flailfoad Commission of Georgia
Supersedes Classification Contained in 29th Report and all Amendments Thereof
C R
Agricultural Implements C L
not less than 20000 pounds owners to load and unload 4
Agricultural Implements
LCL as Follows
Cleaners Cotton Seed lj
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 up 3 T 1
Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay set up
Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay K D and packed 3
Distributers Guano set up 1
Distributers Guano K D 2
Drills Grain set up
Drills Grain K D packed 3
Dusters Bran set up 3 T1
Dusters Bran K D packed 2
Elevators Hay 1
Evaporators Fruit 1
Evaporators Sugar iron set up 1
Same with legs or rockers
detached 2
Fans Grainsee MillsFanning
Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin 2
Forks Hay and Manure 3
Furnaces Evaporator 1
Gins Cotton 2
Guano Horns tin N 0 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
O R
1
D 1
2 4 2 D 1
2 4 D 1
C R
Endless Chain 1
Incubators L C L K D and
packed or crated 1
Same min CL weight 15000
lbs4 3
Hullers Cotton Seed and Clover1
Knives Hay packed 2
Machines Hemp 1
Machines Smut3 MachinesNOSSee Machines Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or
separate K D L C L 2
and partly boxed C L 20000 pounds 4
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separated setup
Mattocks packed 5
Mattocks in bundles 3
Purifiers Middlings 3 T 1
Mills Burr stone Portable 3
Mills Cider 4
Mills Corn and Hominy 3
Mills Cotton Seed 2
Mills Cane and Sorghum 5
Mills Fanning set up3 T 1
Mills Fanning K D 1J
Mills with Trains Sugar3 T 1
Mills N O S 2
Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L 2
and partly boxed C L 20
000 pounds 4
Mowing and Reaping Machines Binders and Harvesters whether combined
or separate set up If
Mowers Lawniy 1
O R
4 6
1
D 1 4
1
D 1
47
48
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Pans Sugar Same as Evaporators Sugar
Planters Corn and Cotton K
Din bundles or boxes Planters Corn and Cotton set
up
Plow Handles and other Wood in shape for Implements boxed crated or bundled
Plow Irons and Mold Boards
over 20 pounds each
Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel same as Bar Iron
Plows Gang and Sulky3 T 1
Plows set up N O S 1
Plows N O S K D 4
Presses Cider 4
Presses Cotton setup D1
4 i
Presses Cotton K D
Presses Hay set up
Same small and detachable parts removed and packd 4
Presses N O S 2
Pruners Tree in bundles 1
Rakes Hand in bundles 3
Rakes Horse set up
Same K D and well packed
Rollers Field and Road 3
Rollers Sugar 3
Scrapers Road and Pond 3
Scythes in bundles 1
Scythes in boxes 2
Snaths Scythe 1
Separators same as Threshers
Shellers corn 1
Shovels and Spades in bund es 3
Spreaders Manure set up G
SpreadersManureKDboxed 2
Threshers l
Trains Sugar 3 T 1
Wheelbarrows Iron 3
W heelbarro ws Railroad
Wheelbarrows Wood set up Dl Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bundled
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 R Alum N 0 S
3 Ammonia Sulphate of same as Fertilizers Ammonia Waters
1 Ammonia Water Casks returned empty
Ammunition N 0 S Anchors
5 Antimony Crude
Antimony Metal
Anvils Ji
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
5 Asbestos in barrels or casks L CL i
Asbestos in bbls or casks CL Asbestos Cement L C L Asbestos Cement C L Asbestos Ore L C L
1 3 Asbestos Ore C L Asbestos Packing in rolls or cases L C L
5 Asbestos Packing 0 L
5 4 Asbestos Roofing in rolls or cases L C L
2 Asbestos Roofing C L Ashes and Meal Cotton Seed See Cotton Seed Ashes Wood
2 Asphaltum packed L C L Asphaltum C L
1 Automobilessame as carriages Axes
D1 Axles and Wheels Car See Iron Bar Band etc
1 Axles Carriage and Wagon See Iron Bar Band etc Axle Grease See Grease
3 Babbitt Metal
4 Bacon See Meats Baggage Army Baggage Personal Effects in Trunks Bagging in rolls or bales NOS Bagging Oil Press
2 Bags Burlap
Bags Cotton for Flour
4 Bags Gunny
6 Bags Paper Bags Traveling Baking Powders See Powder Bale Rope
Balusters See WoodWork Bananas See Oranges etc under Fruit
M 06 C 5OJ CO CD rf W
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
49
C R OR O R O R
Band and Hat Boxes See lbs eighth bbl50 lbs LCL 2 4
Boxes Beer and Ale in wood estimat
Barilla 3 ed weights as above C L 4 E
Bark Ground in bags or bbls Beer Ale and Minerals bbls
N 0 S 5 half bbls or kegs empty
Bark Tan in sacks 5 See Barrels E
Bark Tan C L 20000 lbs Beer Ale and Porter in glass
class P less 20 per cent packed L C L securely
Barley See Grain wired and sealed or locked 2 4
Barley Pearl 3 Beer Ale and Porter in glass
Barrel and Box Material C L packed C L securely wired
24000 lbs P and sealed or locked 4 E
Barrel and Box Material LOL 6 Beer Ale and Porter Boxes
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs See Boxes
empty except Ale and Beer Beer Ale and Ginger in glass
L C L Class R plus 20 packed securely wired and
per cent sealed or locked L C L 2 4
Same in car loads of 10000 lbs P Beer Ale and Ginger in glass
Barrels half Barrels and Kegs packed securely wired and
empty Ale and Beerestimat sealed or locked C L 4 E
ed weights barrel 100 lbs Bees in Hives D 1 1
half barrel 50 lbs keg 30 lbs E Bee Smokers boxed 1
Barrels Lime or Flour esti Beeswax 4
mated weight 25 lbs 6 Beets in barrels 3 6
Barrels Paper nested packed 2 Bellows 1
Barrels Paper not nested 4 T Bells Bell Metal or Brass 1
Barvtes L C L 6 Bells Cast Iron 2
Barytes C L P Bells Sheet Iron packed 3
Base Balls and Bats 7 1 Belting Leather 2
Baskets N O S D 1 Belting Rubber 3
BasketsFruit SeeBoxesFruit Berries Dried 4
Baskets nested 1 Berries Green prepaid 1
Baskets Cotton Patent com Bicycles see Vehicles
bination of cloth and wood Billiard Tables and BilliardTa
knocked down and packed ble Beds boxed D 1 1
together 6 Binders Reapers etc see Ag
Baskets Grate see Iron ricultural Implements
Bath Boilers See Boilers Binders Boards in Cases 2
Bath Tubs see Tubs Binders Boards in Bundles 5
Batting Cotton in lots of 100 Bitters same 51s liquors
bales of 50 pounds each 6 Blacking Shoe and Stove See Polish
Batting N O S See Cotton Black Lead See Lead
Bauxite Ore same as Clay Blankets 1
Beams See Spools Bleaching Salts Same as Lime
Beans in boxes 2 Chloride of
Beans in barrels or sacks D Blinds Doors and Frames see
Bearings Brass see Brass Sash etc
Bed Cord see Rope Blocks Pulley see Pulley
Bed Springs see Springs Blocks
Bedsteads see Furniture Blocks Shuttle rough 3
Bedsteads Brass see Brass Blueing 1
Beef Canned packed see Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue
Canned Goods Boards Binders see Binders
Beef see Meats Boards
Beer and Ale in woodestimat BoatsCommonwooden LCL D l
ed weights bbl 350 lbs BoatsCommon woodenwhen
bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 flatcars are required C L
4 r c
50
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 lbs 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 Fertilizers
Bonnets same as Dry Goods
Book Cases Iron 1
Books 1
Boots and Shoes 1
Borax packed 4
Bottle Covers See Covers
Bottles empty 1
Bows and Shafts See Vehicle
Material
Box and Barrel Stuff See Barrel and Box Material
Boxes Ale Beer and Porter returned with empty bottles 4 Boxes Hat and Band packed D 1 Boxes Fruit and Baskets CL not less than 20000 lbs to
be charged for R
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 nested 3 T 1
Boxes Paper Folding K D and shipped flat in bales bundles or cratep same as Bags Paper
Boxes Postoffice Letter 2
Boxes Tobacco empty 1
Boxes Vehicles See Vehicle Materia
Brackets Insulator See Tel
O R 4T 1
2
2
3
1
5
E
D 1
egraph
Brackets Wood N O S finished 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
Brass Scrap loose
Brass Scrap packed
Brass Valves boxed
Brass Vessels in boxes barrels
or casks
Bread
Breeching Metal same as Saddlery
Brick Common and Fire See Rule 12 C L 40000 lbs BrickCommon and FireLCL
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 Butterine and Oleomargarine in cans
Butter Butterine and Oleomargaiine in kegs firkins buckets pails boxes and
tubs
Butter Apple and other Fruits
in wood
C
Cabbages packed
c R
O R
3 4
3 6
1
1
4
6
3
3
6
1
4
5
1
1
3
5
4
3 6
ppm hh MNM10C3 N 03 p 0 co rH I pq p p rh r1
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
51
Cabbages loose CL
Cabinet Ware See Furniture
Cages Bird boxed
Cages Bird KDnested pkd Cake Nitre See Nitre
Cake Oil See Cotton Seed Cake Salt See Salt
Calcicake
Calicoes same as Domestics
Camphene
Camphor
Candles boxed
Candy See Confectionery Cane Seed See Seed
Cane Sugar See Sugar Cane
Canned Beef packed
Canned Goods N O S
Canned Vegetables See Fruit
Cannon
Cans empty N O S
Cans Glass See Glass
Cans Paper crated
Cans tin empty NOS racked or boxed or in jackets
L C L
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
Caps and Hats
Caps Percussion
Caps Hay See Agricultural Implements
Capstans
CarbonsElectric Lightpackd
L C L
Carbons Electric Light pckd
Carboys see Glass
Card Clothing See Clothing Cards Cotton and Woolen
Hand packed
Cards Cotton and Woolen
Cards Playing
Cards Show boxed See Signs
Carpeting well covered
Carpets Hemp and Rag
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
c R
3
3 T 1 D 1
5
m
i
4
4
4
1
3T1
1
1
1
1
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
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
Street or Tramway operated either by steam cable horse or electric power C L two or more on a car minimum
weight 20000 lbs
Cars Hand Lever or Crank for railway use viz
S UL C L
S U C L minimum weight
20000 lbs
K D L C L
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 cars2oc 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 owner also to furnish pilot where rate amounts to 10 or less carrier to furnish pilot where charge exceeds L0 20c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 400 maximum charge
c K
D
O R 6
6
6
Or
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
52T
CR
O
allowed 6000
Locomotives and tenders including tram engs dead connectg rods and small parts liable to be damaged to betaken ofi 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 unldotherwise subject to Rule 1430c per mile
Subject to a minimum charge of 600 maximum charge allowed 6000
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 See Drums under
Iron
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 Cereals see Food Preparations 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
ChertCL 30000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
Chestnuts prepaid 3
R
C R O R
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
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 P
Clay German 5
Cleaners Cotton Seed See A gricultural Implements
Clocks boxed 1
Clock Weights See weights
Clothes Lines See Rope
Clothes Pins 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 fifty miles Class L less 5 per cent
Over one hundred miles Class L less 10 per cent
The Western and Atlantic and the Georgia Railroad Companies are allowed to charge for the transporta tion of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows
For fifty miles and under class L 5 less 10 per cent
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
53
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
CocaCola Syrup in barres or
kegssame as juices fruitetc 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 Substituh s Cereal same as Chicory
Coffee Mills See Mills Coffins plain or stained not
painted nor varnished
wrapped 1
Coffins N O S boxed or
crated 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 See Soap Powders
Compounds Polishing 3
Confectionery Candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of
Lading 4
Confectionery andy value limited to 20 cts per lband so specified or Bill of Lading 3
Confectionery N 0 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 3
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 0 L 25000 lbs P
o R
5
4
C R
Copper Ore L C L 6
Copper Stills worm crated 1 Copying Presses see Presses
Cordage 3
Cork 1
Corn Starch see Starch
Corn see Grain
Corn Seed see Seed
Corn in ear C L subject to
Rule 13 N
Corn in ear L C L sacked D Ci rnices and ornamental work for buildings made of sheet
or stamped metal plain galvanized or painted viz Boxed or crated S U L C
L D1
Same nested L C L 1
Loose L C L 3T1
Boxed crated or loose C L
min wt 10000 lbs 2
Cornice Mouldings galvanized iron not cornices nested and crated any quantity 5
Cornices Wooden for windows doors or inside finish See Woodwork
Cornices Wooden for outside finish Same as Mouldings
for building purposes
Corsets 1
Corundum LC 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 lbsml 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
O R
3
54
CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Cotton Seed valuablefor planting L C L over 2000 lbs 6
Cotton Seed common any
quantity G
Cotton Seed Hulls C L 25000
lbs P
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 Chalk4
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 see Telegraph 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
Cylinders iron See Drums under Iron
Cylinders Sheet Metal see Iron
OR
4
3
3
C R
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
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 Calicoes Prints Cotton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products without percentage 6
Doors Iron see Iron
Doors and Frames See Sashetc
Drawers and Shirts Unlaundried entirely of Cotton see Garments Cotton
Drills Grain See Agricultural Implements
Dross Rosin Same as Rosin
Drugs and Medicines N O S 1
Drums see Musical Instruments
Drums iron See Iron
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 not Chiriaware Crockery Jugware or Stoneware viz
In boxes 2
In slatted boxes crates bbls tierces casks or hhds L
CL 4
Loose L C L 2
Packed or loose C L 6
Jugware Common C L O
Eggs packed 1
Electric Light Carbons See Carbons
O R
2
2
NoteL C L shipments of cotton seed to be sacked Otherwise 20000 lbs may be charged for
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Elevators 1
Elevators Hay See Agricultural Implements
Emery value 4 cents per lb 3
Emery N 0 S 2
Empties dairy returned by the line over which ship
ment has been madenot over 100 pounds 5 cents each for any distance
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 min wt 10000 lbs D
Exhibitors boxed or crated3 T1
Exhibitors woven or crated D 1 Explosives Same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand
glass or grenade packed 1
Extinguishers Fire on wheels snme 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 O S 1
v F
Facing Iron and Coal inbbls
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 Boner 2
Fence Wire and Wood combination 5
Fencing 3
D1
1
1
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
Fibre Palmetto and Pine
pressed in bales
Figs in drums
Figs in casks or boxes
Figures not Iron packed See Images
Filters See Coolers
Findings Shoe
Firearms
Firecrackers and Fireworks
packed so marked
Fire Extinguishers See Extinguishers
Fish N O S in cans boxed 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
Fishing Rods
Fishing Tackle boxed
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 Brass
FluorSpar L C L
FluorSpar C L
Fly Fans See Fans
Fodder See Hay
Foil Tin in boxes
Food Preparations Cereal N O S viz
In bags or boxes
c
R
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6
1
2
1
1
1
4
e
5 2
2
D 1 I
2
2 3
1 1
3
6
M
2
5
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
J K
6
1
See 3
See 3

In barrels
Food Prepared N O S
Food Preservatives packed Foots Cotton seed oil
Soap Stock
Forges Portable
Forks Hay and Manure
Agricultural Implements Fountains Soda fully boxed 3 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 Sash etc
Frames for Pictures Mirrors Looking Glasses boxed or
crated
Frames loose or in bundles3 T 1
Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from
other Furniture3T1
Frames quilting See Quilting Attachments
Freezers Ice Cream 1
Fruit and Vegetables in cans without percentage L C L 5
SameCL 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 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 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 Juices See Juices
Fruit Oranges Lemons Bananas and Pineapples L C L 4 Fruit Oranges Lemons Ban anas and Pineapples C L 6
Furnaces Evaporator See Agricultural Implements
Furs See Hides
Fusea
Furniture Classification
NoteCommon Oak Furniture plainsawed varnished will take
0 R
D 1
D 1
B
c ft
rates applying to Furniture made of Pine Poplar etc Fine Oak Furniture quarter sawed rubbed will be classed as Furniture made of Walnut Mahogany and other hardwoods
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
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 i
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
Chairs Cane Split and Wood
Seat packed in pairs
Chair Stuff K D in bundles
or boxes 3
Cots set up1
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 1
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Furniture N O S K D C R 0 R
boxed crated or wrapped 2 3
Hall Standswrapped or crated 2 3
Lounge Frames set up 1 1
Lounge Frames backs taken off 1 2
Safes Kitchen set up if 1
Safes Kitchen K D packed 2 3
School Desks and Seats set up 2 3
School Desks and Seats K D Settees same as Chairs 3 4
Tables wrapped or crated 13 1
Tables K D flat Table Legs Slides Leaves and 2 3
Supports Wardrobes set up wrapped or 2 3
crated Wardrobes K D wrapped or 13 1
crated 2 3
Washstands wrapped or crated 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 2 3
crated 1
Bedsteads wrapped or crated 1
Bookcases wrapped or crated 1
Bureaus wrapped or crated Bureau Glass Frames in bun 1 2
dies 1 2
Chairs Camp and Folding Seat Chairs K D in bundles or n l
boxes Chairs N O S set up wrap 3 4
ped or crated 13 1
Chairs Opera Iron packed Chairs Rattan and Willow Chairs Cane Split and Wood 13 1
M 1
Seat setup Chair Stock K D in bundles 13 1
or boxes 2 3
Cots set up 13 1
Cots K D or folded 2 3
Cribs K D or folded 1 2
Desks wrapped or crated Furniture N O S set up 1 2
wrapped or crated Furniture NOS KD boxd D 1 13
crated or wrapped 1 2
Hall Stands wrapped or crated 1 2
Hat Racks K D or folded 1 2
Hat Racks wrapped or crated Lounges upholstered backs 13 1
taken off 13 1
Lounges Willow or Rattan 1
Lounge Frames set up 1
Lounge Frames backs taken off Marble for Furniture boxed 1 2
or crated 1 2
Mattresses Hair 1
U R O K
Mattresses Excelsior Straw
Shuck or Cotton 3
Mattresses Woven Wire or Spring Beds CL min 12
000 lbs 3
Same L C L 1
Mattresses NOS 2
Parlor Frames 1 1
Refrigerators wrapd or crated 2 3
Refrigerators thoroughly and completely taken apart and
packed in sections 2
Refrigerator Material thoroughly knocked down 3
School Desks and Seats set up 1 2
School Desks and Seats K D 2 3
Settees same as Chairs
Sideboards wrapped or crated 1 1
Sofas and Teteatetes wrapd
orcrated If l
Spring Beds See Mattresses
Wire
Tables set up wrapped or
crated D l If
Tables K D Flat 1 2
Table Legs Slides Leaves and
Supports 2 3
Wardrobes set up wrapped or
crated D 1 If
Wardrobes K D wrapped or
crated 1 2
Washstands wraped or crated 1 2
c
Gambier 4
Game See Poultry
Garments entirely of cotton when shipped by factories in bales or cases viz Jackets or jumpers pants overalls shirts and drawers unlaundried and knitting fac
tory products 5
Gas in iron buoys requiring flat or gondola car minimum
weight 5000 lbs each 1
Gas tor dental purposes or for calcium lights in cylinders 1
Gas Liquid Carbonic Acid in iron drums or tubes carriers optionsee Note 5
NothDrums or tubes containing Carbonic Acid Was must be plainly marked by proper lab1 or otherwise NOTICEDANGER This package must not be exposed to the sun or stored in a warm place
Gasoline See Oil
Gauges Steam See Machinery
Gelatine 1
Generators Gas 3
Ginger Ground in boxes 2
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Ginger in bags 3
Gins Cotton See Agricultural Implements
Ginseng 1
Girders Iron See Iron
Glass Carboys empty D1
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 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 feet3 T 1
Glass Roofing and Skylight
not Window Glass 2
Glass Colored stained decorated enameled ground figured or etched L C L 1
Glass Colored stained decorated enameled ground figured or etched C L 1
Glass Vault Lights rough and
heavy 5
Glassware fine cut or engraved D 1
Glassware N 0 S 2
Glass Window 14x16 inches
and under 4
Glass Window over 14x16 inches and not over 32x44 in 2 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 L3 T 1
Graders Outfits 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 Roofing Grapes in bundles boxes or crates LC L
O R
3
4
3
3
n
2
D 1 3
1
2
1
3
5
4 1
B
B
C R
Grapes C L
Graphite C L 25000 lbs class P less 20 per cent
Grass Seed See Seed
Grass Wire C L 20000 lbs
Grass Wire L C L
Grate Bars See Iron
Grate Baskets See Iron
Grates See Iron
Grave Stones See Stone
Grease Axle
Grease Car in barrels
Grenades packed
Grindstones
Grits Corn in barrels
Grits Corn in sacks
Grits Wheat in barrels
Grits in boxes
Groceries N O S
Guano See Fertilizers
Guand 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 Fertilizers
Gums Chewing 1
H
Hair in sacks 1
Hair Cattle for plastering
pressed in bales 6
Hair Curled pressed in bales
and Hair Rope 2
Hair Goods manufactured
packed in boxes D 1
Hames in bundles or packed 3
Hammocks and Fixtures
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
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purposes rough or dressed but unfinished C L 24000 lbs Rules 12 and 13 to apply without percentage K
Hangers 4
Hardware boxed N 0 S 2
Hardwood See Wood
Harness See Saddlery
Harrows and Harrow Teeth
See Agricultural Implements
Hats and Caps same as Dry Goods
Hat Boxes See Boxes
Haversacks 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 Straw pressed in bales L C L R
Heading see Barrel and Box Material
Hay Caps see AgricImplmts Hay Presses see Agricultural Implements
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 bag3 3 T
Furs in boxes bdls or trunks
strapped D
Furs NOS see Skins NOS
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 O S furs and peltries value limited to 25 cts
per lb in bags D 1
Same pressed in bales 1
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
o R
c R
Hobby Horses unboxed4 T1
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 i of 6
Hoop Poles B
Hoop Skirts D 1
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
Household Goods and old W Furniture packed value over f 5 per 100 poundsand full value expressed in bill a of lading said valuation a only to apply in cases of
total loss D1
Household Goods and old a Furniture packed value limited to 5 per 100 lbs
3 and so expressed in bill of lading said valuation only 2 to apply in case of total
g loss L C L 1
Household Goods and Old 0 Furniture well packed
value not expressed in bill
of lading L C L 1
Household Goods and old p Furniture well packed C
L 20000 pounds to be
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f charged for value limited to 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in
case of total loss
Household Goods and old Furniture withLive Stock one attendant to have passage free on same trains as car C L value limited to 3 5 per 100 pounds said o valuation only to apply in
case of total loss D1
o explanations
crlAll Bundles of Bedding
Trunks of ClothingHouse hold Goods or similar arti5 des not Furniture will not he received for transg portation unless packed
S chests of similar articles must he strapped or se2 curely nailed This does c not apply to C L of Household Goods
52Bills of Lading and WaySJ Bills must designate char acter and number of packages
3These instructions apply to old and secondhand Furniture Clothing Bedding etc not to new articles
Houses portable L C L 4
Same C L 6
Hubs and Felloes See Vehicle Material
Hullers Clover etc See Agricultural Implements
Hullers Pea same as Corn Shellers under Agricultural Implements
Husks and Shucks in bales
See Rule 12 D
Hydrants and Fire Plugs 5
Ice L C L in casks 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
o R
D 1
C R
Insulators see Telegraph and Telephone Material
Iron and Steel Drums and Cylinders empty 5
Iron Bedsteads 4
Iron Bar BandBoilerand Jail Plate Car Wheels and Axles Wagon and Carriage Axles
Iron Pipe 1 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 other packages 2
Iron Bridge Pig Scrap Railroad Spikes Chairs Frogs
Fish Plates and Fish Plate
Bolts L C L
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 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
Iron viz Sheet Iron and Steel plain galvanized or corrugated in crates or bundles 6
Iron Planished or Russia 2
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
Iron Grates completely packd 2
Iron Grates completely loose 1
Iron Grate Bars L C Lf of 6
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of 6
f of
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Tron Grate Bars 0 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 Mattocks in
bundles 3
Iron Picks Mattocks packed 5
Iron Pipe of 6
Iron and other Sheet Metal Pipes Tubes or Cylinders parts of machinery or otherwise N O S 1
Iron Pipe fittings in kegs
casks or barrels 6
Iron Pipe fittings in boxes 2
Iron Pipe fittings in bundles
wired D 1
Iron Plow Fenders 6
Iron Railing and Fencing 3
Iron Retorts 6
Iron Roofing see Iron Sheet
Irons Sad in barrels b xes
or cases 5
Iron Sash Weights wired any
quantity K
Iron Scrap Sheet in rolls or
bundles wired or cratedf of 6
Iron N O S boxed or crated 1
Iron Shutters and Doors 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 Wagon of 6
Iron and Steel Tires locmtive 6
Iron and Steel Tubing boiler
L C L 6
Same C Lf of 6
Iron Vault and Prison Work 4
Iron Wedges and Sledges in
barrels 5
Iron We ges and Sledgesloose 3
IronWork Galvanized 2
Isinglass3 T 1
Ivory 1
Ivory Black 4
Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks
Japan Ware
Japnica
Jars Fruit Glass or Earthenware any quantity
Jeans Cotton Same as Domestics
Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed
M
C R O R
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 C L 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 0 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 Guru
Knitting Factory Products see Garments Cotton
L
Ladders not over 30 feet long 1
Ladders over 30 feet long D 1
Ladders Stej 2
Lampblack in casks barrels
or boxes 3
Lamps and Lamp Goods pked 2
Land Plaster Sameasfertzrs
Lanterns packed
Lard
Lasts Shoe
Laths actual weight C L
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 O S
Leather in rolls or boxes
Leather Scrap in bales
Leaves powdered in boxes or
barrels 1
Lemons Oranges under Fruit Lentils in bags boxes or bbls 3 Letter Boxes See Boxes
Licorice in sticks roots or mats 3 Licorice in mass boxed 4
I rh CO fQ CO ID 1I CO Th
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Lightning Rods in boxes
Lightning Rods in bundles Lightning Rod Fixtures pked Lemon or Lime Juice See Juices Fruit
Lime in sacks casks or barrels C L
Lime in sacks casks or barrels L C L
Lime Chloride of in barrels
nr PiiQlra
Lime Chloride of N Os Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and
packed
Limestone for Furnaces C L 25000 lbs Class P less 40 per cent
Limestone ground same as Lime
Lining Carpet
Linseed
Linters See Paper Stock Liquors Whiskey or Domestic Wine in glass packed in boxes or baskets each package weighing not less tban
20 pounds
Liquors in wood N 0 S
Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage value limited to 75c per gallon and so endorsed
on bill of lading
Liquors Whisky in wood N
o s
Liquors N 08 in glass packed in boxes barrels 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
Locomobilessame as Carriages 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 feet long C L 24000 lbs P less 20 per cent
C R
3
2
2
L
B
o
R
Logwood
Logwood Extract of C 1 j dry Looking Glasses same as Mirs Looms See Machinery Lumber Dressed or Rough L
Lumber Dressed or Rough C
L 24000 lbs See Rule 12 Lye Concentrated
C R 2 4
B
P
5
6
4
5
2
4
M
Machinery
Boilers Sectional Same as Boilers but not to be taken
as Castings 2
Boilers Steam LCL 30 feet
and over See rule 14 1
Boilers under 30 feet L C L
See Rule 14 3
Boilers N O S same as Machinery N O S
Engines Caloric Fire Portable and Stationary See
Rule 14i 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 1
Cotton Mill Rolls Iron and
Steel 2
Same returned to be repaired or recovered rating to apply
in both directions 4
Hoisting K D See Rule 14 4
Loom3 T 1
MachineryNOS CL 20000 lbs to be charged for See
Rule 14 6
Machinery N O S L C L
See Rule 14 3
Machinists Tools Planers Lathes Drill Presses etc 2
Printing Presses K D boxed
or crated 3
Printing Presses K D not
boxed l
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 LCL 5
OR
3
n
1
2
li
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2
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3
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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 set up
See Rule 14 1
Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines etc packed K D See Rule 14 3
Machines Hemp See Agricultural Implements
Machines Meat Cutters 2
Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters
See Agricultural Implements
Machines Sewing unboxed 3 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 3
Malt D
Malt in boxes 1
Malt Extract same as Ale
Manganese Crude P
Manganese Ground packed 5
Manilla 3
Mantels Iron See Iron
Mantels Slate packed 2
ManureStable CL24000 lbs P
Maps boxed 1
Marble and Granite same as stone
Marl same as Lime
Marble Dust C L in barrels L
Marble Dust L C L in bbls B
Marbles in casks or boxes 4
Marble Tiles 4
Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone marked matches
Match Splints packed in cases
L C L 4
OR
3
4
1
3
3
c
R
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Match Splints packed in cases
C L 6
Mats and Rugs N O S 1
MatsGrass Hemp Hair Steel
Wire Rubber and Cocoa
Mats Oil
Matting
Mattocks and Picks See Iron
Mattresses N O S 1
Mattresses Hair 1
Mattresses Straw Cotton
Shuck and Excelsior 3
Mattresses Wire or Woven 1
Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed
See Cotton Seed
Meal Corn D
Meal Oat see Food Preparations
Measures 1
Meat N 0 S B
Meat Bacon and Pork B
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 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 G L 1
Medicines Patent C L 1
Melodeons see Musical Instruments
Melons freight guaranteed C
L 24000 lbs
Melons L C L 4
MerryGo 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
Mica3T1
Mileage Car see Car Mileage
3
2
3
P
CO H 03
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
C R
Milk Condense d boxed 4
Milk minimum charge allowed 15 cts B
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 0 S 2
Mill Stones finished 4
Mill Stones rough 5
Mill Stuff Rule 12 L C L C
Mill Stuff C L 25000 lbs P
Mince Meat 4
Mineral Waters See Water
Mining Cars and Wagons same
as Cars Logging
Mirrors 3 feet or under pked 3 T 1 Mirrors over 3 feet not exceeding 7x12 packed 3 T 1
Mirrors over 7x12 packed 4 T 1 Molasses Same as Syrup Monuments etc See Stone
Mops N O S I
Mops packed or bundled 4
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 D1
Mouldings Iron see Cornices Mouse Traps See Traps Mowers See Agricultural Imp
Mucilage packed 2
Musical Instruments viz
Drums 3 T 1
MelodeonsOrgans cabinet or Pianos boxed L 0 L 1
Same L C L not boxed need not be taken
Same boxed wrapped or crated C L mi imum
weight 8000 pounds 1
Organs Pipe K D boxed 1
Organ Pipes boxed 1
N O S 1
Mustard Ground in boxes 2
O R Mustard prepared in glass C R
packed Mustard prepared in kegs or 2
barrels 3
Mustard Seed N Nails Brass and Copper well 6
packed in boxes or kegs Nails and Spikes Iron See Iron Naval Stores See Rosin Turpentine etc NitreCake same as Fertilizers 3
Notions 1
Nutmegs Nuts Chestnuts prepaid 2
Nuts Pecans in barrels LCL Nuts Pecans in barrels C L Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked 3
L C L 5
Nuts Cocoa C L 6
Nuts Edible in bags N 0 S Nuts Edible in barrels or 1
casks N 0 S Nuts Peanuts and Chufas L 2
C L 5
2 Nuts Peanuts and Chufas CL Nuts Hickory and Black Wal 6
1 nuts L C L 4
D 1 Same CL 24000 lbs o 6
Oakum Oats see Grain Oatmeal see Meal Ochre in sacks barrels or 4
casks L C L 5
Same C L Ochre to be used in manufacture of Fertilizers same as 6
3 Fertilizers Oil Cake Same as Fertilizers
3 Oil Cloth 16 feet long or over
boxed Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long i
boxed 2
Oil Cloth baled H
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 Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in l
bbls in iron drums L C L Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in 3
bbls or iron drums C L 3
o R
1
2
3
4 6
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
65
c R
D 1
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in cans Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed L C L
Oil Coal or its products Kerosene Lubricating the product of Coal Oil Pine in
cans boxed C L 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
Oi1 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
boxed3T1
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 I
Olives in barrels or casks 4
Onions in sacks LCL 5
Same in barrels or crates 6
Same in barrels crates boxes or in sacks or in
bulk C L 6
Onion Sets Same as Onions 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 Musical Instruments
Outfits graders or Contractors
5 r c
J K L C L Same C L 24000 lbs C R
1 minimum SameC L 24000 lbs minimum with livestock Overallssee Garments cotton Oysters in cans or kegs Oysters shell in barrels Oysters shell in bulk C L
4
4 Oysters in glass packed P Packing Asbestos See Asbes 1
6 tos
Packing Hemp 4
Packing Metallic 2
Packing Rubber Paintings and Pictures well boxed value of each box 3
not to exceed 1200 D 1
2 Paintings and Pictures over
4 200 in value 3 T1
Paints Drv in cases Paints bulk in barrels or 5
casks dry L C L Paints bulk in bbls casks or 6
sacks dry C L Paints bulk in barrels or L
4 casks in liquid 5
Paints bulk in kegs liquid 5
Paints in pails or cans packed Paints in pails or cans un O O
D 1 packed 1
Paints Metallicsame as Paints Paneling See Wood work
Pants Jeans Cotton 6
2 Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool Mixed in bales or in cases Paper Bags See Bags
3
4 Paper Barrels nested packed 2
Paper Barrels not nested 4T1
Paper Binders Board See Binders Board
6 Paper Bottle Covers packed
or pressed in bales Paper Boxes See Boxes Paper Paper Cans See Cans Paper 3
Paper Card Paper Collars See Collars 1
Paper Hangings in bundles 1
Paper Hangings boxed 2
Paper Medicated or Closet 3
Paper Pasteboard 4
Paper Printing or Wrapping B
Paper same as above in boxes Paper in rolls for manufacture 2
of bags Paper Pulp See Pulp Paper Roofing see Roofing B
O K
D 1
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE
Paper Sand and Flint
Paper Stock AVaste Cotton Sweepings Motes Regins and inters in bales with privilege to carrier of compressing value limited to 2
cents per pound
Paper Stock WasteCotton Sweepgs and Motes N O S Paper Stock WasteCotton
N O S
Paper Stock WasteWoolen
Jute or tailings in bags
Paper Stock WasteWoolen Jute or tailings pressed in
bales
Paper Stock WastePaper in
sacks bbls or hhds
Paper Stock W astePaper pressed in bales or crates Paper Stock WasteRags in sacks bbls bales hhds or
crates
Paper Straw Boards
Paper Wall any quantity in
bundles
Paper wall any quanty in bxs
Paper Ware N O S
Paper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes
Parers Fruit boxed
Paris White same as paint
Paste in barrels
Peaches green See Fruit Peaches dried See Fruit Dried
Peach Stones packed
Pearline
Peanuts See Nuts
Pearl Ash
Peas in boxes
Peas in bags or barrels Same as grain
Pea Hullers see Hullers Pecans See Nuts
Pegs Shoe in bags
Pegs Shoe in barrels or boxes Peltries See Skins
Pencils Slate
Pepper and Spices in bags
Pepper and Spices N O S
ground in boxes
Pepper Sauce in glass packed
Perfumery
Petroleum See Coal Oil Phosphate RockCL240001bs Phosphate fruit beverage ready for use and not fountain juices extracts etc in
barrels or kegs
Photographic Material
Pianos see Musical Instruments
3
R
6
5
6
R
6
R
Pickers Cottor Raw Hide
Pickles in glass packed
Pickles in barrels or casks
Pickles in cans boxed
Picks and Mattocks See Iron Picture Backing in packages
Picture Frames unboxed
Picture Frames boxed
Pictures See Paintings
Pigs Feet See Meat
Pine Apples in cans boxed
Pine Apples in glass packed Pine Apples C L and L 0 L
See Oranges etc under Fruit Pine Straw loose 0 L 20000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent
Pins in cases
Pins Clothes See Clothes Pins Pins Insulators See Telegraph Brackets
2
1
4
4
4
3 T 1
4
1
1
R
5
1
2
1
2
2
6
6
4
5 2
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
P
B
1
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S 1
Pipe Copper Brass or Metal
N O S boxed 3
o Pipe and Tile Drain or Roof
d ing L C L 5
Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing C L 25000 pounds R
PipeEarthennot DrainLCL 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 L C L 1
Same O R of rust L C L
Pipe Nested and wired or crated or otherwise C L
min weight 20000 lbs 3
Pipe Tin boxed 2
Pipe Wood L C L 3
Pipe Wood C L 4
Pipes Tobacco in boxes 1
Pitch any quantity Same as Rosin
O R 2
D 1 1
3
6
P
5
6
3
6
3
5
4
5 5
RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA
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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
Plaster Wall same as Lime 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
Poles and Posts N O S
Polishing Powders and Compounds See Powders
Polish Stove and Shoe packed Polish Stove and Shoe in Glass
packed
Ponies Shetland same as Live Stock
Porcelain Ware
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
Potash Ball package
Potash German Muriate of and Sulphate of Same as Fertilizers
PotatoesLCL in bblsor sacks
Potatoes C L
Poultry dressed See Meat
Poultry live C L
Poultry live L C L
Powder Baking
Powder Bleaching
Powder Gun and other Explosives L C L
Powder Gun and other Explosives C L 5000 lbs or
over
Powdered Leaves in boxes or
barrels
Powders and other Washing Compounds See Soap Powders Cattle Horse or Condition
Powders Polishing Compounds etc
Powers Horse See Agi Imp
Preserves in glass packed
Preserves in cans boxed
Preserves in wood N O S
C R 0 R Presses Cider See Agricul u R OJ
tural Implements
6 Presses Cotton and Hay See
A Agricultural Implements
Presses Copying Presses PrintgSee Machinry 2
5 Presses N O S Printed Matter in sheets 2
boxed prepaid 2
1 Prints same as Domestics
3 Pruners See Agricultural Im
plements
6 Prunes in boxes or kegs 2
Prunes in casks 4