THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Gift of Georgia Railroad Commission mb i FORTYFIRST REPORT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA PRUNED a f J FOpf aDAVIEOC CHAS MURPHEY CANDLER Chairman GEORGE HILLYER ViceChairman JOSEPH F GRAY PAUL B TRAMMELL JAMES A PERRY Commissioners J PRINCE WEBSTER Rate Expert CAMPBELL WALLACE Secretary JAMES K HINES Special Attorney REPORT LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND REVIEW Atlanta Ga April 1 1914 To His Excellency John M Slaton Governor Sir In obedience to law the Railroad Commission of Georgia herewith submits its 41st Report the same being for the year ended December 31st 1913 As is well known the jurisdiction of the Commission and consequently its duties were largely extended and increased under the Act of the General Assembly approved August 22nd 1907 The number of subjects handled in 1913formally and informally approximated 4500 as compared with about 1280 in 1906 The character of subjects and their method of handling is radically different today from those of 1906 involving more complicated problems and more detailed investigation As indicative of the extent variety and importance of the work now performed by the Commission in connection with the services rates and practices of all public utility corporations doing business in Georgia reference is made to the two compilations immediately following Number and Classification of Corporations Reporting to the Commission for 1913 and 1912 Street Railroads Gas Electric Light and panies 1913 Power Com 1912 Steam Railroads 65 Terminal Companies 5 5 Express Companies 1 1 Telegraph Companies 2 2 Telephone Companies 92 81 Cotton Compress Companies 11 11 Total 229 213 Showing a net increase in corporations reporting to the Commission in 1913 over the number reporting in 1912 of sixteen During the year 1913 the Commission disposed of 618 complaints or subjects requiring formal action or order the number and classification of subjects thus disposed of in comparison with 1912 being as follows 4 Number and Class of Cases Formally Handled by the Commission During 1913 and 1912 Passenger fares and service Freight rates Freight service Claims for overcharge loss damage and demurrage Side tracks and spurs Depots and stations Street car service and fares Gas and electric rates and service Express rates and service Telegraph and telephone service Stock and Bond Issues Miscellaneous Total 1913 1912 66 74 132 119 105 78 101 104 26 16 59 68 13 1 12 6 37 28 41 38 9 29 17 22 618 583 Showing an increase of complaints handled during 1913 of 35 over 1912 In addition to the above the Commission during 1913 by correspondence visitation and informal conferences without the necessity of formal hearings order or action disposed of more than 3500 complaints inquiries and subjects the handling of practically all of which required time and investigation and very frequently extended correspondence FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS Notwithstanding the country wide if not world wide depressing influences on business during the past two years the Commission is gratified to note from the annual reports of the public service corporations in Georgia reporting to it that considering the conditions mentioned on the whole the financial results of their operations have been encouraging This is notably true as to local utilities such as street railroads gas electric light and power and telephone companies whose reports cover the calendar year while steam railroad reports are for the fiscal year ending June 30 1913 We are satisfied from examination of the monthly reports of steam railroads covering July to December 1913 that had these mcinths been included as in those of local utilities the financial results of their operations would have compared favorably with the preceding calendar year Georgias cotton crop constitutes a considerable percentage of railroad traffic and the short crop of 1912 is reflected in rail freight traffic for the fiscal year covered by this report This is also true as to compress companies and entirely accounts for the losses in their gross and net earnings for the fiscal year ending August 31st 1913 As indicative of the steady growth in the business of the pubjic service corporations doing business in Georgia the following comparative table of gross income operating expenses and net earnings for the past three years is interesting Ma 5 Summary of Financial Operations of Corporations Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia for Fiscal Years 1911 1912 1913 Railroad Companies 1911 1912 V 1913 Gross Earnings 4726245927 5081355022 5155958306 Operating Expenses 3298067428 3665196256 3885423023 Net Earnings 53 Cos 1435395419 1419521254 1275226070 Deficits 12 Cos 7216920 3362488 4690787 Terminal Companies Gross Earnings 6660579 8293275 14218288 Operating Expenses 22729687 24152222 22889296 Net Earnings 3 Cos 495825 552933 1309847 Deficits 2 Cos 16564933 Telegraph and Express Companies 16411880 9980855 Gross Earnings 169240875 191670508 201601873 Operating Expenses 162962608 187927586 203379935 Net Earnings 1 Co 8326982 5017897 3726167 Deficits 2 Cos Compress Companies 2048715 1274975 2204495 V Gross Earnings 78363721 122258164 75619410 Operating Expenses 52072418 80404720 55807756 Net Earnings 10 Cos Deficits 1 Col 26291303 41853444 19943784 132130 Street Railroad Power Gas and Electric Light Companies Gross Earnings 886823322 999849038 1074777078 Operating Expenses 445501797 503224297 569999533 Net Earnings 48 Cos 441328131 496831321 507450003 Deficits 5 Cos 6606 206580 2672458 Telephone Companies Gross Earnings 283806557 316421274 343030366 Operating Expenses 151555021 179746694 201503800 Net Earnings 89 Cos 132285171 136981622 141699005 Deficits 3 Cos 33635 307042 172439 Totals for all Companies Gross Earnings 229 Cos 6151140981 6719847281 6865205321 Operating Expenses 229 Cos 4132888959 4640651775 4939003343 Net Earnings 204 Cos 2044122831 2100758471 1949354876 Deficits 25 Cos 25870809 21562965 19853164 The number of companies indicated in the foregoing statement as reporting relates only to the year 1913 It should be borne in mind that from net earnings as stated all taxes and interest charges must be paid before there can be any distribution of earnings as dividends to stockholders im 6 STOCK AND BOND APPROVALS The Commission approved during the year 1913 for different corporations capitalization issues as follows Capital stock total 117732500 Mortgage Bonds total 807550000 Equipment Trust and Time Notes 960903707 Total approvals 1886186207 as compared with total approvals in 1912 of 9006600000 Included in the approvals for 1912 was that of the general refunding scheme of the Central of Georgia Railway Co aggregating 52014000 of stock and bonds There has been no such large refunding scheme approved during the past year The flotation of new securities during 1913 has been comparatively limited throughout the country because of financial conditions and the situation as to stock and bond issues by Georgia utilities is by no means peculiar to this State on the contrary there are now decided evidences of a more hopeful outlook as to the financing of meritorious public utility enterprises STEAM RAILROAD MILEAGE Notwithstanding the somewhat discouraging financial conditions generally prevalent throughout the country we are pleased to report the largest increase in new mileage placed in operation in this State since 1909 to wit 14296 miles of main line single and 1781 miles of second track The new mileage was built as follows Ocilla Southern Extension2275 miles Waycross Southern Extension 1019 miles Brinson Railway Extension 1260 miles Hawkinsville Western Extension1000 miles Gainesville Northwestern New Line 3500 miles Elberton Eastern New Line 2200 miles Waycross Western New Line 2517 miles Flemington Hinesville Western New Line 525 miles The Commission has excluded from its mileage for the State carried in 1912 three short lines two of which it decided after investigation were not common carriers and the third having abandoned operations aggregating 1145 miles With the foregoing additions and deductions and other minor changes arising from new surveys or locations our reports show as follows Number of miles single track main line in actual operation June 30 1913 729578 Number of miles second track main line 9804 Number miles siding passing and yard track 196743 Total miles of rail all descriptions in actual use June 30 1913 936125 7 Total miles of rail all descriptions in actual use June 30 1912 corrected 911499 Increase in all rail mileage 24626 Increase in single track main line 14296 Increase in second track main line 1781 NEW DEPOTS There were constructed in Georgia during the fiscal year 1913 fiftyfive new freight and passenger depots as compared with thirtyseven during the preceding year Many of these have been voluntarily constructed by the Railroads without the intervention or orders of the Commission Several of the important trunk lines of the State are showing a highly commendable spirit of progress and improvement in providing adequate and comfortable facilities of this character commensurate with their financial abilities and needs in other States which they traverse STEAM AND ELECTRIC RAILROAD ACCIDENTS The report of accidents required by the Commission from steam and street railroads includes all persons killed or injured separating those killed or injured into three classes to witz Passengers Employees and other persons The last named class includes mail express and news agency employees as also trespassers and other persons lawfully upon rights of way as at public road crossings The report for 1913 shows a gratifying decrease in the total number of persons injured by steam railroads as compared with 1912 Steam Railroad Accidents 1913 1912 Passengers killed 13 ig Passengers injured 439 542 Employees killed 62 74 Employees injured 1898 2284 Other persons killed 91 101 Other persons injured 210 249 Total killed and injured 2713 3236 A decrease in killed and injured by steam railroads of 523 under 1912 Street Railroad Accidents 1913 1912 Passengers killed 0 0 Passengers injured 1012 897 Employees killed 1 q Employees injured 121 82 Other persons killed 12 18 Other persons injured 289 333 Total killed and injured 1435 1330 An increase in killed and injured by street railroads in 1913 over 1912 of 105 The total number of persons killed and injured by street railroads and steam railroads in Georgia during 1913 was 4148 as compared with 4566 in 1912 a decrease of 418 or a fraction over nine per cent We believe that all carriers are deserving of the highest commendation for the increasing concern they are exhibiting for the safety of their passengers and employees the good results of their increasing care in this respect being demonstrated in the above mentioned figures TAXES PAID IN GEORGIA BY PUBLIC UTILITIES An examination of the financial reports of the public utility corporations to the Commission shows that during 1913 they paid taxes to all taxing jurisdictions of the State such as State County Municipal and School districts aggregating 277848624 The amounts paid by the different classes of utilities are shown in the following table Street railroads Gas Electric Light and Power Companies 72085046 Steam railroads 178706123 Railroad Terminal companies 3989451 Express companies 2085571 Telegraph companies 2174611 Telephone companies 16050252 Cotton Compress companies 2757570 Total 277848624 Being an increase of 20840723 over the total amounts paid in 1912 LITIGATION There is now pending in State and Federal Courts the following litigated cases to which the Commission is a party to wit In the Federal Court for the Northern District of Georgia suits brought by the Southern Railway the Atlantic Coast Line the Central of Georgia the Seaboard Air Line and the Georgia Southern Florida Railway Company seeking permanent injunctions against certain circulars issued by the Commission in 1906 reducing the percentages above the Commissions Standard Freight Tariff previously allowed to these carriers Under executive order issued by the Governor in 1911 these cases were placed under the direction of the Special Attorney of the Commission since which time he has been diligent in his efforts to secure trial of the issues involved The case of the Central of Georgia has now been heard and the others are set for trial on an early day next month In the Federal Court for the Northern District of Georgia a bill for injunction brought by the Seaboard Air Line seeking to restrain the enforcement of an order of the Commission requiring that railroad and the Lawrenceville Branch Railroad to make and operate physical connection between these roads at Lawrenceville 9 The Court handed down its decision in March declining to issue a restraining order The Seaboard Air Line will appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States we are informed In the Superior Court of Effingham County a suit against the Seaboard Air Line filed by direction of former Governor Brown for a violation of Freight Rule 33 of the Commission This case has been pending for more than a year but it is expected will be disposed of at an early date and in favor of the Commissions contentions In the Supreme Court of the United States the appeal of the Wadley Southern Railroad from the affirmance by our State Supreme Court of a penalty judgment for refusal to observe an order of the Commission relative to the discontinuance of discriminatory practices in the matter of prepayment of freight charges CLAIMS A great deal of the time of the Commission is required in the handling of claims against rail carriers which have been declined or upon which action by carriers has been delayed Much of the friction between the public and carriers arises out of the unsatisfactory manner in which claim departments handle shippers claims We are satisfied that there is just ground for criticism of the red tape methods too largely in vogue in claim departments We have several times in our investigations of claims had good reason to conclude that adjustments by these departments had been purposely delayed more often that they were indifferently handled and at other times disposed of in the most arbitrary manner without even securing all of the material facts Claims for overcharges are capable of expeditious handling their justice is easily ascertained and there is no reason why they should not be disposed of with greater promptness than customarily obtains As there can be only one correct rate and as it is unlawful to charge in excess of this rate the Commission can compel prompt action on claims of this character Claims for loss and damage are more difficult of handling and generally involve questions of disputed fact making their adjustment more difficult than overcharge laims The Commission is perhaps without power to order the payment of such claims Demurrage charges and claims direct and reciprocal are constantly being questioned and complaints arising therefrom being filed with the Commission From a sense of justice both to carriers and to shippers generally the Commission has adhered to a strict observance of its direct demurrage rules and has consistently upheld the reasonableness and justice of these charges The Commission regrets that so many of the carriers of the State resist and delay the adjustment of reciprocal demurrage claims to the utmost of their powers particularly where they arise in switching service This is not honest and Carriers should not allow these claims to be handled as they have been up to this time frequently in disregard of principles of square dealing In connection with the general subject of claims this Commission feels it proper to say that while it recognizes the usefulness of the Demurrage and 10 the Weighing and Inspection Bureaus maintained by carriers in this territory it is none the less true that the technical and arbitrary methods practiced by these two Bureaus arouses among shippers and consignees more of antagonism and prejudice against the carriers than any other agencies they employ The Commission from its own experience particularly with the Weighing Inspection Bureau condemns its arbitrary methods and dicta and its inclination to disregard any suggestions rules or regulations except such as originate with it or those whom itserves The Commission earnestly favors honesty among shippers but at the same time condemns the methods of any organization which apparently proceeds on the theory that it alone is the exclusive and final arbiter in questions over which honest differences of opinion may arise RECOMMENDATIONS Under the law it is made the duty of the Commission to recommend from time to time such legislation as they the Commissioners may deem advisable In obedience to this mandate the Commission has literally from time to time submitted several recommendations a to legislation in its opinion urgently needed which it now repeats Several of these recommendations have been embodied in bills now pending some with favorable Committee rports and others having passed one of the Houses We desire to again invite attention to those deemed of special importance to wit I Certified Copies of Rate Schedules Etc An amendment to paragraph 2 Section 5 of the Act approved August 22nd 1907 to authorize the Chairman of the Commission in the absence of the Secretary to certify any schedule of rates or any order rule or regulation prescribed by the Commission so as to make the same admissible as evidence in the Courts the same as if certified by the Secretary II Through Bills of Lading The enactment of legislation conferring upon the Commission power and authority to require the issuance by carriers of through bills of lading and of coupon passenger tickets and the checking of baggage through to destination Hardly a week passes in the administration of this office that our attention is not called to the importance of such legislation and we again earnestly recommend its enactment III Overcharge Demurrage Charges and Losses Under the wording of the Act of 1907 in reference to the settlement of overcharges and losses it is difficult for the Commission to formulate such a rule as will stand the test in the courts We therefore urge the amendment of this Act so as to read as follows It shall have authority to order all railroad companies and other corporations subject to its jurisdiction to pay all just claims for overcharges demurrage charges and for losses and to fix penalties by rule or order or both for failure to pay the same when so required 11 IV Union Passenger Depots There are numerous railroad terminal or junction cities and towns in Georgia where in the construction of needed passenger facilities union depots are entirely practicable and would be greatly to the convenience and in the interest of the public Without express statutory authority the Commission has not been of the opinion that it has authority to compel the erection and operation of Union Passenger depots It therefore recommends that it be given express authority and power to order the erection and operation of Union Passenger depots in cities and towns where the same is practicable can be done with reasonable expense and is in the interest of the public V Grade Crossings The Commission has heretofore called attention to accidents frequently occurring in Georgia at grade crossings of public highways by steam and electric railroads There are hundreds of dangerous grade crossings in this State As highway and railroad construction increase as population and the consequent use of highways increase and as there are yearly increasing numbers of trains operated on railroads the danger from grade crossings is rapidly increasing The lessening of such dangers is therefore a present problem and one more easily solved and with less expense now than in the future The Commission recommends that the entire subject of the removal improvement or safeguarding of grade crossings of public highways be placed under its jurisdiction and that it be empowered to order their removal by under or over passage their improvement or safeguarding as in its discretion seems to be proper apportioning the cost in each instance as to it seems equitable The Commission also recommends that no new grade crossings of established highways by railroads or of constructed railroads by new highways be allowed in this State except after application to and upon approval by the Commission VI Track and Equipment Inspection The Commission again urges the great importance of regular inspection by competent officers under its direction of the track and equipment of steam and street railroads The inspections annually are limited by the funds placed at our command Road bed track bridges trestles depots track and warehouse scales locomotives motors and freight and passenger cars ought to be regularly inspected and the attention of operating officials called to discovered defects In this connection it may be said that had there been any careful track inspection by governmental authority prior to its happening a recent disastrous derailment of a passenger train on the Central of Georgia Railway in Alabama due to the bad condition of the track would in all probability have been avoided We are satisfied that thousands of dollars could be saved tax payers in this State who are also gas and electricity users if the Commission had in its employ competent meter inspectors whose business it should be under direction of the Commission to visit the cities and towns of this State inspecting and testing gas and electric meters equipment etc for municipalities and individual consumers VII Expert Appraisals The Commission earnestly recommends that sufficient funds be given it to enable it to employ when necessary expert engineers for the appraisal of physical values of properties involved in capitalization or rate making questions and for the audit of the books and accounts of interested corporations that reliable and impartial information as to their earnings may be secured Without knowledge of the fair value of the property devoted to the public use at the time of the inquiry and of what it is earning at that time under existing rates it is impossible for a Commission to do better than merely guess at what is a reasonable and just rate It is well settled that every public service corporation is entitled to such rates as will give it a fair return upon the fair value of its property at the time it is being used for the public provided such rates shall not exceed the value to the public of the service rendered It is absolutely essential therefore in fixing rates for such corporations which will be fair to them and the public that the Commission should be accurately informed of the present value of their properties and of th returns they are receiving at the time from existing rates Valuation appraisals and the study and analysis of accounts involve the finest expert skill The Commission ought to have at its command sufficient funds to employ its own experts for such work in order to secure full disinterested and impartial information on these vitally important points A private citizen complaining of unreasonably high rates iri his town for gas or electric lights can not afford such an expense of course The Commission has not sufficient funds and the result is that no real and thorough investigation can be made and justice may fail entirely to one party or great injustice be done the other Corporations are constantly applying for the approval of stock and bond issues based upon estimates of values made entirely by their own engineers The Commission ought not to be forced to accept them as true or reject them as exaggerated without having impartial appraisals by competent engineers in its employ by which to justify its approval or disapproval VIII Additional Office Work The Commission hesitates to prefer any recommendation involving additional expense to the State in its work and only does so under a realization of the real need This office requires numerous reports from corporations subject to its jurisdiction carrying important information as to their rates expenses income operations service etc These should be carefully analyzed as received and results tabulated for the use of the Commission in its frequent investigations or complaints as also for the information of the public Again the Commission has very frequent investigations in which much oral evidence is taken In a subsequent consideration of the cas the Commissioners are compelled to rely entirely upon their memories as to the facts submitted in evidence This is very unsatisfactory In all important cases the evidence should be stenographically reported written out and permanently 13 preserved with the record of the case This is especially important should litigation over the Commissions decision or order in the matter arise With sufficient funds say 180000 per annum the Commission could secure a statistical clerk who would be a stenographer and report all important cases heard This combination of duties would keep one competent clerk busy the entire time greatly facilitate the work of the Commission and enable it to supply the public with much desirable information as to the financial operations and services of the corporations doing business in the State The present clerical force of the Commission has all the work it can possibly do IX Revision of Classification and Tariffs The Commission earnestly calls attention to what it conceives to be its present most urgent and important duty to wit Complete and radical revision of its Freight Classification and of its Standard Tariff Such a work would prove monumental and result in incalculable benefit to shippers in this State It is well known that freight rates are arrived at by the application of prescribed tariffs or scales according to descriptive classifications of the commodities being transported It is manifestly impracticable in any table of rates to prescribe the specific charge on each commodity moving between each and every railroad point in the State Commodities moving or likely to move are therefore grouped 01 classified according to similarity in character handling movement value and other like considerations Tariffs or rates are then prescribed for each class according to distances value weight bulk packing risks cost of carrying and other similar considerations The different freight classes and the rate tariffs applicable thereto should bear logical and harmonious relations to each other The original and the only general freight classification ever attempted or promulgated by the Railroad Commission of Georgia was published as effective May 1st 1880 There has been no effort to revise it as a whole since its issuance although numerous additions and amendments thereto have been since made The variety of articles and commodities now being transported is greatly increased since 1880 Commodities unknown to trade in 1880 move freely today Many articles moving in 1880 no longer move as then Methods of packing handling and transporting have radically changed as to many It is really difficult to find words sufficiently forceful to convey adequate conception of the imperfections in our freight classification and Standard Tariff as they exist today They are antiquated largely obsolete incomplete and so contradictory as to be difficult of construction and application and unintelligible as well as costly to shippers A complete thorough and scientific revision will be a long and somewhat expensive task so much so that the Commission has never been able to enter upon it With its present clerical force and meagre funds But it ought to be done and at once That it be done is absolutely essential to the interests of the shipping public 14 With adequate clerical force we believe it can be accomplished within twelve months and at a cost of not exceeding 1000000 including printing We therefore earnestly ask your Excellency to include in your message to the General Assembly at its approaching session a recommendation as to the urgent need of a special appropriation and the stressing of the really great financial benefit and shipping conveniences which will surely follow from such scientific and intelligent revision as we desire to undertake X Publication of Classification and Tariffs In this connection we also invite your special attention to those provisions in Section 6 of the Act of the General Assembly approved October 14 1879 establishing the Railroad Commission Civil Code Section 2632K which require the publication in nine newspapers of the State of any revision of or amendment to our classification and tariff prior to their effectiveness The expense of such publication of such revision as is necessary would be absolutely prohibitory and is wholly unnecessary The experience of the Commission in 1880 in its publication of the brief and incomplete classification and tariffs then promulgated and the large expense in connection therewith is recalled We therefore earnestly recommend the repeal of the provisions in the Act of 1879 requiring newspaper publications and in lieu substitute provision that prior to the effective date of any classification tariff or schedule of rates or of any revision or amendment thereof publication shall be made in such form as the Commission may deem proper and a copy of the same served by mail on each carrier or public utility in the State affected thereby XI Revised Express Classification and Tariff We respectfully and earnestly urge action upon this recommendation at the General Assemblys earliest convenience for the further reason that the Commission has under final consideration at this writing a complete and thorough revision of our State Express Classification Tariffs and Rules upon which it has been at work for two years This consideration will in all probability be completed and final adoption of this revision made before the General Assembly convenes It can not be made effective however until after its publication in nine newspapers as now required Such publication would require several thousand dollars and is wholly unnecessary as all desirable publicity can be otherwise secured We are therefore compelled to continue under our present obsolete express classification and tariffs until some change in the requirements as to publication is made or larger printing funds are appropriated XII Competing Local Public Utilities The attention of the Commission has in a recent case before it been called to the evils arising out of unrestrained and unreasoning competition between two local public utility companies occupying the same field and to the burdens in the end placed upon the public by reason of unnecessary and unwise investments and expenditures of capital resulting from such conditions as invariably follow Our public policy has been to encourage competition as a regulator of prices and a provider of good service while at the same time we have pursued the opposite policy of governmental regulation 15 We do not believe competition can ever be a consistent and economical regulator of rates and other conditions in a local public utility field In such a field it means a duplication of investments organization and operating expenses which is unnecessary to the service and burdensome upon the public It is rarely maintained permanently The Commission is strongly convinced that it would be wise if the General Assembly should enact legislation prohibiting the grant by municipal authorities of franchises to local public utilities where there is an established utility rendering safe adequate and proper service at reasonable rates already occupying the field prior to application to and issuance by this Commission of a certificate of public convenience and necessity In our opinion the Government which properly assumes to prescribe reasonable rates and compel adequate service by public utilities should also protect such utilities and the public from unwise and useless competition and the wasteful investment of capital in the unnecessary duplication of plants Respectfully submitted Charles Murphey Candler Chairman George Hillyer ViceChairman Joseph F Gray Paul B Trammell James A Perry Commissioners Campbell Wallace Secretary J Prince Webster Rate Expert 16 Power to regulate rates and fares Corporaations subject to the provisions of this Constitution Corporations not authorized to buy shares tending to defeat competition No secret rebate allowed Not intended to impair contracts Appropriate legislation required CONSTITUTION ARTICLE IVSection II Paragraph 1 The power and authority of regulating railroad freight and passenger tariffs preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discriminations on the various railroads of this State and prohibit said roads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties Par III The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing nor alter or amend the same nor pass any other general or special law for the benefit of said corporation except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution and every amendment of any charter of any corporation in this State or any special law for its benefit accepted thereby shall operate as a novation of said charter and shall bring the same under the provisions of this Constitution Provided That this section shall not extend to any amendment for the purpose of allowing any existing roads to take stock in or aid in the building of any branch road Par IV The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any corporation to buy shares or stock in any other corporation in this State or elsewhere or to make any contract or agreement whatever with any such corporation which may have the effect or be intended to have the effect to defeat or lessen competition in their respective businesses or to encourage monopoly and all such contracts and agreements shall be illegal and void Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freights or passage and any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties Par VI No provisions of this article shall be deemed held hr taken to impair the obligation of any contract heretofore made by the State of Georgia Par VII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation 17 The following references to the laws of the State on the subject of transporta tion of passengers and freight by Common Carriers are here inserted as relating to matters of general interest A Railroad companies are common carriers and liable as such Code of Georgia section 2297 B A common carrier is bound to receive all goods and passengers offered that he is able and accustomed to carry upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public Code Section 2278 C Carriers of passengers may refuse to admit or may eject from their conveyances all persons refusing to comply with reasonable regulations or guilty of improper conduct or of bad dissolute doubtful or suspicious characters So they may refuse to convey persons seeking to interfere with their own business or interest Code Section 2296 D A carrier of passengers is bound also to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers But he is not liable for injuries to the person after having used such diligence Code Section 2266 E The carrier of passengers is responsible only for baggage placed in his custody yet a passenger can not relieve himself from liability for freight by assuming to take care of his own baggage Code Section 2280 F It is the duty of the railroad company to cause their conductors agents or employees to be provided with checks so as to check all trunks or separate baggage of passengers from station to station on their roads when required And it is the duty of the conductor of every passenger train to cause upon application to him all trunks and baggage to be checked from any station to any point of destination on their road or any road running under the control of the company of which he is conductor The carrier of passengers has a lien on the baggage not only for its freight but for the passengers fare Code Sections 2281 and 2289 G A carrier of passengers may limit the value of the baggage to be taken ior the fare paid In case of loss however and though no extra freight has been demanded or paid the carrier is responsible for the value of the baggage lost Liability of Railroad Companies as carriers Time of responsibility What passengers may be refused Carrier of passengers For baggage On baggage Limit as to value of baggage 18 Carriers to furnish water and light on passenger coaches Equal accommodations to all Police of railroads Posting time of delayed trains Carriers bound to extraordinary diligence provided the same be only such articles as a traveler for business or pleasure would carry for his or her own use Code Section 2288 H Railroad companies shall keep in each passenger car or in any car in which passengers are transported an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during theday and night and lights during the night for the use of passengers Any conductor or agent of a railroad who after being requested by a passenger to furnish a sufficient supply of water to the passengers in each car in the day or night and light at night shall pass any depot or station without so doing may be indicted in any county through which said railroad runs of which he is agent or conductor and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor Code Sections 522 and 523 I Common carriers of passengers for hire shall furnish like and equal accommodations to all persons without distinction of race color or previous condition Code Section 525 J The conductors of a train carrying passengers are invested with all the powers duties and responsibilities of police officers while on duty on their trains Provided nothing herein contained shall affect the liability of any railroad company for the acts of its employees When a passenger is guilty of disorderly conduct or uses any obscene profane or vulgar language or plays any game of cards or other game of chance for money or other thing of value the conductor of the train may stop it at the place where such offense is committed and eject the passenger from the train Code Section 902 K Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than onehalf of one hour behind its schedule time when it passes a depot at which there is a telegraph operator during the hours that such operator is required to be on duty it shall be the duty of such railroad company to keep posted at every succeeding telegraph station along its line the time such train is behind its schedule Provided That such bulletin shall not be required to be posted at any station until onehalf hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at the station at which such bulletin is required to be kept Code Section 2235 L One who pursues the business constantly or continuously for any period of time or any distance of transportation is a common carrier and as such is bound to use extraordinary diligence In cases of loss the presumption of law is against him and no excuse avails him unless it was occasioned by the act of God or the public enemies of the State Code Section 2264 19 M A common carrier can not limit his legal liability by any notice given either by publication or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract and will then be governed thereby Code Section 2276 N The common carrier is bound not only for the safe transportation and delivery of goods but also that the same be done without unreasonable delay Section 2282 O The responsibility of the carrier commences with the delivery of the goods either to himself or his agent or at the place where he is accustomed or agrees to receive them It ceases with their delivery at destination according to the direction of the person sending or according to the custom of the trade Code Section 2279 P The carrier has a lien on the goods for freight and may retain possession until it is paid unless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery This lien exists only when the carrier has complied with his contract as to transportation He can recover pro rata for the actual distance transported when the consignee voluntarily receives the goods at an intermediate point Code Section 2287 Q The carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to be made known and any fraudulent acts sayings or concealment by his customers will release him from liability Code Section 2290 R All freight bills or freight lists charged against or to be collected out of any person for whom a railroad shall carry freight in this State shall contain the items of freight charged in said bills or freight lists by some certain and specific description before they shall be collectible Code Section 2293 S Whenever any person shall deliver property of any description to a railroad steamboat or express company for transportation said company shall upon demand furnish the party so delivering a valid receipt which shall specify the Effect of notice to limit Bound to deliver without unreasonable delay Time of responsibility Carrier has lien on goods Fraud on carrier Freight lists how made out Freight receipts to be Issued 20 Duplicate freight receipts Liability of railroads where there are several Roads reouired to deliver to and receive cars from connecting roads Weighing by sworn weigher When lumber etc laps from one car to another shipping marks and numbers thereon and the weight of the property thus delivered whenever the value can be estimated by weight and in all cases where the value can not be thus estimated the receipt shall give a general description of the property and shall also specify as near as practicable the quality or value thereof and also the place of destination and any agent or official of such company violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Code Section 602 T All railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the road that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped on payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipts Code Section 2200 U Where there are several connecting railroads under different companies and th goods are intended to be transported over more than one railroad each company shall oe responsible only to its own terminus and until delivery to the connecting road the last company which has received the goods as in good color shall be responsible to the consignee for any damage open or concealed done to the goods and such companies shall settle among themselves the question of ultimate liability Code Section 2298 Y Railroads are required to switch off and deliver to any connecting road of the same gauge all cars consigned to points on or beyond such connecting road Code Section 2212 They are also required at the terminus or any intermediate point to receive from the connecting road of the same gauge when offered all cars consigned to any point on the road to which the same is offered and transport said cars to their destination with reasonable diligence Code Section 2302 W Whenever any railroad company in this State shall weigh any cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged for by the carload such weighing shall be done by a sworn weigher as provided for the weighing of cotton rice and other produce Code Section 2309 When such cars are weighed singly they shall be uncoupled at both ends and weighed one at a time Code Section 2310 When any railroad company shall transport timber lumber or other like articles of freight which from length laps over from one car to another such company may cause as many as two or three of such cars so loaded to be weighed 21 together after uncoupling them at both ends from other cars and in all such instances the aggregate weight of the freight upon said two or three cars shall be averaged so that each of the cars shall be charged with an equal amount of the total weight and the shipper be made to pay freight as if each of the cars so weighed together did actually contain an equal portion of the whole load Provided That in such cases the shipper shall not pay less than the amount of freight due on full carloads Code Section 2311 X No railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car on its said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has license to operate control or use Nor shall any railroad company discriminate in its rates or tariffs of freight in favor of any line or route connected with it as against any other line or route nor when a part of its own line is sought to be run in connection with any other route shall such company discriminate against such connecting line or in favor of the balance of its own line but shall have the same rates for all and shall afford the usual and like customary facilities for interchange of freight to patrons of each and all lines alike See Code Sections 2188 and 2214 The Proviso to the first section of the Interstate Commerce Law reads as follows Provided however That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property or to the receiving delivering storage or handling of property wholly within one State and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid Unjust discrimination prohibited 22 Commissioners appointment term and salary The following is the law under which the Railroad Commission was created being Act No 269 Part 1 Title 12 of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia 18781879 AN ACT To provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relar tion thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same WhEbeas It is made the duty of the General Assembly in article 4 paragraph 2 and section 1 of the Constitution to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discrimination on the various railroads of this State and to prohibit railroads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties therefore Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That there shall be three Commissioners appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate to carry out the provisions of this Act of whom one shall be of experience in the law and one of experience in the railway business After the expiration of the terms of the office of the Commissioners first appointed the term of office of successors shall be six years but at the first appointment one Commissioner shall be appointed for two years one for four years and one for six years The salary of each Commissioner shall be twentyfive hundred dollars to be paid from the Treasury of the State Any Commissioner may be suspended from office by order of the Governor who shall report the fact of such suspension and the reasons therefor to the next General Assembly and if a majority of each branch of the General Assembly declare that said Commissioner shall be removed from office his term of office shall expire The Governor shall have the same power to fill vacancies in the office of Commissioner as to fill other vacancies and if for any reason said Commissioners are not appointed during the present session of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint them thereafter and report to the next Senate but the time until then shall not be counted as part of the term of office of said Commissioners respectively as herein provided Said Commissioners shall take an oath of office to be framed by the Governor and shall not jointly or severally or in any way be the holders of any railroad stock or bonds or be the agent or employee of any railroad company or have any interest in any way in any railroad and shall so continue during the term of office and in case any Commis 23 sioner becomes disqualified in any way he shall at once remove the disqualifications or resign and on failure so to do he must be suspended from office by the Governor and dealt with as hereinafter provided In any case of suspension the Governor may fill the vacancy until the suspended Commissioner is restored or removed Sec II That said Commissioners shall be furnished with an office necessary furniture and stationery and may employ a Secretary or Clerk at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars at the expense of the State The office of said Commissioners shall be kept in Atlanta and all sums of money authorized to be paid by this Act out of the State Treasury shall be paid only on the order of the Governor Provided That the total sum to be expended by said Commissioners for office rent furniture and stationery shall in no case exceed the sum of eight hundred 800 dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary per annum Sec III That from and after the passage of this Act if any railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State under any Act of incorporation or general law of this State now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or any railroad corporation organized or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of any other State and doing business in this State shall charge collect demand or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its track or any of its branches thereof or upon any railroad within this State which it has the right license or permission to use operate or control the same shall be deemed guilty of extortion and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided Sec IY That if any railroad corporation as aforesaid shall make any unjust discrimination in its rates or charges of toll or compensation for the transportation of passengers or freights of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon said road or upon any of the branches thereof or upon any railroads connected therewith which it has the right license or permission to operate control or use within this State the same shall be deemed guilty of having violated the provisions of this Act and upon conviction thereof shall be dealt with as hereinafter provided Sec V That the Commissioners appointed as hereinbefore provided shall as provided in the next section of this Act make reasonable and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on the railroads thereof shall make reasonable and just rules and regulations to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State as to charges at any and all points for the necessary handling and delivering of freights shall make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the transportations of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State shall have the power to make just and reasonable joint rates for all connecting railroads doing business in this State as to all traffic or business passing from one of said roads to another and to require the location of such depots and the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road Location of office employment of Secretary expenses etc Extortion by railroads forbidden Unjust discrimination forbidden Duty of commissioners 24 the safety of freight and the public comfort may require Provided however That before applying joint rates to roads that are not under the management and control of one and the same company the Commissioners shall give thirty days notice to said roads of the joint rate contemplated and of its division between said roads and give hearing to roads desiring to object to the same shall make reasonable and just rates of charges for use of railroad cars carrying any and all kinds of freight and passengers on said railroad no matter by whom owned or carried and shall make just and reasonable rules and regulations to be observed by said railroad companies on said railroads to prevent the giving or paying of any rebate or bonus directly or indirectly and from misleading or deceiving the public in any manner as to the real rates charged for freight and passeugers Provided That nothing in this Act contained shall be taken as in any manner abridging or controlling the rates for freight charges by any railroad company in this State for carrying freight which comes from or goes beyond the boundaries of the State and on which freight less than local rates on any railroad carrying the same are charged by such railroad but said railroad companies shall possess the same power and right to charge such rates for carrying such freights as they possessed before the passage of this Act and said Commissioners shall have full power by rules and regulations to designate and fix the difference in rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed for longer and shorter distances on the same or different railroads and to ascertain what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances Commissioners shall make schedule of rates publish same etc Sec VI That the said Railroad Commissioners are hereby authorized and required to make for each of the railroad corporations doing business in this State as soon as practicable a schedule of just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars on each of said railroads and said schedule shall in suits brought against any such railroad corporations wherein is involved the charges of any such railroad corporation for the transportation of any passenger or freight or cars or unjust discrimination in relation thereto be deemed and taken in all courts of this State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freights and cars upon the railroads and said Commissioners shall from time t9 time and as often as circumstances may require change and revise said schedules When any schedule shall have been made or revised as aforesaid it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to cause publication thereof to be made for one time in some public newspaper published in the cities of Atlanta Augusta Albany Savannah Macon Rome Athens Americus and Columbus in this State at a rate not to exceed fifty cents per square of usual advertising space when less than a column is occupied or more than twelve dollars per column when as much space as a column or more is occupied by inserting said schedule or change of any schedule so that said newspaper shall not charge for such advertising any rate in excess of that allowed for county legal advertising and after the same shall be so published it shall be the duty of all such railroad companies to post at all their respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people Provided That when any rate or change is made by the Commissioners that affects only one road or roads in a particular locality 25 the insertion need only be made in the paper published in one of the cities named nearest where the change is made Act 27th September 1883 Provided That the schedules thus prepared shall not be taken as evidence as herein provided until schedules shall have been prepared and published as aforesaid for all the railroad companies now organized under the laws of this State or that may be organized at the time of said publication All such schedules purporting to be printed and published as aforesaid shall be received and held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules of said Commissioners without further proof than the production of the schedules desired to be used as evidence with a certificate of the Railroad Commission that the same is a true oopy of the schedule prepared by them for the railroad company or corporation therein named and that the same has been duly published as required by law Sec VII That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to investigate the books and papers of all the railroad companies doing business in this State to ascertain if the rules and regulations aforesaid have been complied with and to make personal visitation of railroad offices stations and other places of business for the purpose of examination and to make rules and regulations concerning such examination which rules and regulations shall be observed and obeyed as other rules and regulations aforesaid said Commissioners shall also have full power and authority to examine all agents and employees of said railroad companies and other persons under oath or otherwise in order to procure the necessary information to make just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and to ascertain if such rules and regulations are observed or violated and to make necessary and proper rules and regulations concerning such examinations and which rules and regulations herein provided for shall be obeyed and enforced as all other rules and regulations provided for in this Act Sec VIII That all contracts and agreements between railroad companies doing business in this State as to rates of freight and passenger tariffs shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and correction that it may be seen whether or not they are a violation of law or of the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of the rules and regulations of said Commissioners and all arrangements and agreements whatever as to the division of earnings of any kind by competing railroad companies doing business in this State shall be submitted to said Commissioners for inspection and approval in so far as they affect rules and regulations made by said Commissioners to secure to all persons doing business with said companies just and reasonable rates of freight and passenger tariffs and said Commissioners may make such rules and regulations as to such contracts and agreements as may then be deemed necessary and proper and any such agreement not approved by such Commissioners or by virtue of which rates shall be charged exceeding the rates fixed for freight and passengers shall be deemed held and taken to be violations of article 4 section 1 paragraph 4 of the Constitution and shall be illegal and void Sec X That if any railroad company doing business in this State shall in violation of any rule or regulation provided by the Commissioners aforesaid inflict any wrong or injury on any person such person shall have a right of Jurisdiction and power of Commissioners Power of Commissioners over contracts between railroads Injuries resulting from violation of rules Rules of evidence Meaning of terms Duplicate freight receipts Reports of Commissioners Power of Commissioners over witnesses action and recovery for such wrong or injury in the county where the same was done in any court having jurisdicton thereof and the damages to be recovered shall be the same as in actions between individuals except that in cases of wilful violation of law such railroad companies shall be liable to exemplary damages Provided That all suits under this Act shall be brought within twelve months after the commission of the alleged wrong or injury Sec XI That in all cases under the provision of this Act the rules of evidence shall be the same as in civil actions except as hereinbefore otherwise provided All fines recovered under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the State Treasury to be used for such purposes as the General Assembly may provide The remedies hereby given the persons injured shall be regarded as cumulative to the remedies now given by law against railroad corporations and this Act shall not be construed as repealing any statute giving such remedies Sec XII That the terms railroad corporation or railroad company contained in this Act shall be deemed and taken to mean all corporations companies or individuals now owning or operating or which may hereafter own or operate any railroad in whole or in part in this State and the provisions of this Act shall apply to all persons firms and companies and to all associations of persons whether incorporated or otherwise that shall do business as common carriers upon any of the lines of railroad in this State street railways excepted the same as to railroad corporations hereinbefore mentioned Sec XIII That all railroad companies in this State shall on demand issue duplicate freight receipts to shippers in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight shipped the freight charges over the road giving the receipt and so far as practicable shall state the freight charges over other roads that carry such freight When the consignee presents the railroad receipt to the agent of the railroad that delivers such freight such agent shall deliver the article shipped upon payment of the rate charged for the class of freights mentioned in the receipt If any railroad company shall violate this provision of the statute such railroad company shall incur a penalty to be fixed and collected as provided in section nine of this Act Sec XIV That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners herein provided for to make to the Governor annual reports of the transactions of their office and to recommend from time to time such legislation as they may deem advisable under the provisions of this Act Sec XV That Railroad Commissioners in making any examination for the purpose of obtaining information pursuant to this Act shall have power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses by such rules as they may prescribe And said witnesses shall receive for such attendance two dollars per day and five cents per mile traveled by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the place of meeting of said Commissioners to be ordered paid by the Governor upon presentation of subpoenas sworn to by the witnesses as to number of days served and miles traveled before the clerk of said Commissioners who is hereby authorized to administer oaths In case any person shall wilfully fail or refuse to obey such subpoena it shall be the duty of the judge of the superior court of any county upon application of said Commissioners to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend 27 before the Commissioners and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by such Commissioners and said court shall have power to punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey the process and order of such court Sec XVI That every officer agent or employee of any railroad company who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commissioners as necessary to the purpose of this Act or who shall wilfully and unlawfully hinder delay or obstruct said Commissioners in the discharge of the duties hereby imposed upon them shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense to be recovered in an action of debt in the name of the State Sec XVII That all laws militating against this Act are hereby repealed Approved October 14 1879 AN ACT To enlarge the powers of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to prescribe for them additional duties and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates from points out of Georgia to points in Georgia both those now fixed and those that may hereafter be fixed Sec 2 Be it further enacted That whenever the Railroad Commission of Georgia finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission to call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and to urge upon them the propriety of changing such rate or rates Sec 3 Be it further enacted That whenever such rates are not changed according to the suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of the Commission to present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commission and appeal to it for relief Sec 4 Be it further enacted That in all work devolving upon the Railroad Commission prescribed by this Act they shall receive upon application the services of the AttorneyGeneral of this State and he shall also represent them whenever called upon to do so before the Interstate Commerce Commission Sec 5 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved December 18 1890 Railroad officers to report to Commissioners Duty to Investigate through rates Shall call attention of railroad officials to discriminations Shall appeal to Interstate Commission AttorneyGeneral to represent Commission 28 Caption of Act of Oct 1879 amended By inserting and the location and building of passenger and freight depots Penalty for violation of rules Amending section TIT of original act AMENDING TITLE OF ACT AN ACT To amend an Act entitled an Act to provide for the regulation of railroads freight and passenger tariffs in this State to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit Railroad Companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same approved October H 1879 Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That the caption of the abovereel ted Act be and the same isN hereby amended as follows towit After the word tariffs in the second line add the following words And the location and building of passenger and freight depots so that the whole caption of said Act will read as follows An Act to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs and the location and building of passenger and freight depots in this State to prevent unjust discrimination in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights and to prohibit railroad companies corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to punish the same and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto and to appoint Commissioners and to prescribe their powers and duties in relation to the same Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all laws in conflict with the foregoing be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 31 1891 POWER TO BRING SUIT AN ACT To amend Section 719 i of the Code of Georgia of 1882 and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the same That section 719 i of the Code of Georgia of 1882 be and the same is amended by adding thereto the following The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without notice for any violation of any of said rules or regulations whenever in their opinion the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the institution of said suit there shall he no settlement of the same without the consent of the said Commissioners so that said section when amended shall read as follows If any railroad company doing business In this State by its agents or employees shall be guilty of a violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by said Commissioners and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof ample 29 and full recompense for the wrong or injury done thereby to any person or corporation as may be directed by said Commissioners shall not be made within thirty days from the time of such notice such company shall incur a penalty for each offence of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars to be fixed by the presiding judge An action for the recovery of such penalty shall be in any county in the State where such violation has occurred or wrong has been perpetrated and shall be in the name of the State of Georgia The Commissioners shall institute such action through the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral or such other attorney at law of this State as the said Commissioners may appoint whose fees shall be the same as now provided by law The Commissioners shall have the power in their discretion to institute suit without notice for any violation of said rules and regulations whenever in their opinion the circumstances authorize it of which they shall be the sole judges and after the institution of said suit there shall be no settlement of the same without the consent of the Commissioners Sec 2 Be it enacted That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed Approved October 16 1891 INSPECTION OF RAILROAD TRACKS AN ACT To give the Railroad Commission of Georgia authority upon complaint made to inspect the railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if found in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious to provide a penalty for failing to obey the orders of the said Commission and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act the Railroad Commission of this State is hereby empowered and required upon complaint made to inspect for themselves or through an agent the railroads or any railroad or any part of any railroad in this State and if the same is found in an unsafe or dangerous condition to require the same put and kept in such condition as will render travel over the same safe and expeditious Provided That reasonable time be given the railroad authorities in which to accomplish the work or repairs that may be required or ordered Provided That this Act shall not limit or affect the liability of railroads in cases of damage to person or property Sec 2 Be it further enacted That any railroad failing or refusing to obey the orders of said Commission within the time allowed for said work shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars to be recovered by a suit brought in the name of the State in which suit the AttorneyGeneral or SolicitorGeneral shall represent the State and his fees shall be the same as now provided by law Suits shall be brought in the county where the wrong or violation occurs Power to institute suit without notice Inspection by Commission required If condition unsafe to be put and kept in safe condition Reasonable time to be given Not to affect liability for damages Penalty for not obeying orders 30 Commission to x charges for storage And when such charges shall begin Power to vary rates Provisions of other acts as to Railroad Commission applied Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 17 1891 STORAGE CHARGES AN ACT To require the Railroad Commission to fix rates of storage to be charged by Railroad Companies in this State to prescribe regulations for charging the same and to prescribe how suit shall be brought for overcharges and to fix the measure of recovery and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act power is hereby conferred on the Railroad Commission of Georgia and they are required to fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for storage of freight made and charged by Railroad Companies doing business in this State and to fix at what time after the reception of freight at place of destination such charges for storage shall begin with power to vary the same according to the value and character of the freight stored the nature of the place of destination and residence of consignee and such other facts as in their judgment should be considered in fixing the same Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all the provisions of the Act creating said Railroad Commission and Acts amendatory thereof prescribing the procedure of said Commission in fixing freight and passenger tariffs and hearing complaints of carriers and shippers and of altering and amending said tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amending rates and charges for storage as aforesaid Sec 3 Be it further enacted That no Railroad Company shall make or retain directly or indirectly any charge for storage of freight greater than that fixed by the Commission for each particular storage nor shall they discriminate directly or indirectly by means of rebate or any other device in such charges between persons Sec 4 Be it further enacted That if any Railroad Company shall violate the provisions of this Act either by exceeding the rates of storage prescribed or by discriminating as aforesaid the person or persons so paying such overcharge or subjected to such discrimination shall have the right to sue for the same in any court of this State having jurisdiction of the claim and shall have all the remedies and be entitled to recover the same penalties and measure of damages as is prescribed in the case of overcharge of freight rates upon making like demand as is prescribed in such case and after like failure to pay the same Sec 5 Be it enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 17th 1891 TO REGULATE EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES AN ACT To extend the powers of the Railroad Commissioners so as to give them power and authority to regulate charges by Express Companies for transportation to regulate charges of Telegraph Companies for the transmission of messages by telegraph or charges by persons engaged in the several businesses named herein to apply the powers given to said Commissioners by law over Railroad Companies to all companies or persons owning controlling or operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph and make the penalties prescribed against railroads for violating Commissioners rules apply to the companies and persons herein named whose line or lines is or are wholly or in part in this State and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act all companies or persons owning controlling or operating or that may hereafter own control or operate a line or lines of Express or Telegraph whose line or lines is or are in whole or in part in this State shall be under the control of the Railroad Commissioners of this State who shall have full power to regulate the prices to be charged by any company or person or persons owning controlling or operating any line or lines of Express and Telegraph for any service performed by such company person or persons and all the powers given to said Commissioners over railroads in this State and all the penalties prescribed against Railroad Companies or persons operating railroads by existing laws embraced in sections of the Code of 1882 from Section 719 a to Section 719 p both inclusive are hereby declared to be of force against corporations companies or a person or persons owning controlling or operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph doing business in this State whose line or lines is or are whoflly or in part in this State so far as said provisions of the Code can be made applicable to any corporation company person or persons owning controlling or operating a line or lines of Express and Telegraph The said Commissioners shall also have power and authority to require said companies to locate agencies at Railroad Stations Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the powers of the Commissioners to regulate charges by corporations companies and persons herein referred to shall apply only to charges by express for transportation from one point to another in this State and messages sent by telegraph from one point to another in this State Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 21 1891 Express and Telegraph Companies to be under the control of the Commission For regulation of prices Powers over railroads and penalties against them of force as against express and telegraph companies So far as applicable Location of agencies Regulation of charges only as to transportation and messages in this State 32 CARS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS AN ACT Equal accommodations in separate cars Employees to assign passengers their cars or compartments Penalty for violating provisions of this act Cars properly divided White and colored passengers not to occupy same compartments To require all railroads doing business in this State to furnish equal accommodations and separate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers to require said companies to furnish comfortable seats and to sufficiently light and ventilate said cars to provide for keeping white and colored passengers in their respective cars or compartments to give conductors and other employees of railroads and conductors of dummy electric and street cars certain powers and authority over passengers to comply with the regulations made by said companies under the provisions of this Act to provide a penalty for the violation of the same and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act all railroads doing business in this State shall be required to furnish equal accommodations in separate cars or compartments of cars for white and colored passengers Provided that this Act shall not apply to sleeping cars Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all conductors or other employees in charge of such cars shall be required to assign all passengers to their respective cars or compartments of cars provided by the said companies under the provisions of this Act and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall be required and are hereby empowered to assign all passengers to seats on the cars under their charge so as to separate the white and colored races as much as practicable and all conductors and other employees of railroads and all conductors of dummy electric and street cars shall have and are hereby invested with police powers to carry out the provisions of this Act Sec 3 Be it further enacted That any passenger remaining in any car or compartment or seat other than that to which he may have been assigned shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882 Jurisdiction of such offenses shall be in the county in which the same occurs The conductor and any and all employees on such cars are hereby clothed with power to eject from the train or car any passenger who refuses to remain in such car or compartment or seat as may be assigned to him Sec 4 Be it further enacted That when a railroad car is divided into compartments the space set apart or provided for white and colored passengers respectively may be proportioned according to the proportion of usual and ordinary travel by each on the road or line on which said cars are used Sec 5 Be it further enacted That it shall be unlawful for the officers or employees having charge of such railroad cars to allow or permit white and colored passengers to occupy the same car or compartment and for a violation of this section any such officer or employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as is prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882 33 Sec 6 Be it further enacted That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to nurses or servants in attendance on their employers Sec 7 Be it further enacted That all companies operating and using compartment cars or separate cars shall furnish to the passengers comfortable seats and have such cars well and sufficiently lighted and ventilated and a failure to so do shall be a misdemeanor punishable under section 4310 of the Code of 1882 Sec 8 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 21 1901 PROMPT RECEIVING AND DELIVERY OF FREIGHT AN ACT To further extend the powers of the Railroad Commission of this State and to confer upon the Commission the power to regulate the time and manner within which the several railroads in this State shall receive receipt for forward and deliver to its destination all freights of every character which may he tendered or received by them for transportation to provide a penalty for noncompliance with any and all reasonable rules regulations and orders prescribed by the said Commission in the execution of these powers and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same That from and aftet the passage of this Act The Railroad Commission of this State shall be and is hereby vested with full power and authority to make prescribe and enforce all such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary in order to compel and require the several railroad companies in this State to promptly receive receipt for forward and deliver to destination all freights of every character which may be tendered or received by them for transportation and as well such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary to compel and require prompt delivery of all freights on arrival at destination to the consignee Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That whenever a shipper or consignor shall require of a railroad company the placing of a car or cars to be used in carload shipments then in order for the consignor or shipper to avail himself of the forfeitures or penalties prescribed by the rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission it must first appear that such shipper or consignor made written application for said car or cars to said railroad provided further that such Railroad Commission shall by reasonable rules and regulations provide the time within which said car or cars shall be furnished after being ordered as aforesaid and the penalty per day per car to be paid by said railroad company in the event such car or cars are not furnished as ordered and provided further that in order for any shipper or consignor to avail himself of the penalties provided by the rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission such shipper or consignor shall likewise be subject under proper Cars to be comfortable etc Railroad Commission may regulate transportation of freights Shippers requirements of 34 Bills of lading be tween points witbln State Claims against railroad companies penalty for failure to pay rules to be fixed by said Commission to the orders rules and regulations of said Railroad Commission Sec 5 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 23 1905 LIABILITY OF RAILROADS FOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY IN TRANSPORTATION Ax Act To provide that any common carrier receiving property for transportation between points wholly within this State shall be liable for any loss or damage to such property whether caused by it or by any connecting carrier over whose lines such property may pass also to provide a penalty for the failure of any common carrier to adjust and pay within a time specified any just claim for loss or damage to property received for transportation and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act any common carrier railroad or transportation company receiving property for transportation between points wholly within this State shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the holder thereof for any loss damage or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier railroad or transportation company to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass and no contract receipt rule or regulation shall exempt such common carrier railroad or transportation company from the liability herein imposed provided that nothing in this section shall deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which he has under existing law Sec 2 Be it further enacted That every claim for loss or damage to property or overcharge for freight for which any common carrier may be liable shall be adjusted and paid by such common carrier within sixty days in cases of shipments wholly within this State and within ninety days in cases of shipments between points without and points within this State after such claim duly verified by the oath of the claimant or his agent shall have been filed with the agent of the Initial carrier or with the agent of the carrier upon whose line the loss or damage or overcharge actually occurred In the event such claim is not adjusted and paid within the time limited the carrier shall be liable for interest thereon at the legal rate from the date of the filing of the claim until the payment thereof and shall also be liable for a penalty of 5000 for every such failure to adjust and pay said claim to be recovered by the party damaged in any court of competent jurisdiction provided that unless such claimant shall in such action recover the full amount claimed no penalty shall 35 be recovered but the recovery shall be limited to the actual loss or damage or overcharge with interest thereon from the date of filing said claim Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 18 1906 STATION ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PUBLIC AT NIGHT An Act To require all railroads operating passengertrains and taking on and putting off passengers or that operate such trains at or through countyseats and towns and cities having a population of more than 1000 in this State to keep open at night at their depot stations at such places before the arrival and departure of said trains a lighted and comfortable room for the accommodation of their passengers and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid That from and after the fifteenth day of September 1906 all railroad companies operating passengertrains and taking on and putting off passengers or that operate passengertrains at or through countyseats and towns and cities having a population of more than 1000 in this State shall be and they are hereby required to keep open at least one hour before arrival of and half an hour after the departure according to the schedule time for the arrival of and the departure of said trains a lighted and comfortable room between the hours of 6 oclock p m and 6 oclock a m for the comfort and convenience of their passengers Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That a failure to comply with the terms of this Act by any railroad company shall be a misdemeanor and said company or corporation shall upon conviction for the offense be punished as prescribed in Section 1039 of the Criminal Code of 1895 Sec 3 Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 18 1906 ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS An Act To provide for the election of railroad commissioners of this State by the electors of the whole State and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same That the railroad commissioners of this State shall hereinafter be elected by the electors of the whole State who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That successors to the incumbents be elected at the first general election preceding the expiration of their terms of office respectively that is to say at the general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1906 one commissioner shall be Railroad Passengers station accommodations for at night Penalty for failure to provide Railroad Commissioners election of Term of office and elections 36 Regulations Vacancies elected to succeed the incumbent whose term will expire on the fifteenth day of October 1907 and one commissioner shall be chosen at the general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1908 to succeed the then incumbent whose term of office will expire on the fifteenth day of October 1909 and one commissioner shall be chosen at the general election to be held on the first Wednesday in October 1910 to succeed the then incumbent whose term of office will expire on October 15 1911 and so on Sec 3 Said election to he held under the same rules and regulations as now apply to the election of governor of this State Sec 4 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That in case of vacancy causing an unexpired term the same shall be filled by executive appointment and the person appointed shall hold office until the next regular general election and until his successor for the balance of the unexpired term shall have been elected and qualified Sec 5 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act he and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 21 1906 INCREASING MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS OF COMMISSION AN ACT To increase the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia and to prescribe the qualifications for membership to authorize the designation of a chairman thereof by the Governor and to prescribe his duties and compensation to revise enlarge and more clearly define the powers duties and rights of said Commission to authorize it to employ rate and other experts and to fix their pay to increase the printing fund and the salary of the Secretary of the Commission to employ a stenographer and fix his pay to extend its powers and jurisdiction over docks and wharves terminal companies cotton compress companies corporations or persons owning leasing or operating railway terminals or terminal stations over telephone or telegraphic companies or corporations or persons owning leasing or operating any public telephone service in this State and over street railroads and street railroad corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating street railroads in this State over gas and electric light and power companies corporations or persons owning leasing or operating public gas plants electric light and power plants furnishing power to the public to fix the domicile of the Railroad Commission and prescribe what courts of this State have jurisdiction over proceedings instituted against it to prescribe and fix penalties and punishments for failure or refusal to observe any order rule or regulation of the Railroad Commission and to prescribe the form of procedure for enforcing same to repeal sections 2195 and 2196 of the Code of Georgia 1895 touching penalties and proceedures to enforce the same for a violation of the orders rules and regulations of the Commission to repeal sections 3 and 4 of the Act approved August 23 1905 prescribing certain penalties and forms of procedure for enforcing same and for other purposes 37 Section X From and after the passage and approval of this Act the Bailroad Commission of Georgia shall consist of five members to be elected by the quali miners fled voters of Georgia as prescribed in the Act approved August 21 1906 The terms of office of the two additional Commissioners provided for in this Terms of Act shall expire one on December 1 1911 and the other December 1 1913 and thereafter the terms shall be for six years each The Governor by and with the consent of the Senate shall appoint the two additional Commissioners immediately after the passage and approval of this Act but the appointees hereunder shall be commissioned only until December 1 1908 said positions to be filled for the unexpired terms by two Commissioners to be elected at the regular general election on the first Wednesday in October 1908 In order that there may be uniformity of expiration of the terms of all the Railroad Commissioners the term of the present Commissioner expiring on October 15 1909 shall be extended to December 1 1909 the term of the present Commissioner expiring on October 15 1911 shall be extended to December 1 1911 and the term of the Commissioner expiring October 15 1913 shall be extended to December 1 1913 their respective successors to be elected for full terms of six years each Sec 2 Any person thirty years of age who is qualified to vote as an elector Qualifications in this State and who is not directly or indirectly interested in any mercantile Stone3 business or any corporation that is controlled by or that participates in the benefit of any pool combination trust contract or arrangement that has the effect or tends to increase the cost to the public of carriage heat light power or of any commodity or merchandise sold to the public shall be eligible to membership on said Commission without reference to his experience in law or railway business Sec 3 K ShaI1 be the duty 0f the Commission to elect from its membership the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Georgia who shall hold the position of chairman for a term of two years and who shall give his entire time to the duties of his office and who shall receive therefor during his term as chairman a salary of four thousand dollars 4000 per annum to be paid from the State Treasury Chairman of Board SeC 4 The said Railroad Commission is hereby authorized and empowered Rate Expert to employ one or more rate experts at a total cost not to exceed four thousand dollars 4000 per annum for the entire service to be rendered under the direction of the Commission Sec 5 The power to determine what are just and reasonable rates and charges is vested exclusively in said Commission reports of the Railroad Commission published by its authority Prif hall be admissible as evidence in any court in Georgia without further proof ports admisand the schedules of rates made by the Commission and any order passed or Ividencl rule or regulation prescribed by the Commission shall be admissible in evidenc in any court in Georgia upon the certificate of the Secretary of the Commission 38 Authority over Street Railroads Docks Terminals and other corporations Power of Commission The powers and duties heretofore conferred by law upon the Railroad Commission are hereby extended and enlarged so that its authority and control shall extend to street railroads and street railroad corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating street railroads in this State provided however that nothing herein shall be construed to impair any valid subsisting contract now in existence between any municipality and any such company and provided that this Act shall not operate as a repeal of any existing municipal ordinance nor shall it impair nor invalidate any future contract or ordinance of any municipality as to the public uses of such company that shall receive the assent of the Railroad Commission over docks and wharves and corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating the same over terminals or terminal stations and corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating such cotton compress corporations or associations and persons or companies owning leasing or operating the same and over telegraph or telephone corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating a public telephone service or telephone lines in this State over gas and electric light and power companies corporations or persons owning leasing or operating public gas plants or electric light and power plants furnishing service to the public Sec 6 The Railroad Commission of Georgia shall have and exercise all the power and authority heretofore conferred upon it by law and shall have the general supervision of all common carriers railroads express corporations or companies street railroads railroad corporations or companies dock or wharfage corporations or companies terminal or terminal station corporations or companies telephone and telegraph corporations or companies within this State gas or electric light and power companies within this State and while it may hear complaints yet the Commission is authorized to perform the duties imposed upon it of its own initiative and to require all common carriers and other public service companies under their supervision to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just either by general rules or by special orders in particular cases and to require such publication by common carriers in newspapers of towns through which their lines extend of their schedules as may be reasonable and which the public convenience demands Said Commission is hereby given authority to examine into the affairs of said companies and corporations and to keep informed as to their general condition their capitalization their franchises and the manner in which their lines owned leased or controlled are managed conducted and operated not only with respect to the adequacy security and accommodation afforded by their service to the public and their employees but also with reference to their compliance with all provisions of law orders of the Commission and charter requirements Said Commission shall have the power and authority whenever it deems advisable to prescribe establish and order a uniform system of accounts to be used by railroads and other corporations over which it has jurisdiction hereunder the same to be as far as practicable in conformity with the system of accounts prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission to examine all books contracts records and documents of any person or corpora tion subject to their supervision and compel the production thereof Said Com 39 mission shall have the power through any one or more of its members at Its direction to make personal visitation to the offices and places of business of said companies for the purpose of examination and such Commissioner or Commissioners shall have full power and authority to examine the agents and employees of said companies under oath or otherwise in order to procur information deemed by the Commissioners necessary to their work or of value to the public Provided that nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or abrogate any existing law or rule of the Railroad Commission as to notice or hearings to persons railroads or other corporations interested in the rates orders rules or regulations issued by said Commission before the same are issued nor to repeal the law of this State as to notice by publication of a change in rates as provided in the Act approved October 14 1879 or any Act amendatory thereof Sec 7 The Railroad Commission shall have authority to ascertain the cost of construction and the present value of properties in Georgia owned by said corporations or companies and to that end may employ necessary experts Said Commission shall have authority to prescribe rules with reference to spurtracks and sidetracks with reference to their use and construction removal or change with full power to compel service to be furnished to manufacturing plants warehouses and similar places of business along the lines of railroads where practicable and in the judgment of the Commission the business is sufficient to justify and on such terms and conditions as the Commission may prescribe It shall have power and authority to order and compel the operation of sufficient and proper passenger service when in its judgment inefficient or insufficient service is being rendered the public or any community It shall have power and authority when in its judgment practicable and to the interest of the public to order and compel the making and operation of physical connection between lines of railroads crossing or intersecting each other It shall have authority to fix penalties for neglect on the part of railroad companies to adjust overcharges and losses or failure to decline to do so if deemed unjust in a reasonable time It shall have power and authority to prescribe rules and penalties covering and requiring the prompt receipt carriage and delivery of freight and the prompt furnishing of cars to shippers desiring to ship freight and shall also be authorized to prescribe rules apd penalties for the transfer of cars through yards by connecting roads Said Commission shall have power and authority to order the erection of depots and stations where it deems the same necessary and to order the appointment and service thereat of depot or station agents The Commissioners shall also have the power and authority to regulate schedules and compel connection at junction points of competing lines Sec 8 Each of the companies or corporations over which the authority of the Railroad Commission is extended by law shall be required to furnish said Commission a list of any stocks and bonds the issuance of which is contemplated and it shall be unlawful for any of said companies or corporations to issue stocks bonds notes or other evidences of debt payable more than twelve months after the date thereof except upon the approval of said Railroad Commission and then only when necessary and for such amounts as may be reasonably required for the Side tracks Passenger service Physical connection Overcharges and losses Transferring cars Depots and Agents Schedules Issuance of Stocks and Bonds y Indebtedness payable within twelve months exempted Commissioners required to treat official information confidential Liability of corporations Repeal of Sections of Code 40 acquisition of property the construction and equipment of power plants carsheds and the completion extension or improvement of its facilities or properties or for the improvement or maintenance of its service or for the discharge or lawful refunding of its obligations or for lawful corporate purposes falling within the spirit of this provision the decision of the Commission to he final as to the validity of the issue Before issuing such stock bonds notes or other evidences of debt as above mentioned such corporations or companies shall secure an order from the Commission authorizing such issue the amount thereof and the purpose and use for which the issue is authorized For the purpose of enabling the Commission to determine whether such order should be issued it shall make such inquiry or investigation hold such hearings and examine such witnesses books papers documents or contracts as it may deem advisable or necessary Such corporations or companies may Issue notes or other evidences of indebtedness for proper corporate purposes and not in violation of any provision of this Act or any other law payable at periods of not more than twelve months from date without such consent but no such notes or other evidences of indebtedness shall in whole or in part directly or indirectly he refunded by any issue of stocks or bonds or by any ovidence of indebtedness running for more than twelve months without the consent of the Commission Any Railroad Commissioner of this State or any employee of said Railroad Commission who shall disclose or impart to any one except when legally called upon by a court of competent jurisdiction any fact knowledge of which was obtained in his official capacity from or through any proceedings filed with the said Railroad Commission under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a prosecution therefor provided that this shall not apply to such facts or information obtained through public hearings or such as are not confidential in their nature Sec 9 In case a common carrier or other corporation or company mentioned in this Act shall do cause to be done or permit to be done any act matter or thing prohibited forbidden or declared to be unlawful or shall omit to do any act matter or thing required to be done either by any law of the State of Georgia by this Act or by an order of the Commission such common carrier or other corporation or company shall be liable to the persons or corporations affected thereby for all loss damage or injury caused thereby or resulting therefrom and in case of recovery if the jury shall find that such act or omission was wilful it may fix a reasonable counsels or attorneys fee which fee shall be taxed and collected as part of the cost in the case An action to recover for such loss damage or injury may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by any such person or corporation Sec 10 The procedure for the enforcement of penalties for a violation of the orders rules or regulations of the Railroad Commission provided in sections 2195 and 2196 of the Code of Georgia of 1895 are hereby repealed provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed as to affect suits now 41 pending for penalties or to affect penalties upon which right of action shall have accrued prior to the passage and approval of this Act Sec 11 Sections 3 and 4 of the Act approved August 23 1905 conferring Repeal of upon the Commission the power to regulate the time and manner within Sections 3 which the several railroads of the State shall receive receipt for forward and approved deliver to its destination freight the said sections applying to penalties gust23 1905 placed upon said railroad companies providing penalties for the violation of rules orders and regulations established by the Railroad Commission with reference to same and providing a procedure to enforce said penalties be and the same are hereby repealed and the penalties prescribed by this Act and the procedure to enforce the same are made applicable to any and all violations of the rules orders and regulations established by the Commission Sec 12 Every common carrier railroad street railroad railroad corporation street railroad corporation express telephone telegraph dock wharfage and terminal company or corporation within the State and other corporations companies or persons coming under the provisions of this Act and all officers agents and employees of the same shall obey observe and comply with every order made by the Commission under this Act or under authority of Acts heretofore passed Any common carrier railroad street railroad railroad corporation street railroad corporation express telephone telegraph dock wharfage or terminal company or corporation cotton compress companies within this State and other corporations companies or persons coming under the provisions of this Act which shall violate any provision of this Act or of the Acts heretofore passed or which fails omits or neglects to obey observe and comply with any order direction or requirements of the Commission heretofore or hereafter passed shall forfeit to the State of Georgia a sum of not more than 5000 for each and every offense the amount to be fixed by the presiding judge Every violation of the provisions of this Act or of any preceding Act or of any such order direction or requirement of the Railroad Commission shall be a separate and distinct offense and in case of a continued violation every day a violation thereof takes place shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense An action for the recovery of such penalty may be brought in the county of the principal office of such corporation or company in this State or in the county of the State where such violation has occurred and wrong shall be perpetrated or in any county in this State through which said corporation or company operates or where the violation consists of an excessive charge for the carriage of freight or passengers or service rendered in any county in which said charges are made or through which it was intended that such passenger or freight should have been carried or through which such corporation operates and shall he brought in the name of the State of Georgia by direction of the Governor Any procedure to enforce such penalty shall be triable at the first term of the court at which it is brought and shall be given precedence over other business by the presiding judge and the court shall not be adjourned until such proceeding is legally continued or disposed of The decision in such case may be taken to the Supreme Court as now provided in cases of the grant or refusal of injunctions by judges of the superior courts Penalty for violations of Rules and Orders of Commission How action to rcover penalties may be brought 42 Punishment for aiding or abetting violations Officers approving or directing violations Domicile of Commission Contingent and Printing Funds Attorney to Commission Repealing Section Sec 13 Every officer agent or employee of any such common carrier corporation or company who shall violate or procures aids or abets any violation by any such common carrier or corporation or company of any provision of this Act or which shall fail to obey observe or comply with any order of the Commission or any provision of ahy order of the Commission or who procures aids or abets any such common carrier or corporation or company in its failure to obey observe and comply with any such order direction or provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 1039 of the Penal Code of 1895 and shall be subject to prosecution in any county in Georgia in which said common carrier or corporation or company or officer agent or employee violates the provisions of this Act or any provisions of any order of the Commission or in any county through which said corporation operates Any officer agent or employee shall also be subject to indictment under the provisions of this section in any county in which a subordinate agent or employee of the company violates the provisions of this Act by the approval or direction or in consequence of the approval or direction of such officer agent or employee and the agent or employee who locally in any county violates the rules or directions of said Commission in pursuance of the direction or authority of his superior officer or agent of said company may be called as a witness and be compelled to testify showing the authority by which he acted and such testimony shall not be used against such subordinate employee or agent nor shall he thereafter be subject to indictment for said offense Sec 14 The domicile of the Railroad Commission of Georgia is hereby fixed at the capitol of the State in Atlanta Fulton county and no court of this State other than those of Fulton county shall have or take jurisdiction in any suit or proceeding brought or instituted against said Commission or any of its orders or rules Sec 15 The contingent expense fund of the Railroad Commission shall not exceed 3000 per annum out of which it shall pay for office supplies furniture postage stationery traveling and other actual expenses of any Commissioner incurred by order of the Commission in the discharge of his duties etc the said sum or so much thereof as may be necessary to be paid out of the State Treasury on the order of the Governor The salary of the secretary of the Railroad Commission is hereby fixed at 2000 per annum The printing fuiid of the Commission is hereby fixed at the sum of 2000 per annum The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ a stenographer at a salary not to exceed 1200 per annum Sec 16 The office of attorney to the Railroad Commission is hereby created and the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint said attorney whose term of office shall be for four years and until his successor is qualified and who shall receive a salary of 2500 a year which said attorney may be removed by the Governor at any time Sec 17 That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act or any provision thereof be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 22 1907 43 CARS FOR PEACHES CANTALOUPES ETC An Act To require railrpad companies to furnish proper and necessary cars for the transportation of peaches cantaloupes the railroad companies liable when they fail to do so to prescribe the terms under which they shall be furnished to make the railroad companies liable when they fail to do so to prescribe rule and measure of damages for failure to furnish cars and to prescribe penalties for shippers who order cars and fail to use them and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same That it shall be the duty of the railroad companies of this State to furnish to any grower or growers of peaches apples cantaloupes watermelons or other perishable products suitable icing and refrigerator cars or other suitable cars for the transportation of such products whenever application is made therefor in writing by the shipper twentyfour hours in advance of the time such car or cars are wanted for loading Such application to be filed with the nearest agent of the railroad company to the point from which shipment is to be made and it shall state the time and place from which shipment is desired Sec 2 Be it further enacted That whenever any railroad company shall fail to furnish such icing and refrigerator cars as required in section 1 of this Act and the shipper places his product in carload lots or in cases of less than carload lots expresses to the agent of the railroad company his willingness to pay charges for carload lots then such railroad company shall be liable for the market value of such product with interest thereon The market value to be determined by the market value of the product less the cost of carriage and the usual expense of selling in the market to which the shipper intended shipping same on the day such product would have arrived had the same been carried in the usualof transportation on schedule time for such freight In order to avail himself of this rule of damage the shipper shall in writing notify the agent of the railroad company of the market to which he intended to ship his product Payment shall be made by the railroad company for such product within thirty days after written claim has been filed with the company therefor In the event that such railroad company shall fail to make payment as herein provided or tender the correct amount therefor it shall be liable for an additional fixed sum of fifty dollars for each car as liquidated damages for failure to perform its duty in the premises such liquidated damages to be recovered in any cause brought for the recovery of damages on the main claim in the event recovery is had thereon Sec 3 Be it further enacted that in the event the shipper fails or refuses to accept such car or cars when furnished under condition and as herein required he shall be liable to the railroad company for the sum of ten dollars per car and the cost of the first or initial icing in the event that the 44 Railroad Commission powers of Experts employed Spur tracks Regulation of passenger service Connections may be required Overcbaiges etc adjusted Freight carriage of etc regulated Depots same is iced and should he fail or refuse to pay same within thirty days after written demand therefor shall be liable for twenty dollars instead of ten as herein fixed together with the cost of icing and judgment may be rendered for said sums by any court having jurisdiction of the cause Approved August 22 1907 POWERS OF COMMISSION AMENDMENT TO ACT OF 1907 An Act To amend An Act to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia and to prescribe the qualifications for membership etc approved August 13 1907 Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That an Act approved August 23 1907 entitled An Act to Increase the Membership of the Railroad Commission of the State of Georgia and to Prescribe the Qualifications for Membership etc be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the word other in the nineteenth line of Section 7 of said Act the following Or entering the same incorporated town or city within this State so that said section as amended shall read as follows Be it further enacted That the railroad commission shall have authority to ascertain the cost of construction and the present value of properties in Georgia owned by said corporations or companies and to that end may employ necessary experts Said commission shall have authority to prescribe rules with reference to spur tracks and side tracks with reference to their use and construction removal or change with full power to compel service to be furnished to manufacturing plants warehouses and similar plants of business along the line of railroads where practicable and in the judgment of the commission the business is sufficient to justify and on such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe It shall have power and authority to order and compel the operation of sufficient and proper passenger service when in its judgment inefficient or insufficient service is being rendered the public or any community It shall have power and authority when in its judgment practicable and to the interest of the public to order and compel the making and operation of physical connection between lines of railroads crossing or intersecting each other or entering the same incorporated town or city within this State It shall have authority to fix penalties for neglect on the part of railroad companies to adjust overcharges and losses or failures to decline to do so if deemed unjust in a reasonable time It shall have power and authority to prescribe rules and penalties covering and requiring the prompt receipt carriage and delivery of freight the pronipt furnishing of cars to shippers desiring to ship freight and shall also be authorized to prescribe rules and penalties for the transfer of cars through yards by connecting roads Said commission shall have power and authority to order the erection of depots and stations where it deems the same necessary and to order the appointment and service thereat of depot or station agents The com Schednles 45 mission shall have the power and authority to regulate schedules and compel connections at junction points of competing lines Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act or any provision thereof be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 17 1908 FREE PASSES ON STREET CARS FOR POLICEMEN AND OTHER EMPLOYEES An Act to permit the street railroads to grant free passes to members of the police sanitary water and fire departments and the marshals and their deputies and county police officers inthe cities of the State of Georgia Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That it shall not be unlawful for any street railway company of this State to issue free transportation to the members of the police force and fire sanitary and water departments and the marshals and their deputies and county police officers of cities of this State over their lines operated in the cities of the State when said cities have regularly organized police forces and fire sanitary and water departments provided nevertheless that nothing in this Act contained shall authorize such company to grant individual members of such police and fire departments any transportation or other special privileges not participated in by all of the members thereof on like terms and under like conditions and provided further that all such grants or concessions shall be made to the governing authority of such city for and in behalf of the members of such police force and fire sanitary and water department and formally accepted by such authority Sec 2 Be it further enacted by the authority of the General Assembly That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 11 1909 COMMON CARRIERS PASSES TO FORMER EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS An Act to allow common carriers to grant passes to former employees under certain conditions and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That from and after the passage of this Act common carriers in this State may grant passes upon their transportation lines to any former employee of the company and his immediate family who from length of service or having been injured in the service of the same has been retired from the service but is kept upon the payroll of the company under a system of pensioning or similar system such passages to be good only for intrastate passage Sec 2 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved August 14 1909 Railroads must sell tickets of connecting roads At rate fixed by Railroad Commission etc Unlawful to refuse to check baggage over connecting lines Unlawful to refuse to put tickets on sale with agents of connecting lines Or to refuse to receive tickets or check baggage Proviso Penalty for violating this Act I 46 TO PREVENT UNJUST DISCRIMINATIONS BETWEEN RAILROADS An Act To further carry into effect paragraph 1 of Section 2 Of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State and to prevent unjust discrimination on the part of any railroad operated within or partly within this State against any other railroad company within this State Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for any railroad company having an office or agency within the State of Georgia to refuse to put on sale or to refuse to sell any ticket of any other railroad company with which the same may be directly or indirectly connected at the price or rate fixed by the Railroad Commission of this State for passage over lines of such connecting roads less such amount as may be directed to be deducted from such rate by any one or more of said connecting lines and it shall be unlawful after the sale of such ticket to refuse to issue check or checks for baggage over such connecting lines and upon such tickets to the extent that the baggage may be allowed to be checked under the ordinary rules and regulations of said companies Sec 2 Be it further enacted that it shall be unlawful for any railroad company operating or doing business wholly or partly within this State to refuse to put on sale with the agents of any other railroad company wherewith it may be directly or indirectly connected tickets for any point upon its lines of road or to refuse to receive such tickets for passage over its lines or to refuse to receive and transport baggage which may be checked upon said tickets so sold provided that any railroad company so placing its tickets upon sale with any other railroad company may demand a reasonable deposit of money or other reasonable security to recover the price of such tickets so placed on sale and may demand from time to time such renewals of such deposits or other security as will protect it from any loss by reason of the amounts received from the sale of such tickets Sec 3 Be it further enacted That for every violation of any of the provisions of this Act the railroad company who shall by itself or its agents be guilty of such violation shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars which may be recovered in any Superior City or County Court of the county in this State in which such violation may occur where suit may be brought by the railroad company whose road may be discriminated against or by the person offering to buy a ticket over such road and such penalty may be recovered by each of said parties and the recovery by one shall not be a bar to a recovery of the other Sec 4 Be it further enacted That all laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 15 1891 47 REQUIRING COMMON CARRIERS TO TRACE FREIGHT ETC An Act To require common carriers over which freight has been shipped and has been lost damaged or destroyed to furnish to the shipper consignee or their assigns within thirty days after application the necessary information to establish upon which line or connecting lino of common carriers said loss damage or destruction occurred and in default to render the carrier to which application was made liable for said loss damage or destruction and for other purposes Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia That from and after the passage of this Act when any freight that has been shipped to be conveyed by two or more common carriers to its destination where under the contract of shipment or by law the responsibility of each or either shall cease upon delivery to the next in good order has been lost damaged or destroyed it shall be the duty of the initial or any connecting carrier upon application by the shipper consignee or their assigns within thirty days after application to trace said freight and inform said applicant in writing when where how and by which carrier said freight was lost damaged or destroyed and the names of the parties and their official position if any by whom the truth of facts set out in said information can be established Sec 2 Be it further enacted That if the carrier to which application is made shall fail to trace said freight and give said information in writing within the time prescribed then said carrier shall he liable for the value of the freight lost damaged or destroyed in the same manner and to the same extent as if said loss damage or destruction occurred on its line Sec 3 Be it further enacted That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed Approved October 16 1891 Carriers upon application must trace freight Penalty for failure 48 Definition of the word Company All unjustdiscrimination forbidden All rates bona fide No rebates Rates of Commission are maximum rates Rates may be reduced below maximum provided no discrimination is made Tariffs to be kept posted Changes in tariffs to be posted GENERAL RULES RULE 1 The word Company as used and intended by any and all of the rules and regulations of the Commission shall be deemed and taken to mean and include all corporations companies firms and persons that may now be engaged or that may hereafter become engaged in performing for hire any service to the public that is now or that shall hereafter be subject by law to the jurisdiction or control of the Commission RULE 2 The several companies in the conduct of their intrastate business shall afford to all persons equal facilities in the conduct of such bsiness without unjust discrimination in favor of or against any and wherever special facilities are afforded to one patron whether upon a special rate authorized by this Commission or otherwise such company shall be bound to afford to any other patron or patrons under substantially similar circumstances like facilities upon like rates The rate charged for any service by any company shall be bona fide and public and the giving of any rebate bonus or drawback is hereby expressly forbidden RULE 3 All of the rates prescribed by the Commission are maximum rates which shall not be exceeded by any company Any company may charge less than the prescribed maximum rate provided that if a less rate be charged to one person such company shall for a like service charge the same lessened rate to all persons except as may be hereafter provided and if any company shall reduce any of its rates to or from one agency or station it shall except in cases where otherwise specially provided by the Commission make a reduction of the same percentage to and from all other stations on its line to the end that no unjust discrimination be made in favor of nor against any person persons or locality RULE 4 iSach company shall keep conspicuously posted at all of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia a copy of the schedule or schedules of rates prescribed by the Commission for the government of such company When any change is made in such schedule either by such company voluntarily or pursuant to an order of the Commission such company shall imme 49 diately furnish a copy of said change to the office of the Commission and shall also post copies thereof in the same manner as above specified as notice to the public that said change has been made No advance in any rate whether it be a maximum rate or otherwise shall be made without the consent of this Commission first being obtained nor shall such advance become effective until ten days thereafter and no reduction in any rate shall become effective until three days after notice has been given as above required RULE 5 All special rates made by any company for any service to be rendered shall first be submitted to and approved by the Commission before being put in effect RULE 6 If between any two points in Georgia there are two or more routes whether composed of the lines of one or more companies the rate for any service via any of such routes between such points may be reduced to correspond with the lowest rate for similar service in effect between the said points without making reductions at intermediate points Provided that where such a reduction is tnade in the rate for the carriage of freight between any two points by any railroad or connecting line of railroad a relative reduction shall be made to all intermediate points where conditions and circumstances are substantially similar Any rate to or from any Georgia point may be so reduced as to place such Georgia point on an equality with any competitive point in another State without making any reduction in rates to or from other stations not similarly situated with respect to such competitive rates RULE 7 All rates effective in this State except in cases otherwise specified shall apply in either direction over the same line between the same points RULE 8 It shall be the duty of any company to accept for transportation any goods the carriage of which by such company is reasonably safe and practicable and to transport the same by the train for which they are offered RULE 9 In no case shall any companycollect for any service more than the exact amount due according to the current rate If any company shall fail to make the necessary change of money to enable it to collect such exact amount then the next lower amount ending in 5 or 0 shall be charged Advances and reductions Notice of Special rates must be approved by Commission Long lines allowed to meet short lines rates Georgia points may be put on equality with points in other States Rates for short distance not to exceed long distance Rates apply in both directions Duty to accept and transport goods Exact charge may be collected 50 Claims for overcharge and loss Monthly Reports Annual Reports Blanks furnished by Commission Other information to be furnished when required Books etc to be produced How to bring Complaints Rules of procedure Giving notice to Interested parties RULE 10 All just claims for overcharge and loss shall be paid within thirty days after claim supported by proper papers is made therefor Claims for loss shall be paid by the company at fault but claims for overcharge shall be paid by the company which collected same and through the office or agency by which the same was collected regardless of any division or apportionment of such total charge with any other line RULE 11 Each railroad company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the last day of each month a report duly sworn to showing the earnings and expenses of such company during the month preceding Each railroad terminal express and telegraph company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of September of each year a report duly sworn to for the fiscal year ending June 30th immediately preceding Each compress company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of October of each year a report for the fiscal year ending August 31st immediately preceding Each street railroad power gas telephone and electric light company shall file in the office of the Commission on or before the fifteenth day of February of each year a report for the fiscal year ending December 31st immediately preceding An of said reports shall be rendered on and in accordance with the printed forms that the Commission will prescribe and furnish for that purpose In addition to the foregoing each of such companies shall furnish such other reports and information as the Commission may require from time to time Furthermore it shall be the duty of each of said companies to produce for the inspection of the Commission any and all books papers contracts agreements and other original records of any character whatsoever that may be in possession of said company or within its power custody or control or copies thereof as may be demanded and designated by the Commission RULE 12 All complaints made to the Railroad Commission of alleged grievances must plainly and distinctly state the grounds of complaint the items being numbered and objections all being set forth in writing Both in cases of complaints and when the Commission initiates action notice shall be given to the persons or corporations interested in or affected thereby tendays before the hearing except in cases for the fixing of joint rates when thirty days notice shall be given and shall give to such persons or companies an opportunity to be heard In like manner all defenses must be distinctly made in writing and the items correspondingly numbered as above stated 51 These specifications whether of complaint or of defense may be accompanied if the parties so desire by any explanation or argument or by any suggestion touching the proper remedy or policy The parties may also be heard in person or by attorney or by written argument upon such written statements being first filed Upon the hearing of all cases that may come on to be heard before the Commission the respective parties may present their testimony either written or oral or by affidavits All affidavits intended to be offered by either party shall be served upon the opposite party his counsel or agent having control of the case at least three days and all counter affidavits at least twelve hours before the date set for their hearing This rule of procedure and of evidence except as to notice of hearing above provided may in any and all instances be varied or relaxed when in the exercise of a sound discretion this Commission shall be of the opinion that a departure from the letter thereof may be necessary to the attainment of substantial justice due care being taken in every instance to guard against any injurious surprises RULE 13 The Commission reserves the right to suspend or modify at its discretion the enforcement of any of its rules rates orders or other regulations where in its opinion the conditions are such in any particular instance that a strict enforcement of such rules or other regulations would result in hardship or Injustice Arguments may be made either in person or writing Commission reserves the right to modify rules of procedure Right reserved to suspend or modify any regulation 52 Rates prescribed are maximum rates Low rates for children Minimum fare of ten cents allowed Tickets should be purchased Extra charge unless tickets are purchased Baggage allowed Excess baggage rates PASSENGER RULES RULE 1 Each railroad company in Georgia may charge for the transportation of passengers between points in this State the maximum rates prescribed for such railroad by this Commission and in every instance the rates for children over five years and under twelve years of age shall be not over onehalf of the maximum rate prescribed for adults Provided That any railroad company may collect no more than ten cents as a minimum charge for a full or half rate between regular stations when the actual fare would be less than that amount RULE 2 At all places where by the exercise of reasonable diligence the requisite tickets may be purchased it shall be the duty of all persons to provide themselves therewith before boarding trains as passengers If at such a place a person shall board a train and has for want of reasonable diligence on his part failed to supply himself with the requisite ticket the railroad company may collect for each mile that may be traveled by such person without the requisite ticket in addition to the maximum prescribed rate as follows For a passenger over five and under twelve years of age onehalf of one cent For a passenger twelve years of age and over one cent Exceptions Southern Railway Seaboard Air Line Railway Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Companyallowed to charge 15 cents in addition to the maximum prescribed rate regardless of the distance traveled RULE 3 The payment of fare between any given points in Georgia shall entitle the passenger to the transportation of at least one hundred and fifty pounds of baggage in the same direction between those points without extra charge For the transportation of baggage that may be in excess of one hundred and fifty pounds between points in this State the following excess baggage rates may be collected viz EXCESS BAGGAGE TARIFF For all Baggage Over 150 Pounds For 20 miles and under 10 cents For 30smiles and over 20 15 P 40 I 30 20 v60 40 25 70 60 30 80 701 35 90 80 40 per 100 pounds 53 Tor 110 miles and oyer 110 V 50 cents per 100 pounds 120 110 55 130 120 55 if 140 130 60 U 160 150 70 c 170 160 75 180 170 80 190 180 85 200 190 90 210 200 95 220 j 210 100 230 220 105 240 a 230 110 260 240 115 T 290 260 120 320 290 125 1 350 320 130 400 350 135 450 H 400 140 Minimum excess baggage charge 10 cents NoteThe above Tariff is subject to the provisions of Freight Rule No One of the Commission RULE 3A No common carrier shall be required to accept for transportation as baggage within this State under the provisions of Rule 3 any piece of baggage the greatest dimensions of which exceeds seventytwo 72 inches Provided that this rule shall not apply to immigrant baggage checked at port of landing whips in flexible cases and public entertainment paraphernalia No common carrier shall be required to accept for transportation as baggage within this State under the provisions of Rule 3 any trunk or other rigid container having more than two bulging sides or with two bulging sides not opposite to each other No common carrier shall be required to accept for transportation as baggage within this State under the provisions of Rule 3 whips in flexible cases which exceed ninety 90 inches in length or twelve 12 inches in diameter at the base or one hundred 100 pounds in weight Subject to the provisions of Rule 3 any common carrier within this State may charge for any piece of baggage except immigrant baggage checked at port of landing whips in flexible cases and public entertainment paraphernalia any dimension of which exceeds fortyfive 45 inches an additional sum for each additional inch equal to the charge for five 5 pounds of excess weight gable or dome shaped ends or similar protuberances to be included in the measurements RULE 4 Must re All railroad depot or terminal companies in this State shall receive at all ageanl stations where they have agents all baggage proper for transportation pre sue claim checks 54 Storage charges Baggage must be checked 15 minutes before train leaves Excursion rates exempted Must sell tickets at depots Comfortable cars and waitingrooms Waitingrooms to be opened before arrival of trains At nonjunction stations sented by prospective passengers or their agents and issue on demand a claim check for the same and upon presentation by the holder of such claim check with transportation said company shall issue train checks RULE 5 Where baggage received by companies as provided for by Rule 4 is not checked within twentyfour hours after being so received or where baggage is allowed to remain unclaimed at destination more than twentyfour hours after arrival of train transporting same such companies are authorized to charge twentyfive cents for storage of the same for each separate twentyfour hours or fraction thereof after the expiration of said twentyfour hoursSunday and legal holidays excepted RULE 6 Railroad companies shall not be required to send any baggage on any train unless the baggage shall have been checked fifteen minutes before the departure of that train RULE 7 Nothing in the rules of this Commission shall be construed as placing any restriction upon the privilege of railroad companies to make special rates for excursions or for any other special occasion RULE 8 All of the various kinds of tickets that may be on sale at any and all other offices of a given railroad company in any given town or city shall likewise be kept on sale at the depot ticketoffice of such railroad company in such town or city at the same prices RULE 9 All passenger waiting rooms and passengercars in use by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with drinkingwater and shall be so lighted heated ventilated and equipped as to render the occupants of the same reasonably comfortable the circumstances of each case being considered All passenger waitingrooms at junction points and passengercars in use by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with suitable sanitary or sterilized drinkingcups which shall be placed or kept so as to be at all times easily accessible to passengers and may be supplied from a dispensing or vending machine and for each a charge of not exceeding one cent may be made by the railroad company Whose duty it is made to supply the same RULE 10 At junction points railroad companies shall be required to open their depot waitingrooms for the accommodation of the traveling public at least thirty minutes before the schedule time for the arrival of all passengertrains At local or nonjunction points all such waitingrooms shall likewise be opened provided that the same shall not be required to be opened nor kept open after ten oclock p m except for delayed trains due before that hour In which case such rooms shall be kept open until the actual arrival of such delayed trains 55 RULE 11 Whenever any passengertrain 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 to bulletin and to keep posted at each of its telegraph stations along its line between such delayed train and its destination notice of the time such train is behind its schedule time and the time of its arrival at such stations as nearly as can be approximated RULE 12 Whenever there is by reason of accident or otherwise a break or obstruction on the line of any railroad company in this State that will probably delay any passengertrain on said railroad it shall be the duty of said railroad company to cause notice thereof to be bulletined at all stations at and between such passengertrain and the place so obstructed and said railroad company shall cause notice of such obstruction and the delay that will probably be caused thereby to be given to the passenger aboard such train before the same shall leave such stations RULE 13 All passengertrains operated in this State shall at all stations where such trains stop either upon flag or regular schedule be brought to a standstill with such relation to the waitingrooms of the station building or other passenger facilities at said station as will render egress from and ingress to said trains most practicable and convenient for the passengers without reference to the convenient handling of baggage or other freight RULE 14 No person shall be permitted to board a train or enter a car in which passengers ride in this State with a loaded gun and all breechloading guns shall be unbreeched on boarding such train or entering such car Conductors of railway trains are authorized to see to the enforcement of this rule and failure on the part of any passenger to comply with the terms hereof shall be cause for ejecting such passenger from the train RULE 15 At all stations in this State where baggage trucks are provided all trunks and other personal baggage shall be unloaded from baggage cars onto said baggage trucks and baggage handled with all reasonable care the dropping of same from car doors platforms or trucks or other rough handling of baggage being expressly forbidden Provided That the handling of baggage by hand from cars to depot platforms or other customary places of depositing baggage in such careful manner as will not damage same will be a compliance with this rule Delayed trains must be bulletined Notice to be given of obstructions Convenient stopping of passenger trains Guns on passenger trains Careful handling of baggage 56 FREIGHT RULES RULE 1 Continuous mileage rates when applicable Where in this State two or more connecting lines of railroad are operated by or under one mangement or company or where the majority of the stock of any railroad company is owned or controlled either directly or indirectly by a connecting railroad company the lines of such company shall within the meaning and intent of the rules of the Commission be considered as constituting but one and the same railroad and rates for the carriage of freight over such railroads or any portion thereof shall he computed upon a continuous mileage basis the same as upon the line of a single railroad company whether such railroads have separate boards of directors or not RULE 2 Freight to be promptly received Railroads shall promptly receive goods offered for shipment and shall when so required by the consignor issue duplicate receipts or bills of lading therefor Such hills of lading shall show separately and in detail the weight and freight Bills of lading what they must show class of each kind of goods embraced in the shipment and the total rate per hundred pounds per ton or per carload as the case may be to be charged for transporting each class to the destination named in such bill of lading Prompt delivery of freight to consignees When such bill of lading is presented at destination to the agent of the railroad that is to deliver such freight to the consignee it shall be the duty of the railroad to deliver said goods either to the consignee or his order upon Expense bills what they must show payment of the freight and other charges lawfully due thereon The expense bill then issued to such consignee by such railroad shall show separately the weight the rate and the total charge upon the goods embraced in each separate class of freight composing the shipment RULE 3 Prompt interchange of freight All connecting railroads in Georgia shall promptly receive from and deliver to each other all freight intended to pass over their respective lines or parts thereof in order to reach its destination and no railroad shall prevent delay or obstruct either by act of omission or commission the prompt interchange of such freight to the end that the transportation and delivery thereof to the consignee may be accomplished with the greatest practicable dispatch RULE 4 Actual weights to govern Unless otherwise specially provided by the rules or classification of the Commission every railroad shall assess its charges for transporting a shipment of any class upon the actual weight thereof and at the lowest rate of freight 57 actually In force upon said railroad on goods of the same class whether such rate be prescribed by the Commission or otherwise Twentyfive cents may be collected however as a minimum charge for transporting any shipment however small subject to Freight Rule Number twentyseven RULE 5 Any railroad or any line of connecting railroads may reduce any rate for the transportation of freight between any points on their lines that may be less than twenty or more than two hundred and fifty miles apart without making corresponding reductions for distances over twenty and less than two hundred and fifty miles Provided That where such a reduction is made in a rate for the carriage of freight between any two points more than two hundred and fifty miles apart by any railroad or connecting lines of railroads a similar reduction shall be made for the carriage of similar freights between all other points on said railroads that may be more than two hundred and fifty miles apart to the end that no unjust discrimination may be made against any point or points on said railroads under substantially similar circumstances and conditions RULE 6 Unless otherwise provided by the Commission all freight charges shall be assessed upon the actual weight of the goods transported when such actual weight can be ascertained In the case of carload shipments such actual weights shall be ascertained by a sworn weigher who shall balance the scales immediately before weighing each car and shall see to it that the car to be weighed is free from all bearing of any other car or cars except where the articles of freight being shipped are loaded on two or more cars lapped Such sworn weigher shall keep a complete record of such weights and shall attach to the bill of lading issued for such shipment by the railroad company a certificate according to the following form WEIGHERS CERTIFICATE Ij sworn weigher for the at do certify on oath that I this day ofweighed car numberof the Railroad loaded withand that the gross weight of said car was pounds that the marked weight of said car waspounds that said car while being weighed was disconnected except where articles lapped and that It was free from all bearing of other car or cars that the scales so used were Minimum freight charge Rates for over 250 miles and under 20 miles No unjust discrimination to be made Actual weights to apply Actual weights how ascertained Sworn weigher duties of Certificate f weight 58 Uve stock weights balanced immediately before weighing said car and that to the best of my knowledge the abovementioned weights are correct Signed Weigher forRailroad At Estimated Weights RULE 7 Where in the Commissions Freight Classification estimated weights are provided for any given article such estimated weights shall apply in all cases The following scale of estimated weights shall apply to carload shipments of live stock only in cases where actual weight can not be ascertained but said scale of estimated weights shall apply to and govern such shipments of less than carload lots regardless of what the actual weight may he LIVE STOCK One horse mule or horned animal except as specified below 2000 lbs Two horses mules or horned animals except as specified below in same car and from same shipper to same consignee 3500 lbs Each additional horse mule or horned animal except as specified below in same car and from same shipper to same consignee 1000 lbs Stallions Jacks and Bulls each 3000 lbs Mare and Foal together for both 2500lbs Colts under one year old each 1000 lbs Colts Donkeys or Ponies crated each actual weight but not less than 1000 lbs Cow and Calf together for both 2500lbs Yearling cattle except bulls each 1000 lbs Yearling bulls each i 2000 lbs Calves under one year old not crated each 1000 lbs Calves under one year old crated each actual weight but not less than 175lbs Calves over one year old crated each actual weight but not less than 500 lbs Sheep boxed or crated each actual weight but not less than 150 lbs Lambs boxed or crated each actual weight hut not less than 100 lbs Hogs boxed or crated each actual weight hut not less than 150 lbs Pigs boxed or crated each actual weight but not less than 100 lhs GoatsSame as Sheep KidsSame as Lambs 59 The maximum rates prescribed by the Commission for the transportation of live stock are based upon the following maximum valuation Horses and Mules not over 12000 each Horned Cattle not over 5000 each Stallions Jacks and Bulls not over 15000 each Fat Hogs and Fat Calves not over 1500 each Lambs Stock Hogs Stock Calves not over 500 each Where consignors offer their animals for shipment at valuations in excess of the valuation above given carriers may charge the following percentages of increase above the prescribed maximum rate of freight Over 15000 and not over 40000 add 30 per cent Over 40000 and not over 60000 add 50 per cent Over 60000 and not over 80000 add 60 per cent Over 80000 and not over 100000 add 100 per cent Over 1000 subject to special rate by contract between the shipper and the carrier A railroad shall not be required to accept live stock for transportation at the released or owners risk rate unless a contract to that effect be executed by and between such railroad and the shipper Railroads shall not be required to accept for transportation a mixed shipment of different kinds of live stock other than at the risk of the shipper If horses be not included in such a mixed shipment the rate for cattle shall apply If horses be included in such a mixelQ shipment the rate for horses shall apply Shippers may be required to feed water and care for live stock at their own expense When the same is done by the carriers the actual expense of so doing may be collected upon the shipment It shall be the duty of railroad companies without extra charge to transport one way only on the same train with any shipment of live stock an attendant or attendants as the shipper may designate not to exceed the following For one to three cars inclusive one attendant For four to seven cars inclusive two attendants For eight cars or over three attendants In cases where actual weights can not be ascertained as elsewhere prescribed by the Commission the following named articles shall be accepted for transportation according to the scale of estimated weights below given LUMBER LIME ETC White Pine and Poplar thoroughly seasoned per 1000 ft 3000lbs White Pine and Poplar green per 1000 ft 4000 lbs Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash seasoned per 1000 ft 4000 lbs Yellow Pine Black Walnut Ash green per 1000 ft 4500 lbs Yellow Pine Boards 2 in and less seasoned and undressed per 1000 ft 3500 lbs Extra charge for high valuations Live stock regulations 60 Estimated weights Lumber canned goods etc Fractions how disposed of Yellow Pine Boards 2 in and less dressed and seasoned per 1000 ft a000 lbs Oak Hickory Elm seasoned per 1000 ft 4000 lbs Oak Hickory Elm green per 1000 ft 6000 lbs Flooring and Ceiling matched and dressed 1 in per 1000 ft 2500 lbs Beveled Weather Boards dressed per 1000 ft 1500 lbs Hooppoles Staves and Heading dry car loaded to depth of 50 in24000 lbs Hooppoles Staves and Heading green car loaded to depth of 43 in 24000 lbs Shingles dry per 1000 450 lbs Shingles green per 1000 500 lbs Laths dry per 1000 475 lbs Laths green per 1000 700 lbs Tan Bark dry per cord 2000 lbs Tan Bark green per cord 2600 lbs Fence Posts and Rails and Telegraph Poles per cord 3500 lbs Clay per cubic yard 3000 lbs Cross Ties Green each 200 lbs Cross Ties Dry each 150 lbs Sand per cubic yard 3000lbs Gravel per cubic yard 3200lbs Stone undressed per cubic foot 160 lbs Lime per bushel 80lbs Coal per bushel 80 lbs Coke per bushel 40 lbs Portland Cement per barrel 400 lbs Other Cements per barrel 300 lbs CANNED GOODS 2Vi lbs 2 dozen cans per case 60 lbs Fractions that occur in the net rate after adding or deducting any percentage RULE 8 applicable to the Standard Tariff shall be disposed of as follows If such rate applies to Class G or to any other class where fractions are shown by the Standard Tariff fractions of threefourths of a cent or over shall be 61 computed as one cent and fractions less than threefourths but not less than onefourth of a cent shall be computed as half a cent Fractions of less than onefourth of a cent shall be dropped Example Ex 1Standard Rate 65 25 per cent added 16 Ex Total 81 from which deduct fraction leaving desired rate of 8 cents 2Standard Rate 95 2hper cent added 19 Total 114 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 115 cents Ex 3Standard Rate 8 20 per cent added 16 Ex Total 96 Substituting 5 for the fraction the desired rate is 95 cents 4Standard Rate 55 25 per cent added 13 Total 68 Adding a unit instead of a fraction the desired rate is 7 cents If such rate applies to Class No One or to any other class where the Standard Tariff does not show fractions of a cent fractions of a half cent or over shall be computed as one cent and fractions less than half a cent shall be dropped Example Ex 1Standard Rate 17 20 per cent added 34 Total 204 Deducting the fraction the desired rate is 20 cents Ex 2Standard Rate 18 20 per cent added 36 Total 216 Estimating the fraction as a unit the de sired rate is 22 cents RULE 9 Where in the Commissions Freight Classification in classifying any given article or class of freight specific provision is made for a certain percentage erincrelse above the Standard Tariff that percentage alone shall be applied to the Stand bow applied ard Tariff in computing rates regardless of any percentage allowed an individual railroad above the Standard Tariff in the general classification of railroads to the end that no railroad company may apply more than one percentage of increase to the Standard Tariff rates in any instance 62 Percentage 6f decrease How to apply percentages of increase Articles not included in Classification Equal facilities to all railroads Discretionary reduction on these articles Loading and unloading to be done by shipper But on the contrary where the freight classification in classifying any given article or class of freight specifies a percentage of decrease below the Standard Tariff that decreased percentage alone shall be applied to the Standard Tariff and freight charges assessed on basis of the rate so reduced without regard to any percentage of increase that may be allowed an individual railroad on other articles in the same class as shown in the general classification of railroads No railroad may charge more than the Standard Tariff rate on any article that in the freight classification is assigned to a certain class without percentage regardless of any percentage of increase that may be allowed upon other articles in said class RULE 10 Rates for the transportation of any article that is not included in the Freight Classification of this Commission shall be assessed upon basis of rating carried in Southern Classification provided said last named Classification carries a specific ratng for such article and if not rates shall be assessed as if upon the article most analogous to it that is included in the Commissions Freight Classification RULE 11 The several railroad companies of this State in the conduct of their intrastate business shall at all terminal and connecting points to any other railroad company whose tracks are of the same gauge afford under substantially similar circumstances equal facilities for the interchange of freight and upon like terms and conditions whether in carload lots or less without discrimination 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 to 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 12 Railroad Companies may at their discretion reduce rates on Ores Sand Clay Stone Brick Bone Lumber Shingles Laths iStaves Empty Barrels Wood Syrup Sugarcane Straw Shucks Hay Fodder Corn in ear Tambark Turpentine Rosin Tar and Household Goods below the maximum rates prescribed by the Commission provided that in so doing no unjust discrimination be made against any place or person RULE 13 It shall be the duty of consignors and consignees to load and unload shipments of naval stores in carload lots and any goods in classes L M N O and P and whenever railroad companies are required to do such loading or unloading the actual cost thereof may be collected upon such shipment I 63 RULE 14 In no case shall the amount collected for transporting a less than carload shipment exceed what the amount would be for transporting a minimum carload of goods of the same class over the same railroad between the same points In no case shall the charge per hundred pounds for transporting a carload shipment exceed the actually current rate per hundred pounds on goods of the same class over the same railroad between the same points when shipped in lots less than a carload RULE 15 Freight that is forwarded from any points other than a regular agency station except as otherwise provided in Rules 23 and 23A may be billed and freight charges may be assessed thereon as if shipped from the first agency station in the opposite direction or next further removed from the point of destination and likewise freight 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 were the mileage rate applied to the distance such shipment is actually transported RULE 16 For each necessary handling of any extra heavy article either in loading the same on or in unloading the same from cars railroads may collect as a maximum compensation for such service as follows Under 2000 pounds no extra charge for handling For 2000 pounds and under 3000 pounds 3 00 For 3000 4000 pounds 5 00 For 4000 5000 pounds 700 For 5000 6000 pounds 800 For 6000 7000 pounds IQ 00 For 7000 and over in proportion Provided That this rule shall not apply to the loading or unloading of portable engines and other machinery on wheels shipped on flat cars When any article is too long too bulky or too heavy to be carried by ordinary cars its transportation shall be a matter of special contract between the carrier and the shipper RULE 17 Railroads may charge for transporting freight on regular passengertrains one and onehalf times the regular freight rate for the carriage of the same shipment by freight train between the same points L C L rate not to exceed C L G L rate per 100 lbs must not exceed L C L Flag stations shipments from and to Excessively higher rate prohibited Extra heavy articles charges for handling Special contract if car insufficient Passenger trains rates of freight on 64 RULE 18 Distances regulations concerning Where short of 100 miles the actual distance that a shipment may be carried is not shown by Standard Freight Tariff charges may be collected as for the distance that is shown by said Standard Tariff most nearly approximating the actual distance For example If actual distance be 48 miles the 50mile rate will apply for 47 miles the 45mile rate will apply Over 100 miles For distances over 100 miles where the actual distance is not shown by the Standard Tariff the next greater distance shown shall govern For example If the actual distance be 101 miles the rate for 110 miles may apply Provided however that in all cases where fractional miles are shown the unit mile is to be arrived at in the following manner For distance of onehalf mile and over the next unit mile above for distances less than onehalf mile the unit mile below RULE 19 Ton Definition of A ton as intended by all of the regulations of the Commission is 2000 pounds unless otherwise specified Minimum carload Unless otherwise specified in the Freight Classification of the Commission a minimum carload is ten tons Where the weight of a shipment of any class of freight exceeds the specified carload weight for such freight charges for the transportation thereof shall Carloads in excess of minimum weight Carload shipment definition of be based upon the carload rate per hundred pounds applied to the actual weight of the shipment without reference to the number of cars required in transportation A carload shipment shall be a consignment of at least the specified minimum carload weight of one class of freight at one time by one consignor from one point of consignment to one consignee at one point of delivery RULE 20 Lapped lumber etc Where owing to the length size or other peculiarity of articles composing a shipment such as lapped lumber more than one car is required for the transportation thereof freight charges may be assessed as if upon the prescribed minimum carload weight of such freight multiplied by the number of cars so employed regardless of how much less the actual weight of such shipment may be RULE 21 Telegraph material distribution of on right of way Where pursuant to any rules or orders of the Commission or otherwise it shall become the duty of a railroad company or where such company shall voluntarily undertake to transport poles wire anji other materials for the construction maintenance operation or repair 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 following regulations shall govern 65 All such freights shall be hilled at current tariff rates from the point of shipment to 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 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 or telegraph companies duly chartered according to law RULE 22 A railroad company whose line of road does not exceed ten miles in length may assess and collect freight charges on any shipment transported by it between any points on its line as if said shipment were carried ten miles RULE 23 A charge of no more than two dollars per car without regard to its weight or contents will be allowed for switching or transferring a loaded car from any point on any railroad to any connecting railroad or to any warehouse side track or other customary point of delivery that may be designated by the consignor within a distance of three miles from the point of starting When in the transfer or switching of a car between such points it is necessary to pass over the track or tracks of any intermediate railroad or railroads said maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the railroads at interest When a charge is made for the transfer or switching of a loaded car between such points no additional charge shall be made for the accompanying movement of the empty car in the opposite direction A Switching or Transfer service as referred to in this rule means the switching of a loaded car preceding or following a transportation service for which legal freight charges are to be or have already been earned RULE 23A The following charges per car without regard to its weight or contents will be allowed for the transportation of loaded cars in INTRATERMINAL service within the customary industrial switching limits towit 1 For a car loaded on the terminal of one carrier to be unloaded on the terminal of the same carrier 300 2 For a car loaded on the terminal of one carrier to be unloaded on the terminal of another carrier where only two carriers are interested 400 to be divided as follows Initial carrier T200 Delivering carrier 200 Ten mile minimum for short lines Transfer or Switching charge Joint charges to be equitably divided Empties returned free Definition of term switching Charges for local Intra terminal service Division of joint charges 66 Use of property by another railroad not authorized Depots hours for keeping open Earlier or later delivery or receiving not prohibited Shipping instructions must accompany goods Preparation of goods for shipment 3 For a car loaded on the terminal of one carrier to be unloaded on the terminal of another carrier where three carriers are interested 500 to be divided as follows Initial carrier 200 Intermediate carrier r100 Delivering carrier 200 When a charge is made for the transportation of a loaded car between such points no additional charge shall be made for the accompanying movement of the empty car in the opposite direction RULE 24 No regulation of the Commission shall be construed as requiring or authorizing the use of any property of one railroad company by another railroad coim pany for any purpose whatever without the consent of the owner of such property RULE 25 At all of their agencies in Georgia cities and towns having less than 10000 inhabitants each according to the most recently published National census railroads shall receive all freight properly offered for transportation and shall make the usual deliveries of freight to consignees at all times on each day Sundays excepted between the hours of seven oclock a m and twelve oclock noon and between one oclock p m and six oclock p m from April the first to September the thirtieth inclusive and between the hours of seven oclock a m and twelve oclock noon and between one oclock p m and five oclock p m from October first to March thirtyfirst inclusive In cities having 10000 inhabitants or over according to the most recently published National census said hours shall be from seven oclock a m to six oclock p m during the entire year with th exception of an intermission of one hour from twelve oclock noon to one oclock p m Nothing in this rule contained shall be construed as preventing such delivery and receiving of freights by railroads earlier or later than the above mentioned hours if they so desire RULE 26 All goods offered to a public carrier for transportation shall be accompanied by the necessary instructions for the immediate shipment thereof No railroad company shall be required to accept for carriage any goods unless the same shall be of such character and in such condition and so prepared for shipment as to render the transportation thereof reasonably safe and practicable nor unless such goods or the packages containing the same shall legibly bear the name and address of the intended consignee 67 If the contents of a package can not be readily inspected it shall be the duty of the consignor upon demand to furnish to the carrier a complete sworn list of such contents in default of which the carrier may refuse to accept such goods for transportation RULE 27 No railroad shall charge more than its maximum legal rate less ten per centum for its service in carrying a joint shipment that is to say a shipment that in reaching its destination is carried by two or more different independent and separately operated railroads to which continuous mileage rates do not apply under the provisions of Freight Rule No One Fractions resulting from deductions as herein required shall be disposed of in accordance with Freight Rule No Eight Provided That this rule shall not be construed as prohibiting the division of any joint rate by the railroads at interest among themselves in such proportions as may be agreed upon by them RULE 28 When transported by a narrow gauge railroad fifteen thousand pounds shall be the minimum carload weight of any class of freight upon which the Commission has made a rate per carload instead of per ton or per hundred pounds regardless of what the prescribed carload weight of similar freight may be when carried by standard gauge railroads and the freight rate upon such a reduced carload weight shall be less in the same proportion Where continuous mileage rates apply under the provisions of Freight Rule No 1 of the Commission to two lines of railroad one of the same being of narrow gauge and the other of standard gauge an extra charge of three dollars per carload regardless of the weight or contents thereof may be made for transferring a shipment of brick or lumber from one of said lines to the other in transit RULE 29 Shipments of freight except articles classified firstclass or higher which are not delivered at destination may be returned between points within this State at onehalf the rate applying in the reverse direction provided that the full amount of freight charges in both directions shall have been paid or guaranteed by owners and provided further that such return is made within ninety days of arrival at destination Billing for the return shipment must show proper reference to the original billing The foregoing shall not apply on Machinery Agricultural Implements or other articles returned for repairs Provided however that the above rule shall not operate to reduce the minimum charge on single shipments as per Rule No 4 Inspection facilities for Joint rates Narrow gange rail roads carloadweights Transfer to and from narrow gauge railroads Reduced rates on returned shipments 68 Agricultural Implements and Machinery C L or L C L returned to manufacturers must be prepaid or waybill must be accompanied by an order from manufacturers for such return Mixed shipments ReweighIng C L shipments RULE 30 Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Classification any package containing articles of more than one class will be charged at the rate for the highest class articles contained therein Wihen a number of different articles all of which are in the same class are shipped at one time by one consignor to one consignee and one destination in carloads such car or cars shall toe taken at the carload rate per 100 pounds and at the highest minimum carload weight established for either of the articles contained in car actual weight to be charged for if in excess of such carload minimum Provided however that when articles shipped as above are in class N O or P the lowest carload weight shall be used If the articles are in different classes the highest carload rate and minimum weight provided for either of the articles in car shall be charged on all articles that make up the carload actual weight to be charged for if in excess of the specified minimum weight Except that where the actual weight of any one or more of the articles when taken separately or together equals the highest minimum carload weight provided for any one of said articles shipper shall have the option of paying the less than carload rate on such of the articles as he may desire and the highest carload rate as above on the other articles in car Provided That in no case shall the total charge for any mixed carload of freight exceed the charge that would be arrived at by applying the less carload rate for each article at the actua1 weight thereof RULE 31 Upon the request of a consignee or consignees of carload shipments for reweighing a car or cars providing such request is made within the free time prescribed by the Storage Rules of this Commission it shall be the duty of the delivering line within fortyeight hours after the receipt of such request provided such line has track scales at that point to have the same reweighed in the presence of consignee or his agent if it be so desired by a sworn weigher who shall furnish to the consignee a certificate showing the gross tare and net weights thereof If the net weight thus ascertained shall differ from the billed weight by more than one per cent of the latter subject to a minimum of five hundred pounds the billing shall be corrected to the reweight Provided however that no railroad company shall be required to reweigh cars as herein provided for unless the consignee shall at the time of requesting reweight deposit with the agent of the delivering line the sum of two dollars which amount when the billed weight is corrected as hereinbefore provided for shall be refunded to consignee within twentyfour hours after corrected weights are ascertained Free time for unloading cars which are reweighed as herein specified provided 69 the billed weights thereof are corrected as set out in paragraph one shall begin at 700 oclock a m on the day following that upon which reweighing was done For a violation by any railroad company in this State of the provisions of this rule or any of them such railroad company shall pay to the consignee so offended within thirty days after demand therefor is made by ithe consignee the sum of one dollar per day for each offense for each day that such violation continues RULE 32 Railroad companies will not be required to accept for transportation cars loaded by shippers in excess of their marked capacity plus ten per cent and whenever a shipper at a flag station or other station where there are no track scales overloads a car as above charges for transportation may be assessed on basis of ten per cent above the current tariff rate RULE 33 Whenever a shipper tenders to any railroad express or other transportation company a shipment for transportation between points within this State and gives such company routing instructions it shall be the duty of said company to receive such shipment and forward according to instructions given And if it be necessary in complying with such routing instructions for the shipment to pass over the lines of two or more companies it shall be the duty of the initial company to so deliver to its connection and each succeeding company shall do likewise as will cause compliance with routing instructions and the lowest rate applicable via such specified route shall be applied Where shipments are tendered without routing instructions the company receiving same in the first instance shall forward said shipments with due regard to the interests of the shippers and by that reasonable and practicable route over which the lowest charge for transportation applies and any damage resulting to a shipper from a disregard of this obligation by any company shall be repaired by the company responsible for the misrouting making reparation to shipper to the extent of the difference between the necessary expense incurred in making delivery of shipment over the route by which same improperly moved and the necessary expense which would have been incurred had shipment been properly routed provided that any reparation made upon this account shall in no wise affect the right of shipper to any claim for actual damages sustained in excess of the difference in expense incurred in making delivery as herein provided RULE 34 Railroad companies are required to make an allowance equal to the actual weight thereof subject to a maximum allowance of 1000 pounds for linings floorings strippings staking or dunnage placed in or on cars by shippers used for the protection of property in transit requiring their use provided that in no case shall less than the specified minimum carload weight be charged for on the property contained in or on the car subject to the provisions of Freight Rule No 19 provided further that shippers shall indicate on their shipping instructions the actual weight of the dunnage used and any weight in excess of one thousand pounds shall be charged for at the rate applicable to the shipment to protect which the linings floorings strippings staking or dunnage is used Overloading cars by shippers Routing shipments Penalty for failure to observe routing instructions Allowance for dunnage 70 Notice of arrival of goods to be given Notice how served and information given Free time STORAGE RULES RULE 1 The following rules shall govern the collection of all storage and demurrage charges in this State and for failure of either shipper or consignee or railroad company to comply with the terms of said rules the party at fault shall incur the penalties prescribed by the rule or rules violated Provided however that if compliance with the terms of any of said rules by a railroad company be made impracticable by some cause over which said company has no control the time during which compliance therewith is thus suspended shall be counted as free time As to any dispute growing out of this provision however the Commission shall be the sole judge RULE 1A Upon the arrival at destination of any and all freights the delivering line shall within twentyfour hours thereafter give to consignees thereof legal notice of such arrival and the giving of such legal notice as hereinafter defined shall be a condition precedent to the collection by railroad companies of any storage charges upon any shipment notice of arrival of which has not been thus served upon the consignee and no storage charges shall be assessed nor collected other than as authorized by these rules For failure to give such legal notice of arrival the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the consignee so offended the sum of one dollar per car per day on carload shipments and one cent per hundred pounds per day on less than carload shipments for each day during which the terms of this rule are not complied with RULE 2 Legal notice as herein understood and intended may be either served by mail or personally and the leaving of notice at the consignees residence or usual place of doing business shall also be considered personal notice In case of carload shipments such notice must show the contents point of origin the initials and number or numbers of the car or cars containing the same and if the shipment has been transferred en route the initials and number or numbers of the car or cars in which originally shipped and from which transferred In case of less than carload shipments such notice must show the point of origin the character of the freight in question the weight and the amount of charges due thereon If such notice be served personally upon the consignee the period of free time within which to receive such freight and to remove the same from the custody of the delivering railroad company shall begin at seven oclock a m on the day after such notice is served and shall continue during fortyeight hours exclusive of Sundays legal holidays and such hours on other days during the free period between seven oclock a m and seven oclock p m as the inclemency of the weather may render the removal of the freight in question from the custody of the carrier reasonably impracticable of which in case of dispute the Commission shall judge 71 Provided however that on cars of coal containing 60000 pounds or more and loaded in cars the sides of which are three and onehalf feet or more highand which do not contain more than two dumps sixty hours free time shall be allowed as above Where notice is served by mail the time allowed as free time shall be computed from seven oclock a m of the second day after such notice has been given Provided That where such notice is alleged to have been served by mail and the consignee makes oath that neither he nor any of his agents nor employees has received the same then no storage charge shall be made until legal notice has been given as above specified Where one consignee receives over the lines of one railroad company in one day four or more cars that take track delivery each of said cars in excess of three shall have seventyeight hours of free time Where consignors ship goods to themselves or their order the above prescribed written notice duly mailed to the consignee at the point of delivery shall be taken and held to be suflicient legal notice whether such consignee actually receives the same or not Where notice is given in substantial compliance with the foregoing requirements the consignee shall not thereafter have the right to call in question the accuracy nor sufficiency of such notice unless within twentyfour hours after receiving the same he shall serve upon the delivering carrier a full written statement of his objections to the insufficiency of such notice RULE 3 Subject to these rules and regulations the maximum storage charges that may be lawfully assessed or collected by railroad companies in this State where freight is not removed from their custody within the free time by these rules prescribed shall be On loaded cars one dollar per car per day or fraction of a day On freight in carload lots unloaded and stored in depots or warehouses ten cents per ton of two thousand pounds per day or fraction of a day On freight in less than carload lots stored in freight depots or warehouses one cent per hundred pounds per day or fraction of a day Provided That in no case shall the amount so collected on a less than carload shipment be greater than the maximum charge on a carload of freight similarly stored for the same length of time RULE 4 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 under which such shipment is carried and is placed at a point not more than three miles distant from the freight depot of such carrier the goods therein 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 receipt by him of legal notice of the arrival thereof Notice by mail Over four cars in me day Order notify shipments Substantial compliance Amounts that may be charged Arrival definition of 72 Cara must be accessible for unloading Rejected shipments Distant con signees Detention of cars by shippers RULE 5 A car taking track delivery must be and remain accessible to the consignee for the purpose of unloading the same during the prescribed free time If during free time a car be removed or its unloading be otherwise obstructed or prevented by the delivering railroad company the consignee shall not be charged with the consequent delay If the delivering railroad company removes a car after storage begins thereon such car shall upon demand of the consignee be promptly made accessible for the unloading thereof RULE 6 Where a consignee shall give to the delivering carrier notice of his refusal to accept a shipment of freight properly tendered in pursuance of the bill of lading the delivering carrier shall give to the consignor legal notice of such refusal and if the consignor fails within three days thereafter to give direction for the disposition of such goods he shall thenceforth become liable to such carrier for the usual storage charges 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 And where a consignee of freight either in carloads or less than carloads shall fail or neglect to remove such freight within six days after the expiration of free time then the carrier shall through the agent at point of shipment so notify the shipper unless the consignee has signified his acceptance of the property Said notice may either be served personally or given by mail No such notice to the consignor however shall be required of a carrier company where goods are shipped in less than carload lots unless such goods or the packages containing the same shall legibly bear the name and address of the consignor thereof A consignee who has once refused to accept a consignment of goods shall not thereafter be entitled to receive the same except upon the payment of all charges for storage which would otherwise have accrued RULE 7 A consignee whose place of business is located five miles or over from the depot to which his freight is billed shall not be subject to any storage charge thereon until a sufficient time shall elapse after legal notice of the arrival of such freight for such consignee to have removed the same from the custody of the delivering carrier by the exercise of reasonable diligence of which in case of dispute the Commission shall judge RULE 8 Where loaded cars are detained at the point of consignment for want of proper shipping Instructions or by reasons of improper or excessive loading 73 thereof by the shipper the railroad company may collect from such shipper one dollar per car for each day or fraction of a day that such car or cars may be so delayed RULE 9 Railroad companies are required to furnish cars promptly upon request therefor When a shipper files with a railroad company written application for a car or cars stating therein the character of freight to be shipped and its destination such railroad company shall furnish same within four days Sundays and legal holidays excepted from seven oclock a m of the day following the receipt of such application For a violation of this rule the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the shipper so offended the sum of one dollar per car per day or fraction of a day after expiration of free time during which such violation continues RULE 10 Whenever freight of any character proper for transportation whether in carload quantities or less is tendered to a railroad company at its customary place for receiving shipments and correct shipping instructions given such railroad company shall immediately receive the same and issue bills of lading therefor And when a shipment is thus received the same must be carried forward at a rate of not less than fifty miles per day of twentyfour hours computed from seven oclock a m of the day following the receipt of shipment For failure to so receive or transport shipments as hereinbefore provided for the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the shipper so offended or other party whose interest is affected thereby the sum of one dollar per car on carload shipments and one cent per hundred pounds subject to a minimum of five cents on less than carloadshipments for each day or fraction thereof that the terms of this rule are not complied with The basis for any claim filed for a noncompliance with this rule shall be in cases where the shipper specifies the routing the actual route indicated by the shipper and in cases where no routing is specified by the shipper then the route usually used by the railroad companies at interest Provided however That at divisional terminals or at other points where rehandling of a shipment or transferring same from one car to another is necessary in reaching its destination twentyfour hours shall be allowed at each point where such rehandling or transfer is necessary RULE 11 Where in accordance with the rules of thisCommission a railroad company places a car or cars at a reasonably accessible point on its team tracks or on a private track designated by the shipper free time for the loading of such car Railroads required to furnish cars when ordered Railroads must receive and promptly transport freight Loading cars 74 Railroads must promptly deliver freights at destina tion Railroads required to deliver cars to connections for placing or cars shall expire fortyeight hours from the time the same are so placed exclusive of Sundays legal holidays and such hours on other days during the free period between seven oclock a m and seven oclock p m when the inclemency of the weather may render the work of loading such cars reasonably impracticable of which in cases of dispute the Commission shall judge and thereafter a charge of no more than one dollar per car per day or fraction of a day may be assessed and collected by the railroad company until such car or cars have been tendered to the railroad company If the shipper should fail for fortyeight hours after the expiration of free time to begin loading such car or cars the railroad company placing same may consider them released and may remove such car or cars and collect two dollars for each car covering demurrage then due for the two days and upon failure of the shipper to pay this assessment or other penalty for which he has become liable under these rules railroad companies will be excused from placing cars for future shipments until such assessment has been paid RULE 12 Railroad companies are required to make prompt delivery of all freights upon the arrival thereof at destination For failure to deliver freights at its freight depot or to place loaded cars at an accessible point for unloading the same within fortyeight hours exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays computed from seven oclock A M the day after the arrival of same at destination over its line the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the shipper or consignee of such goods one dollar per car per day on carload shipments and one cent per hundred pounds per day on less than carload shipments for each day or fraction thereof that such delivery is so delayed RULE 13 If upon arrival at the destination of car the consignee named in the bill of lading should desire the same placed upon some sidetrack which is located on another line of road the railroad which brought the car to the destination named in the billing shall upon receipt of direction so to do as per Storage Rule No 4 and within twentyfour hours after the receipt of such notice deliver such car to the line upon which the designated sidetrack is located And if it be necessary in reaching the designated sidetrack to pass over the tracks of two or more railroads the initial line shall make delivery as above to its connection and each succeeding line shall do likewise that will cause the quickest and most feasible delivery to the designated track and in no case shall more than seventytwo hours be allowed in effecting such delivery And the provisions of this Rule shall likewise apply to any car which is loaded on a sidetrack of one railroad to be transported to destination by some other line of road For a violation of any provision of this Rule the railroad company at fault shall pay to the consignee or party whose interest is affected the sum of one dollar per car per day for each day or fraction of a day such violation continues 75 RULE 14 Subject to the provisions of Freight Rule No 23 each railroad company in this State is required to accept from any connecting road of same gauge any and all cars proper for transportation that may be tendered it by such connecting line and shall within twentyfour hours exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays after tender is mqde place such car or cars at an accessible point for loading or unloading same on any sidetrack on its line that may be designated by order of the shipper or consignee at interest provided however that no railroad company shall be required to place on its general delivery tracks any car that reached destination or is intended to be forwarded over the line of another railroad For a violation of any provision of this Rule the railroad company at fault shall pay to the party whose interest is affected the sum of one dollar per car per day for each day or fraction of a day such violation continues Railroads required to accept cars from connecting lines for placing 76 Depots etc to be established No discontinuance of agencies without consent of Commission Application for depots what they should show Separate waitingrooms for white and colored RULES GOVERNING THE ERECTION AND LOCATION OF RAILROAD EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH DEPOTS STATIONS AGENCIES AND OFFICES RULE 1 It shall be the duty of all railroad express and telegraph companies in this State to establish conduct and maintain such stations offices and agencies for the transaction of the usual and customary business with their patrons at all points on their lines in Georgia where the volume of such business offered shall reasonably justify or where the public service and convenience may reasonably require the same RULE 2 Each and very 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 maintained and conducted No such depot station office or agency as aforesaid now established or that hereafter may be established pursuant to orders made by the Commission or voluntarily by such company or otherwise shall be closed removed suspended discontinued or abolished without authority granted by the Commission upon written application RULE 3 All applications that may be made asking that the Commission will require the establishment of any railroad telegraph or express office station or agency or the construction or improvement of any depot building whether for freight or passengers or for both shall clearly and fully set forth in detail all of the reasons and grounds upon which such applications may be based and in so doing shall give as nearly as may be practicable the following information The population of the town city or other locality in question the number of stores schools churches factories etc in and adjacent thereto the actual and immediately prospective volume of business to be accommodated by the said improvement desired and all such further information as would enable the Commission understandingly to judge of the necessity for such improvement and intelligently to act upon such application RULE 4 Each railroad company shall provide separate waitingrooms for white and colored passengers in each and every passenger depot and in each and every combination freight and passenger depot that may hereafter be built rebuilt or remodeled by such company in this State whether done voluntarily by such company or in compliance with orders made by the Commission or otherwise 77 GENERAL ORDERS AND CIRCULARS Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta August 24 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 1 Each railroad company doing business in this State is hereby required to file in the office of the Railroad Commission of Georgia during the month of October 1907 and as nearly the 15th of said month as is practicable a certified detailed statement of all transportation issued for the use of any passenger between points within the State of Georgia during the month of September 1907 for which transportation a rate or charge less than the regular authorized or published rate was paid Said statement shall show in detail a list of all free transportation issued during said month to whom issued upon what account issued and between what stations Also a list of all annual quarterly and other term passes used on its line of road during said month of September by whom used and the number of miles traveled by the holders of said term passes during said month Provided That the terms of this order shall not apply to the issuance of transportation to bona fide employees of railroad companies except where such employees are also in the public service It is further ordered that each railroad company as above shall cause to be filed regularly each month thereafter a similar report for the month immediately preceding that during which report is required furnished By order of the Board Geo F Montgomeby S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta September 3 1909 File No 7065 Resolved That General Order No 1 relating to reports of passes etc monthly by railroads be amended so as not to require reporting of trip passes issued to dependent members of families of railroad officers and employees where such officers or employees hold no public office All other transportation 78 and free or reduced service shall be reported monthly as contemplated in the original order The Commission will call for such special reports from time to time as it deems proper By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 21 1909 File No 7065 Ordebed That the resolution passed by the Commission dated September 3rd 1909 amending General Order No 1 relating to reports of passes etc monthly by railroads be amended by striking the words trip passes in line three and inserting in lieu thereof the word transportation so that said resolution when amended will read as follows Resolved That General Order No 1 relating to reports of passes etc monthly by railroads be amended so as not to require reporting of transportation issued to dependent members of families of railroad officers and employees where such officers or employees hold no public office etc By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 25 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 2 The Railroad Commission of Georgia hereby adopts as its own regulations all passenger train service now being maintained in this State and as well all schedules of passenger trains of all railroad companies operating in Georgia and it is Ordered That no railroad company operating in this State shall be allowed to discontinue any passenger train schedule or service now being maintained without the consent of the Railroad Commission It is Further Ordered That no railroad company operating in this State shall be allowed to change any schedule of any of its passenger trains without giving notice by publication of the proposed change at least three days in advance of the effective date of said change in some newspaper having general circulation in the community or communities to be affected thereby 79 Ordered Further That all railroad companies in this State in addition to posting at each of their respective depot or station agencies a printed copy of their schedules of all of their passenger trains to and from said station shall also continuously advertise in some newspaper of general circulation in the communities through which its trains operate time table or tables showing the schedules of its trains which serve each particular community provided said advertisements shall be paid for by said companies at a rate not to exceed the rate heretofore voluntarily paid for such advertisements by the railroads not on the transportation basis By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 29 1907 GNRAL ORDER No 3 After the 31st day of December 1907 no railroad company or other common carrier subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia shall be allowed to issue or honor any free ticket free pass or free intrastate transportation for passengers between any points in this State except upon the terms provided for interstate free transportation by the Act of Congress approved June 29 1906 known as the Hepburn Act By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 29 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 4 After the 31st day of December 1907 it shall be unlawful for any railroad company express company or any other carrier of freight subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to transport from one point to another point in this State any article or articles or merchandise or freight of any kind free of charge except such articles or commodities as may be necessary and intended for its own use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier and except ore coal stone timber and the manufactured products thereof manufactured mined or produced by it on or from its own property Provided however that for purely charitable purposes free transportation 80 may be granted but when such is granted it must be promptly reported to this Commission Provided further that reduced or free transportation of the goods or effects of its bona fide employees may be given by a common carrier Provided further that the Commission will upon application and proper showing made authorize free or reduced transportation to fairs exhibitions or for other public purposes By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman GENERAL ORDER No 5 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta October 29 1907 Ordered That within ten days from this date all terminal companies corporations or persons owning leasing or operating terminals under the jurisdiction of this Commission shall furnish this Commission with copies of their charters rates and rules and that on the 13th day of November 1907 a public hearing be had at which said companies and their patrons as well as the local authorities may be heard with a view to improving the service and if in any case a monopoly or exclusive right is claimed the grounds of such claim are directed to be presented and will be open to discussion by all concerned Ordered Further That a copy hereof be mailed to each of said companies without delay By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta November 4 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 6 The Railroad Commission of Georgia hereby adopts as its own regulations all rates rules and other regulations of each and every corporation company or person subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission owning leasing or operating any dock or docks wharf or wharves terminal or terminals or terminal station or stations and no such rates rules or other regulations shall be changed without the consent of the Railroad Commission of Georgia By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery w S G McLendon Secretary Chairman 81 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta November 6 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 7 Ordebed That within twenty days from date all street railroad corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating street railroads in this State and all telegraph corporations under the jurisdiction of this Commission shall furnish this Commission with copies of their charters rates and rules and that considering the same together with such other information as may then he at the disposal of the Commission the necessity of orderinga public hearing with a view to improving the service with the terms and conditions of such hearing will be considered and determined and due notice given to the companies concerned and their patrons and local authorities By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta November 6 1907 GENERAL ORDER No 8 Ordered That within ten days from this date all dock and wharf corporations companies or persons owning leasing or operating the same under the jurisdiction of this Commission all cotton compress corporations or associations and persons or companies owning leasing or operating the same under the jurisdiction of this Commission and all gas and electric light and power companies corporations or persons owning leasing or operating public gas plants or electric light and power plants furnishing service to the public under the jurisdiction of this Commission shall furnish this Commission with copies of their charters rates and rules and that considering the same together with such other information as may then be at the disposal of the Commission the necessity of ordering a public hearing with a view to improving the service with the terms and conditions of such hearing will be considered and determined and due notice given to the companies concerned and their patrons and the local authorities By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman 82 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta January 3 1908 GENERAL ORDER NO 9 It is hereby ordered by tbe Railroad Commission of Georgia that on or before the 15th day of February 1908 each and every railroad company telegraph and telephone company street railroad company public service corporation and every other company and corporation within the jurisdiction of this Commission shall file in the office of the Commission a complete list of its stockholders as of the date of January 1 1908 showing accurately and fully the name and address of each stockholder and the amount of stock held by each of them respectively in each of said companies and corporations By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta January 8 1908 GENERAL ORDER No 10 Whereas it appears to this Commission that General Order No 3 forbidding free passes and free service as therein expressed has been from its date October 29 1907 generally construed and accepted as including telegraph and telephone companies but doubts having been expressed touching the same and Whereas all such doubts should be removed and the policy and operation of said order extended therefore it is now Ordered and declared that said General Order No 3 was intended to include and the same is now expressly so amended as to include and apply to telegraph and telephone companies and further that no electric light or gas company or power company no terminal company baggage or cab company no cotton compress company or other public service corporation company or person subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission shall be allowed to furnish their respective services or service free in this State Provided that the Commission will upon application and proper showing made authorize free or reduced service for charitable and public purposes according to the facts and lawfulness of the same in each particular instance By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman S3 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta July 9 1908 GENERAL ORDER No 11 Whereas it appears that by concerted action of all the railroad companies concerned a formal notice has been promulgated for a general increase of freight rates effective August 1st next on Classes B C D and F amounting to 3 cents per 100 lbs on meats and 2 cents per 100 lbs on grain and 2 cents per 100 lbs on flour from Ohio and Mississippi River Crossings into Southeastern territory including the State of Georgia This increase is on the necessaries of life The burden and enhanced price will fall upon the consumer and Whereas it is provided in the law as set forth in the Act of December 18 1890 as follows It shall be the duty of the Railroal Commission of the State of Georgia to investigate thoroughly all through freight rates from points out of Georgia to points in Georgia both those now fixed and those that may hereafter be fixed And that whenever the Railroad Commission of Georgia finds that a through rate charged into or out of Georgia is in their opinion excessive or unreasonable or discriminating in its nature it shall be the duty of the Railroad Commission to call the attention of the railroad officials in Georgia to the fact and to urge upon them the propriety of changing such rate or rates That whenever such rates are not changed according to the suggestion of the Railroad Commission it shall be the duty of the Commission to present the facts whenever it can legally be done to the Interstate Commerce Commission and appeal to it for relief Now Therefore it is ordered That before this Commission at 10 a m on the 16th instant all railroad officials carriers and companies concerned show cause why said rates should not be adjudged excessive and unreasonable and at the same time not only the said railway companies by their appropriate representatives but also all shippers and persons concerned may be heard as touching their respective rights and interest in the subject And thereupon the Commission will determine as to whether the case is a proper one for appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission or what other or further action should be taken by this Commission in the premises It is Further Ordered That a copy of this action be furnished to all parties concerned and published through the proper channels By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery S G McLendon Secretary Chairman 84 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta August 12 1909 GENERAL ORDER No 12 IN RE Marking L C L Shipments Complaint having been made to this Commission that some of the railway companies in Georgia are refusing to accept less than carload shipments of brick sewer pipe and other such shipments unless the same are boxed or crated or unless each article composing the shipment is marked with name of consignee and destination it is Ordered That so far as relates to shipments between points in Georgia said action of the railway companies is unreasonable and hot authorized by any rule of this Commission Ordered Further That all railway companies in Georgia shall accept for transportation between points in this State all shipments of brick sewer pipe and other articles not specifically required to be packed by the classification of the Commissionthe transportation of which can reasonably be performed without same being boxed or cratedwhich may be offered for shipment without requiring the boxing or crating of same or that each article composing shipment be marked provided that some of the articles shall be properly marked or such other shipping instructions be given the carrier as will afford necessary information for the transportation and delivery thereof By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace Geo Hillyer Secretary ViceChairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta August 12 1909 GENERAL ORDER No 13 IN RE Capitalization Reports and Rules of All Companies Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission Whereas on August 26 1907 the Commission adopted a resolution calling upon all corporations subject to its jurisdiction for reports as to stocks and bonds of said corporations outstanding and Whereas on November 6 1907 the Commission adopted General Order No 8 requiring all companies subject to its jurisdiction to file in this office copies of their rules and Whereas it is desirable that a compilation of said capitalization reports and rules be made 85 Ordered That the Rate Expert of the Commission be and he is hereby directed to systematize and make proper record of said reports and rules Ordered Further That the Rate Expert of the Commission be and he is hereby authorized to require such information from all companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission as may be necessary in the compilation herein referred to By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace Geo Hillyer Secretary ViceChairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta December 23 1909 File No 9162 Circular No 314 is hereby amended by substituting therefor General Order No 14 which becomes effective this day as follows GENERAL ORDER No 14 All rates now in effect or which may hereafter become effective which are not higher than the maximum rates prescribed by this Commission whether such rates are the result of voluntary action upon the part of any company corporation or person subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission or otherwise are hereby established as the rates of the Railroad Commission of Georgia and no such rates shall be discontinued nor raised without the consent of the Railroad Commission first being obtained but all such rates shall continue in force without hindrance the same as other rates prescribed by the Commission And any and all facilities privileges or service now in effect or practiced or hereafter made effective extended or practiced which give grant extend or allow patrons shippers or other persons transacting business with said companies corporations or other persons as much or more of the privileges facilities or service to which they are entitled by law or by any rule regulation or order of this Commission whether such privileges facilities or service are given granted extended or allowed as the result of voluntary action upon the part of such companies corporations or persons or otherwise are hereby established as the requirements of the Railroad Commission of Georgia and no such privileges facilities or service shall be discontinued without the consent of the Railroad Commission first being obtained but all such privileges facilities or service shall be given granted extended or allowed without hindrance the same as other requirements of this Commission provided that nothing herein contained shall operate as repealing in any way the provisions of Passenger Rule No 7 By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman 86 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta December 23 1909 File No 9163 GENERAL ORDER No 15 Whebeas the companies corporations and persons doing business in this State subject to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission are authorized under the rules of the Commission to reduce their rate or charges below the maximum rates or charges prescribed by the Commission and to make effective special rates upon approval of the Commission and Whebeas said companies corporations and persons are from time to time changing their schedules of rates and charges as provided for by said rules and Whebeas the flies of this office do not contain complete information as to all rates and charges published by said companies corporations and persons Obdebed That each company corporation or person doing business in this State subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission shall on or before February 1 1910 file in this office a complete copy of each and every current tariff of rates or charges or other issue publishing any and all rates or rules and regulations relating thereto issued by or for them applying in Georgia By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta February 1 1910 File No 9220 GENERAL ORDER No 16 Obdebed That on and after this date each railroad and street railroad in this State be required to notify this Commission immediately upon the happening thereof by wire or such other method as will furnish the speedies information of each derailment or collision on its line in which is injured whether passenger employee or other person stating the t m place and character of such accident and shall within 48 hours therer make a full report thereof in writing to the Commission containing a detailed account of the same the number and if possible the names of the person or persons injured or killed the cause of the accident if ascertained and sue other information as may be called for by the Commission Obdebed Fubthee That on or before the tenth day of each month each of said railroad and street railroad companies shall file a written report of a 87 accidents in which any person is injured occurring on their lines respectively during the preceding month on forms to be prescribed by the Commission By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta January 26 1910 File No 9221 GENERAL ORDER No 17 Obdebed That beginning February 3rd next each Railroad in this State be required to report in writing to the Commission not later than Thursday of each week the arrival and departures whenever not on regular schedule time of all passenger trains at their respective termini or division termini or junction points where connections with other roads or branches are scheduled or made and if late how many minutes or hours and the cause thereof for and during the week ending Saturday Night 1200 oclock preceding By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta March 24 1910 File No 9220 GENERAL ORDER No 18 General Order No 16 is hereby repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof Obdebed That beginning April 1 1910 each railroad and street railroad company in this State be required to notify this Commission as early as practicable after the happening thereof of each derailment or collision of any character occurring on its lines or in its yards within this State in which any person whether passenger employee or other person is injured or killed stating the time place and character of such accident and shall within fortyeight hours thereafter file a written report thereof on forms to be prescribed by this Commission Obdebed Fubthee That on or before the 15th day of each month eaoh of said railroad and street railroad companies shall make a written report under oath through its proper officer of all accidents in which any person is injured occurring on its line or in its yards in the operation of engines cars or trains during the preceding month on forms to be prescribed by this Commission By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman 88 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta August 11 1910 File 9221 GENERAL ORDER No 19 General Order No 17 dated January 26th 1910 is hereby amended so that the reports required to be made to the Commission under the terms of the said General Order shall beginning with the first report week in September 1910 be required only of the following named railway companies and for the stations shown opposite each company named as follows Name of Road Station to be Reported A W P R R Co A B A R R Co A C L R R Co Augusta Southern R R Co Brinson Ry C of Ga Ry Co C W C Ry Co F O B R R Co Gainesville Midland Ry Georgia R R Ga Fla Ry G C P R R Co G F A Ry Co Georgia Northern Ry Co G S F Ry Co G Sw G Ry Gulf Line Ry L N R R Co M B Ry Co M D S R R Co Seaboard Air Line Ry Co Southern Ry Co Tallulah Falls Ry Co V M W R R Co Wadley Southern Ry Co Western Atlantic R R W T R R Co Atlanta West Point Atlanta Brunswick Fitzgerald Thomasville Albany Brunswick Savannah Valdosta Augusta Tennille Savannah Albany Athens Atlanta Macon Savannah Augusta Fitzgerald Athens Athens Augusta Atlanta Macon Augusta Valdosta Collins Darien Bainbridge Cuthbert Albany Boston Macon ValdostaAlbany Bridgeboro Hawkinsville Atlanta Macon Macon Albany Atlanta Columbus Savannah Athens Atlanta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Cornelia Valdosta Collins Rockledge Wadley Atlanta Tennille By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace Secretary H W Hill Chairman 89 Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORQIA Atlanta October 7 1910 File 7333 GENERAL ORDER No 20 Whereas tbe Railroad Commission of Georgia by General Order No 3 adopted as applicable to free transportation between pointsin Georgia the terms governing interstate free transportation prescribed by the Act of Congress approved June 29th 1906 known as the Hepburn Act and Whebeas on June 18th 1910 the Congress amended the above stated regulations governing interstate free transportation and Whereas it is desirous so far as it is practicable so to do to maintain uniformity in regulations governing free transportation both State and interstate it is now Ordered That the terms upon which free transportation can be used in Georgia be and the same are hereby extended in the same manner and to the same extent as provided for in the Act to Regulate Commerce as amended June 18th 1910 By order of the Board Campbell Wallace H W Hill Secretary Chairman OFFICE OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta January 16 1913 File No 10830 GENERAL ORDER NO 21 IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS GENERAL ORDER NO 21 No railroad company subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission shall accept for transportation or transport between points in this State shipments of explosives inflammable articles and acids except in accordince with the terms prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission governing the transportation of such articles The free time allowed consignees within which to remove such shipments from the custody of a railroad company shall be 24 hours instead of 48 hours as provided for other classes of freight and when such shipments are not removed from the custody of a railroad company within the free time herein allowed the following storage charges will apply Section AOn shipments of the more dangerous explosives i e Black Powder High Explosives Smokeless Powder for Small Arms Wet Fulminate of Mercury Blasting Caps Electric Blasting Caps Ammunition for Cannon with Explosive Projectiles Explosive Projectiles and Detonating Fuzes unloaded in or on railroad premises twentyfive 25 cents per 100 pounds Tyitli a minimum charge of twentyfive 25 cents 90 On carload shipments placed on delivery tracks 5 per day in addition to the regular demurrage charges Section BOn shipments of the less dangerous and relatively safe explosives i e Ammunition for Cannon with empty Projectiles Ammunition for Cannon with Sand Loaded Projectiles Ammunition for Cannon without Projectiles Smokeless Powder for Cannon Common Fireworks Special Fireworks SmallArms Ammunition Cannon Primers SmallArms Primers Percussion Fuzes and Time or Combination Fuzes or less than carload shipments of Dangerous Articles other than Explosives requiring Red Yellow Green or White I C C labels unloaded in or on railroad premises ten 10 cents per 100 pounds with a minimum charge of ten 10 cents On carload shipments placed on delivery tracks 2 per day in addition to the regular demurrage charges By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candleb On and after October 11912 each railroad company operating in Georgia shall keep conspicuously posted at each of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia the following notice ATTENTION IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING PASSENGER RULES OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA In order to avoid repetition it is only necessary to state that the Passenger rules provided in this General Order are the regular passenger rules of the Commission and will he found beginning on page 52 of this report Rates on Stoves Stove Plates Stove Furniture and Hollowware Including the Necessary Pipe Effective with this Circular rates on Stoves Stove Plates Stove Furniture and Hollowware including the Necessary Pipe between the points named below shall be made upon the following basis Secretary Chairman Office of the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta July 12 1912 File 10663 GENERAL ORDER No 22 NOTICE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA J P Bbown Chairman H Wabneb Hill Jos M Bbown Geo F Montgomeby Secretary Atlanta Ga July 19 1905 CIRCULAR 309 91 On less than carload shipments for distances less than 100 miles use 6th class plus one cent for distances in excess of 100 miles use 6th class less one cent On carload shipments for distances less than 100 miles use seventyfive per cent of 6thi class plus one cent for distances in excess of 100 miles use seventyfive per cent of 6th class less one cent BETWEEN Atlanta Athens Augusta Brunswick Columbus Dalton Macon Rockmart Rome Savannah AND Adel Empire Pidcock Adrian Everett Pitts Albany Fitzgerald Quitman Americus Fort Gaines Rockmart Arlington Fort Valley Rome Athens Griffin Sandersville Atlanta Harris Savannah Augusta Hawkinsville Sparks Bainbridge Haylow Statesboro Bremen Helena Stillmore Brunswick Jesup Swainsboro Carters ville LaGrange Tennille Cedartown Macon Thomaston Collins Madison Thomas ville Columbus Marietta Tifton Cordele Meldrim Valdosta Covington Milledgeville Vidalia Culloden Millen Vienna Cuyler Montezuma Washington Dalton Moultrie Waycross Dawson Newnan Wloodbury Dublin Elberton Offerman Worth To and from all local stations not named above the rates shall be made upon the lowest combination by the use of the rates herein published This Circular shall become effective August 19 1905 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery J P Brown Secretary Chairman RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA H Warner Hill Chairman Jos M Brown L Commissioners O B Stevens J Geo F Montgomery Secretary Atlanta Ga January 20 1906 CIRCULAR No 315 Whereas on the eleventh day of May 1905 the Railroad Commission approved a schedule of rates submitted by the several lines of railway interested 92 therein which rates were to apply between the various cities in Georgia usually referred to as common points with the provision that these rates would be applicable to the Southern Classification it is now Ordered That in so far as the Southern Classification is applicable to these rates said Southern Classification is hereby formally adopted as the classification of the Railroad Commission in so far as the same is to be applied to the rates above referred to and no change in said classification which will affect the rates of freight as per the schedule of rates herein first referred to shall be allowed without the consent of this Commission first being obtained The Southern Classification herein referred to is Southern Classification No 34 without amendments said Classification No 34 being issued to take effect January 10 1906 This order shall become effective at once By order of the Board Geo F Montgomery H W Hill Secretary Chairman 93 CIRCULARS The following circulars contain the amendments of the rates rules and other regulations published in the 40th Report of the Commission which amendments are carried forward in their proper places in this Report RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Chas Murphey Candler Chairman Geo Hillyer ViceChairman Joseph F Gray Paul B Trammell J A Perry Campbell Wallace Secretary J P Webster Rate Expert Commissioners CIRCULAR NO 373 Atlanta Ga June 16 1913 Passenger Tariff of the Bowdon Railway Company The Bowdon Railway Company is hereby transferred from Passenger Tariff Class D to Passenger Tariff Class E of the Commissioners Passenger Tariff Classification and is allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than the rate prescribed by said Class E Freight and Passenger Tariffs of the Elberton Eastern Railway Company The Elberton Eastern Railway Company is hereby placed in Class D of the Commissioners Freight Tariff Classification of Railroads and Class E of the Commissioners Passenger Tariff Classification and said railway is allowed to charge for the transportation of freights and passengers no more than the rates prescribed by said classes respectively Passenger Tariff of the Savannah Southern Railway Company The Savannah Southern Railway Company is hereby transferred from Passenger Tariff Class D to Passenger Tariff Class E of the Commissioners Passenger Tariff Classification and is allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than the rates prescribed by said Class E 94 Passenger Tariff of the Waycross Western Railroad Company The Waycross Western Railroad Company is hereby transferred from Passenger Tariff Class E of the Commissioners Passenger Tariff Classification to Special Group and said railroad is allowed to charge for the transportation of passengers no more than 5 cents per mile with a minimum charge of 25 cents Classification The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Glassification of Freights are hereby adopted CR OR CR OR Change item reading to a minimum distance Cars and Locomotives of 75 miles for each viz line handling and gov Cars standard gauge erned by mileage shown on their own whteels in this report viz Change items reading Basis for calculation Iron Flues 4 of freight Mileage Tubing boiler L C L 6 rates between points Same C L of 6 governed by this Clas To read sification will be com Iron and Steel Articles puted upon the basis viz of the shortest allrail Boiler flues or tubing standard gauge mileage L C L 6 via available routes of Same C L of 6 transportation subject Change items now reading to a minimum distance Soapstone crude C L of 75 miles and gov min wt 25000 lbs erned by mileage shown see Rule 12 P in this report Soapstone packed 2 4 To read Talc 6 Cars and Locomotives Facings iron or coal in bbls or sacks L C L 6 Cars standard gauge Facings iron or coal in on their own wheels bbls or sacks C L A viz To read Basis for calculation Facings foundry apply of freight Mileage Soapstone rates rates between points Soapstone crude C L governed by this Clas min Wt 25000 lbs P sification will be com Soapstone in kegs bar puted upon the basis rels casks or sacks of the shortest allrail L C L 6 standard gauge mileage Same C L A via available routes of Talc apply Soapstone transportation subject rates Express Rates over Gainesville Northwestern Railroad Company The following Special Merchandise Tariff covering merchandise rates only is allowed Express Companies operating over the Gainesville Northwestern Railroad Company 95 Miles Per 100 5 30c 10 35c 15 40c 20 45c 25 50c 30 55c 35 55c 40 60c The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Express are hereby adopted Milk minimum charge 15c See Milk Tariff This Circular shall be in effect on and after July 1 1913 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candleb Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR NO 374 Atlanta Ga August 1 1913 Freight Tariff of the Register Glennville Railway The Register Glennville Railway is hereby transferred from Freight Tariff Class C to Freight Tariff Class D of the Commissioners Freight Tariff Classification and said railway is allowed to charge for the transportation of freight no more than the rates prescribed by said Class D Freight Tariff of the Atlanta Stone Mountain Lithonia Railway Company Eliminate Freight Tariff of the Georgia Granite Railroad Company Eliminate FREIGHT RULES Freight Rule No 34 is hereby amended to read as follows Rule 34 Railroad companies are required to make an allowance equal to the actual weight thereof subject to a maximum allowance of 1000 pounds for linings 96 floorings strippings staking or dunnage placed in or on cars by shippers used for the protection of property in transit requiring their use Provided that in no case shall less than the specified minimum carload weight be charged for on the property contained in or on the car subject to the provisions of Freight Rule No 19 Provided further that shippers shall indicate on their shipping instructions the actual weight of the dunnage used and any weight in excess of one thousand pounds shall be charged for at the rate applicable to the shipment to protect which th linings floorings strippings staking or dunnage is used PASSENGER RULES Rule 3 A minimum charge of 10 cents is hereby provided to apply in connection with Passenger Rule 3 prescribing excess baggage rates The following is hereby adopted as Passenger Rule 3A Rule 3A No common carrier shall be required to accept for transportation as baggage within this State under the provisions of Rule 3 any piece of baggage the greatest dimensions of which exceeds seventytwo 72 inches Provided that this rule shall not apply to immigrant baggage checked at port of landing whips in flexible cases and public entertainment paraphernalia No common carrier shall be required to accept for transportation as baggage within this State under the provisions of Rule 3 any trunk or other rigid container having more than two bulging sides or with two bulging sides not opposite to each bther No common carrier shall be required to accept for transportation as baggage within this State under the provisions of Rule 3 whips in flexible cases which exceed ninety 90 inches in length or twelve 12 inches in diameter at the base or one hundred 100 pounds in weight Subject to the provisions of Rule 3 any common carrier within this State may charge for any piece of baggage except immigrant baggage checked at port of landing whips in flexible cases and public entertainment paraphernalia any dimension of which exceeds fortyfive 45 inches an additional sum for each additional inch equal to the charge for five 5 pounds of excess weight gable or dome shaped ends or similar protuberances to be included in the measurements Passenger Rule No 9 is hereby amended to read as follows Rule 9 All passenger waiting rooms and passenger cars in use by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with drinking water and suitable sanitary or sterilized drinking cups and shall be so lighted heated ventilated and equipped 97 as to render the occupancy of the same reasonably comfortable the circumstances for each case being considered The drinking cups provided for in this order shall be placed or kept so as to be at all times easily accessible to passengers and may be supplied from a dispensing or vending machine and for each a charge of not exceeding one cent may be made by the railroad company whose duty it is made to supply the same Classification The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted CR OR 6 This Circular shall be in effect on and after Sept 1 1913 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR NO 375 Atlanta Ga August 26 1913 Passenger Rule No 9 published in Circular No 374 effective September 1 1913 is hereby repealed and the following rule effective October 1 1913 substituted in lieu thereof Rule 9 All passenger waitingrooms and passengercars in use by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with drinkingwater and shall be so lighted heated ventilated and equipped as to render the occupants of the same reasonably comfortable the circumstances of each case being considered All passenger waitingrooms at junction points and passengercars in use by railroads in this State shall be kept supplied with suitable sanitary or sterilized drinkingcups which shall be placed or kept so as to be at all times easily accessible to passengers and may be supplied from a dispensing or vending machine and for each a charge of not exceeding one cent may be made by the railroad company whose duty it is made to supply the same By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candles jj Secretary Chairman 98 CIRCULAR NO 376 Atlanta Ga October 15 1913 Circular No 376 is hereby amended to read as follows Table of Commodity Rates on Ground Powdered or Pulverized Limestone Whitestone or Marble C L Min Wt 60000 lbs Subject to Freight Rule No 27 Effective November 15 1913 the following rates on ground or pulverized Limestone or Marble are established as the maximum rates of the Railroad Commission of Georgia Distance Rates Distance Rates In cts per ton In cts per ton Miles of 2000 lbs Miles of 2000 lbs 5 25 180 110 10 30 190 110 15 35 200 115 20 40 210 115 25 45 220 120 30 50 230 120 35 55 240 125 40 60 250 125 45 60 260 130 50 65 270 135 60 70 280 140 70 75 290 145 80 80 300 150 90 85 310 155 100 85 320 160 HO 90 330 165 120 95 340 170 130 100 350 175 140 100 360 180 150 100 370 185 160 105 380 190 170 105 390 195 400 200 This Circular shall be in effect on and after November 15 1913 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman 99 CIRCULAR NO 377 Atlanta Ga October 15 1913 Freight Rules The first paragraph of the Commissions Storage Rule No 2 is hereby amended to read as follows Legal notice as herein understood and intended may be either served by mail or personally and the leaving of notice at the consignees residence or usual place of doing business shall also be considered personal notice In case of carload shipments such notice must show the contents point of origin the initials and number or numbers of the car or cars containing the same and if the shipment has been transferred en route the initials and number or numbers of the car or cars in which originally shipped and from which transferred In case of less than carload shipments such notice must show the point of origin the character of the freight in question the weight and the amount of charges due thereon Classification The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classifica tion of Freights are hereby adopted CR ORJ CR OR Change item now reading been used for fertilizers or Limestone ground other articles containing same as Lime acids must not be used To read Peas N 0 S in bags Limestone ground barrels or boxes 5 same as Lime For Change item now reading special rates on C L Soap common in boxes 6 R shipmentsSee circu To read lar 376 Soap in boxes or bar Change items now reading rels 6 R Peas in boxes 2 Change item now reading Peas in bags or barrels Stoves Stove Plates same as Grain Furniture and Hollow To read ware including the Peas Cow in bags bar necessary pipe L C rels or boxes See L 1 Note D Same C L 3 Note Bags must be To read made of burlap not less Stoves Stove Plates than 10 ounces per yard Furniture and Hollow or cloth and be sufficiently ware including the strong and so closely woven necessary pipe L C and stitched as to carry L 1 3 contents safely and prevent Same C L 3 5 sifting Bags which have 100 Express Rates over Elberton Eastern Railway The following Special Merchandise Tariff covering merchandise rates only is allowed Express Companies operating over the Elberton Eastern Railway The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Express are hereby adopted Change item now reading Dogs in boxes at actual weight or securely chained at 100 lbs This Circular shall be in effect on and after November 15 1913 and repeals everything in conflict By order of th Commission This case being at issue upon complaint and answers on file and having been duly heard and submitted by the parties and full investigation of the matters and things involved having been had and the Commission being of the opinion from the whole record that the present rate adjustment between certain common points in Georgia and Pelham Georgia is unjustly and unlawfully discriminatory against Pelham and unduly preferential to Thomasville and Albany it is Ordebed That the Central of Georgia Railway Company the Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad Company the Southern Railway Company the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company be and they are hereby notified and required on or before January 1st 1914 to cease and desist from charging and collecting class and commodity rates Miles 5 10 15 20 25 30 Per 100 lbs 30c 35c 40c 45c 50c 55c D A each 1 A Campbell Wallace Secretary C M Candler Chairman CIRCULAR NO 378 Atlanta Ga October 15 1913 Freight Rates to and From Pelham Ga 101 on shipments moving between Pelham Georgia and Atlanta Athens Augusta Columbus Rome Dalton Macon and Milledgeville in excess of the class and commodity rates simultaneously in effect on like traffic between said points and Thomasville between Brunswick and Savannah and Pelham no higher than the following differentials over the class rates simultaneously in effect between said Ports and Albany Ga shall be charged 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F 3 3 3 2 2 l r r l 1 2 2 Commodity rates between Savannah and Brunswick and Pelham to be published on basis of class rate differentials over Albany Ga This order shall be made effective on the date above shown January 1 1914 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candleb Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR No 379 Atlanta Ga October 15 1913 Freight Rates to and From Camilla Ga This case being at issue upon complaint and answers on file and having been duly heard and submitted by the parties and full investigation of the matters and things involvedTiaving been had and the Commission being of the opinion from the whole record that the present rate adjustment between certain common points in Georgia and Camilla Georgia is unjustly and unlawfully discriminatory against Camilla and unduly preferential to Thomasville and Albany it is Obdebed That the Central of Georgia Railway Company the Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad Company the Southern Railway Company the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company be and they are hereby notified and required on or before January 1st 1914 to cease and desist from charging and collecting class and commodity rates on shipments moving between Camilla Georgia and Atlanta Athens Augusta Columbus Rome Dalton Macon and Milledgeville in excess of the class and commodity rates simultaneously in effect on like traffic between said points and Thomasville between Brunswick and Savannah and Camilla no higher than the following differentials over the class rates simultaneously in effect between said Ports and Albany Ga shall be charged 12 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 102 Commodity rates between Savannah and Brunswick and Camilla to be published on basis of class rate differentials over Albany Ga This order shall be made effective on the date above shown January 1 1914 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR No 380 Atlanta Ga October 15 1913 Freight Rates to and From Cuthbert Ga This case being at issue upon complaint and answers on file and having been duly heard and submitted by the parties and full investigation of the matters and things involved having been had and the Commission being of the opinion from the whole record that the present rate adjustment between certain common points in Georgia and Cuthbert Georgia is unjustly and unlawfully discriminatory against Cuthbert and unduly preferential to Dawson Ga it is Ordered That the Central of Georgia Railway the Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad Company the Georgia Railroad the Southern Railway Company the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company be and they are hereby notified and required on or before January 1st 1914 to cease and desist from charging and collecting class and commodity rates on shipments moving between Cuthbert and Atlanta Athens Augusta Rome Dalton Brunswick and Savannah Ga in excess of the following differentials over the class rates simultaneously in effect between said common points and Dawson Ga 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F 5 5 4 iT 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 Commodity rates between said common points and Cuthbert to be on basis of class rate differential above prescribed over Dawson Georgia This order shall be made effective on the date above shown January 1 1914 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman 103 CIRCULAR No 381 Atlanta Ga January 12 1914 FREIGHT RULES Freight Rule No 23 is hereby amended to read as follows A charge of no more than two dollars 200 per car without regard to its weight or contents will be allowed for switching or transferring a loaded car from any point on any railroad to any connecting railroad or to any warehouse side track or other customary point of delivery that may be designated by the consignor except to or from team tracks within a distance of three miles from the point of starting When in the transfer or switching of a car between such points it is necessary to pass over the track or tracks of any intermediate railroad or railroads said maximum charge of two dollars shall be equitably divided between the railroads at interest In addition to the switching charge above provided an additional charge of two dollars per car will be allowed on each loaded car for public team track origin or delivery when destined for or received from a connecting carrier When a charge is made for the transfer or switching of a loaded car between such points no additional charge shall be made for the accompanying movement of the empty car in the opposite direction A Switching or Transfer service as referred to in this rule means the switching of a loaded car preceding or following a transportation service for which legal freight charges are to be or have already been earned Freight Rule No 23A Is hereby amended to read as follows The following charges per car without regard to its weight or contents will be allowed for the transportation of loaded cars in intraterminal service except to and from team tracks of connecting carriers within the customary industrial switching limits to wit 1 For a car loaded on the terminal including team tracks to be unloaded on the terminal of the same carrier three dollars 300 2 For a car loaded on the terminal of one carrier to be unloaded on the terminal of another carrier where only two carriers are interested four dollars 400 to be divided as follows Initial Carrier 200 Delivering Carrier 200 3 For a car loaded on the terminal of one carrier to be unloaded on the terminal of another carrier where three carriers are interested five dollars 500 to be divided as follows Initial Carrier 200 Intermediate Carrier 100 1 Delivering Carrier 200 104 When loaded cars are for delivery or originate on team tracks of connecting carriers an additional charge of 200 per car will be allowed the carrier performing the service to or from its team track When a charge is made for the transportation of a loaded car between such points no additional charge shall be made for the accompanying movement of the empty car in the opposite direction STORAGE RULES Storage Rule No 14 is hereby amended to read as follows Subject to the provisions of Freight Rules Nos 23 and 23A each railroad company in this State is required to accept from any connecting road of same gauge any and all cars proper for transportation that may he tendered it by such connecting line and shall within twentyfour hours exclusive of Sundays and Legal Holidays after tender is made place such car or cars at an accessible point for loading or unloading same on any side track or team track on its line that may be designated by order of the shipper or consignee at interest For a violation of any provision of this Rule the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the party whose interest is affected the sum of one dollar per car per day for each day or fraction of a day such violation continues This circular shall be in effect on and after March 1 1914 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candles Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR No 382 Atlanta Ga January 12 1914 Freight Rates to and From Douglas Ga This case being at issue upon complaint and answers on file and having been duly heard and submitted by the parties and full investigation of the matters and things involved having been had and the Commission being of the opinion from the whole record that the present rate adjustment between certain common points in Georgia and Douglas Ga is unjustly and unlawfully discriminatory against Douglas and unduly preferential to Waycross it is Ordered That the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company Georgia Florida Railway Georgia Southern Florida Railway Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Southern Railway Company Seaboard Air Line 105 Railway and Central of Georgia Railway Company be and they are hereby notified and required on or before March 1 1914 to cease and desist from charging and collecting class and commodity rates on shipments moving between Douglas Ga and Atlanta Macon Rome Dalton Athens and Columbus Ga in excess of the class and commodity rates simultaneously in effect on like traffic between said Atlanta Macon Rome Dalton Athens and Columbus Ga and Waycross Ga This circular shall be in effect on and after March 1 1914 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell allace C M Candler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR No 383 Atlanta Ga January 12 1914 General Rules General Rule No 6 of the Railroad Commission of Georgia is hereby amended to read as follows If between any two points in Georgia there are two or more routes whether composed of the lines of one or more companies the rate for any service via any of such routes between such points may be reduced to correspond with the lowest rate for similar service in effect between the said points without making reductions at intermediate points Provided that where such a reduction is made in the rate for the carriage of freight between any two points by any railroad or connecting line of railroad a relative reduction shall be made to all intermediate points where conditions and circumstances are substantially similar Any rate to or from any Georgia point may be so reduced as to place such Georgia point on an equality with any competitive point in another State without making any reduction in rates to or from other stations not similarly situated with respect to such competitive rates Storage Rules Storage Rule No 1A of the Railroad Commission of Georgia is hereby amended to read as follows Upon the arrival at destination of any and all freights the delivering line shall within twentyfour hours thereafter give to consignees thereof legal notice of such arrival and the giving of such legal notice as hereinafter defined shall be a condition precedent to the collection by railroad companies of any storage charges upon any shipment notice of arrival of which has not been thus served 106 upon the consignee and no storage charges shall be assessed nor collected other than as authorized by these rules For failure to give such legal notice of arrival the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the consignee so offended the sum of one dollar per car per day on carload shipments and one cent per hundred pounds per day on less than carload shipments for each day during which the terms of this rule are not complied with Storage Rule No 12 of the Railroad Commission of Georgia is hereby amended to read as follows Railroad companies are required to make prompt delivery of all freights upon the arrival thereof at destination For failure to deliver freights at its freight depot or to place loaded cars at an accessible point for unloading the same within fortyeight hours exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays computed from seven oclock A M the day after the arrival of same at destination over its line the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the shipper or consignee of such goods one dollar per car per day on carload shipments and one cent per hundred pounds per day on less than carload shipments for each day or fraction thereof that such delivery is so delayed Storage Rule No 13 of the Railroad Commission of Georgia is hereby amended to read as follows If upon arrival at the destination of car the consignee named in the bill of lading should desire the same placed upon some side track which is located on another line of road the railroad which brought the car to the destination named in the billing shall upon receipt of direction so to do as per Storage Rule No 4 and within twentyfour hours after the receipt of such notice deliver such car to the line upon which the designated side track or team track is located And if it be necessary in reaching the designated side track or team track to pass over the tracks of two or more railroads the initial line shall make delivery as above to its connection and each succeeding line shall do likewise that will cause the quickest and most feasible delivery to the designated track and in no case shall more than seventytwo hours be allowed in effecting such delivery And the provisions of this Rule shall likewise apply to any car which is loaded on a side track or team track of one railroad to be transported to destination by some other line of road For a violation of any provision of this Rule the railroad company at fault shall within thirty days after demand in writing is made therefor pay to the consignee or party whose interest is affected the sum of one dollar per car per day for each day or fraction of a day such violation continues Freight Rates Effective December 1 1913 as per formal order of the Commission dated November 12 1913 the following table of mileage rates on cotton sea island 107 in the seed were made effective between all Georgia stations on the following lines of railway Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Seaboard Air Line Railway Georgia Southern Florida Railway Company Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad and Southern Railway Company Cotton Sea Island Cotton Sea Island Distance in the seed packed in the seed packed Miles in bags L C L in bags or in bulk C L min wt 20000 lbs 5 OO 80 10 8 80 15 8 94 20 8 99 25 8 105 30 8 110 35 9 118 40 9 121 45 10 127 50 10 132 55 11 138 60 11 143 65 11 149 70 11 154 75 11 160 80 11 165 85 11 171 90 11 176 95 11 182 100 11 187 110 12 197 120 12 207 130 12 217 140 12 227 150 12 237 160 13 247 170 13 247 180 13 247 190 13 247 200 13 247 L C L rates apply per hundred pounds C L rates apply per ton of 2000 pounds Above rates not subject to Freight Rule No 27 Classification The following changes in and additions to the Commissioners Classification of Freights are hereby adopted 108 CR ORI Add under Furniture L C L Display or Wall Cases or Cabinets unglazed in bdxes or crates 1 Change items now reading Logs for saw mills C L min wt 24000 lbs P Logs for chair timber not over 4 y2 ft long C L min wt 24000 lbs P less 20 per cent Logs green pine not over 4 ft in length carloads cars to be loaded to full visible capacity and billed by the cord class P rates based on 8 cords excess in same proportion per cord To read Logs not hewn nor sawn nor piling nor poles and short length blocks round or split when for manufacture and product reshipped per car of 40000 pounds P This change to become effective July 1 1914 Add note immediately following Scrap Iron description as follows Articles taking scrap iron rates must be scrapped in such a way that the articles moving can not again be used for the purposes for which they were orig CR I oR irially intended for use when new Change item now reading Shingles metallic boxed L C L 4 Same C L 6 To read Shingles Metal other than iron steel or tin in boxes L C L 4 Same C L 6 Iron steel or tin in boxes or crates L C L 5 Same in packages named straight or mixed C L min wt 20000 lbs 6 Change item reading Show or Display Cases and Cabinets viz Glazed or unglazed crated or boxed not taken unless crated or boxed S U L C L D1 Same K D L C L U To read Show Cases Display or Wall Cases and Cabinets Show Cases glazed or unglazed Display or Wall Cases and Cabinets glazed in boxes or crates S U L C L D1 Same K D L C L lj Change item now reading Soap in boxes or barrels 6 R To read Soap common 6 R Express Classification The following changes in and additions to of Express are hereby adopted Change item now reading the Commissioners Classification Dogs in boxes at actual weight or securely chained at 100 lbs each t To read M1tA Dogs in crates boxes or kennels actual weight ltA Dogs on chains estimated weight 100 lbs each D a 109 This circular shall be in effect on and after February 1 1914 except wherein specifically provided otherwise and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR No 384 Atlanta Ga February 25 1914 To All Common Carriers in Georgia Circular No 381 issued January 12th 1914 effective March 1st 1914 is hereby suspended until further order of the Commission amended Storage Rule No 13 as issued in Circular No 383 is likewise suspended until further order of the Commission The Commission has assigned for further hearing at its meeting to be held on April 28th 1914 at 10 oclock A M the entire question of team track delivery and on that date will afford all interested parties further opportunity of being heard with respect to the charge for such service as well as the requirement that such service be performed by the carriers By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candler Secretary Chairman CIRCULAR No 385 Atlanta Ga March 11 1914 Freight Rates to and From Ocilla Ga This case being at issue upon complaint and answers on file and having been duly heard and submitted by the parties and full investigation of the matters and things involved having been had and the Commission being of the opinion from the whole record that the present commodity rate adjustment between certain common points in Georgia and Ocilla Ga is unjustly and unlawfully discriminatory against Ocilla and unduly preferential to Fitzgerald it is Ordered That the Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad Company Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Georgia Railroad Georgia Florida Railway Seaboard Air Line Railway Southern Railway Company and Central of Georgia Railway Company be and they are hereby notified and directed on or before May 1st 1914 to cease and desist from charging and collecting 110 commodity rates on shipments moving between Ocilla Ga and Atlanta Athens Augusta Macon Rome Dalton Columbus Savannah and Brunswick Ga in excess of the class differentials over commodity rates in effect between Atlanta Athens Augusta Macon Rome Dalton Columbus Savannah and Brunswick Ga and Fitzgerald Ga It is further Obdebed That the said carriers establish between Ocilla and the points above enumerated the same descriptive list of commodity rates as applicable to and from Fitzgerald Ga This circular shall be in effect on and after May 1st 1914 and repeals everything in conflict By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace G M Candles Secretary Chairman Ill PASSENGER TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF RAILROADS Each Company doing business as a common carrier of passengers in this State is allowed to charge as maximum passenger fare the rates prescribed by the Passenger Tariff Class below in which such Company is placed Class A Atlanta West Point R R Co Class C Alabama Great Southern R R Co Atlantic Coast Line R R Co Central of Georgia Ry Co Charleston Western Carolina Ry Co Class D 3 Cents per mile 2 Cents per mile Western Atlantic R R 2Yz Cents per mile Georgia Railroad Georgia Southern Florida Ry Seaboard Air Line Railway Southern Railway Co Co Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic R R Co Augusta Southern R R Co Brinson Railway Chattanooga Southern R R Co Fitzgerald Ocilla Broxton R R Co Flint River Northeastern R R Co Gainesville Northwestern R R Co Gainesville Midland Ry Co Georgia and Florida Railway Georgia Florida Alabama Ry Co Georgia Northern Ry Co Georgia Southwestern Gulf Ry Hawkinsville Florida Southern Ry Class E 4 Blakely Southern Railroad Bowdon Railway Company Elberton Eastern Railway Company Florida Central R R Co Greene County Railroad Co Hartwell Railway Co Milltown Air Line Railway Co Louisville Nashville R R Macon Birmingham Ry Co Macon Dublin Savannah R R Co Register Glennville Ry Co Rome Northern Railroad Co Savannah Statesboro Ry Co Savannah Augusta Northern Railway Co South Georgia Ry Co Union Point White Plains R R Co Valdosta Moultrie Western Railroad Co Wadley Southern Ry Co Wrightsville Tennille R R Co Cents per mile Ocilla Southern Railroad Co Pelham Havana Railroad Savannah Southern Railway Co Shearwood Railway Co Sparks Western Railroad Co Statenville Railway Co Sylvania Girard R R Co Special Group Atlantic Waycross Northern R R Co 5 cents per mile maximum charge of 50 cents Flemington Hinesville Western R R Co 5 cents per mile minimum charge 25 cents Flovilla Indian Springs Ry allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Co 4 cents per mile except between Glennville and Ludowici Irwinton Railway Co 5 cents per mile minimum charge of 25 cents Lexington Terminal R R allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents Louisville Wadley R R Co 4 cents per mile with minimum 50 cents between Louisville and Wadley and 25 cents between Moxley and Louisville and between Moxley and Wadley Sandersville R R allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents Smithsonia Dunlap R R allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents Talbotton R R Co allowed a minimum charge of 25 cents Tallulah Falls Ry Co 3 cents per mile Waycross Southern R R Co 5 cents per mile minimum charge 25 cents Waycross Western R R Co 5 cents per mile minimum charge 25 cents 112 FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF RAILROADS For Freight Tariffs See Corresponding Numbers on Opposite Page Class A Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co Atlanta Northern Railway Co Georgia Railroad Lexington Terminal Railroad Co Monroe Railroad Co Union Point White Plains Railroad Co Western and Atlantic Railroad Co Class B Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co Class C Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic R R Co Central of Georgia Railway Co Georgia Southern and Florida Ry Co Hartwell Ry Co Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Louisville Nashville Railroad Seaboard Air Line Railway Southern Railway Co Wrightsville Tennille Railroad Co Class D Atlantic Waycross Northern Railroad Co Augusta Southern Railroad Co Blakely Southern Railroad Bowdon Railway Company Brinson Railway Charleston and Western Carolina Ry Co Chattanooga Southern Railroad Co Elberton Eastern Railway Companj Fitzgerald Ocilla and Broxton Railroad Co Flemington Hinesville Western R R Co Flint River Northeastern Railroad Florida Central Railroad Company Flovilla and Indian Springs Ry Co Gainesville Northwestern R R Co Gainesville Midland Railway Co Georgia Florida Railway Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Co Georgia Florida and Alabama Ry Co Georgia Northern Railway Co Georgia Southwestern Gulf Ry Greene County Railroad Co Hawkinsville Florida Southern Ry Irwinton Railway Co Louisville and Wadley Railroad Co Macon and Birmingham Ry Co Macon Dublin Savannah Railroad Co Milltown Air Line Railway Millstead Railroad Co Ocilla Pinebloom Valdosta Railway Co Ocilla Southern Railroad Co Rome Northern Railroad Pelham Havana Railroad Co Register and Glennville Railroad Sandersville Railroad Co Savannah and Statesboro Railway Co Savannah Augusta Northern Railway Co Savannah Southern Railway Co Shearwood Railway Co Smithsonia and Dunlap Railroad Co South Georgia Railway Co Sparks Western Railroad Co Statenville Railway Company Sylvania and Girard Railroad Co Talbotton Railroad Co Tallulah Falls Railway Co Tifton Terminal Co Valdosta Moultrie Western Railroad Co Wadley Southern Railway Co Waycross Southern Railroad Co Waycross Western R R Co On Stone Granite and Marble viz Blocks and slabs including furniture marble labs for interior finish and grave and monumental work rough dressed or finishefl unierered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L Class P plus 25 per cent un ame L C L 23 of 6 113 FREIGHT TARIFF CLASSES Each company doing business as a common carrier of freights in this State is allowed ta apply the Standard Freight Tariff subject to the conditions of the Freight Tariff Class below in which such company is placed CLASS A The Standard Tariff without percentage class b On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added On Classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added CLASS C On classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A E G H L N O the Standard Tariff with twenty five per cent added On classes B K M R the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added CLASS D On Classes 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B E G H K L M N O and R For 40 miles and under the Standard Tariff with fifty per cent added for 70 miles and over 40 miles the Standard Tariff with forty per cent added for 100 miles and over 70 miles the Standard Tariff with thirty per cent added over 100 miles the Standard Tariff with twenty per cent added On Classes C D F J and P the Standard Tariff without percentage On Lime and Ice the Standard Tariff with ten per cent added fr 10 15 20 25 30 85 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 860 870 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 STANDARD TARIFF PER 100 POUNDS Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per 100 Lbs 3 4 5 6 A B c D E F G H Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts 10 8 7 6 6 6 41 31 7 9 24 8 13 10 9 8 8 8 5i 5 9 Hl H 10 15 12 11 9 9 9 6 51 11 124 3 12 16 14 12 10 10 10 7 6 12 14 5 14 18 16 13 11 11 11 n 64 13 15 61 16 19 17 14 11 11 11 n 61 14 15 6 17 21 19 15 12 12 12 8 71 15 164 64 19 22 20 16 12 12 12 8 7 16 164 64 20 24 21 17 13 13 13 81 8 17 171 H 21 25 22 18 13 13 13 84 8 18 171 7 22 26 23 19 14 14 14 9 84 19 18 7 23 27 24 19 14 14 14 9 19 18 74 24 28 25 20 15 15 15 94 9 20 19 74 25 29 26 20 15 15 15 n 9 20 19 74 26 80 27 S1 16 16 16 10 91 21 20 74 27 31 28 21 16 16 16 10 21 20 74 28 32 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 211 74 29 33 29 22 17 17 17 11 10 22 214 8 29 34 30 23 18 18 18 111 11 23 28 8 30 35 30 23 18 18 18 m 11 23 23 8i 30 37 31 24 19 19 19 19 11 24 23 84 81 39 32 25 20 20 20 13 12 25 24 84 32 41 88 26 21 2t 21 13 12 26 25 83 43 34 27 22 22 22 13 13 27 26 9 34 45 35 28 23 23 23 14 13 28 28 9 35 46 36 29 24 24 24 14 13 29 29 94 86 47 87 30 25 25 25 15 14 30 31 94 37 48 38 31 26 26 26 15 14 1 31 94 38 49 39 32 27 27 27 16 15 32 33 ni 39 50 40 32 27 27 27 16 151 32 33 9 40 51 41 33 28 28 28 17 18 33 34 9f 41 52 42 33 28 28 28 17 16 33 34 10 42 53 43 84 29 29 29 18 17 84 36 104 43 54 44 34 29 29 29 18 17 34 36 104 44 55 45 35 30 30 30 19 18 35 38 101 45 56 46 85 80 80 30 19 18 85 38 104 46 56 46 36 31 31 31 20 19 36 40 104 46 57 47 36 32 32 32 20 19 36 40 104 47 57 47 37 32 32 32 21 19 37 42 i4 47 58 48 38 33 33 33 21 19 30 42 11 48 58 48 38 33 33 31 21 19 38 42 11 48 59 49 39 34 34 34 21 20 39 42 11 49 59 49 89 34 34 34 22 20 39 44 11 49 59 49 39 34 4 34 22 20 9 44 11 49 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 11 50 60 50 40 35 85 35 23 21 40 46 ui 60 60 50 40 35 35 35 23 21 40 46 114 50 61 51 41 36 36 86 25 23 41 50 114 52 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 114 62 61 51 41 36 36 36 25 23 41 50 111 52 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 114 54 62 52 42 37 37 37 26 24 42 52 114 54 62 62 42 37 37 37 26 24 43 52 114 64 63 53 43 38 v 88 38 27 25 43 54 114 56 63 53 43 38 38 38 27 25 43 54 111 56 63 53 43 88 88 88 27 25 43 54 12 56 STANDARD TARIFF Per 100 Pounds Per Ton Per Car Load Per 100 Lbs Dis tance J K L M N 0 P R Miles Ots Ots Gts Cts Cts Cts Cts Cts 5 8 4 35 55 5 00 5 50 4 00 4 10 10 5 60 80 6 50 8 CO 5 00 5 15 12 H 65 85 7 50 9 00 6 00 H 20 13 6 60 90 8 00 10 00 7 00 6 25 14 6 65 95 9 00 11 00 8 00 6 30 15 7 70 1 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 7 35 16 n 75 1 C5 12 00 12 00 9 00 n 40 17 8 80 1 10 13 00 12 00 9 00 8 45 18 8 85 1 15 14 00 13 00 10 00 8 50 19 8 90 1 20 14 00 13 00 10 00 9 55 20 8 95 1 25 14 00 14 00 10 00 9 60 21 9 95 1 30 14 50 14 CO 11 00 10 65 22 9 1 00 1 35 15 50 15 00 11 00 10 70 22 9 1 00 1 40 16 00 15 00 11 00 11 75 23 n 1 05 l 45 16 50 16 00 12 00 11 80 23 1 10 1 50 17 00 16 00 12 00 12 85 24 n 1 15 1 65 17 50 17 00 13 00 12 90 24 n 1 15 1 60 18 00 17 00 13 00 13 95 25 10 1 20 1 65 19 00 17 00 14 00 14 too 25 10 1 20 1 70 20 00 17 00 14 00 14 110 26 10 1 25 1 80 21 00 18 00 14 00 15 120 27 10i 1 30 1 90 23 00 18 00 15 00 16 130 28 io 1 35 2 00 24 00 19 00 16 00 17 140 29 il 1 40 2 10 25 00 19 00 16 00 18 150 30 11 1 50 2 20 26 00 20 00 17 00 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 ISO 33 12 1 80 2 35 29 00 21 CO 19 00 20 190 34 13 1 90 2 40 29 50 22 00 19 00 20 200 35 13 2 00 2 45 30 00 22 00 20 00 20 210 36 13 2 10 2 50 31 00 23 00 20 00 21 220 37 14 2 20 2 55 31 50 23 00 21 00 21 230 38 14 2 30 2 65 32 00 23 00 21 00 21 240 39 14 2 40 2 65 33 00 24 00 22 00 22 250 40 15 2 50 2 75 33 50 24 00 22 00 22 260 41 15 2 60 2 75 34 00 24 00 22 00 22 270 42 15 2 70 2 85 34 50 25 00 23 00 22 280 43 16 2 80 2 85 35 00 25 00 23 00 23 290 44 16 2 90 2 95 36 00 25 00 24 00 23 300 45 16 2 95 3 00 36 50 26 00 24 00 23 310 46 17 3 05 3 10 37 00 26 00 24 00 23 320 47 17 3 05 3 20 88 00 26 00 24 00 24 330 48 17 3 15 3 30 38 50 27 00 25 00 24 340 49 17 8 15 3 40 39 00 27 00 25 00 24 350 50 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24 360 51 17 3 28 3 50 40 00 27 00 25 00 24 370 52 17 8 28 3 60 40 00 27 00 25 00 24 380 53 18 3 41 3 60 41 00 29 00 27 00 26 390 54 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 27 00 26 400 55 18 3 41 3 60 42 00 29 00 27 00 26 410 56 19 3 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 28 420 67 19 8 54 3 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 28 430 58 19 8 54 8 70 44 00 31 00 29 00 28 440 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 81 00 30 450 59 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 30 460 60 20 3 67 3 80 46 00 33 00 31 00 30 116 DIRECTIONS FOR COMPUTING RATES For tlie benefit of those who may not be familiar with the subject the following directions are given for the computation of rates from the Classification and Tariff of the Commission contained in this volume This can best be done by an actual exampleTake for instance a shipment of dry goods weighing 500 pounds from Savannah to Tennille Ga Tennille being on the line of the Central of Georgia Railway we turn to the distance tables of that company page 167 where the distance from Savannah to Tennille is shown to be 135 miles Turning to page 112 a classified list of railroads in Georgia is found the Central in Class C and on the opposite page 113 we find that on several classes of freight all roads in Class C are allowed to add 25 per cent to rates shown in the Standard Tariff Now turn to the Classification which begins on page 118 arranged in alphabetical order and under the head of D it will be seen that Dry Goods are in firstclass Turn to the Standard Tariff page 114 and follow down the first column which shows the miles There being no distance of 135 shown the next highest distance governs and opposite 140 miles in the next column this being the column for firstclass the rate is seen to be 57 cents per 100 pounds The road being allowed to add 25 per cent to this class and 25 per cent of 57 cents being 14 cents we find by adding the 57 and 14 together that the maximum rate is 71 cents per 100 pounds or on the 500pound shipment 355 Directions to Agents Regarding the Construction of Joint Rates Freight Rule No 27 provides that the maximum charge on a shipment which moves between two points both located in the State of Georgia but not located on the same road shall be 90 per cent of the sum of the local rates allowed to be charged by the roads handling the freight To illustrate on a shipment of freight taking first class the rate from Fairburn on the A W P R R to Covington on the Georgia R R will be arrived at as follows viz Take the A W P rate for first class Fairburn to Atlanta which is 20 cents from this deduct 10 per cent or 2 cents leaving 18 cents as proportion of 117 A W P for transporting joint shipment Fairburn to Covington to this add the Georgia E E rate from Atlanta to Covington 41 miles 27 cents less 10 per cent account joint shipment or 24 cents which represents Georgia E E proportion for hauling joint through shipment from Fairhurn to Covington making total through joint rate 42 cents Each railroad companys proportion in handling joint through shipments must be determined before adding together to arrive at the through joint rate and unless otherwise provided by proper division basis among the carriers which do not affect the total through joint rate paid by shipper or consignee the through joint rate will divide between the carriers as made The attention of agents is called to the fact that many of the roads are allowed to charge greater than the standard rates The classified list will he found on page 112 and on page 113 will be found the percentage of increase allowed to such roads and care should he taken to see that the standard rates are increased to the extent provided before the deduction of 10 per cent in arriving at joint or through rates 118 CLASSIFICATION OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Supersedes Classification Contained in 40th Report and all Amendments Thereto Revised to April 1 1914 EXPLANATION OF 1 represents First Class 2 represents Second Class 8 represents Third Class 4 represents Fourth Class 5 represents Fifth Class 6 represents Sixth Class 1 represents 1 times First Class D 1 represents Double First Class CHARACTERS 4 T 1 represents Four Times First Class A B C D E F and H etc represent Classes A B C D E F and H etc respectively L C L represents Less than Car Load C L represents Car Load N O S represents Not Otherwise Specified C R represents Carriers Risk O R represents Owners Risk CR 1 OR CR OR t Same K D 3 Elevators for Cotton manufactured of wood 4 6 and iron S U D1 Same K D 3 Evaporators Fruit 1 Evaporators Sugar iron set up 1 2 Same with legs or rockers detached 2 3 Fans Grain See Mills 11 1 Fanning 3T1 D 1 Feeders and Condensers Cotton Gin 2 3 1 2 Forks Hay and Manure 3 3 4 Furnaces Evaporator 1 4 Gins Cotton 2 3 3T1 D 1 Guano Horns tin N O S D 1 Guano Horns tin crated 3 11 1 Harrows and Harrow Frames 3 4 Harrow Teeth packed 6 3 Hay Caps 3 Hoes in bundles 3 11 1 Hoes without handles in barrels or casks 4 2 Horse Powers K D 2 3 Horse Powers Railroad 3 4 or Endless Chain Ik 3T1 D 1 Hullers Cotton Seed and Clover viz 2 S XL loose or on D 1 skids L C L Ik Agricultural Implements N O S O L 20000 lbs owners to load and unload Agricultural Implements L C Li as follows Brooders including necessary Lamp boxed or crated L C L Same C L min wt 15000 lbs Cleaners Cotton Seed Cradles Grain set up Cradles Grain K D in bundles or boxed Crushers Corn or Cob Cultivators K D Cultivators set up Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay set up Cutters Ensilage Straw and Hay K D and packed Distributors Guano set up Distributors Guano K D1 Drills Grain set up Drills Grain K packed D Dusters Bran K D packed Elevators Hay S U 119 S U in boxes or crates L C L K D in boxes bun dles or crates L C L In packages named loose or on skids C L 20000 lbs Incubators K D and packed or crated L C L Same C L min wt 15000 lbs Kettles pans and pots cast iron over 27 inches in diameter L C L Same C L min wt 20000 lbs Knives Hay packed Machines Hemp Machines Smut Machines N O S See Machines Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separate K D L C L Same partly boxed C L min wt 20000 lbs Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters whether combined or separated set up Purifiers Middlings Mills Burr stone Portable Mills Cider Mills Corn and Hominy Mills Cotton Seed Mills Cane and Sorghum Mills Fanning set up Mills Fanning K D Mills with Trains Sugar Mills N O S Mowers Lawn hand power not packed Same K D packed handles in bundles Pans Sugar Same as Evaporators Sugar Planters Corn and Cotton K D in bundles or boxes Planters Corn and Cotton set up CR OR Plow Handles and other Wood in shape for Implements boxed crated or bundled Plow Singletrees and Doubletrees Plow Irons and Mold Boards over 20 pounds each Plow Plates Points Wings Castings and Steel Same as Bar Iron Plows Gang and Sulky Plows set up N O S Plows N O S K D Presses Cider Presses Cotton set up Presses Cotton K D Presses Hay set up Same small and detachable parts removed and packed Iron castings for hay presses boxed Presses N O S Pruners Tree in bundles Rakes Hand in bundles CR 4 5 4 3T1 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 of 6 2 1 3 4 6 li 1 3T 1 D 1 3 4 3 4 2 5 3T1 1 li 1 3T 1 D 1 2 1 2 Rakes Horse set up 1 Same K D and well packed Rollers Field and Road Rollers Sugar Scrapers Road and Pond Scythes in bundles Scythes in boxes Snaths Scythe Separators Same as Threshers Shellers Corn 1 Shovels and Spades in bundles 3 Spreaders Manure set up li Spreaders Manure K D boxed 2 Threshers 1 Trains Sugar 3T1 Wheelbarrows Iron 3 Wheelbarrows Railroad li Wheelbarrows Wood set up 1 2 3 Wheelbarrows Wood K D and packed or bun11 1 died OR 5 D 1 2 5 1 3 2 1 D 1 1 3 M tO fcO CO CO CO 120 A Accoutrements Military Acids N O S Acids Carbolic Acids Dry Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed L C L Acids Muriatic and Sulphuric in carboys boxed C L Acid Sulphuric in iron casks Acid Sulphuric in tank cars Agate Granite or Enameled Ware iron or steel L C L Same C L Same in mixed C L with tinware same as Tinware Alcohol Same as Liquor Ale See Beer Ale Empties See Note under Waters aerated Almanacs and Trade Circulars Same as Printed Matter Alum in barrels or casks Alum N O S Ammonia Sulphate of same as Fertilizers Ammonia Waters See Waters Ammonia Water Casks returned empty Ammunition N O S Anchors Guy Same N O S Andirons packed Same unpacked Antimony Crude Antimony Metal Anvils Apples green See Fruit Apples dried See Fruit dried 1 Apple Butter See Butter Argols in boxes bbls or casks Arsenic crude in kegs boxes or barrels Asbestos in boxes kegs bags or bales L C L Asbestos in barrels or casks L C L CR OR 1 Asbestos in bbls or casks C L D 1 Asbestos Cement L C L 4 Asbestos Cement C L 3 Asbestos Ore L C L D1 2 Asbestos Ore C L Asbestos Packing in rolls or cases L C L 2 4 Asbestos Packing C L Asbestos Roofing in rolls or cases L C L 3 6 Asbestos Roofing C L Ashes and Meal Cotton 6 Seed See Cotton Seed Ashes Wood apply fer 2 tilizer rates Asphaltum packed L C L Asphaltum C L 4 Automobiles See Vehicles 6 Axes Axles and Wheels Car See Iron Bar Band etc Axles carriage and wagon See Iron Bar Band etc Axle Grease See Grease B Babbitt Metal Bacon See Meats Baggage Army 4 Baggage Personal Effects 6 in Trunks Bagging in rolls or bales N 0 S Bagging Oil Pres Bags Burlap Bags Cotton 1 Bag Gunny 4 Bags Paper 5 Bags Traveling 4 Baking Powders See Pow 5 der 3 Bale Rope 4 Balusters See Woodwork 5 Bananas See Oranges 4 etc under Fruit Band and Hat Boxes See Boxes Barilla Bark Ground in bags or bbls N 0 S 3 Bark Tan in sacks Bark Tan C L min wt 2 20000 lbs class P less 20 per cent 6 Barley See Grain Barley Pearl CR OR 3 6 4 L 6 A 5 4 1 1 B 6 6 6 6 1 5 3 5 5 3 FFrfF 121 Barrel and Box Material C L min wt 24000 lbs Barrel and Box Material L C L Barrels tight half Barrels Kegs and kits empty except Ale and Beer empties and loose barrels L O L Class It plus 20 per cent Same C L 10000 lbs Barrels half Barrels and Kegs empty Ale and Beer estimated weights barrel 100 lbs half barrel 50 lbs keg 30 lbs Barrels loose such as Lime Sugar Cement or Flour estimated weight 25 lbs Barrels iron See Iron and Steel Articles Barrels Paper nested packed Barrels Paper not nested Barytes L C L Barytes C L 25000 lbs Base Balls and Bats Baskets Cotton Pickers Split Nested Baskets N O S Baskets Fruit See Boxes Fruit Baskets wood splint with tops or handles nested or in bundles of four with ends placed in each other L C L Baskets nested Baskets Cotton Patent combination of Cloth and wood K D and packed together Baskets or cylindrical basket frames cotton patent combination of cloth and wood S XL nested center space filled with bags L C L Same without bags Same with or without bags C L Baskets Grate See Iron Bath Boilers See Boilers Bath Tubs See Tubs Batting Cotton in lots of 100 bales of 50 lbs each CR P 6 P E 1 1 6 3 3 6 6 OR CR Batting N O S See Cotton Beams See Spools Beans dried in boxes Same in barrels or sacks Bearings Brass See Brass Beauxite Ore Same as Clay Bed Cord See Rope Bed Springs See Springs Bedsteads See Furniture Bedsteads Brass See Furniture Beef canned packed See Canned Goods Beef See Meats Beer Empties returned See Note under Waters aerated Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights bbls 350 lbs i bbl 180 lbs quarter bbl 100 lbs 8th bbl 50 lbs L C L Beer and Ale in wood estimated weights as above C L Beer Ale and Mineral water barrels half barrels or kegs empty See Barrels Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed L C L securely wired and sealed or locked Beer Ale and Porter in glass packed C L securely wired and sealed or locked Beer Ale and Ginger Ale in glass packed securely wired and sealed or locked L C L Beer Ale and Ginger Ale in glass packed securely wired and sealed or locked C L Bees in Hives 4 Bee Smokers boxed Beeswax Beet pulp dried in kegs barrels or in sacks Beets in barrels Bellows Bells Bell Metal or Brass Bells and Fixtures viz Sheet or cast Iron loose OR M O to to tJtC 122 or packed L C L 3 Same C L 6 Belting Leather 2 Belting Rubber 3 Belting Stitched Canvas 4 Berries See Fruit Bicycles See Vehicles BilliardTables See Furniture Binders Reapers etc See Agricultural Implements Binders Boards in Cases 2 Binders Boards in Bundles 5 Bird gravel or sand Same as Food animal or poultry Bits and Braces same as Tools N O S Bitters Same as liquors Blacking Shoe and Stove see Polish Black Lead see Lead Blankets 1 Bleaching Salts Same as Lime chloride of Blinds Doors and Frames see Sash etc Blocks Pulley see Pulley blocks under machinery Blocks Shuttle rough 3 Blooms and Billets see Iron Blow Pipe Material see Iron Blueing 1 Blue Stone see Vitriol Blue Boards binders see Binders Boards Boats Common wooden L C L Boats Common wooden when flat cars are required C L Boats Racing Boats row when loaded in box cars L C L 4T1 Boats Row when flat car is required min wt 10000 lbs Boats row when two flat cars are required min wt 10000 lbs to each car Boats Row C L min wt 20000 lbs CR Boats Steam Yachts min weight 10000 lbs 2 Bobbins Spools Shuttles and Skewers in boxes L C L 5 Same C L 6 Boilers Bath and Range 1 Boilers see Machinery Bolts see Iron Boneblack 3 Bones and Bone Dust see Fertilizers Bonnets same as Dry Goods Books 1 Boots and Shoes L C L 1 Same C L 2 Borax packed 4 Bottle Covers see Covers Bottles empty packed 1 Bows and Shafts see Vehicle Material Box and Barrel Stuff see Barrel and Box Material Boxes Hat and Band packed D 1 Boxes Fruit and Baskets C L not less than 20000 lbs to be charged for R Baskets fruit berry and vegetable nested and packed solid either in cases or securely fas tened L C L 2 Boxes Fruit L C L 1 Boxes Cigar empty packed D1 Boxes Cracker empty returned 5 Boxes empty including i Egg crates L C L 1 Boxes empty including Egg Crates C L min wt 15000 lbs A Boxes empty N O S 1 Boxes Journal see Iron Boxes paper empty packed C L min wt 10 000 lbs 3 Boxes Match wooden 2 Boxes paper in nests of two packed 1 Boxes Paper in nests of more than two packed 1 Boxes Paper not nested 3T1 D 1 5 4 T 1 OK 5 D1 123 CB I OB CB I OB Boxes paper folding K D and shipped flat in bales bundles or crates same as Bags Paper Boxes Piano empty re turned K D 6 Boxes Post Office Letter 2 Boxes Tobacco empty 1 Boxes Vehicle see Vehicle Material Box Straps iron see Iron Brackets insulator see Telegraph Brackets wood N O S finished and boxed 3 Brackets wood in white made of pine or other wood 3 Brackets Iron Shelf packed 3 BrandySee Liquors Bran L C L D Bran C L min wt 25 000 lbs P Brass N O S in boxes barrels or casks 1 Brass Bearings and Castings packed 2 Brass Flues 2 Brass Scrap loose 2 Brass Scrap packed 5 Brass Valves boxed 3 Brass Vessels in boxes barrels or casks 2 Bread 3 Breeching Metal same as Saddlery Brick Common Pressed and Fire See Rule 12 C L min wt 40000 lbs P Same L C L G Brick Bath 6 Brick Salt Plain in boxes L C L C Same C L O Brick Salt Medicated in boxes L C L 4 Same C L 6 Brick Machines see Machinery Brimstone same as Sulphur Bristles 1 Britannia Ware 1 Brooders see Agricultural Implements Broom Corn pressed in Bales L C L B 4 6 3 Broom Corn pressed in Bales C L min wt 14 000 pounds Broom Corn and Broom Handles mixed C L min wt 14000 lbs Brooms any quantity Brushes v Buckets N O S Same as Wooden Ware Buckets Goal Buckets Well Bucks saw see Sawbucks Buckles Turn packed L C L Same C L Buckwheat Flour Buggies see Vehicles Building Material consisting of baseboards ceiling casing and moulding without ornamentation same as lumber Building Material Wooden consisting of rough or dressed Lumber Laths Shingles Window and Door Frames Sash Doors and Blinds Mouldings Ballusters Baseboards Ciasinigs Newel Posts Stair work and Wainscoting mixed L C L Same C L Bungs Burial Cases see Coffins Burial Vaults cement L C L Same C L min wt 15 000 lbs Burlaps Burning Fluid Burr Blocks finished Burr Blocks rough Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in cans Butter Butterine and Oleomargarine in kegs firkins buckets pails boxes and tubs Butter Apple and other Fruits in wood Butter Trays paper nested same as Bags paper D 1 4 3 5 6 4 6 3 4 6 6 i 4 5 1 5 4 Hld 124 O K C Cabbages packed 3 Cabbages loose C L 3 Cabinet Ware see Furniture Cages Bird boxed 3 T 1 Cages Bird K D nested and packed D1 Cake nitre see Nitre Cake oil see cotton seed Cake salt see Salt Calcicake 5 Calks Toe in kegs 5 Calicoes same as Domestics Camphene 1 Camphor 1 Candles boxed 4 Candy see Confectionery Cane seed see Seed Cane sugar see Sugar Cane Canned Beef packed 4 Canned Goods N O S 4 Canned Vegetables see Fruit Cannon 1 Cans empty N O S3 T 1 Cans galvanized iron for manufacture of ice L C L 1 Same C L min wt 15000 lbs 4 Cans Glass see Glass Cans Paper crated li Cans tin empty N O S racked or boxed or in Jackets L C L 1 Cans tin empty to be used for paints and oils C L min wt 20000 lbs Cans Fruit and Syrup tin in bulk C L min wt 15000 lbs Cans entirely boxed or crated C L min wt 15000 lbs Same L C L Cans Tobacco empty 1 Caps and Hats 1 Caps Percussion 1 Caps Hay see Agricultural Implements Capstans 3 Carbons Electric Bight packed L C L 2 oR 6 6 Carbons Electric Light packed C L Carboys see Glass Card Clothing see Clothing Cards Cotton and Woolen Hand packed Cards Cotton and Woolen Cards Flaying Cards show boxed see Signs Carpeting well covered Carpets Hemp and Rag Carpet Lining see Lining Carriages see Vehicles Car mileage freight 1 of a cent per mile Car mileage passenger 3 cents per mile Carrara Same as white Lead Oars and Locomotives viz Cars Logging K D or set up C L min wt 24000 lbs Cars Logging smaller parts boxed Cars Logging set up L C L 2 4 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 5 5 3 3 S XL L C L S XL C L minimum weight 20000 lbs K D L C L K D released C L Cars knocked down i e cars from which trucks or other detachable parts have been removed and loaded on same car with bodies to be loaded and unloaded by owners and at owners risk CR 3 1 X 1 1 2 D1 5 1 5 2 OR 6 5 4 6 6 125 CR j OR Cars and Locomotives viz Cars standard gauge on their own wheels viz Basis for calculation of freight Mileage rates between points governed by this Classification will be computed upon the basis of the shortest allrail standard gauge mileage via available routes of transportation subject to a minimum distance of 75 miles for each line handling and governed by mileage shown in this report Parlor Sleeping and Dining cars 12c per mile Coaches Baggage Mail and Express cars 10c per mile Box Cab Refrigerator Tank and Track Scale Test Cars 6c per mile Stock cars slatted6c per mile Same N O S 10c per mile Coal Gondola and Dump cars 5c per mile Flat Cars 4c per mile Flat cars when one or more flat cars are loaded on a flat car the rate will be 3c per mile for those loaded on the flat car and 4c per mile for the car on wheels carrying the others Locomotives and Tenders including tram engines moved by their own power owner to furnish fuel and crew owner also to furnish pilot for movement over each road earning ten dollars or less on movement pilot to be furnished by each road whose revenue exceeds ten dollars on the movement 20 cents per mile Not subject to Rule 27 CR OR Subject to a minimum charge of 200 for each road handling maximum charge for entire movement of 6000 Locomotives and tenders including tram eng dead connecting rods and small parts liable to be damaged to be taken off and boxed 25c per mile Not subject to Rule 27 Subject to a minimum charge of 200 for each road handling maximum charge for entire movement of 6000 Locomotives and tenders including tram engs loaded wholly on flat cars owner to load and unload otherwise subject to Rule 14 30c per mile Not subject to Rule 27 Subject to a minimum charge of 600 and maximum charge 6000 for entire movement Cartridges metallic or paper not high explo sives boxed L C L 1 Same C L 5 Carts Hand see Vehicles Cases and Crates Egg see Boxes Cases CocaCola and Soda Water empty L C L 3 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 126 CB I OR CR OR Cement in sacks or barrels L C L B Same C L L Cement Building Blocks See Building Stone under Stone Cement Glue packed 2 fcement Asbestos see Asbestos Cement roofing see Roofing Cereals see Food Preparations Chain Cotton Woolen and Hempen 2 Chains See Special Iron List Chain Belting see Machinery Chairs see Furniture Chalk 5 Chalk Crayons see Crayons Chalk Prepared 1 Charcoal in bags barrels or casks L C L 5 Same in packages named or in bulk C L min wt 24000 lbs O Checks See Domestics Cheese 4 Chert C L min wt 30000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent Chestnuts see Nuts Chests Commissary 1 Chests ice see Refrigerators Chicory 4 Chimogene same as Oil coal Chinaware 1 Chloride of Lime see Lime Chocolate 1 Chromos same as Paintings Chufas C L see Nuts Chums Cider in barrels or kegs B Cider in glass packed 2 Cider Mills and Presses see Agricultural Implements Cigar Lighters 1 Cigars boxed and strapped corded and sealed 1 3 Cigars not packed as above not taken Cigar Boxes see Boxes Citron Clay in boxes barrels or casks L C L Clay C L See Rule 12 min wt 25000 lbs Clay Burnishing packed Clay Fire L G L Clay fire C L See Rule 12 min wt 25000 lbs Clay German Cleaners cotton seed see Agricultural Implements Clocks boxed Clock Weights see Weights Clothes Lines see Rope Clothes Pins Clothing Clothing Card Clothing Rubber and Rubber Goods N O S Clover Seed see Seed Coal and Coke L C L in boxes barrels or bags Coal and Coke C L min wt 30000 lbsJ 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 flftv miles Class L less 5 oer 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 tne transportation of Coal and Coke in carload quantities as follows For fifty miles and under Class L less 10 per cent For distances over fifty miles Class L less 15 per cent Coal Oil see Oil Coal Tar see Tar Cocoa Cocoa Matting see Matting 2 B P 5 1 2 1 1 1 L L 1 W cn hj 127 CR I OR I CR I OR Cocoanuts see Nuts CocaCola Aerated See Waters Aerated CocaCola Syrup in barrels or kegs same as juices fruit etc Codfish see Fish Coffee Extract or Essence of 2 Coffee Green single sacks 4 Coffee Green double sacks 6 Coffee Ground or Roasted in single sacks 3 Coffee Ground or Roasted in double sacks boxes or barrels 5 Coffee Substitutes Cereal Same as Food Preparations cereal Coffee Mills see Mills CJoffins plain or stained not painted nor var nished 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 Columns wooden solid same as Lumber Columns fluted and ornamental same as Woodwork Combs Curry see Curry combs Commissary Chests and Stores 1 Compounds see Soap Powders Compounds Polishing 3 Conductors or Down Spouts or Leaders galvanized iron or tin see Gutters and Guttering Conduits viz Brick L C L 6 Same C L g of 6 Electrical insulating tarred Felt paper Indurated Fibre or Porcelain in bundles crates or boxes L C L 2 Same C L min wt 20000 lbs 4 Flexible Iron for electric wires L C L 4 Same C L 6 Underground for electric wires earthen cement concrete terra cotta or clay L C L 6 Same C L of 6 Wooden creosoted L C L 4 Same C L 6 Confectionery candy value limited to 6 cents per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading 4 5 Confectionery candy value limited to 20 cts per lb and so specified on Bill of Lading 3 4 Confectionery N O S 1 Cooking Oil see Lard 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 Bottoms Copper Plates Sheets Bolts and Rods 3 Copper Flues 2 Copper Ingots Pigs and Matts 4 Copper Ore C L min wt 25000 lbs P Copper Ore L C L 6 Copper Stills worm crated 1 3 Copying Presses see Presses Cordage 3 Cork 1 Corn Starch see Starch Corn see Grain Corn Seed see Seed Corn in ear See Grain Cornices and Ornamental work for buildings made of sheet or stamped metal plain galvanized or painted viz 128 eR OK CR OR Boxed or crated S U L C L D1 Same nested L C L 1 Loose L C L 3T1 Same 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 L C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per pound 3 Corundum C L in sacks barrels or casks value limited to 4 cents per lb 6 Cotton Rates for Compression 6 Band Cotton 7 cts per 100 lbs 8 Band Cotton 8 cents per 100 lbs Cotton in bales J Cotton Samples 1 Cotton Burnt shipments of burnt cotton are accepted at original weight and cotton rates applied 500 lbs to be the average weight per bale when original weight can not be obtained Cotton Dyed in bales 4 Cotton Gin Lint Flues See Machinery 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 L min wt 20000 lbs 6 Cotton Sea Island in the seed For special rates see Circular No 383 Cotton Batting see Batting Cotton Batting N O S 5 Cotton Factory Products see Domestics Cotton Oil Mill Rolls see Oil Mill Rolls Cotton Seed valuable for planting L C L 6 Same C L G Cotton Seed common any quantity G Note L C L Shipments of Cotton Seed to be sacked Otherwise 20000 pounds to be charged for Cotton Seed Hulls C L min wt 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 Stalks pressed in bales same as Hay Fodder and Straw Cotton Waste same as Paper Stock Covers and Safes Cheese Same as Safes and Covers Cheese Covers Bottle Paper Straw or Wooden pack ed or pressed in bales 3 Covers Wooden 1 Cracklings 4 Crackers 5 Cradles Grain see Agricultural Implements Cranberries 3 Crates and Cases egg sbe Boxes Crates for peaches and apples include wooden or splint inside carriers without tops or handles nested Crates for peaches and ap ples L C L set up 1 Crates for peaches and apples set up C L min wt 20000 lbs R Crates for peaches and apples L C L K D B 129 CR I OR I I CR Crates for peachesand appies K D C L min wt 24000 lbs P Crayons Chalk 4 Creameries packed or wrapped 2 Cream Tartar in boxes or kegs 2 dream Tartar in barrels or hogsheads 3 Crockery same as Earthenenware Croquet Sets in boxes 2 Cross Arms Telegraph and Telephone see Telegraph Crossties hewed or sawed of dimensions from 6x8 inches by 7 ft to 7x9 inches by 9 ft 6 inches C L min wt 32000 lbs subject to Rule 12 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 Currycombs same as Hardware N O S Cutch 4 Cutlery 1 Cylinders iron See iron and Steel Articles Cylinders sheet metal see Iron D Dates see Fruit Dashes boxed or crated 2 Deer boxed 3T1 Deer Skins pressed In bales 2 Deer Tongue in barrels bales or boxes value limited to 6 cents per lb L C L 5 Deer Tongue C L 6 Demijohns see Glass Denims see Domestics Desiccated Meats and Vegetables 4 Detergent 4 Disinfectants same as Insecticides Distributors see Agricultural Implements Dog Irons see Andirons Dolomite apply Limestone rates Domestics Denims Sheetings Shirtings Tickings Cotton Jeans Duck Checks Calicoes Prints Ootton Rope Thread Yarns and other factory products without percentage 6 Doors Iron see Iron Doors and Frames see Sash etc Drawers and Shirts Unlaundered entirely of Cotton see Garments Cotton Drills grain see Agriculo tural Implements Dross Rosin same as Rosin Drugs and Medicines N O S 1 Drums See Musical Instruments Drums iron See Iron and Steel Articles 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 Dust Collectors S U not crated or boxed 3 T1 Same crated or boxed D1 Saine K D crated or boxed 1 Dusters Bran see Agricultural Implements Dye Liquid or Wood Liquor in barrels 3 Dye Stuffs viz Dry in boxes 1 Dry N O S in kegs bbls or iron drums 2 Liquid N O S in bbls 5 Dye Woods in boxes or bbls 2 Dye Woods in stick 4 130 OR OR E Earthenware not Chinaware Crockery Jugware or Stoneware viz In boxes 2 In slatted boxes crates bbls tierces casks or hhds L C L 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 Electric Appliances viz Batteries N O S L C L 1 Same C L min wt 20000 lbs 3 Battery Cups and Jars earthenware in packages L C L 2 Same C L 5 Arc Light Globes and Bulbs in crates boxes bbls or casks L C L D 1 Same C L min wt 16000 lbs 2 Dynamos same as Machinery N O S Meters boxed 1 Meters N O S D1 Hoods Electric Light iron nested in packages 2 Transformers weighing each 150 lbs or less 1 Same weighing over 150 lbs each 3 Electrical Instruments Fittings and Fixtures N O S boxed 1 Elevator Cars passenger or freight S U D 1 Same K D 3 Elevators for Cotton and Elevators Hay see Agricultural Implements Elevators N O S same as Machinery N O S Emery value 4 cts per lb 3 Emery N O S 2 Empties dairy returned by the line over which shipment has been made not over 100 pounds 5 cents each for any distance 11 CK 1 Enameled Ware ree Agate 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 2 bales L 6 L 5 Excelsior made from Georgia pine C L min wt 10000 lbs D Exhibitors boxed or crated 3 T 1 Exhibitors woven or crated D 1 Explosives same as Powder Extinguishers Fire hand glass or grenade packed li Extinguishers Fire on wheels same as Engines Fire Extract Bark for tanning 1 in wood 5 Extract Bark for tanning 3 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 F Facings foundry Apply Soapstone rates Factory sweepings dnd cotton waste see Paper Stocks Fans viz Electric or Fan Motors packed L C L 1 Same C L 3 Fly metal folding packed 2 N O S in boxes 1 Fanning Mills see Agricultural Implements Mills Fanning Farina 2 Fasteners box see Iron Faucets boxed 2 Feathers D1 Feeders Cotton Gin see Agricultural Implements OR D1 1 1 131 CR OR CR OR Felloes see Vehicle Material Felt Roofing see Roofing Felting Boiler 2 Fence Ware and Wood combination 5 Fencing Wire N O S 5 Fencing Woven Wire See Special Iron List Fenders Iron See Iron Fertilizers C L miri wt 30000 lbs Class M less 10 per cent without percentage Fertilizers L C L Class K less 10 per cent without percentage Shipments of fertilizer not subject to Rule 27 Fibre Palmetto and Pine pressed in bales 6 Figs in drums 1 Figs in casks or boxes 2 Figures not Iron packed see Images Files and Rasps packed 2 Filters see Coolers Finding shoe 1 Firearms 1 1 Firecrackers and Fireworks packed so marked 1 Fire Extinguishers see Extinguishers Fireplaces portable including the necessary pipe 2 Fish Canned including Shell Fish In glass or earthenware packed in barrels or boxes L C L 3 In metal cans in crates 3 In metal cans in barrels or boxes L C L 4 In packages named C L min wt 30000 lbs 5 Dry salted in bundles 2 Dry salted packed or in barrels with cloth tops 4 Fresh see meats Pickled in boxes 3 Pickled in barrels kits pails or tubs L C L 5 Same C L B Smoked in boxes 3 Fishing Rods D1 Fishing Tackle boxed 1 Fittings Iron Pipe see Iron Fixtures Bank Store etc see Furniture Fixtures Gas packed 2 Fixtures Grate packed 2 Fixtures Grate loose li Fixtures Tobacco see Machinery Flax pressed in bales 3 Flax Seed see Seed Flour in barrels estimated wt 200 pounds F Flour in sacks other than paper 10 lbs per sack and over C Same less than 10 lbs per sack 6 Flour in paper not packed not taken Flour Buckwheat 6 Flour Corn L C L 4 Flour Corn C L min wt 20000 lbs C Flour Sack Material 6 Flour Selfraising in packages Flour Rice Flues Copper see Copper Flues Iron See Iron Flues Bras See Brass FluorSpar L C L 6 FluorSpar C L M Fly Fans see Fans Fodder see Hay Foil Tin in boxes 2 Food Animal or Poultry viz Dry Animal and Poultry Powders Condiments or Tonics in sacks boxes pails with wooden or metal covers drums or barrels L C L 4 Same C L 6 Animal and Poultry Feed N O S bulk in sacks D Food Preparations Cereal viz Grits Corn in boxes 6 Grits Corn other than in boxes same as Meal Corn Hominy same as Grits Same in barrels halfbarrels kegs drums or boxes or in paper packages 6 3 1 oo 132 CR I OR CR I OK Food Preparation N O S in sacks 5 Food Prepared N O S 1 Food Preservatives packed 3 Foots pitch or tank bottoms Cottonseed See Soap Stock Forges Portable 3 Forks Hay and Manure see Agricultural Implements Fountains and Fixtures Soda including marble stone and onyx parts packed B1 Fowls dressed B Fowls live in coops C I 1 Same L C L y 1 Frames Bed wrapped or crated 2 Frames Door and Window see Sash etc Frames Picture Mirror or Looking Glass loose or in bundles 3 T 1 Same wrapped lh Same crated or boxed 1 Frames Mounted with Mirrors or Looking Glasses when shipped separately from other Furniture 3 T1 Frames quilting see Quilting Attachments Freezers Ice Cream 2 Fruit and Vegetables in cans without percentage L C L 5 Same C L without percentage 6 Fruit in Glass packed 1 Fruit Berries dried 4 Fruit Berries green prepaid Fruit Boxes and Baskets see Boxes Fruit Dates 2 Fruit Dried Currants 2 Fruit Dried N O S 3 Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches L 0 L4 Fruit Dried Apples and Peaches C L 6 Fruit Green N O S prepaid or guaranteed Fruit Apples Peaches Pears not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes L C L 1 2 3 1 2 D 1 3 1 3 6 C 3 B Fruit Appies Peaches Pears not dried and other green fruit in barrels or boxes C L Fruit Juices See Juices Fruit Bananas in crates boxes cylindrical carriers or cloth sacksprepaid or guaranteed L C L 4 Same unpacked owners risk prepaid or guaranteed subject to a minimum charge on 5000 lbs actual weight if in excess of that amount L C L Same loose or packed C L 6 Fruit Oranges Lemons and Pineapples in boxes L C L 4 Same C L 6 Fullers Earth same as Clay Furnaces Evaporator see Agricultural Implements Furs see Hides Fuse D1 Furniture C L viz Bed Slats in bundles crates or loose min wt 24000 lbs 5 Bedsteads metal min wt 12000 lbs 4 Chairs Wooden with Cane Splint Rattan Reed Bamboo or Wooden Seats not upholstered min wt 8000 lbs 3 Chairs N O S 8000 lbs 2 Chair and other Furniniture Stuff or Stock Wooden N O S KD in the rough or in the white and Chairs K D in the white min wt 24000 lbs 4 Chair Seats in bundles or packed min wt 20000 lbs 3 Fixtures of either hard or soft wood not including showcases for fitting Banks Barber Shops Offices Saloons Stores etc with O 4 6 4 3 5 4 133 CR OR or without mirrors glass to be prop erly boxed min wt 12000 lbs 2 Mattresses Wovenwire or Spring Beds min wt 12000 lbs 4 Mattresses Straw Cotton Shuck Hay and Excelsior min wt 12 000 lbs 4 Poles Curtain rough or in the white min wt 24000 lbs 4 Vault or Office Iron or Steel consisting of Filing Cabinets or Cases Shelving Counters Roller Book Shelves and Tables crated or boxed min wt 24 000 lbs 3 N O S all kinds finished or in the white straight C L min wt 12000 lbs 2 N 6 S all kinds finished or in the white taking 3d class O R or lower when in straight C L mixed C L min wt 12000 lbs 2 Furniture L C L viz Beds Spring or Woven Wire see Mattresses Wire Bedsteads Folding boxed or crated See note 1 Noth Same rate applies to folding beds In combination with wardrobes desks etc Bedsteads Iron or Brass K D 2 Bed Slats Wooden In bundles or crates 3 Bed Slats Metal in bundles or crates 1 Bookcases Iron 1J Bookcases wrapped or crated S U including Sectional o r Elastic Bookcases in set up sections D1 Same K D 1 Bookcases and Desks combination wrapped or crated 1 5 4 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 OR I OR Buffets see Sideboards Bureaus of Hardwood wrapped or crated 1 2 Same of common wood 2 3 Cabinets Wooden Revolving for displaying hardware wrapped or crated n 1 Cabinets Kitchen see Safes Castors Roller packed i 2 Chairs Bamboo Rattan Reed or Willow wrapped or crated D 1 Chairs Barber Dental Folding Reclining or Surgical S U wrap D 1 ped or packed Same K D or folded wrapped or packed 1 Chairs Camp or Folding Seat 11 1 Chairs Auditorium Opera Church etc packed K D n 1 Chairs Porch or Lawn iron or iron and wood combined S U i 2 Same K D 2 3 Chair and Stepladder combination D 1 n Chairs Rocking Hardwood or Metal Frames with Cane Splint Rattan Reed Willow Bamboo Leather or Wooden Seats not upholstered set up unwrapped or wrapped with paper L C L D1 i Same without rockers n i Same without rockers tied in pairs seat to seat i 2 Same without rockers of common wood completely K D wrapped or not wrapped packed in bundles 2 3 Chair Stock same as Chairs K D packed Chairs N O S S U D 1 u Chairs N O S completely K D n i Chair Seat Material viz Cane Rattan Reed 134 CR Willow Bamboo or Leather packed or in bales li Chair Seat MaterialFiber Leather Board or Veneer 1 Chair Seats in bundles or packed 1 Chair Splints Wooden packed or in bundles or bales 1 Chiffoniers same as Bureaus China Closets wrapped or crated D1 Church Furniture N O S wrapped or crated a U D1 Same K D 1 Cots Woven Wire S U D1 Same K D or folded 2 Cots N O S of hard wood S U D1 Same of common wood 1 Cots N O S of hard wood K D 1 Same of soft wood 2 Couches metal folding K D or folded li Cradles or Cribs wrapped or crated S U Same K D or folded 1 Cushions Furniture in bales or cases li Desks and Seats School S U 1 Desks and Seats School K D 2 Desks N O S wrapped or crated 1 Display or Wall Cases or Cabinets unglazed in boxes or crates 1 Dressing Cases or Dressers same as Bureaus Easels HI Filing Cabinets Cases or Boxes crated or boxed li Fixtures not including show cases for fitting banks barber shops offices saloons stores etc with or without mirrors glass to be properly boxed wrap li ped or crated Footstools See Hassocks Frames Lounge or Sofa S U Same backs taken off Hall Stands see Hat Racks Hassocks or Footstools Hat Racks folding packed Hat Racks or Hall Stands N O S wrapped or crated S U Same K D or with tops detached and secured inside of package crated or boxed Lounges with backs wrapped or crated S U Same with backs taken off Lounges without backs wrapped or crated S U Marble for Furniture see Stone Mattresses viz Hair Wool or Feather Spiral Spring not compressed Spiral Spring in packages containing two or more compressed not to exceed three inches per mattress in thickness Straw Cotton Shuck and Excelsior Wire entirely taken apart and K D boxed Woven Wire Spring N O S N O S Poles Curtain wooden and Fixtures boxed or crated Same without Fixtures boxed or crated Poles Curtain N O S and Fixtures boxed or crated Racks or Stands Display S U CR OB 1 2 D 1 li 1 2 l 1 li 1 DI li li 1 DI li li 1 li 1 DI li D 1 135 Same K D wrapped or packed Refrigerators and Ice Chests wrapped or packed Refrigerator Material thoroughly K D Safes or Cabinets Meat or Kitchen tin wood or wood and tin combined S U Same with legs detached packed Same K D flat Settees same as Chairs Sideboards or Buffets wrapped or crated Sofas and Teteatetes wrapped or crated Springs Bed see Springs Spring Beds see Mattresses wire Stands or Racks Music S U Same K D flat wrapped or packed Stools Piano wrapped or packed Tables Bamboo Rattan Reed or Willow wrapped or packed Tables Billiard and Billiard Table Beds boxed or crated Tables of hardwood N O S wrapped or crated S U Same of common wood Tables of hardwood K D flat or folded flat Same of common wood Table Legs Slides Leaves Tops and Supports wrapped or crated Vault or Office iron or steel consisting of filing cabinets or cases shelving counters roller book shelves and tables crated or boxed Wardrobes wrapped or crated S U Same K D flat Washstands of hardwood wrapped or crated CR 1 OR II CR 1 OR H 1 Same of common wood N 0 S of hardwood 2 3 2 3 S U wrapped or packed D 1 1 2 3 Same of common wood 11 1 N 0 S of hardwood D 1 U K D wrapped or packed Same of common 1 2 1 2 wood 2 3 2 3 G Gambier 4 1 o Game see Poultry Garments Cotton such as D 1 ll jackets or jumpers pants overalls unlaundried shirts and drawers and knitting factory products shipped in original packages contents to be legibly marked on each package 5 D 1 H li Gas in iron buoys requir ing flat or gondola car 11 1 minimum weight 5000 lbs each Gas for dental purposes 1 3 T 1 or for calcium lights in cylinders 1 Gas Liquid Carbonic Acid in iron drums or tubes 1 U carriers option See Ntote Note Drums or tubes con 5 D 1 taining Carbonic Acid Gas must be plainly marked by proper label or otherwise NOTICEDANGER This ll 1 package must not be exposed 2 to the sun or stored in a warm place Gasoline see Oil 2 3 Gauges Steam see Machinery Gelatine 1 2 3 Generators Gas 3 Ginger Ground in boxes 2 Ginger in bags Gins Cotton see Agri 3 r cultural Implements Ginseng 1 1 2 Girders Iron see Iron Glass Carboys empty D 1 3 11 1 Glass Chimneys 2 4 1 2 Glass Demijohns empty not packed 4 T 1 3T1 1 2 Glass Demijohns filled not 136 CR OB packed or boxed not taken Glass Demijohns filled boxed Glass Demijohns empty packed D1 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 71x15 feet or under outside measurement D1 Glass Plate over 71x15 feet outside measurement subject to min wt of 1500 lbs3 T1 Glass Roofing and Skylight not Window Glass 2 Glass colored stained decorated enameled ground figured or etched L C L H Same C L 1 Glass Vault Lights rough and heavy 5 Glassware fine cut or engraved HI Glassware N O S 2 Glass Window plain colored enameled or ground L C L Same C L 5 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 2 Glycerine Nitro plainly la beled L G L 4T1 Glycerine Nitro plainly labeled C L 3 T1 Graders Outfits see Out fits Glraiin D Grain Corn in ear sacked L C L D Grain Corn in ear C L Subject to Rule 13 Class N without percentage 3 u 2 D1 3 1 2 1 3 4 CR Granite see Stone Granite Roofing see Roofing Granite Ware see Agate Grapes in bundles boxes or crates L C L Grapes C L Graphite C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent Grass bear 6 Grass Seed see Seed Grate Bars see Iron Grate Baskets see iron Grates see Iron Grave Stones see Stone Gravel apply Sand Rates Grease Axle 6 Grease Car in barrels 6 Grease N O S in buckets tubs kits or kegs L C L 3 Grease N O S in boxes barrels or casks 6 Grenades packed 11 Grindstones 6 Grindstone Fixturespacked or in bundles 3 Grits Corn same as Meal Corn Groceries N 01 S 2 Guano see Fertilizers Guano Horns see Agricultural Implements Gum Camphor see Cam phor Gum Copal Kowrie and Shellac 2 Gums N O S 2 Gun Cotton HI Gunny Bags See Bags Gunpowder See Powder Guns Rifles 1 Gutters and Guttering galvanized iron or tin viz Not nested L C L 1 In nests of two or more crated L C L 2 Same C L 4 Gypsine in cases same as Paint dry in cases Gypsum Land Plaster Fer tilizer Same as Fertilizers Gums Chewing 1 H Hair In sacks 1 Hair Cattle for plastering pressed in bales 6 OR ow 137 CE I OR Hair Curled pressed in bales and Hair Rope 2 Hair Goods manufactured packed in boxes D1 Hames in bundles or packed 3 Hammers other than Sledge same as Tools N O S Hammocks and Fixtures 11 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 min wt 24000 lbs K Handles Broom and Broom Corn C L mixed see Broom Corn Handles Hoe L C L 5 Same C L min wt 24000 lbs K Handles Plow and other wood in shape for implements see Agricultural Implements Handles Beams and other woods for manufacturing purposes rough or dressed but unfinished C L min wt 24000 lbs Rules 12 and 13 to apply without percentage K Hangers Rails and Tracks door packed or in bundles 4 5 Hardware packed N O S 2 Hardwood see Wood Harness see Saddlery Harness Hardware same as Hardware N O S Harrows and Harrow Teeth see Agricultural Implements Hasps see Hooks Hatchets same as Axes Hats and Caps see Caps Hat Boxes see Boxes Haversacks same as Accoutrements Hay Fodder and Straw pressed in bales C L min wt 20000 lbs D Hay Fodder and Straw perssed in bales L C L R Heading see barrel and Box Material CR l OR Hay Caps see Agricultural Implements Hay Presses see Agricultural Implements Head Lights boxed D1 Hearses see Vehicles Heaters Steam see Machinery Heel Plates packed 4 Hemp in bales 3 Herbs see Roots Hessians in original bales 6 Hides furs peltries and Skins viz Furs in bags 3 T1 Furs in boxes bundles or trunks strapped D1 Furs N O S see Skins N O S Hides dry loose 1 Hides dry tied in bundles or bales any quantity Hides green Hides green salted Peltries see Skins N O S Skins Deer pressed in bales 2 Skins N O S furs and peltries value limited to 25 cents per lb in bags D1 Same pressed in bales 1 Same N O S D1 Skins Sheep dry in bales 1 Same green in bundles 2 Same salted in bundles 1 3 Hinges and Butts packed L C L 4 Same C L 6 Hives Bee empty set up 1 Hives Bee K D crated 15 Hobby Horses see Toys Hoes see Agricultural Implements Hods Coal 1 Hogs see Live Stock Hogsheads empty double barrel rate Hollow Ware loose LCL 1 Hollow Ware loose shipped separately from a ot 138 Stoves C L min wt 15000 lbs Hollow Ware packed Hominy see Food Preparations Honey in glass or tin boxed Honey in comb boxed Honey in barrels or kegs Honey Extractors crated Honey Section boxes and Frames in crates or boxes Hoofs and Horns Hooks Hasps and Staples N O S packed Hooks and rods Meat N O S packed or loose Hooks Backhand packed Hoop Iron see Iron Hoop Poles Hoop Skirts Hoops Barrel Wooden Same as Barrel Material Hoops Truss Coopers Hops baled Hops in boxes Horse and Mule Shoes See Special Iron List Horse Powers see Agricultural Implements Horses see Live Stock Hose Carriages see Vehicles Hose Leather Hose Reels Fire see Vehicles Hose Reels Garden see Reels Hose Rubber Hosiery same as Knitting Factory Products Hospital Stores Household Goods less than carload shipments of H H G must be prepaid or freight guaranteed Household Goods and old Furniture packed value over 5 per 100 pounds and full value expressed in bill of lading said valuation only to apply in cases of total loss Household Goods and old Furniture packed value limited to 5 per 100 lbs and so expressed in bill of lading said CR 0R M valuation only to apply in case of total loss L C L Household Goods and old 3 Furniture well packed 2 value not expressed in bill of lading L C L o Household Goods and old a Furniture well packed C L min wt 20000 lbs value limited to g 5 per 100 pounds said q valuation only to apg ply in case of total sa loss Household Goods and old Furniture with Live 0 Stock one attendant to have passage free H on same train as car C L value limited to w 5 per 100 pounds said valuation only to apply in case of total loss Explanations 1 All Bundles of Bedding Trunks of Clothing Household Goods or similar articles not Furniture will not be received for transportation unless packed chests of similar articles must be strapped or securely nailed This does not apply to C L of Household Goods 2 Bills of Lading and WayBills must desig nate character and number of packages 3 These instructions apply to old and secondhand Furniture Clothing Bedding etc not to new articles Houses portable L C L Same C L D 1 Hubs and Felloes see Vehicle Material Hullers Clover etc see Agricultural Implements Hullers Pea same as Corn 1 Shellers under Agricultural Implements Husks and Shucks in bales See Rule 12 Hydrants Fire Plugs and Water Gates CR 1 1 D1 4 6 D 5 OR 4 3 6 5 139 CR I Ice L C L in casks bar rels boxes or bags packed in sawdust chaff shavings or straw prepaid B Ice C L L Images and Figures Bronze or Metal packed not Iron Statuary 3T1 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 Insecticides viz In Glass packed L C L 1 In Tin Cans packed or in bulk in barrels N O S L C L 4 Same C L 6 Lime and Sulphur Solution in barrels 6 Insulators see Telegraph and Telephone Material Iron and Steel Articles viz Barrels or Drums empty 6 Blow Pipe Material viz Sheet Iron plain or galvanized not nested L C L D1 Same side seams closed nested see note packed or wired in bundles L C L 2 Note Shipments will he accepted as nested when two or more sections are placed one within another Same side seams not closed nested packed or wired in bundles any quantity 6 Same side seams closed or not closed nested or not nested in straight C L or in mixed C L with Dust Collectors min wt 15000 lbs 4 Boiler flues or tubing L C L 6 Same C L of6 OR CR Box Straps or Fasteners packed or in bun dies 6 Cages including convict cages doors and grating L C L 4 Same C L 6 Castings in boxes 2 Castings not machinD1 ery unpacked each piece weighing under 200 pounds 3 4 Same each piece weighing over 200 pounds 5 Castings not machinery or sewing machines in kegs or casks 4 Crow Bars 6 Cylinders empty 5 Forgings 6 Grate Baskets Fronts Fenders and Frames packed Same unpacked Grates packed i Same loose Journal Boxes of Mantels packed Same unpacked Nail Rods packed Same unpacked Planished or Russia Plumbing Fixtures viz Cast Iron Bath Tubs Lavatories or Washstands Water Closet Hoppers Cisterns or Tanks and Sinks without fittings packed mixed C L Sinks loose or in crates or barrels L C L Same C L Washstands or Lavatories packed L C L Same C L Water Closet Hoppers Cisterns or Tanks L C L Same C L Water Closet loose Same boxed or crated Railing and Fencing Retorts Roofing packed or in bun dles 6 Sad Irons packed L C L 5 Same C L 6 OR 5 6 5 Oi CO CO I1 CO CO tfCO tf t001MMt001li10l1M 140 CR OR CR j Sash Weights wired any quantity K Scrap L C L see note of 6 Same C L 2240 lbs to ton see note M NoteArticles taking scrap iron rates must be scrapped in such a way that the articles moving cannot again be used for the purposes for which they were originally intended for use when new Scrap Sheet in rolls or bundles wired or crated of 6 Sheet plain galvanized corrugated or stamped in imitation of brick packed or in bundles 6 Sheet Metal Pipes Tubes or Cylinders parts of machinery or otherwise N O S 1 Shutters and Doors 4 Sponge purifying material 3 Stand Pipe Material K D of 6 Statuary Chairs and Lawn Ornaments boxed or crated 1 Tanks and Tank Material K D flat or nested of 6 Tires locomotive 6 Tubs Bath and Plumbing Fixtures see Plumbing Fixtures Urns 3 Vault and Prison Work 4 Wedges and Sledges pack ed or in bundles 5 Same loose 3 Iron N O S boxed or crated 1 Iron Work Galvanized 2 Iron and Steel Articles as per Special Iron List L C L of 6 Same in straight or mixed carloads minimum 30000 pounds M Special Iron List viz Architectural consisting of columns pedestals capitals saddles door and window jams plates sills studding lintels rolled beams channel bars girders angles tees and zees M 2 5 2 4 Axles Car Wagon and Carriage Bar Band Boiler Hoop and Rod Blooms and Billets steel Bolts Nuts Rivets and Washers packed or in sacks or bundles Brake Shoes Bridge Material Castings Guano Distributor Cotton Planters and Cultivators Chains loose or packed Fencing Woven Wire Grate Bars Jail Plate Muck and Puddle Bar Iron Nails and Spikes in kegs Picks and Mattocks packed or in bundles Pig Iron Pipe Cast or Wrought not in coils Pipe Joints or Fittings packed or not packed Plow Bases Clevises Coulters Couplers Cultivator Teeth Discs Foots Standards Frogs Harrow Teeth Heel Bolts Mould Boards Blades Plant Fenders Plates Points Shares Wings Braces and Bars and Plow Shapes unfinished packed or not packed Posts fence field or farm with or without equipment or fittings Railway Track Material viz Angle Bars Chairs CrossTie Clamps Fish Plates Frog Filling Frogs Spikes Splice Bars Switches Switch Chairs Switch Stands Ties Tie Plates Track Braces Rails and Throws Shoes Horse and Mule packed Staples Fence in kegs OR I 141 CR Tires Vehicle Vehicle Material viz Boxes Skeins and Springs Wheels Car and Locomotive Wire Common Barbed or otherwise on reels or in coils Isinglass same as Mica Ivory l Ivory Black 4 J Jack Screws and Wagon Jacks 3 Japan Ware 1 Japnica 4 Jars Fruit Glass or Earthenware any quantity 3 Jeans Cotton same as Domestics Jeans Cotton and Wool mixed 5 Jellies in glass packed 1 Jellies in cans boxed 4 Jellies in wood N O S 3 Jugs see Earthenware Juices Fruit and Fountain Syrups and Syrups N O S not medicated in glass or earthenware packed in barrels or boxes or in tin cans crated L C L l In bulk in barrels or in tin cans boxed L C L 4 In glass or earthenware packed in barrels or boxes or in tin cans boxed or crated or in bulk in barrels C L 5 Junk and Jute 6 Jute Butts j 6 Jute Waste or Tailings see Paper Stock Jute Yarn see Yarn K Kainit same as Fertilizers Kalsomine same as Paint Kaolin same as Clay Kegs empty N O S same as Barrels Kegs empty N O S in crates 3 Kegs Ale and Beer see Barrels Ale and Beer OR 5 3 CR OR Kettles over 27 inches in diameter see Agricultural Implements Same less than 27 inches in diameter same as Stove Furniture 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 Knobs N O S same as Hardware N O S Kowrie see Gum Knitting Factory Products see Garments Cotton Ladders not over 30ft long 1 Ladders over 30 feet long D1 Ladders Step 2 Lampblack in casks barrels or boxes 3 Lamps and Lamp Goods packed 2 Land Plaster same as fertilizers Lanterns packed 1 Laprings packed 5 Lard 4 Lard Substitutes or Compounds viz Solids 4 Oils Cooking or Edible products of cottonseed oil or cocoanut oil viz In glass or earthenware packed 1 In tin cans packed or in bulk in iron or steel barrels or drums or in wood B Lasts packed 3 Laths C L min wt 24 000 lbs Laths L O L Lathing Iron in crates or bundles L C L 4 Same C L 6 Lead bar or sheet in boxes 5 Lead in casks or pigs 6 Lead Black in kegs or bbls 5 B B 142 CR Lead Pipe see Pipe Lead White same as Paints Leather loose N O S 1 Leather in rolls or boxes 3 Leather Scraps in bales 4 Leaves powdered in boxes or barrels 1 Lemon or Lime Juice see Juices Fruit Lemons Oranges see Fruit Lentils in bags boxes or barrels 3 Letter Boxes see Boxes Licorice in sticks roots or mats 3 Licorice in mass boxed 4 Lightning Rods in boxes 3 Lightning Rods in bundles 2 Lightning Rod Fixtures packed 2 Lime in sacks casks or barrels C L L Same L O L B Lime Chloride of in barrels or casks 6 Lime Chloride of N O S 4 Lime Liquid prepared for whitewashing canned and packed 5 Limestone for Furnaces C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P Less 40 per cent Limestone ground same as Lime For special rates on C L shipments see Circular 376 Limestone N O S C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent Lining Carpet 2 Linseed 4 Linters see Paper Stock Lint Flues Cotton Gin see Machinery Liquors Whiskey or Domestic Wine in glass packed in boxes or baskets each package weigh ing not less than 20 pounds 2 Liquors in wood N O S 1 Liquors Whisky Domestic Brandies and Domestic Wines in wood owners risk of leakage yalue limited to 75c per gallon 2 CR I OR and so endorsed on bill of lading Liquors Whisky in wood N O S 2 Liquors N O S in glass packed in boxes barrels baskets or casks 1 Lithographic Stone 1 Live Stock Horses and Mules L C L 1 Live Stock Horses and Mules C L 2 Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc L C L without percentage see Rule governing Dive Stock 2 Live Stock Cattle Sheep Hogs etc C L without percentage 3 Lockers Trunk metal or metal and wood combined L C L 2 Same C L 4 Lockers Wall metal or metal and wood combined set up L C L 2 Same K D 4 Same K D C L 6 Locks same as Hardware N O S Locomobiles same as Carriages Locomotives and Tenders see Cars Locomotive Tires see Iron Logging Cars K D or set up see Cars Logs hewn or sawn Apply Lumber rates Logs N O S Apply Lumber rates Logs not hewn nor sawn nor piling nor poles and short length blocks round or split when for manufacture and product reshipped per car of 40000 pounds P This change to become effective July 1 1914 Logwood 2 Logwood Extract of C L dry 4 Looking Glasses same as Mirrors Looms see Machinery H 3 2 2 N 4 N 143 CR Lumber Dressed or rough L C L B Same C L min wt 24000 lbs See rule 12 P Lye Concentrated 5 M Machinery viz Belting Chain or Sprocket Chain loose or packed same as machinery N O S Boilers Sectional same as Boilers but not to be taken as castings 3 Boilers Steam 30 feet and over including necessary stacK L C L 1 Boilers under 30 feet including n e c e s s ary stack L C L See Rule 14 3 Boilers N O S Same as Machinery N O S Brick Machines 4 Cotton Gin Lint Flues C L 6 Same L C L packed 3 Cotton Presses set up see Agricultural Implements Cotton and Woolen except Looms set up D1 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 Engines Caloric Fire Portable and stationary L C L 2 Same C L 4 Hoisting K D 4 Looms 3T1 Machinery viz Conveyors Spiral L C L 4 Pulley and tackle blocks 5 Pulley Wheels and Blocks 5 OR li 1 2 3 6 ti CR I OR Machinery C L all kinds N O S 6 Machinery L C L all kinds N O S 3 Machinists Tools Plam ers Lathes Drill Presses etc 2 Printing Presses K D boxed or crated 3 Printing Presses K D not boxed 1 Printing Presses set up D 1 Saw Mills L C L detachable parts unboxed 2 Same detachable parts boxed 4 Saw Mills C L same as Machinery N O S Shaftings Hangers Pulleys etc 4 Shingle Machines 2 Stamp Mill Machinery boxed L C L 5 Same C L 6 Stamp Mill Machinery loose L C L 4 Same loose C L 5 Stamp Mill Castings L C L 6 Stamp Mill Castings C Lj M Steam Gauges 1 Steam Heaters see Radiators Tobacco Screws and Fixtures 4 Water Wheels Turbine 3 Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines set up 1 Wood Working Lathes Planing Machinery Boring and Mortising Machines etc packed K D 3 Machines Hemp see Agricultural Implements Machines Meat Cutters 2 Machines Mowing and Reaping Binders and Harvesters see Agricutural Implements Machines Sewing not boxed or crated 3 T1 Same boxed or crated 3 2 1 8 5 4 144 CR OR including parts thereof S u lh Machines Sewing boxed or crated partly K D with head and box taken off and placed underneath between the legs or with the head folded into the body of the case 3 Machines see Machinery 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 C L min wt 25000 lbs P Manganese Ground packed 5 Manilla 3 Mantels Iron see Iron Mantels Slate packed 2 Mantels Wood crated or boxed L C L 2 Same C L min wt 12000 lbs 3 Manure Stable C L min wt 30000 lbs P Maps boxed 1 Marble and Granite same as stone Marl same as Lime Marble Dust C L in bar rels L Same L C L B Marbles in casks or boxes 4 Marble Tiles 4 Matches in wood or paper packed in cases alone 1 marked matches Match Splints packed in cases L C L 4 Same C L 6 Mats and Rugs N O S 1 Mats Grass Hemp Hair Steel Wire Rubber and Gtocoa 3 Mats Oil 1 Matting 2 Mattocks and Picks see Special Iron List Mattresses see Furniture Meal and Ashes Cotton Seed see Cotton Seed CR Meal Corn in barrels or scks O Meal Oat see Food Preparations Measures Meat N O S Meat Bacon and Pork Meat Fresh Beef Sausage Poultry dressed Fish 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 Pigs Feet in glass packed 1 Shipments of articles enumerated under head of Meats in quantities less than 10000 pounds must he in hags bales boxes Cr or crates Meat Cutters see Machinery Meats Desiccated see Desiccated Medicated Brick see Brick Medicines and Drugs N O S Medicines Patent L C L Same C L 1 Melodeons see Musical Instruments Melons freight guarantee C L min wt 24000 lbs Melons L C L 4 MerryGoRounds L C L 1 Merry Go Rounds C L without percentage 6 Meters Gas boxed 1 Meters Gas not boxed not taken Meters Water boxed 3 Meters Water not boxed not taken Mica 3T1 Mileage Car see Car Mileage Milk Condensed boxed i Milk minimum charge allowed 15 cts I Millet 1 Millet Seed see Seed K Km 145 CR Millinery including Hats and the like already made up plumes birds and other material of like character for millinery purposes 1 Milo Maize in bags or sacks 6 Mills Barilla Bark and Cob 4 Mills Cane see Agricultural Implements Mills Cider see Agricultural Implements Mills Coffee and Paint set up 2 Mills Corn see Agricultural Implements Mills Cotton Seed see Agricultural Implements Mills Flour roller 2 Mills N O S 2 Mill Stones finished 4 Mill Stones rough 5 Mill Stuff Rule 12 B C L C Mill Stuff C L min wt 25000 lbs P Note The term Millstuff as here used is intended to cover only that part of the wheat product which is neither flour nor bran bujL embraces sweepings waste flour etc gathered about the mill house not fit to use as any grade of flour and which bears a price somewhat higher than bran as a stock food Mince Meat 4 Mineral Waters see Water Mining Cars and Wagons same as Cars Logging Mirrors 3 feet or under outside measurement packed 1 3T1 Mirrors over 3 feet not exceeding 7Jxl2 outside measurement packed 3T1 Mirrors over 7ixl2 outside measurement pack ed 4 T1 Molasses same as Syrup Monuments etc see Stone Mops N O S 1 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 Mouldings N O S Mouldings Iron see Cornices Mouse Traps see Traps Mowers see Agricultural Implements Mucilage packed Musical Instruments viz Drums Melodeons Organs cabinet or Pianos boxed L C L Same L C L not boxed not taken Same boxed wrapped or crated C L minimum weight 8000 lbs Organs Pipe K D boxed Organ Pipes boxed N O S Mustard Ground in boxes Mustard prepared in glass packed Mustard prepared in kegs or barrels Mustard Seed CR 2 3 T 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 6 2 1 D 1 3 N Nails Brass and Copper well packed in boxes or kegs Nails and Spikes Iron see Iron Naval Stores see Rosin Turpentine etc Netting wire N O S in boxes casks crates or rolls L C L Same C L Netting wire meshes one inch or greater in rolls same as Fencing woven wire Nitre Cake same as Fertilizers Notions Nutmegs Nuts Chestnuts prepaid Nuts Pecans in barrels L C L Nuts Pecans in barrels C L Nuts Cocoa packed or sacked L C L Nuts Cocoa C L 3 2 5 1 2 3 3 5 6 CB J OB Nuts Edible in bags N o s l Same in barrels or casks N O S 2 Nuts Peanuts and Chufas L C L 5 Same C L 6 Nuts Hickory and Black Walnuts L C L 4 Same C L min wt 24000 lbs 6 O Oakum 4 Oats See Grain Oatmeal See Food preparations Ocbre in sacks barrels or casks L C L 5 Same C L 6 Ocbre to be used in manufacture of Fertilizers same as Fertilizers Oil Cake same as Fertiliizers Oil Cloth 16 feet long or oyer boxed 1 Oil Cloth less than 16 feet long boxed 2 Oil Cloth baled U Oil Cloth not boxed or baled not in shipping order Oil Castor in glass placked 1 Oil Castor in bbls 3 Oil in cans encased in wood 1 Oil Petroleum and Petroleum Products viz Benzine Gasoline and Naphtha viz In iron drums or iron barrels actual weight or in metal cans securely packed in cases L C L 4 Same in straight or mixed C L min wt 24000 lbs or in tank cars C L minimum capacity of tank but not less than 24000 lbs 6 Coal Oil Crude Oil Distillates Fuel Oil Gas Oil Grease not Axle Kerosene Oil Lubricating Oil not axle Grease Min cR 1 OB ers Oil Paraffine Oil Paraffine Wax Petrolatum Refined Oil Residium Road Oil Soap Oil Tailings Transformer Oil and Wool Oil viz In metal cans without jackets unpacked L C L 1 In metal cans jacketed unpacked L C L 2 In metal cans boxed L C L 3 In metal cans C L 4 In barrels or half barrels L C L 4 Same C L 6 In tank cars C L Minimum capacity of tank but not less than 24000 lbs 6 In iron drums or iron barrels actual weight L C L 4 Note 1 The weight of contents of tank cars shall he computed at 66 pounds per gallon Note 2 The weights on shipments in wood and cans shall be computed as follows In wooden barrels containing not over 52 gallons 410 pounds each the weight of each gallon in excess of 52 gallons to he computed on basis of 76 pounds per gallon In wooden halfbarrels contaln lng not over 30 gallons 240 pounds each In square cans completely cased each case containing 10 gallons 80 pounds each Note 3 Shipments of petroleum grease paraffine wax and petrolatum shall he charged for on basis of actual weight Notes 1 and 2 will not apply Paraffine wax may be shinped in boxes or bags at the same ratings as govern on shipments in barrels and half barrels Oil Cocoa in original packagesV 1 Oil Cocoa in barrels 3 Oil Palm Seed crude L C L Class K with 20 per cent added Oil Cottonseed L C L 5 Same C L without percentage See Note R 2 3 147 Noth Shipments of Cottonseed Oil In tank cars will be billed at a minimum weight based on shell capacity of tank computed at 7 pounds per gallon When the shell capacity of tank is 6250 gallons or more settlement will be made on basis of actual weight subject to a minimum weight of 6250 gallons computed at 1 pounds per gallon When the shell capacity of tank is less than 6250 gallons settlement will be made on basis of actual weight subject to a minimum weight based on the shell capacity of tank computed at 7 pounds per gallon One remnant shipment of cottonseed oil in tank cars will be allowed made each season from each mill at the current carload rate subject to a minimum weight of 24000 pounds Transportation companies do not furnish tank cars Oil Kerosene see Coal Oil Oil Lard and Linseed Oil Lubricating the product of Coal Oil same as Coal Oil Oil Mill Rolls returned for repairs rating to apply in both directions Oil Pine same as Coal Oil Oil Sassafras in glass or cans boxed Oils in glass or cans packed except Coal Oil and Sassafras Oil Oils in jars not packed not taken Oils N O S in bbls Oil Tank Wagons see Vehicles Oleomargarine see Butter Olives in glass packed Olives in barrels or casks Onions in sacks L C L Onions in barrels or crates Onions in barrels crates boxes or in sacks pr in bulk C L Onion Sets same as Onions Oranges see Fruit Ordnance Stores N O S Ore Copper see Copper Ores Iron L C L Same C L min wt 25000 lbs class P less 40 per cent Ores samples or specimens must be prepaid Organs see Musical In struments Outfits graders or contractors L C L Same C L min wt 24000 lbs Same C L min wt 24000 lbs with live stock Outfits House Moving Contractors consisting of capstans secondhand chains ropes pulleys jack screws horsepower wrenches rollers wire cables bolts crowbars pickaxes shovels saws sledge hammers monkey wrenches blocking etc but not including ma 3 4 chines or machinery in mixed shipments L C L Same C L min wt 20000 lbs Ovens viz Bakers sectional steel 4 K D L C L Same C L N O S S U not packed 1 3 D 1 2 4 N O S S U packed N O S K D packed Overalls see Garments cotton Oysters in cans or kegs Oysters shell in barrels Oysters shell in bulk C L Oysters in glass packed cr 3 6 3 5 n p 1 4 5 6 6 1 6 2 6 Packing Asbestos see Asbestos Packing Hemp Packing Metallic Packing Rubber Paintings and Pictures well boxed value of each box not to exceed 200 D1 Paintings and Pictures over 200 in value 3 T1 Paints Red and White Lead and Linseed Oil viz OR 2 6 5 1 D 1 CO ts9 t MMM 148 CR OR CR j OR In glass or earthenware boxed 1 Bulk dry in boxes or cases 5 Bulk earth metallic or dry in barrels casks sacks or kits L Ct L 6 Same C L L Bulk not dry in wooden or steel kegs or pails kits barrels buckets casks iron or steel drums or tin kegs with flat top enclosed in veneer or sheet metal jackets 5 In tin cans Jacketed not packed 2 In tin cans boxed crated or packed in barrels 4 Paneling see Woodwork Pants Jeans Cotton and Wool Mixed in bales or in cases 3 Paper Bags see Bags Paper Barrels nested packed 2 Paper Barrels not nested 4 T 1 Paper Binders Board see Binders Board Paper Bottle Covers packed or pressed in bales 3 Paper Boxes see Boxes paper Paper Cans see Cans Paper Paper Card 1 Paper Collars see Collars Paper Hangings in bundles 1 Paper Hangings boxed v 2 Paper Pads or Tablets and Blank Books with flexible paper backs in bundles crates or boxes L C L 3 Same C L 5 Paper Pasteboard 6 Paper Printing or Wrapping 4 B Paper same as above in boxes 2 Paper in rolls for manufacture of bags B Paper Pulp see Pulp Paper Roofing see Roofing Paper Sand and Flint 3 Paper Shirtboards see Sbirtboards Paper Stock Waste viz Cotton Sweepings Motes Regins and inters Cotton Seed Hull Shavings or Fibre in bales with privilege to carrier of compressing value limited to 2 cents per pound and so speci fied on bill of lading R Paper Stock wasteCotton Sweepings and Motes N O S 6 Paper Stock wasteCotton N O S 5 Paper Stock waste Woolen Jute or tailings in bags 6 Paper Stock waste Woolen Jute or tailings pressed in bales R Paper Stock wastePaper in sacks bbls or hhds 6 Paper Stock wastePaper pressed in bales or orates R Paper Stock wasteRags in sacks bbls bales hhds or crates R Paper Straw Boards 5 Faper Toilet packed or in rolls or bundles 5 Paper wall any quantity ih bundles l Paper wall any quantity in boxes 4 2 Paper Ware N O S 1 Paper Writing Book or Blotting in boxes 2 Parers Fruit boxed 2 Paris White same as paint Paste in barrels 6 Peaches dried see Fruit Dried Peaches green see Fruit Peach stones packed 6 Peanuts see Nuts Pearl Ash 5 Peas Cow in bags barrels or boxes see note D NoteBags must be made of burlap not less than 10 ounces per yard or cloth and be sufficiently strong and so closely woven and stitched as to 3 149 CR OR CR I OR carry contents safely and prevent sifting Bags which have been used for fertilizers or other articles containing acids must not be used Peas N O S in bags barrels or boxes 5 Pea Hullers see Hullers Pecans see Nuts Pegs Shoe in bags 1 Pegs Shoe in barrels or boxes 2 Peltries see Skins Pencils Slate 3 Pepper and Spices in bags 3 Pepper and Spices N O S ground in boxes 2 Pepper Sauce see Sauce Pepper Perfumery 1 Petroleum see Oil Phosphate Rock C L min wt 24000 lbs p Phosphate fruit beverage ready for use and not fountain juices extracts etc in barrels or kegs B Photographic Material l Pianos see Musical Instruments Pickers Cotton Raw Hide 2 Pickles in glass packed 1 Pickles in barrels or casks 4 Pickles in cans boxed 4 Picks and Mattocks see Special Iron List Picture Backing in packages 4 Pictures see Paintings Pigs Feet see Meat Pineapples in cans boxed 4 Pineapples in glass packed 1 Pineapples C L and L C L see Oranges etc under Fruit Pine Straw loose C L Class P less 20 per cent Pins in cases 1 Pins Clothes see Clothes Pins Pins Insulators see Telegraph Brackets Pipe Copper Brass or Metal N O S 1 Ppe Copper Brass or Metal N O S boxed 3 I Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing L C L 5 Pipe and Tile Drain or Roofing C L min wt 25000 lbs R Pipe Earthen not Drain L C L i Pipe Earthen not Drain C L 3 Pipe Fittings see Iron Pipe heating furnace galvanized iron or tin viz Crated or boxed not nested D1 Crated or boxed nested 2 Same side seams not closed nested wired in bundles or crated L C L 4 Same C L 5 Pipe Iron see Iron Bar Band etc Pipe iron in coils parts of ice machinery L C L Same 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 C L minwt 20000 lbs 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 wt 20000 lbs Pipe Tin boxed Pipe Wood L C L Same C L Pipes Tobacco in boxes Pitch any quantity same as Rosin Planters see Agricultural Implements Planes same as Tools N O S Plaster Board wall plaster rates plus 20 per cent Plaster Wall Cement or Calcined including Plas 6 P 5 6 3 6 3 5 4 CO CO rfi rH 150 CR OR CR OR ter of Paris in bbls or Sacks L C L Same C L Plaster Land same as Fertilizers Plate Tin see Tin Plate Plated or White ware Plates Paper and Wood L L Plates Paper and Wood C L min wt 24000 lbs Plates Heel see Heel Plates Plows see Agricultural Implements Plow Materials see Agricultural Implements Plumbago Plumbers Material N O S packed Plumbing Fixtures see Iron and Steel articles Poles Tent see Tents Poles N O S not over 3b feet in length C L min wt 30000 lbs 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 round C L min wt 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 Potatoes L C L in bbls or sacks Potatoes C L Poultry dressed see Meats Poultry live C L Same L C L Powder Baking Powder Bleaching Powder Gun and other Explosives L C L D 1 Same C L min wt 5000 lbs 1 Powdered Leaves in boxes or barrels 1 Powders and other Washing Compounds see Soap Powders Cattle Horse or Condition 1 Powders Polishing Compounds etc 3 Powers Horse see Agricultural Implements Preserves in glass packed 1 Preserves in cans boxed 4 Preserves in wood N O S 3 Presses Cider see Agricultural Implements Presses Cotton and Hay see Agricultural Implements Presses Copying 2 Presses Printing see Machinery Presses N O S 2 Printed Matter in sheets boxed prepaid 2 Prints same as Domestics Pruners see Agricultural Implements Prunes in boxes or kegs 2 Prunes in casks 4 Pulleys see Machinery Pulp Paper or Wood R Pumice Stone 3 2 Pumps and Pump Material wooden L C L 3 Same C L 4 Pumps Hand 1 Pumps Steam pumping engines and machinery L C L O same C L 4 Putty L C L 5 Pyrites L C L prepaid in boxes or barrels B Pyrites C L min wt 24000 lbs P R Q D Quartermasters Stores 1 N Quicksilver in iron flasks 1 Quilting attachments K 2 D in bundles 2 R Radiators and Heaters steam or water L C L 3 Same C L 5 151 Rags see Paper Stock Rasps see Files Railing see Woodwork Raisins not strapped Raisins strapped Rakes see Agricultural Implements Rattan Rat Traps see Traps Reapers see Agricultural Implements Red Lead same as Paints Reeds Reels viz Cable empty L C L Same C L min wt 12000 lbs Hose Garden and Lawn viz Set up L C L Knocked down packed L C L K D or S U C L Hose Iron K D packed Reflectors packed Refrigerators see Furniture Regins see Paper Stock Registers Cash boxed Retorts Clay Retorts Copper Retorts Iron see Iron Retorts Soda Water Rice rough Rice in sacks Rice clean in bbls or casks 1 Rice clean in boxes or kegs Rice Flour see Flour Rivets Iron see Iron Robes Buffalo Rods Nail see Iron Rods Meat see Hooks Rollers Field Road and Sugar see Agricultural Implements Rollers Printers Roofing Asbestos see Asbestos Roofing Cement and Roof Coating liquid in barrels or casks L C L Same C L Roofing Felt or Paper in bdls or rolls Roofing or Sheathing Cement and Prepared or CB OK 1 2 1 2 3 5 D1 1 4 2 D 1 D1 1 1 2 4 D C O 3 D 1 1 6 A B CR OR Composition Roofing sheet same as Roofing Felt or Paper Notb Roofing In rolls each roll containing liquid cement tin roofing caps or nails sufficient to lay the roofing may be carried at the ratings applying on the roofing Roofing Glass see Glass Roofing Granite packed 5 Roofing Iron see Iron Roofing Roofing Material C L min wt 25000 lbs consisting of 71 per cent gravel 18 per cent tar and 11 per cent paper of the gross weight L Note Necessary tools for applying roofing may be shipped in same car at the published rate on such tools Roofing Slate L C L 6 Roofing Slate C L min wt 25000 lbs See Rule 12 P Roofing Tile see Pipe Roofing Tin in rolls 5 6 Root Angelica in barrels or boxes 1 Roots and Herbs value not over 10c per pound L C L 4 Same C L 6 Roots and Herbs value over 10c per pound 3 Rope N O S 3 Rope Bed Cord 3 Rope Clothes Line 3 Rope Hair see Hair Rope Cotton see Domestics Rope Old 6 Rope hemp jute or manilla same as yarn jute or sisal Rope Wire see Wire Rosin any quantity Class K less 20 per cent without percentage Rosin Dross same as Rosin Rubber Belting see Belting Rubber Car Springs see Springs Rubber Clothing and Rubber Goods N O S see Clothing 152 CR I OR Rubber Hose see Hose Rubber Packing see Packing Rubber old scrap 5 Rugs N O S 1 Rugs Grass Hemp Hair Steel Wire Rubber and Cocoa 3 Rugs Oil 1 Rustic Work not boxed 3T1 Rustic Work crated 1 Rustic Work entirely boxed 2 Rye see Grain S Sacks same as Bags Saddlery 2 Saddlery Horse Collars 2 Saddlery Horse Collars other than Leather Saddlery Harness boxed 2 Saddlery Harness in bundles 1 Saddles not boxed 1 Same boxed 2 Saddletrees not boxed 1 Same boxed 2 Sadirons see Iron Safes Iron each weighing 3000 pounds or less 4 Safes Iron each weighing over 3000 lbs and not over 6000 lbs 3 Safes Iron each weighing over 6000 lbs and not over 10000 lbs 2 Safes Iron each weighing over 10000 lbs Special Contract Safes Kitchen and Pantry see Furniture Safes or Covers Cheese boxed 3T1 Sago in bags boxes or barrels 3 Sails 1 Saleratus see Soda Sal Soda 6 Salt in sacks or barrels L C L C Same C L min wt 20 000 lbs O Salt Brick see Brick Salt Cake same as Fertilizers Salt Table 6 Salts Bleaching same as Lime Chloride of R 1 4 CR OR Salts Epsom in casks or barrels L C L 5 Salts Epsom C L R Salts Epsom L C L N O S 4 Saltpetre L C L 5 Same C L M Samp 2 Sand N O S C L min wt 30000 lbs class P less 20 per cent See Rule 12 Sand L C L in barrels B Sand or Dust Moulding 5 Sand Paper see Paper Saratoga Chips 5 Sardines see Fish Sash unglazed Blinds Doors and Frames L C L Same C L Sash Glazed L C L Same C L Sash Weights see Iron Sauce Pepper in glass packed Sauces N O S Sauer Kraut in barrels Sausage see Meat Sawbucks Wooden in bundles Sawdust L C L in barrels or bags Sawdust loose C L min wt 25000 lbs Saw Logs see Logs Saw Mills see Machinery Saws N O S loose Saws N O S on boards Saws N O S boxed Sawplates packed Scales and Scale Beams set up wrapped Scales and Scale Beams K D wrapped Same boxed Scrapers Road and Pond see Agricultural Implements Screens Door or Window wire in bundles boxes or crates L C L Screens Door or Window wire C L min wt 15 000 lbs Screws Wood packed Screws N O S packed to oi to rf co ii m h k hdoseo ctp tdw 153 CR OR Scythes see Agricultural Implements Sea Grass pressed in bales 4 Seats Telegraph Pole see Telegraph Materials Seed Cane Sorghum B Seed Corn in boxes 2 Seed Flax 4 Seed Garden 2 Seed Garden returned over same line by which originally forwarded 4 Seed Grass and Clover L C L 3 Same C L 4 Seed Linseed 4 Seed Millet B Seed Mustard 6 Seed Sunflower 6 Seed N O S 7 2 Separators see Agricultural Implements Sewing Machines see Machinery Shades Window see Window Shades Shadines See Fish Shafting See Machinery Shafts See Vehicle Ma terial Shale same as Clay Shavings and Chips pressed in bales 6 Sheathing Metallic boxed or crated or in bundles wired 3 Sheetings same as Domestic Sheep see Live Stock Sheep Skins see Skins Shellac see Gum Shellers see Agricultural Implements Shells viz Oyster crushed or ground or not crushed or ground in bulk in bags or barrels L C L LCL fertilizer rates In packages named or in bulk C L min wt 30000 lbs C L fertilizer rates Shells Sea L C L prepaid D1 Same C L 5 Shingles L C L B Shingles C L min wt 24000 lbs p CR I QR Shingles Metal other than iron steel or tin in boxes L C L 4 Same C L 6 Iron steel or tin in boxes or crates L C L 5 Same in packages named straight or mixed C Lt min wt 20000 lbs 6 Ship Stuff same as Bran Shirtboards made of pasteboard printed or not printed 6 Shirting same as Domestics Shirts 1 Shirts and Drawers unlaundered entirely cotton see Garments cot ton Shoe Findings See Findings Shoe Lasts see Lasts Shoe Pegs see Pegs Shoe Polish see Polish Shoes See Boots Shoes Horse and Mule see Special Iron List Shoddy Wool pressed in bales 6 Shoddy in bags not pressed 4 Shoddy in crates 5 Shooks and Heading see Barrel Material Shorts See Rule 12 D Shot Bullets and Granulated Steel viz In bags 2 In boxes strapped 3 In double sacks cooperage or drums 5 Shovels see Agricultural Implements Show Cards see Signs Show Cases Display or Wall Cases and Cabinets Show Cases glazed or unglazed Display or all Cases and Cabi1 nets glazed in boxes or crates S U L C L D 1 Same K D L C L l Same S U or K D C L min wt 10000 lbs 1 154 CR Bases or Stands unglazed same as Fixtures Shrubbery see Trees Shucks in bales rough See Rule 12 D Shucks prepared haled shipped from factory or furniture warehouse 4 Shuttle Blocks rough 3 Sieves Tin nested packed in boxes 2 Sieves Wire boxed or crated 2 Signs Card Metallic or Wood 2 Signs Glass same as Glass Colored Stained etc St Johns Bread in bbls or boxes 1 Signs Trade boxed freight to be prepaid or guaranteed 2 Sisal see Yarn Sizing for factories L C L 5 Same C L 6 Skewers see Bobbins Skins Deer see Hides Slag C L min wt 30000 lbs See Rule 12 Class P less 20 per cent Slate Mantels See Mantels Slate Pencils see Pencils Slate Roofing see Roofing Slates School boxed 3 Sledges see Iron Smoke Stacks Flues or Hoods N O S L C L 1 Same C L min wt 20000 lbs 6 Smoke Stacks Flues or Hoods cut in sections side seams not closed nested L C L 4 Same C L min wt 20 000 lbs 6 Smokers Bee see Bee Smokers Snaths see Agricultural Implements Snuff in casks bbls or boxes 2 Snuff in jars packed 2 Same not packed D1 OR CR I OR Soap Castile and Fancy 2 Soap Common 6 Soap Powders and other Washing Compounds same as Soap common Soap Stock including cottonseed oil foots pitch or tankbottoms residuum of cottonseed oil refinings Class Rf without percentage Soapstone Crude C L min wt 25000 lbs See Rule 12 P Soapstone in kegs barrels casks or sacks L C L 6 Same G L A Soda in kegs boxes and drums 5 Soda Ash same as Fertilizers Soda Caustic in iron casks or drums 6 Soda Fountains see Fountains Soda Soda Fountain Retorts see Retorts Soda Nitrate of in boxes 1 Soda Nitrate of L C L same as Fertilizer L C L Soda Nitrate of C L same as Fertilizer C L Soda Sal 6 Soda Silicate of 6 Softener Cotton and Wool N O S Same in barrels Solder Sorghum see Syrup Spades see Agricultural Implements Spelter in slabs or casks 5 Spices see Pepper Spikes Iron see Iron Spokes and Shafts See Vehicle Material Sponge D1 Spools and Beams Yarn empty without percentage 6 Spreaders see Agricultural Implements Springs Bed Furniture in bundles wired together li Same in barrels or casks 3 Same in boxes 2 R wMct 155 CR I OR CR I OR Springs Car N O S 6 Springs Car Rubber loose 4 Same boxed 5 Springs Vehicle see Special Iron List Stairwork see Woodwork Stamp Mill Machinery see Machinery Staples Fence see Special Iron List Starch L C L 4 Starch C L min wt 24 000 lbs C Stationery 2 Statuary Iron Lawn Or naments etc See Iron Statues 3 T 1 Staves see Barrel and Box Material Steam Gauges see Machinery Steam Heaters See Machinery Steel not packed of 6 Steel packed 2 Steel wired or strapped 5 Steel Bars each 200 lbs and over 5 Steelyards K D packed 4 Steelyards unboxed 1 Stereotype Plates boxed for newspapers from manufacturer 2 Stereotype Plates old boxed returned to manufacturer 5 Stereotype Plates N O S 2 Stills Worm crated 1 Stone Granite and Marble When shipper desires to assume risk of loss or damage in order to secure lower rate he is required on demand of carrier to sign bill of lading releasing said carrier of liability Stone Granite and Marble L C L valuation lipited to 500 per cubic foot 4 Same valuation not restricted 1 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 min wt 25000 lbs P Same L C LI of 6 Building Stone and Cement Building Blocks including Tile but not other interior finish nor ornamental work cut or sawed into shape rough dressed or carved but not polished 1 protected otherwise at owners risk valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent Not subject to Rule No 27 Same L C L I of 6 Blocks Paving rough rubble and Crushed Stone C L min wt 30000 lbs Rule 12 Class P less 20 per cent Same L C L of 6 Curbing C L min wt 25000 lbs Class P less 20 per cent Same L C Li of 6 Monuments and Grave stones lettered valuation limited to 20 cents per cubic foot packed charges prepaid or guaranteed C L min wt 25000 lbs P Same L C L of 6 Stoneware same as Earthenware Stools Piano see Furniture Stove Boards boxed or crated 3 Stove Furniture L C L 1 Same C L 3 Stove Pipe See Pipe Stove Plates L C L 1 Same C L 3 Stoves and Ranges viz Alcohol Gas Gasoline 3 5 3 5 156 CR OR CR Oil or Vapor boxed or crated L C Lr 2 Same boxed crated or loose C L min wt 16000 lbs 4 Stoves Stove Plates Furniture and Hollow Ware including the necessary pipe L C L 1 3 Same C L 3 5 For special rates between junction points see Circular 309 Straw see Hay Rule 12 Straw Boards 5 Straw Goods 1 Straw Pine See Pine Straw or Wooden Bottle Covers pressed in bales 3 Stucco same as Plaster Calcined Sugar in bags 2 4 Sugar in double sacks same as in barrels Sugar in boxes strapped 4 5 Same not strapped 2 4 Sugar in bbls and hogsheads 6 Sugar Cane L C L prepaid 6 Same C L prepaid O Sugar Grape 6 Sulphates L C L 6 Sulphates Ash and Soda C L same as Fertilizers Sulphur in boxes L C L 1 Sulphur in bags barrels casks or kegs L C L 4 Sulphur for spraying purposes or for manufac ture of Fertilizers C L Same as Fertilizers Sumac viz Ground in bags or bbls L C L 4 Same C L min wt 20 000 lbs 5 Leaf C L min wt 16 000 lbs 4 Sumac Extract in bbls or casks 4 Sweeping Factory see Paper Stock Swings wooden or wood and iron combined including roller swings L C L 3 Same C L min wt 20 000 lbs 6 Syrup and Molasses viz In barrels halfbarrels kegs or hogsheads R In tank cars minimum weight 50000 lbs See Note R Note Syrup and Molasses In tank cars will be handled at an estimated weight of 117 pounds per gallon where actual weight can not be ascertained Syrup in cans same as Fruit and Vegetables in cans Syrups in glass boxed 1 Syrup cane in glass packed 5 Syrups Fountain see Juices Fruit T Tables Billiard see Billiard Tables Tackle Fishing see Fishing Tackle Tacks packed 6 Tailings see Paper Stock Talc apply Soapstone rates Tallow in barrels B TallowN O S 5 Tamarinds same as Oranges Tanbark see Bark Tanks Iron or Steel N O S S U L C L 3 Same C L min wt 20 000 lbs 6 Tin Sheet Iron or Sheet Steel plain or galvanized viz With pump hood and measure inside of tank boxed or crated L C L D1 N O S S U L C L D1 N O S K D L C L 2 N O S C L min wt 15000 lbs 4 Tanks Wood set up D1 Tanks Wood K D packed B Tank Stuff same as Fertilizers OR 6 157 Tapioca in boxes bbls or bags 3 Tar Pitch in bbls same as Rosins Tar Coal in barrels L C L B Tar Coal C L See Rule 12 O Tarpaulins packed in boxes or bales same as Domestics Tea 1 Telegraph and Telephone Material viz Poles C L min wt 25000 lbs P Poles L C L B Insulator Brackets or Pins without percentage C L K Same L C L R Braces Cross arm Iron of 6 Cross arms with Insulator Pins or Brackets affixed 6 Same without Insulator Pins or Brackets L C L 6 Same without Insulator Pins or Brackets C L min wt 24000 lbs P Insulators Porcelain or Glass packed 4 Wire see Wire Seats Pole 4 Supplies mixed shipments of consisting of Sal Ammoniac Pencil Zincs Bluestone Muriatic Acid Machine Bolts Washers Hand Axes Pliers Connectors Screw Drivers Linemens Spurs Screws Iron Pole Steps Wire Pointed Tacks or Staples Lightning Arrestors Fuse Blocks Terminal Heads for Cables Anchor Rods Paraffine Rubber Tubing Cable Aerial Submarine and Underground and other analogous materials 3 Telephones boxed 3 Outfits for construction or repair of telephone or telegraph line Same as Outfits Graders or Contractors Wire Copper and Insulated L C L Same C L Wire Telegraph other than abov same as wire common Tents Tent Poles and Pins TerraCotta in packages TerraCotta Architectural C L TerraCotta Architectural packed in casks tierces etc L C L Terra Japnica Thread Spool Cotton and Silk Thread Cotton Factory products in balls bales or skeins packed in burlaps or cases same as Domestics Threshers see Agricultural Implements Tickings same as Domestics Ties Cotton and Hay Tile viz Drain and Roofing see Pipe Fire for Lining etc Hollow fireproof L C L Same C L min wt 25 000 lbs Marble etc see Stone Paving Cement C L same as Stone Building and Cement Building Blocks Paving Cement L C L Packed Timber N O S rough hewed round split or sawed other than fuel same as Lumber Tin Block and Pig Tin Foil in boxes Tin Plate in boxes or rolls L C L Tin Plate C L Tin Roofing see Roofing R R 158 CR Oft CR OR Tin Scrap in rolls or bundles wired or crated 6 Tinners Trimmings N O S 2 Tinware and Tin Stamped Ware boxed or crated 4 Tires Locomotive see Iron Tires Wagon see Iron Tobacco Box Material L c l 6 Same C L min wt 24 000 lbs P Tobacco cases and boxes empty 1 Tobacco Cut in boxes bbls or bales 1 Tobacco Leaf in cases 1 Tobacco Plug in boxes or kegs 1 Tobacco Screws and Fixtures See Machinery Tobacco Smoking 1 Tobacco Stems prized 6 Same not prized 1 Tobacco Unmanufactured not prized Same prized 2 Toe Calks see Calks Tongues Pickled in barrels or kegs 4 Tongues Smoked 3 Tonqua Beans in boxes or bbls 1 Tools Edge 2 Tools Mechanic boxed 2 ToothpiGks 2 Tow in bales 2 Same compressed 3 Toys viz Drums boxed 3T1 Furniture childrens L C L D1 Same C L min wt 15000 lbs 1 Hobby Horses entirely boxed or crated L C L D1 Hobby Horses not boxed 3 T 1 Hobby Horses boxed or crated C L min wt 15000 lbs 1 Sleds or Sleighs childrens L C L in bdls D l Same C L min wt 15000 lbs 1 Trunks 11 Wax Show Figures D1 3 1 Wheelbarrows C h i 1drens in bdls L C L D1 Same C L min wt 15000 lbs 1 Mixed C L min wt 15 000 lbs 1 Toys N O S 1 Tracks Railway portable of iron or wood K D L C L 4 Same C L 6 Trains Sugar see Agricultural Implements Traps Fly D1 Traps Mouse and Rat 1 Traveling Bags see Bags Trays Butter see Butter Trays Trees and Shrubbery baled or boxed L C L prepaid or guaranteed Same C L Tripe see Meat Tripoli 4 Trucks Warehouse and Factory L C L 3 Same C L 6 Trunks single 11 Trunks nested or filled with merchandise crated or strapped 1 Trunks empty or filled with merchandise corded or wrapped 1 Trunks filled with merchandise not corded or wrapped D1 Trunks N O S D1 Tubes Sheet Metal see Iron Trunks Sample D1 Tubs N O S 1 Tubs Bath all kinds L C L 1 Tubs Bath cast iron C L 4 Tubs Bath N O S C L min wt 10000 lbs 2 Tubs Bath see Iron and Steel Articles Tubs Bath folding wrapped or crated i 1 Tumblers packed 2 Turbine and Water Wheels see Wheels Turnips in barrels or sacks 6 Turpentine Spirits in packages less than a barrel 3 6 O 1 2 1 3 2 4 R 5 159 CR Turpentine Spirits in barrels without percentage R Turpentine Spirits in tank cars See Note without percentage R Note On shipments in tank cars when the shell capacity of tank Is less than 6250 gallons weights will be assessed on shell capacity of tank multiplied by 72 pounds to the gallon When capacity of tank is 6250 gallons or more settlement will be made on basis of actual weight subject to a minimum weight of 6250 gallons multiplied by 72 pounds to the gallon Transportation companies do not furnish tank cars Turpentine Cups viz Earthen Same as Earth enware Fibre or Fibreoid L C L 3 Same C L minimum weight 15000 lbs 5 Iron steel or tin with or without hangers not nested in barrels boxes bundles or crates L C L 1 Nested in barrels boxes bundles or crates L C L 4 Nested or not nested in packages or loose C L minimum weight 30000 pounds 6 Twine 3 Type boxed 2 Type Old in boxes barrels or kegs 3 Typewriters boxed D1 U Umbrellas boxed 1 Urns see Iron V Vaults Burial see Burial Vaults Vehicles and material for Vehicles as follows In all items under heading of Vehicles the term Wagons is intended only to apply to rough cheap farm wagons with or without springs and is not intended for buggies or varnished pleasure or business wagons which articles and articles of like character take same class as Buggies Trotting Wagons etc OR Vehicles viz Automobiles Locomobiles or other selfpropelled Vehicles See notes viz S U L C L K D boxed or well crated L C L S U or K D C L min wt 10000 lbs CR D 1 11 1 Note Automobiles or other selfpropelled vehicles too bulky to be loaded in box cars will not be accepted for transportation unless properly protected by tarpaulins and small or detachable parts must be removed and packed in boxes which must be securely fastened to the vehicle or to the floor of the car Gigs and Sulkies Same as Carriages Buggies and Trotting Wagons Hook and Ladder Trucks Village handhauled S U D1 Same K D li Hose Reels N O S and Hook and Ladder Trucks L C L min wt 4000 lbs each Dl Same C L min wt 20000 lbs 5 Hose Reels or Hose Carts twowheeled K D boxed or crated L C L D1 Same C L min wt 20000 lbs5 Hose Wagons with 1 Chemical Engine at tachments min wt 4000 lbs each D1 Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons boxed or well crated C L min wt 8000 lbs 3 Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons loose C L min wt 24000 lbs 3 Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons set up L C v L actual weight 4 T 1 Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting OR 4 4 3 T 1 160 Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value not to exceed 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier is liable Carriages Buggies Gigs Sulkies and Trotting Wagons L C L K D boxed or well crated value over 15 per 100 lbs in case of total loss for which carrier is liable Carriage and Buggy Shafts and Poles fully wrapped shipped separate from vehicles Carriages Childrens K D in boxes bndls or crates Carriages Childrens set up boxed Carriages Childrens set up unboxed Cars Railroad see Cars Carts Hand K D and packed or bundled Dump Carts with wheels detached Hearses K D boxed or crated Hearses set up see Stage Coaches under Vehicles Oil Tank Wagons S U L C L min wt 4000 lbs Same tongues wheels poles or shafts detached L C L Same C L min wt 20000 lbs Road Village or Pleasure Carts see Carriages etc Stage Coaches Omnibuses and Hearses actual wt Vehicle Material Boxes Skeins and Springs see Special Iron List Vehicle Material Buggy Bodies Bows Doubletrees Felloes Hubbs Rims Seats Shafts Singletrees Spokes CE OR CR OR D 1 D1 D1 1 D 1 3 T 1 3 4 n D 1 2 5 4 T 1 1J 3 T 1 Whiffletrees and Wheels N O S viz Finished L C L Same C L In the white L C L Same C L In the rough L C L Same G L Dashes boxed or crated Bicycles Tricycles or Velocipedes viz Crated or boxed not taken otherwise L C L Same C L min wt 10000 lbs i Velocipedes Railroad Wlagons and Carts C L min wt 24000 lbs Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber set up actual weight Wagons and Carts Farm or Lumber taken apart and thoroughly knocked down in any quantity actual weight Wagons Childrens same as Childrens Carriages Wagons Street Sprinklers Wagon Parts Wood unpainted K D and packed in crates or bundles Wagon Tires see Tires Valves Brass see Brass Varnish in barrels or kegs Varnish in cans boxed Varnish in cans not boxed Vaseline in cans packed Vaseline in glass packed Vault Lights see Glass Vegetables Desiccated Vegetables in cans see Fruit in cans Vegetables N O S prepaid or guaranteed Veneering boxed Same not boxed Ventilators sheet metal L C L Same C L min wt 10000 lbs Vermicelli Vinegar in barrels or kegs lk 3 1 4 D 1 D1 1 D 1 D 1 1 1 B 1 1 161 CR Vinegar in glass same as Beer Ale and Porter in glass Vinegar Shavings or Chips in bags 5 Vises packed or unpacked 4 Vitriol Blue in barrels 5 W Wadding D1 Wagon Jacks see Jackscrews etc Wainscoting sexe Wood work Wall Plaster See Plaster Washers in kegs of 6 Washers in other packages 2 Washing Compounds see Soap Waste and Paper Stock N O S in bales with privilege to carrier of compressing value limited to 2c per pound R Same otherwise packed 6 Waste Manufactured String for packing wiping etc in bales or bags 5 Waste Paper etc1 see Paper Stock Water Ammonia in iron casks 5 Water Ammonia in glass packed 3 Water Coolers and Filters See Coolers Waters Aerated Carbonated and Mineral Waters in wood or in galvanized iron cans 6 Same in glass or earthenware packed L C L 4 Same in glass or earthenware packed or in wood straight or mixed C L 6 Noth Ale Beer and Water Packages empty returned consisting of barrels halfbarrels and kegs and bottles in wooden wire or sheet metal cases barrels or casks In less car loads 6th class carloads minimum weight 10000 lbs onehalf of the rate applying on same when filled and moving in reverse direction Watermelons see Melons Wax N O S 4 CR OR Wax Comb Foundation boxed Wax Extractors crated Wedges see Iron Weights Sash see Iron Weights Clock packed Well Curbing See Curbing Well Buckets See Buckets Whalebone Wheat see Grain Wheat Cracked see Food Preparations Wheelbarrows see Agricultural Implements Wheels and Axles Car see Special Iron List Wheels and Vehicles see Vehicles Wheels Water Wheels Well same as Pulleys 3 4 Whetstones boxed 3 Whips Whiskey see Liquors 1 Whiting N G S 5 Whiting in boxes Whiting in barrels casks 3 or sacks dry C L L Willow Reeds in bales 2 Willow Ware Willow Ware Baskets D 1 nested Window Casings see Woodwork 1 Window Shades 1 Window Shade Cloth Window Frames see Sash etc 1 Wind Mills K D in bndls Wine see Liquors Wines High same as Liquors Wire Common Barbed or S otherwise see Special Iron List Wire Binding Wire copper and insulated 3 5 L C L 2 Same C L 4 Wire Cloth Wire Fence See Fencing Wire Goods boxed N 1 O S 3 Wire Grass see Grass 1 Wire Mattresses see Fur niture Wire Rope 4 Wire Seives see Sieves 162 CR Wire Screens 1 Wire Telegraph see Telegraph Wire N O S 3 Wire Work Racks Stands Vases Signs and Figures boxed or crated3 T 1 Wire Work Woven Table Toilet and Household Articles boxed or crated D 1 Wire Fencing see Fencing Wire Wire Netting see Netting Wire Wood Green or Dry C L of 10 cords to be billed by cord See Rule 12 P Wood Ashes see Ashes Wooden Butter Dishes packed L C L 3 Wooden Butter Dishes C L min wt 24000 lbs 6 Wooden Covers see Covrs Wooden Ware N O S 1 Wooden Ware does not include Willow Ware which is D 1 Wood Liquor in barrels 3 Wood Plates L C L 3 Wood Plates C L min wt 24000 lbs 6 Wood Hard in the rough shaped for manufacturing It C L 0 Same C L see Handles Woodwork viz Railing Balusters Wainscoting Stairwork Paneling Window Casings all of oak or other hardwoods for in oR CR OR side finish of houses in bundles crates or boxes L C L 4 Same C L Woolen and Cotton Goods mixed without percent 6 D 1 age Wool washed in bags not 5 1 pressed 2 Wool unwashed in hags not pressed Wool washed in bags 4 pressed in bales Wool unwashed pressed in bags or bales not to exceed in size 2i ft x 3i ft x 6 ft nor weighing 3 less than 200 lbs Woolen Goods without per 6 centage 4 Wool Mineral in hags 1 Wringers Clothes packed 2 3 Same not packed Y Yachts see Boats Yarn Cotton same as Domestics D 1 Yarn jute or sisal 6 Yarns N O S 3 Yeast in wood 3 Yeast in boxes 3 Yokes Z 1 Zinc in sheets or rolls Zinc in blocks or pigs L 4 C L 5 Same C L Zinc Cornices see Cornices 6 Zinc Oxide Zinc Paints see Paints 5 163 DISTANCE TABLES Indicates NonAgency Stations ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD GeorgiaTennessee Line 000 Wildwood 184 Morganville New England Trenton 457 723 1043 Tatum Rising Fawn Sulphur Springs 1275 1822 2352 ATLANTA WEST POINT RAILROAD Atlanta 000 Union City 1707 St Charles 4651 Fairburn 1881 Grantville 5094 Milton Avenue 496 Wright s 2144 Trimble 5526 Oakland 720 Palmetto 2519 Hogansville 5769 McCollum 3028 Louise 6424 East Point 656 Madras 3316 LaGrange 7088 College Park 857 McBride 3723 Cannonville 7780 Red ak 1233 Newnan 3881 80 10 Stonewall 1573 Moreland 4518 West Point 8619 ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILROAD BRUNSWICK TO BIRMINGHAM Brunswick V 00 Southern Junction 90 Brobston 123 Anguilla 159 Leicht 171 Blounts 194 Thallman 211 Lott 240 Browntown 270 Fendig 312 Needmore 347 Hortense 380 Zirkle 435 Offerman 487 Bristol 555 Coffee 628 Mill City 680 Rockingham 702 Alma 734 Guysie 772 Sessoms 809 Nicolls 842 Chatterton 900 Douglas 973 Upton 1001 Bushnell 1049 Ambrose 1089 Wray 1120 Osierfield 1169 Ashton 1208 Fitzgerald 1260 Abba 1334 Arp 1354 Rebecca 1416 Double Run1471 Hatley 1516 Musselwhite 1580 Cordele 1629 Ross 1670 Vienna 1725 Lilly 1786 Byrojnville 1834 Dooling 1859 Fields 1909 Montezuma 1941 Oglethorpe 1957 Bartlett 2009 Ideal 2057 Southland 2088 Rupert 2131 Charing 2181 Mauk 2224 Norwich 2254 Junction City 2304 Paschal 2310 Talbotton 2382 Berry 2431 Woodland 2483 Chalybeate Springs 2543 Manchester 2560 Bullochville 2614 Warm Springs 2620 Durand 2676 Stovall 2732 Big Springs 2777 Knott 2802 LaGrange 2868 Pyne 2931 Abbottsford 2970 GeorgiaAlabama Line 2998 Standing Rock Ala 3018 Roanoke Ala3111 Birmingham Ala 4538 164 ATLANTA BIRMINGHAM ATLANTIC RAILROADContinued MANCHESTER TO ATLANTA Manchester 00 Haralson 289 Union City 561 Persico 48 Senoia 344 Dungamore 596 Woodbury 103 Aberdeen 428 Ben Hill 648 Imlac 142 Tyrone 473 Stratford 705 Gay 192 Fife 530 Bellwood Yard 757 Alvaton 246 Atlanta 782 WAYCROSS TO SESSOMS Sessoms 00 Bolen 110 Waltertown 195 Murray 41 Haygood 141 Waycross 260 Beach 70 FITZGERALD TO THOMASVI LLE Fitzgerald 00 Kell 296 Corbetts 551 Fletcher 58 Iniss 322 Sunset 579 Mystic 92 Omega 352 Murphy 613 Pinetta 115 Crosland 389 Coolidge 660 Hansen 154 Norman Park 425 Merrillville 703 Harding 181 Barbers 466 Touraine 719 Brighton 202 Kingwood 501 Dillon 740 Tifton 256 Moultrie 524 Thomasville 808 ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY SAVANNAH TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE Savannah Savannah Dale Millers Burroughs Ways Baileys Siding Fleming Aimars Siding McIntosh Allenhurst Walthourville Aimar Ludowici 000 Big Stick Lbr Co Monteith 1089 OLearys 1313 1522 SAVAN NAH TO FLORIDA STATE LINE 000 Doetorfown 5269 Baybon 8174 fi gig Tesiip 5719 Nahunta 8561 1018 GrayMitchell Lbr Hickox 8820 1175 Co 6129 National Turpen 1594 Broadhurst 6687 tine Co 8959 2148 Fairfield 6978 Bachelot 9324 2420 McKinnon Bros N G Wades 2810 Siding 6987 Siding 9509 3134 McKinnon Bros Winokur 9745 3628 Siding 7157 N G Wades 3864 McKinnon 7237 Siding 10179 41 80 7625 Newell 10420 4627 G S Holmes Siding Folkston 7897 11164 7897 165 ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYContinued JESUP TO ALABAMA STATE LINE Jesup 000 Peeks Siding 8999 T D Lewis 15520 Slover 496 Delmar 9076 Cairn 15736 C S Meadows Jr 932 Indianola 9397 W D Lewis Siding 15955 Screven 1153 Truloves Still 9595 Maxwell Brick Co 16341 Offerman 1926 Dashers Siding 9774 Whigham 16432 Patterson 2137 Valdosta 10002 Boyd s Siding 16583 Owen 2596 S M Stanley 10110 Curry Bostwick 16879 Blackshear 2975 Paine Smith 10380 Climax 17079 Homestead 3224 Kinderlou 10569 Autrey Chapman 17392 Deans Still 3324 Ousley 10941 Farrar Lumber Co 17749 Bonnyman 3602 Durden 11159 McCaskill Spur 17788 Way cross 3969 Blue Springs Bathesay Lbr Co 17788 Buskin 4576 Lumber Co 11290 Bainbridge 17928 Hay Keaton 4847 Quitman 11703 West Bainbridge 18061 Glenmore 5109 Companys Track 12166 Oglesby Lbr Co 18396 Manor 5408 Dixie 12389 Smiths Spur 18406 Lewis Mfg Co 5637 Pidcock 12667 Hanover 18561 Argyle 5902 Molloys Still 13044 Cyrene 18765 Tra vis ville 6080 Kirbys Ping Mill 13061 Hodges Powell 18784 Drawdys Still 6275 Boston 13120 Brinson 19053 Homerville 6525 Companys Siding 13490 Stuart Lbr Co 19121 Bhinessmith Newark 13820 Caldwell Siding 19413 Hughes 6680 Neils Siding 14110 Iron City 19562 Cutting 6905 Thomasville 14340 Sharp Hagen 19679 DuPont 7350 Pine Park 15075 Lela 19820 W A Flowers J B Dobson 15372 Donaldsonville 20020 Siding 7940 Beverly Jakin 20630 Stockton 8177 McCollum 15382 Jakin Brick Yard 20886 Albritton Sons 8516 Ham Company 15405 Saflfold 21076 Naylor 8695 WAYCROSS TO FOLKSTON Way cross 000 Fort Mudge 1497 Conners Mills 2680 J B Lewis 383 Hickox Lumber Co 1749 G W Stokes Co 2727 Astoria 615 Stone Siding 1786 Uptonville 2816 Braganza 689 Baee Pond 2034 Homeland 3216 M Griffon 1073 Folkston 3439 THOMASVILLE TO ALBANY Thomasville 000 Ocklocknee 1152 Flint 3817 Company s Siding 400 Hansel 1562 H T Neal 3927 Homer Williams 500 Meigs 1877 Baconton 4242 Pasco 607 Pelham 2401 DeWitt 4574 Williams 719 Leland 2752 Hardaway 4960 Sou Sawmill Co 977 Camilla 3218 Albany 5822 Companys Track 3345 MONTICELLO BRANCH Thomasville 000 Hicks Siding 593 Company s Siding 613 Aeosta 262 Metcalf 1003 CLIMAX TO FLORIDA STATE LINE Climax 000 Fowltown 858 Faceville 1533 Otiska 196 Fowltown Tobacco Beeovery 2157 Stricklands 489 Co 1129 Dell Siding 2485 Eleanor s Spur 657 Clardys Siding 1369 Edwards Company 2770 166 ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANYContinued OTISKA TO AMSTERDAM Otiska 000 Mise Spur 247 Amsterdam 1030 Wataga 900 WAYCROSS TO BRUNSWICK Waycross 000 Colgans Still 700 Sehlatterville 1055 Bawles Still 1200 Hoboken 1473 Companys Track 1673 Blackshear Mfg Co 1701 T J Peek 2024 Morgans Siding 2100 Nahunta 2355 Private Siding 2614 Llaton 2836 J N Strickland 3098 Atkinson 3180 J P Davenport Sid 3465 Waynesville 3530 Bladen 4076 Jamaica 4369 Anguilla 4614 Townsend 4614 Pyles Marsh 4910 Southern Junction 5255 Dock Junction 5514 Brunswick 5815 WAYCROSS TO ALBANY Waycross 000 Leliaton 3953 Baker Ogden 7780 Deanwood 200 Pinebloom 4123 Hillsdale 7820 Waresboro 800 Willacoochee 4240 Ty Ty 7898 Sappville 1141 Gress Mfg Co 4466 Philips Hook 8054 Hasty 1400 Companys Siding 4740 Sumner 8606 Fairfax 1635 Glory 4824 Poulan 8935 Millwood 1926 Alapaha 5329 Company s Siding 9161 McDonald 2327 J J Bouse 5378 Sylvester 9241 Stuarts Siding 2530 E O Baker 5630 Companys Siding 9438 Doughtry MeKey Enigma 5992 Willingham 9673 Lumber Co 2927 Brookfield 6360 Pinson s Siding 9873 Pearson 3075 Solumco 6560 Acree 10224 Kirkland 3415 Vanceville 6760 Johnsons Siding 10584 E L Peterson 3871 Tifton 7122 Albany 11197 DUPONT TO FLORIDA STATE LINE DuPont 000 Withers 962 Alexanderville 1740 Coastine 516 Haylow 1170 Tarver 2031 Barnes Mill 616 Bramberg 1474 Barnes Still 2419 ATLANTIC WAYCROSS NORTHERN RAILROAD Kingsland Scotchville 000 Woodville 600 Arnow 800 St Marys 850 1100 AUGUSTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD Augusta 000 Blythe 2176 Mitchell 5926 Neeo 504 Keysville 2653 Halley 6087 Adam 547 Padgetts 2853 Agricola 6171 Adventure 689 Noah 3010 Chalker 6424 Gracewood 860 Matthews 3134 Eloyd Creek 6565 DeBruce 1070 Wrens 3598 Amerson 6790 Melton 1275 Spread 4107 Marvins 6888 Hepzibah 1506 Avera 4547 Warthen 7084 Moores 1589 Bock Comfort 4839 Gilmore 7237 Elwood 1713 Gibson 5067 Sandersville 8026 Edie 1844 Hodges 5319 Tennille 8353 Beall Springs 5516 W J 4S 167 BLAKELY SOUTHERN RAILROAD Blakely 000 Sheffields Still 1100 Warrens Switch 1700 McLendon 600 Sheffield 1400 D L Siding 2100 Callafield 1000 J akin 2200 BOWDON RAILWAY Bowdon Junction 000 Mt Zion 310 Jonesville 960 Earnest 160 Burwell 710 Bowdon 1200 BRINSON RAILWAY Savannah 000 Ardmore 3580 Bascom 6480 Pipemaker 520 Kildare 3870 Hiltonia 6740 Newtonville 740 Leola 4120 Millhaven 7160 890 Newington 4360 Murryhill 7540 Keller 1070 Eureka Springs 4560 Sardis 7740 Coldbrook 1460 Shepards 4760 Bill Davis 8200 Blandford 1770 Hunters 4890 Alexander 8540 Rahn 2120 White Hill 5090 Old Church 9000 Springfield 2460 Kitson 5360 Waynesboro 9600 Bethel 2860 Waters 5540 Elmore 10020 Lorenzo 3070 Sylvania 5740 Leroy 10430 Shawnee 3390 Lewis 6210 St Clair 10860 CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY SAVANNAH TO ATLANTA Savannah 00 Central Junction 34 Pooler 82 Bloomingdale 123 Meldrim 170 Eden 193 Marlow 261 Pineora 275 Guyton 303 Tusculum 351 Egypt 404 Oliver 459 Halcyondale 500 Cameron 546 Dover 574 Ogeechee 615 Rocky Ford 664 Scarboro 707 Paramore Hill 742 Millen 788 Cushingville 830 Millen 00 Lawton 50 Perkins 70 Munnerlyn 105 Rogers 868 Herndon 901 Midville 963 Gertrude 1004 Wadley 1069 Bartow 1113 Almira 1160 Davisboro 1222 Sun Hill 1301 Tennille 1352 Oconee 1464 Toomsboro 1549 McIntyre 1617 Gordon 1706 Lewiston 1749 Griswold 1815 Macon 1908 Macon Junction 1917 Rivoli 1986 Lorane 2031 MILLEN TO AUGUSTA Idlewood 145 Waynesboro 205 Greens Cut 270 Bolingbroke 2060 Smarrs 2122 Forsyth 2172 Colliers 2230 Goggins 2286 Barnesville 2333 Milner 2398 Orchard Hill 2452 Griffin 2513 Pomona 2565 Sunnyside 2583 Hampton 2617 Lovejoy 2666 Orrs 2708 Jonesboro 2731 Morrow 2776 Forrest Park 2813 Hapeville 2855 East Point 2881 Ft McPherson 2906 Atlanta 2945 McBean 328 Tahoma 408 Allens 428 Augusta 535 168 CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued Dover 00 Clito 51 Statesboro 99 Jimps 154 Register 187 Pulaski 233 DOVER TO BREWTON Parish 252 Metter 294 Canoe 344 Stillmore 387 Lexsy 442 Wesley 464 Nunez 475 Covena 534 Norristown 566 Adrian 635 Scott 685 Brewton 769 GRIFFIN TO CHATTANOOGA Griffin 00 Buchanan 805 Holland 1400 Esmond 45 Felton 879 Taliaferro 1439 Rio 80 Dugdown 900 Lyerly 1458 Vaughan 85 Featherstone 920 Berryton 1495 128 Youngs 958 Summerville 1528 Chestlehurst 159 Cedartown 1012 Trion 1573 Senoia 192 Lake 1061 Wilsons 1633 Turin 242 Boody 1089 Martindale 1642 Sharpsboro 259 Reeseburg 1110 Guild 1666 Raymond 299 Chambers 1141 LaFayette 1708 Newnan 360 Silver Creek 1148 Warrens 1755 Sargents 417 Lindale 1159 Noble 1766 Whitesburg 470 Rome 1203 Pigeon Mtn Jctn 1783 Banning 484 West Rome 1222 Rock Springs 1795 542 Morrisons 1255 Chickamauga 1845 Carrollton 598 Berry Hill 1270 Lytle 1878 Mandeville 671 Buckhalter 1298 Missionary Ridge 1899 Bowdon Junction 681 Lavender 1310 Rossville 1933 Bremen 728 Sprite 1357 Chattanooga 1979 CHICKAMAUGA TO DURHAM 00 W ests 63 Hinkles 126 Harps Switch 32 Lula Lake 104 Vulcan 144 Cenchat 56 Durham 172 LYERLY TO DEWEY Lyerly 00 Alabama State Line 70 MACON TO COLUMBIA 00 Oglethorpe 502 Dowell 1080 Wise 37 Greens Mill 543 Lockett 1121 Rutland 64 Andersonville 595 Walker 1163 Walden 91 Bagley 660 Dueker 1190 Echeconnee 117 Americus 700 Holt 1243 Byron 167 Maddox 755 Leary 1281 Powersville 208 Sumter 792 Williamsburg 1334 Ohio 230 Smithville 824 Commissary Hill 1374 Bliss 251 Adams 883 Arlington 1410 Ft Valley 283 Leesburg 950 Baneroft 1478 Masseys Lane 335 Century 990 Peru 1502 Marshallville 359 Forrester 1008 Blakely 1541 Winchester 386 Newsom 1021 Hilton 1644 Barron rs Lane 431 Albany 1055 State Line near Montezuma 484 jj j y tf Columbia Ala 1664 169 CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued MACON TO COLUMBUS Macon 00 Ft Valley 283 Paschal 645 Wise 37 Nakomis 357 Geneva 700 Rutland 64 Beeehwood 393 Juniper 736 Walden 91 Beynolds 416 Box Springs 771 Echeconnee 117 Bonita 451 Upatoi 821 Byron 167 Pebble 469 Commonwealth 867 208 Butler 500 Sehatulga 906 Ohio 230 Tangent 544 Muscogee Junction 973 Bliss 251 Howard 592 Columbus 996 Junction City 639 FORT VALLEY TO PERRY Ft Valley 00 Woods 45 Botan 84 Feagan 27 Myrtle 60 Hopedale 92 Hupree 39 Shanty No 11 73 Perry 124 AMERICUS TO COLUMBUS Americus 00 Hoyle 237 Halloca 477 Naftnra 66 Buena Vista 283 Ochillee 526 LaCrosse 86 Elm View 316 Sand Hill 563 Provo 102 Kinchef oonee 344 Bellefonte 576 Ellaville 141 Zellobee 364 Esquiline 584 Walls Crossing 183 Glen Alta 384 Muscogee Junction 614 Putnam 213 Ida Vesper 419 Columbus 638 Christopher 439 CUTHBERT TO FORT GAINES Cuthbert 00 Shanty No 28 77 Pecan 166 Guthbert Junction 19 Coleman 100 Killen 200 Coles 39 Jones 155 Ft Gaines 215 SMITHVILLE TO GEORGETOWN Smithville 00 Shellman 244 Hatcher 501 Edwards 30 Pachitla 282 Wire Bridge 544 Bronwood 82 Cuthbert 348 Georgetown 579 Dawson 142 Cuthbert Junction 367 State Line near Graves 182 Springvale 420 Eufaula Ala 591 Morris 454 MACON TO ATHENS Macon 00 Bound Oak 280 Madison 726 M A Junction 45 Hillsboro 338 Apalachee 819 Sand Pit 67 Adgateville 376 Farmington 889 Van Buren 72 Minneta 425 Bishop 920 Morton 156 Monticello 453 Watkins ville 957 Gray 177 Machen 532 Sidney 978 Bradleys 209 Shady Hale 540 Whitehall 1008 Wayside 245 Godfrey 610 Athens 1052 Waring 662 170 CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAYContinued GORDON TO PORTERDALE Gordon 00 Meda 343 Broughton 645 Ivey 38 Eatonton 379 Newborn 670 Stevens Pottery 81 Willard 468 Mansfield 695 Carling 153 Athon 511 Hayston 715 Milledgeville 169 Aikenton 526 Starrsville 752 Meriwether 247 Machen 558 Covington 807 Dennis 293 Kelly Farrar 598 613 Porterdale 863 COLUMBUS TO RAYMOND Columbus 00 Hamilton 241 Harris 451 Nankipooh 74 Tip Top 276 Greenville 495 Fortson 110 Chipley 328 Allie 549 Hines Crossing 130 Meriwether W S Primrose 585 Mobley 150 Springs 370 Luthersville 632 162 Durand 400 Bexton 671 Kingsboro 202 Raymond 729 BARNESVILLE TO THOMASTON Barnesville 00 Middlebrooks 50 The Rock 85 Wilkinsons 30 Topeka Junction 65 Thomaston 165 SAVANNAH TO TYBEE PASSENGERClass EFour Cents per Mile FREIGHTSee table below BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND ANY STATION Pee 100 Lbs Per Bbl Per 100 Lbs Per Ton Pee Oae Load Per 100 Lbs Per Ton 2000 Lbs 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F G H J K 1 LM 1 N O P R di o 8 s a HH 50 45 40 30 25 20 20 20 15 12 20 25 10 2000 2000 M000 75 85 Savannah 00 Estill St Augustine 50 Fort Screven McQueens 90 Point Lazaretto 130 Post Office 140 Atlantic Club 168 157 Hotel Tybee 173 163 South End 177 163 CHARLESTON WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY Augusta Bon Air 000 Martinez 677 Evans 1190 Sneaas 1429 ELBERTON EASTERN RAILWAY Elberton 000 Fortsonia 900 Malloryville 1900 Cauthan 600 Bell 1100 Tignall 2200 Norman 1600 171 FITZGERALD OCILLA BROXTON RAILROAD Osierfield 000 Horton 480 Jowers 960 Thurman 120 Hokesboro 710 Broxton 1410 FLEMINGTON HINESVILLE WESTERN RAILROAD Hinesville 000 Flemington 200 McIntosh 525 Martins 300 FLINT RIVER NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD Ticknor 00 Sale City 810 Cotton 1635 Smiths Siding 200 Akridge 1042 Rogersville 1912 Terrace 433 Laneys 1161 Spence 2100 Hays Siding 596 Hinsonton 1370 Pelham 2303 FLORIDA CENTRAL RAILROAD Thomasville 000 Beverly 490 Hammond 1002 Cherokee 150 Myrtlewood 620 Roddenbery 1303 FLOVILLA INDIAN SPRINGS RAILWAY Flovilla 00 Indian Springs 262 GAINESVILLE MIDLAND RAILWAY Gainesville 000 Pendergrass 1507 Clarksboro 3085 Candler 681 Holders 1807 Attica 3307 Klondike 814 Jefferson 2234 Oconee Heights 3704 Belmont 933 Arcade 2564 Athens 4132 Talmo 1221 Red Stone 2932 MONROE BRANCH Belmont 000 Sells 1200 Bethlehem 2192 350 Mulberry 1315 Campton 2639 Braseltons 700 Winder 1728 Walker Park 2919 Hoschton 839 Beddingfield 2192 Monroe 3200 GAINESVILLE NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD Gainesville 000 Clermont 1600 Asbestos 3000 Clark 700 Meldean v 2200 Nacoochee 3400 Dewberry 1100 Cleveland 2600 Helen 3600 Brookton 1400 North Helen 3700 GEORGIA RAILROAD AUGUSTA TO ATLANTA Augusta 000 Saw Dust 2576 Barnett 5798 Wheeless 490 Dearing 2892 Crawf ordville 6446 Belair 989 Bonesville 3253 Robinson 7048 Grovetown 1515 Thomson 3738 Union Point 7612 Forrest 1614 Mesena 4306 Greensboro 8321 Berzelia 2074 Camak 4694 Carey 8934 Campania 2315 Norwood 5059 Swords 9180 Harlem 2462 53 M P 5300 Buckhead 9566 172 GEORGIA RAILROADContinued AUGUSTA TO ATLANTA Madison 10330 Covington 12993 Stone Mountain Dorsey 10786 Almon 13318 Clarkston Rutledge 11222 Conyers 14042 Scottdale Social Circle 11936 Lithonia 14646 Decatur Aleovy 12475 Redan 15029 Clifton Hazlebrand 12701 Atlanta MACON TO CAMAK Camak 000 Glen Ford 2820 Browns Warrenton 375 Devereux 3225 Haddocks Mayfield 1275 Carrs 3575 James Coleman 1728 Oconee Siding 4325 Roberts Culverton 1950 Milledgeville 4530 C R R Junction Granite Hill 2130 State Farm 4775 Macon Sparta 2380 ATHENS BRANCH Union Point 000 Stephens 1554 Dunlap Woodville 471 Hutchings 1900 Wintersville Bairdstown 646 Crawford 2202 Athens Maxeys 1245 Arnoldsville 2710 WASHINGTON BRANCH Barnett 000 Hillman 662 Little River Sharon 384 Ficklin 940 Washington MONROE BRANCH Social Circle 000 Gresham 510 Monroe GEORGIA FLORIDA RAILWAY AUGUSTA GA TO MADISON FLA Augusta 00 Colespur 890 Huffer Keysville 254 Pendleton 914 Jct Broxton Brch Allene 282 Niirmantnwn 927 Douglas Brushy Creek 289 Billvan 955 Persia St Clair 320 Vidalia 1002 Vickers Gough 362 Petrose 1061 Bear Creek Yidette 402 Sharps Spur 1087 St Ilia Rosier 444 Alston 1112 Mora McGruder 483 Uvalda 1149 0Berry Lawsons Crossing 507 Charlotteville 1168 Towanda Midville 554 Brick Yard 1210 Willacoochee Napiers 571 Orico 1214 Bannockburn Stevens Crossing 588 Halls Spur 1227 Crenshaw Suttons Mill 599 Hazlehurst 1284 Weber Summertown 610 Roper 1335 Whites Blun 645 Goldsmith 1358 Roxie Halls Mill 667 Brooker 1382 Delta Modoc 675 Denton 1405 Nashville Swainsboro 719 Ellis 1435 Sneed Courtney 758 Lehigh 1446 Allenville Wesley 797 Boyds Mill 1479 Luckie Lombard 837 Garrant 1483 Rays Mill 15526 16033 16250 16480 16725 17100 5400 5810 6425 6890 7400 7800 3020 3198 3900 1140 1720 1010 1535 1579 1592 1601 1645 1650 1667 1690 1715 1747 1765 1811 1843 1869 1894 1907 1926 1939 1964 1999 2027 2036 173 GEORGIA FLORIDA RAILWAYContinued AUGUSTA GA TO MADISON FLAContinued Barretts 2087 Wisenbaker 2241 Clyattville 2322 Seaford 2127 MacVille 2255 Lola 2335 Bemiss 2142 Dees 2283 Olympia 2353 Chapman 2194 Briggston 2300 Pinetta Fla 2395 Valdosta 2220 Madison Fla 2494 MILLEN BRANCH n n Stinmnre 124 Thrift 337 Penhoopee 08 Wade 193 Butts 365 Oak Park 40 Graymont 227 Emmalane 395 Ohoopee Park 63 Summitt 237 Harmony Junction 407 Kenfield 82 Garfield 294 Millen 441 BROXTON BRANCH Douglas 00 Broxton 73 Biverside Brick Co 151 Blystone 12 Clyatts 105 McLeans 161 Lotts 41 Pridgen 127 Barrows Bluff 188 Sapps Still 142 MOULTRlESPARKS BRANCH OD 70 Ellenton 220 Suttons 10 Barnesdale 82 Pineboro 270 Neesmiths 4o Sparks 122 Normans 291 Cottle 45 Nola 168 Kingwood 320 Cheek 60 Burney Hill 180 Moultrie 342 Bayboro 208 ADEL BRANCH Sparks 00 Adel 22 GEORGIA COAST PIEDMONT RAILROAD Brunswick 000 Freedmans 950 Broadfield 1320 Darien 1860 Ridge 2160 Inwood 2270 Meridian 2530 Hudson 2620 Valona 2760 Oak Hill 2880 Crescent 2980 Eulonia 3410 Darien Junction 3980 Tibet 4780 Goosepond i 5140 Brewer 5390 Ludowici 5690 Hilton 6020 Wefanie 6210 Roderick 6430 Donald 6680 Beard Creek 7140 Alton 7300 Glennville 7590 Kicklighter 7770 Lynn 7910 Purvis 8110 Bradleys 8290 Tootle 8550 Hughland 8710 Reidsville 9150 Collins 9840 GEORGIA FLORIDA ALABAMA RAILWAY Richland 000 Wades 2014 Edison 4384 Dixons 477 White House 2314 Turman 4830 Kimbrough 667 Cuthbert 2749 Arlington 5377 Barges 1137 Randolph 3551 Rowena 5790 Troutman 1283 Carnegie 3742 124 Mile Post 5931 Gore 1590 Moye 3956 Damascus 6366 Benevolence 1768 141 Mile Post 4231 Warrens Mill 6632 174 GEORGIA FLORIDA ALABAMA RAILWAYContinued Corea Colquitt Nicholas ville Babcock Eldorendo 6844 Ausmac 7249 Lynn 7607 Whites Mill 7767 West Bainbridge 8234 Bainbridge 8541 Bower 10115 8714 Attapulgus 10553 8934 Laingkat 10766 9224 Florida State Line 10996 9327 Tallahassee 13363 GEORGIA NORTHERN RAILWAY Boston 000 Spengler 272 4 Mile Post 450 Oaklawn 541 7 Mile Post 700 Barwick 843 Hollis 1056 Pavo 1300 Shelly 1562 Ione 1700 Autreyville 2040 22 Mile Post 2200 Mauzy 2343 Cooper 2500 Corbetts 2600 Moultrie 2858 Blasingame 3293 Schley 3363 Sigsbee 3700 Doerun 4151 Ticknor 4300 Pritchett 4566 Bridgeboro 4839 MePhaul 5000 Gantt 5138 Underwood 5400 Nelms 5565 Eamsey 5700 Pecan City 5900 Strom 6122 Darrow 6400 Shackelford 6550 Albany 6744 GEORGIA SOUTHERN FLORIDA RAILWAY Macon 000 Macon Yard 127 Sofkee 786 Avondale 1061 Elberta 1300 Wellston 1598 Bonaire 2129 Kathleen 2484 Tivola 2898 Grovania 3491 Elko 3839 Unadilla 1 4391 Pinehurst 4879 Eindlay 5168 Vienna 5615 Bichwood 5945 Cordele 6451 Wenona 6918 Arabi 7444 Sibley 7754 Dakota 7922 Macon 000 Valdosta 15163 Worth 8146 Ashburn 8477 Sycamore 8737 Inaha 9161 Cycloneta 9525 Chula 9813 Little Penn 10100 Tifton 10521 Eldorado 11191 Lenox 11806 Osgood 12038 LaConte 12300 Sparks 12554 Adel 12769 Cecil 13422 Hahira 13814 Mineola 14426 Valdosta 15163 Blanton 16118 Howell 16497 Mayday 16759 B DIVISION Dasher 15756 Lake Park 16343 Haylow 17373 Fruitland 17686 Thelma 17867 Headlight 18558 Coln 19234 Fargo 19842 Edith 19900 Council 20436 Ewing 20568 Eddy Fla21617 Baxter Fla 22263 Moniac Ga 22316 St George Ga 23480 Kent Fla 23903 Crawford i 24412 Keens 24700 Plummer 25039 Kingsgrove 25425 Hoyt 25663 Grand Crossing 25817 Jacksonville Fla 26178 Melrose 16720 Palatka Fla 28600 GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN GULF RAILROAD ALBANY NORTHERN RY Cordele 000 Warwick 1273 Walters 2466 Milldale 628 Oakfield 1741 Beloit 2725 Baines 743 Starr Farm 1919 Smiths 2880 i W illiams Still 891 Philema 258 Albany 3500 175 GREENE COUNTY RAILROAD Apalachee 000 Bostwick 680 Good Hope 1347 Embee 1080 HARTWELL RAILWAY Bowersville 000 Air Line 400 Hartwell 1010 HAWKINSVILLE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILROAD Hawkinsville 000 Tippett s Still 359 Chancey 559 Wallace 719 Millerville 925 Finleyson 1209 Pineview 1327 Bartonville 1553 Pope City 1800 Seminole 1967 McCall 2306 Pitts 2525 Bush 2907 Double Run 3142 Felder 3386 Amboy 3685 Worth 4259 Ashburn 4575 Josella 4861 Little River 4912 Hobby 5078 Coverdale 5262 Terrel 5484 Shingler 5805 Wordsville 6085 Sylvester 6310 Fruit Farm 6450 Gorday 6774 Alfords Switch 7042 Parkerville 7222 Livingstons Spur 7373 Bridgeboro 7600 Becks Siding 7772 Lester 8119 Ragan 8453 Greenough 8619 Faircloths Siding 8755 Felix 8900 Adelaide 9134 Camilla 9624 HAWKINSVILLE WESTERN RAILROAD Hawkinsville 000 Browndale 800 Duncan 1800 Coates 500 Garnett 1100 Perry 2300 Grovania 1400 LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD Lawrenceville 000 Huff 500 Suwanee 961 LEXINGTON TERMINAL RAILROAD Lexington 000 Crawford 358 LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE RAILROAD BETWEEN MARIETTA AND KNOXVILLE Marietta 000 Elizabeth 195 Oakhurst 373 Blackwells 729 Woodstock 1208 Toonigh 1587 Holly Springs 1803 Univeter 2005 Canton 2365 Keithsburg 2905 Gober 3253 Bannister 3303 Ball Ground 3524 Nelson 3873 Tate 4148 Jasper 4643 Westbrook 4872 Talking Rock 5279 Cams Mill 5477 Whitestone 5708 Talona 5994 Tioga 6116 Ellijay 6711 Northcutt 7099 White Path 7276 Cherry Log 7530 Lucius 7691 Blue Ridge 8245 Curtis 8791 Kyle 9229 Etowah Tenn14354 Knoxville Tenn 20364 176 LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE RAILROADContinued ATLANTA TO KNOXVILLE VIA CARTERSVILLE Atlanta 000 Fairmount 6807 Eton 9632 Cartersville 4764 Eanger 7259 Crandall 9941 Junta 4898 Oakman 7714 Fairy 10297 White 5678 Coniston 8249 Cisco 10539 Bydal 6064 Eamhurst 8692 Etowah Tenn 13650 Bolivar 6371 Chatsworth 9228 Knoxville Tenn 19660 MURPHY 1 BRANCH Blue Eidge 000 Sweet Gum 1158 Murphy N C 2527 Mineral Bluff 469 CRANDALL BRANCH Crandall 000 Grassy Mountain 112 LOUISVILLE WADLEY RAILROAD Wadley 000 Aldreds 670 Louisville 1000 Moxley 470 MACON BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY Macon 00 Dyas 327 Woodbury 750 Sofkee 80 Culloden 390 Snelson 801 Skipperton 118 Yates ville 435 Harris 833 Hardy 155 Upson 497 Odessadale 906 Lizella 208 Thomaston 568 Mountville 946 Montpelier 255 Crest 657 Eobertson 994 Moran 283 Thunder 699 LaGrange 1048 MACON DUBLIN SAVANNAH RAILROAD Macon Swift Creek Winthrop Pikes Peak Fitzpatrick Eipley Jeffersonville Gallemore 000 Danville 504 Allentown 1070 Montrose 1244 Haskins 1550 Dudley 1721 Shewmake 2285 Moores 2756 Dublin 3121 Catlin 3295 Minter 3754 Rockledge 3990 Orland V 4244 Soperton 4527 Tarrytown 4821 Kibbee 5350 Vidalia 5908 6306 6804 6976 7620 8079 8400 9226 MILLTOWN AIR LINE RAILWAY Naylor 000 01dlot 500 Darsey Carters 400 Milltown 700 1000 MILSTEAD RAILWAY Conyers 00 Milstead 29 OCILLA PINEBLOOM VALDOSTA RAILWAY Pinebloom 000 G F Depot 113 Metts Siding Willachoochee 100 Louthers Still 288 Gaskins Still 500 813 177 0CILLA SOUTHERN RAILROAD NASHVILLE TO ROCHELLE Nashville 000 Barrineau 1820 Dorminey 3540 Isom 200 Gladys 1965 Fitzgerald 3882 Fred 360 Mixon 2356 Irwin 4470 Griner 460 Melvin 2540 Abba 4766 Ashwood 592 Reason 2720 Van 5068 Auvil 928 Ocilla 2856 Salem 5270 Alapaha 1280 Henderson Mill 3056 Talmadge 5472 Fletchers 1380 Frank 5666 Lucy Lake 1650 Barnes 3440 Rochelle 6225 OCILLA TO IRWINVILLE Ocilla 000 Paulk 339 Irwinville 971 Mystic 599 PELHAM HAVANA RAILROAD Cairo 00 Cranford 63 Maxwell 125 Grady ville 32 Booth 82 Calvary 153 Reno 105 REGISTER GLENNVILLE RAILWAY Register 000 Hagan 1750 Moody 2700 New Hope 215 Claxton 1909 Easterling 2825 Dink 350 Winburn 1868 Coe 3025 Adabelle 600 Dean 2300 Birdford 3225 Undine 1123 Jennie 2625 Glennville 3550 Brookland 1350 ROME NORTHERN RAILROAD Rome 000 Armuchee 931 Storys Mill 1474 West Rome Yard 132 Thomas 1076 Shackelton 1702 Gammon 433 Crystal Springs 1334 Gore 1877 Brayton 675 SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD Sandersville 000 Tennille 390 SAVANNAH AUGUSTA NORTHERN RAILWAY Statesboro 00 Portal 120 Canoochee 300 Colfax 50 Aaron 170 Matlee 350 Bland 90 Miley 210 Stevens Crossing 390 Garfield 250 SAVANNAH SOUTHERN RAILWAY Lanier 00 Buia 43 Strumbay 122 Norden 22 Hayman 68 Willie 148 Letford 93 LETFORD TO SPIERS Letford 37 178 Ouyler Blitchton Eldora Olney Ivanhoe SAVANNAH STATESBORO RAILWAY 000 Hubert 1238 Brooklet 2400 418 Stilson 1615 Grimshaw 2640 653 Areola 1940 Pretoria 2834 853 Truckers 2100 Statesboro 3260 1059 SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY SAVANNAH TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE Knvnnnnli 000 Bineon 1910 Berry 8 2980 Meinhard 1110 Stillwell 2490 Clyo 3250 Exley 1580 i Columbia S C 14170 COLUMBUS TO ALBANY Columbus 000 Richland 3900 Dawson 6550 Esquiline 520 Saville 4400 Sasser 7250 Masseys 800 Kimbroughs 4500 Stevens 7500 Ocbillee 1100 Weston 4810 Armena 7700 Hurley 1350 Leveretts 5180 Oakland 7800 Cusseta 1850 Chambliss 5410 Palmyra 8250 Renfroe 2800 Parrott 5640 Vasons 8400 Brooklyn 3230 Yoemans 6150 Albany 8800 ABBEVILLE TO OCILLA Abbeville 000 Forest Glen 930 Fitzgerald 2180 Cortez 410 Bowens Mill 1240 Whitley 2680 Browning 570 Queenland 1580 Ocilla 3080 Lulaville 1760 ATLANTA TO CALHOUN FALLS S C Atlanta 000 Glouster 2860 Athens 7290 Howells Transfer 300 Winns Spur 3130 Hull 7920 Deerland 560 Lawrenceville 3450 Colbert 8410 Armour 670 Dacula 4050 Comer 8960 Mina 710 Auburn 4510 Berkeley 9520 Wallace Mill 910 Carl 4620 Deadwylers 9820 Belt Junction 1110 Winder 5160 Oglesby 9970 North Decatur 1120 Russels 5290 Ethridge 10290 Montreal 1530 New Timothy 5620 Elberton 10730 Tucker 1800 Statham 5950 Middleton 11310 Caldwell 2120 Bogart 6350 Pearl 11620 Lilburn 2360 Cleveland 6720 Heardmont 11750 Luxomni 2520 McElroy 6880 Calhoun Falls S C 12410 ATLANTA TO BIRMINGHAM Howells 000 Dallas 2745 Cedartown 5645 Edna 526 Thomas 3353 Akes 6119 Rice 951 Divide 3782 Esom 6590 Floyd 1141 Rockmart 4364 Birmingham Ala Powder Springs 1712 Fish 4877 18th St 16298 Hiram 2184 Grady 5052 179 SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAYContinued ROCKMART TO CARTERSVILLE Bockmart 000 Deatons 672 Shelman 1587 Aragon 403 Taylorsville 899 Browns 1683 Portland 480 McGinnis 1127 Ladds 1944 Davittes 544 Stilesboro 1353 Cartersville 2282 LOGANSVILLE LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH Lawrenceville 000 Grayson 530 Logansville 1033 SAVANNAH TO FLORIDA STATE LINE Savannah 000 Darien Junction 4190 Glencoe 7690 Anderson 910 Townsend 4580 Waverly 7980 Burroughs 1100 Cox 5220 White ak 8360 Ways 1520 Altamaha Sand Pit 5370 Satilla River 8769 Belfast 2020 Altamaha River 5528 Woodbine 8810 Limerick 2380 Everett 5850 Colesburg 9120 Dorchester 2690 Jenks 6370 Seals 9490 Riceboro 3150 Thalman 6590 Kingsland 9990 Jones 3880 Bladen 6940 Jacksonville Fla 13720 Savannah 000 Williams 970 Ottawa 1250 Meldrim 1730 Cuyler 1983 Arden 2178 Ellabelle 2394 Lanier 2680 Norden 2894 Pembroke 3200 Reka 3527 Groveland 3923 Palaky 4140 Daisy 4471 Claxton 48 84 Hagan 5064 Bellville 5306 Manassas 5578 Collins 6115 Danton 6345 Ohoopee 6830 Lyons 7464 Stacers 7564 GEORGIA AND ALABAMA Vidalia 7984 Higgston 8354 McGreggor 8734 Ailey 8984 Mt Yernon 9164 Ochwalkee 9464 Glenwood 9644 Stuckey 10074 Alamo 10354 Erick 10724 Helena 11364 Milan 12394 Calvin 12860 Rhine 13264 Copeland 13500 Abbeville 13904 Kramer 14430 Rochelle 14824 Pine City 15114 Pitts 15334 Seville 15714 Listonia 16060 Penia 16314 Cordele 16814 Coney 17424 Flintside 17860 Cobb 18054 DeSoto 18524 Leslie 18654 Parkers 18860 Huntington 19124 Gatewood 19520 Americus 19864 New Point 20330 Salters 20760 Plains 20894 Wise 21430 Preston 21894 Richland 22704 Randalls 23100 Lumpkin 23584 Louvale 24334 Union 24754 Omaha 25454 Montgomery Ala 33760 SHEARWOOD RAILWAY Brooklet 000 Watersville 450 Denmark 755 Alderman 219 Davis Station 537 Harville 831 SMITHONIA DUNLAP RAILROAD Dunlap 000 Smithonia 615 180 SMITHONIA DANIELSVILLE CARNESVILLE RAILROAD Smithonia 000 Colbert 475 SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY ATLANTA TO CHATTANOOGA Atlanta 00 Aragon 545 Shannon 819 Peyton 71 Long 551 Pinson 834 Chattahoochee 79 Ravenel 563 Plainville 867 Oakdale 93 Seney 591 Reeves 909 Nickajack 123 Byrd 608 Oostanaula 924 Mableton 151 Brice 623 Sugar Yalley 977 Austell 183 Chambers 668 Hill City 1005 Powder Springs 231 Silver Creek 676 Carbondale 1039 Hiram 282 Lindale 690 Phelps 1079 Dallas 342 Rome 731 Dalton 1129 McPherson 398 North Rome 748 Waring 1181 Braswell 448 Berwin 779 Yarnell 1221 Beatty s Switch Rockmart 472 512 Beauxite 793 Cohutta Chattanooga 1263 1530 ATLANTA TO BIRMINGHAM Atlanta 00 Lithia Springs 208 Arlington Vineyard 504 Peyton 71 Douglasville 268 Bremen 531 Chattahoochee 90 Winston 320 Waco 560 Oakdale 93 Yilla Rica 381 West 603 Nickajack 123 Temple 443 Tallapoosa 636 Mableton 151 Morgan 481 Hooper 678 Austell 183 Birmingham 1673 ATLANTA TO FORT VALLEY Atlanta 00 Lowry 342 Culloden 757 Sawtell 38 Yaughn 366 Mussella 823 Schoen 41 Zetella 398 Bonds Spur 873 Cornell 53 Williamson 442 Roberta 884 Haasville 84 Zebulon 504 Hammett 931 Thames 110 Means ville 549 Gaillard 943 Riverdale 143 Vega 574 Rollo 953 Selina 160 Piedmont 603 Allon 958 Hillyer 168 Topeka Junction 644 McCarty Sand Pit 960 Helmer 179 Blalock High Johnson Sand Pit 962 Kenwood 190 tower Spur 658 Sage a Sand Pit 963 Fayetteville 237 Rest Haven 664 Zenith 980 Harp 269 Mathews Spur 670 Lee Pope 990 Ackert 292 Yates ville 704 Hartley Spur 1025 Woolsey 307 Castlin Spur 746 Fort Valley 1050 COLUMBUS TO McDONOUGH Columbus 00 Ossahatchie 199 Nebula 376 Gentian 59 Byrds Spur 207 Strannahan Spur 387 Col Quarry Track 96 Waverly Hall 235 Warm Springs 420 Flat Rock 103 Oak Mountain 280 Raleigh 462 Midland 137 Shiloh 338 Woodbury 510 Ellerslie 182 Pinedale 369 Molena 564 181 SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued COLUMBUS TO McDONOUGHContinued Neal 591 Williamson 719 87 4 Concord 635 Rover 742 Luella 910 Jolly 671 Central Coal Spur 753 Greenwood 944 Reidsboro 684 Griffin 792 McDonough 979 ATLANTA TO SOUTH CAROLINA LINE Atlanta 00 Buford 371 Sanitarium V 722 Armour 59 Flowery Branch 438 Alto 738 Crosskeys 107 Oakwood 475 Baldwin 765 Chamblee 134 Gainesville 532 Cornelia 779 Doraville 147 New Holland 551 Mt Airy 798 Norcross 194 White Sulphur 591 Ayersville 866 Pittman 226 Lula 656 Currahee 901 Duluth 258 Bellton 666 Toccoa 931 Suwanee 307 Yonah 699 Deercourt 984 ATLANTA TO BRUNSWICK Atlanta 00 Macon 872 Hazlehurst 1889 Boseland 28 Reid 968 Johnsonville 194 0 Constitution 59 Phillip 983 Graham 1952 Henrico 77 Bullard 1035 Pine Grove 1985 Conley Ellenwood Rex Stockbridge Mahers Quarry Tunis Flippen McDonough Locust Grove Jenkinsburg Jackson Central Ga Power Co Flovilla Cork Berner Juliette Polhill Macon Stone Supply Co Dames Ferry Popes Ferry Holton Virgin Toccoa Hays Crossing Eastanollee Avalon Martin 94 126 144 185 200 223 240 280 352 401 455 472 505 538 595 640 673 682 716 740 789 822 00 47 72 111 121 Adams Park 1075 Ettriek 1095 West Lake 1136 Ainslie 1161 Newberry 1183 McGriff 1202 Coley 1222 Cochran 1262 Empire 1319 Dubois 1349 Gresston 1365 Eastman 1448 Godwinsville 1499 Chauncey 1546 Soumi 1559 Aehord 1602 Helena 1634 McRae 1648 Scotland 1698 Towns 1748 Wilcox 1795 Lowery 1803 Lumber City 1816 Ocmulgee 1829 TOCCOA ELBERTON Lavonia 185 Bowersville 240 Canon 264 Royston 308 Vanna 352 Bowman 383 Prentiss 2016 Baxley 2048 Wheaton 2087 Surrency 2143 Brentwood 2192 Odum 2252 Burnett 2263 Nesbit 2301 Drawdy 2322 Jesup 2348 Whaleys 2375 Odessa 2397 Gardi 2414 Bennetts Still 2424 Pendarvis 2446 Grangerville 2470 Mount Pleasant 2516 Everett 2553 Belle Vista 2578 Zuta 2613 Walbirg 2631 Sterling 2654 Gignlatt 2686 Brunswick 2745 Harper 409 Hard Cash 421 Dewy Bose 439 Goss 464 Elberton 506 182 SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYContinued ATHENS BRANCH Athens 00 Commerce 184 Maysville 258 Center 73 Wilsons Church 209 Gillsville 317 Nicholson 115 Lula 390 CLEVELAND AND COHUTTA BRANCH Cleveland Tenn i 00 Marble Switch 87 Red Clay 127 Blue Springs 58 Weatherly 109 Cohutta 148 HAWKINSVILLE BRANCH Cochran 00 Mobley 53 Hawkinsville 103 ROSWELL BRANCH Chamblee 00 Dunwoody 53 Roswell 98 Morgan Junction 59 ATTALLA AND ROME North Rome 00 Robinson 90 Early 183 fWest Rome 33 Oreburg 104 Gadsden Ala 560 Huffaker 61 Coosa 132 Attalla Ala 613 Mi Hope 160 BETWEEN ROME AND SELMA Rome 00 Cave Spring 151 Oremont 204 Six Mile 53 Etna Pump Station 178 Prior 220 Cunningham 86 Marsh Mining Co 181 Etna 230 Yancey 106 Hematite 195 Fearing 237 Vans Valley 131 Selma Ala 1955 VILLA RICA BRANCH Villa Eica 00 V C C Cos Mines 29 Adel Pine Valley Greggs Barney SOUTH GEORGIA RAILWAY 000 Marchman 1400 Quitman 2852 425 Morven 1575 Baden 3319 608 Kennedys 1800 Empress 3652 1088 Spain 2184 Florida State Line 3851 Fodie 2281 STATENVILLE RAILWAY Statenville 000 Mercer 500 Christian 900 Bohannon 400 Touchton 700 Haylow 1400 SYLVANIA GIRARD RAILROAD COMPANY Sylvania 00 Zeigler 55 Thomasboro 98 Waters 17 Woodeliff 78 Rocky Ford 145 TALBOTTON RAILROAD Talbotton 000 Paschal 663 183 TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY Cornelia 000 fTurnerville 1605 Tiger 3137 Demorest 438 Tallulah Lodge 1977 Clayton 3471 Habersham 602 Tallulah Falls 2090 Mountain City 3775 Clarksville 731 Joy 2529 York Siding 3972 Hills 888 Mathis 2631 Eabun Gap 4054 fAnnandale 1074 Wiley 2785 Dillard 4159 Hollywood 1298 Franklin N C 5720 TENNESSEE ALABAMA GEORGIA RAILROAD Chattanooga 00 Cassandra 200 Chesterfield 500 Cravens 17 Kensington 219 Jamestown 552 Alton Park 35 Archer 230 Blanche 575 Woodburn Ga 63 Estelle 242 Taff 596 Rock Creek 78 Marsh 273 Loop 612 Flintstone 84 Hillsdale 281 Congo 632 Moonsboro 92 Bronco 315 Little River 652 Eagle Cliff 99 Sharpe 332 67 5 Chenchat 111 MeConnellsville 350 Blue Pond 689 Costello 127 Hawkins 357 Bristow 734 High Point 142 Harrisburg 372 Wilsonia 834 Kendrick 154 Teloga 396 Citico 850 Cooper Heights 183 Chelsea 427 Gadsden Ala 917 Menlo 462 TIFTON TERMINAL COMPANY Tifton 00 Glovers Switch 40 Waterloo Siding 100 Willis Switch 80 UNION POINT WHITE PLAINS RAILROAD Union Point 000 Caldwells 500 Jarrells 1213 White Plains Siloam 643 White Plains 1363 Junction 162 VALDOSTA MOULTRIE WESTERN RAILROAD Valdosta 000 Masons 1500 Troy 3100 Troupville 600 Morven 1700 Weldon 3300 Killian 791 Scruggs 2287 Evelyn 3625 Cates 900 Joyce 2400 West Broad Hgts 4000 Golden 1075 Simpson 2500 Moultrie 4160 Tillman 1310 Berlin 2895 WADLEY SOUTHERN RAILWAY WADLEY TO COLLINS Wadley 000 Swainsboro 1980 Corsica 4070 Creek Junction 080 Gary 1 2330 Cobbtown 4550 Greenway 460 McLeod 2650 Jarriels 4950 Blundale 830 Stillmore 3300 Collins 5300 Dellwood 1420 Aline 3970 WADLEY TO ROCKLEDGE Wadley 000 Tom 1280 Adrian 2740 Creek Junction 080 Kite 1480 Rixville 2920 Pinetuckey 600 Hodo 1690 Orianna 3300 Ennis 1050 Meeks 2060 Rockledge 3700 Odomville 2470 184 WAYCROSS AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD Hebardville Waycross Grundy 000 Lavinia 200 Fredel 500 Atwood 800 01ive 1000 Walker 1200 Hopkins 1500 1800 2000 Waycross WAYCROSS WESTERN 000 Kineva RAILROAD 1600 Mexico 2500 Durango 600 Hinson 1800 Harley 2700 Pine Valley 900 Hodges 2100 Dickerson 2900 India 1000 Sandy Bottom 2300 Tomlinson 3200 Crews 1300 Sirmans 3800 WESTERN ATLANTIC RAILROAD Atlanta 000 Simpson Street 090 Howells 303 Bolton 688 Gilmore 942 Vinings v 1112 Smyrna 1498 Marietta 2043 Elizabeth 2180 Noonday 2616 Kennesaw 2865 Lena 3203 Acworth 3460 Hugo 3904 Allatoona 4007 Bartow 4222 Emerson 4301 Etowah 4593 Cartersville 4759 Junta 4809 Bogers 5089 Cass e 5236 Bests 5541 Kingston 5868 Cement 6055 Halls 6364 Adairsville 6851 McDaniels 7472 Calhoun 7806 Besaca 8397 Tilton 9031 Dalton 9910 Bocky Face 10386 Tunnell Hill10684 Catoosa 11300 Binggold 11453 Graysville 12028 Chickamauga Tenn 12602 Boyce 13200 Chattanooga 13677 Kingston 000 Wooleys 305 Eves 717 ROME BRANCH Dykes 1125 Freeman 1237 Brick Yard 1552 Borne 1810 WRIGHTSVILLE TENNILLE RAILROAD Tennille 000 Manning 2551 Dexter 4826 382 Brewton 2786 Alcorns 5188 Pftacocks 582 Condor 3233 Chester 5457 945 Dublin 3627 Yonkers 5875 Donovan 1331 Southwestern June Eoddy 6110 Wrightsville 1654 tion 3840 Empire 6418 Idylwild 1932 Harlow 4165 Baileys Park 6775 Meadows 2149 Vincent 4363 Sparrows Spur 6996 Lovett 2378 Springhaven 4620 Hawkinsville 7506 SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION Pii IVlin 000 Mayberrv 850 Petway 1879 Southwestern June Bentz 1055 Leon 1975 tion 000 Cadwell 1493 Plainfield 2057 Cheeks Still 333 Batson 1751 Southerland 2334 Tingle 517 Eastman 2854 186 Tariff of rates Limits of free delivery Time of filing messages to be shown when desired TELEGRAPH Tariff and Rules Governing Telegraph Companies rule 1 Except as otherwise specially provided no telegraph company shall collect more than twentyfive cents for its service in transmitting any message of ten words or less exclusive of date address and signature between any two points within this State nor more than two cents for each additional word of a day message nor more than one cent for each additional word of a night message and no additional charge shall be made for repeating a messagethat is telegraphing it back to the office where it originated for comparison RULE 2 Telegraph companies doing business in this State shall in each incorporated town or city in which they maintain offices make delivery to all points within the corporate limits of such town or city of all telegraphic messages to the addressee or to some one authorized to accept the same at his her or their place of business or residence or leave a written notice thereof in case there is no one at such place of business or residence to receipt for the same and such deliveries shall be made without extra charge where the addressees residence or place of business he within or not exceeding one mile from the office of the delivering telegraph company For the delivery of one or more messages by one messenger at the same time to one addressee beyond the mile limit above referred to telegraph companies may charge no more than fifteen cents for the first mile or fraction thereof beyond such mile limit and ten cents for each subsequent mile or fraction thereof beyond Wherever practicable such telegraph companies may deliver such messages by telephone upon written request of the sender or addressee thereof and charge the actual expense of so doing RULE 3 Telegraph companies are required to show on each telegram they transmit and deliver between points in Georgia the correct time expressed in hours and minutes that such telegram was received at office of delivery And where the sender of any such message desires to show also the correct time of filing with initial office the transmitting company shall where the words necessary to express the filing time added to the words in the body of the message do not exceed ten words carry said information free But where such words added to the words in the body of the message exceed ten words a charge of two cents per word for each word in excess of ten shall be allowed subject to a maximum extra charge for showing said time of filing of five cents SPECIAL NOTICE See Rules Governing the Erection and Location of Depots and General Rules Rules Tariffs and Classifications GOVERNING EXPRESS COMPANIES 188 TARIF A Merchandise Rates Per Hundred and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less than One Hundred Pounds As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia Applying Over All Lines Except Those Shown Under Special Local Merchandise Tariffs Distance Rates per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 POUNDS 4 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140 MILES r 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450 Miles Cents Packages Less Than 100 Lbs 1 to 20 30 Over 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 21to 40 40 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 35 35 40 45 41to 60 50 Over 10 not over 20 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 35 35 40 45 45 50 61to 80 60 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 50 50 55 55 81 to 100 70 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 30 35 40 45 45 50 50 60 65 65 70 75 101to130 80 Over 40 not over 50 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 131 to 160 90 Over 50 not over 60 25 30 35 45 55 60 65 70 75 85 95 100 105 110 161 to 180 1 00 Over 60 not over 70 25 35 45 50 60 70 75 80 95 100 110 120 130 130 181 to 200 105 Over 70 not over 80 30 40 50 60 70 75 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140 201 to 250 1 15 Over 80 not over 90 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140 251 to 300 1 20 Over 90 not over 100 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 105 115 120 130 135 140 Packages weighing five pounds and under shall not be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance within this State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent TARIFF B Governing Perishables Etc Rates Per Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less than One Hundred Pounds As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia Distance Rates per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 POUNDS r 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 MILES 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 300 350 400 450 Miles Cents Packages Less Than 100 Lbs 1 to 450 Over 0 not over 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 1 to 20 3 Over 5 not over 10 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 35 40 45 45 21 to 40 30 Over 10 not over 2 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 45 45 41 to 60 35 Over 20 not over 30 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 35 35 40 45 50 55 55 61 to 80 40 Over 30 not over 40 25 25 25 25 30 SO 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 81 to 100 45 Over 40 not over 50 25 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 101 to 130 50 Over 50 not over 60 25 25 30 30 35 40 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 131 to 160 55 Over 60 not over 70 25 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 161 to 180 60 Over 70 not over 80 30 30 35 40 45 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 181 to 200 65 Over 80 not over 90 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 201 to 250 70 Over 90 not over 100 30 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 NotPackages weighing five pounds and under shall not be charged more than 25 cents by one company for any distance within this State but when such packages are handled by two or more companies each company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent 189 TARIFF E Governing the following perishables when carried by Express Companies Dkessed Poultry Fbesh Fish Fresh Meat Butter and Sausages Rates Per Hundred Pounds and Graduated Rates for Packages Weighing Less than One Hundred Pounds on above articles As fixed by the Railroad Commission of Georgia Distance Rates per 100 lbs RATES PER 100 POUNDS 8 25 25 23 27 30 85 40 43 45 50 54 58 60 63 MILES 4 20 40 60 80 100 130 160 180 200 250 30013501400450 1 1 1 Miles Cents Packages Less Than 100 Lbs 1 to 450 1 to 20 21 to 40 41 to 60 61 to 80 81 to 100 101 to 130 131 to 160 161 to 180 181 to 200 201 to 250 Over 0 not over 5 Over 5 not over 10 Over 10 not over 20 Over 20 not over 30 Over 30 not over 40 Over 40 not over 50 Over 50 not over 60 Over 60 not over 70 Over 70 not over 80 Over 80 not over 90 Over 90 not over 100 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 27 27 27 27 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 25 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 35 35 25 25 25 25 28 30 33 35 40 40 40 25 25 25 27 30 83 35 40 43 43 43 25 25 27 28 30 35 38 40 45 45 45 25 27 28 30 35 38 40 45 50 50 50 25 28 30 33 38 40 45 45 50 50 51 25 30 33 35 40 45 45 50 58 58 58 25 33 35 38 43 45 50 55 60 60 60 25 35 35 40 45 50 55 60 63 63 63 25 25 25 27 30 35 40 43 45 50 MILK TARIFF Rates on Milk per can depot delivery only Empties to be returned free Milk not for depot delivery Tariff E rates Miles Per 5gallon can Per 8gallon can Per 10gallon can 5 6 cents 9 cents 11 cents 10 7 11 14 15 8 12 fj 15 20 9 14 16 25 9 14 18 30 9 14 18 35 10 16 20 40 10 16 20 45 11 17 21 50 11 17 21 55 12 18 Uj 23 60 12 18 23 65 13 20 26 70 13 20 26 75 14 22 27 80 14 22 27 85 15 23 29 90 15 23 g 29 95 15 24 30 100 16 25 81 14 125 18 27 33 150 20 29 35 175 22 31 37 200 23 32 38 225 24 33 ip 39 250 over 25 34 40 Cream or Milk in cans packed in ice same rates per hundred pounds as apply on tengallon cans of milk in above tariff 190 SPECIAL LOCAL MERCHANDISE TARIFFS The following tariffs covering merchandise rates only are applicable over the lines named in said tariffs respectively Bowdon Railway Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 5 30 5 10 35 10 15 40 Brinson Railway Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 7 40 7 12 40 12 15 40 15 17 50 17 20 50 20 22 50 22 25 50 25 27 60 27 32 60 32 37 60 37 40 60 40 42 65 42 47 65 47 50 65 50 70 75 70 85 80 85 100 90 Elberton Eastern Railway Miles Per 100 Lbs 5 30 10 35 15 40 20 45 25 50 30 55 Fitzgerald Ocilla Broxton R R Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 7 40 7 12 40 12 15 40 15 17 50 17 20 50 20 22 50 22 25 50 25 27 60 27 32 60 32 37 60 37 40 60 40 42 65 42 47 65 Flint River Northeastern R R Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 15 40 25 40 60 40 50 65 50 70 75 70 85 80 85 100 90 Gainesville Northwestern Railroad Company Miles Per 100 Lbs 5 30 10 35 15 40 20 45 25 50 30 55 35 55 40 60 Georgia and Florida Railway Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 15 40 35 25 50 25 40 60 40 50 65 50 70 75 70 85 80 85 100 90 100 120 100 120 140 110 140 160 110 160 200 125 Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 7 30 7 12 36 12 17 41 17 20 45 20 22 45 22 27 50 27 32 54 32 37 59 37 40 62 40 47 62 47 52 63 52 57 68 57 60 69 60 62 69 62 67 74 67 77 75 77 80 77 80 82 77 82 87 80 191 Georgia Southwestern Railway Gulf Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 10 35 10 15 40 15 20 45 20 25 50 25 30 55 30 35 60 Gulf Line Railway Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 7 40 7 12 40 12 15 40 15 17 50 17 20 50 20 22 50 22 25 50 25 27 60 27 32 60 32 37 60 37 40 60 40 42 65 42 47 65 47 50 65 50 52 75 52 57 75 57 60 75 60 62 75 62 67 75 67 70 75 70 72 80 72 77 80 77 80 80 80 82 80 82 85 80 85 87 90 87 92 90 92 97 90 Macon and Birmingham Railway Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 5 30 5 10 40 10 15 45 15 20 45 20 25 50 25 30 55 30 35 60 35 40 60 40 45 60 45 50 65 50 55 70 55 60 70 60 65 75 70 75 75 75 80 75 80 85 80 85 90 80 90 95 85 95 100 90 100 110 90 O cilla Southern Railway Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 5 30 5 10 35 10 15 40 15 20 45 20 25 50 25 30 55 30 35 60 35 40 60 40 45 60 45 50 65 50 55 70 55 60 70 60 65 75 65 70 75 70 75 75 Rome Northern Railroad Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 7 40 7 12 40 12 15 40 15 17 50 17 20 50 20 22 50 South Georgia and West Cbast Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 20 45 20 40 65 40 65 75 65 90 Stillmore Air Line Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 1 20 45 20 40 60 40 60 75 W rights ville Tenaille Railroad Over And Not Merchandise Miles Over Miles Per 100 Lbs 0 20 40 20 40 60 40 60 65 192 RULES RULE I The above tariffs are maximum rates and will apply to all Express Companies doing business within the State of Georgia and will be governed by the rules and regulations of the said Express Companies as far as said rules are applicable to the business done within the State of Georgia and are not in conflict with the rules adopted by the Commission governing Express Companies RULE XL The rates for the transportation of shipments by express service passing over two or more railroads under the same management or control by lease ownership or otherwise shall be based on continuous mileage but when such shipments pass over two or more railroads not under the same management or control by lease ownership or otherwise thirty per cent 30 may be added to the Express Standard Tariff based on continuous mileage When such shipments are handled by two or more express companies each company may charge its local less ten per cent However no more than twentyfive cents 25c may be collected as a minimum charge on shipments taking pound rates between any two points within this State both of which are served by the same express company and no more than 25 cents may be collected as a maximum charge on any shipment weighing five pounds and less between any two points within this State both of which are served by the same express company but where such shipments are handled by two or more express companies each express company may charge 25 cents less 20 per cent RULE III The Express Companies are directed to have published and posted at all their offices in the State of Georgia the said classifications rates and rules with such explanations as are necessary for a full understanding of the same RULE IV Graduated rates apply to matter weighing less than one hundred pounds RULE V Two or more packages weighing each 10 pounds or over forwarded by one shipper at the same time to one consignee may be charged for on the aggregate weight as above Packages weighing less than 10 pounds each shipped as in the foregoing section may be aggregated provided they are estimated and charged for as weighing 10 pounds each Actual weight only must be entered on the waybill If articles of different classes are aggregated the charge may be made at the rate applying to the highest class RULE VI Valuation ChargesWhen the value of any merchandise shipment C O D or otherwise exceeds 5000 the following additional charge may be made on value Charge for value whether insured or not When merchandise 193 rate is 100 or less per 100 pounds 5 cents for each 10000 value or fraction thereof When merchandise rate exceeds 100 and not more than 300 per 100 pounds 10 cents for each 10000 value or fraction thereof These rates apply only to packages or shipments of merchandise jewelry and valuable papers RULE VII If C O D matter is refused or can not be delivered the shipper must be immediately notified and if not disposed of within thirty days after such notice it may be returned subject to charge both ways RULE VIII Gunpowder Dynamite Kerosene Benzine Naptha Gasoline Matches and all other explosive or dangerous inflammable oils acids or materials may not be received for transportation RULE IX Fancy Poultry Pet Stock or Dogs that have paid double merchandise rates to Fairs and Exhibitions may be returned free if accompanied by a certificate from the Secretary that they are being returned to the original owner RULE X No Express office where Express business is done in this State shall be discontinued or abolished without first obtaining the consent of the Commission upon application duly filed by said company wherein shall be stated the reasons therefor RULE XI When ice is used for preservation of shipments of commodities in Tariff E in eluding oysters in shell deduct Twentyfive per cent 25 from the gross weight RULE XII The sender of any article by express between points in this State who shall prepay the charges on same is authorized to plainly mark such articles paid or prepaid but nevertheless it shall be the duty of the agent or employee of the express company receiving same to place thereon a label showing that it has been prepaid or to write or stamp upon such article the word paid or prepaid or other words showing the payment of charges at the initial point and it shall be unlawful for such express company or any of its agents or employees to collect charges from the receiver of such article under forfeiture of twice the amount of the proper charge Failure to refund charges so collected within twentyfour hours after demand substantiated by the paid mark on the article or shipping receipt either at initial point or destination shall be punishable by such further penalty as tbe Commission may determine 194 RULE XIII In cities or towns in this State where delivery service is maintained by an ex press company no extra charge shall be made for door delivery within a radius of one mile from the office of such company provided the point of delivery is within the corporate limits of any such city or town RULE XIV All express companies operating in this State and which hold themselves out as carriers of fresh fish shall give notice to the consignor of the failure or refusal of the consignee to receive such shipments when the same have remained on hand four hours during daylight after arriving at point of destination said notice to given by filing a telegram to that effect with a telegraph company doing a commercial telegraph business between points of origin and destination provided that it shall not be necessary to give such notice unless the carrier is directed by the shipper so to do in writing or printing attached to the package This shall not apply where there is no commercial telegraph office open for business at either initial or destination point at the expiration of the time fixed herein Should the carrier sell such shipments on the order of the shipper in any manner not pointed out by law it shall be entitled to a commission for such services of ten per cent of the amount realized The carrier shall not await answer to its said telegram to the shipper longer than two hours after which time it shall act in reference to said shipments in accordance with its duty under the law Should the said shipment perish or become damaged because of the carriers observance of the requirements of this order it shall not be liable in damages therefor if not otherwise at fault The carrier shall reice such shipments only when directed so to do by the shipper and when it is practicable so to do and when shipments are reiced same shall be done at actual cost and at the expense of the shipper The shipper shall pay the going and return charges on shipments which are returned under this order together with the telegraph tolls i SPECIAL NOTICE See Rule Number One of the Rules Governing the Erection and Location of Depots etc 195 CLASSIFICATION OF PERISHABLES GENERAL SPECIALS ETC CARRIED AT LESS THAN MERCHANDISE RATES AND AS PRESCRIBED IN TARIFF B Ale Apples Asparagus Bananas Beans Beef Fat Beer Beer Tonic Berries Cabbages Calves dressed Canteloupes in crates or barrels Carrots Celery Cheese Cherries Chestnuts Cider Clams Cocoanuts Crabs Crab Meat raw Not including deviled cooked crabs Crackers Cucumbers Eggs Egg Plants Fish Roe Fish salted or dry Frogs live Fruit Furs coarse Game Grapes Greens Green Corn Hides green Honey in comb strained well packed Ice Cream Lard Lemons Lettuce gross weight Lobsters Mineral Water Okra Oieo Butter and Oil Oranges or Oysters in shell Oysters canned See Scale of Weights Parsnips Peaches Pears Peas Pine Apples Plums Pomegranates Pop Potatoes Radishes Rabbits dead Skins undressed of any kind Soda Water Squashes in crates Strained Honey Sugar Cane Vegetables green Tomatoes Terrapins Trees and Shrubs tor planting when boxed or baled prepaid or guaranteed Turtles in barrels Turtles live Turnips Yeast compressed EXPLANATION OF ABOVE TABLESto find rate per one hundred pounds ExampleFind the distance for forty miles or any distance between 21 and 40 on the left side of the Table of Merchandise Rates and the column on the right under the head of cents gives the correct rate40 cents To find the rate on packages less than 100 pounds Look under the head of packages less than 100 pounds and find the weight of packages on which rate is wanted and run your finger along to the right until you get under the number of miles wanted at the top of the table and where the two cross you will find the rate For exampleWanted the rate on a package weighing between 41 and 50 pounds for 60 miles Find weight of package over 40 and not over 50 pounds under head of packages less than 100 pounds and run your finger to the right until it comes to the column under the 60 miles and it will give the rate wanted35 cents Extra Rate ChargesOn matter subject to half rate as one and onehalf or double rate find graduated rate according to tariff and then add onehalf or double it as required Example If a package weighs 26pounds rated at double rate and the rate to destination is 100 E per 100 pounds the charge for 20 or 25 pounds is 50 cents double this 100is the proper amount 196 CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPLANATORY NOTES A means that the article is governed by Tariff A A means that the article is governed by onehalf of Tariff A Double A means that the article is governed by two times Tariff A 3 times A means that the article is governed by three times Tariff A 4 times A means that the article is governed by four times Tariff A 8 times A means that the article is governed by eight times Tariff A The following special rates are to be used only on the conditions named below within the State SECTION AAdvertising Matter consisting of Printed Engraved or Photographed Advertisements on paper or cardboard not under glass and Almanacs Signs or Cards without glass in frames or racks may be charged at the Merchandise rate per one hundred pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed and no charge to be less than 25 cents NoteThe rates on advertising matter given herein will be applied only on matter distributed gratuitously for advertising purposes and must not be applied on any package containing articles that are sold to the consignee Any article of merchandise packed with advertising matter will subject the shipment to the regular graduate at merchandise rate SECTION BThe following matter may be charged for at the Merchandise rate per one hundred pounds for actual weight charges to be prepaid or guaranteed Auxiliary Newspapers Patent insides and other appliances used in place thereof including Reading Matter Plates minimum twentyfive cents Packages of clothing shipped to or by laundries minimum twentyfive cents Catalogues and Prices Current with prices extended to and from dealers and their traveling salesmen value limited to 1000 minimum twentyfive cents Samples of Soap from manufacturers when given away for advertising purposes minimum twentyfive cents Sample Cans of Cooked Corn from packing houses minimum twentyfive cents Sample Cans of Meats from packing houses minimum twentyfive cents NoteWhen graduated or other rates quoted in this card are less than these they should be applied When shipments are ordered returned these rates apply The following special rates are to be used only on the conditions named below on business within the State SECTION CRates on Printed Matter and Seeds and Bulbs prepaid to railroad points only within the State for manufacturers publishers and dealers The following articles may be carried at ten cents for each one and onehalf pounds or less and for single packages exceeding one and onehalf pounds one cent for each additional two ounces or fraction thereof unless the graduate rate is less 197 Almanacs Blanks printed bound or in sheets Blotters and Elotting Pads Books printed bound or unbound fBulbs Blank Books Blank Cards Blank Envelopes Card Boards Calendars Cards printed Catalogues Circulars Cbromos Chromo Lithographs Cuttings Engravings Envelopes address printed Flexible or Paper Patterns Hand Bills Heliotype Work Ins Policies blank Labels Litho Views of Cities mounted on cloth with rollers Letter Papers Lithographs Magazines Maps Ornamented paper Pamphlets Paper for Cash Rei printed in rolls or sheets Periodicals Photos not framed Plants Posters Prospectuses Proof Sheets Publications Roots Samples of Merchandise including Grain Cloth Medicine and Sample Cards Scions tSeeds Sheet Music Show Cards unmounted Stereoscopic Views Any of the above mentioned articles which represent advertising may be taken under Section A when it gives a lower rate fPackages of Bulbs or Seed exceeding 40 ounces in weight 4 cents per package less than rate of onehalf cent per ounce unless regular graduate is less Printed Matter Rates apply solely to articles enumerated and only when shipped by manufacturers publishers or dealers The value of each package must be limited to Ten Dollars be prepaid and have the nature or the contents written stamped or printed thereon and be so packed that the description may be readily verified by examination SECTION DEspecial care and judgment must be exercised in the use of the following special rates offering them only to manufacturers and dealers to secure large and continuous shipments Packages of Merchandise not including Jewelry Grocers Samples and Electrotype and Stereotype Plates for advertising cuts value not exceeding 10 may be forwarded at a rate of one cent per ounce Crab soft shell Empties may be returned free O R between all points Sample Cans or Jars securely packed of cooked or preserved fruits vegetables or fish when shipped by manufacturers only pound rates This applies between all points Samples of Wall Papers sent to dealers charge pound rates Onion SetsCharge merchandise rates except that they may also be taken under the head of Rates on Printed Matter Seeds and Bulbs See Section C Vegetables under head of General Special only covers Green Vegetables used for food Strawberry and Other Live Plants should be classed as plants see Classification Card and charged for at merchandise or double merchandise rates as indicated Only trees and shrubs are enumerated under head of General Specials not nursery stock or shipments from nurseries Packages of Almanacs for city delivery received by freight for distribution may be charged for at 25 cents each Stencil Plates and Shipping Cards to be used on packages to be returned by express when shipped by commission merchants to their customers may be charged at advertising matter rates as fixed by Section A 198 Ice Cream at actual gross weight with an allowance of 20 per cent for ice at regular merchandise rates unless there are authorized specials to the contrary Safety Bicycles not knocked down and boxed or crated charge double merchandise rates same as Ordinary Bicycles Burlaps which have been used for covering shipments of silk from silk mills may he returned free Airtight Jersey Butter Jars six in crate to be returned empty when shipped full by express may he returned between all points at 15 cents each Fish Roe may he classed same as Fresh Fish Sulkies Knocked Down not Boxed or CratedCharge three times merchandise rateminimum charges 300 Harvesters Knocked DownCharge single merchandise rate They should not he classed as Bulky Agricultural Implements on which double merchandise rate is charged as provided in Classification Shell Clams in Bulk should he wayhilled at the estimated weight for Oysters that is 10 pounds to the gallon Empty Paper BoxesCharge double merchandise rate Shipments of Posters to Traveling Shows should he taken at graduated merchandise rates and not at the rates given under Section A of Classification Card 199 GENERAL CLASSIFICATION ExplanationsSpecial rules under each heading apply to all articles enumerated thereunder A stands for single A Rate A for onehalf A Rate iy2A for One and Onehalf A Rate D A for Double A Rate St A for Three Times A Rate Etc Special for Special Rates or Scales of Special Rates In the absence of Special Rates on Special Rate matter use Single Merchandise Rates 0 R for Owners Risk 0 R B for Owners Risk of Breakage K D for Knocked Down Minimum for minimum charge on a single shipmenti e no single charge less than the one specified All articles not enumerated below or not analogous to those enumerated are to be charged for at A Rates A Acids dangerous refuse see Rule 8 Advertising Matter see Sec lion A Agricultural Implements bulky Plows ordinary stirring and breaking Ale Almanacs see Section A and Section C Animals and Birds LiveRe j ceive them only at O R of injury death or escape taking a Release as provided for Live Stock Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers They must be boxed or caged Enter the number of animals in each box or cage on waybill Charges may be prepaid or guaranteed Alligators live Cats Deer Ferrets Guinea Pigs Opossums Pet Animals Rabbits Dogs in crates boxes or kennels actual weight Dogs on chains estimated weight 100 lbs each Antlers Apples Asparagus D A A B D A i y21 a D A D A B B B Bananas Beans Beef Fat Beer Berries Butter Beer Tonic see Scale of Rates Bees in stands O R Benzine refuse see Rule 8 BicyclesOrdinary see Vehicles BicyclesRailroad taken apart see Vehicles BicyclesSafetyK D and crated see Vehicles BicyclesSafetynot K D and boxed Bicycle Wheels see Vehicles Birds Live Receive them only at O R of injury death or escape taking a Release as provided for Live Stock Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers Charges must be prepaid or guaranteed Enter the number in each crate on the waybill Blanks printed bound or in Sheets see Section C Blotters and Blotting Pads see Section C Boats Metallic Folding securely packed B B B B B B iy2A D A D A D A Boats Row and Canoes including paddles and equipment minimum 200 4 t A Shells and all Racing Crafts including Outriggers minimum 400 8tA Books printed bound or unbound see Section C Book Cases same as Furniture Bread pound rates minimum 25 cents B Brick samples of charges prepaid Pound Rates Buggies see Vehicles Burial Gases A Burros see Live Stock Bulbs see Section C C Chromos see Pictures also Section C Chromo Lithographs see Section C Chronometers see Instruments Cigar Boxes empty Circulars see Section C Clothing packages of to or from Laundries see Section B Colts see Live Stock Corn cooked sample cans of see Section B Cows see Live Stock Crabs deviled or cooked Crayon Portraits see Pictures Cuttings see Section C Cabbage Calves dressed Cantaloupes in crates or bbls Carrots Celery Cheese Cherries Chestnuts Cider Clams Cocoanuts Crabs Crab meat raw not including deviled or cooked crabs Crackers Cucumbers Calendars see Section C Calves see Live Stock Calves dressed see Perishables etc Cameras Photographs securely boxed CamerasPhotograph in light carrying cases Canoe see Boats Cards printed see Section C Carriages see Vehicles Castings Fragile receive only at O R B Catalogues see Section C Catalogues and prices current with prices extended to or from dealers and their traveling salesmen value limited to 1000 Section B Cats see Animals Chairs see Furniture B B B B B B B B B B B B D Deer see Animals DesksSchool see Furniture DesksOffice same as Furniture Dogs see Animals Doll Carriages and Doll Chairs of small value Dressed Poultry Dress Forms Dynamite refuse see Rule 8 B B B A D A 1A E Eggs Egg Plants Emery Wheels Empties O R returned by the company that carried them when full Unless otherwise provided for they must be called for and delivered by owners and charges must be prepaid Empties not enumerated are to be charged for in accordance with size and weight of analogous empties When carried by two or more companies between common points charges to be divided equally delivering company to have the odd cent Empties that have not been shipped full by express charge merchandise rates 201 Bags and sacks for news companies may be transported free or Tariff B rates Beer Empties may be transported free or Tariff B rates Berry Stands or Crates 10c Each Bread Baskets or Boxes 5c Each Butter under 100 pounds 5 cents each for any distance Cans in boxes or kegs and oil cans in jackets 10c Each Cans for Alcohol Fish Oils and Varnishes They may be delivered to regular patrons 15c Each Clothing Baskets for clothing houses and merchant tailors 125c Each Coops 10cEach Crates and Kennels pet animal or dog minimum 50c V2A Demijohns in boxes or kegs 10c Each Egg Cases 5cEach Fruit Empties 10c Each Gas Cylinders minimum 15c A Homing Pigeon Baskets minimum 50c each for each company carrying A Ice Cream Freezers minimum 15 cents A Ice Cream Freezers empty may by agreement with owner be returned subject to charges on delivery at rates fixed in classification A Jars 5c Each Jugs in boxes or kegs 10cEach Kumyss Boxes 25c Each Liquor Kegs 10c Each Meat Boxes may be returned subject to chargeson delivery by agreement with owners 25c Each Milk Cans may be transported free or Tariff B rates Mineral Water Cases may be transported free or Tariff B rates Oyster and Scallop Empties Not over 5 gallon capacity 10c Each Over 5 gallon and not over 10 gallon capacity15c Each Over 10 gallon capacity 25c Each Cases containing empty jars or bottles 15c Each Pony Refrigerators for FruitM25c Each Soda Fountains minimum 15c A Engravings see Pictures also Section C Envelopes address printed see Section C Explosives refuse see Rule 8 F Feathers closely compressed and baled A Feathers not closely compressed and baled D A Ferrets see Animals Firearms O R Guns or Rifles trussed or boxed or taken apart and packed in sole leather or canvas cases A When not so packed 3tA Pistols or Revolvers securely packed A Fire Brick A FishSalted or Dry B FishFresh E Fish Roe B Fresh Meats E Frogs live B Furs coarse B FishLive When carried by more than one Company rates on Packages each 7 pounds or less do not apply A Fruit B Furniture O R B Boxed or Crated A Not Boxed or Crated D A Burlapped except chairs from manufacturers only A Chairs boxed or crated Chairs not boxed or crated A and not otherwise specified D A Chairs Barber burlapped boxed or crated A 202 Chairs Dentists boxed or crated not exceeding 7500 in value Chairs Dentists boxed or crated exceeding 7500 in value Chairs Iron Frame or Folding Opera Letter File Cases boxed or crated Piano Stools boxed or crated Piano Stools not boxed or crated School Desks FursCoarse including undressed skins FursDressed G Game Gasoline refuse see Rule 8 Ginger Ale Glass must be boxed or crated O R B Ground Mirrors Stained Show Cases Plate Signs Windows Goats see Live Stock Grapes 1 Greens Green Corn Guinea Pigs see Animals Guns see Firearms Gunpowder refuse see Rule 8 H Harvesters K D Hand BagsOld Hand Bills see Section C Heliotype Work see Section C HidesGreen HobbyHorses Hogs see Live Stock Honey O R refuse unless properly packed Honey in comb and strained well packed Horses see Live Stock A D A A A A D A A B A B A D A A B B B B D A A B Inflammables refuse see Rule 8 Instruments O R Musical Instruments encased in wooden boxes in addition to their own cases A Musical Instruments not boxed not otherwise specified 1 3t A Pianos boxed minimum 500 for each Company carrying A Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each Company carrying iy2A Organs boxed A Organs not boxed for music dealers A Organs not boxed for other than music dealers 1A Surveyors Instruments except Tripods must be refused unless boxed Surveyors Instruments enclosed in a single box or case 3t A Surveyors Instruments strapped so that they can not move in their own box or case and covered with one or more additional boxes with proper packing between A Chronometers must be refused unless boxed 3t A Thermometers must be refused unless boxed or securely packed Value not exceeding 500 each A Value exceeding 500 each D A Tripods A Insurance Policies blank see Section C J Jarsairtight butter Jewelry sealed or unsealed rates in Section D do not apply Graduated rates A X Kerosene refuse see Rule 8 Ii Ice Cream I B Labels see Section C Lard B 203 Laundries packages of clothing shipped to or by see Section B Lemons Lettuce gross weight B Lobsters B Letter File Cases see Furniture Lithographed Views of Cities mounted on cloth with rollers see Section C Lithographic Stones O R must be boxed or crated D A Liquids in glass demijohns or earthenware O R Refuse when enclosed in paper or paper boxes or otherwise improperly packed A Lithographs see Pictures also Section C Live Stock Receive only at O R of death injury or escape Shipper must be required to sign a contract on the form furnished by the company releasing the Express as well as all transportation companies whose line may be used from any and all liabilities for loss or damage Feed and utensils must be provided by shippers Charges must be prepaid or guaranteed Horses may not be taken unless authorized by Superintendents Burros crated A Burros not crated not exceeding 500 lbs in weight and 100 in value minimum 5 for each company carrying lA Calves crated A Colts see Ponies Cows not crated estimate single animal at 1000 lbs D A Cows crated A Goats Hogs crated A Horses estimate single animals at 1000 lbs minimum 25 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the through rate 3 t A Horses car loads of 10 horses estimate at 10000 lbs and 1000 lbs more for each additional horse Ponies or Colts not exceed A ing 500 lbs in weight and 100 in value minimum 1000 for each company carrying in absence of an agreement to divide the through rate When not crated iy2A When crated i A Pony Colt or Horse A weighing over 500 lbs net will be classified same as a Horse A Sheep crated Lobsters see Perishables A M Magazines see Section C Maps see Section C Marble and Slate manufac tured must be boxed or crated O R A Matches refuse see Rule 8 Mattresses Meat sample cans of from A packing houses see Section B B MeatFresh or cured Men refuse Milk minimum charge 15c See Milk Tariff Mineral Water B Mirrors see Glass N Naptha refuse see Rule 8 Negatives see Photographic Dry Plates Newspapers charge according to local agreements Newspapers auxiliary see Section B O Okra Oars crated Oars not crated B Oleo Butter Oleo Oil Oil explosives or inflammables refuse see Rule 8 Opera Chairs see Furniture Opossums see Animals Organs not boxed for other than music dealers 14A Oranges B Oysters in Shell Glass Jars Canned in Patented Oyster Carriers or in bulk See note a w td 204 NOTEWhen shipped in bulk with or without ice estimate at 12 pounds per gallon When shipped in cans or patented carriers with or without ice the following estimated weights apply Pint cans 1lbs Each Standard or cans2 Full quart cans 3 Halfgallon cans 6 Gallon cans 12 Excess to he charged pro portionately Shippers must mark the number and capacity of cans on each case or the gallonage when shipped in bulk P Painting see Pictures Pamphlets see Section C Paper for Cash Register see Section C Parsnips B Peaches B Peas B Pears B Pine Apples B Plums B Pomegranates B Pop B Potatoes B Poultry dressed B Patent Insides see Section B Peanut Roasters A Periodicals see Section C Photographs not framed see Section C Photographic Dry Plates and Negatives O R B A Pianos not boxed minimum 500 for each company carrying lA Piano Stools see Furniture Pictures O R must be securely crated or boxed and marked Pictures Oil Paintings etc Shippers must invariably declare value and it must be entered on the receipt Chromos Crayon Portraits Engravings Lithographs Machines or Stencil Paint ings Oil Paintings Pictures Water Colors When the declared value of the ship ment is 50 or less When the declared value of the shipment exceeds 50 or Birds for market Pigeons Quails Live in coops or shooting tournaments O R of injury death or escape Coops and contents must not weigh over 150 lbs PigeonsLive shipped by Homing Pigeon Clubs O R of injury death or escape in heavy flat topped baskets with sufficient food and water for the trip Minimum 50 cents per basket for each company carrying The same charge to be made on the basket full qr empty Pistols see Firearms PlantsLive boxed or crated so that they can be loaded with other freight without damage prepaid or guaranteed Plants when not boxed or crated prepaid or guaranteed Plants also see Section C Plows ordinary stirring and breaking Ponies see Live Stock Pop see Scale of Rates Posters see Section C Poultry dressed PoultryLive O R of injury death or escape Food and utensils must be provided by shippers Coops and contents must not weigh over 150 lbs Poultry for market Poultry other than for market released same as Live Stock charges may be A D A A D A A DA A E A 205 prepaid or guaranteed enter the number of fowls in each coop on the waybill 1A Prices Current see Section B Produce Prospectuses see Section C Proof Sheets see Section C Publications see Section C Q Quail see pigeons B RabbitsDead see Perish ables etc B RabbitsLive see Animals Radishes B Reading Matter Plates see Section B Revolvers see Firearms Rifles see Firearms Roots see Section C S SausageFresh or cured B School Desks see Furniture Scions see Section C Seeds see Section C Sewing Machines racked or boxed A Sewing Machines not racked or boxed O R lA Sheep see Live Stock Sheet Music see Section C Show Cards unmounted see Section C Show Cases see Glass Shrubs B Signs see Glass also Section A SkinsDressed A SkinsUndressed B Slate see Marble Sleighs see Vehicles Soap samples of given away for advertising purposes see Section B Soda Founts charged A Soda Water B Squashes in crates B Strained Honey B Sugar Cane B Statuary O R must be boxed or crated D A Stencil Plates and Shipping Cards to be used on packages to be returned by Express when shipped by commission merchants to their customers may be charged at advertising matter rate Section A Stereoscopic Views see Section C Sulkies see Vehicles Surveyors Instruments see Instruments T Terrapin live B Tricycles see Vehicles Tripods see Instruments Thermometers see Instruments Tomatoes B Trees and Shrubs for planting boxed or baled prepaid or guaranteed Turtles in bbls TurtlesLive Turnips Typewriting Machines se curely boxed 1 A Typewriting Machines when in their cases only or not securely boxed O R D A V Valises old A Vegetables green B Vehicles Bicycles ordinary D A Bicycles railroad taken apart A Bicycles safety K D and boxed or crated A Bicycle Wheels same as the machine to which they belong except that the small wheel of the Ordinary Bicycle may be taken at merchandise rate when boxed or crated Buggies K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carry ing lA Buggies not K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 t A Childrens Carriages D A Carriages K D and boxed or crated 1A Carriages not K D and boxed or crated 3tA attdtd 206 Carriages or Buggy Poles with singletrees securely attached A Cutters with thills detached boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying lA Sleighs K D and boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying lA Sleighs not K D not boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3A Sleighs with thills detached boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 1A Sulkies K D and boxed or crated minimum 150 for each company carrying rA Sulkies not K D nor boxed or crated minimum 300 for each company carrying 3 t A Tricycles K D and boxed or crated A Tricycles not K D and boxed or crated D A Velocipedes D A Velocipedes childrens A W Watches see Jewelry Y Yeast Compressed B 207 RULES GOVERNING APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF STOCK AND BOND ISSUES RULE 1 All applications shall be by written petition verified by the president or Pg10 other officer of the corporation or other competent evidence setting forth the sworn to Information hereinafter required RULE 2 All applications for the issue of stocks bonds or notes as contemplated in the Act approved August 22 1907 by any railroad company shall state the termini gg and route of the same shall set out the actual length of the main line of said show railroad the double tracking if any the approximate length of its sidetracks the gauge of the tracks the maximum grade the maximum degree of curvature the width of right of way the cost of right of way a description of terminals grounds outside of the right of way and cost and value of same a description of station grounds at points between terminals outside of the right of way and the cost of same the weight of the rail a schedule of equipment both motive power and cars of every description and the cost of same a description of repair and machine shops and also a statement or best attainable estimate of the number of cubic yards of excavation and embankment in the construction of its roadbed Said petition shall also give a general description of its station buildings bridges and other structures In cases of applications by or in behalf of a railway company whose line is not Appllcatton already built but contemplated and in cases of applications by or in behalf of a byroads railway company whose line is at the time partly constructed or is to be ex nt built tended then description and explanations are to be set out muttis mutandis and asnearly so as practicable to the same effect and intent as hereinabove provided touching existing roads RULE 3 Said petition whether by railroad company or any other applicant shall also contain in addition to full description of its property a sworn statement in detail of the financial condition of the company giving the amount and kinds of the Financial capital stock bonds and other obligations outstanding the consideration on which the same were issued clearly and fully stated the rate and amount of dividends declared thereon and all other items of outstanding indebtedness and as to all whether and how secured and if secured by mortgage or pledge a copy of the instrument shall be annexed to the petition and said petition shall also contain a statement of the amount of any of its stock held by other corporations and the names of and the amount held by each and all facts needed to show 208 Information need not be repeated that the capitalization and proposed capitalization of said company is lawful and legitimate and does not violate either the laws or the Constitution of this Stae or the United States In case the petitioning corporation or party shall have already or previously made and filed a report to this Commission showing its capitalization and financial condition in compliance with the standing order on that subject the matter thus already reported need not be again repeated in the application but may be made part thereof by appropriate form of reference with any new facts or data added to bring the recital down to date Tabulated statement of desired issues RULE 4 Said petition shall contain a statement of the amount and kind of stock which the corporation desires to issue and a tabulated statement of bonds or notes which the corporation desires to issue the terms and rate of interest and whether and how to be secured and if to be secured by a mortgage or pledge a copy of the same shall be attached Use of pro ceeds from desired Issues RULE 5 Said petition shall contain a statement of the use to which the capital to be secured by the issue of such stock bonds or notes is to be put with a definite statement of how much is to be used for the acquisition of property how much for the construction and equipment of power plants how much for car sheds and the completion extension or improvement of its facilities or properties how much for the improvement and maintenance of its service how much foi the discharge or lawful refund of its obligations or for lawful corporate purposes falling within the spirit of section 8 of the Act approved August 22 1907 Property to be acquired RULE 6 Said petition shall contain a statement in detail of the property which is to be acquired with its value a detailed description of the construction completion extension or improvement of its facilities set forth in such a manner that an estimate may be made of its cost a statement of the character of the improvement of its service proposed and the reasons why the service should be maintained from its capital if it is proposed to discharge or refund its obligations a How service Is to be improved statement of the nature and description of its obligations including their par value and the amount for which they were actually sold and the application of the proceeds arising from such sale RULE 7 Copies of all contracts to be filed Said petition shall contain a statement showing whether any contracts have been made for the acquisition of such property or for such construction completion extension or improvement of its facilities or for the disposition of any of its stocks bonds or notes which it is proposed to issue and if any such contracts have been made copies thereof must be attached to the petition as 209 well as a statement showing how much money or other thing of value has been received by the corporation under such contract RULE 8 Said petition shall contain a statement showing whether any of the outstanding stock or bonds or notes as contemplated in the Act of August 22 1907 have been issued or used in capitalizing any franchise or any right to own operate or enjoy any franchise or any contract for consolidation or lease or for services rendered or to be rendered or a bonus to any person or persons natural or artificial and if so shall state the amount and character thereof and the franchise right contract or lease services or bonus so capitalized RULE 9 If the stock is to be issued by a new corporation to be formed by a merger or consolidation of two or more other corporations the petition shall contain a complete description of the properties to be consolidated and a complete statement of the financial condition of the corporations so consolidated of the kind set out herein In Rule No 3 RULE 10 Attached to said petition must be a certified copy of the charter if granted by the legislature or accurate citations to volume and page if to be found in the published laws or a copy of the petition filed with the Secretary of State or any court and a certificate of incorporation issued by the Secretary of State or court if incorporated under a general law duly certified copies of all certificates statements or records which modify change or extend the purposes or powers of such corporation RULE 11 Said petition shall set out in detail all acts done by said corporation in obedience to the laws of the State applicable to such desired issue or increase of capital or issue of bonds and shall fully and affirmatively show that all requirements of the laws of Georgia have been fully complied with RULE 12 Said petition shall state fully the method and instrumentalities proposed for carrying into effect with safety to the petitioners and the public the purposes stated and for complying with all conditions imposed by law or by the Commission and expressing the readiness of petitioners to make report of actings and doings under the same as the Commission may require RULE 13 On receipt of the petition the Commission shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon and shall give to the applicant not less than ten days notice thereof Capitalizing franchises etc Consolidation or merger Reference wherechartered by general law Law must be complied with Petitioners to make farther report Hearings before Commission 210 Notice of Hearing either personally or by mail the applicant shall publish a notice of the application and the time and place of the hearing in such newspapers and at such times as the Commission shall direct The Commission may prescribe the terms Applicant to prodace witnesses and contents of such publication The Commission may at the request of the applicant or on its own motion prescribe a shorter notice for such hearing and modify its directions for publication accordingly At the hearing the applicant shall produce such witnesses and furnish such books papers documents and contracts as the Commission shall at any time before final decision on the application require and must establish to the satisfaction of the Commission that the proposed issue of stocks bonds notes or other evidence of indebtedness is for the benefit of the public service and is otherwise lawful All proceeds mast be used for purposes approved RULE 14 On the conclusion of the hearing or so soon thereafter as circumstances permit the Commission will make up its opinion and frame its order upon the facts appearing in each instance and the law applicable thereto Each application will be kept open and further order may be made from time to time as may be needful for the security and protection of all concerned and for a due compliance with law and the orders of this Commission All bonds and stocks when authorized by the Commission and the proceeds of the same must be used for the purpose or purposes authorized and for none other under pain of the penalties in such case provided by law 211 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD AS TO DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND EMPLOYEES N RULE 1 The regular public meetings of the Commission shall begin on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month at ten oclock A M and there shall be such other meetings as may be called by the Chairman on his own motion or on request of any two members and of which meetings due notice shall be given The order in which the Commission will assign cases for hearing will be as follows All requests for assignment of cases filed in the office prior to the second Tuesday in the month will be acted on and the cases assigned for hearing at the meeting of the Commission to be held on the fourth Tuesday or some subsequent date All requests for assignment of cases received subsequent to the second Tuesday in the month and prior to the fourth Tuesday in the same month will be acted on and the cases assigned for hearing at the meeting of the Commission to be held on the second Tuesday in the following month or some subsequent date RULE 2 It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preside at all meetings of the Board to preserve strict order to procure at all times the correct meaning and sense of the Board to conduct the business of the Commission when in session under the parliamentary rules adopted by the Board as set forth in Rule No 10 The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board shall conduct its correspondence attend at the office of the Board as required by law see that all orders and rules of the Board are duly carried into effect and that all officers and employees perform their duties as required by said orders and rules and as required by law The Chairman will report to the Board so far as needful and reasonable what has been done during intervals between meetings and also any new matters or questions with his recommendations touching the same but reserving for action of the body all hew matters and cases RULE 3 There shall be a ViceChairman who shall act in the absence or inability of ihe Chairman Duties of Chairman Vice Chairman 212 Duties of Rate Expert Commissioners to reserve opinions until executive session Standing Committees RULE 4 It shall be the duty of the Rate Expert to keep himself fully informed touching rate conditions and rate problems as existing and as new conditions arise or changes occur or are proposed from time to time and to keep or cause to be kept a file or files as complete and up to date as is practicable of all rates and rate sheets arranged in best and easiest form for correct and ready reference and to submit all needful views and recommendations on such conditions and problems or questions as may be referred to him from time to time or on bis own suggestion as may be in his judgment needful for the public interest or for the interest of parties concerned It shall be his duty to furnish to the Commission expert information and advice on all matters brought before it involving rates and to attend for that purpose all the hearings where any question of rates is or may be involved He shall perform such other duties touching general or special work of the Commission whether pertaining to his own or any other department as may be required by the Commission or by law The assistant in his department shall be under his direction for the due performance of his duties as such subject to the direction of the Commission RULE 5 Every member of the Board will in all cases reserve his opinion and in no way commit himself in advance touching the merits of any matter or question to be passed upon by the Board or that should be dealt with by it until the facts and evidence is all submitted and the Board considers the same in executive session In all matters which relate to the making of rates and which may become the subject of litigation no member shall make any statement after such matter has been decided by the Board which may be or is liable to be treated as an admission prejudicial to the action of the Board In all cases and on all questions any member may file his dissenting opinion when in the minority or his reasons and grounds for his opinion when in the majority RULE 6 There shall be the following standing committees appointed by the Chairman consisting of two members each but the Chairman shall be an exofficio member of all both standing and special committees namely 1 Committee on Minutes 2 Committee on Auditing and Accounts 3 Committee on Bond and Stock Issues 4 Committee on Loss Damage and Demurrage 5 Committee on Tracks Sidings and Depots 6 Committee on Train Schedules and Train Service 7 Committee on Passenger and Freight Rates Together with such special committees as the Board may from time to time direct 213 RULE 7 It shall be the duty of the Secretary to record all proceedings of the Board in the book of minutes He shall be the custodian of all the books and papers secretary of the Board and shall systematically care for and preserve the same for ready reference and the correct transaction of the Boards business He shall see to the correspondence of the Board under direction of the Chairman and of the Board as by these rules provided He shall nominate all employees in his department for ratification by the Board and shall have control of them in the performance of their duties under these rules and shall see that the office is systematically and neatly kept and open for business during business hours office hours namely from eightythirty A M to one oclock P M and from two oclock P M to five oclock P M each day except Sundays and legal holidays and on Saturdays from eightthirty A M to twelve oclock noon He shall have charge of the expenditure of the funds provided for the expenses of the Board and its employees under direction of the Board and shall keep an accurate account of the same submitting such accounts with proper vouchers to the Auditing Committee or as may be called for by the Chairman or by the Board or by said committee from time to time RULE 8 A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of Quorum business RULE 9 When any action of the Board is to be promulgated or published the same official shall be recited as By the Board and shall be authenticated by the official Orders signature of the Chairman and the Secretary When any matter is published by a member or officer of the Board the same is his individual act or declaration and not the act of the Board unless recited on its face that the Board has so ordered or decided RULE 10 At every regular meeting of the Board the following shall be the order of order of business unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the members present in business each instance 1 Noting absentees and ascertaining quorum present 2 Corrections and approval of the Minutes 3 Special orders 4 Report of Committee on Auditing and Accounts 5 Reports of Standing Committees in their order 6 Report of special committees 7 Recommendations by the Chairman 8 Petitions and communications 9 Unfinished business 10 New business 11 Adjournment 214 RULE 11 Parliamentary rales The rules governing the Senate of the State of Georgia for the time being where applicable are the rules for the government of this Board in its deliberations Buies may be altered RULE 12 These rules and regulations may be altered or amended at any time by a vote of a majority of the Board provided notice of proposed alteration or amendment shall have been given at the last preceding regular meeting of the Board Or the same may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of a full Board by unanimous vote without any previous notice Matters not covered by rales RULE 13 In all matters not specifically mentioned or provided for in the foregoing rules action may be had as under established usage and the law the Board may order according to the facts and the necessities of the case in each instance ttorney to Commission RULE 14 The Attorney to the Railroad Commission shall have charge of all litigation to which the Board may be a party or in which the Commission is concerned acting or being associated with the Attorneygeneral in special cases or matters provided by law Said Attorney shall be the legal advisor and counsel of the Commission in all matters of special legal knowledge or skill when called on or needed for the correct conduct of the business of the Commission OPINIONS OF SPECIAL ATTORNEY AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO REQUIRE POWER COMPANIES TO FURNISH CURRENT TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR DISTRIBUTION Railboad Commission of Geobgia Office of Special Attobney to Commission Atlanta April 5th 1913 File GF7 Hon C M Candles Chairman Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga My Dear Sir Your letter of th 31st ult enclosing letter from Mr W E Saunders a member of the City Council of Kirkwood came duly to hand From this letter it appears that the town of Kirkwood is considering the erection of a transforming plant for the operation of which it proposes to procure current from the Georgia Railway Power Company at wholesale or high voltage and at which it will reduce or transform the same and sell to the citizens of this town at a proper voltage and use the same for municipal purposes I note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether the Railroad Commission of Georgia can compel the Georgia Railway Power Company to furnish such electric current for this purpose Public service companies exercise public employments with public duties to perform They can not like a merchant or other person receive or reject a customer at pleasure They are bound to serve the public indifferently Equality of service is the distinctive trait of such companies I liken these companies to common carriers who are bound to convey the goods of any person offering to pay their hire unless their conveyances are already full or the risk sought to be imposed upon them is extraordinary or unless the goods be of a sort which they can not convey or which they are not in the habit of conveying All applying have an equal right to have their goods transported in the order of their tender Civil Code Sec 2729 Fish vs Chapman 2 Ga 349 Ocean Steamship Co vs Savannah Supply Co 131 Ga 833 If the Georgia Railway Power Company sells electric current at high voltage or at wholesale to others then it would be its duty to sell such current 216 to the town of Kirkwood if this town applied for the same If this company is accustomed to sell such current then it must sell the same to all who apply for the same as long as it is able to furnish such current If it is not in the habit of selling such current then it would be under no duty to sell the same to the town of Kirkwood If it is accustomed to sell such current and should refuse to sell it to the town of Kirkwood then the Railroad Commission of Georgia could compel this Company to furnish electricity to the town of Kirkwood This in my opinion would he the extent of the obligation resting upon the Georgia Railway Power Company by the analogies of the common law Under the Act of 1907 the Commission has general supervision over electric light and power companies within this State and can require such public service companies to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may he reasonable and just either by general rules or by special orders in particular cases Civil Code Sec 2663 Under this broad power the Commission could require an electric light and power company to furnish electric power at high voltage to municipalities to be reduced at their transforming plants and sold to their citizens if the Commission should find this to be just and reasonable and if in fact such requirement was just and reasonable under all the circumstances Surrounding the particular case I return herein the letter of Mr Saunders Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO REQUIRE PAYMENT OF RECIPROCAL DEMURRAGE CLAIMS Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta April 12 1913 File GF8 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen The letter of Mr J P Webster rate expert of the Commission of the 2nd inst enclosing papers in the above file Came duly to hand and I note that Chairman Candler wishes my opinion upon the question whether the Commission is vested with authority to impose penalty for delay in handling cars in switching service and whether the present rules of the Commission cover such a case 217 In my opinion tlie Commission is vested witli such power and authority The Commission is vested with full power and authority to make prescribe and enforce all such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary in order to compel and require the several railroad companies in this State to promptly receive receipt for forward and deliver to destination all freight of every character which may be tendered or received by them for transportation and as well such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary to compel and require the prompt delivery of all freights on arriving at destination to the consignee Civil Code Sec 2634 The Commission has general supervision over all common carriers Civil Code Sec 2663 Besides the Commission can require all common carriers and other public service companies under their supervision to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just Civil Code Sec 2663 Furthermore the Commission shall have power and authority to prescribe rules and penalties covering and requiring the prompt receipt carriage and delivery of freight the prompt furnishing of cars to shippers desiring to ship freight and shall also be authorized to prescribe rules and penalties for the transfer of cars through yards of connecting roads Civil Code Sec 2664 Under the broad powers thus conferred the Commission is clothed with authority to prescribe penalties for the failure of railroads to promptly transport cars in switching movements when such cars are engaged in intrastate commerce Storage Rules 13 and 14 seem to cover this situation I return herein the papers in this file Yours very truly James K Hines Special Attorney AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO REQUIRE PAYMENT OF RECIPROCAL DEMURRAGE CLAIMS Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Supplementary Opinion Atlanta May 16 1913 Hon C M Candler Chairman Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Dear Sir Your letter of the 14th ult came duly to hand I note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether it is within the power of the 218 Railroad Commission to pass an order adjudging that a carrier is liable for a penalty for delaying and handling cars in switching movements and directing such carrier to pay the same and if such order is not obeyed can the Commission refer it to the Governor with a recommendation that suit be brought in the name of the State for the failure or refusal of the carrier to obey such order of the Commission My opinion a copy of which you enclosed does not and was not intended to cover the question raised in your letter That opinion dealt only with the Steed Act which provided that before any railroad company could be subjected to the penalties provided thereby the Railroad Commission should require said company to show cause why it was not subject to the penalties provided by that Act This provision of the Steed Act was repealed by the Act of August 23rd 1907 After the repeal of this provision of the Steed Act the Rebecca Lumber Co filed a petition with the Commission for a rule calling upon the Ocilla Valdosta R R Co to show cause why it was not liable to the penalties provided by the Steed Act for failure to furnish cars under the rules of the Commission passed in pursuance of said Act I held that after the repeal of this provision of the Steed Act the Commission could not issue such rule and determine whether the carrier was liable to the penalties of that Act The question presented by your letter is therefore entirely different from the one dealt with in my opinion of January 6 1909 The Railroad Commission of this State is vested with full power and authority to make prescribe and enforce all such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary in order to compel and require the several railroad companies in this State to promptly receive receipt for forward and deliver to destination all freight of every character which may be tendered or received by them for transportation and as well such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary to compel and require prompt delivery of all freights at destination to the consignee Civil Code Sec 2634 It will be noted that the Commission is not only given power to make such reasonable rules regulations and orders as may be necessary to compel the prompt receipt forwarding and delivery of freight but it is expressly clothed with power to enforce such reasonable rules regulations and orders The Commission has power and authority to prescribe rules and penalties covering and requiring the prompt receipt carriage and delivery of freight the prompt furnishing of cars to shippers to ship freight and is authorized to prescribe rules and penalties for the transfer of cars through yards of connecting carriers Civil Code Sec 2664 The distinct power is given to the Commission to enforce the rules regulations and orders passed by it on this subject It is then made the duty of every common carrier and all officers agents and employees of the same to obey observe and comply with every order made by the Commission under authority of law Civil Code Sec 2667 219 Whenever it comes to the knowledge of the Commission that a common carrier is violating one of its general rules and regulations it can call upon such carrier to show cause why it should not be required to comply therewith and in the exercise of the power given to it to enforce its rules and regulations on this subject the Commission can pass an order requiring such carrier to comply with any rule or regulation which such carrier violates Such an order would be made by the Commission under authority of the law which gives it power to enforce its rules and regulations Such special order would also enable the aggrieved shipper to recover a reasonable attorneys fee whenever he brought suit for any loss damage or injury caused by the carriers failure to do any act manner or thing required to be done by any law of this State or by an order of the Commission Civil Code Sec 2666 The Court of Appeals has held that the expression order of the Commission used in the 9th section of the Act of 1907 has reference to special orders of the Commission and not to its general rules Southern Bell T T Co vs Beach 8 Ga App 720 2c So in my opinion the Commission when it finds a common carrier violating its rules and regulations for the prompt receipt forwarding and delivery of freight can pass an order requiring such carrier to comply therewith and on its failure to do so can recommend to the Governor the bringing of a suit for the recovery of the penalty provided in the Act of 1907 Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney POWER OF COMMISSION TO REQUIRE EXTENSION OF SERVICE MAINS BY GAS COMPANIES Railroad Commission oe Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta May 10th 1913 File 10811 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen Your letter of December 12th 1912 enclosing the papers in the above file came duly to hand and your letter of February 10th 1913 enclosing the charter of the Atlanta Gas Light Company came duly to hand From the letter of Mr L G Neal of December 11th 1912 it appears that the Atlanta Gas Light Company has a main on Highland Avenue extending to the city limits and that they furnish gas to all of the residents along Highland Avenue Mr Neal purchased a bungalow at No 22 Bingham Avenue which 220 Is just one block off of Highland Avenue and about a half block out of the city limits Mr Neal offered to pay for the main from Highland Avenue to his bungalow if the company would furnish him gas but the company declined to do this I note that you wish my opinion as to the power of the Commission to require the Atlanta Gas Light Company to lay pipes and furnish service on streets not now occupied by it A public service corporation and the Atlaanta Gas Light Company is such a corporation is bound by the implication of the law to make no unreasonable discrimination between those to whom service is or is to be furnished It must serve all alike who are similarly situated with reference to its system or who are members of any class which it has undertaken or is otherwise bound to serve State of Minn Ex Rel Mason vs Consumers Power Co 137 N W 1104 S C 41 L A R N S 1181 There must be equality of service to all and special privileges to none C H D R Co vs Bowling Green 49 N E 121 Having a practical monopoly of the business of manufacturing and furnishing gas within the corporate limits of the city it is therefore their duty to furnish the citys inhabitants with gas and to do so upon terms and conditions common to all and without discrimination Owensboro Gas Light Co vs Hildebunk 42 S W 351 Such companies are not required at common law to extend their facilities beyond such reasonable limits as they may prescribe for themselves Delaware A Tel Tel Co vs Delaware 50 Fed 677 2 CC A 1 A gas company like similar quasi corporations is under a common law obligation to supplyreasonably adequate facilities for furnishing the service which it holds itself out to do This obligation in a proper proceeding may be enforced by compelling an enlargement of its plant Cumberland T T Co vs Kelly 160 Fed 324 Such company can be compelled to furnish a resident within an established service zone with its service and it is the duty of the company to connect such residents premises with its line State of Minn Ex Rel Mason vs Consumers Power Co 137 N W 1104 41 L A R N S 182 Refusal of such company to furnish gas to a proposed patron unless he pays the costs of extension is unjust discrimination where it appears that the company furnishes free its apparatuses and pipes to other patrons Snell vs Clinton Elec H P Co 196 111 626 So I reach the conclusion that by the common law a gas company can be required to furnish gas to all alike and without discrimination who are similarly situated with reference to its system or who are members of any class which it has undertaken to serve or who reside within an established service zone that it is the common law duty of a gas company to supply 221 reasonably adequate facilities for furnishing its service and that this obligation may be enforced by compelling an enlargement of its plant connection of its pipe lines with the premises of its customers and hy the extension of its facilities within reasonable limits Civil Code Sec 2663 By this same Act the Commission is given power and authority to require all public service companies under its supervision to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just Civil Code Sec 2663 These provisions of this Act certainly confer on the Commission the power to compel a gas company to perform its commonlaw obligations as to the service and facilities which it must render to patrons and wouldbe patrons if it confers no additional power on the Commission Under this Act the Commission can require this gas company to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as may be reasonable and just and to accomplish this can require enlargement of plant and extension of lines In determining whether a given service and facility is just and reasonable regard must be had to the distance of such installation from the constructed pipe lines of the company the cost of the installation the revenue of the company from such extended service and all similar considerations No hard and fast rule can he laid down for every case Each tub must stand upon its own bottom If the Commission in any given case should transcend what is reasonable and just it would be met with the objection that its action was unconstitutional and void because it deprived the company of its property without due process of law Minneapolis Gen Elec Co vsCity of Minneapolis 194 Fed 215 State of Minnesota Ex Rel Mason vs Consumers Power Co 137 N W 1104 S C 41 L A R N S 1181 The Public Service Corporation vs The Am L Co et al 67 N J Eq 123 5 In Mr Neals case there is one obstacle which might prevent the Commission from granting him relief The Atlanta Gas Light Company has a local habitation and local powers privileges franchises and duties By its charter the company is given full power and authority to make manufacture and sell gas for lighting the streets public and private buildings and other places in the city of Atlanta and is authorized and empowered to lay down in any and all of the streets lanes avenues alleys squares and public grounds of said city gas pipes and other apparatus for conducting gas through the same and to erect therein such gas posts burners and reflectors as may be necessary or convenient Georgia Laws 18556 p 420 By an amendment to its charter it is provided That in addition to the powers rights and authority heretofore granted to the Atlanta Gas Light Company the said corporation is hereby granted full power and authority to 222 make sell and furnish gas and electricity for any and all uses to which the same may he put advantageously and is hereby authorized to lay pipes and conduits and to erect poles and to run wires either below or above the surface of the street as may be desirable in each case for the purpose of furnishing either electricity or gas or both and to maintain and repair its pipes conduits poles wires and appurtenances Georgia Laws 18889 p 1398 If the courts should hold that this company can only manufacture and sell gas within the city limits of Atlanta then the Commission could not compel it to furnish gas to rsidents beyond these limits I have not formed any definite opinion on this subject as it is not within the scope of the opinion which you asked me to render As bearing on this question I refer to 3 Thompson on Corporation Sec 2128 I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney POWER OF COMMISSION TO REQUIRE CARRIERS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN STOPS OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO ALLOW PASSENGERS TO SECURE MEALS Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta May 15 1913 File No 11051 Gentlemen Your letter of the 26th ult enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr W F Weaver to the Commission touching the establishment of an eating house at Bowersville came duly to hand Mr Weaver wants the Commission to require the Elberton Air Line Railroad to stop its morning train long enough at Bowersville for the traveling public who are inclined to eat to get breakfast there This train leaves Elberton at 640 A M passes Bowersvilleat 743 A M and reaches Toccoa at 8 55 A M where it connects with the Southern train which passes Toccoa at 900 A M for Atlanta Mr Weaver stands ready to furnish the eating house and the breakfasts if the railroad company would be or could be made so considerate of the hungry travelers as to stop its train at Bowersville long enough to permit them to get breakfast 223 The situation is comic and tragic Here are the enticing breakfasts for which Bowersville is famous and here are the drummers those early birds of tradewho are ready to do justice to these feasts and yet the Elberton Air Line Railroad rushes them through Bowersville empty and with aching voids in the regions of their abdomens I note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether the Commission has authority to grant Mr Weavers request and to require this company to stop its morning train long enough at Bowersville for travelers to breakfast there Is there any remedy for Mr Weaver the drummers and the traveling public at large I would not be rash enough to say that the Commission could not in any case require a railroad company to stop its trains long enough to permit the traveling public to breakfast dine or sup You hawe general supervision overall railroad companies doing business in this State and can require them to establish and maintain such service and facilities as are reasonable and just A situation might become so acute as to make it necessary for the Commission to compel a carrier to stop at some station long enough to permit its passengers to eat I think in such a case the Commissions action could be successfully defended against the usual objections that it would violate the commerce and dueprocess clauses of the Federal Constitution Such action would only indirectly affect and burden interstate commerce by making the carrier haul in the case of each passenger an additional load equal to the weight of the meal taken at the wayside inn Nor would such action of the Commission deprive the carrier of its property without due process of law and take its property without just compensation The establishment of wayside eating houses along the lines of the carrier might lessen its revenue from its dining cars but such loss would not involve the taking of its property without due process of law The business of the carrier is to furnish transportation Incidentally it may furnish to its passengers meats and drink The Commission may require the carrier to maintain facilities which will lessen its revenue from this side line without running roughshod over the sacred paladium of our liberties found in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States We are not without precedent for such action In the exercise of its police power the State passed a statute requiring its railroads to keep in each passenger car an adequate supply of good pure drinking water at all hours during the day and night If the carrier can be compelled to furnish drink why cannot the Commission under its broad powers hereinbefore alluded to compel them to furnish facilities for meat and bread But under the facts in the record Bowersville does not make a case which would make action by the Commission reasonable and just in the eye of the law It must be borne in mind that evolution is going on in transportation It is working slowly but it is at work Time and speed are the essence of traffic Whatever hinders speed in transportation is doomed The wayside eatinghouse stands in the way of celerity Of travel and is gradually disappearing Lunches and dining cars are displacing dinner houses The process is inevitable 224 To interfere with the management of a railroad hy its officers and to require it to stop its trains so that its passengers can breakfast at a given point on its line the public necessity for such action must be clear and the public convenience must demand such facility As the situation at Bowersville does not present a case of such public necessity and public convenience the travelers on the Elberton Air Line must forego the pleasure of the good breakfasts which Mr Weaver serves there Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney RIGHT OF A MUNICIPALITY TO ENACT ORDINANCES NOT IN CONFLICT WITH RULES OF THE COMMISSION Railroad Commission oe Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Hon C M Candler Chairman Atlanta Ga Atlanta May 16th 1913 File No GF7 My Dear Sir Your letter of March 20th ult enclosing papers in the above file came duly to hand Among these papers is the letter of Hon John T Moore the Mayor of Macon Ga enclosing an ordinance passed by the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon requiring that each and every time a meter which is used to register the quantity of electricity gas or power used by the citizens of Macon is read the date of the reading and the quantity of electricity or gas used shall be written plainly by the person reading such meter and that this writing shall be left at the residence or place of business of the customer who is to be charged for such electricity or gas Is this subject under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia in its entirety or can the Mayor and Council of Macon pass such ordinance in the absence of any order rule or regulation of the Commission on this subject I note that you wish my opinion upon this question Assuming that the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon has the power to pass this ordinance under its charter has this power been superseded by the powers conferred upon the Railroad Commission of Georgia If this power has been conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Macon by the Legislature of Georgia this grant of power would still be subject to be repealed or modified by the Legislature but until the Legislature acted in the matter the Mayor and City Council of Macon could act in the premises and pass this erdinance 225 By the Act of 1907 the Legislature put gas electric light and power companies under the jurisdiction of the Commission gave the Commission general supervision over them clothed the Commission with power and authority to make reasonable rules and regulations for the prevention of discrimination by these companies and also clothed the Commission with power and authority to require such companies to establish and maintain such public service and facilities as might be reasonable and just While this power and authority so conferred upon the Commission is in abeyance and has not been exercised by the Commission can the Mayor and City Council f Macon having been clothed by the Legislature with the power to make this ordinance act in the premises in the absence of action by the Commission The mere grant of power to the Commission over this subject unaccompanied by action on its part would not render municipal action inoperative and void I analogize this matter to the grant of the power to Congress to regulate foreign and interstate commerce Under the Constitution of the United States this power is conferred upon Congress Until Congress acts except in those cases where the regulation must be national and uniform the States can act in those matters which only incidentally affect interstate commerce When however Congress acts its legislation operates as an inhibition upon the States Gibbons vs Ogden 9 Wheat 1 County pf Mobile vs Kimball 102 U S 691 699 700 Wisconsin vs Duluth 96 U S 379 387 Western Union Tel Co vs James 162 U S 650 662 Louisiana vs Texas 176 U S 1 The rules regulations and orders of the Railroad Commission of Georgia are quasilaws and tantamount to quasi legislation The exercise of this grant of legislative power and not the grant itself inhibits a municipal corporation from exercising such grant of power conferred upon it by the legislature Until the Commission acts the municipality can act in such matters as are purely local and do not require statewide regulation I return herein the papers in this file Yours very truly James K Hines Special Attorney EXTENT OF COMMISSIONS POWER IN REQUIRING ERECTION OF NEW DEPOTS Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta May 24 1913 File 10641 Gentlemen I have your letter of the 21st inst and note that you wish my opinion upon the following question Has the Commission the right in a case where complaint is made on account of inadequacy of depot accommodations to require the railroad company to throw into the discard its existing depot accommodations and build absolutely new passenger and freight depots when by repairs remodeling additions and improvements the present station buildings could be made to answer all purposes of the public comfort and convenience Under the law the Commission has the power to require the location of such depots and the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of freight and the public comfort and convenience may require Civil Code Sec 26302664 Depot accommodations should be ample to meet the reasonable requirements of the passengers and those who accompany them as well as others who have a right to go into the depots on business or otherwise L N R Co vs Railroad Commissioners 58 So Fla 543 Government regulations of accommodations at railroad depots should accord to the railroad a primary discretion as to the character and details of the facilities required L N R Co vs Railroad Commissioners 58 So Fla 543 In the exercise of this power the Commission must act reasonably and not arbitrarily and there must he a real necessity for the buildings ordered to serve the public need and convenience St Louis Southwestern Ry Co vs the State 134 S W Ark 970 Louisiana A R Co vs the State 121 S W Ark 284 State vs Railroad Commission of Washington 110 P Wash 1075 Adequate facilities as applicable to the accommodation of passenger and freight traffic call for such facilities as may be fairly demanded regard being had to the size of the place the extent of the demand its relative location as to other places the costs of the accommodations asked for and other facts having a bearing on the question of convenience and cost St Louis S F R Co vs Reynolds 110 P Okl 668 227 A corporation performing services and the people financially interested in its business and affairs have rights that may not be invaded by the Legislature or by the Commission in disregard of the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution for the protection of property To be valid all regulations of public service companies must be reasonable and just Wherever the power of regulation is exerted in such an arbitrary and unreasonable way as to cause it to be in effect not a regulation but an infringement upon the right of ownership such an exertion of power is void because repugnant to the due process and equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States If existing depot accommodations can he made adequate for the public accommodation and convenience by repairs remodeling additions and improvements then it would be unreasonable and arbitrary for the Commission to require the carrier to tear down and destroy such existing buildings and to build entirely new structures If the carrier can by additions and improvements make its existing depot buildings adequately serve the public comfort and convenience then in my opinion it would he an invasion of the right of property of the carrier for the Commission to compel it to tear down and destroy such existing buildings and build entirely new depot buildings Yours very truly James K Hines Special Attorney RIGHT OF A CARRIER TO LIMIT USE OF ROUNDTRIP PORTION OF AN EXCURSION TICKET Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta June 26 1913 File 11165 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen I have your letter of the 23rd inst enclosing the papers in the above file I note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether under the form of ticket embraced in these papers the railroad company has the right to refuse to accept for passage the round trip portion thereon when passengers board trains between the point of origin and final destination In construing a special contract embodied in a Railroad ticket and limiting the purchasers rights language of unceTtain or doubtful meaning should 228 generally be taken in its strongest sense against the company by which the ticket was issued and sold and in favor of the purchaser R B R Co vs Mitchell 92 Ga 77 W A R Co vs Bussey 95 Ga 584 Georgia Railroad Banking Co vs Clark 97 Ga 706 A ticket for transportation between two points and return is good from any intermediate point to destination Although the passenger is entitled to ride the whole distance in going upon tendering one of the coupons of his ticket he could waive or relinquish this right in part and accept only a portion of the ride his coupon called for The same thing would be true upon his return trip He could waive or relinquish his right to ride the whole distance back and accept only a portion of the ride his return trip coupon called for 6 Cyc 584 Auerbach vs N Y C etc R Co 89 New York 281 Georgia Railroad Co vs Clark 97 Ga 706 So in my opinion this railroad company could not refuse to accept for passage the round trip portion of its Lucy Lake tickets when passengers board its trains between the point of origin and Lucy Lake This opinion is based upon the special form of ticket embraced in the papers in this file I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly Jambs K Hines i Special Attorney LEGALITY OF CONDITIONS PRINTED IN BILLS OF LADING Railboad Commission of Geobgia Office of Special Attobney to Commission Railboad Commission of Geobgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta August 12 1913 File 11244 Gentlemen I have your letter of the 9th inst enclosing the papers in the above file The Savannah Woodenware Company writes you to know if paragraph 3 of section 3 of the Standard Bill of Lading issued by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company is effective under your rulings This provision in this bill of lading is as follows Claims for loss damage or delay must be made in writing to the carrier at the point of delivery or at the point of origin within four months after 229 delivery of the property or in case of failure to make delivery then within four months after a reasonable time for delivery has elapsed Unless claims are so made the carrier shall not be liable I know of no ruling which the Commission has ever made upon the legality of this stipulation in this bill of lading Is this limitation of liability by the carrier legal A common carrier can not limit legal liability by any notice given either by publication or by entry on receipts given or tickets sold He may make an express contract and will be governed thereby Code Sec 2726 A stipulation in a bill of lading which exempts the carrier from liability for loss or damage unless notice thereof is given to the carrier within a specified time is void without proof of assent thereto by the shipper C R B Co vs Hasselkus 91 Ga 382 As a general rule a common carrier may by express contract between it and the shipper relieve itself from its common law liability as an insurer but cannot relieve itself from liability for loss or damages resulting from its own negligence G R B Co vs Keener 93 Ga 808 C of G Ry Co vs Hall 124 Ga 322 Southern Ex Co vs Hanaw 134 Ga 145 A W P R Co vs Jacobs 135 Ga 113 Southern Ex Co vs Caldwell 21 Wall 264 22 L ed 556 Central Vermont R Co vs Soper 8 C C A 34 s c 59 Fed 879 Ginn vs Odensburg T Co 29 C C A 521 s p 85 Fed 895 Cox vs Cen Vt R Co 170 Mass 129 North British Mer Ins Co vs Cen Vt R Co 9 App Div 4 40 N Y Supp 1113 affirmed 158 N Y 726 M K T R Co vs Harriman Bros 33 S Ct U S 397 s c 227 N S 657 So at common law this stipulation in this bill of lading would be binding if assented to by the shipper but its mere insertion in the bill of lading without the assent of the shipper would not make it binding on the latter Has this common law right of the carrier been changed by any statute in this State or by any rule or order of the Commission There is no rule of the Commission which changes this common law right of the carrier so far as I am advised There is no statute taking away this right from the carrier unless it be the Act of 1906 which is as follows Any common carrier railroad or transportation company receiving property for transportation between points wholly within this State shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the holder thereof for any loss damage or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier railroad or transportation company to which such property may be delivered 230 or over whose line or lines such property may pass and no contract receipt rule or regulation shall exempt such common carrier railroad or transportation company from the liability herein imposed Code 1911 Sec 2777 Georgia Laws 1906 page 102 The language of this section of our Code is very broad but I do not think that it prevents the carrier by express contract from requiring the shipper to give notice of loss or damage within four months after delivery of the property shipped or in case of failure to make delivery then within four months after a reasonable time for delivery has elapsed This question was before the Court of Appeals of Georgia but it made no ruling thereon L N R Co vs Tharp 11 Ga App 170 This section of our Code is in the substantial language of the Carmack amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act and Mr Hutchison was of the opinion that under the Carmack amendment any limitation of the carriers liability by contract was absolutely void Hutchison on Carriers 3rd Ed Sec 548 But I do not think that this right of the carrier has been taken away by the section of our Code above quoted Construing this Act we must look to the old law the evil and the remedy Code Sec 4 Par 9 The old law was that the carrier by express contract could limit its liability to its own lines and then would not be liable to the shipper for any loss damage or injury to property caused by any carrier to which the freight might be delivered by the receiving carrier This section of the Code makes the initial carrier liable for loss or injury caused by any connecting carrier to which freight might be delivered Then this section declares that the carrier cannot exempt itself by contract receipt rule or regulation from the liability imposed by this section In other words the receiving carrier can not by contract receipt rule or regulation relieve itself from loss or injury to freight caused by any connecting carrier to which such freight may be delivered This is the extent of the limitation on the power of the carrier to contract Nothing in this section prohibits the carrier by contract with the shipper from requiring the latter to give notice of loss or injury within a given time This construction of our Act which is in the language of the Carmack amendment is in harmony with the construction put by the Supreme Court of the United States upon the Carmack amendment That Court has held that shippers and carriers of interstate shipments are not forbidden by the Carmack amendment from stipulating that an action for damages to shipments must be brought within ninety days M K T R Go vs Harrison Bros 33 S Ct U S 397 So in my opinion this stipulation in this bill of lading is binding upon shippers when they assent thereto 231 Under this stipulation shippers have four months after delivery of the property to give this notice and in case of failure to make delivery they have four months after a reasonable time for delivery has elapsed to give this notice The carrier cannot refuse payment of a claim for loss or damage when such notice is given within four months after delivery of the property The carrier cannot refuse to pay such claim when it fails to make delivery if such notice is given within four months after the expiration of a reasonable time for delivery I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney RIGHT OF A TERMINAL COMPANY TO EXCLUDE AN INTENDING PASSENGER FROM A TRAIN SHED BECAUSE SUCH INTENDING PASSENGER HAS NOT PROVIDED HIMSELF WITH A TICKET Railroad Commission of Geobgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta October 21 1913 File 11263 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen Your letter of the 4th inst enclosing the papers in the above file came duly to hand It appears that Rev C C Carey on August 17 1913 went to the Terminal Station in Atlanta for the purpose of boarding train No 7 of the Southern Railway Co and that the gate keeper at that station refused to allow him to pass through the gate to the train shed upon the ground that he had not provided himself with a ticket I note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether the Atlanta Terminal Company has the right to refuse to permit an intended passenger to pass through its gates to board a train because such intended passenger has not provided himself with a ticket It is the duty of passengers to supply themselves with tickets before getting on the trains McCook vs Dublin S R Co 2 Ga APP 374 It is the duty of railroad companies to keep their ticket offices open for the sale of tickets for a reasonable time before the departure of trains from all stations and it is the duty of passengers to use proper diligence in supplying themselves with tickets before getting upon the trains Central Railroad Co vs Strickland 90 Ga 562 Southern Ry Co vs Fleming 128 Ga 241243 232 If the passengers failure to have a ticket is due to his own neglect or to any cause not chargeable to the company its agents or employees the company can require the passenger to pay the train rate instead of the ticket rate Ga Southern Railroad Co vs Asmore 88 Ga 531 Central R R Co vs Strickland 90 Ga 562 Coyle vs Southern Ry Co 112 Ga 123 Southern Ry Co vs Fleming 128 Ga 243 In the above case of Coyle vs Southern Railway Co the Supreme Court says One who offers to purchase a railroad ticket to be used upon a given train after the ticket office so far as relates to the sale of tickets of that train has been lawfully closed can not demand the right to ride upon that train without paying the train rate of fare The exact point in this case has not been decided by our Supreme Court so far as I am advised but the point has been decided in other jurisdictions A regulation of a railroad company requiring passengers to procure tickets and exhibit them to employees of the company before entering the cars of the carrier is a reasonable regulation Pittsburg C St L R W Co vs Yandyne 57 Ind 576 26 Am Rep 68 Van Dusan vs Grand T Ry Co 97 Mich 439 37 Am Rep 357 C B Q R Co vs Boger 1 111 App 1 Bradw 472 Int G N R Co vs Goldstein 2 Willson Civ Cas Ct App Sec 274 It is undoubtedly competent for a railroad company or a terminal company as a means of protection against imposition and to facilitate transaction of its business to require passengers to procure tickets before entering the car and where this requirement is duly made known and reasonable opportunities are afforded for complying with it it may be enforced either by expulsion from the train regardless of a tender of the fare in money or by requiring the payment of a larger fare upon the train than that for which the ticket might have been procured 2nd Hutchinsons on Carriers 3rd Ed Sec 1032 Cleveland etc Co vs Burtram 11 Ohio St 457 Railroad Co vs Louthan 80 111 App 579 Metis vs Railroad Co 94 Tex 242 55 L R A 497 Reece vs R Co 131 Penn St 422 It is a reasonable regulation to require passengers to exhibit their tickets to a gate keeper and have them punched before entering the train and the company may enforce such regulation and prevent its violation by the use of such reasonable force as is necessary to that end 2nd Hutchinsons on Carriers 3rd Ed Sec 1032 Dickerman vs Union Depot Co 44 Minn 433 233 Such regulation will not be considered reasonable if it subjects the passenger to unnecessary inconvenience or annoyance when the passenger himself is in no manner at fault as in cases where the ticket office is closed or the ticket agent sells him the wrong ticket Railway Co vs OConnor 76 Md 207 16 L R A 449 From the above authorities it seems that it is a reasonable regulation to require intended passengers to purchase tickets and present them to the gate keepers or other employees of the carriers before entering their trains The carriers can enforce such regulation by refusing to permit passengers to enter their trains What is the effect of passenger Rule No 2 of the Commission upon this subject This Rule authorizes a railroad company to charge a larger rate in cases where passengers board their trains without tickets In my opinion this does not prohibit a carrier from enforcing a rule refusing to permit persons without tickets to enter passenger trains but only permits it to charge passengers so entering its trains the train rate instead of the ticket rate when it accepts such persons for transportation A statute being a part of an Act regulating passenger rates requiring carriers to transport passengers failing to procure tickets at the same price as charged for tickets has been held not to prohibit a carrier from enforcing a rule refusing to permit persons without tickets to enter passenger trains but only require them to carry persons whom it accepted as passengers at the same rate St L S F R Co vs Blythe 126 S W 386 So it would seem that your Passenger Rule No 2 does not repeal the common law right of carriers to require intended passengers to purchase tickets before entering the gates or trains of the carriers but has the effect only to authorize the carrier to compel the passenger in case it accepts him to pay a higher rate than the figured rate In my opinion in the absence of a statute or regulation by the Commission the Atlanta Terminal Company has the authority to make and enforce this regulation if the same has been duly made known and if reasonable opportunities are afforded by the carrier or terminal company for complying with it I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney 234 JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION OVER COTTON CONCENTRATION AND RESHIPMENT PRIVILEGES ALLOWED BY CARRIERS Railboad Commission of Geobgia Office of Special Attobney to Commission Atlanta October 23 1913 File 11157 Railboad Commission of Geobgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen Your letter Of the 27th ult enclosing the papers in the above file came duly to hand From the papers in this file it appears that the Southern Railway Company issues a tariff by which cotton from various stations on its lines may be consigned to Macon Ga for concentration and compression at that point and thence subsequently reshipped intrastate or interstate Most of this cotton is reshipped from Brunswick Ga or Savannah Ga to foreign or interstate destinations When such cotton is moved into the concentration point in this case Macon Ga this carriers agent at that point will collect freight charges on basis of rates to such concentration point applicable on cotton for reshipment When compressed such cotton may be reshipped to destination shown in tariff and the tariff rate in effect on date of bill of lading from point of origin to final destination is charged provided the shipper surrenders to this companys agent paid expense bills for as many bales of cotton as are tendered for reshipment and furnishes evidence that such cotton is entitled to reshipment under this companys rules If after the arrival of the cotton at the compress points the agent of the carrier is advised by the consignee or owner that the transit privileges are not desired the agent collects the proper rate applicable to the compress or concentration point in this case Macon Ga which is the rate fixed by you and the agent endorses on the paid expense bill Not valid for transit privileges In this case the shipper does not pay more than your rate from point of origin to Macon Georgia The Southern Railway Company admits that these reshipment rates to Macon Ga are in many instances higher than your rates applicable to the movement of cotton from points on its lines to that place but the through rates from points of origin to destination are materially lower than the combination of your rate from points of origin to Macon and from Macon to destination It further appears that shippers of cotton from these points on the lines of this carrier to Macon Georgia cannot ship from Macon by the lines of any other carrier and get these reduced through rates These are the facts in this case in a nutshell I hope You wish my opinion upon two questions First is cotton for reshipment from Macon when no other destination than Macon is given when the shipment starts in intrastate or interstate movement 235 Second is this proportional rate in excess of your local rate from these points on the Southern Railway to Macon legal Traffic moving from Georgia points to Macon and intended for export or for points of destination in other states whether on local or through bills of lading is foreign or interstate commerce and as such is subject to the Act to regulate interstate commerce and to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission Where goods are destined for export or interstate shipment and this is the original intention of the shipper such shipment is an interstate shipment although not made on through bills of lading nor under a common arrangement for transportation In Re Transportation of Sugar 22 I C C Rep 558 561 S P Terminal Co vs Young 219 U S 498 T P Ry Co vs Railroad Commission of Louisiana 183 Fed 1005 Red River Oil Co vs T P Ry Co 23 I C C 440 Whenever cotton is shipped from these points to Macon Georgia with the privilege of reshipment and it is the intention of the shipper to reship from Macon to foreign or interstate points of destination such cotton is in foreign or interstate transportation and you have no jurisdiction over such transportation If however cotton moving from such points to Macon Ga with the privilege of reshipment is intended for reshipment from Macon to other points in Georgia or there is no intention on the part of the shipper at the time of its delivery to the carrier to export it or to reship it to points in other states then such cotton is in intrastate transportation and is subject to your jurisdiction Is this proportional rate legal Shippers are not required to pay a higher rate for the transportation of their cotton from these points to Macon They can ship to Macon at the local rates but if they wish reshipment privileges after compression or concentration at Macon then they must pay a higher rate than the local rate to Macon hut they get back the excess and more if they reship via the Southern Railway If the outbound movement is not over the Southern the shippers lose the excess over the local rates from these points to Macon Compression service is not of any value to these shippers It is for the sole benefit of the carriers It does not appear that this concentration service is of value to these shippers Whether this service if of any value would amount to this excess over the local rate does not appear At bottom and stripped of all disguises this higher rate is for transportation solely and is intended for the purpose of forcing shippers of cotton from these points to Macon to reship over the Southern Railway out of that city The purpose is the laudable one of keeping tonnage which originates on the lines of this carrier for long distances but in my opinion it is unlawful The practice of carriers for securing this result by collecting something more than the net rate for the transportation of raw material to the transit 236 point upon the delivery of such raw material to industrial plants the excess collection to be credited upon the rate for forwarding of the finished product from such point has been condemned In Re Substitution of Tonnage at Transit Point 18 I C C 280 The Interstate Commerce Commission holds that when the inbound and outbound movements are separate and distinct the impropriety of applying other than the regular local rate is obvious In Re Reduced Rates on Returned Shipments 19 I C C 409 A V Ry Co vs Miss R Com 203 U S 496 G C S F Ry Co vs Texas 204 This practice could easily be made the means of discrimination It is unlawful and illegal for the carrier to increase your local rates to compressing or concentration points for the purpose of placing an additional sum in the custody of the carrier as a guarantee that if it were not given the outbound shipments the excess charge would be forfeited Red River Oil Co vs T P Ry Co 23 I C C 447 Pardon the length of this opinion If it had merit in proportion to length it would be a wonderful document but its merit is sadly disproportionate to its length I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney POWER OF STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES TO ENGAGE IN EXPRESS AND FREIGHT BUSINESS Railboad Commission of Geobgia Office of Special Attobney to Commission Railboad Commission of Geobgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta November 19th 1913 File No 11201 Gentlemen Your letter of September 27th 1913 enclosing the papers in the above file was duly received and has had long and careful attention Has the Georgia Railway Power Company the power and authority to do an express and freight business as well as a passenger business and is it its duty and can it be required to carry freight and express over its lines of railway Has this company the right to put off freight on the streets and at street crossings in the city of Decatur As I construe your letter you wish my opinion upon these questions 237 By Sec 2585 par 7 which is contained in Division 3 of Sec 1 of Art 6 of Chapter 2 of the Second Title of the Code of 1911 railroads chartered under the general law have power to take and convey persons or property over their railroads by the use of steam animals electricity or any other mechanical power and to receive compensation therefor and to do all things incident to railroad business Civil Code Sec 2585 This section is taken from the Act of 1892 which provided for the incorporation of railroads by the Secretary of State Ga Laws 1892 p 37 et seg By Section 2600 of our Code which is contained in Division 6 of the same Section Article Chapter and Title of the Code which provides for the incorporation of street railroads it is declared that only such of the powers and franchises that are conferred by said division including said Division 3 shall belong to said street railroad companies as shall be necessary and appropriate thereto In this Section it is further declared that in case any street railroad incorporated under this division shall be partly located in an incorporated town or city and partly located in the country then the provisions of the preceding division that is said Division 3 which apply to other railroads located in the country shall apply to it so far as that portion of its road is concerned This latter provision does not refer to the powers and franchises of street railroads because these powers and franchises are dealt with in the first provision above quoted and these provisions refer to other provisions than the one which confers powers and franchises on street railroads Street railroads then have only such of the powers and franchises of regular railroads as are necessary and appropriate to them Is the power to transport freight necessary and appropriate to a street railway company Such power is necessary to such companies if they do any freight transportation else such transportation would be ultra vires and would be a misuser of their corporate powers Is such power appropriate to street railway companies or to street and suburban railway companies In a strict sense a street railroad or railway is one laid down upon roads or streets for the purpose of carrying passengers 36 Cyc 1345 Montgomery vs Santa Ana Westminster R Co 104 Cal 186 189 43 Am St Rep 89 25 L R A 654 A street railway has been defined to be a railway constructed upon streets and highways and for the purpose of facilitating the use thereof in the transportation of person sand property State vs Dayton Traction Co 18 Ohio Cir Ct 490 10 Ohio Cir Dec 212 In this case the railway company was organized under the general laws of Ohio for the purpose of constructing and operating a street railway and it 238 was held that in the absence of a statute prescribing its powers it had corporate power to carry freight as well as passengers It may be said that our statute fixes the powers of street railroads and that for this reason this decision does not fit the present case but our governing statute only defines the powers of street railroads and we have no statute prescribing the powers of suburban and interurban railways unless the latter railways fall under the head of street railways A street railroad has been defined as a railway on and along the streets of a city or town Rahn T P vs Tamaqua etc St R Co 167 Pa St 84 90 The chief characteristics of street railroads are that they are built upon and pass along streets and highways that they conform to the grade of the streets so as not to interfere with their use by pedestrians and vehicles that they are operated for the transportation of passengers from one point to another in a city or town or to and from its suburbs that their cars run at short intervals at moderate rates of speed as compared with commercial railroads and make frequent stops particularly at street cross ings to take on and put off passengers and that primarily their business is confined to carrying passengers and not freight Canastota Knife Co vs Newington Tramway Co 69 Conn 146 Aurora vs Elgin etc Traction Co 227 111 485 Hannah vs Metropolitan St R Co 81 Mo App 78 In Re South Beach R Co 119 N Y 141 Bloxham vs Consumers Electric Light etc Co 36 Fla 519 Michigan C R Co vs Hammond etc Electric Co 42 Ind App 66 Nichols vs Ann Harbor etc St R Co 87 Mich 361 Williams vs City Elec St R Co 41 Fed 556 Harvey vs Aurora etc R Co 174 111 295 So it has been held that the fact that a railroad becomes an interurban railroad when it leaves the city limits does not prevent it from being a street railroad within such limits Jeffers vs Annapolis Md 1907 68 Atl 361 Newell vs Minneapolis etc R Co 35 Minn 112 So it may be said that the Georgia Railway and Power Company is a street railroad in the cities and towns over whose streets it is opearted and an internrban railway when it leaves such towns and cities The Georgia Railway Power Company is properly according to its application for charter a suburban interurban and street railroad company but in the absence of any statute defining the powers of this railroad trinity we will have to treat it as a street railroad in ascertaining its powers and fixing its duties In the light of the recent development of the equipment operation and use of street railroads it is not now considered essential that a railroad should adhere to all of the abovementioned characteristics to constitute it a street 239 railroad and if its primary purpose is to operate upon streets for the transportation of passengers to and from points in the cities and towns named in its application for charter or their suburbs it is none the less a street railroad because it operates beyond these city and town limits or between contiguous towns and cities as an interurban railroad or because a part of its routes is upon property other than streets or highways or because it transports freight as part of its business Matter of Syracuse etc R Co 68 N Y Suppl 881 Rahn Tp vs Tamawua etc St R Co 167 Pa St 84 36 Cyc 1345 and 1346 So in determining its powers I shall treat this company as a street railroad So treating it has it under its charter the power to transport freight Is such a power appropriate to a street suburban and interurban railroad company If this company were a single unit confined to operating and transporting passengers upon the streets of the city of Atlanta such power might not be appropriate hut in its true character of street suburban and interurban railroad such power is appropriate Its suburban and interurban patrons require the transportation of their parcels As an incident to its passenger business and in order to swell the population along its lines it becomes necessary to transport parcel freight for its patrons A railroad company may engage in any business authorized by its charter or governing statute and in any business incidental or auxiliary to the powers granted and which may become necessary and expedient in the care and conduct of its main business Jacksonville etc R Co vs Hooper 160 U S 514 33 Cyc 71 Besides in its application for its charter this company applied for a charter to transport both persons and property So in my opinion the Georgia Railway Power Company has the power under its charter to transport freight Otherwise it would be acting ultra vires to engage in the transportation of freight Then what is the duty of this company in view of this power Its duty is to exercise this power The franchises rights and privileges of railroad companies are granted by the State in consideration of the resulting benefits to the public and their acceptance by a railroad company imposes upon it the duty of operation in the manner and for the purposes contemplated by its charter 33 Cyc 636 Com vs Fitchburg R Co 12 Gray Miss 180 Sherwood vs Atlantic etc R Co 94 Va 291 Jack vs Williams 113 Fed 822 s c 145 Fed 281 So long as the corporation retains its franchises it will not be allowed to urge as an excuse for failing to perform any duty required of it by its charter that the same would be improfitable It cannot consistently keep the fran 240 chise and refuse to perform the duties incident thereto for the mere reason that such performance would be unremunerative Savannah Canal Co vs Shuman 91 Ga 400 402 Finally has this company the right to put off freight for its passengers on the sidewalks of the city of Decatur Street cars are considered vehicles of street travel and create no such additional servitude upon the street as to give a right to damages to owners of abutting land Within the corporate limits of the city they are subject to reasonable regulations by the municipal authorities Both by the Constitution and statute of this State they are required to obtain the consent of the municipal authorities to their use of the streets Piedmont Mills vs Ga Ry Elec Co 131 Ga 143 But being admitted to the streets of city or town a street railroad has the right to use and occupy the streets in common with the public It must exercise this right in a reasonable and careful manner so as not to unnecessarily abridge the rights of others therein 36 Cyc 1376 In the exercise of this right a street railroad company can stop its cars and discharge passengers on the streets and freight on the sidewalks of the city or town provided this is done in a reasonable and careful manner The street car takes the place of the dray or the delivery wagon in the transportation of parcel freight and as the dray or the wagon can deliver freight on the sidewalks of the town or city so can the street car So in my opinion the Georgia Railway Power Co can deposit freight upon the sidewalks of Decatur not as a matter of grace but of right so long as it exercises this right in a reasonable and careful manner The above answers the questions propounded in your letter I agree with our Supreme Court that the Legislature ought to define more clearly the powers and duties of street suburban and interurban railways I return herwith this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney RIGHT OF GEORGIA RAILROAD TO ISSUE FREE TRANSPORTATION TO STOCKHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS OF GEORGIA RAILROAD BANKING COMPANY Railboad Commission of Geobgia Office of Special Attobney to Commission Atlanta December 4 1913 File No 7333 Railboad Commission of Geobgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen I have your letter of the 2nd inst containing the papers in the above file and note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether the 241 Georgia Railroad can issue free transportation to the officers and directors of the Georgia Railrpad Banking Company The Georgia Railroad Banking Company owns the Georgia Railroad running from Atlanta to Augusta The Georgia Railroad Banking Company leased its line of railway to William M Wadley and assigns In the lease the lessee covenants for himself and assigns that the privileges of free passage to the stockholders and directors of the Georgia Railroad Banking Company shall he continued to the same extent as were enjoyed by stockholders and directors on and prior to May 7 1881 the date of this lease In view of the law and of this provision of this lease can the present lessees grant free transportation to the directors and stockholders of the Georgia Railroad Banking Company By the Hepburn Act common carriers can give free transportation to their employees and their families their officers agents surgeons physicians and attorneys at law By this Act common carriers can exchange passes for the officers agents and employees of other common carriers and their families It thus appears that common carriers can only give free transportation to their own employees and their families their own officers agents surgeons physicians and attorneys at law and they can only make an exchange of passes for the officers agents and employees of other common carriers and their families Therefore as the Georgia Railroad Banking Company is no longer a common carrier the lessefes of the Georgia Railroad cannot exchange passes for the officers agents and employees of the former company and their families It seems to be conceded in the able opinion of Messrs Jos B Bryan Cumming that under the Hepburn Act this position is true as to interstate transportation By General Order No 3 the Railroad Commission of Georgia prohibited after December 31 1907 all free intrastate transportation of passengers between any points in this State upon the terms provided for interstate free transportation by the Hepburn Act This order makes the provisions of the Hepburn Act on this subject the law of this State Now which is of paramount force this order or the above covenant in this lease It is true that under the Constitution of the United States the Legislature of Georgia can pass no law which impairs the obligation of a contract The Legislature can not grant such power to an administrative body Still a valid contract enjoying the full protection of the contract clause of the Federal Constitution is still subject to reasonable regulations when made with a person or corporation whose business oir property is devoted to or affected with a public use 9 Enc of U S Sup C T Rep 502 This lease contract was made subject to the power of the State to regulate the business of common carriers It was made subject to the power of the State to fix reasonable rates and to declare free transportation of passengers 242 unreasonable and discriminatory When this power of the State was exercised by the Railroad Commission of Georgia this covenant in this lease fell and became inoperative So in my opinion the Georgia Railroad can not grant free passes to the officers and directors of the Georgia Railroad Banking Company under the above General Order of the Commission I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney RIGHT OF GEORGIA RAILROAD TO ISSUE FREE TRANSPORTATION TO STOCKHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS OF GEORGIA RAILROAD BANKING COMPANY Supplementary Opinion Railboad Commission of Geobgia Office of Special Attoeney to Commission Atlanta January 12 1914 File No 7333 Railboad Commission of Geobgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen Your letter of 24th ult enclosing the papers in the above file came duly to hand I have considered the able opinion of Messrs Joseph B and Bryan Cumming general counsel of the Georgia Railroad included among the papers in this file On May 7th 1881 when the lease of the Georgia Railroad was made the original Act creating the Railroad Commission of Georgia was in force and by that Act the Commission was authorized to make such just and reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for preventing unjust discriminations in the transportation of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State Georgia Laws 1879 p 125 Civil Code Sec 2630 This contract of lease was made with this provision of law in existence The provision of the lease stipulating for the free transportation of the directors and stockholders of the Georgia Railroad was made when this statute had been enacted If valid when made it was made subject to this provision of our statute which authorizes the Railroad Commission to prevent unjust discrimination If valid when made it had to yield to the exercise of this power vested in the Commission 243 All such contracts are made subject to change modification or amendment Minn St L R Co vs Minnesota 186 U S 263 Dawson vs Dawson Tel Co 137 Ga 62 State vs W A R R Co 138 Ga L N R Co vs Mootley 219 U S 467 C B Q R Co vs McGuire 219 U S 549 Schmidlinger vs Chicago 226 U S 579 Freedom of contract is a qualified and not an absolute right A State Railroad Commission has a clear right to pass upon the reasonable ness of contracts in which the public is interested whether such contracts he made directly with the patrons of the road or for joint action between railroads in the transportation of persons Minn St L R Co vs Minnesota 186 U S 257 In other words the right of the State to regulate public service corporations was read into and became a part of this leae So when the Railroad Commission passed its order prohibiting free transportation this provision of this lease fell with such order Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney ESTABLISHMENT OF TOLL STATIONS BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES AT PLACES WHERE NO LOCAL EXCHANGES ARE OPERATED Railboad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta January 22 1914 File 11430 Gentlemen Your letter of 3rd instant enclosing papers in the above file came duly to hand From these papers it appears that the Satilla Telephone Company operates a toll line system except at Woodbine Kingsland and St Marys where it has exchanges This company has no exchange at Colesburg By contract with Mr Charles Newman this company gives to him the privilege of operating its toll station at Colesburg for which privilege he pays the company 250 per month and for his services in conducting this toll station and in consideration of said sum so paid monthly for this privilege he receives all the tolls paid for messages from this place This contract is verbal and its terms are not fully and clearly set out in the correspondence in this case 244 I note that you wish my opinion upon the question whether this contract is void because contrary to public policy Under this contract as appears from this companys letter of January 2nd 1914 Mr Newman has the use of its entire line except where it enters an exchange of the Southern Bell line for unlimited service for himself and any others desiring to use the toll station at that point and he has the right and privilege of reversing messages for himself alone from any other station on the line of this company to his station He sublets this unlimited service to Mr Hanks for 100 per month to Mr Wright for fifty cents per month and charges other parties tolls at the rate of from ten to twentyfive cents per message according to distance If his contract with this company permits him to make the above charges then in my opinion this contract is contrary to public policy and is void Privileges tending to give to a patron monopoly which may injuriously affect others are declared to be unjust Contracts which tend to create such preferences are held to be void as against public policy Beale Wymans Railroad Regulation Sec 721 Bales vs K P R Co 13 Col 181 5 L R A 480 It is the exclusiveness of the privilege granted to one and denied to another which makes the discrimination and renders the contract void as against public policy Beale Wymans Railroad Regulation Sec 723 Christie vs M P R Co 94 Mo 453 A corporation holding itself out as furnishing service to the people of a community is a public service company and is charged with the duty of furnishing for a reasonable compensation to any inhabitant of the locality served by it the usual telephone service for legitimate purposes without discrimination in manner or rate Southern Bell T T Co vs Beach 8 Ga App 720 Glawson vs Southern Bell T T Co 9 Ga App 450 This duty of furnishing service and not discriminating between members of the public has not been expressly declared by statute in this State but it exists as a matter of general law of force in this State by reason of our adoption of the common law and also by reason of a rule of the Railroad Commission of this State Southern Bell T T Co vs Beach 8 Ga App 720 I think this telephone company could establish a toll station at Colesburg and lease or let the same to Mr Newman for a monthly rental of 250 provided he would permit all patrons of the station to use the same upon the same terms Such lessee would be required under the law to discharge the duties of the telephone company and would be required to furnish service to all patrons without discrimination either in the manner of such service or in the rates charged therefor 245 In as much as the contract between this company and Mr Newman is a verbal one it is difficult to discriminate between its terms and the method used by Newman in furnishing service to the public If his methods of furnishing service are in accordance with the terms of the contract then in my opinion the contract is contrary to public policy and is void A contract which permits him to charge Hanks one dollar per month Wright fifty cents a month and other patrons from ten to twentyfive cents per message according to distance is unlawfully discriminatory and is void being contrary to public policy If the terms of this verbal contract were precisely determined by the papers in this file my opinion would be more precise I hope the above covers your inquiry I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney ESTABLISHMENT OF TOLL STATIONS BY TELEPHONE COMPANIES AT PLACES WHERE NO LOCAL EXCHANGES ARE OPERATED Supplementary Opinion Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta February 11 1914 File 11437 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen I have your letter of the 6th inst enclosing papers in this file I note that the Commission requests my further consideration of this record and wishes my opinion upon the question as to whether or not the Satilla Telephone Company can establish and maintain at Colesburg a toll station under contract as outlined by Mr Newman and refuse to establish another toll station at Colesburg for Mr Hanks or any other party such station to be maintained under the same terms and conditions as apply to and govern the station maintained under contract with Mr Newman In other words you wish to know if this company affords service at Colesberg to Mr Newman in the manner as outlined in this record is it not this companys duty to afford similar service to any other party at Colesberg desiring same upon similar terms and conditions I can add very little to my former opinion in this matter The Satilla Telephone Company has no exchange at Colesberg It operates at that place only a toll line system To affect this purpose it has one toll line station If this telephone company establishes one toll line station at Colesberg can it be required to establish as many toll line stations as may be demanded by other people at that point In my opinion this company has the right in the absence of statute or regulation of the Commission to establish one toll line station at Colesberg and 246 refuse to establish any more toll line stations there provided it renders to all of its patrons at such toll line stations the same service at the same charges For instance if the Southern Bell Telephone Company had a toll line extending out of Atlanta to nearby hamlets where it would not pay to establish an exchange it could for the accommodation of the public establish and operate at any one of said hamlets a toll line station without subjecting itself to the necessity of establishing additional toll line stations at such hamlet when required by any other person there The duty of such telephone company where it has exchanges is to furnish phones to all persons within the zone of its service upon the same terms and for the same prices Where it only proposes to furnish a toll line system it can establish a toll line station refuse to establish more than one toll line station if such station is sufficient to accommodate the service at a given point provided it treats all patrons of its toil line station alike in furnishing similar service without discrimination in prices Of course if the manner of compensating its agent who operates such toll line station has the effect of producing an unjust discrimination or undue preference this would not require the company to establish another toll line station giving such unjust discrimination or undue preference to its operator If the manner of employment and compensation of the operator at such toll line station gives an unlawful discrimination or undue privilege to the agent of the company in charge of its operation it would then be the duty of the Commission to order the discontinuance of such unlawful discrimination or undue preference but this would not require the establishment of another toll line station at this place I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney WHEN INCREASED RATES CAN BE MADE EFFECTIVE BY A CARRIER AFTER AUTHORIZATION BY THE COMMISSION Railroad Commission op Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta January 23 1914 File 11320 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen Your letter of 27th ult has been duly considered by me I note that you wish my opinion upon this question When the Commission authorizes an increase of rates by a carrier can such rates under General Rule No 4 take effect until after the expiration of ten days from the filing with the Commission of the carriers tariff publication promulgating such increases in rates 247 General Rule No 4 requires each company to keep conspicuously posted at all of its stations offices and agencies in Georgia a copy of the schedule or schedules of rates prescribed by the Commission for the government of such company This rule further provides that when any change is made in such schedule or schedules either by such company voluntarily or under order of the Commission such company shall immediately furnish a copy of such change to the office of the Commission and shall also post copies thereof in the same manner as above specified as notice to the public that said change has been made This rule further provides that no advance in any rate whether maximum or not shall be made without the consent of the Commission being first obtained and that no such advance shall become effective until ten days after the Commission has given its consent to such advance Under this rule before an advance in a rate can take effect two things must transpire In the first place a carrier must get the consent of the Commission to such advance After getting such consent such advance can not become effective until ten days after the date of the consent of the Commission to such advance In my opinion such advance in any rate after the consent of the Commission thereto becomes effective ten days after the grant of such consent by the Commission The effective date of such advance takes effect after ten days have expired after obtaining such consent Such advance becomes effective within said time whether the carrier files its tariff publication with the Commission showing such advance or not within that time Of course under this rule the carrier is required to immediately furnish a copy of said change in rates to the office of the Commission and to post copies thereof in all its stations offices and agencies in Georgia so as to give notice to the public that said change has been made Failure to file a tariff with the Commission showing such change would be a violation of General Rule No 4 and would subject the carrier to such action as might be taken by the Commission to obtain redress for the violation of this rule in this respect Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION OYER SIDETRACKS CONSTRUCTED UNDER PRIVATE CONTRACTS TO SERVE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta January 26 1914 File 11373 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen Your letter of 6th ult enclosing papers in theabove file came duly to hand 248 It appears from these papers that on January 22 1907 the Atlantic Coast Line Railway and the HendersonHull Company entered into a contract whereby the former agreed to construct a side or spur track for the accommodation and benefit of the latter company in the Savannah district on the line of railroad of said former company beginning at a point on side track No 5 1840 feet southwesterly from mile post No 2 and running thence to the factory or warehouse of said latter company Under this contract it is provided that the said railroad company shall have the free use of said side track for all its objects and purposes subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth and shall at all times during the continuance of said contract have the right to extend said side or spur track so as to reach any other enterprise or industry that may be used near or in the neighborhood of said side or spur track and shall have the free use of said side or spur track for the movements of its trains cars and engines to or from such other enterprise or industry It is further provided in said contract that the said side or spur track shall not be used by said party of the second part for any other purpose than that of transporting and receiving the goods merchandise and other property of the said HendersonHull Company without first obtaining permission in writing in each and every case from the general superintendent of said railroad company so to do and it is further provided that should said HendersonHull Company without first obtaining permission from said railroad company use or allow and permit to be used said side or spur track for any other purpose than that of receiving and transporting its property then said contract and all the rights of said HendersonHull Company thereunder shall cease and be at an end It is further covenanted and agreed that before any goods articles or other property of third persons shipped from any point shall be delivered at said side track or shall be switched off at said side track or shall be placed for shipment on cars which may be on said side track by and with the written permission of the general superintendent of the said railroad company said HendersonHull Company shall take from such third person or persons a written agreement that said property is to be received and shipped subject to the same terms and conditions as the property of the said HendersonHull Company is received and shipped under the provisions of said contract It further appears that five years prior to October 24 1913 Enoch Davis was engaged in the wood business at Savannah Georgia and that during most of this time he had had all carloads of wood shipped to the said siding of the Hull Vehicle Company the successor of the HendersonHull Company About a month prior to the above date the Atlantic Coast Line Railway lost a carload of his wood having delivered it to other parties Whereupon Davis entered suit against this company for this carload of wood In retaliation they have refused to deliver any more carloads of wood to him on said side or spur track so built under said contract for the HendersonHull Company now the Hull Vehicle Company The Hull Vehicle Company is still willing for the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company to deliver carloads of wood consigned to Davis on this side or spur track The railroad company contends that while for some time probably a year or more it had been placing on this side or spur track of the Hull Vehicle 249 Company carload shipments of wood it had just discovered that these carload shipments belonged to Mr Davis and that this service was performed by reason of misleading information This contention of the railway company is not in my opinion well founded because from the letter of the general superintendent of this company dated December 15 1913 it appears that all of these shipments had been received by the railroad company billed to Mr Enoch Davis care of the Hull Vehicle Company From this fact it does not strike me that the agent of the railroad company at Savannah could fairly infer that the wood did not belong to Davis With such information before him neither the agent nor the railroad company could fairly infer that the Hull Vehicle Company had any interest in these wood shipments It is fairly inferrable from the papers in this case that the railroad company is declining to make further shipments of wood to Davis on this spur track in retaliation for suit brought by Davis for a carload of wood which this company had not delivered to him I note that you wish my opinion on this question Has the complainant Enoch Davis the right to demand delivery of his carload shipments on this track and if under the facts in this case the Commission can require such service to be rendered by the railroad company The Commission has authority to prescribe rules with reference to spur tracks and side tracks with reierence to their use and construction removal or change with full power to compel service to be furnished to manufacturing plants warehouses and similar places of business along the lines of railroads where practicable and in the judgment of the Commission the business is sufficient to justify and on such terms and conditions as the Commission may prescribe Civil Code Sec 2664 Here the railroad company has already built a side or spur track and under the contract with the HendersonHull Company under which this side or spur track was built said company has the free use of said side track for all of its objects and purposes subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth Under this contract there is no inhibition against the railroad delivering freight thereunder to other industries that may be located thereon In my opinion under General Order No 14 this railroad company could not discontinue this service to Mr Davis without the consent of this Commission being first obtained and under that order you have a right to order the restoration of this service I am further of the opinion that you have the power and authority to prescribe such rules with reference to the use of side tracks and spur tracks with reference to their use by industries thereon and that you can compel service to be furnished to such industries situated on this spur or side track whenever practicable and in the judgment of the Commission the business is sufficient to justify such service on such terms and conditions as the Commission may prescribe I return herewith the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney 250 POWER OF COMMISSION TO SPECIFY CHARACTER OF MATERIAL FOR DEPOT BUILDINGS Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta February 11 1914 File 10641 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Gentlemen The letter of Chairman Candler of September 27th 1913 enclosing the papers in the above file came duly to hand My delay in replying has been due to the fact that I have been the victim of doubt upon the question upon which you seek my opinion Chairman Candler writes that giving consideration to the requirements of the traffic at this point the comfort of the public and the financial condition of the Central of Georgia Railway the Commission concluded that a frame depot of the dimensions and plans approved in the order was reasonably adequate and adapted to the business and the public comfort The town of Reynolds has an ordinance which prohibits without special permission the erection of a frame building within its designated fire limits and this depot building is within these fire limits The town of Reynolds refuses to grant a permit to the entral of Georgia Railway Company to build this frame depot within its fire limits From your letter it appears that the Commission does not think that a brick structure is required in order to furnish reasonable comfortable and adequate depot facilities at this place I note that you wish my opinion upon this question Can the Commission under these circumstances order and compel the erection of a brick structure Under the law the Commission has the power to require the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of freight and the public comfort and convenience may require Civil Code Sec 2630 In the exercise of this power the Commission must act reasonably and not arbitrarily and there must be a real necessity for the buildings ordered to serve the public need and convenience St Louis Southwestern Ry Co vs State 134 S W Ark 970 L A R Co vs State 121 Southwestern Ark 284 State vs Railroad Commission of Washington 110 P Wash 1075 Adequate facilities as applicable to the accommodation of passenger and freight traffic call for such facilities as may be fairly demanded regard being had to the size of the place the extent of the demand its relative location as to other places the costs of the accommodations asked for and other facts having a bearing oh the question of convenience and cost St L S F R Co vs Reynolds 110 P Okl 668 251 To be valid all regulations of public service companies must be reasonableand just Atlantic R C Co vs N C Corporation Com 206 U S 1 When the Commission has ordered the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of freight and the public comfort and convenience may require you haye exhausted your power over this subjectmatter If frame depot buildings meet the above requirements and brick depot buildings would exceed the above requirements then the Commission is without authority to order the carrier to build brick depot buildings Under the circumstances mentioned in your letter it is my opinion that the Commission is without authority to compel the Central of Georgia Railway Company to build a brick depot at the town of Reynolds My delay in furnishing this opinion has been due to the long consideration of the bigger question involved in this situation and that question is Can the Commission order the erection of frame depot buildings within the fire limits fixed by an ordinance of a municipal corporation In other words is the power vested in the Commission to require the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of freight and the public comfort and convenience may require to be exercised subject to ordinances of municipalities fixing fire limits The charter of the town of Reynolds does not confer upon its Mayor and Aldermen express power to establish fire limits therein but its charter provides that the Mayor and Aldermen of said town of Reynolds shall have full power and authority to enact and promulgate all such laws and ordinances as to them may seem proper for the government of said town Provided none of said ordinances conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State of Georgia and the United States Georgia Laws 18823 pp 460 463 Under this generaT welfare clause the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Reynolds can establish fire limits when the establishment thereof is not inconsistent with the general laws of the State Ford vs Thralkill 84 Ga 169 Is there a conflict between the power conferred upon the Commission to require the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings as the condition of the road the safety of freight and the public comfort and convenience may require and this ordinance of the town of Reynolds passed in pursuance of the implied power conferred by this general welfare clause in its charter to fix fire limits By the very terms of tljis charter this ordinance must not conflict with any law of the State of Georgia But independently of this express declaration in the charter of this town this ordinance would have to yield to the statute of the State which applied in the given case Both Statute and Ordinance when applicable and not in conflict shall be enforced and where they are in conflict the statute controls 252 Atlantic etc R Co vs Adams 7 Ga App 146 In my opinion there is conflict between this Ordinance and the Statute conferring authority upon the Railroad Commission in this matter and the Statute controls and the Ordinance must yield to it A bylaw enacted by a municipal corporation in pursuance of special charter authority has the same force and effect as a law within the municipal boundaries as though it had been enacted by the General Assembly and such a bylaw has been repeatedly sustained by the Courts although contravening general laws on the ground that it is equivalent to a special statute repugnant to a general one and therefore operates as an implied repeal of the general law within the municipal territory 28 Cyc 366 Phillips vs Denver 19 Col 179 Champlex vs Green Castle 138 Ind 379 McPherson vs Chebanse 114 111 46 Paducah vs Ragsdale 92 S W 13 28 Ky L Rep 1057 Gom vs Patch 97 Mass 221 In Re Goddard 16 Pickering 504 State vs Dwyer 21 Minn 512 State vs Clark 25 N J L 54 St Johnsbury vs Thompson 59 Vt 309 State vs Clark 54 Mo 17 State vs Morristown 33 N J L 57 Mark vs State 97 N Y 572 In Re Snell 58 Vt 207 But lacking such special authority to enact a particular Ordinance a municipality may not ordain bylaws in contravention of State statutes whether special or general 28 Cyc 367 Ex Parte Byrd 84 Ala 17 Greensboro vs Ehrenreich 80 Ala 579 Van Buren vs Wells 53 Ark 368 Siloam Springs vs Thompson 34 Ark 456 State vs Lindley 34 Ark 332 Vance vs Littlejohn 37 Ark 435 Ex Parte Lacey 108 Cal 326 Ex Parte Solomon 91 Cal 440 State vs Smith 67 Conn 541 State vs Welsh 36 Conn 215 r Southport vs Ogburn 23 Conn 128 State vs Dillon 32 Fla 95 253 Adams vs Albany 39 Ga 56 Haygood vs Savannah 12 Ga 404 Rothchilds vs Darien 69 Ga 503 Kohn vs Macon 95 Ga 419 Keck vs Gainesville 98 Ga 425 Moran vs Atlanta 102 Ga 840 So if there is conflict between this Ordinance of the town of Reynolds and the Statute of this State conferring power upon the Railroad Commission to order the establishment of depot buildings the statute controls and the ordinance mhst yield thereto Municipal Ordinances based on general powers in a charter must be reasonable Savannah vs Cooper 131 Ga 670 Kirkland vs Russell 76 Va 956 Long vs Jersey City 37 N J L 8 Broom 348 Atlantic Postal etc Co vs Savannah 133 Ga 66 Rigbers vs Atlanta 7 Ga App 411 The limitations of the power of the city in this regard are not to be measured by the more extensive powers of the Legislature Atlantic Postal etc Co vs Savannah 133 Ga 66 Where an Ordinance is not passed by express authority by the Legislature the Courts may inquire into its reasonableness and to that end may hear testimony Rigbers vs Atlanta 7 Ga App 411 Atlantic Postal etc Co vs Savannah 136 Ga 657 If the effect of an Ordinance of a municipality fixing fire limits would be to require railroad companies to erect depot buildings in its limits which would require the expenditure of an unreasonable amount of money when the public comfort and convenience do not require such buildings such an Ordinance would be unreasonable and arbitrary and upon such facts being shown the Courts would enjoin its enforcement Though fair on its face a municipal ordinance may be so administered as to produce illegal consequences to a particular person Loeb vs Jennings 133 Ga 796 If the effect of a municipal ordinance fixing fire limits is to impose upon a railway company an unreasonable and arbitrary regulation as to the character of depot buildings which such company shall erect within the corporate limits such ordinance would be violative of the constitutional rights of such company In my opinion under Section 2630 of the Civil Code the Commission has the exclusive power to define the kind and character of freight and passenger buildings which railroad companies may be required to erect in this State The language the establishment of such freight and passenger buildings not only empowers the Commission to require the establishment of freight and passenger buildings but likewise gives to the Commission the power to declare the chara cter and kind of such buildings This power is exclusive of municipal control and regulation I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney DISTINCTION BETWEEN INTRASTATE AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Atlanta February 23 1913 Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga File 11402 Gentlemen I have the letter of Mr J P Webster your rate expert of 20th inst enclosing the papers in the above file It appears from these papers that Messrs Wilcox Ives Company in 1907 located a fertilizer plant on the Terminals of the Central of Georgia Railway Company at Savannah Georgia and that they paid this carrier until recently the rate of 200 per car on fertilizer material transferred in its ears from Shipside to their factory This material was bought by this firm in the East and in foreign countries for delivery at the port of Savannah for the purpose bf resale and for utilizing the same in the manufacture of complete fertilizers It does not appear from these papers whether this movement of this fertilizer material from Shipside to the factory of Wilcox Ives Company was an interstate or intrastate movement If this movement was a link in the chain of the transportation of this material from East or foreign countries to the plant of Wilcox Ives Company then this movement though wholly within the State of Georgia was an interstate movement and the Railroad Commission of Georgia has no jurisdiction of the rate charged for this movement Interstate or foreign transportation is not ended by the arrival of the goods at the point of destination In the case of rail transportation the breaking up of the train and moving the cars to appropriate tracks and making up new trains for other destinations or for unloading is as much a part of interstate transportation as the movement across the State line In the case of water transportation the arrival of the ship at the port of destination is not the end of the foreign transportation The cargo must be unloaded and delivery made or tendered McNeill vs Southern Ry Co 202 U S 543 559 St L S F T Ry Co vs Seale 2229 U S 156 255 The Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Elkin and Hepburn Acts extends to all terminal facilities and instrumentalities United States vs Union Stock Yards T Co 226 U S 286 Where the property of a terminal company is necessarily employed in the transportation of interstate or foreign commerce such company is subject to the Act to regulate commerce So P Terminal Co ys Interstate Commerce Com 209 U S 498 Service that is performed wholly in one State is still subject to the Act to regulate commerce if it is a part of interstate commerce Covington Stock Yards vs Keith 139 U S 128 136 United States vs Union Stock Yard Co 226 U S 286 304 A rate fixed on that part of interstate carriage which includes the actual placing of a shipment into vessels ready to be carried beyond the State destination is subject to the Act to regulate commerce and is beyond the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia Ohio R R Com vs Worthington 225 U S 102 Conversely the rate fixed on that part of interstate carriage which includes actual unloading of the shipment from the vessel and its transportation from Shipside by a railroad carrier to a plant upon its line is likewise subject to the Act to regulate commerce and is beyond your jurisdiction However if this material was delivered by the ships bringing it to the port of Savannah to Wilcox Ives Company and a new and independent contract for its intrastate movement from Shipside to their factory on the line of the Central of Georgia Railway the foreign or interstate transportation having been completely performed then the rate for such intrastate movement is subject to your jurisdiction and control G C S F Ry Co vs Texas 204 U S 403 So in this case if the movement from Shipside to the plant of Wilcox Ives Company was a part of the foreign or interstate movement of this material then the rate for such movement is subject to the Act to regulate commerce and is belond your jurisdiction but on the contrary if the foreign or interstate transportation had been fully performed and thedelivery of this fertilizer material was made to Wilcox Ives Company at the port of Savannah and a new and independent contract for its movement from Shipside to that plant was made either expressly or by implication with the Central of Georgia Railway Company then this rate is subject to your jurisdiction and control From lack of the full facts I cannot give you a categorical answer whether this transportation service is subject to your jurisdiction or to the Interstate Commerce Commission The above statement lays down the rule by which you can determine this matter for yourselves when you get into full possession of all the facts I return herein the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney DISTINCTION BETWEEN INTRASTATE AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE Supplementary Opinion Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta March 19 1914 File 11402 Gentlemen The letter of your rate expert of the 6th inst enclosing the papers in the above file came duly to hand I note that Commissioner Gray desires that I furnish the Commission with such additional information in this matter as will enable it to determine whether or not the transportation involved is interstate or intrastate traffic Under the contract of affreightment which now appears in the record the goods shipped were for delivery from the ships dock where the shipowners responsibility should cease at the port of Savannah or so near thereunto as the ship can safely get always afloat It further appears in the letter of Messrs Wilcox Ives Company of date March 3rd 1914 that the foreign shipments in question were actually delivered to Wilcox Ives Company on the dock along side of the ship and the delivery was complete It further appears that on January 2nd 1914 the Central of Georgia Railway Company issued its trackage receipt for the forwarding of these goods from Shipside to the factory of Wilcox Ives Company In the absence of any fact going to show that this movement was under a common arrangement between the steamship and the Central of Georgia Railway Company for the continuous transportation of these goods from point of origin to the factory of Wilcox Ives Company I am of the opinion that this transportation movement by the Central of Georgia Railway was intrastate and not interstate traffic I return herein all the papers in this file Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney 257 RIGHT OF A CARRIER TO ASSESS CHARGE FOR DISINFECTING CARS IN WHICH CATTLE ARE MOVED SUCH CHARGE BEING IN ADDITION TO THE RATES FIXED BY THE COMMISSION FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CATTLE BETWEEN GIVEN POINTS Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta March 12 1914 Gentlemen Can the Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway Company charge shippers of cattle from Calhoun Georgia to Atlanta Georgia for disinfecting the cars in which such cattle are moved said disinfecting charge being in addition to the rates fixed by the Commission for the transportation of cattle between said points In my opinion such charge is illegal Our law provides that the Railroad Commissioners of this State shall make reasonable and just freight and passenger rates to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on the railroads thereof Civil Code Sec 2630 After the Railroad Commission has made or revised a schedule of freight and passenger rates for any railroad in this State and the same has been published as required by law it is the duty of such railroad company to post at all its respective stations in a conspicuous place a copy of said schedule for the protection of the people Civil Code Sec 2632 Such schedule of rates shall be deemed and taken in all the courts of this State as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable charges for the transportation of passengers and freight upon such railroads Civil Code Sec 2631 The purpose of our law in requiring the Railroad Commission to make schedules of just and reasonable rates for the transportation of freight on the railroads in this State is to prevent the carriers from charging higher rates than those fixed by the Commission In other words such rates are to be observed by all railroad companies doing business in this State on the railroads thereof If the carriers can under the guise of cleaning or disinfecting its equipment charge more than the rates fixed by the Commission for a transportation service then such carrier is not observing the rates fixed by the Commission In the transportation of live stock such as mules and horses the carrier could charge for cieaning out the cars after the delivery of such stock if it can charge for disinfecting the cars after the delivery of cattle If it can make an extra charge 258 for disinfecting cars in which cattle are moved it can make an extra charge for sweeping cars in which brick have been carried The very object of having rates fixed and certained is to prevent unjust discrimination in the transportation of freight and passengers on the railroads in this State Civil Code Sec 2630 While in fixing rates for the transportation of cattle the Commission could well take into consideration any expense to which carriers are put in disinfecting cattle cars in compliance with the State quarantine requirements on this subject the carriers in advance of such action by the Commission cannot legally charge for such service in addition to the rates fixed by the Commission for the transportation of cattle in this State The carriers are bound to observe the rates fixed by the Commission for the transportation of cattle and cannot advance these rates by virtue of any service which it may be necessary for them to render in the transportation of live stock The fact that the carrier has filed with the Commission a tariff showing this disinfecting charge does not authorize the carrier to impose and collect it The carrier must first get the approval of the Commission of such charge before it can collect it Yours truly James K Hines Special Attorney RIGHT OF A CARRIER TO COLLECT UNDERCHARGE FROM A CONSIGNEE Railroad Commission of Georgia Office of Special Attorney to Commission Railroad Commission of Georgia Atlanta Ga Atlanta March 12 1914 File GF15 Gentlemen Your letter of 5th inst enclosing the papers in the above file came duly to hand The position taken by the Central of Georgia Railway Company in this matter seems to be right A railroad company may recover the difference between the amount of freight first charged for a shipment and collected from the consignee and the higher amount which should have been charged and collected under the regulations of the Railroad Commission The rates of freight fixed by the Railroad Commission must be observed and if a lower rate of freight than that allowed by the Railroad Commission is collected an action to recover the remainder of the true amount is maintainable even though the consignee accepted the freight and paid the smalle amount in good faith and although in his dealings with 259 his customers he has conducted his business upon the basis of the rates of freight collected Savannah F W Ry Co vs Bundick 94 Ga 775 Georgia Railroad vs Creety 5 Ga App 424 Central of Georgia Ry Co vs Willingham 8 Ga App 817 Under these Georgia decisions I am of the opinion that the position taken by the Central of Georgia Railway Company in this matter is right I return to you herein the papers in this file Yours very truly James K Hines Special Attorney ELECTRIC RATES As of general interest to the public and because the same contains enunciation of a number of important principles in the fixing of electric rates and the valuation of electric properties the Commission includes herein its opinion and orders in the matter of application of the Macon Railway Light Company for authority to increase rates for electric light and power service at Macon The facts and history of the case are set out in the opinion RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA FILE No 10978 By Candler Chairman In Re Application of Macon Railway and Light Company Macon Ga For increase in commercial and residence light and in retail power rates Under an ordinance of the city of Macon passed in 1902 the Macon Railway and Light Company as the result of a consolidation or merging of the Macon Consolidated Street Railway Companythe Macon Electric Light and Railway Company and the Metropolitan Street Railway Company became possessed of franchise rights to operate street railway lines and electric lighting and power lines in that city Among other things this franchise provided that at no time during its existence should a fare exceeding five cents for a continuous ride within four miles from the city hall be charged by said company and also that beginning January 1st 1914 and for ten years thereafter a tax of one per centum of the gross receipts of the earnings of said company from any and all 260 sources should be paid to the city which said tax should he in lieu of all license occupation or special taxes hut not of ad valorem taxes or paving or similar assessments Under this franchise the railway and light company undertook to furnish to the public transportation on its car lines and electric current for lighting and power purposes Prior to March 1st 1913 the rate in effect for commercial and residence lighting was 12 cents per K W H with discounts for payment of bills by the 10th of the succeeding month ranging from ten to sixty per cent according to the monthly consumption with a minimum charge of 150 per month for each meter connected The rate for power was 10 cents per K W H with the same discounts as given on commercial and residence lighting plus a service charge varying from eighty cents to one dollar per month per H P Anticipating severe competition for business upon the completion of a steam plant by the Georgia Public Service Corporation about March 1st 1913 effective March 1st 1913 the railway and light company put into effect for commercial lighting and power a rate of 10 cents per K W H with discounts according to monthly consumption and for prompt payment ranging from sixty to eighty per cent with a minimum charge of 100 per month and for residence lighting the same rate with discounts ranging from thirty to forty per cent and a minimum charge of fifty cents per month Under these rates commercial lighting and power current was furnished at from 405 cents net down to 202 cents net per K W H and residence lighting current for from fr75 cents down to 585 cents net per K W H Alleging that the last named scale of rates now in effect is noncompensatory and ruinously low the company petitions the Commission for authority to increase its commercial and residence lighting and its power rates to the following Commercial and Residence Lighting Gross subject to discount of 10 per cent for payment within 10 days after due date Gross Net First 50 K W H or lessper month 111c 10c Next 50 10 9 Next 100 9 81 Next 100 8 72 Next 100 7 63 Next 100 6 54 Next 1500 5 45 Next 1500 4 3fr Next 2500 3 27 Next 4000 25 225 Minimum monthly charge 100 net per meter installed 261 Retail Power Service Gross Net First Next Next Next Next Next All over 50 K W H or less per month 50 f 6c 5 54c 45 300 4 36 600 3 27 1500 25 225 2500 2 18 5000 18 162 Minimum monthly charge 100 per K W of maximum demand based on 60 per cent of K W connected load but in no case less than 100 per month for each meter installed Between March 1st 1913 when the reduced rates became effective and October 1913 during the active competition for business between the petitioner and the Georgia Public Service Corporation each entered into contracts with numerous commercial light and power consumers covering long periods of time some as long as five years The Mayor and Council of the city of Macon several consumers holding contracts covering long periods and numerous citizens have entered appearances and oppose the grant of the increased scale of rates prayed for Petitioner and protestants have been fully heard by the Commission In order that a clear understanding of the contentions of the respective parties and the rulings of the Commission thereon may be obtained brief reference should be made to conditions in Macon with regard to public lighting power and transportation as they are today and of the events productive of these conditions The Macon Railway and Light Company was incorporated in October 1902 and as already stated was a consolidation of all the electric railway electric lighting and power companies operating in Macon and its suburbs Under the franchise ordinance first mentioned the consolidation was expressly approved by the city The franchise was accepted and the petitioner has since been continuously operating thereunder It owned and now owns a centrally located steam power station with a generating capacity of 3000 electrical horse power sufficient to supply the present needs of the city The company was originally capitalized with 90000000 of common stock 30000000 of preferred stock and 100000000 of mortgage bonds It is in the record undisputed that the original properties of the company were purchased from the proceeds of the bonds that the proceeds from preferred stock were expended in subsequent improvements betterments and additions and that the 90000000 of common stock does not represent any actual capital contributed The capitalization stands today as originally issued Since its organization the company has earned and paid yearly its fixed charges and six per cent on its preferred stock and in 1910 and 1911 four and onehalf per cent and in 1912 seven per cent on its common stock besides accumulating a surplus of about 45000000 in the 10 years ending with 1912 262 Some six or seven years since W J Massee and A B Leach and Company purchased the control of the company and W J Massee became its president continuing so for about five years The Macon Gas Company was organized in 1852 and controls the entire gas industry in Macon Its controlling stock was acquired some years ago and is now cntrolled by A B Leach Co In 1906 the Central Georgia Power Company was organized by W J Massee and subsequently A B Leach Co acquired and now control the stock of this company It runs and operates a hydroelectric power on the Ocmulgee River near Jackson Ga with an installed hydraulic and electrical equipment with a generating capacity of 16000 E H P In 1910 W J Massee was its president as he was of the Macon Railway and Light Company On February 3rd 1910 a contract was entered into between the Central Georgia Power Company and the Macon Railway and Light Company both controlled by A B Leach Co the contract being signed by W J Massee as president of each under which the Power Company agreed to sell to the Railway and Light Company electric current delivered at Macon for approximately the equivalent of one cent per K W H The Railway and Light Company obligated itself during the life of this contract 20 years to purchase current from no other source it was also obligated to keep maintain and operate its steam plant as an auxiliary for generating and supplying current when the Power Companys current failed the Power Company to pay the actual operating expenses and ordinary repairs The Railway and Light Company further obligated itself to sell current for power only in amounts of less than 50 H P in Bibb county and not to sell in any quantity outside of Bibb county This 1910 contract was substituted for a contract between the same parties made in 1908 before the Power Companys plant was completed Subsequent to the acquisition by the Massee and Leach interests of all the above mentioned properties A B Leach Company formed a holding association under the laws of Massachusetts to acquire the securities of the Central Georgia Power Company the Macon Railway and Light Company the Macon Gas Company and the Central Georgia Transmission Company this being a company organized to take the current of the Central Georgia Power Company at its plant and transmit and deliver it to customers in different cities The holding association is known as the Georgia Light Power and Railways and controls securities of all the abovementioned companies and in addition we conclude practically controls the Georgia Public Service Corporation So that it controls without competition the entire electric railway electric light electric power and gas business of the city of Macon and its suburbs In 1912 W J Massee severed his connection with all of the Leach properties and shortly afterwards organized the Georgia Public Service Corporation and commenced the erection of a steam plant for generating electric current for lighting and power his plant having two units one of 1500 and the other of 500 K W capacity This plant was completed and commenced business as an active and aggressive competitor of the Railway and Light Company in March 1913 the reduced lighting and power rates by the Railway and Light Company 263 effective March 1st 1913 and still in effect being made to meet the situation as viewed by the old company The usual results followed and after six months of throat cutting in October last the Leach interests controlling the Railway and Light Company purchased the stock of its competitor the fight for business ceased and simultaneously separate applications by the Railway and Light Company and by the Public Service Corporation were filed with the Commission for the approval of the scale of rates hereinbefore set forth Two Public Utilities in Same Business in Same City Under normal conditions these applications by separate companies should be considered separately by this Commission and as required by law this Commission would prescribe just and reasonable rates for each company In doing so under the conditions existing in Macon the Commission finds itself much restricted and hindered The courts have long since settled the question as to what constitutes a just and reasonable rate to be such it must afford a fair return upon the fair value of the property at the time devoted to the public use provided it be not more than the service rendered to the public is reasonably worth It is manifestly impossible for the two companies as distinct separate and independent entities to continue in the same business in the same territory upon different scales of rates The one with the lower rate and equal service as a real competitor and not restrained by common ownership would soon have all the business or certainly all it could serve This Commission is not a judicial body and in a rate question certainly is without power to pass upon the legality of the consolidation of competing light companies in Macon the subsequent acquisition by the consolidated interests of the Gas Company and the Public Service Corporation or of the restrictive or restraining features in the contract between the Central Georgia Power Company and the Macon Railway and Light Company Such questions are for the courts Certainly as the result of competition between the Public Service Corporation and the Railway and Light Company the users of electric current in Macon enjoyed low prices for a season but the inevitable result followed We do not believe that a business which supplies to a community a public utility like gas or electricity is one in which full and free competition between two companies engaged therein can be expected to permanently prevail Experience has demonstrated the world over as it has in Macon that when there is more than one such company in a city engaged in the same business while active competition may prevail for a while sooner or later the competing companies find it to their interest to reach an understanding as to prices or to a division of territory or both and in the great majority of cases the two companies either become one or the control of both passes into the same hands Our public policy in Georgia has been to encourage competition as a provider of good service and a regulator of prices and yet at the same time we have adopted the policy of governmental regulation as necessary to secure these 264 ends and to prevent unlawful discriminations which always find their best breeding places in unrestrained competition We do not believe competition can ever be a consistent and proper regulator of rates and other conditions in the public utility field Real competition in such a field means duplication of plants which when once built are generally useless for other purposes In 1912 there was in Macon an established light and power company with plant and capacity sufficiently large or capable of enlargement to serve the city for many years Instead of coming to this Commission for fair and reasonable rates or for improvement in service if unsatisfactory instead of taking steps to compel this established company to furnish all proper and reasonable service at fair rates the city adopted the policy of granting franchises to another company to come in and share the business or to compete for it This company before it could serve the public had to provide itself with an expensive plant and equipment as well as with business and operating organizations The result is that real competition is now gone and there is invested in these duplicate plants and organizations in this city much more property much more labor supplies and services for supplying electric light and power than is needed or would have been made with only one company upon which under the law so long as bona fide devoted to public uses the public must pay returns As already intimated it is not improbable that since both are now controlled by the same interests one will gradually be dismantled much of its property wasted and permitted to decay and in some way and in the end the public will have paid for it The Commission earnestly believes that it would be wise if the Legislature would prohibit the building of duplicate public utilities or the grant of franchises to such prior to application to and issuance by this Commission of certificates of public convenience and necessity In our opinion the government which properly assumes to prescribe reasonable rates and compel adequate services by public utilities should also protect such utilities and the public from unwise or useless competition and the wasteful investment of money in unnecessary plants Under all the conditions of common ownership attached to these properties the Commission has reached the conclusion in the interest of the public that it should deal with the substantials and not with theories and that it should prescribe just and reasonable rates for the older and larger company the one our inspection demonstrates has the better constructed and better equipped plant the one incorporated with the electric street railway system bringing about economical cooperation the one with the larger and wider distribution system and altogether the one capable and able or capable of being more economically enlarged to efficiently serve the entire community In doing this we are assuming and logically so that with common ownership and joint management as the evidence in this case shows already exist and real competition already discontinued the railway and light company will very soon have all the business or so much thereof as it is able to carry with its present equipment 265 In a separate order we shall prescribe the same rates for the Georgia Public Service Corporation The plant of this company is not so large expensive or permanently constructed as the Railway and Light Companys properties and in our opinion these rates under normal conditions will afford it fair returns upon the fair value of its property devoted to the publiq use In this treatment of these cases from a rate standpoint the Commission in no way commits itself upon the legality of the combination or ownership in common of the lighting properties involved We are simply dealing with confronting conditions not theories Segregation of Properties Devoted to Different Uses In support of its application for increased rates for commercial and residence lighting and for power the applicant insisted that in ascertaining whether the present scale of lighting and power rates was sufficient to provide it with a fair return upon the fair value of its property the Commission should consider its investments and its business as a whole contending that if its revenues from all sources including transportation lighting and power were insufficient to give it fair returns its lighting and power rates should be increased because under its franchise from the city it had accepted the burden of supplying all three services concurrently with the proviso that the railway transportation charges should at no time or under any circumstances exceed the rate now in effect towit five cents for a continuous ride within a four mile radius of the city hall and universal transfers The company therefore insists that as there can be no increase in transportation charges even though they should be inadequate any increase of revenue necessary for a fair return on the entire property must come from increased lighting and power rates The Commission can not adopt this view The Railway and Light Company is rendering two distinct services transportation and lighting While some of the properties necessary in furnishing these facilities are used in common very much the larger percentage of its property as to the two services is distinct The Commission cannot see either the legality or justice of compelling light customers of the company to share in any losses it may incur in transporting its railway patrons Losses if any from inadequate railway fares cannot be compensated by extortionate lighting rates The fact that under the franchise grant by the city the company contracted under the one grant to render the two services and accepted a maximum rate for one need not be considered by this Commission in the pending application The properties used by the company must be segregated the value of the property used for lighting and power purposes ascertained and lighting and power rates based thereon In ascertaining the values hereinafter stated property used in common has been prorated according to uses made of it by each service This practice has been heretofore followed by the Commission in similar cases and will not be departed from in this instance Franchise Values The applicant contends that to its physical property values should be added for rate making purposes the value of its franchises granted by the city 266 Following its own precedent the Commission will not for rate making purposes include the value of franchises donated by the public in the value of property upon which fair returns should be had The franchise under discussion is the right to occupy and use the streets of Macon as rights of way etc These streets belong to the public The right to use them as granted is a valuable right and hence the franchise is taxed as a property right But this valuable property right in the public streets was donated by the public Every dollar of expense attached to its use including taxes is repaid by the public to the company in the rates which have been and will be allowed The public should not be required in addition to pay a return to the company upon the value of property donated in order that it might be used to serve the public Going Value The applicant further contends that a large sum towit from 25 to 30 per cent of the total values of the physical properties used in the public service should be added to the physical property values as going concern value or going value The question of going value has been much discussed by courts and Commissions during the past few years It arises in three distinct classes of cases towit capitalization issues in rate applications and in sale or purchase transactions The principles applying in one class have sometimes been applied to the others In our opinion there are important distinctions particularly between capitalization and purchase or sale cases and rate making cases It is well to have clearly defined just what is meant by going value or going concern value As we understand the term it means a value due to the fact that a plant has Consumers actually using its product that it is in actual and successful operation and has attached to it a developed business As we understand the claim in this cas is that to actual physical values there should be added a sum representing the value of this business and the expense incurred in attaching it In a rate consideration we distinguish between the value of the attached business as a property addition and the actual cash outlay made in attaching the business The Commission will not allow as added property upon which returns should be perpetually paid by the phblic the value of the established business We do not mean to say that we have in reaching conclusions as to values hereinafter stated treated certain physical properties as individual disconnected units We have considered them as integral and essential parts of a completed perfected plant capable of and ready to serve In these values we have included overhead charges such as organization engineering contractors profits reasonable promotion expenses legal expenses interest during construction insurance etc In so far as going value includes such elements as actual expense of attaching business we believe that it should be recognized in the earlier or beginning rates of a public service corporation and for a sufficient period to reimburse the company for such reasonable expenditures This is done when such expenses are carried as they should be and are in operating expenses But to allow them in operating expenses and at the same 267 time add fixed values to physical property values and tax the public perpetually to afford a return thereon is contrary to our convictions of right In the application under consideration it should be borne in mind that the Railway and Light Company is a consolidation only ten years since of established corporations The present company was not a pioneer it succeeded going concerns The record shows that if it during its brief existence of ten years incurred any expenses in attaching business it has repaid itself fully in its earlier rates of fifteen cents per K W H down to twelve cents per K W H prevailing at the time competition reduced them on March 1st 1913 That its earlier rates repaid it for all such expenses is clearly sltown when it is noted that since its organization the company has paid from earnings annual interest on its bonds six per cent on its preferred stock and in 1910 and 1911 four and onehalf per cent on its common stock and in 1912 seven per cent and in addition accumulated 45000000 of surplus earnings We have given thorough consideration to this question so earnestly pressed by counsel for applicant but are firmly of the conviction that going value should not be included in a valuation of a public utility for rate making purposes and in so holding are following the large preponderance of court and Commission precedents Excluding franchises and going value the Commission has attempted to ascertain from the record the fair value of the lighting and power property of the Railway and Light Company as it stands today used or useful in supplying the public in Macon with electric current for lighting and power purposes We have not had an independent appraisal made because after careful examination and checking of the inventories appraisals and estimates submitted by the companys engineer Mr L A McGraw we did not deem the expense necessary We have also compared Mr McGraws estimates with data already in the possession of the Commission and are satisfied that the unit prices and costs used by Mr McGraw are approximately correct and that therefrom and from general information and data already in its possession the Commission after excluding certain items in our opinion improperly included in Mr McGraws inventories and estimates has been able to ascertain the fair value of the property used and useful for lighting and power purposes as it stands at this time Valuation Physical Properties of Macon Railway and Light Company Useo in Commercial and Residence Lighting and Power Reproduction New Steam Plants Real estate and buildings 6914000 Coal trestle and storage 69000 Machinery and equipment of all kinds 27817600 Depreciated 6914000 62000 23645000 34800600 Total steam plant and equipment 30621000 268 Less proportion assigned to railway department on basis of percentage of total current used by it in 1912 towit 497 per cent 1913 not used because of special conditions existing in that year 17295800 Prorata total valuation steam plant assigned to light and power department on basis 15218600 percentage of current used 503 per cent 17504800 15402400 Sub Station and Equipment Sub station and installed equipment used by light and power department excluding street lighting equipment and pro rata of real estate and buildings 2897000 2762300 Distribution Overhead lines and distribution excluding lines and distribution exclusively used in street lighting 31199700 24959800 Miscellaneous Including stable equipment tools furniture and fixtures 950600 799600 Add working capital including stores necessary to carry 2500000 2500000 Total physical properties used and useful in commercial and residence lighting and power 55052100 46424100 Valuation Physical Pbopeety Used in Street Lighting Reproduction New Depreciated Sub Station Equipment Arc lamps rectifiers transformers protective apparatus switch board wiring etc 4416000 Laboratories arc and meter departments 207000 Overhead lines arc circuits lamps etc 4920700 3974400 186300 3936600 Total valuation physical properties used and useful in street lighting 9543700 8097300 If the valuation of property used in street lighting as given above is added to the valuation of property used in commercial and residence lighting and power we have as the total valuation of all property used for lighting and power including working capital Commercial and residence and power 55052100 Street lighting 9543700 46424100 8097300 64595800 54521400 269 We are of the opinion that in prescribing rates for commercial and residence lighting and for power rates under the conditions developed in this case it is necessary to exclude from valuations of property used and useful in its lighting department such property as is needed for and exclusively used in supplying and distributing current for municipal lighting as also all revenue and operating expenses from income and expense accounts for the following reasons Municipal Lighting and Peopeeties It appears from the record that the municipal lighting since July 1st 1913 has been done at prices which it is alleged are below cost Arc lights for example are furnished at 2195 each per annum Taking current from the Power Company at its contract price it would cost the Railway and Light Company about 2355 per lamp to perform this service exclusive of taxes interest and depreciation Municipal lighting however is performed under a contract between the Central Georgia Power Company and the city of Macon The entire street lighting system including every line and all equipment valued by us as above stated is owned and maintained by the Macon Railway and Light Company which to July 1st 1913 did the municipal street lighting It appears that the Power Company renders its monthly bills to the city for municipal lighting nominally done by it under its contract collects the same and turns the money over to the Railway and Light Company which last company credits it to its income account The current necessary for street lighting is furnished by the Power Company to the Railway and Light Company and charged at the contract rates mentioned earlier in this opinion The Railway and Light Company it appears furnishes to the Power Company equipment valued by us at 8097300 properly maintains the same stands the heavy depreciation therein pays all taxes and every other charge thereon solely to enable the Power Company to perform its contract obligations to the city In addition the Railway and Light Company allows the Power Company to charge to its account every kilowatt of current used to carry out the Power Companys contract for street lighting and receives as compensation for the use of its street lighting equipment operating expenses maintenance depreciation taxes fixed charges and the supplying of electric current the prices per arc and lamp named in the Power Companys contract with the city Every cent of loss involved in doing the municipal lighting in Macon under a contract with the Power Company is borne by the Railway and Light Company so far as the record shows If the contract to perform the street municipal lighting for the public at a loss was with the Railway and Light Company there might be urged some ground for allowing the company to recoup losses thus incurred in serving the public out of the other lighting rates to the public But here is a contract in which the Railway and Light Company in so far as the record shows had neither part nor lot and yet it has apparently undertaken to carry out its obligations at an actual loss For these reasons we think it proper to exclude from our valuation so much of the lighting property of the Railway and Light Company as is devoted not to the publics use but to the use of the Central Georgia Power Company in the 270 fulfillment of its contract with the city and permit the Railway and Light Company to look to the Power Company for a fair return thereon We shall also exclude from the Railway and Light Companys income account the amounts due the Power Company by the city for street lighting under contract to be performed by the Power Company In so far as possible we shall also exclude from operating expenses of the Railway and Light Company all expenses incurred by it in performing services for the Power Company So excluded in our opinion a fair valuation of the property used and useful in commercial and residence lighting and in supplying electric current for retail power purposes at this time including necessary working capital is 46424100 Auxiliary Steam Plant We have as will be noted included in this valuation 503 per cent of the appraised value of the steam plant owned by the company and since current lias been purchased from the Power Company only used as an auxiliary steam plant This allocation of value is based upon the percentage of total current used by the Railway and Light Company in its lighting and power service the remaining value 497 per cent being assigned to the railway department Properly allocated a portion of the lighting value should have been assigned to the street lighting service as the plant also serves as an auxiliary or breakdown plant for every department It is not without hesitation that we allow this auxiliary steam plant valuation in our valuations of property necessary for the performance of its public duties by the Railway and Light Company In this section of the country where in certain seasons there is a shortage of rainfall we consider a steam plant as essential to full and uninterrupted service as an auxiliary to a hydroelectric plant Under contracts for firm power or continuous primary current the duty to provide and maintain the auxiliary is upon the seller of current not upon the customer When this Durden is assumed by the latter it is the rule as well as right that it should be compensated by the seller in the grant of a lower rate The Macon Railway and Light Company contracted for continuous fixed primary current It owns and maintains the auxiliary necessary to insure it against breakdowns or stoppages of current and suspension of its public service Having supplied this investment it should have compensation therefor from the Power Company for whose benefit it is supplied and maintained The Power Company in a measure has recognized this by agreeing to pay the expenses of operation when it is called into service and claims that the fact that the investment is supplied by the Railway and Light Company has been recognized and compensated in the contract rate for current approximately the equivalent of one cent per kilowatt hour measured in Macon after the voltage has been transformed to 2300 volts In our opinion the contract rate is rather full and borders close to being unreasonably high It is contended by the Railway and Light Companys representatives and they are also the Power Companys representatives that current can not be generated by steam in Macon for less than one and a quarter cent per K W H and that therefore the current is being obtained for less than it can be manufactured 271 From our observation and from data obtained from other sources we are inclined to believe that one and a quarter cent per K W H as the cost of manufacturing current by steam in Macon is full hut for present purposes we do not take issue with the estimate The real question is what does it cost the Central Georgia Power Company to supply this current under the conditions of its contract with the Railway and Light Company and what selling figure would afford it also a corporation serving the public a fair return upon the fair value of its property It is not our purpose to rule on this question but in passing we content ourselves with the observation that this Commission in prescribing reasonable and just rates for light and power supplied the Macon public by the Railway and Light Company does not feel bound to accept the contract price paid for current by the Railway Company to the Power Company as conclusive or binding on it The public need not suffer because of the unreasonable cost of current furnished to it by the Railway Company whether this cost results from an unwise purchase contract or extravagant unwise and needless operating expense or plant investment in manufacturing In arriving at a conclusion as to what is a just and reasonable rate for the Railway and Light Company to charge its customers the Commission has considered that the rate prescribed ought to be such as will pay the reasonable expenses of operation taxes depreciation or destruction of property in its daily use and interest on the fair value of the property used including the risks incident thereto In this case the Commission is of the opinion that four and onehalf per cent per annum on the value of the entire property is a fair annual allowance for depreciation Taxes are fixed by law In our opinion the income tax to be paid the city for the first time in 1914 will be approximately set off by the deduction of the citys proportion of the franchise tax assessed under the Act of 1902 and the allowances for special taxes heretofore The net increase in taxes to be assessed for 1914 because of the income tax to the city will not be appreciable The Commission has made a careful study of the operating expenses of the company for the past four years and is of the opinion that they are reasonable and that the company has been economically operated Of course the large increase in the percentage of operating expenses to the total revenue for 1913 is explained by the fact that the revenue for 1913 in the lighting department owing to the loss of business from competition was reduced about 10000000 with no possibility of a like cutting down of operating expenses The operating expenses in dollars have increased over a few years back because of increase in wages and in the prices of materials and supplies and perhaps somewhat to conditions in the past year now removed The Commission has had the petitioner furnish it with practically every detail of its lighting and power business for each of the years 1912 and 1913 the first as representing normal conditions and the second exceedingly activfe competitive conditions We have required a complete segregation of the commercial and residence lighting showing the number of customers in each rate class and the K W H consumption by each class We have required exhibits of the results of the application of the existing scale of rates to each class of consumers of the petitioned for scale of rates and of two different scales pro 272 posed by the Commission including the scale hereinafter adopted These have each been carefully proven by the rat expert of the Commission From a study of the record in this case and our independent investigations the Commission is of the opinion that at this time and under present conditions a just and reasonable scale of net rates for commercial and residence lighting and for power to be charged by the Macon Railway and Light Company is as follows Lighting Rates For the first 50 K W Hs gc For the next 50 n0 wo I e 300 kp 500 4c 4000 3C For all over 5000 2c Powee For the first 100 5C For the next 400 to wo 1500 2c 2500 175c For all over 5000 i gc We know of no more accurate way in which to ascertain probable income under this scale than to apply it to the actual business of the company for the past year and see what it would have done had it been in force during this period We have had this application made to the business actually done in November and January and from the results calculated the increased percentage of revenue for these two months and then applied the same percentage to the years business The following calculations show the process and results Income and Expenses Macon Railway and Light Company Light and Powee 1913 and 1914 Actual Revenue Operating Expenses Revenue and Taxes March 1913 1087753 916098 April 1913 934159 874465 May 1913 8 81fli K1 June 1913 838265 836617 July 1913 681057 827641 August 1913 638141 854682 273 September 1913 October 1913 November 1913 December 1913 January 1914 February 1914 estimated 724304 885117 877623 948438 920474 856000 848064 870200 723562 815122 840760 841500 Less street and municipal lighting 10272385 1597600 8674785 10096889 1769400 8327489 Comparison Between Application of 9c Net Proposed Scale to Two Months Actual Business With Receipts Under Existing Scale Excluding Street and Municipal Lighting Under Contract to C G Power Co November 1913 Gross actual light and power revenue under present scale 877623 Less revenue from street and municipal lighting 124895 Commercial and residence lighting and retail power v 752728 Gross light and power revenue under proposed 9 et scale 1378444 Less revenue from street and municipal lighting 124895 Commercial and residence lighting and retail power under proposed 9 ct scale on actual business 1253549 Actual revenue under present scale 752728 Increase over actual receipts under present scale by application of proposed 9 ct scale to November business 500821 Equivalent to 6653 per cent increase under proposed scale applied to actual November business over actual receipts from existing scale January 1914 Gross actual light and power revenue under present scale 920474 Less revenue from street and municipal lighting 130248 Commercial and residence lighting and retail power790226 Gross light and power revenue under proposed 9 ct base applied to January business 1452617 Less street and municipal lighting 130248 Commercial and residence lighting and retail power 1322369 Actual revenue under present scale 790226 Increase over actual revenue under present scale by application of proposed 9 ct scale to January business 532143 Equivalent to 6734 per cent increase under proposed scale applied to actual January 1914 business over actual receipts from existing scale or 274 An average increase for the two months on the actual business of these months of 6693 per cent The total income of the company under existing rates for the twelve months ending February 28th 1914 based upon actual receipts for eleven months and estimated receipts for February exclusive of street and municipal lighting under contract to the Central Georgia Power Co is 8674785 This sum would have been increased had the proposed 9 ct base scale been in effect 6693 per cent aggregating 5806033 Making the total revenue from commercial and residence lighting and retail power as thus increased 14480818 Actual operating expenses and taxes as reported by the company for 11 months ending January 31 1914 for light and power 9255389 Estimated for February 1914 average per month of preceding 11 months which is high for February 841500 Total operating expenses and taxes for 12 months ending February 28 1914 10096889 From which deduct expenses on account of street and municipal lighting H 1769400 Leaving operating expenses and taxes chargeable to commercial and residence lighting and retail power for 12 months ending February 28 1914 8327489 Street and Municipal Light Expenses Current for streets Current for municipal buildings Taxes 15 of whole Maintenance Total 1769400 To operating expenses and taxes should be added depreciation which in this case we are of the opinion will be amply covered by 4 annually on the present value of the entire physical property devoted to commercial and residence lighting and retail power including land towit 439241001 1976584 Making total operating expenses taxes and annual depreciation 10304073 As against an income of 14480818 Upon the actual business for the past 12 months under application of the proposed 9 ct base scale or A surplus of 4176745 948200 36800 186500 597900 275 Which is 899 per cent on our estimate of the fair value of the property including working capital devoted at this time to the public use in supplying commercial and residence lighting and retail power in Macon It should be borne in mind that these results are obtained from simple application of the proposed new rates to the actual business of the past twelve months beyond any question the most unfavorable in the history of the company the business that the railway held under the fiercest competition We believe there is an annual normal increase in this business in Macon from natural growth of ten to fifteen per cent Competition neither fierce nor mild exists longer and for the future when every prospect pleases it does not seem forced to conclude that if under 1913 conditions and its unusual expenses on the business of that year the proposed scale would have earned 9 per cent on the value of the investment an equal return will be had in 1914 In adopting the above scale the Commission took into consideration that of the 2319 light consumers the company had in November 1913 408 consume less than 12 K W H per month and 1421 consume between 12 and 50 K W Hs per month these two classes constituting approximately 80 per cent of the total number of lighting customers on the companys books The total K W Hs of current sold for lighting in November to its 2319 customers were 173284 of which approximately only 23 per cent or 39060 K W Hs were used by 1829 customers in monthly quantities of 50 K W Hs and less Of the total light customers 1720 were residence light customers It must be clear to every one that it costs an electric light company more per K W H to serve one patron using 12 K W Hs monthly than it does one using 200 or 500 K W Hs monthly It costs the company just as much to keep the book account read the meter make out the bill collect the account etc for the small customer as for the larger The investment and maintenance in poles transmission meters transformers etc for the small customer is more or less than that to serve the large customer according to the distance from the central station The smaller the units of delivery that is as delivering stations are multiplied the loss in current is multiplied A company can serve one customer taking 2000 K W Hs per month profitably at a price per K W H which would break or bankrupt it to deliver the same current to 200 customers in quantities of 10 K W Hs each per moth The expense of rendering the service is not the only item the distribution loss in current is far heavier a small individual consumers are taken on Of four and onequarter million K W Hs of light and power current bought of the Central Georgia Power Company by the Railway and Light Company per annum and paid for the Railway and Light Company charges to its customers and gets pay from them for less than three and onequarter million K W Hs The balance of the current bought and paid for by it at its substation in Macon is lost in transmission to and distribution among its numerous patrons 276 To be fair to the company it is absolutely necessary because of its dnvestment and the expense in serving small customers to allow a considerably higher rate on this class than is allowed for larger consumers This Commission has repeatedly required light companies under their obligations to serve to extend lines and install meters at considerable expense into virgin territory for only two or three and even one customer Residence lighting customers generally are farther located from the central plant or substation and not so closely located as the stores offices and manufacturing plants in the business section of a city and hence often require larger individual investments in poles and wire and require more of the time of repair gangs meter readers collectors etc in serving them The scale prescribed by the Commission is materially lower than that asked for by petitioner Counsel for the city and citizens opposed to the grant of the application contrasted the net base rate asked for by the petition 10 cents K W H with the base rates in Atlanta and Jacksonville towit 7 cents A comparison of the base rates alone does not afford a fair index of the rates as a whole The entire scale should be compared In doing this there are local conditions which must be also considered Atlanta is a much more densely populated city than Macon and to that extent it costs less to serve its people The proportion of large consumers to small consumers is much larger in Atlanta than in Macon The entire volume of business is many times as large The Atlanta scale which was not prescribed by this Commision is relatively lower for small consumers than for the larger consumers Jacksonville owns and operates a municipal plant The money to build it was furnished by the public from public taxation and the investment is therefore that of the public No returns on the investment to the owners in the form of dividends have to be earned the owners the public can only secure such returns in the form of low rates Of course the municipal plant pays no taxes either city state or federal the public therefore loses all tax income from this investment which if privately owned it would secure The loss of taxes and returns in the form of dividends therefore should be reflected in the rates Under the law owners of a private plant devoted to public use are entitled to and can not be denied fair returns on the fair value of their property and are also entitled to reflect in their rates all governmental taxes licenses assessments and charges It follows therefore as beyond question that a municipal plant without the burdens of earning returns for its owners and of tax contributions not only can but should give lower rates to its public owners We have had the rate expert prepare the following table showing the actual charges paid by different classes of light consumers under the rates in effect in Atlanta and in Jacksonville and the charges which will be paid in Macon by the same classes under application of the rates herein prescribed for that city 277 Comparison of Electric Light Bills for Electric Lighting Purposes Jacksonville Atlanta and Macon Georgia Based on Proposed Scale for Macon K W Hs Consumed Atlanta Jacksonville Macon 10 K W H 100 50c to 200 100 30 210 210 270 50 350 350 450 100 700 700 800 150 1050 1050 1100 200 1320 1400 1400 300 1860 2100 1900 400 2400 2800 2400 500 2940 3500 2900 1000 5640 6300 4900 2000 11650 11900 7900 3000 15250 15750 10900 4000 18850 16800 13900 5000 22450 21000 16900 10000 40450 42000 26900 15000 58450 63000 36900 All the above monthly charges based on consumption are net charges predicated upon prompt payment of bills It will be noted that the Commission has prescribed a minimum charge of 100 per meter per month In our opinion this is a reasonable and just charge The company is required to serve the public at any hour of the twentyfour the customer calls upon it to do this it must invest large sums in its plant and equipment and hold it in absolute readiness to serve whenever called upon it must keep its plant lines and equipment in order it must preserve its organization it must keep employed officers and employees by the year its accounts must be kept meters read monthly and the same expense incurred in these and similar items whether the consumption be two or one thousand K W Hs per customer The 100 minimum charge is prescribed to compensate the company in a measure for its constant readiness to serve and the reasonable going expenses of keeping in such a state of readiness The scale of prices for light and power which we have prescribed are to be made effective on and after March 1st next Special Contract Rates All special rates whether in the form of contracts for definite periods or informal in excess of these prescribed rates are illegal The rates prescribed are maximum rates and can not be exceeded Should the Railway and Light Company have outstanding contracts verbal or written which are at less than the rates prescribed they must be abrogated as unlawfully discriminatory and made to correspond with the Commissions scale or the same special rates given to all of the public si 278 The Commission has given careful consideration to the contentions of counsel for firms and individuals holding term contracts made at the rates now in effect that they should stand and be carried out by the company To allow them to stand and to require others of the public to pay higher rates would be rank discrimination such a condition can not be allowed to exist One of the chief objects of the creation of this Commission was that it should at all times prevent unlawful discriminations and compel equality of service and charge to all under like circumstances and conditions Unlawful discriminations arising out of different rates can only be removed by moving the lower rate up to the higher or the higher to the lower The rates prescribed herein are in the opinion of the Commission at this time just and reasonable We have no power to compel the company to accept less except as implied in the power to prevent unlawful discrimination The courts have repeatedly ruled upon the principles involved in this question and our own Supreme Court has several times held that the regulatory power of the Commission can not be set aside by contracts of this character Its latest deliverance on this question was in the railroad mileage case 80 S E Rep p 332 in which it said In the cases last cited the Supreme Court of the United States held that contracts glready made in the one case as to rates in the other as to free transportation must yield to lawful regulation as to interstate commerce In the Armour case 209U S 82 Mr Justice Day said If the shipper sees fit to make a contract covering a definite period for a rate in force at the time he must be taken to have done so subject to the possible change of the published rate in the manner fixed by statute to which he must conform or suffer the penalty fixed by law In Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company vs L N R R Co 2 I C C Rep 162 Judge Cooley said If the Legislature had no power to alter its police laws when contracts would be affected then the most important and valuable reforms might be precluded by the simple device of entering into contracts for the purpose No doctrine to that effect would be even plausible much less sound and tenable We do not deem it necessary to multiply citations on this question These contracts for rates lower than those prescribed in this case must be abrogated or the public generally put upon the same basis on and after March 1st next Conclusions We believe in the foregoing that we have substantially covered the material issues raised in this record Because of the peculiar conditions heretofore existing in Macon of the widespread interest in the existing light rate situation and of the fact that so many citizens have a direct pecuniary interest in the subject we have felt it advisable to go into the discussion at the length and in the elementary way that we have Such discussion and explanation of our views is due the public and the petitioner The rates prescribed are subject of course to future investigation and review by thq Commission It is our purpose to require monthly reports for the next twelve months from each company showing the actual results on their business and on their returns of the application of the prescribed rates At the expiration of this period should these results satisfy us that there ought to he further decreases or increases the Commission will act accordingly It has been the purpose and desire of the Commission to deal fairly with the company as well as with the public This Commission feels deeply the burden of responsibility on it in rate cases and is fully conscious of the possibilities of disastrous results to public service corporations and the public alike should it carelessly or innocently prescribe unjust and unreasonably low rates There is need as there are opportunities for great industrial developments in Georgia To fully meet this need and improve these opportunities capital other than our own must be attracted There is no surer way of doing this than at all times treating it and its owners fairly There are risks and hazards in public utility investments not always carried by private enterprises There should be recognition of this in prescribing rates they should allow some compensation therefor Investors in public utility enterprises unquestionably surrender or rather have to yield to governmental agencies in the regulation and control of their rates and services They are not free to do as they will with their property nor get what they can out of it They are subject to the will of the people whom they serve and having such powers it seems to us that there should be recognition at all times of corresponding obligations for at least fair treatment The rates which we have prescribed will we believe earn fair returns under wise and economical management upon the fair values of the properties devoted to the public use We believe the services to the public are reasonably worth the prices we have fixed If at the expiration of one year under their operation we find we are mistaken we shall promptly undertake to revise them OFFICE OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta February 24th 1914 File No 10978 In Re Application of Macon Railway Light Co Macon Ga For increase in commercial and residence and in retail power rates Upon consideration of the record in the above entitled case and of the evidence and arguments submitted at the hearings had thereon and of the report and opinion this date adopted by the Commission containing its findings of facts and conclusions therein with respect to the issues involved which said report is hereby referred to and made a part hereof it is Obdebed That on and after March 1st 1914 and until the further order of this Commission the following schedules of rates shall be the maximum schedules of rates to be charged by the Macon Railway Light Company for the classes of services indicated 280 Schedule of Rates fob Commercial and Residence Lighting Service For the first 50 K W Hs9c per K W H For the next 50 7C 100 6c 300 5c 500 4 c 4000 f 3c For all over 5000 2c Minimum charge per month 100 Schedule of Rates for Commercial Power For the first 100 K W Hs 5c per K W H For the next 400 3C 500 25c 1500 2 c 2500 175c For all over 5000 i5c Minimum charge per month 100 for 2H P or less connected Over 2H P 50c per H P connected Ordered Further That the Commission will consider as reasonable in this case a rule of the Macon Railway and Light Company requiring the prompt payment of lighting and power bills which fixes a penalty for failures to pay same on or before the 10th day of each month of 10 per cent of the bill Oy order of the Commission Campbell Wallace c M Candler Secretary Chairman OFFICE OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA Atlanta March 10th 1914 File No 10978 In Re Application of Macon Railway Light Company Macon Ga For increase in commercial and residence and in retail power rates Upon further consideration of the above entitled matter it is hereby Ordered That on and after March 1st 1914 and until the further order of this Commission the following schedules of rates shall be the maximum schedules of rates to be charged by the Macon Railway Light Company for the classes of services indicated 281 Schedule of Maximum Rates fob Fan Sebvice Applicable only to offices stores restaurants and other places of business 8 and 12 Fans One 1 Fan each 2 to 4 fans 5 or more fans 16 Fans One 1 fan 2 to 4 fans 5 or more fans Ceiling Fans One 1 fan 2 to 4 fans 5 or more fans Until 7 P M Until 12 All Night 200 Midnight 250 300 150 200 250 125 175 225 275 350 400 225 300 350 200 275 325 325 400 500 275 350 450 225 325 400 Subject to 10 per cent discount if bills are paid before the 10th of month Schedule of Maximum Rates fob Window Display and Sign Lighting Window and display lighting including current and patrol service No lamp renewals by company In Cents Per Connected Watt Per Month Midnight For the first 500 15c For the next 500 10c For the next 1000 75c For the next 2000 6c For all over 4000 55 Sign and display lighting including current patrol service and by the company of low voltage sign lamps In Cents Per Connected Watt Per Month Midnight For the first 500 18c For the next 500 14c For the next 1000 11c For the next 2000 10c For all over 4000 9c All Night 27c 18c 135c 11c 10c free renewals All Night 33c 25c 20c 18c 16c Subject to 10 per cent discount if bills are paid on or before the 10th of the month By order of the Commission Campbell Wallace C M Candles Secretary Chairman 282 Railroad Mileage in the State of Georgia June 30 1913 In Miles and Decimal Fractions NAME TOTAL A Single Track 1ILEAGE Double Track Miles of Yard Track and Sidings Alabae Great Soiltbptti r r Go 2429 517 Atlanta West Point R R Co 8558 201 2842 Atlanta Rplt Li TIP Rv 524 Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic R R Co 48410 310 13947 Atlantic Coast Line R R Co 70740 889 22143 Atlantin WavprnsR kr MnvtbprTl R R Go 1075 25 Ancnctfa kr Snmmpvvillp R R 432 A n on ata RpI t Rv Go 376 316 Anirncta SmithpTTl R R Go 8251 849 RIqItpIv Smithprn R R Go 2200 Bowdon By Oo 1200 100 Brinson By On 10860 1007 Central of Georgia Ry Co 133099 576 49312 Pharloctnn kr Wpstprn Garni in a Rv Go 2047 1772 ChattahAbehe VaRey By Hn 100 25 Elbrton Piaptern Ry Co 2200 08 Fitzgerald Ocilla ft RTotnn R R Go 1410 90 Flemington Hinesvilln pstftrn R R 525 75 Riyor Northeastern R R Co 2333 240 Florida Control R B Go 1327 45 TTlmHllp kr Tnrhan S nr in 2 Rv 300 Gainesville ft Nnfttiwnstprn R R Go 3500 175 Gainsyillp Midland Ry 7200 250 Georgia Railroad 30300 525 11424 Georgia dnrida Railway 31004 3989 Georgia Copst Sr Piedmont R R Co 8150 200 Georgia Florida Sc Alabama Ry Go 10783 1037 Georgia Northern Ry Go 6744 886 Georgia Southern Florida Ry Co 23925 49 8147 Jeorgifl pnnthwestern Sr Gulf R R Co 3500 455 County R R fn 1347 50 Hartwell Ry Go 960 66 Hawhinsyille Sr Florida Southern R R Co 9308 1370 Hwkinsvillp Sc Western RT R Go 2300 150 Tawenceville Branch r r Go 961 31 TPYirigton Tprmina1 RT R Go 400 18 Louisville Sc Nashville R R Go 16551 4254 Jifjvillft ft fldlfty R R Go ioop 146 Mpon A Birmingham Rv Co 9687 642 TVTaenn Liihlin Sr Savannah R R 9191 2434 lyrilltown Air Line Rv Co 1000 25 Milptead Ry Co 290 60 Monroe R R Co 1000 170 Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Ry 14225 815 9694 Oeilla Pinehlnnm Sr Valdosta R R 1125 15 Oeillg Southern R R Co 7125 221 Pelham Sr TTavana R R Co 1875 100 Register Sr Glennville Rv 3750 200 Rome Northern R R Co 1760 140 283 Railroad Mileage in the State of Georgia June 30 1913 In Miles and Decimal Fractions NAME Sandersville Railroad Co Savannah Southern Ry Co Savannah Statesboro Ry Savannah Augusta Northern Ry Seaboard Air Line Ry Shearwood Ry Co Southern Ry Co South Georgia Ry Co Statenville Ry Co Sylvania Girard R R Co Talbotton R R Co Tallulah Falls Ry Co Tennessee Alabama Georgia R R Co Tifton Terminal Co Union Point White Plains R R Co Valdosta Moultrie Western R R Co Wadley Southern Ry Co Waycross Southern R R Co Waycross Western R R Co Western Railway of Alabama Wrightsville Tennille R R Co Total Mileage shown in Fortieth Report Increase TOTAL MILEAGE Miles of Single Track Double Track Yard Track and Sidings 390 80 1740 200 3260 200 3900 200 74480 17873 831 75 90991 6439 33800 3859 350 1400 25 1500 200 663 34 4314 396 4508 449 1000 300 1200 51 4200 200 9000 v 684 2169 121 2517 58 17 87 10282 1698 729578 9804 196743 716636 8023 187715 12942 1781 9028 Statement of Stock and Bond Issues and Other Securities Approved by the Railroad Commission of Georgia During the Year Ending December 31st 1913 Name of Corporation Albany Power Manufacturing Company Rome Municipal Gas Company Georgia Railway Electric Company Seaboard Air Line Railway Franklin Light Power Company Waycross Western Railroad Company Gas Light Company of Columbus Georgia Public Service Corporation CoOperative Telephone Telegraph Company Georgia Railway Electric Company Hawkinsville Florida Southern Railway Company Brinson Railway Company Gainesville Midland Railway Marietta Light Water Company Greene County Railroad Company Georgia Railway Power Company Seaboard Air Line Railway Brinson Railway Company Gainesville Midland Railway Seaboard Aiy Line Railway Amount of Bonds Approved Amount of Stock Approved Date of Approval 11700000 17350000 Feb 20 1913 6000000 Feb 28 1913 82800000 Feb 28 1913 275000000 Mar 13j 1913 15000000 Mar 27 1913 71000000 71000000 Mjay 8 1913 7382500 May 28 1913 5000000 July 9 1913 12500000 1000000 July 9 1913 43000000 Aug 12 1913 26100000 Aug 12 1913 256250000 Aug 27 1913 19200000 Sept 26 1913 5000000 Oct 29 1913 846030 Time Notes Jan 7 1913 11500000 Time Notes Feb 20 1913 600000000 Time Notes Mar 13 1913 125000000 Time Notes Aug 27 1913 33557677 Time Notes Sept 26 1913 190000000 Equipment Trust Notes Aug 13 1913 284 Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads for the Year Ended June 301913 Alabama Great Southern H R Atlanta West Point R R Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Atlantic Coast Line R R Atlantic Waycross Northern Augusta Belt Ry Augusta Southern R R Blakely Southern R R Bowdon Ry Brinson Ry Central of Georgia Ry Charleston Western Carolina Chattahoochee Valley Ry Fitzgerald Ocilla Broxton Flemington Hinesville Western Flint River Northeastern R R Florida Central R R Flovilla Indian Springs Ry Gainesville Midland Ry Georgia Railroad Georgia Florida Ry Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Georgia Florida Alabama Ry Georgia Northern Ry Georgia Southern Florida Ry Georgia Southwestern Gulf Greene County R R Gulf Line Ry Hartwell Ry Co Lawrenceville Branch R R Lexington Terminal R R Louisville Nashville R R Louisville Wadley R R Macon Birmingham Ry Gross Earnings 418 1238 2609 6159 11 19 181 9 35 178 10778 165 1 10 3 55 31 4 162 3117 811 85 331 213 2051 114 10 191 23 9 5 2146 25 155 55883 92625 47013 71382 34720 71818 73114 25075 19378 13102 66447 41068 54669 78059 Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits 30527235 11328648 918939351 31998690 202849319 58097694 420273969 195697413 1086240 48480 1935804 36014 15093304 3079810 1519316 594241 2359465 1159913 15361182 2451920 781334107 296532340 12751197 3789871 102815 51854 1711418 633359 307718 75042 3696570 1823993 1440400 1690300 325783 110861 14265132 1948209 275990362 35786185 71479822 9648986 8052752 459846 27425824 5770591 15081256 6222344 154143768 51053181 7611953 3801088 895914 178413 21800274 2604376 1904395 405105 834688 65733 I 598655 65458 160195806 54482067 1584806 918911 14575876 1013064 1 Gross Earnings per mile Operating Expenses per mile Net Earnings per mile Percentage of Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings 1723173 12567821 466391 7293 1332322 988213 344109 7417 538812 418850 119962 7774 857529 585087 272442 6823 105555 101045 4510 9574 524420 514841 9579 9817 219138 182001 37137 8305 42049 69060 16420 293281 196622 96659 6704 181470 156491 24979 8567 804156 582924 221232 7249 768280 592253 176027 7709 309338 205630 103708 6700 71475 121377 15875 72907 58613 14294 8039 239607 160441 79166 6696 235900 108500 127400 4601 166344 124054 42232 7464 219099 192772 26327 8796 1015559 898991 116568 8852 239643 211141 28502 8811 104449 98806 5643 9458 305789 252633 53156 8262 313288 221783 91505 7079 857667 644279 213388 7512 326087 217484 108603 6700 79757 66512 13245 8339 172935 196399 11360 228663 188554 40109 8246 93696 86856 6840 9270 148937 167222 11228 829064 618659 210405 7463 250372 158481 91891 6330 148466 138818 9648 1 9350 285 Statement of Financial Operations of Railroads for the Year Ended June 30 1913 Continued Macon Dublin Savannah R R Milltown Air Line Ry Milstead R R J Monroe R R Co Nash Chat St Louis Ry Ocilla Pinebloom Valdosta Ocilla Southern R R Pelham Havana R R Register Glennville Ry Rome Northern R R Sandersville R R Savannah Augusta Northern Savannah Southern Ry Savannah Statesboro Ry Seaboard Air Line Ry Shearwood Ry Southern Ry South Georgia Ry Statenville Ry Sylvania Girard R R Talbotton R R Tallulah Falls Ry Tennessee Alabama Georgia Tifton Terminal Co Union Point White Plains R R Valdosta Moultrie Western Wadley Southern Ry Waycross Southern Ry Waycross Western R R Wrightsville Tennille R R Totals Western Atlantic R R Gross Earnings 490 21 6 25 2996 5 108 33 30 22 21 38 20 95 5598 7 9640 142 16 27 14 154 64 7 14 71 103 83 17 306 22559 93116 32237 16660 19358 89227 12595 92290 92651 38986 97772 12266 46924 64884 66227 42765 43721 63324 86501 58178 76691 85556 89618 65986 30960 76359 92633 63533 86190 583471 5155958306 319300502 Operating Expenses 415 14 6 23 2043 2 53 25 33 22 22 30 14 64 4118 4 7556 73 16 24 16 105 66 4 14 54 96 59 10 249 29816 26701 69496 24322 95584 84236 99330 06101 84694 91287 11907 23966 01711 28466 16954 50168 31449 49965 98162 02834 13780 70529 73625 19444 95818 73964 01459 13510 79567 43118 Net Earnings 7492743 766415 Deficits 192338 95223774 304991 5413265 886189 788300 645213 3136418 148049273 292597 208412272 6913359 355344 4915027 346542 1702395 791174 2450023 706623 5715229 3885423023 1275226070 37259 11661 137089 184007 64858 4690787 2279820761 913184261 Gross Operating Net Percentage of Earnings Expenses Earnings Operating Ex per mile per mile per mile Earnings 527749 447086 80663 8472 219311 142670 76641 6505 180639 191285 10589 251666 232432 19234 9236 2106287 1436876 669411 6822 52375 25265 27110 4824 185464 92612 92852 4990 221718 163797 57921 74J00 87117 95343 10944 127215 130186 10234 549443 552976 10064 97750 77537 20213 7900 119008 81494 37512 6848 293400 197192 96208 6700 748684 550704 197980 7356 89382 54171 35211 6050 914114 716496 197618 7838 369612 190463 179149 5200 120466 121297 10700 183879 160189 23690 8750 210956 230540 10928 355990 243001 112989 6827 152159 156479 10300 58922 32265 26657 5475 104986 109745 10453 170866 130333 40533 7628 115474 106683 8791 9239 602560 426045 176515 7071 68699 41521 27178 6044 290138 240764 49374 8136 1 7536 2333727 16662921 667435 7140 Statement of Financial Operations of Terminal Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended June 30 1913 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Atlanta Terminal flnmpanv 3872379 1454786 960962 270756 7659405 11394211 1222962 3419985 10855 6841283 7521832 2459023 Augusta Summerville Railroad Company Augusta Union Station Company Georgia Midland Terminal Company Savannah Union Station Company Totals 231824 259901 818122 14218288 22889296 1309847 9980855 287 Statement of Financial Operations of Telegraph and Express Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended June 30 1913 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Postal Telegraph Cable Company Western Union Telegraph Company Southern Express Company 24129701 81188431 96283741 26334196 79112131 97933608 2076300 2204495 1649867 Totals 201601873 203379935 2076300 3854362 288 Statement of Financial Operations of Cotton Compress Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended August 31 1913 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Atlantic Compress Company Cuthbert Compress Warehouse Company Georgia Warehouse Compress Company Hawkinsville Compress Company Montezuma Compress Company Moultrie Compress Company Riverside Compress Company Rome Cotton Compress Company Toccoa Compress Company Union Warehouse Compress Company Vidalia Compress Power Company Totals 56662267 1279427 4263132 1858515 1318018 485000 3448506 822575 787237 3644733 1050000 40627048 968340 2967149 1612580 1257283 143686 2518694 954705 686415 3321856 750000 16035219 311087 1295983 245935 60735 341314 929812 100822 322877 300000 132130 75619410 55807756 1 19943784 I 132130 289 Statement of Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 311913 Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Atlanta Telephone Telegraph Company Blakely Telephone Company 19876130 772235 16539830 924027 3336300 Blue Ridge Telephone Company 204024 149517 54507 Boston Telephone Company 301408 219158 82250 Bowen Telephone Company 2958279 2580079 378200 Bowman Telephone Company 284000 215000 69000 Brooklet Telephone Company 110288 94041 16247 Broxton Telephone Company 150000 111000 39000 Buena Vista Telephone Company 490000 288000 202000 Cairo Telephone Company V 471685 382837 88848 Canton Telephone Company 468766 426911 41855 Coleman Telephone Exchange 84000 32500 51500 Cotton Belt Telephone Company 1956796 1713410 243386 Dalton Telephone Company 1206490 895897 310593 Danielsville Comer Telephone Company 422500 315000 107500 Darien Telephone Company 168000 128000 40000 Dawson Telephone Company 1942921 1221145 721776 Dexter Telephone Exchange 290400 120000 170400 Dogwood Telephone Company 15000 12700 2300 Donaldsonville Telephone Company 300000 236000 64000 Douglas Telephone Company 818428 702840 115588 Duluth Telephone Company 169700 153050 16650 Effingham Telephone Telegraph Co 278802 253719 25083 Ellaville Telephone Company 300000 216000 84000 Ellijay Telephone Exchange 75000 45600 29400 Farmers Telephone Company 225000 171000 54000 Free State Telephone Company 80000 65000 15000 Fruit Belt Telephone Company 929524 599066 330458 Gainesborough Telephone Telegraph Company 6432933 4987705 1445228 Gay Telephone Company 165000 118000 47000 Girard Telephone Company 284169 202036 82133 Glennville Telephone Company 168000 86800 81200 Hahira Public Service Company 360000 144000 216000 Deficits 151792 290 Statement of Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1913 Continued Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Uomilnn TolaribnTP CnTTTflTlV 184000 156000 28000 XlckilUilvll X ClvJJUUUC UnTYrnfATi Tnlanhnno ilnfiTiatlV 48000 43169 4831 n Lilly LUll 1 cicpnuiic vjuiupauj xjo ninm TolonVi nn p TtTrphaTierp 120000 72500 47500 JLJLdl Itj HI X cicpuuuc uAvuttuv TVa Uovmnnv HrAVD TAlPTihOTlA POTTiDaTlV 1784398 1365751 368647 1 n dr 1 1 1 1111 y VJIOVC 1 Ulvpuuuv VwlAiyUiliJ Uniif Pnnntv TAlAUhniiA PlYPhaTlffA 499985 182988 135202 323616 176369 11311 vUUlLlj X cicpiiuuc 125283 57705 lid W Kllib V lllv X ClCJJiMJliVJ VyUlUliUtllJ xxirriiVoh Talonhono Crvmnariv 70757 64445 XlcplUdil X tJlCliXUXXAC vvmiHiUj ijatvia TalonlmnA Tlnmnnnv 152820 104708 48112 n n 111H iclcpiiuilu Urmalnn TAlAnhnTlA PnTmi3TiV 218764 165853 52911 Tocma Tolonliiinp Cnmmnv 86000 26000 60000 trita HPolonVinno Hninnanv 128259 102953 25306 T ovAnio HPolatTinnA PattidptV 392805 347500 45305 TlaaliiinoHvtrv Tolonhnna flnmnanv 270000 205800 64200 rFpTpnVirmp Cnmnarv 218350 175600 42750 MqnrTioGtoT1 TAlAnhriTA PmriTiiiPV 399600 285900 113700 Mnrotiallvillo Tolanhana TTIirpTlarteP 271182 168543 102639 lYldi bildll V illC 1 C1CJJUVUC TVT ai era TaIattIioTIA PnTTTflTlV 318248 251939 66309 twill ozi crotrill ck ToTpnTiniiP PnmnaTiv 1086410 865841 220569 Milltown T1iPinni Pnmpany 162607 123688 38919 MnrirnA HPa1 atyTi nn a Pom nan v 969726 427554 542172 Montzmnii Telephone Hompapy 511200 326000 185200 twnltpia ToloniinnA Pmrmanv 1240114 905663 334451 iVlUUllilt X CicpuuxJiu V puxAj Murray County Telephone 0nmp3iiy 117900 91100 26800 Mutual r TplpgrapTi rVunpany 604442 403792 200650 McRaTMua Tplpphrmp flninpanv 1455453 1327510 127943 Nashville rT1lipliVrp nnmpariy 581000 173059 201650 389439 191561 Newhru pplpphnnp PnmpaTiv 153450 19609 Nichols plppiifirip Pompariv 78650 123000 Notiti an Par Tpipphrvnp Pompariv 181356 129700 362944 116000 52500 51656 North Georgia Tlphrmp Sr TplpgrapTi Pnmpany 661789 180000 52800 298845 noAthorTA TaI atVioti a Pnrrman v 64000 Paris TpI pph rvn p ApTYipaTlv 300 Plains Telephone Onmpany 299614 198145 10169 Deficits 291 Statement of Financial Operations of Telephone Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1913 Continued Quitman Telephone Company Rabun Telephone Electric Company Reynolds Telephone Company Riverdale Telephone Company Roberta Telephone System Satilla Telephone Company Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Company Southwest Georgia Telephone Telegraph Company Standard Telephone Company Statesboro Telephone Company Stephens County Telephone Company Stewart Telephone Company Summerville Telephone Company Tattnall Telephone Company Thomaston Telephone Company Unadilla Telephone Company Union Point Telephone Company Union Telephone Company Union Telephone Electric Light Company Vienna Telephone Company Walker County Telephone Company Washington Telephone Company West Point Telephone Electric Company Whigham Telephone Company Wilkes Telephone Electric Company Willacoochee Telephone Company Totals Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits 1485447 87500 1129005 72100 356442 15400 222400 41130 169000 23930 53400 17200 200000 261560 275895010 750674 439130 130000 223287 70000 38273 149068192 496774 424880 126826818 253900 14250 1141383 958163 304000 39257 183220 56000 360000 42694 3437 376625 393392 16767 235300 407608 152300 347536 83000 60072 375715 64620 3jl5333 68500 60382 3880 104000 552000 555000 289149 91400 12600 382000 170000 458050 96950 152887 405693 136262 759715 1175759 151248 354022 151754 50848 1024005 100400 105000 175000 130000 327500 25000 152500 343030366 201503800 141699005 172439 292 Statement of Financial Operations of Street Railroad Gas and Electric Light Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1913 Albany Power Manufacturing Company Albany Transit Company Americus Gas Electric Company Americus Power Company Athens Gas Light Fuel Company Athens Railway Electric Company Atlanta Gas Light Company Atlanta Northern Railway Company AugustaAiken Railway Electric Corporation Carrollton Electric Company Central Georgia Power Company Central Georgia Transmission Company Chattanooga Railway Light Company City and Suburban Railway Company Clarkesville Railway Company Columbus Power Company Columbus Railroad Company Cordele Electric Company Covington Oxford Street Railway Company Darien Ice Light Company Eastman Electric Light Company Fairburn Atlanta Railway Electric Company Franklin Light Power Company Gainesville Railway Power Company Gas Light Company of Augusta Gas Light Company of Columbus Georgia Public Service Corporation Georgia Railway Power Company Kennesaw Paper Company Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits 4283375 1259043 3024332 1346326 1068241 278085 3697174 2919340 777834 1407082 940836 466246 3284279 1906541 1377738 21844020 8300997 13543023 85310210 43516904 41793306 14003648 10079933 3923715 54319295 25187400 29131895 2055203 1913906 141297 33102572 6587040 26515532 14272676 12013512 2259164 2228474 1643045 585429 4004918 2403792 1601126 109839 117046 7207 28707192 33986608 1504413 856590 735083 1012325 2638149 1211965 3480636 11921242 4637077 4140240 476669052 503561 8205054 21176045 976748 631478 774195 896000 1999213 1108895 1926930 6539723 3385090 4386564 222946411 1 1114963 20502138 12810563 527665 225112 39112 116325 638936 103070 1553706 5381519 1251987 246324 253722641 I 611402 293 Statement of Financial Operations of Street Railroad Gas and Electric Light Companies in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1913 Continued Lupiber City Light Power Company Macon Gas Company Macon Railway Light Company Mutual Light Water Company Oconee River Mills Company Panola Light Power Company Putnam Mills Power Company Rome Municipal Gas Company Rome Railway Light Company Savannah Electric Company Savannah Gas Company Savannah Lighting Company Senoia Electric Light Power Company Suburban Gas Electric Company Tifton Ice Power Company Toccoa Falls Light Power Company Towaliga Falls Power Company Valdosta Gas Company Valdosta Lighting Company Valdosta Street Railway Company Villa Rica Electric Light Power Company Ware County Light Power Company Waycross Street Suburban Railway Company Wofford Shoals Light Power Company Totals Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings I Deficits 276000 258690 17310 13978521 10638234 3340287 44835926 32294110 12541816 9761789 5446535 4315254 3130835 1626172 1504663 994248 527416 466832 626702 315274 311428 2467101 1748816 718285 19444497 11822382 7622115 82777963 50934518 31843445 25848115 12021531 13826584 18177556 17101035 1076521 184000 129000 55000 2553492 1936671 616821 1550103 977042 573061 1297663 401000 896663 4097131 2819826 1277305 1631247 1210177 421070 9832569 6747248 3085321 1271738 1164045 107693 349006 299951 49055 9966286 11734699 1768413 1870917 1587391 283526 580449 332885 247564 1074777078 569999533 1 507450003 2672458 294 Summary of Financial Operations of Corporations Subject to the Jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia for Fiscal Year as Indicated Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Deficits Railroad Companies Year ended June 30 1913 5155958306 3885423023 1275226070 4690787 Terminal Companies Year end6d June 30 1913 14218288 22889296 1309847 9980855 Telegraph and Express Companies Year ended June 30 1913 201601873 203379935 3726167 2204495 Compress Companies Year ended August 31 1913 75619410 55807756 19943784 132130 Street Railroad Power Gas and Electric Light Companies Year ended December 31 1913 1074777078 569999533 507450003 2672458 Telephone Companies Year ended December 31 1913 343030366 201503800 141699005 172439 Totals 6865205321 4939003343 1 1949354876 19853164 295 Summary of Financial Operations of Railroads in Georgia for Each Year since 1895 Railroad Mileage in Georgia Gross Earnings Operating Expenses Net Earnings Percentage Operating Expenses to Gross Earnings 1895 524052 1693014696 1239773060 453241636 7320 1896 529141 1845846795 1318833628 527013167 7140 1897 537482 1830505182 1267270276 563234906 6920 1898 547526 1904698395 1349467794 555230601 7080 1899 553186 2108731036 1479071885 629659151 7014 1900 561488 2221185006 1542133063 679051943 6943 1901 581680 2324622552 1638365223 686257319 7048 1902 603532 2495276887 1763801423 731475464 7068 1903 604686 3041382375 2143443681 904249941 7047 1904 622931 3074201550 2177492537 902664400 7083 1905 642446 3323289112 2330367051 1001607415 7050 1906 646756 3710655577 2683370459 1035949011 7204 1907 670444 4072787745 3205275087 872599754 7869 1908 682853 3851670665 2996998572 857192654 7780 1909 699283 3950609983 2839181746 1114496900 7187 1910 705554 4417166814 3036765763 1383334029 6875 1911 713803 4726245927 3298067428 1435395419 6978 1912 716636 50813550221 36651962561 1419521254 7213 1913 729578 5155958306 3885423023 1275226070 7536 296 297 Statement of Accidents Occurring on Steam Railroads in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1913 Passengers Employees Other Persons Killed Injured Killed Injured d V m Injured A InKomo rirot R R CO 1 u i 2 AlaUdlUdi vxJL cat ouuiuciu xv xv w A 41 n rtfn jCt Woof PniTt R R Ho 1 7 1 iXlaliXcl OC VV col rumi xv xv w Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic R R Co A flnnin Pnoct Tflf R R fin 7 23 3 9 81 89 12 1 8 3 AUallllC vUdol JulJULC xv xv Atlantic Waycross Northern R R Co 4 AUgUbld Dell Jvj vu A nerneja Qmi fhom R R fin 2 8 i AUg Uold oUUliiciii xv xv w Dlolrolv Qmithiini R R Hf DidiUclJ ouuiuciu xv xv w 5 7 i 5 104 7 873 13 52 VGIlvI di U1 UoUl U xVJr vu Charleston Western Carolina Ry Co TlVorlAn fir TTQfltorTl Rv fii 1 1 1 1 Fitzgerald Ocilla Broxton R R Co Flemington Hinesville Western R R Ijllinf Phror fir MnrthpilRtfiTTl R R ClO i JD ilJLlt XVi V Cl OC i tucaotvi u xv v vv Ti ati I a Ppntriil R R Hn unViril la fir TndiflTl Snrinff Rv J AVI V ilici OC lliuiciu kj jj a no LVv i 4 UrdiiltJb V lllc iviiuiaiiu xvj Gainesville Northwestern R R Co i 52 i 164 ii 22 9 2 32 2 7 Georgia Coast Piedmont R R Co 8 VACUI felci r 1U1 iUCt OC iliOrUaiAAC XVJ aatOa lSJnrfVipm Rv Hn ri aatvyq Qnnfhprn fir Flnridfl Rv do 19 4 39 1 3 vjrCUXfeld jUullleill oc x1 luxxua xvj vu PflAftriQ QnnflvwPGtprn fir Chi If R R Co VjcUl feld tjUUlll w voteiu WC VJ UXI XV av w Otootip Pminv R R CO TT a rtwpl 1 Rv CO 1 Hawkinsville Florida Southern Ry Co TT n Tirlrl n airi Ilo fir WPBfPTTl T R CO 2 XX dW xv 11155 V111C OC it coivi U xv xv vvi TViTiOfnn Tprrninal R R CO TAiioinllp fir NTaahvTllp R R CO 82 8 DUUloVlllv OC li woxi v me xv xv w T lAiiicivillp fir W a di PV T R Oo Mnnn JPr RirminpVinm Tv Co 2 1 Macon Dublin Savannah R R 2 i 30 4 JLVX111LU W11 xili lime xvj w Milatend Tv fn Mnn tpp R R CO i MooVitTiiia riViQiinrnpa A St Tnnis Tv 1 16 5 72 9 18 iNdbllViliv vllClllCkllvUga w kU XJVUIW xvj Ocilla Pinebloom Valdosta R R OpIIq flnnfhpm R R CO i i Tolh am fir WnvflTlii R R CO T Atriof at fir OIputivIIp Rv xiegloiei oc vjicuuviiie xvj Pattio fir Mnrthprn R R CO Storni pravi 11p R R CO Savannah fir South Pm Rv Savannah Statesboro Ry i 2 298 Statement of Accidents Occurring on Steam Railroads in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1913 Continued Passengers Employees Other Persons Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Savannah Augusta Northern Ry Co Seaboard Air Line Ry ii 10 00 25 Shearwood Ry Co yy 4 Southern Ry Co 6 168 1A 21 55 South Georgia Ry Co ZuZ Statenville Ry Co Sylvania Girard R R Co Talbotton R R Co Tallulah Palls Ry Co 1 1 1 Tennessee Alabama Georgia R R Co Tifton Terminal Co 1 4 3 Union Point White Plains R R Co 1 1 Valdosta Moultrie Western R R Co Wadley Southern Ry Co l 1 Way cross Southern R R Co 1 Waycross Western R R Co X o 1 Wrightsville Tennille R R Co g 22 1 1 Totals 13 439 lOAO 91 210 02 Statement of Accidents Ocurring on Street Railways Electric Lines in Georgia for the Year Ended December 31 1913 Athens Railway Electric Co AugustaAiken Ry Electric Corporation 99 32 Atlanta Northern Ry Co 2 1 1 4 City Surburban Ry Co Columbus Railroad Co 39 19 22 Gainesville Ry Power Co 1 Georgia Ry Power Co 439 36 9 157 Macon Ry Light Co 200 21 1 15 Rome Ry Light Co 6 3 Savannah Electric Co 223 1 34 1 56 Waycross Street Surburban Ry Co 1 3 Totals 1012 1 1 121 12 289 299 SUBJECT INDEX PAGE Acts of General Assembly viz Act of 1879 Creating Commission 22 Act of 1890 Appeal to Interstate Commerce Commission 27 Act of 1891 Power to Bring Suit 28 Act of 1891 Amending Title of Act of 1879 28 Act of 1891 Inspection of Railroad Tracks 29 Act of 1891 Requiring Common Carriers to Trace Freight etc 47 Act of 1891 Storage Charges 30 Act of 1891 Express and Telegraph Companies 31 Act of 1891 To Prevent Unjust Discriminations Between Railroads 46 Act of 1901 Cars for White and Colored Passengers 32 Act of 1905 Prompt Receipt and Delivery of Freight 33 Act of 1906 Liability to Property in Transportation 34 Act of 1906 Election of Railroad Commissioners 35 Act of 1906 Station Accommodations at Night 35 Act of 1906 Cars for Peaches antalpupes etc 43 Act of 1906 Railroads Must Pay Clams Within 60 Days 34 Act of 1907 Increasing Membership and Powers of Commission 36 Act of 1908 Physical Connection Between Railroads in Incorporated Towns 44 Act of 1909 Permitting Free Passes on Street Railroads to Policemen 45 Act of 1909 Permitting Common Carriers to Grant Passes to Former Employees 5 Accidents Statement of Railroads 297 Street Railroads 398 Accommodations at Railroad Stations at Night Law 35 Amendments to Classification See Circulars 93110 Baggage Excess Rates for 52 Bond and Stock Issues Rules Governing Applications for 207 Bond Issues Authorized by Commission Statement of284 Cars for Peaches and Cantaloupes Law 43 Circulars Changes in Rules Classification etc 93110 Claims Law Requiring Payment of 34 Classification Amendment to See Circulars 93110 Classification of Freights Railroad Companies 148 Classification of Freights Express Companies 199 Classified List of Railroads Freight 112 Classified List of Railroads Passenger HI Commissioners Election of Law 35 Commissioners Office Rules Governing Duties of 211 Comparative Statement byYears of Railroad Earnings 296 Constitution Extracts from 16 Corporations Summary of Financial Operations 295 300 Demurrage Charges Law Governing Demurrage Rules Governing Collection of Depots Rules Governing Petitions for Directions for Computing Rafes Distance Tables Duties of Commissioners Office Rules Governing Earnings of Compress Companies Earnings of Electric Light Companies Earnings of Express Companies Earnings of Gas Companies Earnings of Railroad Companies Earnings of Street Railroad Companies Earnings of Telegraph Companies Earnings of Telephone Companies Earnings of Terminal Companies Election of Commissioners Law Electric Rates Macon Georgia Employees of Commission Rules Governing Duties of Estimated Weights Rules Governing Excess Baggage Rates Expense Bills What They Must Show Rule No 2 Expenses of Railroads Operating Express Classification of Freight Express Companies Jurisdiction of Commission Over Law Express Rules Express Tariffs Financial Statements Flag Stations Shipments to Freight Rule No 15 J Freight Rules Freights Standard Tariff Freight Tariff Classes General Orders General Rules Inspection of Railroads Law Interstate Commerce Commission Duty of Commission to Appeal to Law Joint Rates Freight Rule No 27 Law See Acts of General Assembly Letter Transmitting Report to Governor 3 Macon Railway Light Company Electric Rate Case Opinion of Commission 259 Mileage of Railroads in Georgia 282 Mixed Shipments See Freight Rule No 30 68 Opinion of Commission Macon Railway Light Company Electric Rate PAGE 30 70 76 116 163 211 289 293 288 293 285 293 288 290 287 35 259 211 58 52 56 285 199 31 192 188 285 63 56 114115 113 77 Case 259 Opinions of Special Attorney to Commission 215 Orders General r Passenger Rules 52 Passenger Tariff Classification of Railroads 111 301 PAGE Railroads Freight Tariff Classification 112 Passenger Tariff Classification m Railroad Laws Extracts from 17 Rates Direction for Computing H6 Rebates See Rule No 2 48 Recommendations 1 Report Letter Transmitting 3 Routing Shipments See Freight Rule No 33 69 Rules of Commission viz Freight Rules General Rules 8 Passenger Rules Governing Applications to Issue Stock and Bonds 207 Governing Collection of Storage Charges 70 Governing Commissioners and Employees 211 Governing Erection and Location of Depots Stations etc 76 Governing Express Companies I32 Governing Telegraph Companies i86 Safety of Railroad Tracks Cars etc Law 29 Separate Accommodations for Races Law 32 Special Attorney to Commission Opinions of 215 Stations Agency 163 Stations NonAgency 163 Standard Tariff 114115 Station Accommodations at Night Law Stock and Bond Issues Authorized by Commission Statement of 284 Stock and Bond Issues Rules Governing Applications for 207 Storage Charges Law Governing 30 Storage Charges Rules Governing 70 Stoves Special Rates on 30 Tariff Standard 114115 Telegraph Companies Jurisdiction of Commission Over Lawv 3 Telegraph Companies Rules Governing I86 GrA A 173 f 3 ElG DS31 Q